Comments on: Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: August 10, 2008

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:59:00 +0000

hey all

Here’s a pic of Jake Gyllenhaal as the price of persia

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/08/11/jake-gyllenhaal-shirtless-prince-of-persia/

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:41:34 +0000

Ash, no you’re not the only one who liked the SciFi version of Flash. There was some hokiness, but no more than was in the 80′s movie. I would’ve loved to have seen it come back for 2nd season with some better writing to flesh out the characters some more. Did anyone else notice that after Flash Gordon ended, the actress who played Dale showed up on Smallville for a couple of episodes? I knew then that Flash Gordon was done.

By: 790

790 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:50:45 +0000

Nickelback,,,,
Wow that would sink the film like a photon torpedo.

Btw,,, Noooo Magneto film !!!

By: The Big Dentist

The Big Dentist — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:40:57 +0000

790, I have a vision and it’s a horrible one. A metal cover of the Queen theme. Chugga-chugga doom-laden chords and some guttural scaryman going “FLASH. WOOO-EEUUURRRGH”. Either that or Nickelback. You KNOW they’ll do this!

After the dire Hollow Man it’s good that they’ve gone with a different take on the invisible thing. This might actually be okay, but in these days of maximum CGI how come no-one’s thought of remaking The Man With X-Ray Eyes? That one’s RIPE for it.

The Conversation, All The President’s Men and The Parallax View are the three classic paranoid thrillers of the Nixon era. These are deeply paranoid times, and a Conversation series with fearsome 21st century surveillance technology could have a lot more impact than setting it in its original time. I don’t see the point.

Loving Peter Parkour! Burk Sharpless is a fantastic name as well. Get him on the next Tugg Speedman movie…

By: 790

790 — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:03:45 +0000

I wonder who can top the Queen soundtrack in the 80′s version of Flash ???
Also a piece of advice for Sci-Fi channel, “you guys would have sold more dvds of Flash Gordon if the price wasn’t 20 bucks”
For a show like that tring to build a new audience, really the price should have been $10.99.

Having a New Invisable Man story where he’s a spy would be cool.

By: steven the git

steven the git — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:47:17 +0000

The Invisible Man sounds a lot like what Alan Moore did with Extraordinary Gentlemen.

The Conversation is a really interesting film. A TV series could be very good.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:34:46 +0000

Talk about an uncreative way to jump on the Parkour bandwagon…using that to be criminals, wow.

The magneto spinoff…by Fox im sure will be dumb and will probably feature random popular marvel characters that have nothing to do with Magneto’s history. Maybe they’ll make him grow up with best friends Cannonball and sunfire or some crap. And his brother will be James Proudstar, lol.

By: Ash Ali

Ash Ali — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:22:16 +0000

Am I the only one who thought the Sci-Fi channel version of “Flash Gordon” wasn’t that bad? I mean, it had issues, but the show had potential, and room for improvement.