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Post by rra on Aug 24, 2007 17:23:06 GMT -5
BTW, Stephen Sommers?
That man has shot what, 5 movies....(live-action JUNGLE BOOK, DEEP RISING, THE MUMMY, THE MUMMY RETURNS, and VAN HELSING) and how many are good?
Just one: THE MUMMY. It might be the best RAIDERS-wannabe that Hollywood has released since 1981.
Point is, if Sommers does do G.I. JOE....."if".......I would be worried. There is a chance he makes me look like a jerk because he's made a GOOD movie before. Its not like Michael Bay where you know he is a hopeless cause.
But damn, me liking THE MUMMY was almost trashed because of the disaster that was VAN HELSING.
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Post by Jiren on Aug 24, 2007 17:23:12 GMT -5
it's gonna be wierd hearing Cobra Commander without Laata's voice
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Post by Jiren on Aug 24, 2007 17:24:11 GMT -5
BTW, Stephen Sommers? That man has shot what, 5 movies....(live-action JUNGLE BOOK, DEEP RISING, THE MUMMY, THE MUMMY RETURNS, and VAN HELSING) and how many are good? Just one: THE MUMMY. It might be the best RAIDERS-wannabe that Hollywood has released since 1981. Point is, if Sommers does do G.I. JOE....."if".......I would be worried. There is a chance he makes me look like a jerk because he's made a GOOD movie before. Its not like Michael Bay where you know he is a hopeless cause. But damn, me liking THE MUMMY was almost trashed because of the disaster that was VAN HELSING. I liked The Mummy Everything else was crap |
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Post by rra on Aug 24, 2007 17:33:11 GMT -5
BTW, Stephen Sommers? That man has shot what, 5 movies....(live-action JUNGLE BOOK, DEEP RISING, THE MUMMY, THE MUMMY RETURNS, and VAN HELSING) and how many are good? Just one: THE MUMMY. It might be the best RAIDERS-wannabe that Hollywood has released since 1981. Point is, if Sommers does do G.I. JOE....."if".......I would be worried. There is a chance he makes me look like a jerk because he's made a GOOD movie before. Its not like Michael Bay where you know he is a hopeless cause. But damn, me liking THE MUMMY was almost trashed because of the disaster that was VAN HELSING. I liked The Mummy Everything else was crap Exactly. Many friends of mine enjoyed DEEP RISING, but I thought it was a forgettable monster movie that happened to have the awesome Treat Williams involved. Then again, Sommers has a thing for his monsters, doesn't he? |
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Post by Jiren on Aug 24, 2007 17:34:24 GMT -5
I liked The Mummy Everything else was crap Exactly. Many friends of mine enjoyed DEEP RISING, but I thought it was a forgettable monster movie that happened to have the awesome Treat Williams involved. Then again, Sommers has a thing for his monsters, doesn't he? He sure does Shame he f***ed up Van Helsing |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Aug 24, 2007 17:36:55 GMT -5
Oh dear. I thought we had seen the last of Stephen Sommers.
Ever heard of the "ILM Scale" that Industrial Light and Magic created to measure the amount of CGI needed in a film?
It's...
"What the shot needs"
"What the computers can handle"
"The computers are crashing"
"What Stephen Sommers wants".
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Post by rra on Aug 24, 2007 17:40:45 GMT -5
Exactly. Many friends of mine enjoyed DEEP RISING, but I thought it was a forgettable monster movie that happened to have the awesome Treat Williams involved. Then again, Sommers has a thing for his monsters, doesn't he? He sure does Shame he f***ed up Van Helsing Man, VAN HELSING had 3 movie-plots jammed into it, and the movie becomes a very stuffed clunker. Basically, its like the CASTLEVANIA movie that we got sadly.... Look at these plots that such a VAN HELSING trilogy could have simply told: (1) Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, tries to extend his supernatural kingdom of darkness over all of Europe, and carrying an old grudge against the Catholic Church (and they backstabbed him after he held off the Ottoman Turks). (2) Frankenstein, the monster-villain who is revealed to be a sympathetic anti-hero* who the hero saves. (3) the Wolfman, some curse stuff. It could have been the James Bond of the supernatural, where the hero comes back year after year to fight monsters and cool s*** like that. Instead, VAN HELSING the disaster is typified within the film when it has a vampire-hunting family who has never killed a vampire, yet the hero kills one 5 minutes after he enters Transylvania. The Brooklyn Brawler is more competent than that! *=Was it me, or Frankenstein being a Bible-thumper just damn bizarre? |
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Post by rra on Aug 24, 2007 17:43:48 GMT -5
Oh dear. I thought we had seen the last of Stephen Sommers. Ever heard of the "ILM Scale" that Industrial Light and Magic created to measure the amount of CGI needed in a film? It's... "What the shot needs" "What the computers can handle" "The computers are crashing" "What Stephen Sommers wants". That's hilarious!  ;D  You sir are awesome. |
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Post by Jiren on Aug 24, 2007 17:48:01 GMT -5
He sure does Shame he f***ed up Van Helsing Man, VAN HELSING had 3 movie-plots jammed into it, and the movie becomes a very stuffed clunker. Basically, its like the CASTLEVANIA movie that we got sadly.... Look at these plots that such a VAN HELSING trilogy could have simply told: (1) Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, tries to extend his supernatural kingdom of darkness over all of Europe, and carrying an old grudge against the Catholic Church (and they backstabbed him after he held off the Ottoman Turks). (2) Frankenstein, the monster-villain who is revealed to be a sympathetic anti-hero* who the hero saves. (3) the Wolfman, some curse stuff. It could have been the James Bond of the supernatural, where the hero comes back year after year to fight monsters and cool s*** like that. Instead, VAN HELSING the disaster is typified within the film when it has a vampire-hunting family who has never killed a vampire, yet the hero kills one 5 minutes after he enters Transylvania. The Brooklyn Brawler is more competent than that! *=Was it me, or Frankenstein being a Bible-thumper just damn bizarre? It was a clusterf*** But saying that look at what "Monster Squad" achieved A) Smaller Budget B) Shorter time C) Lesser known actors (exept Tom Noonan) And they had more characters like Gillman & Mummy, whereas "Van" just had Mr Hyde (A crappy one at that) |
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Post by rra on Aug 24, 2007 17:49:47 GMT -5
Man, VAN HELSING had 3 movie-plots jammed into it, and the movie becomes a very stuffed clunker. Basically, its like the CASTLEVANIA movie that we got sadly.... Look at these plots that such a VAN HELSING trilogy could have simply told: (1) Dracula, Lord of the Vampires, tries to extend his supernatural kingdom of darkness over all of Europe, and carrying an old grudge against the Catholic Church (and they backstabbed him after he held off the Ottoman Turks). (2) Frankenstein, the monster-villain who is revealed to be a sympathetic anti-hero* who the hero saves. (3) the Wolfman, some curse stuff. It could have been the James Bond of the supernatural, where the hero comes back year after year to fight monsters and cool s*** like that. Instead, VAN HELSING the disaster is typified within the film when it has a vampire-hunting family who has never killed a vampire, yet the hero kills one 5 minutes after he enters Transylvania. The Brooklyn Brawler is more competent than that! *=Was it me, or Frankenstein being a Bible-thumper just damn bizarre? It was a clusterf*** But saying that look at what "Monster Squad" achieved with A) Smaller Budget B) Shorter time C) Lesser known actors (exept Tom Noonan) Yeah, but MONSTER SQUAD basically wasn't an action movie, but a cool kids fantasy about facing off against the Classic Universal Monsters line-up. Hell, Frankenstein was cooler. Then again, Shane Black scripting is always a plus. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Aug 24, 2007 19:08:30 GMT -5
Oh dear. I thought we had seen the last of Stephen Sommers. Ever heard of the "ILM Scale" that Industrial Light and Magic created to measure the amount of CGI needed in a film? It's... "What the shot needs" "What the computers can handle" "The computers are crashing" "What Stephen Sommers wants". That's hilarious! ;D You sir are awesome. That's actually apparantly a true story. I've read it in a few places, It even mentions it on wikipedia (but we all know wikipedia isn't exactly gospel). |
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Post by Joekishi on Aug 24, 2007 20:15:07 GMT -5
I like walberg but I don't know if i see him as duke or not. He would make an awesome duke. I WANT TO SEE CENA PLAY FLINT! Seriously that'd be awesome  I'm storming on ya chumps like i'm thunda and lightnin' |
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Post by RedSmile on Aug 24, 2007 20:21:53 GMT -5
Jason Statham could be a pretty good Destro or maybe BeachHead
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Post by Ramses on Aug 24, 2007 21:02:35 GMT -5
well, like Transformers before it, I have hope that this movie will do well and it is just as good as Transformers was. Besides I like Stephen Sommers movies |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Aug 24, 2007 21:40:53 GMT -5
It was a clusterf*** But saying that look at what "Monster Squad" achieved with A) Smaller Budget B) Shorter time C) Lesser known actors (exept Tom Noonan) Yeah, but MONSTER SQUAD basically wasn't an action movie, but a cool kids fantasy about facing off against the Classic Universal Monsters line-up. Hell, Frankenstein was cooler. Then again, Shane Black scripting is always a plus. Don't forget, Rudy was a bigger badass than Gabriel Van Helsing. |
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Post by rra on Aug 25, 2007 11:20:01 GMT -5
well, like Transformers before it, I have hope that this movie will do well and it is just as good as Transformers was. Besides I like Stephen Sommers movies Even VAN HELSING? Damn, thats a vampire movie that sucks. Oh shut up, YOU do a better pun! |
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Post by rra on Aug 25, 2007 11:21:00 GMT -5
That's hilarious! ;D You sir are awesome. That's actually apparantly a true story. I've read it in a few places, It even mentions it on wikipedia (but we all know wikipedia isn't exactly gospel). Sadly, knowing Sommers, you might be onto something. But is it just me, or has every Sommer movie after THE MUMMY had rather crappy CGI? With THE MUMMY RETURNS and its rushed-as-f*** schedule, I could understand that half-assed work by ILM. It happens. But VAN HELSING? |
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Post by Rocky Van Heineken on Aug 25, 2007 11:41:15 GMT -5
This is going to be awful.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Aug 25, 2007 12:08:32 GMT -5
You know like how when you start a semester and the teacher says, "Everyone in here as of right now has an "A". It's up to you to keep it" Well that's how I look at Hollywood remakes of video games and cartoons. For the simple reason that it won't have the same intro theme as GI Joe the animated movie, the already have an "F". Here's is what awesome looks and sounds like www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN034sBeF4c |
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Post by Ramses on Aug 26, 2007 6:57:06 GMT -5
Even VAN HELSING? Damn, thats a vampire movie that sucks. Oh shut up, YOU do a better pun! thats a weird one. The Mummy and the Mummy returns was good, I'll admit that, Van Helsing was meh when I saw it in the theaters, but somehow, when im not paying to see it, it seems better. |
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