Live Action Anime Movies?

It would seem that it's the newest fad. There's the obvious Dragonball Movie that's been talked about, Death Note already has 2 with a third in progress, but it would seem that Mushishi has one, Blood The Last Vampire is apparently being worked on, Hana Yori Dango started as a Drama series but will be endding with a movie, and who knows how many others I haven't heard of. I guess it's not really a bad thing but it does beg the question: "Where will it all end?" Each of these titles started as books, were turned into animated series, and now they're live action. I could see if they were trying to update them for a new audience but they're marketing them to those of us who have already read/watched the originals. I guess I'm guilty of incouraging them though because I will or have already watched them.

Now for a quick anime themed survey!

1. Who is your favorite anime character? All time, over all I'd say Kurama
2. What anime are they from? Yu Yu Hakusho
3. What are the things you like the best about them? His intelligents-- he's calculative and he looks at not just the over all but the long run, his additude-- he's openly friendly with those he trust but he's got a cold streak for those he's enemies with, his look-- I love his clothes, they're awesome (he also has pretty eyes and hair. ^.^)
4. What are the things you don't like about them? Erm... there's something not to like? Since when?
5. (If any)What is your favorite couple? Oh geez... First vote goes to the crazy crossover I was part of like two years ago: Hao Asakura and Russell Tringham. Then there's dozens of different boy's love/yaoi couples and a few hetro couples.
6. What are your favorite animes? Fullmetal Alchemist, Gravitation, Death Note, and Naruto.
7. How many animes have you watched? I'd have to say at least 100 different ones
8. How many mangas have you read? (Either finished or started) A couple dozen, maybe somewhere in the neighborhood of 30-40.
9. What is your favorite anime genre? I don't have just one but the tops are Sci-fi, Action, Comedy, and sometimes even Romance.

Death Note: R

That's the actual name of the special/director's cut episode. (The R stands for Rewrite)
Saddly it was a let down. That's right, a let down. Why you ask? It was a clip show. There was no narrative over the clips, there was nothing new added, and they didn't even reveiw the whole show. It was the first half. IT WAS A DAMN CLIP SHOW OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE STORY! Damn I hate when things waste my time.
There was about 3 minutes (at best) of Ryuk and some other shinigami talking (intro and end) but the rest was just clips. Hell the first 51 minutes were all clips from the first 11 episodes.
The whole damn thing plays for 2 hours 10 minutes. 2 HOURS of CLIPS. AHH! Makes me wish I had a Death Note, that way I could use it to constantly smack the crap out of whoever thought a TWO HOUR CLIP SHOW was a good idea! (No I won't write their name in the Note, they deserve the torture for doing something like this.)
Apparently there's just no way for me to fully love anything Death Note.
(There was the two days I spent complaining when I finished the manga, the live-actions were their own horrible story, and now the anime has this aweful clip show... not to mention they exagerate Light's 'madman' side.)

*sigh* Alright, that's out of my system. Happy New Year, I guess. So far this year isn't turning out to be any better then the last, but that was to be expected. I don't know thought "A New Year brings New Opertunities" but it's a lie. A New Year is just the same crap as the year before your just one year older that much closer to the inevidable end to your pointless exsistance. (Am I not the brightest ray of sunshine you've ever met?) Still it's all just a waitting game in the end and you just have to hope your luck will hold out. I don't have anything special planned for this year beside the one trip that's becoming a ritual (as it were) so the quarter of my year will be alright and the rest of it will be spent wondering what the heck I'm going to do. ^.^

Well, that's all I've got for you. So go on and get out of here. Enjoy it while you can! (If you can.)