One of the ones that caught my attention was I Am Legend. I vaguely remember The Omega Man from back in the day, so this movie has potential I wonder, though, if they'll get into the whole backstory behind the title, or if it'll be closer to Heston movie.
Now, Live Free or Die Hard. I do loves me a good Die Hard flick, but I dunno. Willis is like, fifty, and they have that fucking C.H.U.D. from the Mac commercials as his goofy sidekick. The action looks good, if a bit wanked, but again, I'm on the fence about this one.
As for comedies, I do want to see Rush Hour 3 and Superbad. And I guess I'll see the Harry Potter movie. But the movie I'm absolutely dying to see? Bratz, of course.
So, are there any upcoming films on your gaydar?
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
This is a really hard quest, I hope the reward is a good one.
That's about it.
The plot to I Am Legend is basically thus:
Will Smith is a scientist who helps create a super-virus which ends up turning all(?) humans but him into vampires. He's on the run trying to find the reason why he immune and figure out the cure before they eat him. I already have my doubts of the potential of this movie, mostly to Smith being cast as he was.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Sunshine
Bourne Ultimatum
Stardust (Neil Gaiman okay)
The Kingdom
American Gangster
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Blackened had this to say about (_|_):
The plot to I Am Legend is basically thus:Will Smith is a scientist who helps create a super-virus which ends up turning all(?) humans but him into vampires. He's on the run trying to find the reason why he immune and figure out the cure before they eat him. I already have my doubts of the potential of this movie, mostly to Smith being cast as he was.
That is not the plot to I Am Legend, unless they're totally changing the original story. Of course, considering it is a Will Smith movie I wouldn't be surprised at all if that happens.
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Talonus wrote this stupid crap:
That is not the plot to I Am Legend, unless they're totally changing the original story. Of course, considering it is a Will Smith movie I wouldn't be surprised at all if that happens.
I think that's what he was trying to say.
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Blackened wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
After the disappointment that was Ocean's 13, I'm not certain if there's any movie coming out within the new few months I wish to see.The plot to I Am Legend is basically thus:
Will Smith is a scientist who helps create a super-virus which ends up turning all(?) humans but him into vampires. He's on the run trying to find the reason why he immune and figure out the cure before they eat him. I already have my doubts of the potential of this movie, mostly to Smith being cast as he was.
They actually changed the plot to that? O_o
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How.... Blackened.... uughhhhhh:
After the disappointment that was Ocean's 13
you people are impossible to please i swear to god
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Kegwen said:
you people are impossible to please i swear to god
We're old and jaded. >:[
Also, Neil Gaiman is awsome, therefore Startdust better not shatter my frail psyche.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
The Simpsons Movie
Transformers
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Kegwen wrote this stupid crap:
you people are impossible to please i swear to god
It's the internet, hating (fill in the blank) is the cool thing to do.
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Kegwen's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
you people are impossible to please i swear to god
Meh, my main issue with Ocean's 13 was the movie relied on fantastic, over the top Pierce Brosnan as James Bond style gadgets to advance the plot. Super intelligent anti-cheating super computers, magic polymer magnetic dice, insano chemicals that causes women to go insane with lust from sheer proximity, pocket sized mega magnetrons... heck, even the hotel reviewer guy had night vision digital binocular glasses
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A sleep deprived Talonus stammered:
That is not the plot to I Am Legend, unless they're totally changing the original story. Of course, considering it is a Will Smith movie I wouldn't be surprised at all if that happens.
After they raped I, Robot, it doesn't suprise me either.
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x--Delphi AegisO-('-'Q) :
After they raped I, Robot, it doesn't suprise me either.
To be fair, there really isn't any imaginable way to faithfully turn I, Robot into a movie
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Kegwen embraced inferiority and said
you people are impossible to please i swear to god
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME OPINION.
EVERYONE MUST LIKE THE SAME THINGS.
EVERYONE MUST DISLIKE THE SAME THINGS.
THIS IS THE PATH TO PEACE.
KILL ALL WHO DISAGREE.
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Maradon! obviously shouldn't have said:
To be fair, there really isn't any imaginable way to faithfully turn I, Robot into a movie
And yet they still went and fucking did it.
God, I hate Hollywood sometimes.
I AM A UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL SNOWFLAKE.
SO EDGY.
SO HIP. Mr. Parcelan fucked around with this message on 06-13-2007 at 01:59 AM.
For those that haven't read the book, it was a very entertaining movie. In my opinion at least. Same with Starship Troopers, for example.
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Mr. Parcelan spewed forth this undeniable truth:
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME OPINION.EVERYONE MUST LIKE THE SAME THINGS.
EVERYONE MUST DISLIKE THE SAME THINGS.
THIS IS THE PATH TO PEACE.
KILL ALL WHO DISAGREE.
yeah everyone should hate every movie except for me apparently
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Kegwen had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
yeah everyone should hate every movie except for me apparently
You rutting sow.
quote:I'm sorry* if it disappoints you that I disliked Ocean's 13, but it's true. I had a lot of problems with it. Namely, the directing and the writing. It's not a baseless dislike. I would think if someone had managed to scrounge up all those big names and put them into one film, that same someone would be able to make sure that the film is damn good.
Kegwen.
yeah everyone should hate every movie except for me apparently
In a way, it's also my own fault. I had rather high expectations of this being a good movie in light of Ocean's 11 and 12 both being excellent. (12 less so, but still a good watch) Not to mention, the movie theater employee who put the film together did a horrible job. Either that, or the shutter was loose. This resulted in the picture vibrating slightly throughout my entire viewing. I'm sure that had something to do with it, as well.
*no
But the writing really wasn't up to par with the first two Ocean's films. 
Mr. Parcelan fucked around with this message on 06-13-2007 at 03:04 PM.
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Maradon! screamed this from the crapper:
To be fair, there really isn't any imaginable way to faithfully turn I, Robot into a movie
Indeed. They would've had an easier job if they had done The Caves of Steel. Plus, I think those Robot novels would make excellent movies.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Nobody really understood why Faelynn LeAndris wrote:
and completely refusing to see Fantastic Four 2.
I'm gonna go see it because the Silver Surfer is sexy.
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
The best novel-to-movie adaptation I think I've ever seen was Fight Club, and even then they didn't get some of the details in. On the other hand, the movie did a MUCH better job of springing the Brad Pitt/Edward Norton dichotomy (particularly when the narrator realizes the truth) on the viewer.
All you can hope for is a faithful translation. But like any translation, things get lost.
As for comic book movies, eh. Keep in mind there's NO major comic hero out there, from Spawn to Superman to Spider-Man (and everyone in-between) who hasn't had their continuity tampered with at some time or another. The initial Superman movies were extremely faithful to Pre-Crisis continuity. Post-Crisis, they were a mess. Spider-Man had a series of HORRIBLE movies before the Raimi era, and even then Raimi made the webshooters biological rather than mechanical. Hell Spidey's webshooters aren't mechanical in the comics anymore either.
The decision to alter the webshooters, however, were an example of a GOOD comic-to-movie translation. The "Running out of web fluid" schtick was a lame dramatic crutch in the comic books for years, to the point that they gave the shooters alternate functions ("impact webbing", "stingers" etc) in the comics to try and keep the idea relevant past the realization it was a variant of "the hero's gun only runs out of bullets when it's dramatically appropriate" bad storytelling trick. Raimi didn't need them, they would have taken up otherwise extremely valuable storytelling time he could use to do something cool, and overall it wasn't THAT big a deal.
Now...sometimes they take that sort of convenience/expedience too far. I thought Doctor Doom in the first movie was horrible. But then Reed wasn't the super-genius I was hoping for, either. And the Thing suit was...meh. I was hoping for CGI. BUT(!) the spirit of the story was decent. It earned them the right to tweak things, which they apparently have for the second movie. No low-budget Baxter facility, no lame "Discount Science" crap. Looks solid this go around. And I like the stuff they've done with the Surfer. I even like the idea of giving him Lawrence Fishburne's voice.
As for Ocean's 13...I haven't seen it yet. But as I recall, the first movie had a portable EMP device capable of blacking out the Strip...and the SECOND movie had a three-dimensional holographic image projector. So....the precedent is there for pseudo-next-generation tech. Besides the only other way they could've taken on crashing the casino by rigging the games, from a dramatic standpoint, would to have had excessive, tedious sessions regarding the minutia of gambling each...and every...single...one...of the games...which would have all the fun of watching a M:TG card tourney at the local comic shop.
Any of you ever see the ORIGINAL Ocean's Eleven with the Rat Pack? That movie stunk to high heaven (Forgive me, Frank).
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The Hulk was cooler when it was about him going nuts and people trying to stop him.
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A sleep deprived Mr. Parcelan stammered:
Iron Man is kind of a dumb superhero.
Nobody gives a shit about Iron Man. People like to read about, and watch, Tony Stark.
He's one of those few superheroes who manage to be overshadowed by their dayjobs. Reed Richards is another. Greenlit fucked around with this message on 06-14-2007 at 08:51 PM.
