ClaytonForrester
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Post by ClaytonForrester on Feb 19, 2005 0:22:11 GMT
Personally,from what little I've seen of SS's ''attempted'' version of WOW,I am SO not impressed.Thus far the trailers leave me flatter than a porn actress who's accidentally walked chest-first into a cactus.And the statements aluding to the situation that this will not involve the Classic storyline at all but some made-up crap that they just threw together...well, :(if you can't tell that I'm upset about it ,then you need to get your head out of the sand.If Speilberg and Cruise ruin this film,and HGW's story,mark my words,they will rue the day that they put the project on the drawing-board.'Nuff said? ClaytonForrester.
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ClaytonForrester
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Post by ClaytonForrester on Feb 19, 2005 0:27:26 GMT
Yes,let's all screw good old HG for everything he's worth.I can't believe the utter heresy that you guys are proposing,and agreeing on it!
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Post by malfunkshun on Feb 19, 2005 0:27:42 GMT
uh oh, we've got another purist here ;D
there are those who agree with you to certain extents clayton (myself included), and those who think SS shats gold bricks. for the most part, we've all vented our opinions with various degrees of vehemence or praise, all thats left really is to wait and see.
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Post by ClaytonForrester on Feb 19, 2005 0:28:45 GMT
Yes,let's all screw good old HG for everything he's worth.I can't believe the utter heresy that you guys are proposing,and agreeing on it!
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Post by ClaytonForrester on Feb 19, 2005 0:33:47 GMT
If SS ruins a true classic of the genre such as this ,then I reaaly don't think I can trust him to make decent fare after this point in time.
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Post by Necronmaniac on Feb 19, 2005 1:29:03 GMT
Yes Clayton but...ah heck with it i just cant be bothered saying it again, like malf said lets just wait and see.
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Post by themotile on Feb 19, 2005 11:49:29 GMT
If SS ruins a true classic of the genre such as this ,then I reaaly don't think I can trust him to make decent fare after this point in time. ClaytonForrester. How can they ruin the classic? George Pal didnt ruin it, the TV series didnt ruin it, the album didnt ruin it, the stage plays didnt ruin it, the comic adaptations didnt ruin it.......so how do you think Spielberg can possibly ruin it? Personaly the ideology behind the fanatical purist point of view that there should be an infinate number of the same film is utter nonsense, yeah ok the book was great, nobodys arguing about that, but do we realy need it made again and again? I say he hasnt ruined anything, I say its going to be ace, I say he doesnt shat bricks of gold but he is one of the greatest directors of our time, its been made, it looks good, stop whining about it and enjor the ride. (I bet all those whinging about it still go to see it at the cinema, hypocracy rules)
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Post by malfunkshun on Feb 19, 2005 18:32:32 GMT
(I bet all those whinging about it still go to see it at the cinema, hypocracy rules) if you were starving, and all you had to eat was... whats a good analogy... the best sushi in the world, but you hated sushi, you'd still eat it right? we WOTW fans have been starving for a great WOTW movie for most of our lives, so of course we're going to go see it. luckily there are two other movies coming out and SS isn't the only course
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Post by themotile on Feb 19, 2005 19:47:51 GMT
if you were starving, and all you had to eat was... whats a good analogy... the best sushi in the world, but you hated sushi, you'd still eat it right? we WOTW fans have been starving for a great WOTW movie for most of our lives, so of course we're going to go see it. luckily there are two other movies coming out and SS isn't the only course except I bet we all enjoy it, thats not like eating what you have to at all, im looking forward to it and I bet some of the whiners are too, so to constantly moan about it not being like the book is hypocracy when most are going to pay their money and will love it!
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Post by dudalb on Feb 19, 2005 20:31:35 GMT
Why would a HG Wells "purist" adopt a name from the 1953 Pal version, which is just about as faithful to the Wells novel as the Speilberg film promises to be? "If Speilberg and Cruise ruin this film,and HGW's story,mark my words,they will rue the day that they put the project on the drawing-board.'Nuff said?" The only way they will rue this film is if it bombs. And if it bombs it will have nothing to do with how faithful or unfaithful it is to the Wells novel. It could make utter mincemeat out of the novel and still be a gigantic hit. If you want to criticise the Speilberg effort, fine, but let's keep a grasp of reality here. Nobody but a small group of hardcore Wells fans are going to stay away from the movie because it is not faithful to the novel. the film might fail,,,although that seems unlikley...but not because it is unfaithful to the book. Ya gotta love these fanboys...
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 19, 2005 20:38:05 GMT
I look at all the hype at present for Paramounts versionand think 'Hmmm, nice, going to be a fun movie', then I think back to all the hype over the 'Godzilla' movie and think 'Hmmm, what a pile of crap that was'
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 19, 2005 20:45:01 GMT
'Purist and Clayton Forrester' - hee hee nice one
As a matter of interest - did the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles ruin the original story?, did the 1953 film by George Pal ruin the story?, did the 1978 album by Jeff Wayne ruin the story? - No? - they why should SS?
H_C
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Post by themotile on Feb 19, 2005 20:45:38 GMT
I look at all the hype at present for Paramounts versionand think 'Hmmm, nice, going to be a fun movie', then I think back to all the hype over the 'Godzilla' movie and think 'Hmmm, what a pile of crap that was' Yeah but that was Roland Emmerick and ID4 was still fresh in our collective memorys, Emmerick has a camp comedy style thats just crap. I dont think Spielberg has that problem.
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Post by themotile on Feb 19, 2005 20:47:16 GMT
'Purist and Clayton Forrester' - hee hee nice one As a matter of interest - did the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles ruin the original story?, did the 1953 film by George Pal ruin the story?, did the 1978 album by Jeff Wayne ruin the story? - No? - they why should SS? H_C I just said that...
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 19, 2005 20:47:47 GMT
Im not talking director/producer, Im talking publicity, hype, media attention.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 19, 2005 20:49:08 GMT
and so did I
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Post by themotile on Feb 19, 2005 20:52:55 GMT
Im not talking director/producer, Im talking publicity, hype, media attention. I know what you said H_C and I understood but the hype around a Spileberg film is a little more concrete than the hype around Emmericks travesty, after all emmerick does have a crap cartoon directing style. if I remember correctly the hype at the time revolved around the special effects, after ID4 people were quite excited about the visuals, it was never expected to be a serious film.
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Post by dudalb on Feb 19, 2005 20:54:30 GMT
"Im not talking director/producer, Im talking publicity, hype, media attention. " Every big film is going to be hyped. Look at how Lord of The RIngs was hyped...and it turned out to be a great movie. Point is that every big budget..good or bad..is going to be hyped because that is how you get people in the theaters. And a lot of bad movies have made a lot of money. The Emmerich Godzilla, contrary to popular belief, was not a bomb but was a very profitable film. It was not the giant blockbuster that everybody thought it would be, but it ended up making a very nice profit for Sony. It was a piece of crap, but it still made money.
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 19, 2005 21:10:16 GMT
At the end of the day you cant force the public through the cinama doors. Every film is a gamble, whether it is hyped to the max. Spielberg has a good reputation behind for good films, so he's not worrying.
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Post by Cylinder on Feb 19, 2005 22:07:42 GMT
EMMERICH/DEVLIN - Untalented SPIELBERG - Talented.
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