The Terrible Perfect Blue Remake

[@ZelcherProductions]

Satoshi Kon is pretty good at making movies. twitter.com/zelcher20 letterboxd.com/zelcher20/

[@ringkunmori]

Finally, the Imperfect blue

[@ZelcherProductions]

How did i not think of using this pun at any point making this video. Disappointed in myself

[@Ifrit007]

As the famous saying goes, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” This is going to be one hell of a review.

[@Chris-uh8oj]

Imagine being given the keys to the kingdom and dropping them down a storm drain

[@TheKillerqueen40]

I feel like the subtle, boring, unthreatening stalker could actually work in a movie, especially since it's closer to what most real life stalkers are like - ordinary people who become dangerously obsessed with another person. Which kind of makes it scary in a more existential way - you never know what's actually bubbling under the surface. I don't know if that was what the live action remake was going for, but considering they got a good actor to play the character, I'd tend to argue that he did the best with what he was given, and what he was given was kinda trash.

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

I think the nurses recognizing her and her needing to wear sunglasses to conceal her identity as well as her dialogue with the doctor suggest that her career is doing well by the end of the film.

[@metastase895]

Or it means she is the one in the hospital and it's actually Rumi who is outside. After all, we only see her from a reflected mirror at the end and the voice actress who speak the last line is Rumi's.

[@colorfulchaotic1720]

@@metastase895 You're right and we see the car red!!!!!!! OMG!!!!

[@zzzmariana]

​​@@metastase895 I particularly don't see it this way. The doctor mentions Rumi's name and says she's mostly stuck with her idol persona. My understanding is that, like Mima says, she's finally aware of who she is thanks to Rumi. Bringing red flowers and driving a red car is a symbolic representation of Mima dealing with her internal conflicts and demons in peace. A very subtle detail is also her haircut. While Rumi is still wearing the exact same wig (or it might be her actual hair this time idk), Mima is now with longer hair. Even the way she dresses and behaves is different - more mature and calm, in contrast with the childlike and innocent personality she used to have. She's no longer idol Mima or actress Mima. She's herself and she's real. Also, I'm certain that it wasn't the voice actress for Rumi saying the last line. Doesn't sound like her. It's common for Japanese women to speak with a higher pitched voice to sound "cute" . It was just Mima's regular voice instead of her "idol voice".

[@cultureandhistorynerd6739]

@@metastase895 That's such a dumb theory, even Satoshi Kon confirms in an interview that the woman who says "I'm the real me" IS Mima herself. Not everything has to be overly-complicated, and sometimes the simplest answer is the correct answer.

[@1986BNick]

I think if this IP or Movie and or Story had a sequel? It would have to be a decisive sequels that asks very similar questions and raises very similar themes. I as a person with some bitter experiences in life, would think that Mima gave up on her dreams of being a celebrity and became a hardcore detective cop that is very similar to Popeye from The French Connection and Harry Callihan from The Dirty Harry Movies because she found OTHER BAD THINGS TO BE OBSESSED WITH. And nobody calls her by "Mima" anymore. *SORRYTONOTBESORRY*

[@Persephone01]

Perfect Blue, Paprika, Milenium Actress (Cant watch this one without crying), Tokyo Godfathers and Paranoia Agent are all works of art. Im going to watch Perfect Blue again plus Paprika. I would weirdly like to see a Perfect Blue esque film by David Lynch though. I think they needed a director who was competent with psychological themes instead of erotica, which is just so strange to me though.

[@Kinzokugia]

When you mentioned a live action Perfect Blue, I thought you were talking about Black Swan

[@Cipher42069]

I WAS LITEARLLY JUST WATCHING THIS WITH MY PARTNER AND YOU UPLOADED THIS RIGHT WHEN WE GOT TO THE TWIST LMAO will actually watch the video soon

[@Cipher42069]

I have now watched this video and you pointed out a lot of things that we missed which makes me appreciate the animated version more pfpfp. I'm tempted to seek out the novels (if there's an English translation out there anyway) to see what parts were originally there or what were just kinda weird additions by both directors aaaa.

[@OtakuJ84]

"Is this how it happens in the book?" As someone who has read the light novel, no not at all. The Sato movie deviates even further from the source material than Kon's film does. While the book is not the psychological thriller like the anime is, it's still a properly suspenseful horror that has a much greater focus on gore than either film. While I like Kon's version the most, I enjoy the novel the same way I enjoy a Stephen King story. No idea where the hell Sato got any of his decisions.

[@Adotch]

Light novel was pretty good Ngl but the film is so much better

[@Angel-yg6su]

I mean, yeah. The stalker in the book is balls to the wall nuts with his whole "wanting to make a Mima skin suit" plan based on her purity and seeing himself in it, you could've done something amazing with that!

[@birchwwolf]

5:40 the Local Hero scene in Japan puts on sentai stage shows like this quite frequently. There are heroes and villains that each represent towns and prefectures, many with local businesses sponsoring them. The film's score and editing do help with the fakeout intro but there is some cultural context in there too. Local Heros do share stages with up-and-coming idol groups like this :)

[@_narci149_4]

The suicide sound effect sounds like a gunshot

[@orangehogproductions4555]

Everybody gansta, until Zelcher productions, uploads

[@nilesstark]

I'm tripping that they had Ichi The Killer in this.

[@BriarPatchNyra]

I feel like I ascended to some other and horrific plane, seeing scenes from the 2002 movie. I think I mentally checked out completely when the baby hands happened.

[@TheLugiaSong]

Man, I forgot quite how good Kon's Perfect Blue is, it really does do everything right I think. Sometimes you can't quite appreciate how good something is until you see something not-so good. Great analysis and comparison video.

[@ryanmcnulty9851]

I finally watched Perfect Blue (the good one) just to watch this analysis. Excellent work as always, I love your content!

[@ZelcherProductions]

OMG THANK YOU!!

[@redacted_vombat5742]

I never knew perfect blue got a live action remake and is scheduled to have a new one in 2022 but I bet they will never beat satoshi classic version, great reviews man👍

[@iswearimnotafurry4953]

Never heard of or seen either of these movies but it’s a zelcher vid so you know I’ve gotta watch

[@lamasu8060]

I watched perfect blue for the first time 2 days ago, and now you upload this! Also, the ending took me awhile to get and some googling. Still an amazing movie, and one of my favorite directors.

[@YggdrasilAudio]

I guess you could call it... IMPERFECT BLUE! No? Okay, I'll see myself out...

[@PeterWritingThings]

I thought the end joke was going to be about Black Swan (2010), which some considered to be a semi-remake. Really enjoyed this video, I knew about the live action version but have only ever seen short clips of it.

[@Gluten_possum]

Netflix adaptations be like

[@7ofspades7]

I literally just watched this movie for the first time like last week. Nice.

[@kissmybrain]

OMG i remember watching this for the first time when i was like 15 n it scared me so bad but i rewatched it twice last year n i really enjoyed it, it still creeped me out but i think it was pretty good im so excited for this videoooooo thanks for the upload

[@JoeyDoesStuff1120]

This video reminds me of Yms review of oldboy remake, Please make more of this

[@ZelcherProductions]

Thanks, his video was a big inspiration for this. I’ve definitely got more ideas for this comparison series so stay tuned :)

[@JoeyDoesStuff1120]

@@ZelcherProductions can't wait :)

[@Cee_B]

As a child I loved anime along with my brother we bonded over very few things but that was one. As I got older I fell out of love with anime bc I had always watched child like shows that really carried no message just cool imagery and a plot. But I’m into Arts heavily and cinema is one. And I now know Kon and a few others at the time used the strategy kinda born in perfect blue. That strategy would be a reality based plot with a real message and storyline that moves the scenes and interconnects shots and things big that nature into anime. I love the idea of that it translates so well and it allows for creating and embodying an emotion or narrative for what one specific scene is suppose to convey, whether the intent be to show less or more of the plot to the viewing or to show the dynamic of two characters, it just works so well. I think I feel as if Animation/anime just allows for the body of work to be a true imaginary reality story that moves just like someone’s life does in reality rather than it be a story with a message in the plot of a good director/writer. Truly much more immersive to me in my eyes lol idk why

[@TheLegendofGumby]

34:21 also, no one ever addresses the bloody pizza uniform in the closet. Was this part a dream or something? If it’s Rumi doing the killings, did she plant them there for some bizarre reason? It’s never addressed after that. This is the only part that I can’t make any sense of and honestly seems like the film just fucking with you.

[@crankywriter1738]

Bad movies tend to have extended driving scenes.

[@Idtknw_man]

I love how the fake Ai just stands there before getting killed, yeah this movie seems to suck ass.

[@cabra0693]

Perfect blue is a story that screams to be made into animation, adapting it into life action had literally no way of going well

[@ultimxtemiracxler]

That's not Perfect blue, that's Faultless Azure 😭😭😭

[@coinstudiosmoviescartoonsa1978]

bro this ain't perfect blue, this is imperfect red

[@birchwwolf]

45:43 when the ping is over 1000ms

[@cheaserceaser]

Perfect Blue is easily a 10/10 movie. What a masterpiece of a movie!

[@TheYetixOUTx]

Satoshi Kon in film school decided to go into animation because of the freedom. He could've made all of his films in love action but to make them just the right way he he saw on his mind. He knew animation was a better medium

[@TheLegendofGumby]

The hubris to think they could compete with that level of animation with what appear to be the cheapest cameras on the market at the time.

[@odorutori]

Nitpicking and only very early into the video, but Perfect Blue is not one of the best "anime" films - it's a brilliant film in general, and deserves a spot in anyone's top 10 or whatever.

[@ZelcherProductions]

If it deserves a spot in anyone’s top 10 best would that not make it, dare I say, ONE OF the best.

[@ggzsk2342]

the movies acts like a youtuber pushing for the 10min mark

[@bastianalsoknownasagoddamn3647]

After this review I kind of realized how similar "only acting" from kero Kero Bonito is to perfect blue

[@NowBearInMind]

Awesome analysis of Kon's PB and oh my god what the fuck was up with that live action It's like it only included ideas slightly related to identity on a bludge

[@regenerations67]

perfect blue more like perfect brown like poo.

[@somekidwithacomputer2939]

Thank you for the new video, papa zelchie!!

[@quinnzykir]

33:46 kinda SUS if you ax me

[@botflyguy7814]

I really want to watch this video but I want to watch the live action perfect blue first so the shittyness of it doesnr get spoiled and will be a surprise. Just commenting to support the channel.

[@octotune4044]

Ah yes, the perfect video to eat my burger to ❤️

[@scottpilgrimpwns]

(PERFECT BLUE SPOILERS IN COMMENT BELOW, FOR THE ANIMATED MOVIE, LIVE ACTION, AND FIRST NOVEL) I've been fixating on Me-Mania lately, and I just gotta say this is easily the WORST adaptation of the idea of the stalker I've seen so far. Admittedly I haven't had time to read the second novel, but even just off of the movie, the first novel, and the live action one. The animated movie version is my personal favorite, I think his appearance works best for him like that, similar to the description given in book one with "cow-like eyes" and "long unkempt hair". He's unsettling, sulking around and slowly approaching the hecklers in the introduction, his strength is shown early on with the hecklers, his room looks dark, cramped, full of tapes and posters on the wall. It's exactly how i saw it in my head when reading about it in the novel, and the use of space is fantastic even including little things like crumbled cans and jackets hanging on the wall. And personally, I think him being a manipulated red herring works so well, he's an emotionally unstable man clinging onto the image of Mima, someone caring, kind, pure. I wonder if one of the reasons he cared for her so much is the world's perception of him as this big, hulking freak with a disfigured looking face. His actions are ramped up but not comically absurd at the end, he's not blowing up a building, holding the management hostage, it's attacks that someone would realistically pull. Even when he does get to use a bomb, it's a small one that just about fits in a letter. He feels so real, an actual human being who is forgone and obsessed, but just as much as he's obsessed he's easily stirred and manipulated by his passions and what little kindness he gets or can imagine is given to him. Even if I feel the book escalated his behavior a bit too much into slasher territory to an almost comical degree, it still had SOMETHING INTERESTING. His obsession with innocence and purity, his view of idols turning more "tainted" and his view of the other idol, Eri. How he wanted to be with Mima to the point it turned into a ritualistic murder attempt because he felt she was too far gone. It's a bit more farfetched and crazy, but there's a trail of logic to it, as scrambled and messy as that trail is. His desperation in trying to "protect" her, to save her smile, calling her over and over and over again while rationalizing to himself it must be her ignoring her manager. A bit more of a wacky adaptation, but still fun and thrilling. I feel nothing but contempt for the live action stalker, not even the intentional contempt for a mean character, just annoyance. His apartment looks so normal, sure it's by design as he copies hers, but still it doesn't give any impression of him at the start, as stated, he looks like just a sad lonely loser. His actions are just letting loose how much he knows about her, you don't see how much she's distressed by him until she just decides he's creepy and decides to leave, even GOING TO GO BACK AND SEE HIM AGAIN LATER. And the transformation lead up hardly makes any sense. His manager is just like "hey, you kind of look girly" and then as it goes he just suddenly turns into her? Like damn it, give me SOMETHING. There is nothing about this guy, nothing to grip into, just nothing. That's the end of my rambling, I just really dislike how this adaptation handles the stalker.

[@AlvinFlang69420]

I am surprised to see how open you are as to who you see yourself as Zelcher and as everything. To me, even if this doesn't matter, you are Zelcher: The Lynchian KZbinr.

[@bastianalsoknownasagoddamn3647]

One time line only got the bad version and they live in constant pain

[@katymbeke8400]

I honestly interpreted the film as the struggles of former Japanese idol singers. I was on tumblr today and searched up “Morning Musume”, a girl group that was made up of very young girls, and was surprised to find a lot of bikini pics, and even a naked pic of one member. (That website needs some serious guidelines.) I was expecting cute pictures and gifs of them on stage, music videos and talk shows. And while I did get that, I wasn’t expecting the other stuff. It honestly makes me sad.

[@Oligarch-qz4ud]

One thing i prefered is the stalker looking averege rather than like a monster. Makeing him averege makes it more grounded

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

Damn...like DAMN.....thank goodness for Satoshi Kon wanted to do Perfect Blue the way he did.....I not sure if the live action is closer to the book....taking in consideration that the full tittle of the book is Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis.....that transformation probably did was part of the original novel............I appreciate more the creative input Mr. Kon did to change the story, it was for the better.....maybe not fair to the original novel, it might actually was well done there but man this director who did the live action did a fantastic work....making that story boring as F.

[@janevivian24]

I've been meaning to watch the live action version but I couldn't find it

[@aryaa_dixit]

There is an Indian version too! "Daar"(lit. Fear), starring Legend Shahrukh Khan's Debut in Films and the then Ms India, Juhu Chawla. The movie hasn't aged well but the Soundtrack is pure Gold.

[@ayeshanurain615]

Nooo way it's going in my watch list

[@Akogiri]

Good use of the MOTHER series' OST! Keep PK rockin'.

[@innocuousalias6632]

now I'm wondering what the opening scene of the book was

[@koboldengineering7687]

I watched this movie for this analysis! So tense and scary... ( ._.)

[@selen2174]

perfect blue

[@dechefmane3526]

Perfect Blue is GOAT

[@devonkont2079]

Yay you uploaded ‼️

[@cosmicgiraffe4131]

You have way too few subscribers when you're creating videos of this quality!

[@Fleischkopf]

at least the poster of the live action is kinda cool 😅

[@j1ggly-]

Zelcher kinda epic, good video 👆

[@leerockatansky]

Taste the zelch.

[@specledseverapod7926]

Nice video

[@_narci149_4]

Best video to wake up to

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

This is why I don't want a live action Akira.

[@dieyng]

I find the whole idea to make a live action remake of Perfect Blue completely silly. Especially considering that the original was a masterpiece by one of the greatest anime directors ever, and you go and give this to a director completely inexperienced in anything but these weird pseudo-artistic porn films? Just reading this again, doesn't that practically scream failure at you? I guess Sato could have been an unknown genius as well, but how likely was that? And the story is obviously way weaker than the original, shouldn't that have been visible for anybody reading the script. I know, Hollywood does horrible remakes, which completely miss whatever made the original good and special, but tbh, I also don't understand it there.

[@jacobbb61]

Yes yes yes 50min yes yes video

[@eroupopper]

it just goes to show, it's better to just leave the classics alone if you can't make it well. If you can't make something original, don't direct!

[@yesman6559]

Yes

[@starshine_Ultra]

No… its the REAL me ☺️

[@erbitlegion3843]

I love perfect blue but not the not so perfect blue

[@cutecobra9696]

I haven't seen a movie that boring since Beast of Yucca Flats.

[@desarrolladordepanaderia1063]

TO DLA MATKI PRZYSIĘGAM

[@quinnzykir]

More like Perfect BlueBalls

[@inky7065]

Tangibly Better Blue

[@tableclothninja]

so we talking about black swan?

[@ZelcherProductions]

It took a little over 2 years but we finally have the first quirky “terrible perfect blue remake? Err you mean Black Swan 🤪” comment. Surprised it took this long.

[@mandobrownie]

was that...Jerma? lol

[@esmo9728]

word?

[@igotban9875]

Lol

[@peepnox7747]

Hi, here’s a cookie 🍪 ENJOY

[@ibrfusion]

Please stop calling it remakes. Remakes are usually made when the first one isn't perfect.

[@l4ut1xvergador2]

Here before 1000 views!

[@PatrickGann]

"Kon" rhymes with "lone" "Kan" rhymes with "Han" (solo)

[@DianaTaffie]

Lemme be honest, i never could in the end like Perfect Blue, i think it's the weakest Kon film, it's not even feeling really like his film due to being based on someone else's story, but that's nothing to the thing that really makes me get hostile over Perfect Blue - the ending. And by that i mean literally the last few minutes, during the mental institution visit and the whole "I am real now" thing. This whole epilogue just... makes no sense to me, it's so sudden, no explanation at all, nothing pointing to how our girl got better after all that... fucks sake, i'd say this ending is way too sweet for this whole movie. It just doesn't work with the tone of the rest of the movie. I hate this ending so god damn much, and i'm usually the one to talk about JOURNEY, NOT THE ENDING, but in this case ending really does matter. Fuck. Man.

[@ZelcherProductions]

If Perfect Blue wasn’t a perfect film then why is it called PERFECT Blue? Checkmate.

[@DianaTaffie]

@@ZelcherProductions dang, i've been had

[@BriarPatchNyra]

That's not the ending though. In the original Japanese language, Mima speaks with Rumi's voice. Indicating she's still mentally shattered on some level. It kills me how the second a horror movie dares to be optimistic in anyway, people get angry at it, call it saccharine. The vast majority of horror has downer endings, let there be an occasional light at the end of the tunnel.

[@KOTEBANAROT]

The commenter above isnt correct, its not rumis voice. Its actress-Mima. She shed old idol Mima, the warm, playful and sweet girl Mima, and is now the slightly cold, mature, untouchable famous actress. She says "im me" - but she will have to transform into new Mimas until she dies.

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

is it really a "remake"