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Pete
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 Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:46 pm |
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Chelsea_Tractor
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:04 pm |
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Well I'm thoroughly discouraged. Franchises pushed into fourth films? Captain America? And why can't Twilight go away and die already?
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Journeymouse
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:03 am |
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Location: Barnsley, England
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I'm still just a bit disturbed that they felt a remake of True Grit was necessary. I hope it's god. It's a good book and the John Wayne film was great (and just rewatched it on tv yesterday).
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Tony
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:20 pm |
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Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:13 pm
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Chelsea_Tractor wrote: Franchises pushed into fourth films?
Not a franchise, but Rodriguez's Spy Kids series returns for a 4th outing, which might be fun.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517489/
I hope Branagh's Thor is good...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/
Perhaps the Green Lantern movie -
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133985/
- will prompt a JLA super-team production, so that DC has a big franchise to rival Joss Whedon's planned Avengers, for Marvel comics.
Okay, that's promising comicbook stuff, but are there any serious SF movies on the horizon?
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Matthew S Dent
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:46 pm |
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I do remember seeing something about a PKD adaptation somewhere, Tony. I'll try and find it.
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Matthew S Dent
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:49 pm |
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Ah, here it is: The Adjustment Bureau.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/
Not sure whether it'll be any good or not, and haven't read the source material, but it's something, right?
And I'm sure I saw something a while back about a TV mini-series of The Man in the High Castle, but I don't know when we'll be seeing that.
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Chelsea_Tractor
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:56 am |
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Matthew S Dent wrote: Ah, here it is: The Adjustment Bureau.
Not sure whether it'll be any good or not, and haven't read the source material, but it's something, right?
How did I forget that (apart from being waylayed by the OP article and my own cynicism, that is)?
PKD adaptations tend to be slightly hit-and-miss, but it's PKD, so at the very minimum, remaining faithful to the story's concept should make it at least watchable.
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Tony
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:15 pm |
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Matthew S Dent wrote: Ah, here it is: The Adjustment Bureau. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385826/Not sure whether it'll be any good or not... but it's something, right? Yes, and it could be fun, but (look up novice director's Nolfi's writing credits) I despair of Hollywood turning PKD works into action thrillers (like Paycheck and Next), where the chase tends to overshadow any SF element.
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Mike A
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:22 pm |
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Joined: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:25 am
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Matthew S Dent wrote: And I'm sure I saw something a while back about a TV mini-series of The Man in the High Castle, but I don't know when we'll be seeing that.
Details seem hazy at the moment, but it is slated to be a 4-part BBC mini-series, adapted by Howard Brenton and produced by Riddley Scott.
Here is the
the guardian's story from October 2010.
The Brenton/Scott combination is promising to say the least...
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Mike A
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:24 pm |
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Joined: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:25 am
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Location: Sussex Coast
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gileadslostson
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:01 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:03 am
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Location: Vienna, Austria
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