‘Death Note’ Trailer Drops and We’re Not Sure How To Feel

It may not be fair, but viewers know better than to get excited for a live-adaptations of anime series by now. Look no further than Ghost in the Shell, Speed Racer or *shivers*  Dragonball Evolution for proof of why the community’s become so jaded. In an attempt to be the first manga/anime-based film to work, Netflix stepped in to make a movie on the highly successful Death Note series. After months of speculation and caution, we’ve got our first look at a trailer for the Netflix original film. Aaannnddddd there are surely some things to be concerned about.

First off, let me say this. I’m not one of those people who feels that every adaptation has to stay totally true to the source material. A change in direction keeps the story fresh for a everyone and can be fully appreciated if done right. By the looks of things, Death Note won’t as some of the divergent steps are causes for concern. Namely, the depiction of Light Yagami.

Initially, a lot of people were upset about the decision to cast Keith Stanfield as L. Coincidentally, many of those same critics didn’t have a single thing to say about Nat Wolff being cast as the story’s main character, Light. [We’ll let you figure out why.] After watching the trailer, unless my skills of perception are completely skewed, there are far more problems with the latter than the former. I’ll be honest, I despise Light Yagami. I have ever since I first watched the series and saw him slowly turn into a sociopathic serial killer with a raging…