- Jossed. There is no potato chip scene.
- Confirmed. In fact, the person that killed Light's mother is the first actual criminal Light kills.
- Confirmed
The misogyny seems unlikely, given that he's seen heroically rescuing Mia from a bunch of random guys in the trailer. And him being a racist would instantly flag him as a Villain Protagonist to the audience, while Light's fall from grace is far more gradual in the original series. But then again, they don't precisely seem to be going for subtlety here, so it's possible.
- Jossed. Light is far more PC and heroic than his counterparts.
- He seems to be goading Light into using the Death Note for his first kill, by using Light's own reasoning that he just dreaming and that nothing will happen.
- Confirmed. He plays both sides, but is ultimately evil in this version.
The Ferris wheel seems to be...melting in a way? it screams "nightmare" to me, like Light's normal life is falling apart on him and he is now running from the law. (not to mention it could be good foreshadowing for when Light literally runs from the law after being shot full of holes by ..whatever Matsuda's American name will be ...Terry Matthews maybe? Touta Matsuda....
- Jossed. The scene with the ferris wheel is no dream or nightmare at all. And unless I'm mistaken after watching the movie, Matsuda has been adapted out.
- Jossed. Instead, he has a cameo as Detective Sasaki during scenes set in Tokyo.
- Jossed. There's no end credit scene and Mia never even gets her own Death Note, let alone Rem being in the film at all. Ryuk is the sole Shinigami in this movie.
- Jossed. The film essentially ends in a stalemate as a blatant Sequel Hook.
- Jossed. Instead, he's a child molester who Light uses to retrieve the Death Note, also having him kill a few criminals, then kills him.
- Sort of confirmed, sort of jossed. Light does indeed kill Mia, but she attempts to kill him first. The event on the Ferris wheel ends with Mia dying and Light going into a coma. Light never earns L's trust.
- Jossed. However, Watari's visit to this film's version of Wammy House all but acknowledges that they exist. It's incredibly likely they'll appear in the sequel.
- Jossed, though it's acknowledged that the orphans exist.
- Jossed. Any chance of learning his true name died along with Watari.
- Maybe if we get a sequel it will be revealed to be Lind L. Taylor.
- Confirmed by a Freeze-Frame Bonus it's actually Lebensborn Atubia◊
L in the movie is MUCH more emotional than the anime/manga L,and does things that the original L would NEVER EVER do, would not be surprised if they went that route.
- Movies:
- The Room (2003): The strange decisions and actions of the characters were due to the manipulations of a Death Note user. This user was a person who was jealous of Johnny's successful job at the bank. The last thing written was "Johnny acts ridiculous after finding out Lisa's cheating on him, then commits suicide."
- It turns out Mark was that user. He manipulated events to his own end, hoping to get with Lisa and remove Johnny from his life after becoming jealous of Johnny's success. He starts a Face–Heel Turn after the rooftop conversation ("O hai Mark"), but either doesn't know that he can burn the page with Johnny's name or decides not to because he's in too deep. After Lisa calls (right before Johnny has his freakout), Mark tries to burn the page with Johnny's name, but he's too late. With Johnny dead, Mark decides that he wants nothing to do with the note and severs all ties with Lisa and her family, becoming a second father-figure for Denny as a way to make peace with his mistakes.
- North: Ryuk considered North as a possible user, but decided against it when he realized the kid was colossally prejudiced. This obviously isn't because Ryuk has standards, but because he prefers gruesome individual deaths, and North would just waste time attempting to wipe out entire countries at once, which he couldn't properly accomplish with the Death Note due to its rules.
- Southland Tales: Starla had her name written in the Death Note, with a few "else if" conditions like the ones you'd see in most languages of programming. If Justin Timberlake's character was present when Starla attempted to kill herself if the Rock's character refused to have sex with her, he would blow her brains out (like what happens in the film proper); if the Rock didn't show up, or refused, Starla would kill herself as normal; and if the Rock accepted, but Timberlake's character was nowhere near the scene, Starla would put the gun down, but it would go off on accident, blowing her brains out.
- The Room (2003): The strange decisions and actions of the characters were due to the manipulations of a Death Note user. This user was a person who was jealous of Johnny's successful job at the bank. The last thing written was "Johnny acts ridiculous after finding out Lisa's cheating on him, then commits suicide."
- TV Series:
- American Horror Story: a notebook that kills people would fit right in with the themes and tone of the series.
- Sherlock: just because of how awesome a Sherlock/L teamup would be.
- Riverdale: L and Jughead would like each other's fashion sense. Plus, both involve murder mysteries.
- The masked man who shot Fred in the Season 2 finale was just a pawn being manipulated by a notebook user.
Since NO ONE could escape mental trauma from going through what he did to "prepare" him to become L..and it would explain his mood swings ....the other personality took all the way over without Watari to keep it in check.
Basically, Ryuk is bored again and goes to America this time (which is why the name/race changes happen). He manages to find a kid named Light and decides, "Hey, let's see if my nostalgia makes this weirdo a good choice," and drops the notebook. Wammy's is no longer a thing, being an old, dilapidated building during the film while in the anime/manga it was at least fairly active (Roger actually had to take over from Watari). Due to this, the current film!L was never there. He IS a successor, however, though whether the bad choice in choosing him was Near's or another L's is up for debate. The bad choice is why he's a mentally unstable black ninja. Said ninja knows something to the effect of "Watari takes care of L" so he found/hired someone to fill that role for him, which is why film!Watari is Asian instead of white. The reason film!L is so much less effective? Not even Near was able to fill the first L's shoes - why would anyone else be able to?
It can be argued that if this is all true, then there would be some mention of a similar situation in the past, but...two rebuttals: 1. The situations aren't all that similar to the public, being that film!Light rarely uses heart attacks and his signature is his victims screaming about Kira; 2. Even if they were more similar, the public never new about the Death Note while we do, so it would be nigh impossible to make that connection without that kind of knowledge.
- Death Note: Page Two
- Death Note: Part Two
- Death Note: The New World
- Death Note 2
- Finn Wolfhard
- Dylan O'Brien as an older Near
- Zenyada
- Jesus christ...
- Millie Bobby Brown as a gender-flipped Near
- Tom Holland
- KJ Apa
- Zac Effron
- Tom Felton
- Will Pouter
- Alex Wolff
- Rami Malek
- And it will be just as hammy.
- This version of Light was added to the final product later. Evidence:
- Mia is the first character established on screen, being introduced even before Light.
- Personality-wise, she has much more in common with the Light of the anime, being ruthless and willing to kill anyone who dares to stand in her way (she even emulates Light's "kill the FBI agents" plot from the manga and anime).
- Her talk about being dissatisfied with her life and wanting to do something more than just be a high school cheerleader sounds a bit like the seeds of a character arc that was eventually scrapped.
- Just as the original manga is a scathing condemnation of the Japanese justice system, the American version seems to be a takedown of the nation's "world police" attitude.
- Light is a Type-1 Eagle Land, the representation of an idealized WWII American world cop — he only wants to go after "bad guys" who make life harder for regular people.
- Mia is a Type-2, the representation of the unapologetic Post-9/11 Jerkass world cop who kills anyone she deems as evil, without a trial or proper justification ... and damn anyone else gets in her way.
- Finally, Ryuk is the impulse to act personified; he's a tempting figure who represents the means and the will to intervene where he shouldn't. Interestingly, he doesn't necessarily signify a strictly American idea, showing that interventionism is a more worldly problem that's not exclusive to any one nation.
- The trio illustrates how the ideal of being the white-hat beacon of hope for the world can easily shift into a self-justifying delusion, egged on by the devil on your shoulder.
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