Blood: The last vampire.

[Discerning re-sa]

Ok...
It's after midnight and I'm just watching some shows on adult swim when I see a commercial I haven't seen about an upcoming movie.
As I'm watching it I keep thinking, damn this plot sounds pretty familiar.
Then, I could have sworn I heard the name Saya.
I also heard something about vampires and I started to think; oh no, they couldn't have.
Then they show the title of the film and the release date...

Blood: the last vampire.

At this point, I was thinking: no way, I hope this is just a huge coincidence in titles.
There's no way they could have taken Blood+ and...
So I jump online and search the title on imdb and sure enough;
They are making a live action movie based on Blood+ (specifically, the anime movie Blood: the last vampire, obviously)

I'm not sure if this is common knowledge in the anime community, but I just found out and...
Now, the fact that they call Saya and chiropterans vampires doesn't completely bother me (though it's still irritating).
The fact that none of the original writers, producers, or director are involved definitely worries me.
I'm just worried that they are going to completely rape this anime/manga the way "others" destroyed dragonball recently.

Anyone have any thoughts about this?

[Manhattan_Project_2000]

Anime discussion goes in the Anime section.

[Discerning re-sa]

It's really more of a discussion about the upcoming movie.

Which, if I'm not mistaken, isn't an anime...

[Manhattan_Project_2000]

It's really more of a discussion about the upcoming movie.

Which, if I'm not mistaken, isn't an anime...

However, it is based on an Anime, and therefore goes in the Anime section.

[Discerning re-sa]

Alright, I didn't realize it was that big of a deal.

Feel free to lock it, move it to the other section, or whatever is most appropriate.

[Manhattan_Project_2000]

If it was in my power to do that, I would have just done it. Only the misc mods and admins can play around with your posts in this sub-fourm.

[sa5m]

Also no profanity allowed.

[Discerning re-sa]

I bleeped out the profanity, which I didn't know was against the rules. But since it also bothers someone I'll just remove it.
Well, atleast you guys contributed to the discussion...

Anyway, I finished watching the movie a minute ago after finding a copy of it from when it was released in Japan. It doesn't have much Japanese, but it might bother you if you aren't very familiar with the language (or you could just wait for the US release).
It wasn't a bad movie in itself, but it does contradict a few points in the anime.
I wouldn't say they butchered the original story line though, they basically just included and then added to the original anime movie from where it left off, without concerning themselves with the anime series or manga.

As a movie, I would give it a B+, and I would say it is worth watching but not a 'must see.'

My $.02