1 of the best videos out there analysing why One Piece and LOTR are great film adaptations while Rings of Power and a host of other pretenders are caravans of rotting woke garbage that spat in the face of the original authors while stupidly and vilely blaming fans for their own arrogant talentless drivel.
They're always trying to "subvert expectations" when they can't even make a "normal" story 🤣 And before you subvert expectations, you have to know how to tell a normal story first
If they had the talent to make something better than the original, they'd be making something original of their own. Or at the very least, they'd have recognized that their purpose isn't to make something better than the original, but to make something that is as close as possible to being the original somehow transmigrated to a different medium. Rings of Power has the virtue of at least being a mostly original story (albeit set in an established setting) but it's also terrible on its own merits. And it doesn't even respect the established setting it's using.
@@NightLunaLia Unfortunately, the opposite is true. Many younglings with no experience of life are writing scripts, trying to copy previous work in a contemptible way. Moreover, the worst is when a large group of people chew the putty together. A common horse has a foamy back....
People really forget how hard and brave it is for someone who relied solely on themselves to ask for help. She's strong enough to get over herself and think for what's best and ask for help not for herself cause we knoe she can run away on her own but for the people she love. And i admire that way more than suffering on ur own.
Yes. Also being an entirely independent girlboss is a terrible message to give to kids watching these new media. There are some things you simply won't be able to overcome on your own.
@@adamsagov1058I have never seen anyone claiming that and I am one of those ”patriarchy bs” spouters. In fact, I have seen a whole lot more backlash to the girlboss trope for how shallow it is, and this adaptation does a great job subverting it. You’re not making up a bunch of people to get mad at, are you?
@@Sealedaway Why would i even bother to make it up? I couldn't care less about those ever offended people. As for people complaining about patriarchy bs, that is simply the biggest flaw of the modern feminist movement. And yes girlboss trope reflects that.
Not to mention, female characters in OP are actually well written and have a personality outside of the girl boss trope that doesn't allow them to be human. They're just people with different motivations and personalities.
To be fair, many are written as women. I.e. nursing and caring. So they are mainly just classic characters instead of "modern women hating everyone and everything".
Zoro’s backstory is what hit it home for me… cause the fact that we got Kuina saying what she did and sticking to the source material shows how much respect the show runners have for Oda’s work.
It is true that Kuina believes that she will be weaker than Zoro when they grow up but not Zoro. Since Kuina's death is a key part of Zoro's drive to be the greatest swordman in the world. Kuina had always beat him, so if he becomes the greatest swordman it means Kuina is the greatest swordman in the world because he never beat her so forever in "his mind" she is better than him. And in doing so realizing her dream too.
I never read the source material, but I really liked that Kuina said that. I think almost every girl thinks the same, whether they say it or not. You're like "one of the boys" until one day you're...not. This is a generalization, but generally boys get more good out of puberty than girls. For girls it's one big confidence crises and a lot, a lot of pain. Girls still need to hear that the most important things aren't going to change. Zoro stepped right up and gave her confidence back, and that was the moment he became my favorite character (after Shanks).
During that dialogue I turned to my husband and said "Woah, I can't believe Netlix let that slide, but I'm happy!" That line, that whole scene gave me goosebumps.
The writers for One Piece KNOW the source material and they love this story. You can FEEL the love they put into it, you can see from all the easter eggs and the designs and...everything. The actors care about the story, the writers, the directors, everyone.
@@Minifutzi_o.Oand because everyone involved in the live action loved the source material, they did what he said but there were also moments that Oda wasn't sure of that they asked him to take a chance on and he ended up loving them.
@@Mx.Phoenix the biggest change to the entire story, is actually Oda's idea. The whole Garp plot it was actually Oda the one that suggested it. Since he has admited he wished to introduce Garp much sooner. And also if you read the manga, you know Luffy is the 3rd time Garp fails being a mentor figure. So from a more realistic standpoint i can see why Garp wants to test Luffy. Its the 3rd time its happening. This is no coincidence anymore. Sadly for Garp it will happen a 4th time as well :(
@@unnamedshadow1866I didn't know. I thought it worked, so no shame to Oda. But it can't have been Oda who rewrote Arlong to want to go to the grand line and enslave humans, since he specifically went to less contested area to not have to deal with the strong marines.
@@unnamedshadow1866 I saw somewhere that the adaptation director had to convince Oda to let Garp be so early in the story because they wanted to give more sense of urgency to the story to better appeal to western audience and having Garp chase Luffy would give that sense or urgency
Thereis plenty of romance but not one the main characters as much. You can see the romance being more afyer times skip on relationships like Kyros and rebbecas mother oden and toki. There is also much more sex relationship than you can see ex dofy and viola, smoker and (the vice admiral girl). Ussop and the syrup village girl etc. But that's the cool thing the are extra stuff and not the main focus of the story.
It's actually wild to hear about showrunners ignoring source material or even proudly stating they never touched/interacted with it. Almost begs the follow up question.. why do you think you are qualified to bring this to the screen then?
I always got the impression that studios felt the need to put a "new spin" on things because they felt the source material already told "A" story, and they needed to tell a different story in their version. They couldn't fathom the idea of bringing the source material to life would satisfy people because they had already seen that story. I felt that way with the live action Ghost in the Shell. There were the good scenes, mostly the fan service portions, and the bad where they diverged greatly from the original. I also feel they change stuff up because they are unprepared to invest in recreating that world. The original takes place in space...too expensive, lets change it so it takes place on the back lot of a movie studio. I felt the extra details they put into OPLA were great. I especially loved ALL the casting. When a new character was cast, the person always resembled their animated counterpart. It was fun to finally see them in their costume and playing their part. I think for the next season they need to extend the season for a few more episodes. I feel like a 3 episode arc might help tell a little more of the story without having to sacrifice too much original material.
No its simply only one guy wants to change the world Larry Fink he bought disney and hollywood and pushing made up problems with minorityes to distract ppl from looking how he is stealing taxes money from them for making weapons and destroying the atmosphere with foucil fuel........ he is founding those bidiots to protest against oil.
So I was working at the Cape Town Film Studio as a ship rigger during the production of One-Piece's live action, and i really gotta say the vibe on set was really awesome. People got along well, there was always a lot of laughter and wholesomeness between takes, and it was without a doubt the best job I ever had. I even got to be a background character! I'm really happy with how it turned out and really glad I was a part of it
Do you know of the movie sets will be preserved for tourism ? It is a waste to tear it down and will be great for the economy SA is not exactly famous for its government tho
More like infamous. But yeah, i do hope they at least keep the sound and light stages, even if they tear down sets for different productions. Unfortunately the grounds are small and built on a marshland so keeping anything for long there isn't really viable. They do get to keep some stuff from earlier productions though, which is pretty cool, the ship masts viewed from the main road is pretty iconic. I have a lot of hope for the SA film industry, i'd like to go back after my tour in the USA but i guess i'll have to see. Thanks for the comment, it made my day
It's not about copy pasting the story 1:1, it's about retaining the soul of what the original was trying to convey by leveraging whatever quirks the new medium has in the direction of a common creative vision
@@commissarf1196 Corporate doesnt care... They care about making money... THis is the fault of all their mandatory diversity and woke hires, I mean Im assumiong. Plus here, the author was really hands on and forced them to reshoot some scenes and adamantly voiced out his opposition to the writer's attempts at mixing romance in the crew.
Oda put his foot down, clearly said, you want my story, you do it my way, and fair play to him for doing it, its a beloved story and hes spent essentially 26 years of his life writing it, any writer whose got a big enough head to think they know better than him how it should be written shouldn't be working on it
He started publishing one piece when he was about 21 or 22. And he was working on it for pretty long before then. He's spent more than half his life on this work.
they all say one piece writers likes the main source and respects it. i bet my ass on it they dont. i think Oda demands it and just they obey.netflix never respects the source materials in any show. why they do now?
And the most amazing part is, this is not a 1:1 adaptation. They did make changes here and there, and not even small changes, and yet still, EVERYONE loves this one piece adaptation. A slightly different script in order to be able to actually adapt a work, and yet still respectful to the heart and soul of the source material. These absolute frauds from other studios have ZERO excuses. NONE. The One Piece adaptation did everything these people claimed to be doing (including diversity lol), and yet people love it. No more excuses for these people.
I spent some time thinking about this, and I've come to somewhat of a conclusion that may explain it. Because of some of the changes they've made to the stuff Aarlong's pirates have been doing, including burning down and slaughtering this entire village onscreen, they may have excluded hacchi from the Aarlong gang entirely and are saving him for the later arcs entirely, since hacchi is mostly a good dude and didn't really fit with the whole "fishman supremacy" vibe that Live Action aarlong *really* pushed. Especially since he's so important later on, excluding him now wouldn't really cause any problems so I think it worked out just fine. @@nolabratteig988
A 1:1 adaption of anything would be near impossible, if you look at the LOTR movie trilogy compared to the books the timeline is scaled down and story elements are cut out or altered to fit (no meeting Tom Bombadil, Saruman dies at Isengard instead of the Shire in the extended version, etc), but the important story elements are included, and the casting, costumes, and scenery are meticulously made to detail from the illustrated lore. The amount of effort to stay as true to the masterpiece as possible is what separates LOTR and One Piece (haven't seen it myself except for what was shown in this vid) from the woke dreck who think they're 'improving' a story by heavily butchering the narrative and race-swapping to fit their ideals.
South African here. Just want to say, when they were filming, people could see the ship in the Cape bay. Seeing it in reality was awesome. Thanks for using my country to film!
@@mrchaoslordlol they should be. But we all know those woke writwr thinks they are better than everyone else in the world and those pride will lead to their own destruction
Honestly Hollywood's biggest problem is that it's full of Writers Rooms that have people who don't like to read. It's not really talked about like a serious thing, but a writer who doesn't like to read is like a person who talks at you instead of to you. They're about their ideas, their POV, their concepts. The greatest writers are spoken about in the same tone as the greatest painters because they challenged themselves to master an artform and find individuality after. A lot of college graduated writers don't really master the artform as much as they master the process, and the fact they don't care to read makes them narrow. I know it seems weird, but it's like that. Matt Owens read One Piece, and I'm pretty sure Steven Maeda had as well. I know Matt Owens had communicated a lot with the Fandom directly and he showed what the series meant to him. He read One Piece and he loved Oda's ideas. He recognizes Oda as a master of the Artform and someone to learn from.
They probably do like to read. Yaoi and yuri along with modern works by slash fiction writers that write about how the women are strong and abuse the men.
Genre fiction has been massively popular for hundreds of years, in part because it's essentially expected that writers are all reading each other's work and expanding upon ideas touched on in other stories, all under an umbrella of similar works. A mystery or sci-fi writer who has never read a single book in their genre before is unlikely to get very far, and even less likely to produce anything remotely resembling the target genre.
@@NotAGoodUsername360 I'm saying that it's not like that anymore, and the quality shows. There's a lot of writers who straight up aren't interested in reading other writers, and a lot of these people just get by on their degrees. They probably read a decent amount in college but after that, it's all about them and their ideas and they exist in an echo-chamber. This mostly applies to TV and Movie writers, not actual authors, but it's a very real thing and the quality is noticeable. There's A LOT of Bad Writing in Hollywood right now and this is a big reason why.
he's Luffy, but a different Luffy. Cause a 1 to 1 adaption of him would've been cringy as hell, instead they managed to nail his 1 neuron energy while still making it different and enjoyable. In the teasers I was so not on board with his charachter, but seeing it as a whole it really does work
Been seeing a lot of reaction videos of OPLA from non-one piece fans and the fact that it made them laugh and cry the same way the manga did for me the first time is a testament enough of how good the live action adaptation is.
I went to OPLA without any idea what One Piece was about. I didn't think much of it at first because I thought it was nothing but a story about a childish pirate boy but I was wrong!!! It made me laugh, cry and root for the characters. Luffy's positive perspective in life was infectious! I find myself smiling everytime I see him on the screen. Zoro's drive to succeed, Nami's accountability, Ussop's love for adventure, and Sanji's kindness was inspirational! It made me want to be like them! It felt personal, like I was one of the Straw Hats. Gosh! I wish I could articulate my love for them better. I am so thankful for the live action because it opened the OP door for me. I loved it so much, I even started reading the manga. 💕
@@riabolswelcome to the crew!! From the 2 year promo campaign that had ZERO major leaks until they were ready to show the trailer, and the cast going about their business on instagram as they worked on the show, and from the way the hype kept building, I knew there would be a season 2. It’s great to see new fans finally coming in. Since 2003, I couldn’t get anyone to start One Piece. But the live action may finally get them started, so once again, welcome to the crew!!
@@artofbrypaz To be honest, OP felt intimidating to me at first because 1. Some fans are kind of intense 2. There is so much material already, I dont know how to catch up. But Im so glad I gave it a shot. I loved it so much, I even convinced my senior Mom to watch it with me as I re-watched it. She loved it too! She cant remember the names but she admired ”Rubberboy”s (her nickname for Luffy) outlook on things. And I think that's where OPLA succeeded in- despite the changes, it brought the HEART of the manga to life, making its audience resonate with the crew... because at the end of the day, aren't we all just Straw Hats, trying our best to overcome our adversities to reach our dreams? ☺️
Husband and I are major anime fans, never checked out one piece bc we thought it was too goofy. Huge fans of OPLA, and going to check out the manga and anime too
Me: Huge Tolkien fan who cancelled Amazon Prime before Rings of Power dropped because I KNEW they'd screw up the story. And holy hell, I was more right than I feared. Also me: Never even HEARD of One Piece (not being a fan of the genre) and absolutely loved the series. Great vid. You nailed it.
I recommend watching the anime or reading the manga, there you can see the changes made for time restrictions like Luffy and Don Krieg's fight as well as the Buggy fight. You can also look online to avoid filler episodes but there's one is a much watch which is G-8 filler arc which is the best filler.
My biggest problem with adaptations is that these writers always go in with the “What should we change?” or “How do we make this different?” mindset. It always feels like those writers WANT to be different, and leave their mark on a story, instead of just adapting it. One Piece feels more like it was a passion project made by fans of the series, and not just someone who’s trying to twist the story into “theirs”. The actors love One Piece. The changes feel concise and cut out only small details. There’s references to FUTURE EVENTS of one piece (Jaya and Jinbei come to mind). And (imo) most importantly, Oda (writer of One Piece) was involved, and oversaw the project.
Oda himself is in charge to supervise that the adaptation goes well, Netflix did the right thing sticking to their author and not trying to mess using ideological bullshit.
meanwhile adaptations like LotR, Harry Potter, Discworld(smaller audience but still), one piece, and... twilight... show that making a faithful adaptation works no matter when you make it
So true on that, Animation and Anime can be adapted into Live-Action but the main problem is not the type of project you tackle, is the writing and execution this hollywood producers do. Sometimes they don't understand how to make a good project and tend to change it into something wethever comes in their minds. The Scott Pilgrim movie from 2010, the new One Piece series on Netflix and other successful adaptations (like Sonic movies, Mario movie, Detective Pikachu movie by Rob Letterman, Alita: Battle Angel by James Cameron, Alice in Borderland series, Rurouni Kenshin and now FNAF movie) proves that if you find ways to adapt the source material and hire people who understands more, you might find success.
OP's longevity as well as being already a huge franchise without the influence of Hollywood has safeguarded this adaptation. Producers inevitably needed for this adaptation to do well
The creator caring about his franchise also helps. If Sapkowski wasn't such a grumpy old tart then the Witcher production could've went a lot better too.
Most likely but he really shouldn’t have to. Everything shouldn’t have to go through the creator. Netflix should have people who know the original artwork in and out and respect it enough to do it justice.
@@lizzfrmhon you will always get the best data from the creator of something over a fan. Fans inject their own headcanon all the time. Any fan who says they don't is lying, especially with one piece where there is endless mystery to wonder about. Making sure Oda had the final say was key. And most important, it made sure that he could keep up the tradition of foreshadowing. And there is some EXTREME implications of that foreshadowing based on what was prioritized. We all know Coby is going to fight Luffy in the future in the original source. But because of how Hollywood is? We know for sure now that it's going to be a massive, devastating battle where Coby and Luffy are challenged on their deepest core beliefs and its going to destroy us all. You don't build up a character like coby for as long as they did unless he's coming back.
So minor spoilers, I will try not to write anything specific, but just general here. Oda has a habit of bringing everyone one back into the story, even if they're a minor character or an antagonist who you would assume their story is well and truly over. So with the way Oda has told One Piece a character having major buildup and huge narrative importance could easily be put on the backburner for 5 real world years, while we get callbacks and references to minor characters in the pervious arc. Oda loves to tease new people joining the crew all the time and usually it doesn't happen for one reason or another. While yes we do see the Coby vs Luffy the situation and the fight it's self is completely not what most people expect. If Oda keeps it the same in the live action it won't be how you think it will go down Major Spoiler here. Coby gets knocked out by a single punch by Luffy. As for why I say don't trust build up. So in a future arc we meet a character called Vivi in chapter 103 who follows the strawhats and is a major important factor in the arc she is a part of. We have this character for 100+ chapters and everything is building up to her joining the crew and being a permeant member of the strawhats. Mind you at that time they spent over 50% of the then current one piece release dealing with the main issues of Vivi and at the end of that story line she doesn't join the strawhats. For the next 800 or so chapters we would get minor references to her either a cover story art or sometimes her reading news articles of what her friends have been up to in the world and reacting to it.(Mind you this was usually done side by side several other characters that the crew had become friends with.) Only for her to now possibly be teased as an important player in the current or next arc in chapter 1000+.
There's a weird connection between Disney not listening to Lucas and Amazon not listening to Peter Jackson... as both companies did reach out to the respective directors. Lucas even wrote Disney a whole new script for... episode 9, I think it was? to try to course correct the Star Wars brand... but Disney ignored it. And, of course, you showed that Amazon reached out to Jackson and then ducked every attempt that was made to get in contact.
One of the biggest draws of One Piece is the 'nakama' aspect of the show. Your own chosen family. That's honestly one of the biggest reasons why I love OP. Friendship is so underrated and it annoys me when romance suddenly pops up in a story. Just to be clear, I have nothing against romance. However, for it to be forced in a plot kinda ruins it for me. The NamixZorro thing would have killed this show. I'm not even exaggerating. The moments when they bicker in the manga just warms my heart. They're like cantankerous siblings with each other. Romance would kill that.
One Piece has never shown any romance yet since it's unsuitable for the series and the series is more focused on freedom as a concept that drives the world of One Piece.
@@pangkouxiong1244 It's actually ruining movies tbh. We got a male and a female character so we need a romance and a sex scene or else the movie is worse - no god damn it romance is what makes movies worse. Romance is usually the worst part of a movie or series be it Harry Potter, Avatar the Last Airbender or Star Wars. It's just way too cheesy, unrealistic and annoys the hell out of the viewers which are here for anything else but romance. These picture perfect love stories are as far away from reality as they could be. There is a whole genre of romance films why do they need to put it in every single movie as well? I'm so over this crap because love is so fucking overrated and nothing but chemical processes in your brain. Once you figured that out those fucking scenes straight up just annoy the hell out of you because there is no reason for it being there but enforcing the narrative of love and relationships for the viewers so they keep getting married and have kids which are the next generation of slaves to keep society going. I'm at a point right now where I'm so over it that literally just a kissing scene makes the movie or series lose points in overall rating for me. Sex scenes are even more pointless and annoying. Can't we have stories without love shit? It's time for people to grow up and finally get that life is no fairytale and that most couples are highly unhappy together after a while ESPECIALLY when kids are involved. Also sorry when the world is endangered, my life is in danger, our whole species could be killed, the spaceship crashlanding on an alien planet YOU NAME IT happens, the last thing on my mind is romance or love and shit. It's so freaking forced and it literally stirs not a single feeling in me. I'm just happy when the romance crap is over with so the actual movie can keep going.
@@raydafuq3570bro Chill out, romance can be good when it’s done good. I dunno if you are being salty from personal experience, but a lot of couples are happy and in love even more when they are old. It’s allright if you don’t want it but some people do, and it’s not just chemicals in your brain really. If that was true then you could say the same about any kind of relationship, family bonds and friendship included. I actually loved Katara’s and Aang romance, because contrary to what some people think, real romantic love is based on friendship just as much as a platonic friendship, just with chemistry and passion on top of it. A scientific study shows that 2 in 3 long term relationships start off as friendships, that usually last at leasr two years before evolving into romance, they are the ones who work the best and last longer. and the more they invest in their friendship, the more they are in love as well. So Kataang is actually way more realistic than you think. What I dislike is “love at first sight”. And in that case then yes, I agree. That’s just chemicals in your brain and nothing more, and fizzles out very quickly. That’s called “infatuation” and it shouldn’t be confused with real romantic love. Maybe that’s what you were referring to when talking about “love”? The reason many couples are unhappy now it’s because they mistook infatuation for love and ghey believed in the “love at first sight” bs, getting married without really knowing eachother or caring about eachother. it was pushed so much in movies of the ‘900s. I dislike the sex scenes as well by the way. It’s allright if in Onepiece there isn’t romance in the crew, but there’s a place for it in media and is very much real. It’s not fair to shit on people who relate to romance and are actually happy after years of marriage, or to call them “delusional” because you haven’t experienced yourself, because I assure you, it’s the most wonderful feeling to wake up next to your loved one every day. I live it each day. You have to experience it to understand, and I guess you either get it or you don’t. To trash on romance with such passion feels more like coping/projecting.
I think that the most important piece of the formula of adapting material to live action is to just find the people who are fans of the source material to do the adaptation. Maybe not all of them will be perfect, but they certainly won't be garbage like rings of power, witcher etc. One piece live action wasn't perfect but it did have the heart and soul of Oda's work and that's more than enough for me to love it. Great video btw, you made some great points.
Well the Witcher did have Cavell and he was a super fan of the books and games. He tried to give his own input but they ignored him. Ultimately he left and said screw you all.
Exactly. The one thing fans loved about the witcher show was Henry Cavill and that was mostly because he was a fan and made them stick to the source and only left when they refused.
bruh Henry Cavil is a massive fan of Witcher, the problem is always the narcisistic writers/directors who cant stay with the original story/script because they cant stomach the fact that the movie/series they're working on is not theirs the key word is "Adaptation" but ofc they they really dont care about that they're just using the popular Manga/manha/books/ etc for themselves so they can get popular too, they'll change the script/writing/story just so they could say or call it that "theirs" its their ORIGINAL writing/story/script 🤣
I agree with you all. When I said give the show to the fan, I meant people who have creative control over the show have to be fans. I know Cavill is a fan but unfortunately he didn't have much say in the what the script will be. I'm sad about what happened to witcher but on the other hand, I'm very exicited about warhammer and curious to see what Cavill will do with that IP as a producer and a massive fan.
What they've done masterfully, is telling the story in such a way that original OP Fans AND people that have never watched/read/heard of OP can all enjoy it to the fullest extent I've been reading the manga for 14 years, since I was 13. I had serious, serious doubts about the live action, but now, I love this adaptation
It's fun, refreshing, it doesn't shove shit down your throat and it's nostalgic. As it should be. Also the small changes in the story that do not change the end result make it interesting even to the hardcore fans (Garp going after Luffy and sending Mihawk after him).
I mean Oda refers to Robin and Franky as the mom and dad of the Strawhats, but it's very loose. I don't think there's anything wrong shipping the crew, but keep it to fanworks. The live action not having any shipping is a good thing :)
@@michaeld.uchiha9084Hopefully it just means no romance within the crew. The members can have their own love interest outside the crew later on (very far in the future).
I am not a child or even young man. I am almost 70. I stumbled upon the live action version of One Piece. I did not know the animé version and I absolutely loved it. I have seen the animé version and have started watching it. I have seen differences but they kept true to the major aspects and did not matter to the story. I gave started watching the anime and am enjoying it
@gewuerzwanze5627 yes I know. I'm around episode 170. There are parts I don't like but overall it is excellent. I am not particularly a fan of animé. When I was growing it wasn't a thing.
Always a pleasure to someone in your age group enjoying anime 😊 Hope it can help you connect with your grandkids. PS: it’s best to watch anime in original Japanese with subtitles, I think the voice actors are better selected with Oda’s team.
I have seen the anime 4-5 times. The biggest problem with season 2 and season onwards is that they will be extremly cgi heavy. They will need to up the budget a lot and it will just get crazier and crazier as the story goes on. So i am very worried about that as a fan; eventually it will need a marvel budget.
I've seen Doctor Who, so I'm not too worried about the visuals. But yeah, they will have to cut some characters and nerf some abilities. The show would need numbers like The Witcher S1 or even Stranger Things to justify a budget increase.
I'm also a bit worried because Oda's mind is crazy and a lot of stuff happens lol BUT I really loved the practical effects/CGI in this season, I think gyojins looked great, the sea beast, news coo, den den mushi, gum gum /chop powers... I've seen people complain but for me it was amazing
A few camera tricks can help with certain scenes and animatronics. Little garden is going to be difficult which I’m guessing is going to need to be altered in some ways. Then there is how are they going to do Chopper. A Jim Henson style of Puppet may work best
It doesn't need to be. Chopper in kid form is EXACTLY the right size to be a practical effect. But even if they CGI, there are examples now where I could see it coming across as natural. And if you're wonding just how good that could ever be? Go look up Farscape. It's from the 90s, and the puppets are from Jim Henson. It's got a similar feel to one piece in that there humanity, humor and heart and of course, creatures that are practical effects but come across as believable and real. To this day, Pilot and Rygel feel REAL to me and have always managed to be something I can't quite bring myself to fathom as something someone was wearing or puppeteering. I'm hoping for practical effects for small chopper with hopefully a body builder as man chopper. Reindeer chopper could be a CGI enhanced Reindeer, even. I have high hopes for chopper.
yeah but the crew isn't just some horny group of teenagers with nothing but s€x in their minds. each and every one of them have an ambition and they're tirelessly working on it while having fun and the freedom being in open seas.. it's just not the same as crappy teenage genre from hollywood.
I can't believe the Rings Of Power producers just didn't take Peter Jackson's help. The guy is a titan of the industry and you just ghost him when he's willing to help... Intentionally throwing???
The Witcher flop is the more epic example because your star is an UBER fan. You just needed to listen to him. The Nami 'Help me' scene was a direct hit to the feels!
This whole video could’ve ended right there. The whole point was shown through that joke. Just imagining her say that line, even in that delivery, in the actual show made me realized she would’ve felt so much more real.
Oda wasn't given TOO much control, either. He was against the idea of making Garp the arc-antagonist of the East Blue Saga, but was eventually talked into it, and it paid off in spades
it would be so ridiculous if after luffy finally finds shanks, he gives him the straw hat, and shanks says "you still have this piece of junk" and just throws it into the ocean
That Nami moment is also what I tell people is the peak of early One Piece. If you want to introduce the show to someone from now on, honestly, just tell them to watch through the Arlong arc. It's like, only 20 episodes at that point, about the same amount of runtime as the whole live action, and it perfectly captures everything about the series. It captures the sweet balance of comedy, action, and drama and is a perfect microcosm of the series. And the live action nailed it perfectly. As a longtime One Piece fan, it's a damn good time to be alive.
Arlong park ends at episode 45. Wait are you telling people to only watch the arlong park bits? Who are you telling this to? People who have watched the live action or what? If you mean for completly new people then i disagree but if they have watched the live action yeah that might be a good starting point.
It’s incredible how this has become rare. All they have to do from a writing perspective is follow the source material to the best of their ability. That’s all we want.
The biggest problem for rings of power was they were adapting the silmarillion without having the rights to the silmarillion. Which at that point just don't do it
Both Rings Of Power and One Piece are expensive. Unlike ROP, you can see where the money is spent. Fantastic sets, rich costumes, and great overall production. I'm still coming to terms with the fact that She-Hulk cost $25M per episode. Where did the money go?
Oda is what many in the west have forgotten. A man that has a passion for his work. He takes feedback from fans but doesn't put in fan service just because someone said something bad. He would add it if it actually limproved his work or as a node of respect (Look up how Dr. Vegapunk got his name in one piece)
Ruin Johnson also said once: “I’d be really worried if everyone across the board said, ‘yeah, that was a great movie.’ It’s much more exciting to me where half the audience says it’s a great movie, and the other half says, ‘that was the worst movie I ever saw in my life.’”
That’s an idiot take but there’s something to the philosophy. If your just loved by everybody, your probably not doing anything that interesting. Now, you don’t want half the people mad, but you should be pissing off somebody somewhere or you didn’t really make something that interesting. Recently I was in another conversation where somebody says “why is last of us 2 still called a good game all I ever see is people arguing over if it was amazing or sucked ass” and to me the answer was “cause it’s years later and at the drop of a hat when it comes up people remember and care enough about it to say it was amazing or sucked ass and get passionate about that.”
Hi!!! I just want to say say that I agree to all of your points and that more people should heard about your opinion. I heard about opinions of "wokism" ruining the Hollywood readaptation, and it never bodes well with me; but when you said the problem is actually about the ego it suddenly all make sense. I also applaud Oda's firmness on delivering the essence of the story but still believing in the actor the freedom to 'act' the character. And the respect of all of the production teams for the story!
These days, people seem to equate being woke with being narcissistic and egotistical. With virtue signalling for money and self insert main characters. With disrespecting the original source material because they couldn't see themselves exactly in there. Which isn't the case. Being woke is essentially being awake regarding the issues of the world. It's being politically aware. Unfortunately, there are too many shoddily written TV series, movies and comics based on previously loved IPs that resulted from either egotistical and narcassistic writers that hid behind the fact that they included a black main character or sidelined the beloved male main character in favour of a female character who's personality and values were completely overhauled making them barely recognisable from who they were in the original anymore. So being woke has now become associated not with including LGBTQ+ and non white characters, but with hiding behind them to protect bad writing and disrespect towards the fans and source material.
1. Begin by giving the audience a quick understanding of how the world works. 2. Quickly introduce the main character. 3. Have some quick conflict to allow the main character to display his traits. 4. Start introducing more characters in a way that their story naturally intertwines with the main character's. This have been basic storytelling guidelines for centuries if not millenia. OPLA does all this perfectly in the first 10 minutes of episode 1. It's very apparent in the final product when the writers have enough respect for the wisdom handed down to them by their predecessors since the time of Gilgamesh to follow the basics. Conversely, it is also obvious when the writers are so headstrong as to try and subvert the very basics of storytelling.
"A different language is a different vision of life" - Federico Fellini "focused more on making a viable Western live-action adaptation of a manga" - Preplot Perfect explanation.
It's good to see that others understand the utter disrespect Disney had for the Star Wars franchise and its core characters. The fact they allow the lightsaber to be discarded and Luke's character assassinated, how little modern Hollywood understands its customers. One Piece truly is a miracle that it came out this good.
Great analysis. You can feel the love they put into the show, and can tell everyone is having a good time. And wants audience to have fun. Respecting story telling. Here's to them continuing to execute better and better
One of the reasons the One Piece adaptation was good is because the whole crew was very, very passionate. The sets, the characters, even the changes felt excellent. This is arguably the most important thing any adaptation should have; a passionate crew who, even if they don't follow the series, have at least a passion for the craft.
Regarding Nami: Asking for help when you can’t do it on your own anymore takes something of far greater value than courage, it takes humility. Imho there is far more strength in admitting you need help than refusing help out of a warped dedication to the protection of your own ego. Girl Boss characters are purely ego driven which is why they are so off putting(just like ego driven male characters are).
Oda adopts everyone's world view in the story. Some people that review One Piece weekly, affectionately call it Agenda Piece. Next season when Mr. 2 is introduced, these are the same people that are gonna have a problem with the show, like they did this season with Nojiko.
We will never make it to the Wano arc, but holy shit if we do… Also look at Ussops coloring in the anime. Nojiko is the same kind of vaguely brown which clearly translates into African during conversion.
Oh I am sure there WILL be controversy when Mr. 2 introduced. But we fans who know are all love and respect Bon-chan so we don't need to hear all those
@@msnina5379i mean Oda introduced gender blurry and gender bending characters long before Americans started calling things woke and having agendas. Oda made these characters and they just were, they existed and they had their own struggles and powers and feelings and it wasn’t all about their gender. Bon Clay sama will always be best boy in my heart and Ivankov was a riot.
agree with most of what you're saying. There's too many people out there trying to make everything about themselves (directors, actors, etc.) or trying to be woke or social conformists that only care about their 'image' or reputation. Disney is such an entity that has fallen far from its golden years, much like everything else that is currently Hollywood.
I feel like an even bigger problem is what these people consider being woke is. Being "woke" should not mean you want to only create a bunch of women characters that act like assholes. There is no real reason why that is the conclusion from wanting to be "woke". And I think it says a lot about the writers themselves that they actually see someone acting like an asshole as a power fantasy, like they want to be able to act like that themselves.
The moment that the producer joined the Reverie (an annual event made by One Piece RUclipsrs and watched by thousands of OP fans) is the moment I knew that this live action was made by people who have passion and respect for the series. 🥰
The Live Action wasn't perfect, but what i loved about it is that it felt like fucking One Piece man. Everybody involved put so much effort into it and they deserve all the praise they're getting
As someone who is not a fan of romance in shonen and any action series/movies, I totally agree with oda’s strict rule on romance. Personally, I find most shonen romance disastrous. But one of the reason that kept me from reading one piece for so long is the fans strong hate to shippers. I was not even in the op fandom but even I know how shitty the shippers in op fandoms gets treated by other fans to the point of calling shippers weird(like you did), lack comprehension, delusional etc.. It is called fanfics and fanarts for a reason. I still don’t understand how fans in a fandom could bully others because of their different interest. We’ve been there right? Getting shit on, weird looks because we like cartoon at 20 yrs old..
I do think get why they're like that either. Most of the one piece shippers are decent people, keep to themselves, don't force their headcanons on others, ect. They aren't hurting anyone, they're just engaging with the world and work by going "if they did have romance between crewmates, what would it be like?" Just because i don't ship these characters, and I find the ships weird, ghat doesn't mean I get the right to go to any of the shippers and go "but oda said that these characters aren't gonna have a relationship in canon" because most of the shippers know this. At the most, you can give new fans who are shippers, especially ones coming from fandoms where the most popular ships did end up becoming canon, a gentle heads up that the vast majority of these ships probably won't be canon so please don't be disappointed when it doesn't happen. And even then, only if they start getting waited about the potential of their ships becoming canon. Anything more than that is rude and confrontational and just scares people away. Because the vast majority of shippers understand that most of their ships won't be canon.
When they ship Luffy and Nami I want to throw up. That's big bro. Nami genuinely loves Luffy as her family. Their relationship is beautiful, shipping them is weird.
I loved the OPLA ... I am a really loyal fan since forever !! I have my nitpicks.. but one of the main reason that this LA was successful was bc the show had a lot of heart and soul of One piece .. It wasnt perfect but i could see the hard wrk the easter eggs the details the sets the castings and overall the story .. i really hope nw that s1 is successful.. i dnt want them to hav a big head and start messin it up !
The funny thing about the writer rant (specially for netflix) is: it is very true. A german author whose book was supposed to be made into a film also didnt accept netflix´ conditions because in his book "Sonne und Beton" the story is about living in Berlin in the early 2000s and its about drug criminality and violence and so on. It is very authentic and that is partly the reason the book got so popular. The author said that the netflix producers suggested changing one of the arab drug seller gangs into a german lesbian girl gang. After that he just immediately cancelled all negotiations with netflix.
Can imagine a Disney version when Shanks gives Luffy the Hat, Luffy tosses it over his shoulder and into the Ocean. Then starts sucking Blue Gum Gum Milk out of a Deformed Cow.
I don't fully agree with the romance/shipping makes you a fake fan part. Fans like to imagine little "what if scenarios" and also draw R34 that doesn't mean they don't understand the show or want to change it. Of course there are Twitter people who want the show to change in many ways but....most of them probably don't even watch or read the series.
Yeah, my main issue is when shippers are in the writers' room, or when writers run out of ideas and borrow from fan fiction. There's nothing wrong with shipping as long as it's not in the show.
the showrunners and the live action crew have a lot of respect for the source material and oda in general even tho there have been some major changes in the story, they have all been aproved by oda himself
I found the TV series to be generally great fun with lovable characters/actors, amazing music, a fast pace and a colourful cheerful kind of world that still stayed very serious. I read the first 100 chapters of the manga to acquaint myself with it and while I can definitely see why some people felt that the characterizations of some characters were a bit off or some scenes could have been done on the appropriate grander scale, I do not entirely agree with them. It is a Western adaptation after all and some manga/anime things would have been just too out of place in a live action context. That being said, I would love to see the main crew be even more accurate to the manga ones, especially Nami. I feel that Sanji was done best and the others need some more work.
As someone who was completely unfamiliar with One Piece before watching the show, I absolutely loved it. Obviously it's going to differ from the Manga and Anime, and obviously some people aren't going to be pleased with some of the changes that needed to be made, but from my perspective as a fresh viewer, it was really good.
14:40 When you mentioned Oda puts in a quote, I paused the video with a smile and lean over to read it... and then I proceeded to break down and cry like a little girl. That was an unfair sad jumpscare. That scene still made me cry until now, y'know, Oda?!
Really good video on how modern Hollywood have ruined themselves. One Piece is the breath of fresh air I've been waiting for. I hope more people see this video!
What really irks me is that netflix's one piece isn't even that good - it just doesn't suck like all their other anime adaptations and yet everyone acts like it's the best thing since the extraction of penicilin from mold.
I’ve been an avid one piece fan for around ten years or so, I was super skeptical hearing about the live action but was so surprised how much I enjoyed it. I’ve had friends reach out wanting to start the anime after watching it which is so exciting I feel like that’s the best part of this doing well is bringing new fans in.
I had no interest in anime or manga but I watched One Piece and absolutely loved it. It has everything missing in modern entertainment. I am now binging the anime series!
12:43 at first I was gonna say that's super toxic but no, I fully agree, if you want crew romance you haven't been paying attention these people are like family, it would feel wrong to see any of them in a romantic situation, now I know what you might say "what about sanji, he's a simp and in love with nami" well I disagree he has never once gone after nami in a truly romantic way, he just cares alot about nami and shows it alot. he also does that for most woman he just cares about them because of his past, and im so happy they didn't change that, because it perfectly foreshadows what woman really mean to sanji, along with cooking, and I love it, I fucking love sanji, but that's off topic. I could never imagine any of the crew getting together after the show, not one bit.
Thats what makes Sanji Sanji 😂 the Robin chwan and nami swan are so funny in the anime and manga. Even though he constantly finds girls attractive, he never crossed the line but instead will fight out of pure love for his family.
No well, you see, you might simultaneously understand the relationship and chemistry between the characters, and at the same time imagine Sanji x Zoro gayship sailing, or Robin+Nami x Monster Chopper hentai scenes in your free time. Most of the time people understand that the story told and its kinky variation is not the same story, and cannot be mixed on the screen. But it's totally ok for them to coexist either in your head or in a form of fanfiction. But if your scenario crew starts to mix those things up, you better find a new one, or give them a talk.
fair enough, but I wasn't really talking about fanfic I'm not that naïve, I'm really talking in context to adapting the story/what people expect from the manga, head cannon and fanfic are totally fine. (but if I'm being honest I think the example of "Robin + Nami X Monster Chopper" is a little gross, but it's just an example, so I don't really care) BUT... head cannon by nature can be really stupid, and uninformed such as "Zoro is totally pulling haft the crew" crazy obviously not duh, good head cannon is "Luffy is clearly asexual" it has statute it totally could be true, Luffy hasn't really show attraction to anyone it could be true that kind of stuff, that's what I'm arguing against. (sorry if this comment looks terrible I lost everything I wrote like three times lol)
【Shades Finnish Pirates】Great that One Piece gets another season, i am glad you brought up the fake news since i actually readed them and thought that Mr. Oda was actually somewhat furious about changes in the script. I even went as far to write on The Official One Piece Tube that nice that you've showed the original manga of the Netflix adaptation since i did not like tha changes and i would not have written that if i had not been put to that negative mindset. Still i stand somewhat by my words, making the crew & Garp drink is just something i absolutely hate about the adaptation and it's not approriate in my mind as it should go that only Zoro drinks & only Sanji smokes so the bad habits are linked only to these two characters (not including Smoker for obvious reasons, he is smoke after eating the devil fruit) I did some reasearch, i gotta take this statements about the drinking back as it appears the crew drinks somewhat and Mr. Oda has even stated the who's the heaviest drinker to the lightweight one and only Luffy & Chopper do not drink at all. So go forth Live Action!
Since you brought up how the writer of Witcher would have casted a non-white actress for Nami...it reminds me how a few years ago I came across one small article (which if i recall was made I guess i a month after the Strawhat castings were announced) which talked about how there were salty "fans" online who were furious that a non-white actress wasn't casted as Nami and preache about diversity (Even though the cast was already diverse with the likes of Inaki Godoy, Makenyu and Jacob Romero Giboson). Obviously these were not true fans of the source material and around that time; most beautiful red head characters for some reason had non-white actresses being casted for their roles, I don't know why Hollywood can't handle red head characters that aren't POC but it's a good call Oda-Sensei made the casting decisoins. Heck I bet in any other hollywood situatoin without Oda-Sensei's input. The casting for Nami and Nojiko would have been the other way around. Chioma Antoinette Umeala would have been Nami and Emily Rudd would been bene Nojiko. And sadly Chioma Antoinette Umeala still got flack from some fans of OP on being Nojiko but most of us are more welcome to it because its a good way to nod to the viewers that despite being sisters, it is clear they are not blood related and it doesn't need to be said they aren't. Plus personally to me; I and seemingly most other OP fans always so Nojiko has having a slighty darker skin tone compared to Nami so I say the casting is accurate. Even with a few race swaps on the show; it mainly happened to the minor characters, characters that most people would NOT get riled up over. Even if they do, they'll most likely try and cause some drama in order to try and boycott the live action but if they were true fans; they shouldn't let changes of minor characters get the best of them. When Sham was made to be female in the live action I admit, it took me by suprise but I quickly accepted the idea because Sham was a minor character who's only role is being one of Kuro's henchman so I didn't mind the change, but there are fake fans out there trying to cause controversy surrounding it. Accusing it of being "woke" because of such a minor change...like as if Sham suddenly having noo friend downstairs is gonna impact the WHOLE plot!
agreed with what you said. if these were any regular hollywood adaptation (with *agenda*) Nami crying and ask Luffy for help will be seen as weakness or even blatantly get skipped/changed just to stroke someone's ego of having better idea.
I honestly think future seasons should keep the sets with the goal of eventually turning it into a theme park. Those sets looked so damn amazing. Granted that would be an even more absurd amount of money spent on the land/water required.
Btw, there is a video where some interview japanese what they think about the live action, they all said Benn Beckman from red head pirate look weird lol
That was very well put. Remember though that it is also the studio executives and not just the writers who are setting some of those themes. "We want to put our own spin on it", also comes from directors who bring their own army of compliant producers and agencies. Most IP's are not big enough to mount the defence Oda did for One Piece. We really should be able to spot those productions that are suspect. I myself can now watch the trailer for an anime adaption and tell whether it'll be good or bad pretty quickly. There have been enough now that you can tell the aesthetic of some of the poorer studio's, or the cadence of the poorer writers. Even if you throw $200m at it, unless you careful gatekeep the original source material, you'll attract the parts of the industry who talk a good game about their personal abilities, and try and force personal opinions into it. Amazon are particularly prone to this with both games developers and original television productions... They can only hire businesses whose first aim is making money, and that has always been antithetical to art.
I think a lot of the problem is so many "writers" are basically freelancing paid gigs. They aren't writing what they want they are writing what the are asked to in the hopes of making money by using whatever "formula" they think should work. Critics make terrible creators generally.
A Anime Manga fan here…. IMO Netflix One Piece is a 10/10 starter pack/trailer for new comers to the vast One Piece world… If one feels the need to get more from this world, they have it available in manga and anime… It’s win win… there is only 1 thing I didn’t like in Netflix one piece, that being Sanji not seeing Zoro vs Mihowk fight… because that made an impact on Sanji in OG. But maybe Sanji did saw it in off screen!!
same, first time watching the LA i was very happy and loved everything, there is a lot of great things they added to synthesize it, but they missed some tiny elements like the one you mentioned that could've made OPLA better, hopefully they will take that feedback for next season to make it better each time
5:22 Okay, but I didn't know Yennefer was white in the original source material, also did it really change her character much? As someone who doesn't know the original lore and haven't rewatched the show for a while now, I can't seem to remember her skin color being a thing for her character? Can someone enlighten me?
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1 of the best videos out there analysing why One Piece and LOTR are great film adaptations while Rings of Power and a host of other pretenders are caravans of rotting woke garbage that spat in the face of the original authors while stupidly and vilely blaming fans for their own arrogant talentless drivel.
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"Because these modern writers are thinking always that they can make something more better than the original"
And this is why they fail...
They're always trying to "subvert expectations" when they can't even make a "normal" story 🤣
And before you subvert expectations, you have to know how to tell a normal story first
If they had the talent to make something better than the original, they'd be making something original of their own. Or at the very least, they'd have recognized that their purpose isn't to make something better than the original, but to make something that is as close as possible to being the original somehow transmigrated to a different medium.
Rings of Power has the virtue of at least being a mostly original story (albeit set in an established setting) but it's also terrible on its own merits. And it doesn't even respect the established setting it's using.
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Usually the "modern writers" are 50 years old liars😂
@@NightLunaLia Unfortunately, the opposite is true. Many younglings with no experience of life are writing scripts, trying to copy previous work in a contemptible way. Moreover, the worst is when a large group of people chew the putty together. A common horse has a foamy back....
People really forget how hard and brave it is for someone who relied solely on themselves to ask for help. She's strong enough to get over herself and think for what's best and ask for help not for herself cause we knoe she can run away on her own but for the people she love. And i admire that way more than suffering on ur own.
Yes. Also being an entirely independent girlboss is a terrible message to give to kids watching these new media. There are some things you simply won't be able to overcome on your own.
I bet to them asking male friends for help is an unforgivable crime with all the patriarchy bs they keep spouting
@@adamsagov1058I have never seen anyone claiming that and I am one of those ”patriarchy bs” spouters. In fact, I have seen a whole lot more backlash to the girlboss trope for how shallow it is, and this adaptation does a great job subverting it. You’re not making up a bunch of people to get mad at, are you?
@@Sealedaway Why would i even bother to make it up? I couldn't care less about those ever offended people. As for people complaining about patriarchy bs, that is simply the biggest flaw of the modern feminist movement. And yes girlboss trope reflects that.
asking for help is a sign of strength in general
Not to mention, female characters in OP are actually well written and have a personality outside of the girl boss trope that doesn't allow them to be human. They're just people with different motivations and personalities.
Because they’re human and good characters first and foremost. They just happen to be women.
@@tbhgodrick6120 now if only their actual designs weren't so...... y'know. the timeskip really went wild with it :')
@@TDLBallistic oda did say he wants to make a manga where his younger self can enjoy
To be fair, many are written as women. I.e. nursing and caring. So they are mainly just classic characters instead of "modern women hating everyone and everything".
*Smugface McGirlboss*
Zoro’s backstory is what hit it home for me… cause the fact that we got Kuina saying what she did and sticking to the source material shows how much respect the show runners have for Oda’s work.
I still don't understand how they were able to not gain any screeching noises from the woke people from that line 🤣
It is true that Kuina believes that she will be weaker than Zoro when they grow up but not Zoro.
Since Kuina's death is a key part of Zoro's drive to be the greatest swordman in the world. Kuina had always beat him, so if he becomes the greatest swordman it means Kuina is the greatest swordman in the world because he never beat her so forever in "his mind" she is better than him. And in doing so realizing her dream too.
I never read the source material, but I really liked that Kuina said that. I think almost every girl thinks the same, whether they say it or not. You're like "one of the boys" until one day you're...not. This is a generalization, but generally boys get more good out of puberty than girls. For girls it's one big confidence crises and a lot, a lot of pain. Girls still need to hear that the most important things aren't going to change. Zoro stepped right up and gave her confidence back, and that was the moment he became my favorite character (after Shanks).
During that dialogue I turned to my husband and said "Woah, I can't believe Netlix let that slide, but I'm happy!" That line, that whole scene gave me goosebumps.
There's nothing wrong with what Kuina said. It's a fact of mother nature after all. Well done Live Action team & Oda.
The writers for One Piece KNOW the source material and they love this story. You can FEEL the love they put into it, you can see from all the easter eggs and the designs and...everything. The actors care about the story, the writers, the directors, everyone.
well Oda forced them to change a lot, so if he didn't intervene it would have looked completely different
@@Minifutzi_o.Oand because everyone involved in the live action loved the source material, they did what he said but there were also moments that Oda wasn't sure of that they asked him to take a chance on and he ended up loving them.
@@Mx.Phoenix the biggest change to the entire story, is actually Oda's idea.
The whole Garp plot it was actually Oda the one that suggested it.
Since he has admited he wished to introduce Garp much sooner.
And also if you read the manga, you know Luffy is the 3rd time Garp fails being a mentor figure.
So from a more realistic standpoint i can see why Garp wants to test Luffy.
Its the 3rd time its happening. This is no coincidence anymore.
Sadly for Garp it will happen a 4th time as well :(
@@unnamedshadow1866I didn't know. I thought it worked, so no shame to Oda.
But it can't have been Oda who rewrote Arlong to want to go to the grand line and enslave humans, since he specifically went to less contested area to not have to deal with the strong marines.
@@unnamedshadow1866 I saw somewhere that the adaptation director had to convince Oda to let Garp be so early in the story because they wanted to give more sense of urgency to the story to better appeal to western audience and having Garp chase Luffy would give that sense or urgency
You cant find a romance in the One Piece, but u will find love in One Piece
There is romance, it its a different type of romance. It'd the romance of adventure.
Thereis plenty of romance but not one the main characters as much. You can see the romance being more afyer times skip on relationships like Kyros and rebbecas mother oden and toki. There is also much more sex relationship than you can see ex dofy and viola, smoker and (the vice admiral girl). Ussop and the syrup village girl etc.
But that's the cool thing the are extra stuff and not the main focus of the story.
@@FearFest420 doffy and viola💀💀
Oh, but there is and it breaks people heart.
Brother, one piece is wholly a romance , a romance of the SEA
It's actually wild to hear about showrunners ignoring source material or even proudly stating they never touched/interacted with it. Almost begs the follow up question.. why do you think you are qualified to bring this to the screen then?
I always got the impression that studios felt the need to put a "new spin" on things because they felt the source material already told "A" story, and they needed to tell a different story in their version. They couldn't fathom the idea of bringing the source material to life would satisfy people because they had already seen that story. I felt that way with the live action Ghost in the Shell. There were the good scenes, mostly the fan service portions, and the bad where they diverged greatly from the original.
I also feel they change stuff up because they are unprepared to invest in recreating that world. The original takes place in space...too expensive, lets change it so it takes place on the back lot of a movie studio. I felt the extra details they put into OPLA were great. I especially loved ALL the casting. When a new character was cast, the person always resembled their animated counterpart. It was fun to finally see them in their costume and playing their part.
I think for the next season they need to extend the season for a few more episodes. I feel like a 3 episode arc might help tell a little more of the story without having to sacrifice too much original material.
Live action Dragon Ball vibes
God i remember that happened in Halo tv show....such a disaster
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No its simply only one guy wants to change the world Larry Fink he bought disney and hollywood and pushing made up problems with minorityes to distract ppl from looking how he is stealing taxes money from them for making weapons and destroying the atmosphere with foucil fuel........ he is founding those bidiots to protest against oil.
So I was working at the Cape Town Film Studio as a ship rigger during the production of One-Piece's live action, and i really gotta say the vibe on set was really awesome. People got along well, there was always a lot of laughter and wholesomeness between takes, and it was without a doubt the best job I ever had. I even got to be a background character! I'm really happy with how it turned out and really glad I was a part of it
Do you know of the movie sets will be preserved for tourism ? It is a waste to tear it down and will be great for the economy
SA is not exactly famous for its government tho
More like infamous. But yeah, i do hope they at least keep the sound and light stages, even if they tear down sets for different productions. Unfortunately the grounds are small and built on a marshland so keeping anything for long there isn't really viable. They do get to keep some stuff from earlier productions though, which is pretty cool, the ship masts viewed from the main road is pretty iconic. I have a lot of hope for the SA film industry, i'd like to go back after my tour in the USA but i guess i'll have to see. Thanks for the comment, it made my day
Thank you for your contribution in One Piece live action series. I hope you have good career and enjoy your work.
@@afrizalrinaldo8896 You have no idea how much that means, thank you so much
Netflix when they see that actually sticking to the source material makes a sucessful adaptation: omg who could've have predicted this😱😱😱
Definitely not the corporate suits and incompetent writers, that's for sure.
@@commissarf1196 bad writing and not sticking to the source material go hand in hand
I guarantee they will learn all the wrong lessons from this.
It's not about copy pasting the story 1:1, it's about retaining the soul of what the original was trying to convey by leveraging whatever quirks the new medium has in the direction of a common creative vision
@@commissarf1196 Corporate doesnt care... They care about making money... THis is the fault of all their mandatory diversity and woke hires, I mean Im assumiong.
Plus here, the author was really hands on and forced them to reshoot some scenes and adamantly voiced out his opposition to the writer's attempts at mixing romance in the crew.
Oda put his foot down, clearly said, you want my story, you do it my way, and fair play to him for doing it, its a beloved story and hes spent essentially 26 years of his life writing it, any writer whose got a big enough head to think they know better than him how it should be written shouldn't be working on it
He started publishing one piece when he was about 21 or 22. And he was working on it for pretty long before then. He's spent more than half his life on this work.
Oda is a man of integrity, honesty, commitment and sheer frigging will. Something most Hollywood writers aspire tonst never will reach.
they all say one piece writers likes the main source and respects it. i bet my ass on it they dont. i think Oda demands it and just they obey.netflix never respects the source materials in any show. why they do now?
The guy is a woke sell out. 😂
@@TheGosgoshthat’s so true
And the most amazing part is, this is not a 1:1 adaptation. They did make changes here and there, and not even small changes, and yet still, EVERYONE loves this one piece adaptation. A slightly different script in order to be able to actually adapt a work, and yet still respectful to the heart and soul of the source material.
These absolute frauds from other studios have ZERO excuses. NONE. The One Piece adaptation did everything these people claimed to be doing (including diversity lol), and yet people love it. No more excuses for these people.
My only problem is where is hatchan
I spent some time thinking about this, and I've come to somewhat of a conclusion that may explain it.
Because of some of the changes they've made to the stuff Aarlong's pirates have been doing, including burning down and slaughtering this entire village onscreen, they may have excluded hacchi from the Aarlong gang entirely and are saving him for the later arcs entirely, since hacchi is mostly a good dude and didn't really fit with the whole "fishman supremacy" vibe that Live Action aarlong *really* pushed. Especially since he's so important later on, excluding him now wouldn't really cause any problems so I think it worked out just fine. @@nolabratteig988
A 1:1 adaption of anything would be near impossible, if you look at the LOTR movie trilogy compared to the books the timeline is scaled down and story elements are cut out or altered to fit (no meeting Tom Bombadil, Saruman dies at Isengard instead of the Shire in the extended version, etc), but the important story elements are included, and the casting, costumes, and scenery are meticulously made to detail from the illustrated lore. The amount of effort to stay as true to the masterpiece as possible is what separates LOTR and One Piece (haven't seen it myself except for what was shown in this vid) from the woke dreck who think they're 'improving' a story by heavily butchering the narrative and race-swapping to fit their ideals.
@@nolabratteig988 confirmed that the fish man playing cards against Nami....ergo they didn't make him an octopus
@destroyerzilla7634 this means I get to rewatch it to see if it is.
South African here. Just want to say, when they were filming, people could see the ship in the Cape bay. Seeing it in reality was awesome. Thanks for using my country to film!
One was able to meet a god, the other couldn't even meet a queen.
Badass line
More like wouldn't
Can you give me a time stamp? I forgot witch part is that.
@@commissarf1196
9:37
I mean, there's Usopp in OP, so...
1. respect the creator
2. don't make unecessary changes
3. CONSULT THE CREATOR
it's that easy guys
Though i agree with your point, i don't think rings of power could do number 3. Since you know tolkien's already deceased and all
@@desmondanimus1454 yeah you are right but theres still people you can consult that worked for the movie like Peter Jackson :D
@@mrchaoslordlol they should be. But we all know those woke writwr thinks they are better than everyone else in the world and those pride will lead to their own destruction
4. Don't attack/insult the Fans of the source material.
Cowboy Bebop: well no
Honestly Hollywood's biggest problem is that it's full of Writers Rooms that have people who don't like to read. It's not really talked about like a serious thing, but a writer who doesn't like to read is like a person who talks at you instead of to you. They're about their ideas, their POV, their concepts. The greatest writers are spoken about in the same tone as the greatest painters because they challenged themselves to master an artform and find individuality after. A lot of college graduated writers don't really master the artform as much as they master the process, and the fact they don't care to read makes them narrow. I know it seems weird, but it's like that. Matt Owens read One Piece, and I'm pretty sure Steven Maeda had as well. I know Matt Owens had communicated a lot with the Fandom directly and he showed what the series meant to him. He read One Piece and he loved Oda's ideas. He recognizes Oda as a master of the Artform and someone to learn from.
They probably do like to read. Yaoi and yuri along with modern works by slash fiction writers that write about how the women are strong and abuse the men.
Genre fiction has been massively popular for hundreds of years, in part because it's essentially expected that writers are all reading each other's work and expanding upon ideas touched on in other stories, all under an umbrella of similar works. A mystery or sci-fi writer who has never read a single book in their genre before is unlikely to get very far, and even less likely to produce anything remotely resembling the target genre.
Yep. Steve Maeda actually mentioned that he was caught up with the manga
@@NotAGoodUsername360 I'm saying that it's not like that anymore, and the quality shows. There's a lot of writers who straight up aren't interested in reading other writers, and a lot of these people just get by on their degrees. They probably read a decent amount in college but after that, it's all about them and their ideas and they exist in an echo-chamber. This mostly applies to TV and Movie writers, not actual authors, but it's a very real thing and the quality is noticeable. There's A LOT of Bad Writing in Hollywood right now and this is a big reason why.
@@linusgustafsson2629you do know there’s a ton of commercially successful yaoi and yuri right?
They really nailed it with Luffy's actor, an infectious ball of energy.
he's Luffy, but a different Luffy. Cause a 1 to 1 adaption of him would've been cringy as hell, instead they managed to nail his 1 neuron energy while still making it different and enjoyable. In the teasers I was so not on board with his charachter, but seeing it as a whole it really does work
The casting is great overall but goddammit did they nail sanji. I think this might honestly be the best version of east blue era sanji.
And Garp, Garp's actor is good too.
Well, they cast all other actors for different roles... But luckily they found a wild Luffy running around in mexican jungles...
@@I_m_Batmannlmao that Iñaki video in the jungle was hilarious 😂 and the mina mina song in the background 😂😂
Been seeing a lot of reaction videos of OPLA from non-one piece fans and the fact that it made them laugh and cry the same way the manga did for me the first time is a testament enough of how good the live action adaptation is.
I went to OPLA without any idea what One Piece was about. I didn't think much of it at first because I thought it was nothing but a story about a childish pirate boy but I was wrong!!! It made me laugh, cry and root for the characters. Luffy's positive perspective in life was infectious! I find myself smiling everytime I see him on the screen. Zoro's drive to succeed, Nami's accountability, Ussop's love for adventure, and Sanji's kindness was inspirational! It made me want to be like them! It felt personal, like I was one of the Straw Hats. Gosh! I wish I could articulate my love for them better.
I am so thankful for the live action because it opened the OP door for me. I loved it so much, I even started reading the manga. 💕
@@riabolswelcome to the crew!! From the 2 year promo campaign that had ZERO major leaks until they were ready to show the trailer, and the cast going about their business on instagram as they worked on the show, and from the way the hype kept building, I knew there would be a season 2.
It’s great to see new fans finally coming in.
Since 2003, I couldn’t get anyone to start One Piece. But the live action may finally get them started, so once again, welcome to the crew!!
@@artofbrypaz To be honest, OP felt intimidating to me at first because 1. Some fans are kind of intense 2. There is so much material already, I dont know how to catch up. But Im so glad I gave it a shot. I loved it so much, I even convinced my senior Mom to watch it with me as I re-watched it. She loved it too! She cant remember the names but she admired ”Rubberboy”s (her nickname for Luffy) outlook on things. And I think that's where OPLA succeeded in- despite the changes, it brought the HEART of the manga to life, making its audience resonate with the crew... because at the end of the day, aren't we all just Straw Hats, trying our best to overcome our adversities to reach our dreams? ☺️
@@riabolsu articulate it well,, feel same here (from non One Piece's fan) ☝🏼
Husband and I are major anime fans, never checked out one piece bc we thought it was too goofy. Huge fans of OPLA, and going to check out the manga and anime too
Me: Huge Tolkien fan who cancelled Amazon Prime before Rings of Power dropped because I KNEW they'd screw up the story. And holy hell, I was more right than I feared.
Also me: Never even HEARD of One Piece (not being a fan of the genre) and absolutely loved the series.
Great vid. You nailed it.
Watch the anime, best story of all
I recommend watching the anime or reading the manga, there you can see the changes made for time restrictions like Luffy and Don Krieg's fight as well as the Buggy fight. You can also look online to avoid filler episodes but there's one is a much watch which is G-8 filler arc which is the best filler.
I was surprised G-8 was a filler. It fit in so well to what happenned in Water 7 finding out it was a filler was kind of shocking lol
My biggest problem with adaptations is that these writers always go in with the “What should we change?” or “How do we make this different?” mindset. It always feels like those writers WANT to be different, and leave their mark on a story, instead of just adapting it.
One Piece feels more like it was a passion project made by fans of the series, and not just someone who’s trying to twist the story into “theirs”. The actors love One Piece. The changes feel concise and cut out only small details. There’s references to FUTURE EVENTS of one piece (Jaya and Jinbei come to mind). And (imo) most importantly, Oda (writer of One Piece) was involved, and oversaw the project.
They must speak Latin... "Resumen" means Summary in latin, not your own Resume.
the One Piece's writers problem was "how do we change stuff without changing the substance?. Often times writers stop that question at "stuff"
Oda himself is in charge to supervise that the adaptation goes well, Netflix did the right thing sticking to their author and not trying to mess using ideological bullshit.
meanwhile adaptations like LotR, Harry Potter, Discworld(smaller audience but still), one piece, and... twilight... show that making a faithful adaptation works no matter when you make it
So true on that, Animation and Anime can be adapted into Live-Action but the main problem is not the type of project you tackle, is the writing and execution this hollywood producers do. Sometimes they don't understand how to make a good project and tend to change it into something wethever comes in their minds. The Scott Pilgrim movie from 2010, the new One Piece series on Netflix and other successful adaptations (like Sonic movies, Mario movie, Detective Pikachu movie by Rob Letterman, Alita: Battle Angel by James Cameron, Alice in Borderland series, Rurouni Kenshin and now FNAF movie) proves that if you find ways to adapt the source material and hire people who understands more, you might find success.
OP's longevity as well as being already a huge franchise without the influence of Hollywood has safeguarded this adaptation. Producers inevitably needed for this adaptation to do well
The creator caring about his franchise also helps. If Sapkowski wasn't such a grumpy old tart then the Witcher production could've went a lot better too.
I've never seen a Netflix show or any other show gets renewed for another season this fast, it's crazy
The Dragon Prince is another one I can think of tbh
Rain (2018) as well for 3 seasons
And One Piece is expensive too.
"DARK" (2017) did also get the OK for its 3-season run fast enough to complete the show as intended.
Sadly, The Dark Crystal and 1899 did not …
@@Cau_No Dark to me it the best Neflix show with the best cast. One Piece is closest to Dark with great casting.
14:32 bro i love the little Jimbe drawing in the bottom right, saying " stop counting what you've lost!" Like he told luffy
I'm really glad that Oda supervised One Piece adaptation closely. Otherwise netflix will 100% ruin it.
Most likely but he really shouldn’t have to. Everything shouldn’t have to go through the creator. Netflix should have people who know the original artwork in and out and respect it enough to do it justice.
@@lizzfrmhonthat's a good point but it still has to go through the creator.
@@lizzfrmhon sadly, netflix doesn't have that kind of person and Oda know it too well
@@lizzfrmhon you will always get the best data from the creator of something over a fan. Fans inject their own headcanon all the time. Any fan who says they don't is lying, especially with one piece where there is endless mystery to wonder about.
Making sure Oda had the final say was key. And most important, it made sure that he could keep up the tradition of foreshadowing. And there is some EXTREME implications of that foreshadowing based on what was prioritized.
We all know Coby is going to fight Luffy in the future in the original source.
But because of how Hollywood is?
We know for sure now that it's going to be a massive, devastating battle where Coby and Luffy are challenged on their deepest core beliefs and its going to destroy us all.
You don't build up a character like coby for as long as they did unless he's coming back.
So minor spoilers, I will try not to write anything specific, but just general here. Oda has a habit of bringing everyone one back into the story, even if they're a minor character or an antagonist who you would assume their story is well and truly over. So with the way Oda has told One Piece a character having major buildup and huge narrative importance could easily be put on the backburner for 5 real world years, while we get callbacks and references to minor characters in the pervious arc. Oda loves to tease new people joining the crew all the time and usually it doesn't happen for one reason or another.
While yes we do see the Coby vs Luffy the situation and the fight it's self is completely not what most people expect. If Oda keeps it the same in the live action it won't be how you think it will go down
Major Spoiler here.
Coby gets knocked out by a single punch by Luffy.
As for why I say don't trust build up.
So in a future arc we meet a character called Vivi in chapter 103 who follows the strawhats and is a major important factor in the arc she is a part of. We have this character for 100+ chapters and everything is building up to her joining the crew and being a permeant member of the strawhats. Mind you at that time they spent over 50% of the then current one piece release dealing with the main issues of Vivi and at the end of that story line she doesn't join the strawhats. For the next 800 or so chapters we would get minor references to her either a cover story art or sometimes her reading news articles of what her friends have been up to in the world and reacting to it.(Mind you this was usually done side by side several other characters that the crew had become friends with.) Only for her to now possibly be teased as an important player in the current or next arc in chapter 1000+.
There's a weird connection between Disney not listening to Lucas and Amazon not listening to Peter Jackson... as both companies did reach out to the respective directors. Lucas even wrote Disney a whole new script for... episode 9, I think it was? to try to course correct the Star Wars brand... but Disney ignored it. And, of course, you showed that Amazon reached out to Jackson and then ducked every attempt that was made to get in contact.
One of the biggest draws of One Piece is the 'nakama' aspect of the show. Your own chosen family. That's honestly one of the biggest reasons why I love OP. Friendship is so underrated and it annoys me when romance suddenly pops up in a story. Just to be clear, I have nothing against romance. However, for it to be forced in a plot kinda ruins it for me. The NamixZorro thing would have killed this show. I'm not even exaggerating. The moments when they bicker in the manga just warms my heart. They're like cantankerous siblings with each other. Romance would kill that.
Exactly. Once Sanji got in, Zoro bickers with him too. I don't get why shows always try to push a romance.
One Piece has never shown any romance yet since it's unsuitable for the series and the series is more focused on freedom as a concept that drives the world of One Piece.
@@pangkouxiong1244 It's actually ruining movies tbh. We got a male and a female character so we need a romance and a sex scene or else the movie is worse - no god damn it romance is what makes movies worse. Romance is usually the worst part of a movie or series be it Harry Potter, Avatar the Last Airbender or Star Wars. It's just way too cheesy, unrealistic and annoys the hell out of the viewers which are here for anything else but romance. These picture perfect love stories are as far away from reality as they could be.
There is a whole genre of romance films why do they need to put it in every single movie as well? I'm so over this crap because love is so fucking overrated and nothing but chemical processes in your brain. Once you figured that out those fucking scenes straight up just annoy the hell out of you because there is no reason for it being there but enforcing the narrative of love and relationships for the viewers so they keep getting married and have kids which are the next generation of slaves to keep society going.
I'm at a point right now where I'm so over it that literally just a kissing scene makes the movie or series lose points in overall rating for me. Sex scenes are even more pointless and annoying. Can't we have stories without love shit? It's time for people to grow up and finally get that life is no fairytale and that most couples are highly unhappy together after a while ESPECIALLY when kids are involved.
Also sorry when the world is endangered, my life is in danger, our whole species could be killed, the spaceship crashlanding on an alien planet YOU NAME IT happens, the last thing on my mind is romance or love and shit. It's so freaking forced and it literally stirs not a single feeling in me. I'm just happy when the romance crap is over with so the actual movie can keep going.
I respect your opinion ,but like chill dude
@@raydafuq3570bro Chill out, romance can be good when it’s done good. I dunno if you are being salty from personal experience, but a lot of couples are happy and in love even more when they are old. It’s allright if you don’t want it but some people do, and it’s not just chemicals in your brain really. If that was true then you could say the same about any kind of relationship, family bonds and friendship included.
I actually loved Katara’s and Aang romance, because contrary to what some people think, real romantic love is based on friendship just as much as a platonic friendship, just with chemistry and passion on top of it.
A scientific study shows that 2 in 3 long term relationships start off as friendships, that usually last at leasr two years before evolving into romance, they are the ones who work the best and last longer. and the more they invest in their friendship, the more they are in love as well. So Kataang is actually way more realistic than you think.
What I dislike is “love at first sight”. And in that case then yes, I agree. That’s just chemicals in your brain and nothing more, and fizzles out very quickly. That’s called “infatuation” and it shouldn’t be confused with real romantic love. Maybe that’s what you were referring to when talking about “love”?
The reason many couples are unhappy now it’s because they mistook infatuation for love and ghey believed in the “love at first sight” bs, getting married without really knowing eachother or caring about eachother. it was pushed so much in movies of the ‘900s.
I dislike the sex scenes as well by the way.
It’s allright if in Onepiece there isn’t romance in the crew, but there’s a place for it in media and is very much real.
It’s not fair to shit on people who relate to romance and are actually happy after years of marriage, or to call them “delusional” because you haven’t experienced yourself, because I assure you, it’s the most wonderful feeling to wake up next to your loved one every day. I live it each day.
You have to experience it to understand, and I guess you either get it or you don’t.
To trash on romance with such passion feels more like coping/projecting.
YES! I'm so tired of writers approaching adaptations with the mindset of "i need to fix this" when there was nothing to be fixed in the first place!
I think that the most important piece of the formula of adapting material to live action is to just find the people who are fans of the source material to do the adaptation. Maybe not all of them will be perfect, but they certainly won't be garbage like rings of power, witcher etc. One piece live action wasn't perfect but it did have the heart and soul of Oda's work and that's more than enough for me to love it.
Great video btw, you made some great points.
Well the Witcher did have Cavell and he was a super fan of the books and games. He tried to give his own input but they ignored him. Ultimately he left and said screw you all.
Exactly. The one thing fans loved about the witcher show was Henry Cavill and that was mostly because he was a fan and made them stick to the source and only left when they refused.
I never heard about one piece one week before, now it is one of my fav shows. The best one I've seen in a long time.
bruh Henry Cavil is a massive fan of Witcher, the problem is always the narcisistic writers/directors who cant stay with the original story/script because they cant stomach the fact that the movie/series they're working on is not theirs
the key word is "Adaptation" but ofc they they really dont care about that they're just using the popular Manga/manha/books/ etc for themselves so they can get popular too, they'll change the script/writing/story just so they could say or call it that "theirs" its their ORIGINAL writing/story/script 🤣
I agree with you all. When I said give the show to the fan, I meant people who have creative control over the show have to be fans. I know Cavill is a fan but unfortunately he didn't have much say in the what the script will be.
I'm sad about what happened to witcher but on the other hand, I'm very exicited about warhammer and curious to see what Cavill will do with that IP as a producer and a massive fan.
What they've done masterfully, is telling the story in such a way that original OP Fans AND people that have never watched/read/heard of OP can all enjoy it to the fullest extent
I've been reading the manga for 14 years, since I was 13. I had serious, serious doubts about the live action, but now, I love this adaptation
It's fun, refreshing, it doesn't shove shit down your throat and it's nostalgic.
As it should be.
Also the small changes in the story that do not change the end result make it interesting even to the hardcore fans (Garp going after Luffy and sending Mihawk after him).
I mean Oda refers to Robin and Franky as the mom and dad of the Strawhats, but it's very loose. I don't think there's anything wrong shipping the crew, but keep it to fanworks. The live action not having any shipping is a good thing :)
Oda said there is no shipping in the crew.
They are a family.
But he never said there is no romance in One Piece.
Not anymore, now Jinbei is the father, while Franky is the crazy uncle or something like that.
@@Lupinemancer87 Franky is the perverted grandmother now lmao (for real)
@@michaeld.uchiha9084Hopefully it just means no romance within the crew. The members can have their own love interest outside the crew later on (very far in the future).
@@bmona7550Ussop and Kaya aside… Sanji. Just Sanji.
I am not a child or even young man. I am almost 70. I stumbled upon the live action version of One Piece. I did not know the animé version and I absolutely loved it. I have seen the animé version and have started watching it. I have seen differences but they kept true to the major aspects and did not matter to the story. I gave started watching the anime and am enjoying it
Its quite long
@gewuerzwanze5627 yes I know. I'm around episode 170. There are parts I don't like but overall it is excellent. I am not particularly a fan of animé. When I was growing it wasn't a thing.
Always a pleasure to someone in your age group enjoying anime 😊
Hope it can help you connect with your grandkids.
PS: it’s best to watch anime in original Japanese with subtitles, I think the voice actors are better selected with Oda’s team.
I have seen the anime 4-5 times. The biggest problem with season 2 and season onwards is that they will be extremly cgi heavy. They will need to up the budget a lot and it will just get crazier and crazier as the story goes on. So i am very worried about that as a fan; eventually it will need a marvel budget.
I've seen Doctor Who, so I'm not too worried about the visuals. But yeah, they will have to cut some characters and nerf some abilities. The show would need numbers like The Witcher S1 or even Stranger Things to justify a budget increase.
vfx doesnt cost that much ,especially if they give time to the artists
I'm also a bit worried because Oda's mind is crazy and a lot of stuff happens lol BUT I really loved the practical effects/CGI in this season, I think gyojins looked great, the sea beast, news coo, den den mushi, gum gum /chop powers... I've seen people complain but for me it was amazing
A few camera tricks can help with certain scenes and animatronics. Little garden is going to be difficult which I’m guessing is going to need to be altered in some ways. Then there is how are they going to do Chopper. A Jim Henson style of Puppet may work best
It doesn't need to be. Chopper in kid form is EXACTLY the right size to be a practical effect. But even if they CGI, there are examples now where I could see it coming across as natural.
And if you're wonding just how good that could ever be?
Go look up Farscape. It's from the 90s, and the puppets are from Jim Henson. It's got a similar feel to one piece in that there humanity, humor and heart and of course, creatures that are practical effects but come across as believable and real. To this day, Pilot and Rygel feel REAL to me and have always managed to be something I can't quite bring myself to fathom as something someone was wearing or puppeteering.
I'm hoping for practical effects for small chopper with hopefully a body builder as man chopper. Reindeer chopper could be a CGI enhanced Reindeer, even.
I have high hopes for chopper.
I understand Oda said no romance within the crew, but you gotta admit he put them all on the same ship.
if american woke writer have their way,there will be gay or lesbo romance among crew
*Ba Dum Tss*
yeah but the crew isn't just some horny group of teenagers with nothing but s€x in their minds. each and every one of them have an ambition and they're tirelessly working on it while having fun and the freedom being in open seas.. it's just not the same as crappy teenage genre from hollywood.
i ship them...into the Thousand Sunny
@@nedelwrei swear i will not wacth the OP LA if that happen 😂😂😂
I can't believe the Rings Of Power producers just didn't take Peter Jackson's help. The guy is a titan of the industry and you just ghost him when he's willing to help... Intentionally throwing???
Well yeah, they already knew what he was going to tell them, and they didn't want to hear it.
@@achair7958 " just follow the damn book "
The Witcher flop is the more epic example because your star is an UBER fan. You just needed to listen to him.
The Nami 'Help me' scene was a direct hit to the feels!
"Erurondo, Tasukete"
I hate that this sh*t made me laugh. Almost fell of the treadmill with that out of nowhere line
This whole video could’ve ended right there. The whole point was shown through that joke. Just imagining her say that line, even in that delivery, in the actual show made me realized she would’ve felt so much more real.
lmao same. Was about to comment this, tbh. 😂😂😂😂😂
You could just feel the love for One Piece in the adaptation. It's soaked with affection. They really wanted to get this right.
OP had the advantage Oda had the last word.
He ordered many reshoots because he was not happy with the product at first.
Oda wasn't given TOO much control, either. He was against the idea of making Garp the arc-antagonist of the East Blue Saga, but was eventually talked into it, and it paid off in spades
it would be so ridiculous if after luffy finally finds shanks, he gives him the straw hat, and shanks says "you still have this piece of junk" and just throws it into the ocean
its crazy how fitting it also is that One Piece ended up having a wholesome live action made by wholesome people, truly further capturing its spirit
That Nami moment is also what I tell people is the peak of early One Piece. If you want to introduce the show to someone from now on, honestly, just tell them to watch through the Arlong arc. It's like, only 20 episodes at that point, about the same amount of runtime as the whole live action, and it perfectly captures everything about the series. It captures the sweet balance of comedy, action, and drama and is a perfect microcosm of the series.
And the live action nailed it perfectly.
As a longtime One Piece fan, it's a damn good time to be alive.
Arlong park ends at episode 45.
Wait are you telling people to only watch the arlong park bits?
Who are you telling this to? People who have watched the live action or what?
If you mean for completly new people then i disagree but if they have watched the live action yeah that might be a good starting point.
@@havtor007 nah just pirate the OnePace version, it saves you from a lot of unnecessary fillers and flashbacks later on
@@adil0028 So you are telling new people to watch the abridged version so they do not get the full experience.
That is just not good.
@@havtor007 that's not abridged, it's the manga pacing version
@@adil0028 Nah it is not it is abridged.
Manga paced would be waiting 1 week between each episode you watched.
It’s incredible how this has become rare. All they have to do from a writing perspective is follow the source material to the best of their ability. That’s all we want.
You basically put all the frustration and disappointment I’ve felt over this stuff into words. Thank you.
The biggest problem for rings of power was they were adapting the silmarillion without having the rights to the silmarillion. Which at that point just don't do it
this one piece adaptation reminds me lord of the rings adaptation from 2001. Both very succesful and faithful adaptations, with not very known actors.
Both Rings Of Power and One Piece are expensive. Unlike ROP, you can see where the money is spent. Fantastic sets, rich costumes, and great overall production.
I'm still coming to terms with the fact that She-Hulk cost $25M per episode. Where did the money go?
Oda is what many in the west have forgotten. A man that has a passion for his work. He takes feedback from fans but doesn't put in fan service just because someone said something bad. He would add it if it actually limproved his work or as a node of respect (Look up how Dr. Vegapunk got his name in one piece)
Bro your accent combined with the agressive writing and the calm delivery absolutely cracks me up.
I love the way you descripted Nami's Journey, If it was written by the creators of the Witcher😂 well executed!
Ruin Johnson also said once: “I’d be really worried if everyone across the board said, ‘yeah, that was a great movie.’ It’s much more exciting to me where half the audience says it’s a great movie, and the other half says, ‘that was the worst movie I ever saw in my life.’”
That’s an idiot take but there’s something to the philosophy. If your just loved by everybody, your probably not doing anything that interesting. Now, you don’t want half the people mad, but you should be pissing off somebody somewhere or you didn’t really make something that interesting.
Recently I was in another conversation where somebody says “why is last of us 2 still called a good game all I ever see is people arguing over if it was amazing or sucked ass” and to me the answer was “cause it’s years later and at the drop of a hat when it comes up people remember and care enough about it to say it was amazing or sucked ass and get passionate about that.”
Hi!!!
I just want to say say that I agree to all of your points and that more people should heard about your opinion. I heard about opinions of "wokism" ruining the Hollywood readaptation, and it never bodes well with me; but when you said the problem is actually about the ego it suddenly all make sense. I also applaud Oda's firmness on delivering the essence of the story but still believing in the actor the freedom to 'act' the character. And the respect of all of the production teams for the story!
These days, people seem to equate being woke with being narcissistic and egotistical. With virtue signalling for money and self insert main characters. With disrespecting the original source material because they couldn't see themselves exactly in there.
Which isn't the case.
Being woke is essentially being awake regarding the issues of the world. It's being politically aware.
Unfortunately, there are too many shoddily written TV series, movies and comics based on previously loved IPs that resulted from either egotistical and narcassistic writers that hid behind the fact that they included a black main character or sidelined the beloved male main character in favour of a female character who's personality and values were completely overhauled making them barely recognisable from who they were in the original anymore. So being woke has now become associated not with including LGBTQ+ and non white characters, but with hiding behind them to protect bad writing and disrespect towards the fans and source material.
1. Begin by giving the audience a quick understanding of how the world works.
2. Quickly introduce the main character.
3. Have some quick conflict to allow the main character to display his traits.
4. Start introducing more characters in a way that their story naturally intertwines with the main character's.
This have been basic storytelling guidelines for centuries if not millenia. OPLA does all this perfectly in the first 10 minutes of episode 1. It's very apparent in the final product when the writers have enough respect for the wisdom handed down to them by their predecessors since the time of Gilgamesh to follow the basics.
Conversely, it is also obvious when the writers are so headstrong as to try and subvert the very basics of storytelling.
"A different language is a different vision of life" - Federico Fellini
"focused more on making a viable Western live-action adaptation of a manga" - Preplot
Perfect explanation.
bro your dry tone with smooth funny jokes is sending me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. keep it up!!! you have a great future with that humour
It's good to see that others understand the utter disrespect Disney had for the Star Wars franchise and its core characters. The fact they allow the lightsaber to be discarded and Luke's character assassinated, how little modern Hollywood understands its customers. One Piece truly is a miracle that it came out this good.
Great analysis. You can feel the love they put into the show, and can tell everyone is having a good time. And wants audience to have fun. Respecting story telling. Here's to them continuing to execute better and better
One of the reasons the One Piece adaptation was good is because the whole crew was very, very passionate. The sets, the characters, even the changes felt excellent. This is arguably the most important thing any adaptation should have; a passionate crew who, even if they don't follow the series, have at least a passion for the craft.
Regarding Nami: Asking for help when you can’t do it on your own anymore takes something of far greater value than courage, it takes humility. Imho there is far more strength in admitting you need help than refusing help out of a warped dedication to the protection of your own ego. Girl Boss characters are purely ego driven which is why they are so off putting(just like ego driven male characters are).
This is exactly how I've been feeling and been trying to tell people. Subscribed!!!
12:59 I always felt that the strawhat crew is like family. Every time someone ships two of them with one another it feels very very weird to me
Oda adopts everyone's world view in the story. Some people that review One Piece weekly, affectionately call it Agenda Piece. Next season when Mr. 2 is introduced, these are the same people that are gonna have a problem with the show, like they did this season with Nojiko.
We will never make it to the Wano arc, but holy shit if we do…
Also look at Ussops coloring in the anime. Nojiko is the same kind of vaguely brown which clearly translates into African during conversion.
Oh I am sure there WILL be controversy when Mr. 2 introduced. But we fans who know are all love and respect Bon-chan so we don't need to hear all those
@@msnina5379i mean Oda introduced gender blurry and gender bending characters long before Americans started calling things woke and having agendas. Oda made these characters and they just were, they existed and they had their own struggles and powers and feelings and it wasn’t all about their gender. Bon Clay sama will always be best boy in my heart and Ivankov was a riot.
@@lizzfrmhonnever been, in my life consuming modern media
there is a lgbt character i respect more than bon clay sama
@@lizzfrmhonits a shame tim curry is to old and with his stroke, he would have been perfect as Ivanakov. Unless he is CGI it might be possible
One piece army, protect this channel from getting cancelled!!
agree with most of what you're saying. There's too many people out there trying to make everything about themselves (directors, actors, etc.) or trying to be woke or social conformists that only care about their 'image' or reputation. Disney is such an entity that has fallen far from its golden years, much like everything else that is currently Hollywood.
I feel like an even bigger problem is what these people consider being woke is. Being "woke" should not mean you want to only create a bunch of women characters that act like assholes. There is no real reason why that is the conclusion from wanting to be "woke". And I think it says a lot about the writers themselves that they actually see someone acting like an asshole as a power fantasy, like they want to be able to act like that themselves.
Nope. Wokeness is bad regardless of stories. Feminism, BLM, lgbtq etc should stay out of our entertainment.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
The moment that the producer joined the Reverie (an annual event made by One Piece RUclipsrs and watched by thousands of OP fans) is the moment I knew that this live action was made by people who have passion and respect for the series. 🥰
The Live Action wasn't perfect, but what i loved about it is that it felt like fucking One Piece man. Everybody involved put so much effort into it and they deserve all the praise they're getting
As someone who is not a fan of romance in shonen and any action series/movies, I totally agree with oda’s strict rule on romance. Personally, I find most shonen romance disastrous.
But one of the reason that kept me from reading one piece for so long is the fans strong hate to shippers. I was not even in the op fandom but even I know how shitty the shippers in op fandoms gets treated by other fans to the point of calling shippers weird(like you did), lack comprehension, delusional etc.. It is called fanfics and fanarts for a reason.
I still don’t understand how fans in a fandom could bully others because of their different interest. We’ve been there right? Getting shit on, weird looks because we like cartoon at 20 yrs old..
I do think get why they're like that either. Most of the one piece shippers are decent people, keep to themselves, don't force their headcanons on others, ect. They aren't hurting anyone, they're just engaging with the world and work by going "if they did have romance between crewmates, what would it be like?"
Just because i don't ship these characters, and I find the ships weird, ghat doesn't mean I get the right to go to any of the shippers and go "but oda said that these characters aren't gonna have a relationship in canon" because most of the shippers know this.
At the most, you can give new fans who are shippers, especially ones coming from fandoms where the most popular ships did end up becoming canon, a gentle heads up that the vast majority of these ships probably won't be canon so please don't be disappointed when it doesn't happen. And even then, only if they start getting waited about the potential of their ships becoming canon. Anything more than that is rude and confrontational and just scares people away. Because the vast majority of shippers understand that most of their ships won't be canon.
never heard of this problem of hate of shippers. Its nothing new that RobinXZorro exists
When they ship Luffy and Nami I want to throw up. That's big bro. Nami genuinely loves Luffy as her family. Their relationship is beautiful, shipping them is weird.
I loved the OPLA ... I am a really loyal fan since forever !! I have my nitpicks.. but one of the main reason that this LA was successful was bc the show had a lot of heart and soul of One piece .. It wasnt perfect but i could see the hard wrk the easter eggs the details the sets the castings and overall the story .. i really hope nw that s1 is successful.. i dnt want them to hav a big head and start messin it up !
The funny thing about the writer rant (specially for netflix) is: it is very true.
A german author whose book was supposed to be made into a film also didnt accept netflix´ conditions because in his book "Sonne und Beton" the story is about living in Berlin in the early 2000s and its about drug criminality and violence and so on. It is very authentic and that is partly the reason the book got so popular. The author said that the netflix producers suggested changing one of the arab drug seller gangs into a german lesbian girl gang. After that he just immediately cancelled all negotiations with netflix.
Can imagine a Disney version when Shanks gives Luffy the Hat, Luffy tosses it over his shoulder and into the Ocean. Then starts sucking Blue Gum Gum Milk out of a Deformed Cow.
Lord don't remind me. How do you f*ck up Star Wars!
True Art is simply not really compatible with ego. Its about serving the Artwork to fulfill its full potential
I don't fully agree with the romance/shipping makes you a fake fan part. Fans like to imagine little "what if scenarios" and also draw R34 that doesn't mean they don't understand the show or want to change it. Of course there are Twitter people who want the show to change in many ways but....most of them probably don't even watch or read the series.
Yeah, my main issue is when shippers are in the writers' room, or when writers run out of ideas and borrow from fan fiction. There's nothing wrong with shipping as long as it's not in the show.
@@Preplot Oh yes! Or when writers have no discipline and get influenced by the fans. But Oda seems to have everything under control.
Shipping is fine. Insisting it must be canon is where it all goes wrong.
YES! THANK YOU FOR SAYING THE TRUTH. I'VE BEEN SO FRUSTRATED FOR YEARS, I'VE GIVEN UP ON SHOW WRITERS. YOU ARE ON POINT.
2:50 "It would be like making a shitty adaptation of a book from the Lord of the Rings universe. Nobody would be stupid enough to do that."
XD
Mad props to the Writers, an AI could never do things like this
cant agree more! good job and i cant wait for season 2!
the showrunners and the live action crew have a lot of respect for the source material and oda in general
even tho there have been some major changes in the story, they have all been aproved by oda himself
I found the TV series to be generally great fun with lovable characters/actors, amazing music, a fast pace and a colourful cheerful kind of world that still stayed very serious. I read the first 100 chapters of the manga to acquaint myself with it and while I can definitely see why some people felt that the characterizations of some characters were a bit off or some scenes could have been done on the appropriate grander scale, I do not entirely agree with them. It is a Western adaptation after all and some manga/anime things would have been just too out of place in a live action context. That being said, I would love to see the main crew be even more accurate to the manga ones, especially Nami. I feel that Sanji was done best and the others need some more work.
As someone who was completely unfamiliar with One Piece before watching the show, I absolutely loved it. Obviously it's going to differ from the Manga and Anime, and obviously some people aren't going to be pleased with some of the changes that needed to be made, but from my perspective as a fresh viewer, it was really good.
Well said, sir. I think your channel is hidden gem.
14:40 When you mentioned Oda puts in a quote, I paused the video with a smile and lean over to read it... and then I proceeded to break down and cry like a little girl. That was an unfair sad jumpscare. That scene still made me cry until now, y'know, Oda?!
Really good video on how modern Hollywood have ruined themselves. One Piece is the breath of fresh air I've been waiting for. I hope more people see this video!
What really irks me is that netflix's one piece isn't even that good - it just doesn't suck like all their other anime adaptations and yet everyone acts like it's the best thing since the extraction of penicilin from mold.
I’ve been an avid one piece fan for around ten years or so, I was super skeptical hearing about the live action but was so surprised how much I enjoyed it. I’ve had friends reach out wanting to start the anime after watching it which is so exciting I feel like that’s the best part of this doing well is bringing new fans in.
I didnt noticed how dark some night scenes actually are in the OPLA until now lmao
Among 7000 languages, this guy decided to speak facts.
I really love your commentary. Thanks for addressing the elephant in the room.
I should mention that Oda fiercely protected the live action from being bad
He definitely did
I had no interest in anime or manga but I watched One Piece and absolutely loved it. It has everything missing in modern entertainment. I am now binging the anime series!
12:43 at first I was gonna say that's super toxic but no, I fully agree, if you want crew romance you haven't been paying attention these people are like family, it would feel wrong to see any of them in a romantic situation, now I know what you might say "what about sanji, he's a simp and in love with nami" well I disagree he has never once gone after nami in a truly romantic way, he just cares alot about nami and shows it alot. he also does that for most woman he just cares about them because of his past, and im so happy they didn't change that, because it perfectly foreshadows what woman really mean to sanji, along with cooking, and I love it, I fucking love sanji, but that's off topic.
I could never imagine any of the crew getting together after the show, not one bit.
Thats what makes Sanji Sanji 😂 the Robin chwan and nami swan are so funny in the anime and manga. Even though he constantly finds girls attractive, he never crossed the line but instead will fight out of pure love for his family.
No well, you see, you might simultaneously understand the relationship and chemistry between the characters, and at the same time imagine Sanji x Zoro gayship sailing, or Robin+Nami x Monster Chopper hentai scenes in your free time. Most of the time people understand that the story told and its kinky variation is not the same story, and cannot be mixed on the screen. But it's totally ok for them to coexist either in your head or in a form of fanfiction.
But if your scenario crew starts to mix those things up, you better find a new one, or give them a talk.
fair enough, but I wasn't really talking about fanfic I'm not that naïve, I'm really talking in context to adapting the story/what people expect from the manga, head cannon and fanfic are totally fine.
(but if I'm being honest I think the example of "Robin + Nami X Monster Chopper" is a little gross, but it's just an example, so I don't really care)
BUT... head cannon by nature can be really stupid, and uninformed such as "Zoro is totally pulling haft the crew" crazy obviously not duh, good head cannon is "Luffy is clearly asexual" it has statute it totally could be true, Luffy hasn't really show attraction to anyone it could be true that kind of stuff, that's what I'm arguing against.
(sorry if this comment looks terrible I lost everything I wrote like three times lol)
@@Olive_itoLuffy is meatsexual 😂
@@bgtechno93 true that, fucking love sanji.
【Shades Finnish Pirates】Great that One Piece gets another season, i am glad you brought up the fake news since i actually readed them and thought that Mr. Oda was actually somewhat furious about changes in the script. I even went as far to write on The Official One Piece Tube that nice that you've showed the original manga of the Netflix adaptation since i did not like tha changes and i would not have written that if i had not been put to that negative mindset. Still i stand somewhat by my words, making the crew & Garp drink is just something i absolutely hate about the adaptation and it's not approriate in my mind as it should go that only Zoro drinks & only Sanji smokes so the bad habits are linked only to these two characters (not including Smoker for obvious reasons, he is smoke after eating the devil fruit) I did some reasearch, i gotta take this statements about the drinking back as it appears the crew drinks somewhat and Mr. Oda has even stated the who's the heaviest drinker to the lightweight one and only Luffy & Chopper do not drink at all. So go forth Live Action!
I'm not even crazy about One Piece, but there was just something about the trailers that rubbed me the right way.
Since you brought up how the writer of Witcher would have casted a non-white actress for Nami...it reminds me how a few years ago I came across one small article (which if i recall was made I guess i a month after the Strawhat castings were announced) which talked about how there were salty "fans" online who were furious that a non-white actress wasn't casted as Nami and preache about diversity (Even though the cast was already diverse with the likes of Inaki Godoy, Makenyu and Jacob Romero Giboson).
Obviously these were not true fans of the source material and around that time; most beautiful red head characters for some reason had non-white actresses being casted for their roles, I don't know why Hollywood can't handle red head characters that aren't POC but it's a good call Oda-Sensei made the casting decisoins.
Heck I bet in any other hollywood situatoin without Oda-Sensei's input. The casting for Nami and Nojiko would have been the other way around. Chioma Antoinette Umeala would have been Nami and Emily Rudd would been bene Nojiko.
And sadly Chioma Antoinette Umeala still got flack from some fans of OP on being Nojiko but most of us are more welcome to it because its a good way to nod to the viewers that despite being sisters, it is clear they are not blood related and it doesn't need to be said they aren't. Plus personally to me; I and seemingly most other OP fans always so Nojiko has having a slighty darker skin tone compared to Nami so I say the casting is accurate.
Even with a few race swaps on the show; it mainly happened to the minor characters, characters that most people would NOT get riled up over. Even if they do, they'll most likely try and cause some drama in order to try and boycott the live action but if they were true fans; they shouldn't let changes of minor characters get the best of them.
When Sham was made to be female in the live action I admit, it took me by suprise but I quickly accepted the idea because Sham was a minor character who's only role is being one of Kuro's henchman so I didn't mind the change, but there are fake fans out there trying to cause controversy surrounding it. Accusing it of being "woke" because of such a minor change...like as if Sham suddenly having noo friend downstairs is gonna impact the WHOLE plot!
agreed with what you said. if these were any regular hollywood adaptation (with *agenda*) Nami crying and ask Luffy for help will be seen as weakness or even blatantly get skipped/changed just to stroke someone's ego of having better idea.
Lmao what on earth are you talking about
I honestly think future seasons should keep the sets with the goal of eventually turning it into a theme park. Those sets looked so damn amazing. Granted that would be an even more absurd amount of money spent on the land/water required.
Btw, there is a video where some interview japanese what they think about the live action, they all said Benn Beckman from red head pirate look weird lol
lol, it is a weird casting choice for sure, but main and secondary casting is 10/10 so I can forgive that one 😅
That was very well put. Remember though that it is also the studio executives and not just the writers who are setting some of those themes. "We want to put our own spin on it", also comes from directors who bring their own army of compliant producers and agencies. Most IP's are not big enough to mount the defence Oda did for One Piece.
We really should be able to spot those productions that are suspect. I myself can now watch the trailer for an anime adaption and tell whether it'll be good or bad pretty quickly. There have been enough now that you can tell the aesthetic of some of the poorer studio's, or the cadence of the poorer writers. Even if you throw $200m at it, unless you careful gatekeep the original source material, you'll attract the parts of the industry who talk a good game about their personal abilities, and try and force personal opinions into it. Amazon are particularly prone to this with both games developers and original television productions... They can only hire businesses whose first aim is making money, and that has always been antithetical to art.
This show is honestly so good. I really hope they maintain this level of production
I think a lot of the problem is so many "writers" are basically freelancing paid gigs. They aren't writing what they want they are writing what the are asked to in the hopes of making money by using whatever "formula" they think should work. Critics make terrible creators generally.
A Anime Manga fan here….
IMO
Netflix One Piece is a 10/10 starter pack/trailer for new comers to the vast One Piece world…
If one feels the need to get more from this world, they have it available in manga and anime…
It’s win win…
there is only 1 thing I didn’t like in Netflix one piece, that being Sanji not seeing Zoro vs Mihowk fight… because that made an impact on Sanji in OG. But maybe Sanji did saw it in off screen!!
same, first time watching the LA i was very happy and loved everything, there is a lot of great things they added to synthesize it, but they missed some tiny elements like the one you mentioned that could've made OPLA better, hopefully they will take that feedback for next season to make it better each time
@@cottoncandylover666 yeah, I want the entire world to experience this masterpiece at its best..
5:22 Okay, but I didn't know Yennefer was white in the original source material, also did it really change her character much? As someone who doesn't know the original lore and haven't rewatched the show for a while now, I can't seem to remember her skin color being a thing for her character? Can someone enlighten me?