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Alita: Battle Angel Was Worth the Wait

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It has been 300 years since “The Fall”  and the year is now 2563. Mankind has been separated by class. the rich and powerful reside in the clouds in the golden city of Zalem. while the rest of Humanity dwells in the scrap iron cities below. For those whom suffered injuries and life threatening ailments the only alternative is cybernetics. Welcome to the world of Alita: Battle Angel.

Dyson Ido (Waltz) is a famous cyber surgeon in Iron city.  On his routine trek through the scrap fields he procures spare parts for his operations. He discovers the remains of Cyborg that resembles a little girl who was in fact still alive. With spare parts Alita(Salazar) was reborn. Not being able to recall her memories she rediscovers what its like to live and discover all of her senses.
One night she follows Dr Ido to discover he is more than he seems. This also triggers a fragment of her past. Now with a better understanding of who she Is, Alita is driven to discover her true potential and finish a mission she was tasked with long ago.
Battle Angel Alita is a story translated from a Japanese manga from 1993 written by Yukito Kishiro. James Cameron was a fan of this story and was driven to adapt this for film. However he didn’t feel that current technology was up to standards to achieve what he wanted to make and shelved the project for some time. With production on Avatar in full swing, Alita had to take the back seat but for good reason. After the amazing work from Weta Studios Alita’s concept was well on its way to completion.
Cameron handed the direction to Robert Rodriguez and Alita was well underway. Motion capture has been replaced with motion performance where the CG capture was directly from the actors motions and facial reactions giving Alita a full range of emotion and personality. Unlike Avatars Photo Graphic environments based on a fictional environment. Alitas environments were considered PhotoRealistic where the environment is more real as well as more integrated with the living atmosphere.
Many fans have already doubted this film. One factor being the ‘Huge Eyes’ on the main character. If you notice that Alita is the only character with that feature due to the fact that her model type is that of a doll and from a different manufacture from 300 years prior to current design. that should be reason enough for her different appearance.
Another point that people try to make is that this is another failed attempt like Ghost in the Shell.  When Ghost in the Shell was made, a lot of the story was changed from the original source material to try to blend the original story with the Stand Alone Complex. Boothe stories were very complex and trying to tell that story in 2 hours is a feat in itself.
Alita is definitely a labor of love and its shows. this adaptation stayed very faithful to the source material. the elements that were changed helped bridge pieces of the story together and use the limited time very well. There was an Original Animation Video (OAV) of Alita released in the early 2000s. But rest assured this is one time the motion picture told the story better.
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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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