system shocker on 27/8/2002 at 21:25
it would be so funny if the guy who played spiderman was actually paul denton lol:laff:
system shocker on 27/8/2002 at 21:53
it would be so cool if it could be realeased straight to dvd first and you can have the full thing and be able to make choices throughout the movie if you choose to:eek:
Alex Lebowski on 27/8/2002 at 21:57
Interactive movies are the way forward my friends, the boy speaks truth.:)
StaticXstasy on 27/8/2002 at 23:22
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Originally posted by Master Villain Deus Ex could be two movies....That actually could work. I read that the next two Matrix sequels are not actually two seperate sequels but two halves of one VERY big movie.
dormcat on 17/9/2002 at 03:19
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Originally posted by The Kurgan I've always liked the Illuminati ending, it was quite scary when you seen JC and Everett standing in the exact same spot as Page and Simons were. Plus, it's propably the best outcome in the long run as far as civilization is concerned.
I wonder what JC would become. He said that he's overseeing the distribution of Ambrosia personnally, making him...Director of FEMA? After all, FEMA "assists" people in need. It's ironic that Simon's successor is his terminator. :sweat:
Personally, I used a single 20mm granade to finish him into pieces. :ebil:
Back to the movie topic...if 3 hours is still not enough for DX, how about a mini-series?
Kestril on 18/9/2002 at 19:41
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Originally posted by Astral Of course, being the Dark Angel fan I am I'd like to see the guy that played Lydecker make an appearance. Yes, that's all fine and good, but as who? Age wise I only see him fitting roles of like Carter or Manderley. Yet he is more fitted to the roles of Page or Simons. Perhaps my memory of how old the actor is, is corrupted by time. Here's an interesting question will JC go back to the Lucky Money at the end of the movie and find Mercedes?
Winston Smith on 20/9/2002 at 05:24
From the press release, I'd say there's a decent chance of the movie turning out ok. Laura Ziskin is producing, she's worked on Spider-Man at columbia, but she was president of Fox 2000 before that, playing a big part in the career of David Fincher, among others.
In other words, she's got more credentials as a producer than you could ask for. She knows how to work with the big studios.
The hurdle now is to find a good director, one who knows what the game is about, who has a feel for the genre, someone who can make the characters come to life.
My pick? Mr X-Files himself, Chris Carter.
Writing I'm not sure of. Greg Pruss is a name I can't find a writing credit for, so we'll just have to hope the best.
Master Villain on 20/9/2002 at 07:59
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That actually could work. I read that the next two Matrix sequels are not actually two seperate sequels but two halves of one VERY big movie. Well, I saw Lawrence Fishburn talking about it and he said they filmed two movies back to back along with footage for a game. Poor guy, when he said "This hasn't been done before!" he had obviously been too busy with his work to notice the work on Lord of the Rings. It's a very good way to make movies when you want to have sequels from that start though - You can have older actors and not worry about them dying in the middle of production!
Winston Smith on 21/9/2002 at 05:33
Villan, That's true to a certain extent, but actors sometimes die during production of a single film, and I can imagine they would die in the middle of more if hollywood moved production to back-to-back on all major series films. For example, the actress who portrayes the "oracle" in the Matrix died after the first release; if they had filmed the whole series at once, she would have died during production. As it is, they can simply write her out.
You have to remember that most films aren't written as trilogies; those that become trilogies are often so only because an ambitious director/producer/executive thinks it should be so, in spite of the original intent of the writer.
It's only recently that director/writers (like Lucas, Wachowski, or Jackson) have put foreward plans for entire story arcs to be told through trilogies from the start of production, and in two of the examples given it wasn't even planned quite that far. LOTR is truly ground-breaking in the marathon of filming it took; The only other series I can think of that comes near the run-time is the Godfather, but that was filmed in a traditional manner. New Line took a big leap in backing the project, but they knew that the property was so beloved that it didn't stand a chance of failing.
But Peter Jackson and the wachowski brothers are on the farthest fringe of studio film-making. The average director wouldn't be able to hold together one half a movie the size of these projects, and finding actors to commit to that kind of schedule requires either a well-publicised trilogy, or actors who are desperate. These things don't just happen, it's alot of hard work on the part of everyone.
StaticXstasy on 21/9/2002 at 14:52
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Originally posted by Winston Smith Writing I'm not sure of. Greg Pruss is a name I can't find a writing credit for, so we'll just have to hope the best. I believe that the Deus Ex movie is Greg Pruss' writing debut which is a good thing. I just found out that the writers of the Thief Movie that was supposed to come out before Looking Glass went bankrupt were the same writers as Tomb Raider... and we all know how that turned out.
I'm looking forward to how this Greg Pruss guy does.
