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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 4, 2019 19:18:41 GMT -5
Watchin this on Hulu. Has never seen it. It's interesting, not great but not bad. Billy Zane is good in the role&they play it like an old serial. Decent time. Feels like it came out just a few years too late. Like say it was in theaters in 1991, it'd probably be more highly regarded.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Mar 4, 2019 22:54:02 GMT -5
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kristy Swanson? Yes, please.
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Post by Fade on Mar 4, 2019 23:43:48 GMT -5
Loved it. Loved the property. Movies camp fun and that ain’t no muscle suit. Billy Zane put in work.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Mar 5, 2019 0:17:47 GMT -5
I never understood why Billy Zane wasn't a bigger star. Dude should have taken off after Titanic, at least.
Dude had some fun movies, like Sniper, Demon Knight, Tombstone, etc. Nothing spectacular, but he was good in them. Ben Stiller gave him a funny scene in Zoolander.
If he had blown up, I think he would be a great Lex Luthor, or really shining in the Marvel Universe. It's not too late, and he can land a part that really makes people take notice again. He seems like a cool guy too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2019 1:09:47 GMT -5
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Post by DSR on Mar 5, 2019 1:55:19 GMT -5
Bought it on DVD a couple years ago and enjoyed the hell out of it.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 5, 2019 2:31:12 GMT -5
Watchin this on Hulu. Has never seen it. It's interesting, not great but not bad. Billy Zane is good in the role&they play it like an old serial. Decent time. Feels like it came out just a few years too late. Like say it was in theaters in 1991, it'd probably be more highly regarded. It actually did REALLY well on Home video... to the tune there had been talks of a sequel for like 20 years... with them pretty much only finally deciding to work on a reboot in 2014... I never understood why Billy Zane wasn't a bigger star. Dude should have taken off after Titanic, at least. . It's funny because THE PHANTOM is allegedly what made Cameron cast him in Titanic. Also your list forgot his debut role in Hollywood... MATCH in Back to the Future. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 5, 2019 9:49:04 GMT -5
Yeah I've been callin for Zane to be Luthor for years. Titanic alone shows he has the right amount of charm&menace. Him in BvS would have improved things immensely.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 5, 2019 9:52:18 GMT -5
Last thing I saw Billy Zane in was playing Captain Von Trapp in the Sound of Music at the Chicago Opera House.
He did fine. It was just weird that it was randomly Billy Zane.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Mar 5, 2019 10:04:33 GMT -5
It was written by Last Crusade writer, Jeffrey Boam, so there is an Indiana Jones style to it.
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Post by Sephiroth on Mar 5, 2019 10:08:55 GMT -5
Fun story: Bruce Campbell was the #2 pick to Zane to be The Phantom
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Mar 5, 2019 10:21:16 GMT -5
Campbell was 2nd choice on a lot of movies. Was almost Shooter McGavin too.
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Post by Shark on Mar 5, 2019 19:15:56 GMT -5
It was written by Last Crusade writer, Jeffrey Boam, so there is an Indiana Jones style to it. I actually think that might have contributed to it not doing too well. The story had a few too many Raiders of the Lost Ark beats in it. Like to the point where I think it felt too unoriginal. Like the jungle opening in a cave full of bobby traps. The leading man and woman having a former romantic history. An object burning a mark onto a map telling someone where to go next. I think they even did the map thing. |
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Post by Shai on Mar 5, 2019 19:30:40 GMT -5
The Phantom and The Shadow were my two favorite movies when I was younger. My grandfather told me stories about listening to the original radio shows of both and it actually got me hooked on radio dramas, I still have the complete set of The Phantom and The Shadow both.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Mar 5, 2019 19:49:50 GMT -5
Yeah I've been callin for Zane to be Luthor for years. Titanic alone shows he has the right amount of charm&menace. Him in BvS would have improved things immensely. Oh hell yes. Actually, ever since I saw him in the Tales From The Crypt movie (one of the earliest R-rated films I got my parents to take me to) I’ve been thinking he could be a Luthor that was both funny and threatening. |
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Post by Rave on Mar 6, 2019 0:13:40 GMT -5
Went to see it when it first came out. Even have the novelization kicking around here somewhere. I remember it being pretty good.
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