Netflix's Fullmetal Alchemist is a HILARIOUS Nightmare!

On Netflix there is a trilogy of Fullmetal Alchemist films that are some of the most nightmare inducing and hilarious. Join me as myself and my team lose our collective minds as we explore and review this incredibly strange set of films across two videos in search for an answer to one question... Is there a good live action anime adaption?
MUSIC USED
Kantou (FMA)
Bowser's Castle (Super Mario)
Lost In Space (White Bat)
聖者の祈り (FMA - Broken Angel)
Curse of the Crimson Elixir Track 6
BFG (White Bat)
Funky Kong (DKC2)
The Bouncer (White Bat)
Rush 2 (FMA Broken Angel)
Bonus Room Blitz (DKC)
Mt. Briggs (FMAB)
Execution (White Bat)
The Messenger (YT Audio Library)
Terraform (White Bat)
Alex Louis Armstrong (FMAB)
Behelit (Berserk)
KME-RA (FMA Broken Angel)
Ungodly (White Bat)
The Force Theme (Cover by Eliott Tordo Erhu Player)
Boss Bossanova (DKC2)
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Bad CGI Black Hayate
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[@TotallyNotMark]

Sorry for the delay in this video. Warner Brother's Japan copyrighted it... If you guys can leave a like and share that would really help the video!

[@keegswl5119]

CAn you cover the 2003 FMA

[@Animedogfingamer]

@@keegswl5119 He technically already did that.

[@Lukanime-s2x]

Have you watched 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist?

[@Animedogfingamer]

@@Lukanime-s2x He always reviews the manga as his main source when discussing whatever series he covers with the anime being used as a contrast of adaptations or something to reinforce events in the manga. He discussed both anime already

[@Lukanime-s2x]

@@Animedogfingamer So when does he talk about the ending of 2003?

[@NobodyMan0]

This is what Father saw when he was consumed by the Gate of Truth.

[@drilltotheheavens1695]

Honestly I would’ve taken the 2003 door of truth over this one…

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

Maybe this is the “Despair” that god talked about.

[@SkullKidAu]

Some say he’s still being forced to watch it to this day

[@rjai5003]

No wonder he was so distraught about going back

[@JohnBigMac]

Humans who dare to play god must pay a steep price for their arrogance

[@NoisyyCricket]

It's always strange to me when Cosplayers somehow have a better looking Cosplay of a character than the studio making a million dollar movie of said Manga.

[@RiverSiege]

The difference is cosplayers really care about the source material, the look and costumes.

[@bnashee]

its because cosplayers actually give a shit

[@jaebrowne6780]

Roy and Hughes looked awesome imo and I kinda like how corny ed looked and acted 😂 idk I’m just a biased fan

[@KiloFeenix]

Perhaps they should have used Germans instead of Asians?

[@BertoPlease]

The fact that is happening after Mark's emotional conclusion in the last video, then he immediately goes and ruins it for himself, is so good lmao

[@Bionickpunk]

Should have at least gradually go down the rabbit hole with the anime movies first and then the live action stuff.

[@goldeneaglereborn]

Gate of shambala was aight

[@alemirdikson]

Al's model is actually my favorite part of the entire adaptation. For what fraction of the show it actually appears. It may look jarring and silly in this live action setting, but that's a good looking model and I actually like it.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

I can't imagine animating Al into the movie to be easier then making a costume.

[@isaque5811]

​@@schwarzerritter5724 yes hahahahaha

[@MontySlython]

@@schwarzerritter5724 so much of the movie would've been better if they had allocated the cgi budget for actual practical effects

[@nailinthefashion]

​​@@schwarzerritter5724it would look bad in action like the Power Ranger monsters/robots, but that's where the cgi could come in and polish the movement. He should be so strong he seems robotic, but have just enough sway to portray the humanistic aspect.

[@malakye7459]

Mark saying Ron instead of Roy has caused me to question myself in some kind of weird Stockholm syndrome leaving me to question if it was Ron all along......He's just so committed....

[@Cosplaythief]

I also almost got gaslight into being convince of Ron instead of Roy as the canon name. Mark is getting more powerful in his persuasion skills.

[@orbboom6119]

Is he doing it on porpuse or what

[@OldManSilencer]

@@orbboom6119 it's on purpose yeah

[@HeartBreakKid551]

@@orbboom6119 He accidentally called him Ron once and is now committed to the bit

[@wonkehcheetah1138]

I'm now imagining people (mostly Envy) calling Colonel Ron Mustang "Ronald", just to make him angry lol.

[@Abedeuss]

Honestly, this is one of the few anime where it's... weird to see all-Japanese cast. I always imagined the FMA characters to be of mostly European descent with a few Chinese exceptions.

[@Bionickpunk]

Yeah, I dont get the "casting is good" comment. Amestrians are suppose to be mostly European in appearance, German/Austrian being apparent (confirmed by Shamballa movie and how their government is structured with a Fuhrer), with elements of Middle Eastern with Ishval and Xerxes, Chinese with Xing, Russian/USSR with Drachma, Byzantine/Balkan with Aerugo, Switzerland with Creta. Them all being East Asian casted looks off when the actual East Asian characters appear in the second movie, cause they are suppose to look different and do look different in the manga and anime. Arakawa draws them differently based on their ethnicity and race.But then this just proves even more the level of "quality" this production had when it couldnt even bother hiring actors that looked the part (and especially act the part).

[@munjee2]

​@@Bionickpunk yeah, but that guy is just Hughes, no denying that

[@brittanyste]

I feel the same way. As I was watching this, I was thinking that this would have been the one time when Netflix or someone could have made an adaptation with non-Japanese people in it, because FMA is based off of WWII and European elements. In this case, it doesn't matter who plays who because it's bad either way, but I think it would have helped with the wig situation and linking the more gripping/terrifying/emotional elements of war if it was cast with people who more closely resembled the inspiration. I mean, Bradley is literally called Fuhrer and has a mustache... That being said, that casting for Hughes was perfect!

[@rocketleax5]

It's a perfect casting for what they were working with, I doubt WB of Japan, the owners of these, would go out of their way to bring in european actors to this japanese production.

[@Dad......]

LITERALLY the only good thing I ever said about this movie was that Hughes' casting was phenominal. Dude captures the lovability perfectly too.

[@zeo1191]

This was such an enjoyable video! My favourite thing about it though, has to be the fact that because mark is reviewing a live action, his anime avatars that he usually sprinkles across his reviews, are also now live action, it’s genius!

[@SBP4.20]

I hope when he finishes a series review he watches the terrible live action adaptations like this, I need more live action mark avatar lol

[@timmyman9677]

Can't believe they flew Markiplier out to Japan, taught him Japanese, and let him play the part of live Action Hughes.

[@jessicajayes8326]

We wish

[@metaknight3116]

For animated Hughes, they literally just filmed Markiplier and edited him in

[@FinalTsurugi]

While watching Oshi no Ko, you actually get that Japanese industry doesn't consider live action movie as something to be treated with respect, but rather as a commercial to promote the original product.

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

And yet weebs will still defend of the quality of them (despite their objective lack thereof).

[@TheAssirra]

@@SomeRandomJackAss What? It's usually the fans hating these adeptations the most.

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

Oshi no ko sucks

[@ChibiChidorii]

no they don't defend the quality of the movies. But you have to consider that 1) Japanese acting is very different from the west... I've seen shows that were very popular when I was in Japan and the acting looks so cartoonish and over the top that the fma movie looks great in comparison. 2) Japanese otaku are on another level. Adaptations are difficult because of you change any scene or cut things the Japanese fans get extremely angry, but if you don't do it at the level fans expect they'll also get mad. But you just can't adapt a whole Manga into movies so sacrifices have to be made. Fans seem to be more focused on bringing their favorite characters and story to life than to adapt and keep the important topics of the storyline..... And studios will work with that in mind, not really wanting to make a good story

[@mariobadia4553]

So that's why the characters are all Asian instead of European nearly every single human character is European with zero Japanese features

[@jacksonfougeron7438]

I love Mark’s life action assets. Was utterly funny. Amazing job.

[@2006hluis]

I like how this would have been the only time in anime where hiring white actors was the right move and they couldn’t even do that right

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

Race relations is kind of a thing in the manga/anime, so why not have all the actors be the same race with different wigs? /s

[@2006hluis]

@@SomeRandomJackAss yeah of course but this is one of those times where the characters, names, and land were based on an European country like Germany. The author and country of origin of the story has nothing to do with the story being told.

[@Bionickpunk]

Both FMA and Attack on Titan live action adaptations failed miserably at that.

[@xinf3ctdx]

@@2006hluisRight? Seeing all of the characters running around with darker skin made Scar and the other Ishvalans stand out a whole lot less than they should’ve.

[@Donavanw28]

The one movie that needed to be whitewashed and it wasn’t lol

[@drilltotheheavens1695]

If anyone is interested in some Arakawa’s other work to wash down the fma movies, why not try out Silver Spoon(A manga about farm life and agriculture) and Yomi no Tsugai(her newest big action series about a pair of siblings)

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

After watching the live action fma movies I think I owe conquer of shamballa and the sacred star of Milo’s an apology.

[@drilltotheheavens1695]

@@bearerofbadnews1375 was Shamballa bad? It has a 7.5/10 on mal. Can’t be too bad.

[@Lwilibert]

​@@drilltotheheavens1695 IMHO itd not bad. But its boring and takes the not so subtle real life parallels/references in the series and makes them the whole point...

[@Juice1984]

I loved Silver Spoon! I did not realize it was an Arakawa work. 😮

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

@@Lwilibert Also Eckhart just sucks as a antagonist. Her motivations was wanting to go to “shambella” (Amestris) to obtain power, but after getting there she feared that world and wanted to destroy it.

[@JabariMore]

I love the dedication to the live action bit. Literally replacing all your drawn pngs with actual pictures of yourself is genius.

[@fiveam8626]

the fact they tries SO VERY hard to make someone's hair match envy's without stopping to realize that it looks awful really just shows that they only have a shallow surface level of whats important. like, make anyone blonde, BLONDE, not mustard flat yellow.

[@patc9185]

The way my jaw dropped when Roy lit Maria on fire. I love how they managed to get the same reaction from me from when I first watched the anime but in the worst way possible

[@midnights2631]

Same, my jaw just dropped.

[@helrazr44]

The sad part of this failure of cinema is that FMA is a fantastic story to translate to live action, the fantasy elements are subdued enough to not be a comeplete CGI mess, I'd love this story in live action with a better hand at the helm

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Problem is Japanese and American filmmaking sit at VERY opposite ends, so we would've most likely ended up with another Dragonball Evolution. So to avoid that, the japanese decided "fuck it, we are doing it ourselves!" and shouldered all the burdens they would have to bear. Didn't result in an amazing movie, but I prefer it that way.

[@haosmagnaingram6992]

Had they toned it down to be more grounded and used early 2003 as a bit of a base model both in term of tone and cinematic directing style it might have actually been able to function as more of a military drama with fantasy adventure elements instead of the aimless mess this turned out to be.

[@vogonp4287]

Part of the problem is trying to adapt a pretty long story into three movies.

[@naproupi]

The part about fma being depressing is definitely due to the first anime, like that's the biggest difference with botherhood and 2003 for me, 2003 is just SO depressing

[@CasualVader]

Yeah, FMA2003 basically says “the world sucks and there is nothing you can do about it” while the manga and Brotherhood at least have the hope that we can make the world a better place if we work hard and work together.

[@hootle4641]

Yea... Brotherhood is pretty depressing too tho...

[@spacejasontodd]

​@@hootle4641 It is depressing, wholeheartedly so, though I do believe there is a significant difference between the two iterations, ie Brotherhood's "Atone for what you can, choose to do better for that which can't take back" and 2003's "Your individual choices don't matter, you're doomed by the narrative regardless of the work you put in to better yourself and the world"

[@xinf3ctdx]

Agreed. Anyone remember that ending to the 2003 anime? Holy shit, I remember feeling so miserable after that and I only recovered after Conqueror of Shamballa.

[@hootle4641]

@@spacejasontodd you have a good point lol

[@aerozord]

The biggest issue with these adaptions is always pacing. There is a saying that perfection isn't when there is nothing to add but nothing left to remove. FMA is really high quality, you cant condense over 13 hours of content into less than 6 without cutting out a lot of vital bits.

[@Gensolink]

i love the "live action mark", nice touch. Also we're getting out of the video game adaptation curse, so i'm convinced one day we will get consistently decent to good adaptations one day, it just need the right people working on it

[@maskofthedragon]

Armstrong looks like when your custom character is allowed to appear in cutscenes

[@lucalex4271]

Oh my god the snippets of Mark appearing on screen are live action, this is genius

[@Magmafrost13]

There's a point in the second movie where you can see one of Armstrong's projectile attacks with a visible border that hasnt been properly edited out. And that just says everything that needs to be said about these movies

[@HellPatch]

The worst thing about anime adaptations is there's no balance between source material and live-action. This is a huge issue with not only Hollywood or whoever is making the movie but also with the fans. You either have a movie where they change so much it barely resembles the source material, like the Dragonball or the cowboy bebop Netflix show. The writers or producers thought their ideas would work over the original source material which they never do. On the flip side, you get FMA that follows it way too much, which ends up being cringe af. I find though most anime fans want the adaptation to be identical and it just can't translate, like with the cowboy bebop adaptation, fans were pissed Faye wore a dif outfit, even tho it would look ridiculous in live-action.

[@damizan8331]

7:53 "However, with Fullmetal Alchemist 2017, instead of leaning into the dark and more realistic nature of the series, instead decided to focus on what made the series appealing in manga and anime form". Yeah, this is how you get Attack on Titan Live Action.

[@StringsNStrands]

I hope going forward that whenever Mark reviews something live action he uses his actual face doing the emotes his animated version does. Great touch.

[@skoaldipper125]

I would love for you to compare the two anime’s next. Both absolutely great and shine in their own ways especially with the way the 2003 version decided to take the story in its own direction.

[@DeathsPit00]

He should do this. He could then do a Follow-Up of the Conqueror of Shamballa movie, which as an anime follow-up is fantastic.

[@skoaldipper125]

@@DeathsPit00 I loved Conqueror of Shamballa. As a send off for the original series I thought it tied everything together pretty nicely.

[@FedoraKirb]

@@skoaldipper125 I think part of what made it so solid was because its narrative was originally planned as a second “season” of sorts, but they had to turn it into a movie lest Brotherhood got delayed to the point of its finale not coinciding with the manga’s. Because of that, it does a good job completing the story.

[@Vegito_]

Bro unlisted this video and ain’t even realize for a clean hour 💀 Edit: he posted it now

[@SaiyanHeretic]

"Over the last month, *much to the chagrin of my increasingly impatient wife,* I've dedicated every waking moment exploring the rich and wonderous world of Fullmetal Alchemist!" *Bruh.* Sounds like my man's wife is trying to get pregnant and he's like "Nah, babe, this anime ain't gonna watch itself." 🤣

[@TainoMoya]

Me while watching this film: *"WHY IS WINRY NOT BLONDE!!!!???"*

[@DomyTheMad420]

wait netflix made an FMA adaptation?! "oh NO it's gotta be the WORST" i can't wait to laugh and die inside twice today

[@UmbreonMessiah]

I remember someone in the industry once saying that modern anime is bad because the people making it are all anime fans, not creators. It kind of shows in this product, which seems obsessed with replicating stylistic choices and scenes verbatim without understanding what made them unique, or the fact that different media require different approaches.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

That's why we have so many terrible isekais

[@Abcdefg-tf7cu]

Miyazaki said that. Hideaki Anno has also said similar stuff.

[@BuzzabeelYT]

That big bang theory clip about anime instantly took 10 years off my life, thanks.

[@MrGonz801]

I love how Mark Switched his charicature to be live action as well

[@nithinnk1980]

And his live action parts like reading manga, into drawings... It's really clever

[@TrevorCopter]

19:51 Legitimately thought it would be “THE WIG” instead of “TONE” 😂

[@TheForwardSlashSlash]

I think a lot of the "suspension of disbelief" is lost due to trying to make asian actors portray european characters. The manga/anime has "asian" characters from Xing that are very clearly stylized as asian. (specifically Japanese) Blonde hair on asian actors just doesn't look "natural" and that ruins immersion. The reason they did this is because the dialogue is in Japanese and I'm sure it was impossible to find natural blondes who look somewhat like Edward/Al/Hawkeye/Hohenheim/Winry and also spoke japanese. Scar's actor needed to have a Linebacker physique. They did a good job on his glasses, scar, and hair, but the guy looks like he just got past puberty. Armstrong's character needed to be an actual body builder. I don't care if the blonde strand of hair is fake as long as he's an actual strongman; think of the Mountain from GoT. The Hughes actor is easily the closest to the character. Mustang and Lust also look decent as well. I do also like how they animated Al in the armor, but of course I'm sure that's crazy expensive to make. All this to say that forcing a "look" on people who don't match that look constantly reminds you that you are watching a movie, rather than getting lost in it.

[@juanferrer5924]

Styled as Japanese? Man Xing as a country and it’s people, both names, ways of dressing, and imperial hierarchy are very clearly based on china. I think they even use the phrase Middle Kingdom at some point

[@barkyknowsN0bounds]

Man why does this movie look like someone read the last page of all of the mangas and decided to make a realistic claymation of it

[@Talyrion]

What's depressing about these adaptations is that I don't think it's a lack of passion. I can tell that they really tried their best to recreate the story faithfully while working with the constraints of a different medium. And it is pretty telling that each time I see an image of the movie, I can pretty much always tell which part of the story this is. It just happens that their honest best attempt is really, really bad. Which is a lot more depressing than if they had not really tried in the first place.

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

Passion can only get you so far. The Silent Hill movies were both directed by fans of the series, but range from bad to so bad it's hilarious.

[@munjee2]

​@@SomeRandomJackAss I kinda liked the first one, it doesn't really work if you aren't a fan of the franchise but it's alright if you are, the second one is horrible, the characters are all wrong and it's just terrible in general

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

@@munjee2 The second one makes the first look amazing. I hate how the second one is mainly exposition that makes no sense.

[@vincesarconi5801]

I've been laughing at this video so much because of you to match the Live Action movies, use live action photos of your animated self. It's great, man. I love it.

[@EnzoDraws]

The live action Mark throughout the video is such a hilarious detail

[@robinsonsonic]

Mark, you mad lad, thank you for putting yourself through this so we didn't have to! And major props for going "live action" with your avatar to react appropriately! This video was far more entertaining than I'm sure those atrocities were, lol. FMA/B is tied with OP as my favorite anime, and when these movies first came out, my friends tried ad nauseum to get me to watch them knowing I'm a huge fan, but I treated them like that horrendous DB live action movie and gave em a wide berth. Glad to see my choice paid off! Thanks, as always, for the outstanding content!

[@Essu_]

What's so funny about the movies is that if you watch it in English, it's actually dubbed over with the English cast of the anime.

[@Omphalite]

34:16 To be fair the entire line of soldiers happens in the manga too I'm pretty sure.

[@Limxuv]

the trouble with anime to live action adaptations is that, from the looks of it, through a lot of other adaptations there's a higher value in japan for making it "look" like the original rather than "feel" like the original. I think the only really passable anime to live action adaptations have been from more slice of life/grounded animes that don't nearly have to rely on the visuals and can therefore function more like traditional films.

[@sirleopold2378]

it feels like it was made by VERY dedicated cosplayers

[@RastaGamesful]

I think the best live action anime adaption is Gintama (2017) As a fan of this anime really liked that because how people who created the movie threated to the characters not that purly. Yeah had some flaws, but that was way better than Death Note, Cowboy Beebop and etc. what Netflix do with live action anime adaptations. Netflix do everything wrong about anime adaptations... In all ways do it wrong and bad. Really voried about One Piece fans... They are next!

[@madmouse4400]

It's Warner Bros who fid this movie , Netflix only distributes it on streaming.

[@ThatIrritatingGuy]

1:50 Why are you even noticing the irrelevant left score? Only the right score matters. It's common sense.

[@patrickoverstreet2372]

This is the best example that just because something works in one medium doesnt mean it will work in another one.

[@pablocasas5906]

The only thing I liked about the movie was that in the Neutral Spanish dub Alphonse was voiced by his anime dub voice actor, Johnny Torres, the thing is that FMA '03 and Brotherhood were dubbed in Venezuela but the live-action movies were dubbed in Mexico, but by sheer coincidence Johnny moved to Mexico in the mid 2010s, so that's why he was able to reprise his role Interestingly, in 2021 Funimation re-dubbed FMA Brotherhood into Neutral Spanish, but the re-dub was made in Mexico instead of Venezuela, so Johnny reprised again his role as Alphonse, they also managed to bring back Edward's original dub actor, José Manuel Vieira, who recorded his dialog from Spain (since he moved there), and Winry was voiced by the actress who voiced the live-action version of the character, Montserrat Aguilar, not to mention that some dub actors who worked in the live-action played other roles in the re-dub. I have to day that the re-dub is better than the original dub, the Venezuelan dub had a lot of problems, though I missed some of the original interpretations of characters like Mustang and Hughes

[@jojomizugorou5305]

11:21 Not even joking, I audibly laughed when Ed was being pulled into the gate. It looks like KZbin quality editing as opposed to a multi million yen production cost lmao

[@theonlykjkng]

Used to seeing you as a cartoon but your live action puppet has me dead💀😂 perfect for this video

[@tuvillo]

People always dunk on Hollywood for adapting things badly but they never complain about Japan adapting things 1:1 and turning it into hilarious cringe bad cosplay shows. Yeah the American way is lackluster but it is also the only way to even ATTEMPT to make something genuinely good. They simply haven't succeeded much.

[@madmouse4400]

Japanese adaptations always try to retranscrire things 1:1 forgetting that they're things that work in animation or on a piece of paper that will not work in real life with real actors whose bodies are more bound to the laws of physics and who are not as colorful and as stylised . hey have no ambition or imagination put into them . And that's why I never give them a pass .

[@oomree]

what pisses me off the most is that "death note", which took place in japan had an american roster in live action, whilst FMA, which takes place in a central hub of many cultures (mostly european) IS FILLED WITH JAPANESE ACTORS. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU MESS THAT UP

[@haosmagnaingram6992]

It’s because of which country was making the movie. Also death note already has a Japanese live action (which as far as live action anime adaptations go was actually pretty solid)

[@vcprovost]

Rouroni Kenshin was the best live action adaptation. Its not the best thing ever but its good. A solid 7/10.

[@BlahajK9]

I totally agree

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Gintama live action is amazing 👏

[@vcprovost]

@@SamTheGumMan117 I never saw that one. Good to know, I'll check it out.

[@YetiCoolBrother]

They need to do Live Action Yu Yu Hakusho, would be perfect cuz you wouldn't need much CGI at all

[@Grandream]

@@YetiCoolBrother I think Yu Yu Hakusho was already planned, actually. May be in preproduction still? That said, Great Teacher Onizuka had several live action adaptations I really enjoyed.

[@WolvenDogma]

Oh boy... Me and my roommate in the Army were on a training rotation and were excited to watch this when we got back to base. Sleep deprived and sore, we were totally unprepared for the fever dream that was this adaptation lmfao.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

Technically the characters should be white lol they’re essentially German I believe

[@Bionickpunk]

German, French, Slavic, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Persian and a pinch of Chinese.

[@redkingrauri3769]

I only saw the first movie but all I could say about it was "I barely speak Japanese and the fact I can tell this is terribly acted is all you need to know". FMA is one of the few anime I've said absolutely SHOULD be adapted in the west. Our budgets tend to be higher, VFX tend to look better (if the studio cares), and...well, simply put, almost every character in FMA is distinctly NOT Asian. Of course there's Ling, Lan Fan, Fu and May and a few other side characters but that's about it. I mean how great would it be if Armstrong was played by someone like John Cena?

[@dutchielander2478]

I remember turning the movie on and then turning it off 5 minutes in. You are a much braver man than myself, Mark. Edit; Ah yes, 30 year old Mei Ling. I sure remember HER from the manga....

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

It feels like the strongest parts of these movies happen outdoors. The moment the lighting switches to interior lighting, the whole thing turns into a meandering slog.

[@Tfbrave]

You know, many years ago me and a friend of mine discussed how we would adapt various anime into live action- we never discussed much about casting or the like but more about a potential screenplay When we tackled FMA we only really came up with the opening of the movie The idea we had was a silent black and white montage of Ed and Al' life up until trying to bring back their mom, with occasional cuts to black with narration going over the laws of alchemy The last scene before the title reveal would be the boys about to start trying to bring back their mom followed by the final law about human transmutation being shown, the screen would then fade to black as the first line we hear from the characters as the title appears is Ed screaming Al's name

[@Rpglover456]

Amazing video. But, I ain't gonna lie, I'm at 20:24 and the music that OutsideXbox uses has been playing for a few seconds and that REALLY throws me off. XD

[@djslye28]

today will we hear Roy

[@TheRealFlurrin]

Alphonse should have been a suit/puppet. There's no reason to CGI him. Even as a very limited puppet, you can make an adaptational change to say Alphonse has limited mobility as a suit of armor and I'd buy it as someone new to the franchise. One of the things newcomers struggle with (that GREED even canonically doesn't get) is how poor Al's quality of life is in the armor and showing him unable to easily move (even if he got better at it as the story goes on) would be a way to physically show it rather than exposit about it. Thanks for covering these movies, you really get what went wrong rather than just "live action so bad!!!"

[@jarmsfirstclaw]

I like how your reaction sprites are also in live action xD

[@lingricen8077]

its cringe just like you

[@Grayson_Baker]

He will forever be known as Mustang, Ron Mustang!

[@MaruShu]

A lot of Japanese movies and tv shows have a very specific style of acting (and when I say 'acting' I really mean OVER acting) I think that a lot of cringiness also comes from that

[@TheFosterKelly]

“How bad could it be” New sitting here knows dam well how bad it gets

[@the_P3DR0]

I'd be really interested in your thoughts about the 2003 anime + the Conqueror of Shambala movie. Even if it's not the canonical story, I think they managed to make a very impactful story with some very mature and cool themes. Or maybe it's just nostalgia since that's what I grew up with. Either way, I think you'd have a blast, especially when put against the Brotherhood anime which, at the time, assumed everyone watched the original series and rushed through it's first part, making things such as Hughes death (who's a lot more present in the original series making things a lot more impactful imho) and even Nina a lot less impactful. It's also a more somber series, with less humor and some very serious tones. Plus it's very cool to see them try to resolve problems and explain things that hadn't been explained in the manga yet, such as the truth door, the homunculi, or things such as who Pride was, or Wrath or Sloth whom hadn't been shown up yet at the time, among other things. Please don't sleep on it, it's a grand old time and a lot of people even go as far as to say they prefer the 2003 anime as opposed to Brotherhood, even if the story itself is very different from the author's wishes.

[@matus19971]

I love the 2003 version. Not more than Brotherhood ofc but it's still amazing. Funnily enough, a friend of mine prefers the 2003 version because of it's darker themes and ending.

[@the_P3DR0]

I think I love them both in different ways. I think the 2003 is a lot more mature and has more of a somber and serious tone, not to mention the music is incredible, I also really like it's ending and subsequent movie tie-in. I would love to see a fresh new perspective to it, because it was my favorite anime when growing up so I have a lot of nostalgia for it and I absolutely loved its ending as well as motifs it tries to explore. Brotherhood is, for all intents and purposes, the official version of the anime. It's the creator's vision, it's unquestionably the story of the series and for that reason alone it's the better version. But I think 2003's anime hits very differently, not to mention it makes better use of its characters (since a lot of the bigger key players in the series get introduced much later on when the anime had already been finished, so they only had a fraction of the cast to work with) making it feel a lot more personal than Brotherhood in some ways, such as Hughes being far more impactful and making better use of characters such as Winry or Sheska, Rose and even Tucker. It also feels very personal especially when in combination with stuff such as the Shambala movie (that ends the story) and the "Kids" OVA which just hits hard for me lmao, also the music which was, for me, the most disappointing aspect of Brotherhood (not that it's bad, it's excellent in many ways too, but come on, when Bratja/brothers started playing... it gave me chills every time).

[@AbnormalTibby]

Yes!! I’d love for him to also review Shamballa as well! The 2003 version is my preference simply because it’s darker with some 90s grid to it.

[@archmagemc3561]

Its surprising how much the 2003 guessed would happen in the actual version when the actual version wasn't out. Perhaps they gave the author some ideas?

[@xinf3ctdx]

I agree. I loved the 2003 version a lot, but some things that happened with the ending felt like the came out of nowhere and were just super weird. Looking at you, Rose… disappearing after the Father Cornello thing and then just showing up at the end like you were supposed to be relevant the whole time.

[@Max465]

IT'S RON MUSTANG NOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN RON MUSTANG IT'S THE MANDELA EFFECT YOU ARE NOT BEING GASLIT

[@marinhaalternativa3829]

Samurai X live action trillogy was good fun and not really bad. If you ever review Samurai X, dont forget the live action!

[@SamTheGumMan117]

The Rurouin Kenshin live action movie is awesome and done with care, unlike these trash heaps

[@Martialartfruituser]

It's not a trilogy. There are two more. One for the revenge arc and the other for Kenshin's past that is a total tearjerker. You should watch them.

[@MagnakayViolet]

When Mark says 'Roy' instead of 'Ron', something went wrong.

[@stayflyxx]

Here's how they could have made these movies better: Make it more grounded and real, more practical effects, embrace some horror elements as some of these creatures are nightmare fuel, and do away with that Japanese style of overacting.

[@dylanjwagner]

You dare to slander the hilarity of Zilla? 1998 will have its revenge.

[@Polydueces]

I only got like 20 minutes into the first movie. Based on the characters' features in the manga/anime, I assumed Ed and Al were English, so the Japanese characters in the movie with the fake blonde hair (like they did in Bleach) just looked wrong to me. I couldn't get past that. Normally it's not a deal breaker for me for actors of a different ethnicity portraying said characters, but I'm too attached to what I've developed in my head for FMA.

[@psycho9815]

Hair and eye colour in Japanese media hardly play a factor into a characters race for example ichigo kurosaki is a ginger does that mean he is European? All might or as he is known by his real name yagi toshinori has blond hair and blue eyes is he not Japanese anymore

[@Polydueces]

@@psycho9815 Yes, but the world of FMA is heavily reminiscent of the English Industrial Revolution. The characters all have English names except for the certainly Asian characters from the 'east' nation of Xing.

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

Love the use of real cut outs for this to represent you. Your content is a treat mark.

[@kotalee2106]

would love to hear your thoughts on 2003's diversion from the manga plot + the finale film conqueror of shambala

[@caiobispodossantossantana]

21:27 ***Insert a joke about "they all look the same"***

[@wesleymateus2891]

Honestly the acting like cartoons is very common, at least from all the anime live action adaptations I saw, almost all of them did that and it was always a painful experience lol I remember me and my gf watching the Saiki Kusuo movie and everytime there was a scene with Teruhashi and Kuboyasu I felt like I reached a state of true emptiness

[@Blackberryfae]

Not even live actions of anime, J-drama in general can be like that. I think the only adaption it worked for (for me) was Kuragehime because I expected it going in, but it would be nice if they'd let it go

[@Bionickpunk]

@@Blackberryfae To think, Japan once made movies like 7 Samurai, Godzilla, Yojimbo, and The Hidden Fortress. What on Earth happened to their cinema? Did they respec all their live action talents in favor of animation skills?

[@Blackberryfae]

@Bionickpunk Anime is their biggest export, honestly. But it seems executives of their media companies are as out of touch as ours and misunderstand WHAT makes Anime appealing.

[@Blackberryfae]

Hit enter too soon, but they try to shoehorn that "appeal" into everything now and the result is this shit

[@madmouse4400]

Personally , I only watched this kind of acting in adaptions made by Japanese , in the ones made by americans , actors look like actors and act like actors , they interpret a characters like actors . While in Japanese adaptations , actoers look like cosplayers , try to retranscript cartoon characters one by one and avoid acting in a good way .

[@gabby3036]

19:52 Did anybody else fully believe he was gonna say "Ed's wig" here? Or was that just me?

[@Galaxyeyez]

I love the little detail of live action Mark in this Live action review. I've never seen the movies but it seems it's as terrible as I imagined it to be.

[@mattheffelfinger8263]

I saw the first and honestly believed they wouldn't create more. So, when Mark said a Trilogy 😮😮😮

[@teridax4]

When I watched this I completely lost it at 16:12 It’s just so goofy. The bad cgi, the soldiers’ overacting screams, and especially how the prosthetics are too big for the actor to walk properly so he has to waddle after them like a penguin

[@struggler6864]

I think live-action anime could work more with more grounded series. Something like Monster, Vagabond or Vinland Saga could work in live-action more than series with fantastic elements such as Dragon Ball or FMA. Just look at the live-action adaptation of the Japanese Death Note duology and Rurouni Kenshin.

[@jstonegaming]

Ngl I had to pause at the disarming joke cause I was laughing so much

[@commiedoggo8367]

Netflix doesn't seem to learn their mistakes when it comes to making live action versions of loved anime/manga Not only do they end up looking terrible but they also go change things from it which leads to original fans hating and netflix not profiting from it. How many more live actions until lesson is learned?

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

Netflix Japan?

[@TheZajicekfarber]

The live-action One Piece is going to be the real test.

[@groobells]

“How many times do we gotta teach you this lesson old man!!” -Fred the fish from SpongeBob after beating up an old man

[@madmouse4400]

It's warmer bros who did this movie , Netflix only destributed it on streaming . Because Netflix aren't the only one who make live action adaption of Japanese animated series ; Sony and warner make them too . Most if them are made by Japanese themselves (*cough* *cough* AOT with a Japanese only cast to describe European looking characters).

[@DxReaper120]

​@madmouse4400 it wasn't Warner Bros. It was Square Enix. WB was just the distributor.

[@zeejay-junejo]

29:44 are you kidding me, van looks like a hobo here..😂😂😂😂

[@Nikonii1]

The guy in this movie must be RON while the manga version is Roy!

[@NopeNaw]

Why is Winry the one character they decided to not stick to the source material and change her hair colour?

[@dexonbelly]

I mean, you are right about the casting being on point for the most part. Legit, when I saw Live-Action!Hohenheim, I legit almost creamed myself. Afterwards, I was like, "Oh... so this is how yaoi fangirls feel..."

[@RottenBen]

The "Winry finds out Scar killed her parents" scene shows me that the actress for Winry can play Winry well. It's just the script for a majority of these films needed her to be goofy-cartoony and so that's what we got. Very unfortunate.

[@mastaovdafist3551]

Even if it doesn't get talked about enough, The Sacred Star Of Milos is one of my favorite films to spawn from an anime. The animation is top-notch!!!

[@CrossOutBryce]

The art style is SUBLIME

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

The story sucks tho

[@mastaovdafist3551]

@@thatitalianlameguy2235 I disagree, but hey, that's your opinion ^-^

[@anotherfacelesscomment989]

It’s not really Netflix adaptation they just distributed it world wide. The movie was out for a year in Japan before it went to streaming

[@Martialartfruituser]

You know, there is a live action Kenshin movie (Next blind read please?) series that shows how to do live action anime right. It is so good and captures everything I love about the manga and anime. I just wonder what it does that makes it so good as opposed to this. While this isn't the worst, itpales in comparison to the source material Edit: I just realized, Cornello is the owner of the Denliner from Kamen Rider Den-o. Darn it, so many Rider jokes I could've made when I watched this.

[@postarugeorgian9790]

I like how mark showed cardboards of himself instead of his animated counterpart since he is reviewing a live action

[@MegaRay220]

Mark’s live action reaction pics are truly amazing

[@lyme1030]

The IRL sprites of you are hilarious commitment xD

[@faedragonlucy]

If you're diving into more FMA stuff, I hope you decide to watch more of the 2003 anime, the two animated movies (one for each adaptation), and the four OVA episodes for Brotherhood! Plus, I've heard the mangaka has another great work currently in progress!!

[@josesosa3337]

Forgot your covered FMA. i've been rewatching your dragon ball videos.

[@matheusmartins1716]

If you're thinking about seeing FMA 03, you should know that the series was made when the manga was getting done with Lab 5 part of the story, so most of it doesn't follow the manga's story. Also, the movie (Conqueror of Shamballa) is the epilogue of the story, but, it's not what the writers wanted it to be, it was heavily cut down, so if you want to see a bit of what it was supposed to be, there's a novelization that's closer to what they wanted to make.

[@IStoleThePies]

Which novelization?

[@matheusmartins1716]

@@IStoleThePies The Movie: Scenario Book

[@ag9953]

People say it's westoids ruining anime, but look at this shit, the reality is that it's not the west misinterpreting the east, it's the movie industry disrespecting anime and manga, just look at the first Death Note live action (Not the netflix one, the japanese one) or the Bleach or Gantz live action movies, movie writers and directors, regardless of their nationality, always seem to think that they can do better than the original author, they're given a complete script and yet they feel compelled to add their personal "improvements", it's insulting.