What's the pre-buzz about FF? I have to admit -- the billboard I've seen (the one with a 4 in flames in the sky) looked like pre-teen and Photoshop. I saw the trailer before Mr & Mrs Smith -- Dr Doom looks engaging, as does Johnny Storm, but the rest of it looks kinda flat. I'm not sure what the primary conflict is going to be. With whom, sure, but not what. I'd rather the what (like in Batman Begins, where it's about reclaiming Gotham from ... some bad guys), but that might just be me. And I still think that, although a fine actor, Gruffud was a bad choice.
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§ ita § - Jun 13, 2005 7:38:26 am PDT #4037 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 13, 2005 7:54:04 am PDT #4038 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I remain skeptical about him as well, ita. Though I think Chickliss and Evans are perfectly cast. Months ago they were saying much of the conflict was between the Four themselves trying to deal with their new powers, rather than just a big fight with Doctor Doom . No telling if that's still the case, though.
DawnK - Jun 13, 2005 9:30:51 am PDT #4039 of 10002
giraffe mode
ita, they are pimping FF on Nickelodeon A.LOT. Mostly the premise they are pushing is the one Matt stated. That's all I get from the roughly 1,000 ads I saw for it this weekend alone. We got a trailer for it when we saw RotS, and it emphasizing the same.
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2005 9:31:40 am PDT #4040 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Blah.
I'll see it anyway, not least of all because I don't trust the trailer-makers, but blah.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2005 9:33:33 am PDT #4041 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's also the impression I've been getting from the trailers, and I think it still sounds cool. It fits in with the comics I'm reading with the more modern, psychological take on superheroes.
Alicia K - Jun 13, 2005 10:35:34 am PDT #4042 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I saw Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants yesterday and loved it quite a bit. Cried quite a bit, too. I definitely wouldn't mind if they made a second movie from the second book.
erikaj - Jun 13, 2005 10:42:07 am PDT #4043 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I think I read that they are planning to.
beekaytee - Jun 13, 2005 3:31:30 pm PDT #4044 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Two disturbing imdb discoveries:
1) They're making a movie(!) out of the Celestine Prophesy.
2) They've made a 4th installment (which others here have probably already discussed) of my beloved Prophesy series with no Walken and yes Jason Scott Lee.
Not that I'm opposed to JSL in particular, but Dracula II proved his bad luck with sequels of any sort.
"They" are giving me a headache.
Nicklas - Jun 13, 2005 3:39:04 pm PDT #4045 of 10002
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
Prophecy without Chris Walken is just so wrong, so horribly wrong on so many levels. I will probably see it anyway, but I will do so under protest and with lots of bitching and moaning.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 13, 2005 6:15:09 pm PDT #4046 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Prophecy 2 with Christopher Walken was horribly wrong on many levels. The third installment was a lot better, but the filmmakers were trying so hard to imitatereference the original that they might as well have opened with Walken looking at the camera and saying "Y'know what, just go back and rent the original again instead. You'll thank me later!"