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Following yesterday's rewatch, I'd like to expand on this melodrama categorisation.
Whether it is "a mode, a genre or sub-genre" of #AlitaBattleAngel, what makes up melodrama gathers a broad spectrum of definitions.
Scratching the surface with...
filmsite.org/melodramafilms…
Whether it is "a mode, a genre or sub-genre" of #AlitaBattleAngel, what makes up melodrama gathers a broad spectrum of definitions.
Scratching the surface with...
filmsite.org/melodramafilms…
Pointing out those elements that apply, now let's consider the setting.
Per Hayward in Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (p 242), A:BA takes place in "claustrophobic" Iron City, with very little left to visit except through travelling back in time.
The heroine is stranded...
Per Hayward in Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (p 242), A:BA takes place in "claustrophobic" Iron City, with very little left to visit except through travelling back in time.
The heroine is stranded...
...longing for the one who is longing for the unobtainable Zalem while parading as a foster daughter to a broken father & raising envy in a broken mother. All, to a degree, estranged. Interwoven in these substitute-acts are other minor characters that propel their inner turmoil.
Happy Birthday, our Queen Rosa Bianca Salazar!!! Today we, the #AlitaArmy, begin a week long festival in your honor 🎉🎈🎊🎂🍊🍫🔥
#OscarforRosaSalazar #Alitastan
#AlitaBattleAngel #アリータ
#OscarforRosaSalazar #Alitastan
#AlitaBattleAngel #アリータ
Rosa Bianca Salazar was born on July 16, 1985.
She spent her childhood in Washington, D.C., and Hyattsville, Maryland.
She grew up in her grandmother’s home in Greenbelt, Maryland; listening to her sing in Quechua and eating Peruvian food.
#OscarforRosaSalazar
She spent her childhood in Washington, D.C., and Hyattsville, Maryland.
She grew up in her grandmother’s home in Greenbelt, Maryland; listening to her sing in Quechua and eating Peruvian food.
#OscarforRosaSalazar
Rosa attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, and was active in the school theatre program.
Until the age of 15, Rosa was under foster care. After leaving her home at the at 15, the nomadic teen year Rosa spent her days wandering across America.
#OscarforRosaSalazar
Until the age of 15, Rosa was under foster care. After leaving her home at the at 15, the nomadic teen year Rosa spent her days wandering across America.
#OscarforRosaSalazar
Tweeps, have you been to the landmark @LouvreAbuDhabi #Louvre #AbuDhabi? No worries. Got @twitter. Had the chance to visit while in the #UAE for the @MilkenInstitute #MIGlobal #MENASummit. Follow this thread for a #TwitterTour of highlights. louvreabudhabi.ae/?utm_source=GM… #art #museum
Hello #LouvreAbuDhabi! @LouvreAbuDhabi ~ in all directions, the #magic of art & creativity on display. Crossing borders. Crossing cultures. #artmatters #museumlove
#Stunning. This two-headed figure is one of the oldest monumental statues in the history of humanity. It is some 8500 years old. On display at the @LouvreAbuDhabi. 👥
@VisitAbuDhabi #AbuDhabi #LouvreAbuDhabi
@VisitAbuDhabi #AbuDhabi #LouvreAbuDhabi
Here’s a Hot Take that’s probably also going to be an Unpopular Opinion: While overcrowded, noisy & flawed in key ways, #AlitaBattleAngel is the first US live action anime/manga adaptation that feels like it deserved to be made.
I had fun & wanted to know what happened next.
I had fun & wanted to know what happened next.
I want to write a piece on why Hollywood live-action anime/manga have historically been awful failures and why #AlitaBattleAngel *kind of* succeeds (and points the way to how future adaptations could succeed better). @IndraniNY, interested?
Note: The eyes were a part of why #AlitaBattleAngel worked. I would never suggest doing it as a rule for anime/manga adaptations, but for THIS story, which ultimately is all about the uncanny valley (!), Rodriguez’s controversial decision paid off.
I love how Yukito Kishiro still maintains a personal website!
Yukito.com
No Twitter! No Facebook! Just a beautiful, informative, fun to browse HTML site full of awesome illustations and GREAT insights into his work!
#銃夢 #Alita #AlitaBattleAngel #Gunnm
Yukito.com
No Twitter! No Facebook! Just a beautiful, informative, fun to browse HTML site full of awesome illustations and GREAT insights into his work!
#銃夢 #Alita #AlitaBattleAngel #Gunnm
If you're a fan of Yukito Kishiro's work then you gotta head over to his gallery! Every Illustration has a detailed description of what went into it. For instance here he details his creation of the "bat-tuba," an instrument made for Cyborg Rock Music!
jajatom.moo.jp/album_e/galler…
jajatom.moo.jp/album_e/galler…
Yukito Kishiro's personal bio is so good!
Read the full thing here!
jajatom.moo.jp/profile/e-prof…
#Gunnm #BattleAngelAlita #alitabattleangel
Read the full thing here!
jajatom.moo.jp/profile/e-prof…
#Gunnm #BattleAngelAlita #alitabattleangel
Did you know? In 2011, Yukito Kishiro, creator of Battle Angel Alita, did this TOTALLY AWESOME cover for the album "Revoltest" by cyberpunk techno metal band Valkilly!!! (@val_staff)
Get the full album here!
itunes.apple.com/jp/album/revol…
#alitabattleangel #Gunnm #銃夢 #YukitoKishiro
Get the full album here!
itunes.apple.com/jp/album/revol…
#alitabattleangel #Gunnm #銃夢 #YukitoKishiro
If you love #BattleAngelAlita/#Gunnm you should follow Valkilly (@val_staff)! The band's concept is that they are Earth's strongest cyborgs. They credit Yukito Kishiro's classic comic as their main inspiration!
Website:
valkilly.org
FB:
m.facebook.com/pg/thevalkilly…
Website:
valkilly.org
FB:
m.facebook.com/pg/thevalkilly…
Kishiro's awesome cover for Valkilly's 2011 album "Revoltest" (Left) reminds me of this RAD Space Karate illustration he did for Ultra Jump in 2009! (Right)
#BattleAngelAlita #AlitaBattleAngel #Gunnm #銃夢
#BattleAngelAlita #AlitaBattleAngel #Gunnm #銃夢
I know this is gonna sound nitpicky, but I'm disappointed that the Damascus blade will probably be a sword in the movie. That's the one thing it never was in the comics. It feels too heroic/romantic for Alita, whose fighting style is extremely utilitarian.
#AlitaBattleAngel
#AlitaBattleAngel
The thin sleek blade doesn't suit Alita. She's already visually sleek/elegant/pretty/cute. The harsh pragmatic form of the damascus blade provides a nice visual contrast and also belies her indomitable inner character.
#AlitaBattleAngel
#AlitaBattleAngel
I still hope the movie is good though. If they just follow the basic storyline, the core is SO GOOD that I'm certain it'll do really well. And I hope that brings Kishiro mounds of cash and brings more people to the comics :D
(THE COMIC IS SO DAMN COOL!!!)
(THE COMIC IS SO DAMN COOL!!!)
