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| Author: | darksiege [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | They have run out of ideas... |
The Hollywood has, yes.... So I am watching the movie Taken for the first time, and for some reason I wondered how old Liam Neeson is... And looking him up on IMDB I found something incredibly depressing two titles he is working on... Liam Neeson is playing Hannibal in the A-Team. He is also Zeus in a remake of Clash of the Titans that is in post production. And I am spoilering the rest of the cast for Clash of the Titans.. this one has potential to be awesomesauce Spoiler: |
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| Author: | Numbuk [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They have run out of ideas... |
I am curious to see Clash. Spoiler: |
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| Author: | darksiege [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They have run out of ideas... |
Numbuk wrote: I am curious to see Clash. Spoiler: Dude.. Zeus was one of the gods you did not want involved in your life. Eventually.. man or woman he would try to f**k you. Hell he would even turn into other species to get some ***... Hades just gets a bad rap because he tricked some prissy valley girl into eating a damn pommeganate. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: They have run out of ideas... |
To be fair, they'd "run out of ideas" when they started telling stories based on 3000 year old greek fables on film to begin with. Sortof. All fiction is just a retelling of ancient ideas. In thousands of years of human society, we've probably told every basic idea there is to tell, starting with the word-of-mouth fables our tribal shamans would have related before the dawn of recorded history. And the stories get improved and retold and adapted to fit different situations; really, movie-making has advanced so much in 30 years that there's as much difference between modern films and those from the 70s and early 80s as there were between those 70s and 80s films and shakespearian stage plays. There are reasons to remake and retell stories. What's remarkable is that new stories get made at all, actually. Oh sure, there are always tropes reused in every tale, but there is still enough originality that it speaks wonders for the creativity of our species; after a hundred thousand years we're still coming up with new ideas. And this isn't to take away from the art of improving upon and retelling that which has been told before, either. Unlike many people, I have no issues with a "remake." The question isn't "is remaking an old movie a bad thing," but rather, "Is this a story worth retelling." Too often, I'd say no. But this is a subjective thing, there's always someone to disagree, and I don't have to watch what I don't feel like watching. |
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| Author: | Screeling [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:46 am ] |
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I honestly can't think of any Greek gods that were particularly benevolent. |
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| Author: | Kaffis Mark V [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:52 am ] |
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Screeling wrote: I honestly can't think of any Greek gods that were particularly benevolent. The closest you'd come is probably Athena or Demeter. |
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| Author: | Shelgeyr [ Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:37 pm ] |
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Hephaestus wasn't bad, either. |
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| Author: | DFK! [ Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:32 am ] |
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Asclepius. |
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| Author: | Serienya [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:54 am ] |
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No, they've run out of ideas when they decide to make a movie of Risk (the boardgame). No, really. They have. |
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| Author: | TheRiov [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:02 am ] |
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Apollo wasn't too bad either. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:06 am ] |
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TheRiov wrote: Apollo wasn't too bad either. In the old BSG, he was okay. In BSG re-imagined, Apollo was a whiny brat and an idiot. |
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:12 am ] |
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Zeus gave his only father to save his brothers and sisters so they might live to create us. How is that not benevolent? |
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| Author: | Lonedar [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:14 am ] |
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Serienya wrote: No, they've run out of ideas when they decide to make a movie of Risk (the boardgame). No, really. They have. This would be awesome! "Sir, we have our forces in place ready to capture their strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine." "No lieutenant, get Logistics and Airlift on the line, we're going to redeploy to Australia." "Sir???" "Trust me." |
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| Author: | Rafael [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:35 pm ] |
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Stories that never get old = "Guy has everything but his physical life taken from him and crushed. Guy goes on a vendetta and kills everyone. Everyone dies in a very brutal and violent manner." i.e. Payback, The Punisher, etc. |
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| Author: | DFK! [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:38 pm ] |
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Rafael wrote: Stories that never get old = "Guy has everything but his physical life taken from him and crushed. Guy goes on a vendetta and kills everyone. Everyone dies in a very brutal and violent manner." i.e. Payback, The Punisher, etc. You mean... "The Western genre." |
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| Author: | Aegnor [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:52 pm ] |
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Payback was a bit different since all he wanted was his $70k back. It was sort of a cynical version of that plotline, with a dark humor. Punisher wasn't near as good a movie. It was decent, but it was a bit sappy and over the top in some places. |
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