EDGE OF TOMORROW -- Have You Seen It?

You might have noticed, but the prospect of Hollywood
remaking anime and manga remains a perennial topic on our boards...

We’re a few
years past the poorly-received PRIEST and discussions of an American version of DEATH NOTE keep popping up, and yet, EDGE OF TOMORROW somehow skirted around our usual otaku discussions.

True, it’s based on a light novel, not a manga per se, but
that distinction is really a matter of semantics. There are no less than two manga
versions floating around. It's a loose adaptation, too. The film’s largely used the book as
springboard, expanding the premise significantly and filling in many more
details about life on Earth following the Mimic Invasion. And the lead character
also had to be changed a bit to fit Tom Cruise, of course...

== TEASER ==

Still, the film has an astounding 89% approval rating on
Rotten Tomatoes at the moment-- and that’s worth celebrating since the memory
of, say, DRAGON BALL EVOLUTION’s abysmal 14% rating will still cause a shudder. We’re still only a week out from the release. Plenty of you Vicers have had a chance to see
it, now. The topic’s still timely to open up...

What did you think of EDGE OF TOMORROW? How did
it compare to ALL YOU NEED IS KILL (for those of you who actually read the
book?) Is this how you hope more J-FI movies will look, going forward? What other titles would you like to see get this treatment? Sound
off below!