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[DaGaffer]

Anyone seen the teaser yet? I'm still not convinced by the plot (Dance With Wolves in Space sums it up from what I've read), but I have to admit there's some very nice eye-candy going on there.

 

[Wij]

Looks shit tbh

 

[old.Tohtori]

I'm going to try and avoid all things avatar until the movie comes out.

It's going to be a pain, but i want the experience to be unhindered.

 

[MYstIC G]

Looks shit tbh

Agree.

 

[TdC]

Anyone seen the teaser yet? I'm still not convinced by the plot (Dance With Wolves in Space sums it up from what I've read), but I have to admit there's some very nice eye-candy going on there.

yes, I posted about it about a thousand years ago. I'm jaded enough by the interwebs to automatically assume it's going to be terrible

 

[Yaka]

why on earth did they paint jar jar binks blue?

 

[Furr]

I'm more excited by Tron Legacy tbh

 

[ramathorn]

really dont know what to think of it, the action looks pretty decent but those blue mofo's look a bit ballicks

 

[Tom]

I think it looks ace. This is Ridley Scott, not some shit game director. Ridley Scott usually comes out on form.

 

[nath]

I think it looks ace. This is Ridley Scott, not some shit game director. Ridley Scott usually comes out on form.

Urm.. James Cameron mate .

 

[ECA]

Screw Avatar fucking 3d bullshit fuckoff.

Roll on the Battle Angel Alita live action movie.

 

[Nate]

Why other then Ridley Scott is there so much hype about this?

 

[DaGaffer]

I think it looks ace. This is Ridley Scott, not some shit game director. Ridley Scott usually comes out on form.

...er, no. Ridley Scott is currently filming a new Robin Hood, with Russell Crowe (how come Robin Hood is never palyed by an Englishman in films?)

 

[Bugz]

Why other then Ridley Scott is there so much hype about this?

I think it's something to do with the insane cost of production (and the length of time spent on the script etc.)

 

[Tom]

Urm.. James Cameron mate .

aha, so you passed my quick test :saythat:

 

[Tom]

...er, no. Ridley Scott is currently filming a new Robin Hood, with Russell Crowe (how come Robin Hood is never palyed by an Englishman in films?)

Well he's an Australian playing a criminal, he should do a good job.

 

[DaGaffer]

Well he's an Australian playing a criminal, he should do a good job.

Russell Crowe is from New Zealand. Was that another test?

 

[Tom]

Yes it was, congratulations. You're all very sharp today. My next test will be somewhat more difficult.

 

[nath]

To be fair, Crowe moved to Australia at quite a young age.


Plus he's an utter ****, though I'm not sure how relevant that is.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Dances With Aliens.

I'll need to see a really good review before I bother with it and by a good review I mean one that goes beyond saying that the graphics are pretty.

 

[Zenith.UK]

Part of the problem is that there is this whole hype machine around this film, so it's going to have to be good to step up to the mark. It can be done though because the Star Trek film met my expectations and that had a lot of hype as well.

I agree with ECA about the live-action Battle Angle Alita film. I'd probably get more enjoyment out of that, considering Steven Spielberg managed to get that "broken cyborg" look in AI.

While we're on the case of live-action films being made from manga and anime, anyone heard anything about "Akira" and "Ghost In The Shell" lately?
Steven Spielberg - GitS
Ruairi Robinson - Akira

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Akira was rumoured to have Tom Cruise and was going to be set in New York instead of Tokyo. I'm sure that like everyone else I just plain cringed at this. However, I've not read anything recently and the New York/Tom Cruise thing might no longer be the case.

Akira is one where it would strongly benefit from being faithful to the source material rather than fecking it up with some mangled interpretation just so they can use Kaneda's bike in a movie.