# Live Action Movies You'd Want To See Remade--As Animated Feature Films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193 "2004-02-02T15:38:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/1 "2004-02-02T15:38:15Z")
In this thread– > **[What movie would you like to see remade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237210)** > > Another current thread on the remake of \*The Longest Yard \* made me think of this. One of my favorite movies is Westworld. I saw it again recently and couldn’t help wondering what it would look like with the help of current technology. Michael... I mentioned that I’d like to see the firrst Star Trek film re-done in animation. I was inspired by this image– [![](http://startrekanimated.com/tas_art_ihle.jpg) ](http://startrekanimated.com/tas_art_ihle.jpg) and this one– [![](http://startrekanimated.com/ds9tas.jpg) ](http://startrekanimated.com/ds9tas.jpg) and this– [![](http://startrekanimated.com/tas_art_kirk.jpg) ](http://startrekanimated.com/tas_art_kirk.jpg) So I got to thinking, what other live action films could be Animated? Please specify Western 2D animation, Anime, or computer3D. I’m thinking an Anime version of _Chicago_. How about a Western 2D _Duck Soup_? Or _King Kong_, in Compter 3D? Your views/faves? ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/2 "2004-02-02T15:54:03Z")
I’ve always said this, and I still stand by my belief: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory would be best done by Tim Burton in a “Nightmare Before Christmas” style. NOT in live-action, as is now being done by Burton starring Johnny Depp. As much as I loved Depp in “Pirates,” Willy Wonka’s factory NEEDS to be much bigger and wackier than live action will allow. ---
**Author:** ![oAMADEUSo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@oAMADEUSo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oAMADEUSo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/3 "2004-02-02T16:14:15Z")
Blade runner in Anime style (same lot who did Ghost in the Shell) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/4 "2004-02-02T16:44:48Z")
_The Sound of Music_ in manga anime, or whatever they call that extreme tentacled porn style of anime. Using the original soundtrack and dialogue. Think about it! ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/5 "2004-02-03T06:18:48Z")
I’ve posted similar things before (what would I like to see animated instead of live-action) in other threads… _Hellboy_ NEEDs to have an animated sequence, I hope we have animated credits, a la _The Pink Panther_ movies. Or at the very least, lets have a properly done _Hellboy_ animated series after the movie! _The Matrix_ sequels should have been animated. They might have been less convoluted, AND- most crucially- the CGI wouldn’t have sucked as badly, cos the whole movie would have been of a consistent quality! But it would need to be in the super-detailed style of _The 2nd Rennaissance_ from _The Animatrix_. The _Spider-man_ series on MTV (the new one produced by Mainframe entertainment in cel-rendered 3D) would sit well with a movie, although the series is in the same continuity as the first movie. So let’s hope there’s SOME level of reference back into that continuity in the 2nd movie! It’d be nice to know the cartoon was a sequel to the first movie and not some pocket universe thing! Oh, and two comic books that NEED cartoons- Alien Legion and Legion of Superheroes (LSH would need to culminate in the 5 years later storyline in its final season and who wouldn’t KILL to see Jugger Grimrod on screen, big or small?!?) JLA is good enough that I’m reasonably certain they could do a GREAT LSH cartoon, but would they? No… none of the characters is prominent enough, but the Teen Titans cartoon only has Robin as a prominent character that non-comic fans know and understand. All the other Titans are virtually unknown (unless you’re a Wolfman/Perez fan). But, a wuestion for all you USAmericans; how successful is the Teen Titans cartoon? We’ve yet to see the series here in the mysterious orient so I have no idea how good or bad it might be… Los Gene-os! ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/6 "2004-02-03T11:29:55Z")
The original Star Wars trilogy might be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/7 "2004-02-03T12:42:34Z")
**Last Tango in Paris** ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/8 "2004-02-03T12:50:15Z")
_Robin Hood._ I wish Disney hadn’t made that awful _Robin Hood_ in the 70s, because since their _Tarzan_ came out I’ve jonesed to see a _Robin Hood_ made in that same dynamic style. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/9 "2004-02-03T13:06:34Z")
> [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](#): > > The original Star Wars trilogy might be interesting. There’s a Manga version of the original Trilogy available. Very cool, all B&W. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/10 "2004-02-03T13:38:50Z")
for hentai: Note: some of the reviews I’m sending you to are work safe, in those cases the link goes directly to the review. Others are not work safe, they contain R-rated caps from the film. In those cases, I’m sending you to an all-text index that contains a link to the review in question. So all these links are work-safe, but if yuou wind up on an index, the next click won’t be work-safe. [Velvet](http://www.jollyroper.com/banter/summer02/velvet.html) [Passion Network](http://www.jollyroper.com/banter/index.html) [Jupiter’s Darling](http://www.jollyroper.com/banter/winter02/jupiter.html) [Cheyenne](http://www.jollyroper.com/banter/summer02/cheyenne.html) [Terminal Virus](http://www.jollyroper.com/banter/summer02/terminalstupidity.html) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/11 "2004-02-03T13:50:39Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > for hentai: For those who don’t know, hentai are ADULT anime, but unlike American adult fare, they often feature well-developed plots and interesting character along with all the sex. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-action-movies-youd-want-to-see-remade-as-animated-feature-films/227193/12 "2004-02-03T21:16:53Z")
a Disney-style happy-ending musioal version of LOLITA with voices of John Lithgow as Humbert Humbert, Steve Martin as Clare Quilty, Mary Steenburgen as Mrs Haze and Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera as Lo.