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10-05-04, 10:55 AM
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GOSHDARNIT!!!!!!!! One of my "Dream Projects" when I eventually get to make big budget Hollywood fare... son of a bitch... Woo better do this right!
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10-05-04, 10:57 AM
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Originally posted by mdc3000
GOSHDARNIT!!!!!!!! One of my "Dream Projects" when I eventually get to make big budget Hollywood fare... son of a bitch... Woo better do this right!
MATT
GOSHDARNIT!!!!!!!! One of my "Dream Projects" when I eventually get to make big budget Hollywood fare... son of a bitch... Woo better do this right!
MATT
10-05-04, 04:41 PM
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Originally posted by Artman
I wonder if this would be better as a CG film. (realistic of course, a la FFantasy) It'd be expensive, but i'd imagine a live-action would be too.
I wonder if this would be better as a CG film. (realistic of course, a la FFantasy) It'd be expensive, but i'd imagine a live-action would be too.
Nonetheless, there's just nothing in Woo's resume that tells me he could do a movie like this. If it doesn't invovle guns or vehicles chasing each other, it just doesn't sound good for Woo. Woo's films in HK were awesome, but it's cause they were awesome action movies with tons of visual style. That's his thing, I can appreciate him trying to do new things, but he just ain't good at it.
10-06-04, 12:09 AM
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Eh, I'm of the opinion doing "realistic" like FInal Fantasy is just pointless. It's expensive, and really has no point. Might as well just get actors and green screen the whole thing.
Eh, I'm of the opinion doing "realistic" like FInal Fantasy is just pointless. It's expensive, and really has no point. Might as well just get actors and green screen the whole thing.
10-06-04, 02:26 AM
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HE-MAN would be a waste of John Woo's talents. But I'd love to see him tackle a bigscreen version of UNDERDOG.
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10-06-04, 08:49 AM
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Woo is making a buck. Sorry, but if I had the opportunity I wouldn't pass it up.
At the same time, the money he is farming should give him the chance to make what ever he wants.
To bad he doesn't make movies I want to see. *shrug* At least he is making a buck. I don't think we will ever see another "Hard Boiled" from him.
At the same time, the money he is farming should give him the chance to make what ever he wants.
To bad he doesn't make movies I want to see. *shrug* At least he is making a buck. I don't think we will ever see another "Hard Boiled" from him.
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10-06-04, 10:37 AM
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Originally posted by jaeufraser
Nonetheless, there's just nothing in Woo's resume that tells me he could do a movie like this. If it doesn't invovle guns or vehicles chasing each other, it just doesn't sound good for Woo. Woo's films in HK were awesome, but it's cause they were awesome action movies with tons of visual style. That's his thing, I can appreciate him trying to do new things, but he just ain't good at it.
Nonetheless, there's just nothing in Woo's resume that tells me he could do a movie like this. If it doesn't invovle guns or vehicles chasing each other, it just doesn't sound good for Woo. Woo's films in HK were awesome, but it's cause they were awesome action movies with tons of visual style. That's his thing, I can appreciate him trying to do new things, but he just ain't good at it.
By the way, he came up on swordplay/martial arts flicks, which is what I think He-Man will essentially turn into.
10-06-04, 11:56 AM
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Originally posted by ytrez
From the Killer to He-Man.
My, how the mighty have fallen
From the Killer to He-Man.
My, how the mighty have fallen
John Woo should follow Jackie Chan's lead and go to Hong Kong to create better movies.
Can't believe that this is the same guy that directed "The Killer" and "Hardboiled". What happened???
10-06-04, 08:46 PM
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For a while I didn't mind John Woo's bad American films. Hell, if I had come from HK and they were shoving money at me to make goofy movies, I'd be making Care Bear sequels left and right. But enough is enough. I'm starting to wonder if John Woo still has it in him to make really good movies anymore.
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Originally posted by GuessWho
Why does everyone assume He-Man will suck?
Why does everyone assume He-Man will suck?
It just doesn't look like a good translation.
12-24-04, 12:18 PM
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I'll just put it over here then...
I'd give it a try... for nostalgia's sake. For some reason, neither The Rock or Triple H (Paul Michael Levesque) do it for me. Dolph was a good fit, as long as he kept his mouth shut.
Oh, one of my students pointed out these redesign concepts some one did as part of a contest. Take a look... they are quite twisted.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32872
Oh, one of my students pointed out these redesign concepts some one did as part of a contest. Take a look... they are quite twisted.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32872
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Masters of the Universe - News, rumors, etc.
He-Man returns to big screen
Joel Silver teams with WB for adaptation
By MICHAEL FLEMING
Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver are working with Mattel to turn "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" into a live-action film.
Justin Marks is set to write the script. Silver will produce.
Deal, which is contingent on Mattel formally approving an outline for the project, is another example of Hollywood culling a 1980s-era pop-culture touchstone in the hopes of seeding a tentpole pic. The sale comes just a few weeks before the July preem of DreamWorks' Michael Bay-directed "Transformers," which began as an '80s animated series and toy line.
He-Man was born as a Mattel action figure, and the toymaker created an animated series in hopes of selling dolls. The series became a cult favorite, spawning the 1987 pic "Masters of the Universe."
The new rendition was pitched to the studio and Mattel as a classic good vs. evil battle, using the kind of visual effects strategy employed in "300." A warrior is touted as the last hope of a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and a despotic ruler named Skeletor.
Many of the characters in the universe will be informed by the four different cartoon series done since the 1980s.
The story was hatched by Marks and Neil Ellice, the latter of whom will co-produce. Silver Pictures, which is turning the Japanese animated series "Speed Racer" into a live-action film with Larry and Andy Wachowski directing, sparked to the potential. Silver Pictures exec Navid McIlhargey brought it in and will be involved in a producing capacity.
The viability of the "He-Man" universe is evidenced by the traffic that has occurred since rumors of a screen resurrection hit the Internet. Contrary to Web rumor, the lead role has not yet been cast.
WMA-repped Marks is writing a number of scripts, including "One Free Murder," for producer Kevin Misher. In the fantasy-franchise realm, he's turning the animated series "Voltron" into a live-action film for producer Mark Gordon; he's developing a screen version of the vidgame "Street Fighter" for Hyde Park; and he's scripting a feature for Warners based on the DC Comics character the Green Arrow.
Joel Silver teams with WB for adaptation
By MICHAEL FLEMING
Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver are working with Mattel to turn "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" into a live-action film.
Justin Marks is set to write the script. Silver will produce.
Deal, which is contingent on Mattel formally approving an outline for the project, is another example of Hollywood culling a 1980s-era pop-culture touchstone in the hopes of seeding a tentpole pic. The sale comes just a few weeks before the July preem of DreamWorks' Michael Bay-directed "Transformers," which began as an '80s animated series and toy line.
He-Man was born as a Mattel action figure, and the toymaker created an animated series in hopes of selling dolls. The series became a cult favorite, spawning the 1987 pic "Masters of the Universe."
The new rendition was pitched to the studio and Mattel as a classic good vs. evil battle, using the kind of visual effects strategy employed in "300." A warrior is touted as the last hope of a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and a despotic ruler named Skeletor.
Many of the characters in the universe will be informed by the four different cartoon series done since the 1980s.
The story was hatched by Marks and Neil Ellice, the latter of whom will co-produce. Silver Pictures, which is turning the Japanese animated series "Speed Racer" into a live-action film with Larry and Andy Wachowski directing, sparked to the potential. Silver Pictures exec Navid McIlhargey brought it in and will be involved in a producing capacity.
The viability of the "He-Man" universe is evidenced by the traffic that has occurred since rumors of a screen resurrection hit the Internet. Contrary to Web rumor, the lead role has not yet been cast.
WMA-repped Marks is writing a number of scripts, including "One Free Murder," for producer Kevin Misher. In the fantasy-franchise realm, he's turning the animated series "Voltron" into a live-action film for producer Mark Gordon; he's developing a screen version of the vidgame "Street Fighter" for Hyde Park; and he's scripting a feature for Warners based on the DC Comics character the Green Arrow.
