Which movie are you looking forward to the most?

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:18 am

Which movie are you looking forward to the most?

I look forward to all these, but one of them holds a special place in my heart: The Dark Crystal.

Growing up, I was entralled by this cult classic of Jim Henson's, and though I doubt they will recapture the magic of the first film, I hope they some how come close.

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:43 am

I'll probably see X-Men 3 at some point, but can't say I'm excited about any of them.

As far as other upcoming flicks go: Hellboy II, Transformers, maybe Sin City 2.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:16 am

If the Pirates movie has Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp, I'll be watching it!

:swirly::)

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:45 am

Eline wrote:If the Pirates movie has Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp, I'll be watching it!

Yes, it has.

Out of those, it's a tie between Pirates and X3 for me.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:52 am

I'm going to have to go with Superman.

Dark Crystal rocked, but that doesn't mean the sequal will rock. See the cases of People vs. Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey and Tom Cruise vs. Never Ending Story II

I'm there for X3, but considering they've changed directors, and since it's supposedly the last one they're going to make (so they've got to tie up all the ends prematurely), I expect it to be thrown together and then mashed up.

Not a big Pirates fan.

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:35 am

Seeing as how the original POTC is my "I'm in a pissy/wretched/random other negative emotion mood, I need something to cheer me up" movie, I'd have to say Pirates.

I like pirates. Arr.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:11 pm

I voted X3, but in reality it's a tie between X3 and Superman Returns.

Good stuff. (hopefully)

Post by **Best First** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:55 pm

Suoperman or Pirates, rumblings about x3 ar enot 100% positive...

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:48 pm

I'm wary of a Dark Crystal sequel... I love the original, but I feel so bad having yet another great creature/puppet movie turn into a CGI fest, which this invariably will

I miss puppets... they at least looked like they were made of real matter, rather than totally made up. Henson's Creature Workshop is involved, but it'll still end up full of computer effects I'm sure.

Not a fan of Superman myself, I only liked the original because of Christopher Reeve. I was very turned off by the New Adventures and haven't really seen anything since to make me interested in the character. Even in JLU he's pretty 1 dimensional imo. I want to see the two sequels they have planned for the new Batman! The next one has Joker and Penguin and the third has Two-Face :3

Pirates will hopefully be an enjoyable two hours, as will X3; although they may well be about to jump the shark on the latter I feel... on the brightside, it does have Juggernaut in it

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:09 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:on the brightside, it does have Juggernaut in it

But it doesn't! It's got Vinny Jones in a silly helmet! And probably no mention of silly magical gems. Boo!

In answer to the question...

Do we need a Dark Crystal sequel? Surely after X years, something should be left well alone without continuisation. Blackadder Back & Forth... Basic Instinct 2... The Godfather III. Did we learn nothing from these?

Interested in what the target demographic'll be. It'll probably end up being brilliant just to spite me.

Superman Returns is the winner fo' me. Damned teaser campaigns. Big Singer fan... Supes as a formula is pretty hard to get wrong, really*. Minimal exposition needed, thanks to Lois & Clark, Smallville, JLA, etc... very few people are going to need the story explaining to them. Which frees Singer of the origin movie problems and will hopefully let him get on with it, X2 stylee.

Dull character, though. I'll be watching for Spacey, and in the hope that Kal El gets the killingated, as I always do.

X-3? I'm afraid. I'm very, very afraid. I have hopes, but I'm not expecting them to be met. Wariness abounds.

Pirates 2 should be fun. Not particularly psyched for it, though. Will go along and see it, but it's hardly Snakes on a Plane excitement levels.

* - The rubbish episodes of Smallville and the last two movies are blatantly proof that even the most difficult task can be achieved given adequate idiocy.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:14 pm

im looking forward to Supereman - as i want to see how its handled, it could be perticuly spectacular.

im also waiting for x-men 3, as from what ive seen it looks bloody cool and i fancy famke Janssen. - again it couyld be poo. who honestly knows. the trailers suggest otherwise.

I enjoy Pirates, it makes me think of monkey island - but im not as wow factored as I am by the other two - this is mainly due to the idea that the film will most liekly be good, and in a sense holds little surprise.

Dark Crystal 2 - i hope its good, I loved the orginal.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:16 pm

Snakes on a plane is the ************** movie to see this summer.

X3 och Pirates 2 are the movies I most wanna see.

Superman doesn't interest me (I haven't read the comics, can't remember the old movies, etc.) I will go and see it though, I just dont "long" for it.

I have no friggin idea what Crystalthingy is.

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:32 pm

Dark Crystal is a bit of a surprising ressurection. As I understand it the main reason nobody has made Ghostbusters III, despite a screenplay existing, is the notion that it's had it's time, and a movie from the late 80's/very early 90's has probably expired insofar as potential sequels go.

That and the main cast are now a bit past it... Bill Murray looks like a corpse and Harold Ramis and Dan Ackroyd are now both overweight old men.

Quite what posessed them to bring such a random movie back I can't guess. I suppose, as usual, new movie ideas are in short supply and given the vast numbers of sequels studios need to look to increasingly more obscure titles.

Boo-urns to Vinnie Jones. That's my last, lingering thread of hope surgically cut in two.

A monkey island movie, on the other hand... now that'd be sweet!

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:55 pm

Ghost-busters 3, hmm....

Monkey Island would be ******* storming - I can see Pirates of the C meets National Lampoon's

divebomb · Post by **divebomb** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:59 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:

Boo-urns to Vinnie Jones. That's my last, lingering thread of hope surgically cut in two.

Whoa there. What the hells wrong with Vinnie, I bet he'll surprise a few people. You can't deny he turned in good performances in lock stock, and snatch, an he wern't bad in gone in 60 secs. Look at it on the other hand, they could have got some wwe fool to wade in as juggernaut, (obviously thinkin Kane, etc, big van vader lol), and anyone would tell you that aint a good thing, hhh, ruining blade 3 for me!

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:05 pm

My problem with Vinnie is he doesn't 'perform' he just plays himself! Long as the role calls for a tough-talking cockney tough-guy/thug, he's set. I'd hoped Juggernaut might be some huge character, like the guy who played John Koffee/Kingpin (I can't remember his name

) . VJ doesn't really equate with my expectations sadly.

They should recast Juggernaut as Mark

That could be your stepping stone to playing Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island movie

divebomb · Post by **divebomb** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:14 pm

Michael Clarke Duncan, yeah he'd have been good, but not wanting to sound rascist, juggernaut aint black, and I never took to him as kingpin, cuz he wasn't black either (was he?). But I think he's an ace actor, but I just wouldn't be able to see him as juggernaut

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:21 pm

Karl Lynch wrote: They should recast Juggernaut as Mark That could be your stepping stone to playing Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island movie

Yeah im bigger then Vinne - then I could lose some weight and play Guybrush!

Seriously I know where your comming from In vinne terms - Jugger's is a huge man mountain - the only person on earth I can think of is a WWE wrestler in Big-Show and even he would be small compared to Juggernaught.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:26 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:I'm wary of a Dark Crystal sequel... I love the original, but I feel so bad having yet another great creature/puppet movie turn into a CGI fest, which this invariably will I miss puppets... they at least looked like they were made of real matter, rather than totally made up.

Not a fan of Superman myself, I only liked the original because of Christopher Reeve.

I'm with you 100% on both of these points.

I would have hoped that the sequel to the Dark Crystal would also be done with puppets. I'm also hoping for the same characters.

I think when you make a sequel to a classic done so long ago, the director should realize that to capture the magic of the first, the movie should be done with the same technology, regardless of the times. There is something very appealing about puppets. I mean, sure we can tell they are fake, but puppets have an amazing ability to engage the audience. Perhaps its because we grow up with things like Sesame Street, and we just have this inbred love of puppets that harkens back to our childhood. Whatever it is, I too would prefer puppets to CGI with this sequel, no matter how fake it looked.

Regarding Christopher Reeve. As far as I'm concern, he was Superman. They just called him Christopher to hide his true identity.

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:35 pm

Puppets have so much character, charm and personality I find. As you said, even though they're not alive, they are still very much real. Unless CGI is really done well, and all too often it isn't, it just looks empty and souless imo.

And Chris Reeve still chokes me up- I really thought he was going to make it

After all he went through, he was done for by flu. So sad.

Anyone for Juggernaut?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:45 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:Puppets have so much character, charm and personality I find. As you said, even though they're not alive, they are still very much real. Unless CGI is really done well, and all too often it isn't, it just looks empty and souless imo.

Yeah, a puppet has physical presence. It's actually part of the scene, rather than being pasted in later.

It also gives an actor something to play off. Compare Ben Browder choking Rygel to somebody in the last few SW movies staring blankly at where they're being told another character is going to be. It's ridiculous to try and play off something that isn't actually there. The SW prequels are proof enough of that - over-reliance on CGI made actors who we know are competent look utterly lost.

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:54 pm

Karl Lynch wrote: As I understand it the main reason nobody has made Ghostbusters III, despite a screenplay existing, is the notion that it's had it's time, and a movie from the late 80's/very early 90's has probably expired insofar as potential sequels go.

That and the main cast are now a bit past it... Bill Murray looks like a corpse and Harold Ramis and Dan Ackroyd are now both overweight old men.

From what I've read, it's to do with Murray and Ackroyd hating each other.

Maybe it's for the best.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:54 pm

Regarding the Dark Crystal sequel, found this.

http://www.insomniacmania.com/news_default.php?id=2084

If its true, they will still be using animatronics to at least some degree.

Licking my chops now.

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:58 pm

Pissin' Poonani wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote: As I understand it the main reason nobody has made Ghostbusters III, despite a screenplay existing, is the notion that it's had it's time, and a movie from the late 80's/very early 90's has probably expired insofar as potential sequels go.

That and the main cast are now a bit past it... Bill Murray looks like a corpse and Harold Ramis and Dan Ackroyd are now both overweight old men.
From what I've read, it's to do with Murray and Ackroyd hating each other.

Maybe it's for the best.

They hate each other? Why?

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:03 pm

Brendocon wrote: It's ridiculous to try and play off something that isn't actually there. The SW prequels are proof enough of that - over-reliance on CGI made actors who we know are competent look utterly lost.

I think it cuts both ways-to me, Jurassic Park sticks out in my mind as being the most convincing mix of 'real' and CGI (although it's been ages since I've seen it, so it may have aged badly), and I think the actors do a good job of interacting with things that aren't there.

I likes me a good puppet too, but it isn't always the best way to go-you used Rygel as an example, but as much as I enjoyed Farscape I could never convince myself that he was anymore than some latex with a guy's hand operating his mouth, which detracted from the scenes he was in.

Just my two pennies.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:12 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:
Pissin' Poonani wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote: As I understand it the main reason nobody has made Ghostbusters III, despite a screenplay existing, is the notion that it's had it's time, and a movie from the late 80's/very early 90's has probably expired insofar as potential sequels go.

That and the main cast are now a bit past it... Bill Murray looks like a corpse and Harold Ramis and Dan Ackroyd are now both overweight old men.
From what I've read, it's to do with Murray and Ackroyd hating each other.

Maybe it's for the best.
They hate each other? Why?

I heard it was disagreements between Ramis and Reitman over their treatment of Egon's relationship with Janine. Reitman wanted to follow the cartoon's line, while Ramis was always dead against it.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:14 pm

Pissin' Poonani wrote: I think it cuts both ways-to me, Jurassic Park sticks out in my mind as being the most convincing mix of 'real' and CGI

Have you seen King Kong yet? IMO, that was the best use of CGI.

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:22 pm

Rebis wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:
Pissin' Poonani wrote: From what I've read, it's to do with Murray and Ackroyd hating each other.

Maybe it's for the best.
They hate each other? Why?
I heard it was disagreements between Ramis and Reitman over their treatment of Egon's relationship with Janine. Reitman wanted to follow the cartoon's line, while Ramis was always dead against it.

I'd heard various tales like that too, but the most plausible (and often heard) I always thought was just that too much time had passed and the main actors were now just too past it to ever really be plausible Ghostbusters. Harold Ramis looks like a senior programmer for IBM o.O

Pissin' Poonani · Post by **Pissin' Poonani** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:47 pm

I've never heard it elaborated on beyond that they no longer want anything to do with each other (not from what I can recall).

I'd also heard that the premise for a Ghostbusters 3, were it ever to happen, would be about the original 'busters deciding they were too old and hiring a new team of young guys (so that would most likely be Ashton Kutcher, Sean William Scott, and another couple of equally annoying morons).

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:49 pm

I had no idea about tDC2. Great news.

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