Recap / remake movies
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:20 pm
What do we think of recap / remake movies for example Evangelion Death and rebirth, the new Evangelion movies, The Berserk Golden age movies etc Do they add anything to the franchise or just a way of cashing in?
Personally speaking Death and rebirth was a travesty to me as someone who hadn't at that time seen the series. Just sticking random scenes from a series together in a way that didn't make sense to anyone not already familiar with the story, adding a chunk of the new movie to the end of it which you would then see anyway when the full movie is released and making money off saps like me who bought the DVD unaware of what it was, was massively gross in my opinion.
Having said that I haven't watched the new movie adaptations of Evangelion, nor have I watched the Berserk stuff. Apart from the new improved animation is there any reason to watch these dumbed down versions? There's talk around a recap movie of the first season of Attack on Titan, is this a trend now?
I'm glad GITS didn't pull this and instead have only ever created new content.
Opinions, recommendations wanted!
Personally speaking Death and rebirth was a travesty to me as someone who hadn't at that time seen the series. Just sticking random scenes from a series together in a way that didn't make sense to anyone not already familiar with the story, adding a chunk of the new movie to the end of it which you would then see anyway when the full movie is released and making money off saps like me who bought the DVD unaware of what it was, was massively gross in my opinion.
Having said that I haven't watched the new movie adaptations of Evangelion, nor have I watched the Berserk stuff. Apart from the new improved animation is there any reason to watch these dumbed down versions? There's talk around a recap movie of the first season of Attack on Titan, is this a trend now?
I'm glad GITS didn't pull this and instead have only ever created new content.
Opinions, recommendations wanted!