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#241 tdalton

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Posted 21 June 2013 - 08:01 AM

 

The Rock to do battle with Arnold Schwarzenegger in TERMINATOR 5!?!? It might take place in the 40's or 50's!?!?

 

Here is some news to take with a grain of salt. According to WWE Examiner, the makers of TERMINATOR 5 are developing the film with a role for “Franchise Savior” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in mind. Honestly, reading the story made me feel like it was more fan casting than anything else but crazier things have happened. Oh, and that’s not the craziest thing that is reported.

 
According to their sources, one of the ideas they have for the sequel is to make it a prequel that involves Sarah Connor’s parents and would be the first time a Terminator was sent back in time. They continued by saying this:
 
Incredibly, Schwarzenegger may not play the role of a machine in the next film, but a potentially heroic human figure in or close to the Connor family. One theory is that Schwarzenegger's remarkable ability to protect the Connor family in the 1940s or 1950s with antiquated weaponry by today's standards ultimately inspired the machines to develop a terminator in his likeness that was eventually sent to 1984 when Sarah Connor was first targeted for termination.
 
Of course, this would contradict Schwarzenegger’s recent comments where he confirmed that he was indeed playing a Terminator. I would also think that they would already have the story locked down, considering they hired screenwriters six months ago and plan to be filming next January. It would be pretty surprising if they are still “throwing around” ideas as the article states. Would they really take a chance on a 40’s or 50’s setting for what is sure to be a summer blockbuster?
 
It’s possible though, Johnson has jumped aboard the JOURNEY, FAST AND FURIOUS, and G.I. JOE franchises and to have the chance to do battle with Schwarzenegger has to be appealing to him. Not to mention the chance to ultimately take over the TERMINATOR franchise. We will find out soon enough if there is any merit to this rumor so stay tuned.

 

 

I'm not sure I would be on board with this.

 

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Well, this article has given me some pause regarding my anticipation for Terminator 5.  First, is The Rock just going to continue joining franchises until he's in them all?  I suppose it would be interesting to see him play a villain, as I would imagine that, based on what I've read about this proposed 40s or 50s era setting for T5, that The Rock would probably end up being the villainous Terminator of the film.  

 

I'm also not sure about this prequel idea.  It just seems like it would be something that we've already seen before, just set in a different time period.  Instead of protecting Sarah or John Connor, Schwarzenegger would be protecting someone earlier on in their family tree.  I actually would have liked to have seen a film based on McG's idea for T5, which involved somehow using the time travel aspect of the series to force Skynet to send at least a portion of its army back to a pre-Judgment Day Earth to fight John Connor, who had also traveled back in time to unite the world's militaries to face the impending Skynet invasion of the past.  There are some flaws in the idea, but I think there's a more interesting core idea in McG's proposal for T5 than there is in making a prequel to The Terminator.



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Posted 21 June 2013 - 08:19 AM

 

 

The Rock to do battle with Arnold Schwarzenegger in TERMINATOR 5!?!? It might take place in the 40's or 50's!?!?

 

Here is some news to take with a grain of salt. According to WWE Examiner, the makers of TERMINATOR 5 are developing the film with a role for “Franchise Savior” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in mind. Honestly, reading the story made me feel like it was more fan casting than anything else but crazier things have happened. Oh, and that’s not the craziest thing that is reported.

 
According to their sources, one of the ideas they have for the sequel is to make it a prequel that involves Sarah Connor’s parents and would be the first time a Terminator was sent back in time. They continued by saying this:
 
Incredibly, Schwarzenegger may not play the role of a machine in the next film, but a potentially heroic human figure in or close to the Connor family. One theory is that Schwarzenegger's remarkable ability to protect the Connor family in the 1940s or 1950s with antiquated weaponry by today's standards ultimately inspired the machines to develop a terminator in his likeness that was eventually sent to 1984 when Sarah Connor was first targeted for termination.
 
Of course, this would contradict Schwarzenegger’s recent comments where he confirmed that he was indeed playing a Terminator. I would also think that they would already have the story locked down, considering they hired screenwriters six months ago and plan to be filming next January. It would be pretty surprising if they are still “throwing around” ideas as the article states. Would they really take a chance on a 40’s or 50’s setting for what is sure to be a summer blockbuster?
 
It’s possible though, Johnson has jumped aboard the JOURNEY, FAST AND FURIOUS, and G.I. JOE franchises and to have the chance to do battle with Schwarzenegger has to be appealing to him. Not to mention the chance to ultimately take over the TERMINATOR franchise. We will find out soon enough if there is any merit to this rumor so stay tuned.

 

 

I'm not sure I would be on board with this.

 

aschwarzenegger-therock_large.jpg

 

 

Well, this article has given me some pause regarding my anticipation for Terminator 5.  First, is The Rock just going to continue joining franchises until he's in them all?  I suppose it would be interesting to see him play a villain, as I would imagine that, based on what I've read about this proposed 40s or 50s era setting for T5, that The Rock would probably end up being the villainous Terminator of the film.  

 

I'm also not sure about this prequel idea.  It just seems like it would be something that we've already seen before, just set in a different time period.  Instead of protecting Sarah or John Connor, Schwarzenegger would be protecting someone earlier on in their family tree.  I actually would have liked to have seen a film based on McG's idea for T5, which involved somehow using the time travel aspect of the series to force Skynet to send at least a portion of its army back to a pre-Judgment Day Earth to fight John Connor, who had also traveled back in time to unite the world's militaries to face the impending Skynet invasion of the past.  There are some flaws in the idea, but I think there's a more interesting core idea in McG's proposal for T5 than there is in making a prequel to The Terminator.

 

 

I liked McG's ideas for T5 as well. Them discovering time travel and they also talked about John Conner meeting Robert Patrick (T-1000 from T2) in the present day who is some kind of biology expert. Just seemed like a really interesting way to finish out the series in 1 or 2 films but now with the involvement of Arnold its like Christian Bale has taken a back seat. i'd like them to just finish the series instead of trying to get even more films out of it. 



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Posted 21 June 2013 - 08:24 AM

 

 

 

The Rock to do battle with Arnold Schwarzenegger in TERMINATOR 5!?!? It might take place in the 40's or 50's!?!?

 

Here is some news to take with a grain of salt. According to WWE Examiner, the makers of TERMINATOR 5 are developing the film with a role for “Franchise Savior” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in mind. Honestly, reading the story made me feel like it was more fan casting than anything else but crazier things have happened. Oh, and that’s not the craziest thing that is reported.

 
According to their sources, one of the ideas they have for the sequel is to make it a prequel that involves Sarah Connor’s parents and would be the first time a Terminator was sent back in time. They continued by saying this:
 
Incredibly, Schwarzenegger may not play the role of a machine in the next film, but a potentially heroic human figure in or close to the Connor family. One theory is that Schwarzenegger's remarkable ability to protect the Connor family in the 1940s or 1950s with antiquated weaponry by today's standards ultimately inspired the machines to develop a terminator in his likeness that was eventually sent to 1984 when Sarah Connor was first targeted for termination.
 
Of course, this would contradict Schwarzenegger’s recent comments where he confirmed that he was indeed playing a Terminator. I would also think that they would already have the story locked down, considering they hired screenwriters six months ago and plan to be filming next January. It would be pretty surprising if they are still “throwing around” ideas as the article states. Would they really take a chance on a 40’s or 50’s setting for what is sure to be a summer blockbuster?
 
It’s possible though, Johnson has jumped aboard the JOURNEY, FAST AND FURIOUS, and G.I. JOE franchises and to have the chance to do battle with Schwarzenegger has to be appealing to him. Not to mention the chance to ultimately take over the TERMINATOR franchise. We will find out soon enough if there is any merit to this rumor so stay tuned.

 

 

I'm not sure I would be on board with this.

 

aschwarzenegger-therock_large.jpg

 

 

Well, this article has given me some pause regarding my anticipation for Terminator 5.  First, is The Rock just going to continue joining franchises until he's in them all?  I suppose it would be interesting to see him play a villain, as I would imagine that, based on what I've read about this proposed 40s or 50s era setting for T5, that The Rock would probably end up being the villainous Terminator of the film.  

 

I'm also not sure about this prequel idea.  It just seems like it would be something that we've already seen before, just set in a different time period.  Instead of protecting Sarah or John Connor, Schwarzenegger would be protecting someone earlier on in their family tree.  I actually would have liked to have seen a film based on McG's idea for T5, which involved somehow using the time travel aspect of the series to force Skynet to send at least a portion of its army back to a pre-Judgment Day Earth to fight John Connor, who had also traveled back in time to unite the world's militaries to face the impending Skynet invasion of the past.  There are some flaws in the idea, but I think there's a more interesting core idea in McG's proposal for T5 than there is in making a prequel to The Terminator.

 

 

I liked McG's ideas for T5 as well. Them discovering time travel and they also talked about John Conner meeting Robert Patrick (T-1000 from T2) in the present day who is some kind of biology expert. Just seemed like a really interesting way to finish out the series in 1 or 2 films but now with the involvement of Arnold its like Christian Bale has taken a back seat. i'd like them to just finish the series instead of trying to get even more films out of it. 

 

 

I can't say that I'm overly eager for them to finish the franchise, but I would much rather they just keep pushing forward with the storyline rather than going backward.  Now that things have progressed into the actual war between the humans and Skynet, I don't really want to see it go backwards into the 1940s or 1950s.  I want to see Arnold actually operating in the world that we saw in Terminator Salvation.  I guess all this talk about going to a different era for T5 is coming from the fact that not a lot of people liked the last film so they want to avoid having anything to do with it, but they could still make a T5 that follows up Terminator Salvation without having to necessarily reference much of what happened in that film.  



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Posted 21 June 2013 - 08:53 AM

 

 

 

The Rock to do battle with Arnold Schwarzenegger in TERMINATOR 5!?!? It might take place in the 40's or 50's!?!?

 

Here is some news to take with a grain of salt. According to WWE Examiner, the makers of TERMINATOR 5 are developing the film with a role for “Franchise Savior” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in mind. Honestly, reading the story made me feel like it was more fan casting than anything else but crazier things have happened. Oh, and that’s not the craziest thing that is reported.

 
According to their sources, one of the ideas they have for the sequel is to make it a prequel that involves Sarah Connor’s parents and would be the first time a Terminator was sent back in time. They continued by saying this:
 
Incredibly, Schwarzenegger may not play the role of a machine in the next film, but a potentially heroic human figure in or close to the Connor family. One theory is that Schwarzenegger's remarkable ability to protect the Connor family in the 1940s or 1950s with antiquated weaponry by today's standards ultimately inspired the machines to develop a terminator in his likeness that was eventually sent to 1984 when Sarah Connor was first targeted for termination.
 
Of course, this would contradict Schwarzenegger’s recent comments where he confirmed that he was indeed playing a Terminator. I would also think that they would already have the story locked down, considering they hired screenwriters six months ago and plan to be filming next January. It would be pretty surprising if they are still “throwing around” ideas as the article states. Would they really take a chance on a 40’s or 50’s setting for what is sure to be a summer blockbuster?
 
It’s possible though, Johnson has jumped aboard the JOURNEY, FAST AND FURIOUS, and G.I. JOE franchises and to have the chance to do battle with Schwarzenegger has to be appealing to him. Not to mention the chance to ultimately take over the TERMINATOR franchise. We will find out soon enough if there is any merit to this rumor so stay tuned.

 

 

I'm not sure I would be on board with this.

 

aschwarzenegger-therock_large.jpg

 

 

Well, this article has given me some pause regarding my anticipation for Terminator 5.  First, is The Rock just going to continue joining franchises until he's in them all?  I suppose it would be interesting to see him play a villain, as I would imagine that, based on what I've read about this proposed 40s or 50s era setting for T5, that The Rock would probably end up being the villainous Terminator of the film.  

 

I'm also not sure about this prequel idea.  It just seems like it would be something that we've already seen before, just set in a different time period.  Instead of protecting Sarah or John Connor, Schwarzenegger would be protecting someone earlier on in their family tree.  I actually would have liked to have seen a film based on McG's idea for T5, which involved somehow using the time travel aspect of the series to force Skynet to send at least a portion of its army back to a pre-Judgment Day Earth to fight John Connor, who had also traveled back in time to unite the world's militaries to face the impending Skynet invasion of the past.  There are some flaws in the idea, but I think there's a more interesting core idea in McG's proposal for T5 than there is in making a prequel to The Terminator.

 

 

I liked McG's ideas for T5 as well. Them discovering time travel and they also talked about John Conner meeting Robert Patrick (T-1000 from T2) in the present day who is some kind of biology expert. Just seemed like a really interesting way to finish out the series in 1 or 2 films but now with the involvement of Arnold its like Christian Bale has taken a back seat. i'd like them to just finish the series instead of trying to get even more films out of it. 

 

 

I thought his ideas were great and It could have been a great follow up. Personally, I'd love for them to finally show the war. We saw moments in Terminator Salvation, but I'm talking about full thing. Setting it up since Conner is the leader of the resistance at the end of Salvation, and set 2-3 more films to introduce new things and also go back in time and do other means, which all sets it up for the finale of the series where we have the final battle and course the terminator (specifically Arnold's) killing John Conner as he said in Terminator 3.



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Posted 22 June 2013 - 10:17 AM

More Schwarzenegger news:

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger joins zombie tale "Maggie"

 

Synopsis:  "As a 'walking dead' virus spreads across the country, a farm family helps their eldest daughter come to terms with her infection as she slowly becomes a flesh-eating zombie."

 

Schwarzenegger was set to star opposite Chloe Grace Moretz in the film, but according to the article, she's dropped out of the film because of scheduling conflicts.



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Posted 22 June 2013 - 02:59 PM

Moretz is, IMO, one of the most interesting and talented young actresses. Someone who should go on to become a megastar. I´m looking forward to seeing her as CARRIE this year.



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Posted 22 June 2013 - 03:11 PM

Moretz is, IMO, one of the most interesting and talented young actresses. Someone who should go on to become a megastar. I´m looking forward to seeing her as CARRIE this year.

 

Absolutely agreed.  

 

I have to admit that I was a bit underwhelmed by the trailer for Carrie, as I thought it gave off a similar vibe that a lot of the recent remakes of classic horror films have going for them, although I admit that such a vibe could arise from some very awkward-looking CGI in the prom scenes.  The duo of Moretz and Moore, however, should be enough to lift it above the standard horror remake schlock.  I also hope that when the trailer says "Based on the novel by Stephen King" that they've actually done that rather than simply applying that credit in order to win over some skeptical King fans.



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Posted 22 June 2013 - 03:56 PM


Moretz is, IMO, one of the most interesting and talented young actresses. Someone who should go on to become a megastar. I´m looking forward to seeing her as CARRIE this year.


Absolutely agreed.

I have to admit that I was a bit underwhelmed by the trailer for Carrie, as I thought it gave off a similar vibe that a lot of the recent remakes of classic horror films have going for them, although I admit that such a vibe could arise from some very awkward-looking CGI in the prom scenes. The duo of Moretz and Moore, however, should be enough to lift it above the standard horror remake schlock. I also hope that when the trailer says "Based on the novel by Stephen King" that they've actually done that rather than simply applying that credit in order to win over some skeptical King fans.

Doing King right is a well-nigh impossible task. A director can film his work good, fantastic even. But it nearly always means to cut something, to leave elements out or interpret them in a different manner. Always a risk with the fans. Always cause for debate. A director is probably well-advised to not care about the die-hard buffs and concentrate on his own vision first. Attempting anything else must necessarily end up in a paragraph-by-paragraph slavish book on celluloid like LOTR. I'm not sure that would be a preferable fate for King's stories.

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Posted 22 June 2013 - 04:59 PM

True. But that probably applies more for the long novels, less so for the short stories (which work better on film). And since CARRIE is a mercifully short book there is a chance of doing it justice on film.

 

I do like the de Palma version, of course, but an updated retelling could be very effective.



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Posted 22 June 2013 - 07:29 PM

True. But that probably applies more for the long novels, less so for the short stories (which work better on film). And since CARRIE is a mercifully short book there is a chance of doing it justice on film.

 

I do like the de Palma version, of course, but an updated retelling could be very effective.

 

The thing with CARRIE is, although it was written almost four decades ago its topics of religious bigotry, mania, fierce puritan repression, twisted sexual awakening and the hell of everyday bullying pupils live through at our schools has gained a kind of relevance and actuality that makes it seem as if the book could have been written only last year. A remake - provided it doesn't just concentrate on the obvious horror element and deliver a splatter/gore fest - could be a truly nasty and most uncomfortable comment; I'm all for it.



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Posted 22 June 2013 - 07:33 PM

De Palma's film is brilliant, the remake is just that, another crappy Hollywood remake.



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Posted 22 June 2013 - 11:23 PM

 A remake - provided it doesn't just concentrate on the obvious horror element and deliver a splatter/gore fest - could be a truly nasty and most uncomfortable comment; I'm all for it.

 

Agreed.  Hopefully this is the direction that they take the film, as opposed to yet another film that sacrifices character development and story in favor of its special effects.  That would be a wise decision for them anyway, given that the special effects in the trailer look rather dodgy (although it's entirely possible they're also unfinished as well).  I just hope that they don't end up doing to Carrie what they did to A Nightmare on Elm Street.  Just like in that remake, as Moretz and Moore are the absolute right actors for their roles (although Jodie Foster, who I believe was rumored at one point, would have been an excellent choice as well), they got the right people in the lead roles, now it's just up to everyone else involved not to screw it up like the studio did with A Nightmare on Elm Street.


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Posted 23 June 2013 - 08:19 AM

De Palma's film is brilliant, the remake is just that, another crappy Hollywood remake.

How do you know, Ace?



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Posted 23 June 2013 - 09:04 AM

 

De Palma's film is brilliant, the remake is just that, another crappy Hollywood remake.

How do you know, Ace?

 

 

Haven't seen a good Hollywood Horror film, let alone a remake in a long time. For a remake, it doesn't look good either. Remakes are just embarrassing and pathetic, as It's a studio's cheap way to do a horror film, than to actually try and think of something clever. I still don't know why I haven't changed my rating for Evil Dead, which was arguably, complete crap.



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Posted 23 June 2013 - 02:30 PM

Was reading Schwarzenegger might be making a sequel to the 1988 film TWINS called TRIPLETS. Something to do with finding another lost sibling apparently played by Eddie Murphy. 

 

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywood...e-murphy-306026

 

 

Also was reading they are making a DUMB AND DUMBER sequel and a BAD TEACHER sequel. The latter I haven't seen the original and don't plan to. 

 

COME ON HOLLYWOOD. Geez...

 

 

 

William Fichtner has confirmed his role in the upcoming reboot of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! So who is he playing? Click on to find out!

 

Casey Affleck joins the cast of Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR!!!



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Posted 23 June 2013 - 02:40 PM

 
Also was reading they are making a DUMB AND DUMBER sequel and a BAD TEACHER sequel. The latter I haven't seen the original and don't plan to. 
 
COME ON HOLLYWOOD. Geez...

 

At least Warner Bros. was smart enough to pass on Dumb and Dumber To (yes, that's the actual title), before Universal rescued it. 

 

William Fichtner has confirmed his role in the upcoming reboot of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! So who is he playing? Click on to find out!
 

 

I still can't believe what they're doing to one of the staples of my childhood with this film.  Now, I'll say that Fichtner in the role the article says he's playing is, so far, the only saving grace of this impending flop.  He'll be great in that role, but everything else that's going to be surrounding him just makes me shake my head in disbelief.  At least Michael Bay is only producing this film, instead of directing it himself, so there's a small chance that it could turn out to be something that approaches mediocrity. 


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Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:07 AM

Liam Neeson to return for TAKEN 3

 

Neeson's getting $20 million to reprise his role as Bryan Mills.  Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen are in negotiations to return.



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Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:39 AM

Luc Besson, you suck.

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Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:20 AM

At least Warner Bros. was smart enough to pass on Dumb and Dumber To (yes, that's the actual title), before Universal rescued it. 

If DUMB AND DUMBER TO is anywhere near as funny as the original, it will be the best Farrelly brothers movie in over a decade.



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Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:26 AM

 

At least Warner Bros. was smart enough to pass on Dumb and Dumber To (yes, that's the actual title), before Universal rescued it. 

If DUMB AND DUMBER TO is anywhere near as funny as the original, it will be the best Farrelly brothers movie in over a decade.

 

 

Dumb and Dumber To could be a complete flop, both creatively and financially, and still be considered the best film they've directed in over a decade.  ;)

 

In all seriousness, though, looking over their IMDb page, they haven't really done anything of note since There's Something About Mary, which was in 1998, so it's a high probability that, just based on the fact that this will have a nostalgia factor for those who grew up on the original that their recent films haven't had going for them, Dumb and Dumber To will be more successful in pretty much every area than anything they've done since 1998.



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Posted 25 June 2013 - 07:42 AM

Well I love 'Dumb And Dumber', I just hope this sequel contains the right balance of character comedy and visual gags the first one had, as well as a decent story. I don't want them going down the typical comedy film route of sex-jokes and fart-gags.

 

'Dumb And Dumber' was daft fun, but it was clever too which is why it worked.



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Posted 25 June 2013 - 02:35 PM

DUMB AND DUMBER TO; I'm not sure I even want to see the original but I'll probably see it. As far as the Farrelly brothers go I think there best films were KINGPIN and ME, MYSELF AND IRENE.

 

TAKEN 3; Well I think we all seen this coming. They clearly held out on the story of TAKEN 2 so there would be room for a 3rd film. I would suspect this time around the film would be about Neeson going after the people who organized the sales of woman in the sex trade (The people who operated the building in France which held the auctions) or the family who bought his daughter. 



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Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:14 PM

The story was weak in 'Taken 2' so that's the one thing that needs to be strong and simple, like the 1st film again.

 

Plus the teaser posters should have it as simply TAK3N



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Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:55 PM

The story in Taken was also weak.  If they manage a strong story for this third entry, it'll be a first for the series.



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Posted 25 June 2013 - 09:37 PM

The story for the first film was simple, It didn't need to be overly complicated or redundant like every other action film today is, that's why it worked so well. The sequel wasn't needed, yet Besson wasn't going to listen and therefore produced a generic follow up film, and I suspect the third film will further follow that route even more.



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Posted 26 June 2013 - 09:42 AM

That's why I found the first film refreshing, because of how simple it was and how different it felt with having an older star like Liam Neeson do so much damage, and it was an actual decent thriller to follow.

 

I agree about the bloated sequel, I wanted to enjoy it more but couldn't apart from the first half-hour so in actually have Mills help his daughter locate him, that was smart to watch.

 

I just hope, as always,  the third film goes back to basics and cuts out a generic action-chase theme and grounds itself more. Neeson can make anything work with his performance so they don't need to always go bigger, louder and better to make it work a 3rd time.



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Posted 26 June 2013 - 08:28 PM

On a side note. I if you liked Taken you'll be more then happy with Val Kilmer's 2004 film SPANTA. Its one of my favorite Kilmer films and I'm surprised it seems like know one here's seen it. 



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Posted 27 June 2013 - 07:39 AM

I've never seen it myself....I'll check it out as Val Kilmer's not too bad to watch for basic action films.



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Posted 28 June 2013 - 05:34 AM

Paramount sets 'Terminator' relaunch for June 26, 2015
 
I've posted Paramount's statement below.  Sadly for those of us hoping that it would be a direct continuation of the original series might be out of luck.  Notice the words "reboot" and "stand alone" cropping up in the statement describing this new trilogy. (emphasis added is mine, not Paramount's):

 

PARAMOUNT'S Statement:

 

Skydance Productions, Annapurna Pictures and Paramount Pictures have jointly announced they will partner on a rebooted “TERMINATOR” movie, to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 26, 2015.  The first in a stand-alone trilogy, “TERMINATOR” will be produced by Megan Ellison of Annapurna and David Ellison of Skydance. Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake of Skydance will serve as executive producers. Laeta Kalorgridis (“Avatar,” “Shutter Island”) and Patrick Lussier (“Drive Angry”) are attached to write the screenplay.

 

Launched in 1984 with star Arnold Schwarzenegger as the title character, “TERMINATOR” spanned 3 subsequent films, which have earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

David Ellison most recently executive produced, along with his partners at Paramount, “World War Z,” “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”. A 5th installment of in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is in active development, along with a 3rd film in the “G.I. Joe” franchise, among other films.

 

Megan Ellison most recently produced the Academy Award®-nominated “Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Master” and executive produced “Spring Breakers” via her Annapurna Pictures banner and has David O. Russell’s “American Hustle,” Spike Jonze’s “Her,” and Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” set for release later this year.

 


Edited by tdalton, 28 June 2013 - 05:34 AM.


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Posted 28 June 2013 - 07:55 AM

Hmm....could be good, could be bad.

 

So this could feature new actors in Terminator roles - they'd have to be careful not to just recycle plots and obvious narratives from the older films. Unless they do an all out Skynet vs Human war like we glimpsed which could be rather excellent to see unlike the damp efforts of 'Terminator Salvation'.

 

I think I need to hear more. Call my old fashioned, but like Indiana Jones can't be Indy without Harrison Ford, Terminator can't be Terminator without Arnold Schwarzenegger and never will eclipse that shadow.