Miranda Sings is one of my favorites who's already transcended to netflix. She's been doing skits and music for years and when she created Miranda, she was told not to. The thought was it would hurt her career. Years later the girl with one of the best voices out there playing an overly confident girl with a wooden voice is one of the most popular personalities online. Her hosting SNL and bringing in guest singers to do the performances and she could sing with them in character.
King Bach has proven himself throughout YT, instagram and was the king of Vine. His sketch comedy would probably be more risky for SNL. He uses the N word a lot but he's also a professional. He's produced and acted in movies for years in his career. He has a strong team of comedians and guest appearances that rivals a lot of things done on SNL on the weekly basis. If he crushes it one good time as host he'd come back again and again without question.
The one I'm shocked has not already hosted is Lilly Singh. This woman brings millions of subscribers to the table and is known for collaborating with a lot of celebrities like Dwayne The Rock Johnson. The collaborations she's done has been second to none. Hasan Minhaj and John Cena even have work with her along with Dr. Phil. You'll get a cavalcade of guest appearances. She brings more than her fan base but her energy and originality. The voices and impressions she does, like playing her parents, is also gold.
You could also have an all youtuber episode and have guest musicians like Epic Rap Battles of History do the music. I think these three would do a great job with this project. It could be a disaster but with the quality they put in to their brands its a no brainer. Its the sign of the times. People are in love with these YouTubers at the very least these three would crush it. The other two on my top five list was Jenna Marbles and HaHa Davis. Who would you ad to the list?
From the opening of the trailer it shows a very dark and realistic island that Elsa is stuck on. How did she get there?
Did she go on a quest to find her parents wreckage? Was she tricked? It seems that the kingdom is under attack and now the biggest asset is out of pocket. Obviously a master mind is at play. To me it has a feel of divide and conquer. Ana has to go on yet another voyage to find her sister and we're going to get another line up of great songs while we hunt for her.
The idea of going a little darker is not bad because the kids who fell in love with the first film are a little older. We all are. We don't want to see the same thing. That being said, if the plot is anything like what I mentioned it will almost be the exact movie all over again.
If Elsa is gone during the majority of the film its not even really frozen, its melted.
The first movies villain said he had a lot of brothers so if we're bringing back that element, once again, the same movie. I hope we're getting a new concept because this could really derail the sequel. There's something to be said about the "if it ain't broke don't fix" thing but come on, if the plot is too similar, this is just a pathetic money grab on an insulting level.
They might as well tell the kids "If you're parents love you they'll take you to see this film".
I was given the opportunity to be apart of a teleconference and interview Rosa Salazar.
All of the interviewers did a great job but I have to say, I felt that my questions and my opening statement to Rosa received the biggest heartfelt reaction from the young actor. Who I believe will become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Ana Cruz – Excited
that it was a Latina playing Alita
Ana: What was the first feeling that you had when you found
out that you would be Alita?
Rosa: Well the first feeling was relief because it took
about three months to land the roll. So the first feeling was relief, the
second feeling was excitement and the third feeling was readiness. I just wanted
to get to work right away.
Ana: That’s a long journey cause they started since 2000?
Rosa: I know, actually they got the rights in 1999 and they
were going to make the movie in 2000 then they were going to make the movie in 2003
and then Avatar got in the way. I’m glad they made Avatar first.
Ana: Tell me the process of filming this very different
movie. I know you were in this special costume. What was the most challenge that
you had during filming.
Rosa: Well the roll itself was a good undertaking. Not only
was going to be in the in the performance capture suit. But I was also going to
be doing stunts in the suit. So I trained for about five months doing martial
arts which was extremely challenging, that was the most challenging part. We
needed to get my endurance to a place that I could be in every frame of the
movie. Doing stunts in a very physical roll in a performance capture suit and
the performance capture suit is very tight to the body. Its connected all over like
a onesie. Which makes going to the bathroom very difficult. I’m wearing a
helmet that’s pretty heavy and I have two high definition cameras in my face at
all times. So I’m always on camera. That was nice for me. I like being on
camera. It was also a challenge cause I have to be on all the time. So that was
physically exhausting.
Dogs Bark
Rosa: I’m sorry one second. . .
Rosa: I’m sorry my dogs were barking because someone knocked
on the door.
Ana: That’s okay we got your dogs on the interview too but
Rosa, how did you prepare for this role? Im sure you had to read a lot, to
watch a lot of these types of movies. You know these types of movies have a lot
of respect from these types of movies cause they have true fans. So How did you
prepare for this, to be Alita?
Rosa: Well I did the training as you know Alita is physically
agile and she knows enteric martial arts. So I needed to not just look good on
screen I needed to be good on screen. I also had to, you know, find all the
books. The books are out of print so I had to go on ebay and find all of the books
in the series. So when we did that I read all of the first series. Then I read
the second series and then I read them again. Just so, like you so, the fans
are very dedicated of the original work so I wanted to be true to the original manga
as I possibly. So once I read the manga I became a fan myself.
Not only did I have the pleasure of making them
happy I had the pleasure of making myself happy too.
Anna: and I think that's the most important
thing cuz when you feel the film and truly feel for what you're doing you can
project that onto the screen. Also early reviewers and critics are saying the
movie really follows the book so if you're a fan of the book you won't be
disappointed is that true?
Rosa, absolutely. I believe that because a lot
of people to try to take a graphic novel and make a movie out of it. I'm manga
and make a movie out of it a Hollywood version of it. We didn't do that we made
a cinematic version of it. Yukito Kishiro who is the creator of the manga was
there and all the steps of the process.
The mediator broke in afterwards and a new
interviewer asked his questions. I’ll hopefully have the name of his
outlet later.
Interviewer: I miss you fan of the manga it's
been around for a while.
Rosa: awesome have you had a chance to see the
movie?
Interviewer, I have not I'm actually about
to watch it tomorrow.
Rosa, oh great well I think you'll be pleased.
Interviewer: what can I expect?
Rosa: you can expect a lot of visual spectacle.
You can expect your jaw to be hanging open for a lot of the film. you can
expect a wonderful score by John txl like the kind that was in the Mad Max
score. the same kind of gallop that we have in this score. You will feel
something. I think a lot of these movies what they give you With the big
explosions and big fight sequences that they're sorely lacking is a reason
to care about those big explosions. And what we have here are big explosions
and fight sequences and they're their only to serve to the story so you'll actually give a damn
and you expect to feel something when you're watching this movie.
Interviewer, the thing about anime and manga is
that these are very in-depth Stories the characters a very complex. How much
time did you have to get into the role of alita and the things that you like?
Rosa, I
had a good amount of time which is such a blessing and such a Charmed
experience because I had such a lot of time a lot of people just get cast and
it's like okay you're in and you have three weeks or two weeks to get in shape.
And get ready and I simply just not enough time. I had five months so I did a
lot of martial arts training. Alitaa knows panzer kunst, which you know, cause
you’re a fan. Which is a zero gravity fighting technique and she is proficient
at it so I need it not just to look good on screen but to be good on screen. So
it was challenging both mentally and physically. One thing I love about the
manga is that a crazy Ernest and that's another thing you're going to be able
to take away from this film. A complete Earnest emotion from this character.
But yeah I had about five months and it was a lot to do with the training of
the source material to bring Alita to life.
Interviewer: what was the most difficult
thing for you to get just right?
Rosa, well Aleta goes from being a central girl
to a woman to around 18 and 19. That when you're shooting out of sequence and
you don't got any kind of visual Clues up to where you are that day. Because
I'm not wearing costume. You really need to have everything Pitch Perfect
because you're following a trajectory oh, you're following a woman's
formative years. Which is how I saw her progression because she grows
exponentially Through the film. So you don't want to have more than one saying
being like a woman and in the next scene she's being 14 so you want it to be a
Pitch Perfect tracking that evolution and when you don't have any visual Clues
it's also very hard. So I spent a lot of time and video Village with the
scripting going back to my acting roots. Saying, where was I, where am I now,
why did I come here, where am I going, why am I going there, what do I want? I
did that because I needed her to grow into a good gradual growth.
New Interviewer
Miami: My question is how did you relate to
alita and how do you think of Alitarelated to you as you begin to to read the
story?
Rosa,
well I related to related because I know what it's like to go on a heroing
journey into Womanhood. It's incredibly challenging. Alita and I know how challenging and how
doleful it can be during that time. I related to her insecurities and her
tenacity. Into the search for her identity and that Journey as well. I also
related to her emotionality you know I think that she is an accurate
representation of what women are like in real life. And here we are like
12-sided dye of quality we are not just one easy justed position of You know,
she's hot but she's dangerous. she's cool but she's smart. I used to get picked
off the characters like that all the time and he used to infuriate me
because yes okay but she's also this and this and this and this and
that's the beauty of what Alita is. She has such a big heart and that's really
what we requested back of each other.
Miami, if you can look back at your lowest point
was there a point where you wanted to give up on acting? What would your
present self say to your past self?
Rosa, well I probably quit-acting about 87
times. you quit even before you get started you quit while you're coming up,
you quit even though your friends are envious of where you are. I quit all the
time. It's a relationship there are Peaks and valleys and what I tell myself
then and now is can you live without it? What that make your life better and
the answer is always absolutely not. This is my passion and I tell myself
you're lucky enough to know your passion some people don't ever find that out.
And you just going to give that away? And I'm so paranoid so a lot of people
always kicking my butt saying you're going to do this come hell or high water.
I'm always on that Journey.
Miami how very inspirational. what can we turn
do fine in your Netflix queue right now?
Rosa, oh in my Netflix queue while I just
finished watching all of Russian doll. So I kind of cleared it out I was
surprised by that TV show at first I was like I don't know but I thought it was
incredibly touching and it kind of touched on my favorite things like are we in
our past and how would that dictates us in our future. Do we choose to let go
of the past and let it form who we are now to a point where breaks us and could
kill us so I like that show obviously.
And now we're going to go with Christopher with
T3Medias
Chris: hi Rosa this is Chris Fagan with
T3Medias.
Rosa : Hi Chris
Chris: Outstanding. Well first off I wanted to
say I really enjoyed this film I had a real good time and I can't wait to show
my daughter because it had a lot of heart in it. And I really look forward to
that someday and I want to thank you for that.
Rosa: oh my God! oh my God that's such a great
thing to hear! thank you I'm so happy that they get to see it.
Chris: yes ma'am Okay so there are a lot of
manga fans out there that come with an idea of how I film with this type of
source material should be developed and cast it. How did you convince those not
yet sold on the adaptation of Alita battle angel that this movie had them in
mind as well?
Rosa: I lost you at the in there
Chris: how do you convince those not yet sold on
this adaptation of Alita battle angel that this movie had the manga the true
manga fans in mind when it was made.
Rosa: well first of all I can tell you that this
movie has all of the same bits of earnestness that the manga has. You know it's
so funny. she laughs. Movie critics I see them try to review it like it's La
Duda or something. You know what I mean? This is Amanda, this is a true manga
and manga fans are going to be the ones to recognize that the most because it's
so Earnest. It's incredibly Earnest. And you know it's moves in such an
exponential rate. But I don't like that. Yukito cash it or was I'm bored the
entire time. That's how you really make an adaptation. You don't buy the
priority and just say thanks buddy and then make a Hollywood version of it. as
you can see that doesn't work and you end up alienating you're very fanbase and
demographic and the Very people who are the fans of the original property. and
we are making a cinematic version of this and we put a lot straight from the
manga right down to those big eyes. So we are very very true to it and I can
tell you I spent an exorbitant amount of time with it making it my main focus
making sure she was Pitch Perfect. Not just for fans of the manga but everybody
can find the universality of the character but also the fans of the manga. So
also the fans of the manga could validate and people who never read the Manga
could go by the manga and say I have to go read this now.
Chris: Outstanding I appreciate you. but like I
said I can't wait to show it to not just my daughter but my sons as well I feel
like you put a lot of heart in it and I really enjoyed the work and I
appreciate your time.
Rosa: oh my God thank you so much and you just
remind them that we made this film for them. We made it for everybody it speaks
to young boys and girls and say Hey you can find your power it's inside of
yourself so I'm very excited for them to see it.
So I finally got around to watching this Romance Thriller called YOU on Netflix. As I give my inner thoughts review, please be mindful of Spoilers. There is also a twist to this review. I give a review on behalf of everything there is to like about his series and then you'll hear my inner thoughts as to everything very wrong about the characters in it.
This was a fun series to watch I recommend it but be warned, it is also a look into everything wrong with our society and how vulnerable we've made ourselves for the sake of a selfie and getting LIKED online. People never really show you their true selves and even the people in our lives who are trying to be our friends can be the main ones constantly seeking to control or sabotage us.
Other than that, for some strange reason each character, no matter how creepy, came to become charming in their own way. There are no 100% innocents in this series so keep that in mind when you watch. You'll hate a character then hate them more, find a spark of redemption then want to kill them yourselves. Enjoy the review.
Here is my big revelation regarding Liam Neeson. He was one sentence away from being praised by a different group.Think about it. If Liam Neeson, while promoting his movie about revenge, said "I once had a female friend back in Ireland, who was raped and I was so angry I walked the streets of my city looking for the guy so I could beat him to death" Mr. Neeson would be cheered for standing up for women. But because the guy who assaulted his friend happened to be black, people are more concerned about him beating a black guy up more than just the fact that he went out looking to beat someone up at all. Just because he mentioned a race (which i admit, I would not have done) we're more focused on Liam attempting a hate crime, that never happened. and we are forgetting that he stopped himself and called it stupid and found shame in his own action 40 YEARS AGO no less. No matter how we tell the story, even people who are angry at Liam have always said, "well maybe he was just going out in anger for what a guy did to his friend" still are leaning towards the facts that it was a problem of THOUGHT that he self course corrected, thankfully before he did anything to anyone. White people, especially those with a history of prejudice/racism, who call it out and show growth and say, "that was bad and the old me" are given props and credit all the time. Now that we're in a Social Media "I wanna see the world burn environment", it's just become another form of entertainment to see if he can be punished for thinking. The only public relations mistake he made was mentioning a race. Mistake or not, it was still a fact. Yes, it could have been delivered better but are we forgetting something? if this really happened it means that its possible that a guy who rapes women in Ireland never was procecuted and probably did it again. Liam was one sentence away from being a champion for women and because of that sentence is being accused of racism. I don't know too many racists who would work with as many minorities as he has worked with. I for one won't co-sign on his punishment because of a thought that many of us have had and probably will have again if the same situation occurred. Are we really going to start invoking thought police? If actions speak louder than words then how the hell can a thought that never took action (so to speak) can be amplified to these extremes?
I love the dynamic between him and his assistant (Zazie Olivia Beetz) who stated in their history that she always wanted to work with him from day one. I appreciate Netflix for letting me check this movie out . can't wait to get the next one it was great I had a great time with it. It reminded me of Jerry MaGuire but more of a very serious tone. it wasn't all over the place with a bunch of athletes. Only when it came to the documentary portion of the film where real athletes spoke about finances.
Lockdown, that's what you felt that from the very beginning. a lockdown was in the atmosphere and it was up the the main character to fix and get things going again.
I have to say that I enjoyed it a lot.
It shows the strength of a man especially a black man that knows the moves before it was made he can do anything. I don't know where this is going to go as far as next year's Oscars I don't I don't know about the buzz around it too much when it releases February 8th on Netflix.
This is a film adaptation passion project of James Cameron, directed by Robert Rodriguez. From the manga story Battle Angel Alita aka Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro comes Alita Battle Angel. I know little to nothing of the work that came from the 90's origins of this story but when I saw the trailers I was a little curious. When I had the opportunity to screen it I dove right in. Leaving my expectations at the door and allowing the film to do its job. I was not disappointed. I called it a Thrillride Brought To Life. I was most impressed with the lead actor, Rosa Salar. Through her performance I was instantly hooked into the story and became entranced by the character. When she was angry, I was angry, when she was sad, so was I. This is what made the movie so great.
Though, most of the people that will bash on the movie without seeing it will say that it is an insult to make a movie with a MANGA source without a majority asian cast. North American viewers have been known to support a film with actors they are familiar with, mostly from North America. Yes, testing a big budgeted film with a virtually unknown set of actors can work but in the business, you'll want to bet on a more familiar tie in. That being said, there were a lot of asian actors that could have played some of the lead members. I won't go into that. Like I said, I walked in as a clean slate and let the film do what it intended. Entertain.
There is a powerful cast, for the most part under utilized but the chemistry between them was definitely what made the system work. There was a lot of emotions and heart in this film. I found myself mouthing off to a lot of the antagonist who would dare harm our hero. She makes you root for her. Excitement and a story that will not let you down on the entertainment level.
If I had any problems with it, it was the lack of chemistry between Salazar and Keean Johnson. I also feel that Mahershala Ali and Jennifer Connellywere not used to their fullest abilities of acting quality. I wanted more of them on screen. This was not a shakespearean performance, nor did it need to be. It just captured the hearts and minds of the warriors spirit. I definitely recommend you to see for yourself. I wish for this to become a successful franchise. I want more from Salazar and the majority of this cast. The only thing that will guarantee a sequel and a proper conclusion to this epic story is the viewers uniting and seeing this film. I hope you do, if you love it, tell a friend and go see it again.
Let's Make Alita News Great Again
#MANGA
Some of the earlier viewers were allowed to ask the cast and producers of the film some questions.
