Facethunder (August 27, 2008 at 7:00 am)

Slightly off-topic but if DiCaprio can render a "convincing" South African then he could be a good Japanese dude. I mean RDJ played a black dude in Tropic Thunder!

bleutuna (August 18, 2008 at 7:46 pm)

He may do a great job on Akira or not, but I can say that Warner is a company that doesn't really make good decisions. Look at their properties and what they've done with them. Only Batman has been handled correctly. This movie is flashy, but that's about it. He's a VSFX guy who doesn't understand acting, and that really worries me.

mysterymirror (August 5, 2008 at 2:35 am)

id love to see this as a real 2 hr long movie. its good.

rye419 (August 2, 2008 at 4:38 am)

Please don't fuck up akira, please PLEASE!!!

JerseyMcgee81 (July 27, 2008 at 1:18 pm)

i was worried for the akira Live film adaptation now after seeing this things are looking very optimistic hope everything goes through as planned and THIS guy actually makes it cuz hollywood loves to change directors an joel shumacher ends up directing OHHHH NO...

calitrav (July 26, 2008 at 7:55 am)

Ruiari got on with the talent agency CAA in part due to this short, and that led to the Akira job. Gary Whitta is scripting.I barely know Ruairi, but from what I do know, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he improves upon the original Akira.

Zenzuke (July 25, 2008 at 4:58 pm)

Just show me one film with less budget and better looks than this one, I dare you, i double dare you.I don't even know why I'm arguing anything in youtube comments, everybody knows it's the trolls headquarters.

mistarcraw (July 25, 2008 at 2:51 am)

well maybe some people don't understand film, but it's obvious there was no money here.anyway, if you dont have money, that doesn't mean a film needs to be bad. budget constraints is all part of the art. this guy sucks

Zenzuke (July 24, 2008 at 4:34 am)

Yeah, I think maybe you should try making a film that looks THIS GOOD with a shoestring budget and writing, directing and making the sfx yourself, too, like Ruairi did. It can't be that difficult, can't it?People seem to forget that this short was made with almost NO budget at all. Don't be expecting holliwood quality at 1/1000th the budget, it already comes almost too close and it's a testament to Ruairi's skill that it almost hurts it because people think it took a lot of money to make.

mistarcraw (July 19, 2008 at 9:13 am)

wow, terrible. maybe i should start making movies