Netflix 'Death Note' Live-Action Film Director Deletes His Twitter Account

Yes, we know. A lot of you hated Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Death Note.

While some us are okay with just expressing our disappointment of the film by word of mouth or through our own social media feeds, a lot of the fans however took it to the maximum and send harsh tweets and messages to the director Adam Wingard. Due to the numerous harsh words and even death threats from fans, he made a decision to the delete his Twitter account.

The last tweet that he posted before closing his account was “It’s time to switch to gears over to GvK. Going Dark.” in which he referred to focusing on his next project, Godzilla vs. Kong. Just days before deleting his account, he has posted and reacted to some of the tweets and messages that he received from “trolls”. In a tweet he posted on August 26, it says “Sorry trolls but the artist always wins in the long run” and “I love how many people feel personally attacked by this tweet. It’s almost like troll bait. Those that bit expose themselves.”

His comment in regards to his willingness to get constructive criticism was “Film criticism is different from b*tching at filmmakers on Twitter”.

It is true that the Netflix live-action film adaptation was completely different from its original concept. This however, doesn’t mean that people have to go overboard and express their disappointment and hate to the director. Some have commented over the deletion of Wingard’s Twitter to be very inappropriate and people should not have done something like this. Just because this person directed this film, doesn’t mean that the have to bash him too much.

When the Netflix live-action film adaptation of Death Note was previewed in San Diego Comic Con, there were a lot of mixed opinions most especially to those who have read the original manga series as well as those who have followed the anime. When the trailers were streamed, online commenters have reacted mostly negative due to the plot change and the character name changes. The movie premiered in Netflix on August 25.

Hard to believe but yes—the original creators of the Death Note manga namely Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba have praised the live-action film adaptation of Death Note produced by Netflix.

To quote Ohba, “It was more interesting that I expected. Every bit of it is high quality and very fashionable, it’s definitely Hollywood’s Death Note. I think a wide range of people can enjoy this movie, not just fans, because there are parts that follow the original work but also changes too.” He then continued that, “I hope people overseas who did not know Death Note until now can enjoy watching it on Netflix”. As a way to show their praise on the Western adaptation, Obata released a drawing of Nat Wolff (playing as Light Turner) and Ryuk.

In the original Death Note manga, Light Yagami was just an ordinary boy living a normal ordinary life. Everything seemed to have turned different when he found the Death Note, a supernatural notebook that kills anyone by just writing their name. The time that he found the notebook was also the time he was acquainted with the shinigami named Ryuk.

Light uses the Death Note to put criminals and unlawful people to their death. This took the attention of L, a detective who does what he can to investigate on the mysterious deaths caused by this person being called as “Kira”.

Source: ComicBook