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I'm just glad to see Sarah in a live action movie.
I'm cautiously optimistic. I still can't quite believe it's actually happening.@Jordan You hyped for the movie?
At the end, that's what seems like the best approach.I'm cautiously optimistic. I still can't quite believe it's actually happening.
My main concern is that this trailer does not feel authentically "Gran Turismo". This feels like something different. Perhaps that should be expected because it's not made by Polyphony Digital and Kazunori Yamauchi does not have full creative control over the project. Maybe that's OK, but it will make it more difficult for fans of the franchise to connect with it.
To keep from being disappointed, I think we should see this as a movie which involves Gran Turismo but is not about Gran Turismo.
I really wish people would stop and actually think about this. Just because there is alot of Sony in this does not mean the people behind the game are the people behind the movie. PD develops the games, Sony pictures (A division of Sony made specifically for Movies, what a concept) are the ones behind the movie. I mean the game literally boots up with "Sony Interactive Entertaiment". Is critical thinking so difficult for people to grasp on their own?A movie isn’t made by video game developers.
It might have been more prudent to manage expectations by naming the movie differently, calling it literally "GT Academy" or something more creative. GT Academy and Jann's story is not "Gran Turismo", it's just part of it.At the end, that's what seems like the best approach.
I really wish people would stop and actually think about this. Just because there is alot of Sony in this does not mean the people behind the game are the people behind the movie. PD develops the games, Sony pictures (A division of Sony made specifically for Movies, what a concept) are the ones behind the movie. I mean the game literally boots up with "Sony Interactive Entertaiment". Is critical thinking so difficult for people to grasp on their own?
I was saying the quality of the Gran Turismo games themselves have no impact on the film. The film is made by Blomkamp and his team. None of the dev staff from Polyphony's studio in Tokyo came down to the film set and started making it "worse" or whatever by messing around with the script or cinematography.At the end, that's what seems like the best approach.
I really wish people would stop and actually think about this. Just because there is alot of Sony in this does not mean the people behind the game are the people behind the movie. PD develops the games, Sony pictures (A division of Sony made specifically for Movies, what a concept) are the ones behind the movie. I mean the game literally boots up with "Sony Interactive Entertaiment". Is critical thinking so difficult for people to grasp on their own?
I don't know if I'd call an "estimated $100 million" a "big budget movie" in today's terms. It wouldn't even break the top 50. Maybe "mid budget movie."My 2c: It's just a weird premise for a big budget movie. Like a mini-doc sponsored by Sony I guess so yeah, but even as someone thats followed GT since infancy the whole GT Academy narrative is just so meh. 'yeah guy won our sponsored competition and did alright in his sponsored IRL drives'.
I sort of expect a lot of indifference from audience outside the community, as especially in the age of people making ludicrous money producing digital content, this story is very unspectacular.
I’d rather a story about the struggles Kaz had when he launched the original Gran Turismo Title, not interested in this movie about GT Sports online racing series….
A biopic about Kaz and polyphony's beginnings would be quite interesting. Honestly I would not be surprised if something like that eventually comes out.I’d rather a story about the struggles Kaz had when he launched the original Gran Turismo Title, not interested in this movie about GT Sports online racing series….
It has to be Japanese because Japan has always been the heart and soul of Gran Turismo.
PS5 and GT7....Wonder what kind of toys will be marketed for this movie.
To add, this is the group chosen for the theme song
Sony Japan sent me this to my email today. Says worldwide release in September.
T-SQUARE's new song "CLIMAX" has been selected as the theme song for the Japanese dubbed version of the movie "Gran Turismo"
To add, this is the group chosen for the theme song
So, I guess, true to the franchise, different theme songs per region?
Listen to Knight's Song, you might recognise itThe only T-Square song I'm familiar with is Circuit Wanderer. Even so, it's really cool that their work is getting included in the movie.
Handily embedded right into the article too, with a live performance on the eve of GT1's release featuring Andoh himself. And Honda on the EWI.Listen to Knight's Song, you might recognise it
Am I imagining things, or am I hearing a lot of Moon Over The Castle's chord progression in this?? The more I listen, the more I hear the older rendition of MOTC...Handily embedded right into the article too, with a live performance on the eve of GT1's release featuring Andoh himself. And Honda on the EWI.