Open Discussion – May 14, 2008
May 14, 2008 by Vic Holtreman
Hey guys, I just noticed a couple of days ago that I forgot to post our usual weekly discussion area up – sorry ’bout that!
I know we’ve been a bit light on articles this past week, but things have been pretty crazy for me in the real world, but we’ll pick up the pace here pretty soon.
Meanwhile, in the fine tradition of Screen Rant and passionate, dedicated commenters… I give you: Open Discussion Wednesday!
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Um Panda, those characters you mentioned are what I would consider the “C” characters. IMO, “B” listers are The Green Lantern, The Green Arrow, Aquaman and Flash. The “A” ones are Supes, Bats and Wonder Woman (although WW is more like a “B+” character.)
There are actually movie quotes at the top???
Man, this is embarrassing.. I only noticed it when someone mentioned it in the earlier posts.. My bad..
The next DC movie should be GREEN LANTERN!!! And they should set it in a retro-futuristic alternate ’50s (or late ’40s) like the Justice League feature cartoon.. that setting worked real well for Hal Jordan.. perhaps they can tie in Abin Sur’s spaceship crash with the Roswell crash, who knows..
Maybe throw in some “Earth vs Flying Saucers” stuff too ’cause that era is known for their UFO, foo fighters and flying saucer craze.
Besides, there are enough strange events in the ’40s and ’50s to justify a sci-fi theme that’s partially grounded in real events, like the Battle of Los Angeles, the Invasion of Capitol Hill and of course, the Kenneth Arnold sighting.
Oh heck, speaking of movies based on DC comics.. how about the other DC Vertigo hit, Garth Ennis’ “PREACHER”? That was my favorite comic series back then!!!
And also “Hitman”.. if they could find the right people to play Tommy Monaghan and Nat the Hat, the movie could be something like Lethal Weapon only that the heroes are hired guns instead of cops (and the main hero is infected with a space alien vampire parasite that gives him superpowers, that ought to make for some interesting plot elements).
The first Hitman storyline itself is like a cross between a John Woo film and Hellboy, with Tommy going up against the Lord of the Gun (IIRC), and encountering the demon Etrigan.
Right on Jae Senn, yeah I really loved Star Wreck.
I hope some people check it out.
You can download the film for free at.
http://www.starwreck.com
Surma, what are you referring to? The podcast I did a few times?
Maybe when things settle down for me I’ll bring that back.
Vic
790, my admiration grows for the grumpy old robot head!
Just watched Star Wreck. Loved it. Not only did it look good, but they had the shows spot on.
When the Babylon5 leader decides to make a long speech, I thought, oh wow, they know the show.
Excellent stuff. Thanks again.
I guess today is a passable day to die!
Thanks Steven the Git!
It was great wasn’t it????!!!!
Its even better with beer.
Yeah every scene had a inside joke. Too many too count. Even alot of Babylon 5 stuff as well.
I loved that scene where the Excaliber destroys the Enterprise D and Pirk tells all ships to fall back.
And the next scene the crew of the Excaliber are like “40 seconds to main power restart”.
Clearly Pirk, never watched Crusade. LMAO!!!!
The visuals were awesome.
Cap. Fukov need I say more.
I thought the transporter effects are what they should have done on Enterprise.
(Primitive yet it looked real) o well,,,,
«Now if I can just get Vic to watch…..»
Fire Sparklers!!!
The names were great fun. Garybrandy and Info, Fukov and Festerbester. That’s what appealed, they had to be fans to make that movie and fans ripping on something is always loveable.
Also the names of the weapons, light balls and twinklers! XD
Also loved the man charging the enemy only to be shot, and then crumples saying, ‘hey its war, people die, you know?’
Dwarf was excellent. Crying when slapped, and working in a hotdog stand at the start.
Admire the blokes behind it and all they went through to get it done too.
Twinklers. That’s it.
LMAO!!!!
Yeah Steven I think it took 7 years to make.
Yeah, the podcast, I don’t know I was just checkin out when the first Iron Man news was and scrolling back up noticed the podcast. I had totally forgotten you did that.
I know anything goes in the weekly discussion so i have a question.
Is jon Favreau a lock to return as the director of Iron Man 2 ?
I am a frequent vistor to Comic Book Resources (CBR) the other day they had a story where favreau said he hadnt been contacted about the sequel, today they have a story where favreau told Howard Stern on his radio show that he was only paid 4 million dollars for the film and that he was the only major player not to be signed to a 3 picture deal.
CBR cites Comic Book Movie for the stern story .
Sounds like it could be a rocky negotiation.
i just thought it might be worth looking into.
Gary, I read the same story. Favreau did a fantastic job on IM and it boggles my mind why he wouldn’t be signed on to direct the next. Also, he is suppose to get a share of the profits but the site said it may not happen.
I just hope the studio comes to realize
that it was Favreaus Emphasis on character balanced with just the right amount of action ,
as well as his terrific casting choices that made
Iron Man the great film that it was.
I wonder if they’ll get Stuart Baird to direct Iron Man?
Member the great work he did on Nemesis.
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Jk.
WB needs to make Flash (Barry Allen) and Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) origin films. (they were best friends and the same age in the comics)
BTW, did anyone hear the news? THE FLASH IS BACK FROM THE DEAD AFTER A NEAR 25 YEAR ABSCENCE!!! SWEET!! It’s about time Barry Allen, the one, true, BEST Flash, was Flash again instead of yet another one of those rip off kid sidekicks. And he IS NOT one of the permanent deaths in comics, his reason for being, unlike the Waynes, Uncle Ben, and Krypton (or whoever else the haters pull outa their ass) was NOT to be dead so his sidekick could become Flash, and he was not a disliked/un popular character like Bucky Barnes and/or Jason Todd. Besides, keeping him dead for the sake of the “death has no meaning anymore in comics” and “doing this invalidates death” argument is ridiculous, we crossed that bridge waaaaaaay before anyone even thought Barry would be coming back, m’kay? We got Hal Jordan, the one, true, best/original GL again, along with Oliver Queen as Green Arrow and Ray Palmer as the Atom, Barry’s rightful place is as the Flash so I’m hella glad he’s back. Maybe it will help get WB to make a Flash film now…
How cool will it be if Iron Man beats Prince Narnia?
Very cooool!!!
in order for that to happen it will have to make more then 60 million which is around the general amount it appears narnia will make , but it does look like Iron Man will make something in the 28 million range .
these are all early estimates .
I got it all from Nikki Finkes website .
in order for that to happen it will have to make more then 60 million which is around the general amount it appears Narnia will make , but it does look like Iron Man will make something in the 28 million range .
these are all early estimates .
I got it all from Nikki Finkes website .
Well, Prince Caspian impaled Iron Man with 56 mil, IM made 31 mil (not bad for a third week). Indy is at 73% on rottentomatoes (I expected better than that).