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Tidbit on the status of KING KONG!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a tidbit on the status of Peter Jackson's KING KONG. Nothing much, mind you, but a tiny taste. I've heard from my sources in Kiwi-land that they've been filming the miniature sets on KONG for a while, but that the main photography won't begin for another few months. I saw a little bit of WETA's work on my last trip to the land of indescribable beauty and it was top notch. God only knows what Richard Taylor and his merry band of misfits have concocted since then. I'm hoping to make my way back there this Fall... Though I anticipate fighting tooth and nail with that bastard Knowles for set time and believe you me... it's not a fight I'm looking forward to. He's a biter!
Hi Harry. Report from Sydney, Australia.
I was at sci fi convention in Sydney. You know you are in the spirit of things when you see kids with cut cardboard boxes on their bodies trying to make themselves look like optimus prime. There were storm troopers along with imperial guards.
I was talking to Richard Taylor from WETA workshop. He said they've
already been working for fifteen months on King Kong and are up to the
bit where King Kong starts to fight the giant beasts.
He also said they're busy on Evangelion and the Lion, Witch and
Wardrobe.
Best Wishes
Mitchell "The Phoenix " Hall
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I can only imagine what awesome giant beasts Kong will fight. Who'd have guessed Jackson's turning out to be the greatest epic filmmaker of our time? If Kong is as awesome as I suspect it will be, I wonder what his next BIG project will be (although I know he's planning some smaller-scale ones)?
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KONG HAS A BEER AND CHEETS ON HIS WIFE. Sorry, just been way too long since I saw that in a talkback.
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May 03, 2004 6:47:52 AM CDT
Looks like Jeffrey Wells has found his new target for relentless
by cash bailey
It's like an AICN talkback troll learned to spell and got a job.
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"GIVE US 'THE HOBBIT'"
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Ahem. Anyways, I have been waiting since '76 when Delaurentis soiled my youth with that remake. Now if I see it on the action channel, it is just too painful. I remember being so disappointed that the t-shirts everyone used to have w/ KK straddling both towers breaking apart a helicopter was not in the movie.
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Instead of remaking an already excellent movie, why don't you remake a BAD film that had the potential to be GOOD? May I suggest the Matrix sequels or the Star Wars prequels? sk
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May 03, 2004 9:35:05 AM CDT
"...when you see kids with cut cardboard boxes on their bodies t
by iamlegolas
And when he said "kids" he meant 32 year olds. *** I remember when I was in junior high school (the mid-80's), the outcast kid of the entire school made a cardboard box outfit of one of those transforming bikes from the 3rd part of the Robotech series for Halloween. I loved Robotech as much as the next guy, but I sure the heck wasn't going to make an outfit out of cardboard boxes. Anyway, as mean as it was looking back now, it was funny to watch the bullies verbally pick on him and as the argument escalated, the bullies would sort of tap him and run, tap him and run and he would flail wildly until pieces of his suit would come apart. Soon the suit was pretty much destroyed and the bullies took off. Man that kid was so pissed off, he finished off destroying the rest of his suit himself. Ah, good times.
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If Kong had his fly open, would his friends tell him?....While I can respect that we are getting reports that they are shooting minis and the such, when are we gonna know if we get to see Naomi's boobies? If all we get is some Jack Black nipple, there is going to be hell to pay....why haven't I freaked out yet?....Can we expect reports about every little stage of this so we can make all the fun in the world of this film before spending all of our money and quitting our jobs just to camp out in line for a couple of months leading up to the release?....If all the fanboys dressed up for the occasion, would that mean a theater full of nerds in monkey outfits?...Has anyone thought about this so they may make a tidy profit from selling monkey outfits?...Have they also considered the fact that average fanboy internet fool is considerably bigger than the average man and that making these suits from pattens sold at Sears ain't gonna cut it?...Does anyone know of a big and tall shop that will be taking pre-orders for Gorilla outfits for the husky Jackson fan?....HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT OF ANY OF THESE THINGS??? OR AM I THE ONLY GENIUS IN THIS WORLD AND I HAVE TO FORCE MYSELF TO SCREAM AND GET THEIR ATTENTION SO THEY MAY ACTUALLY DO US, BEING "WE", SERIVCE BY BEING PREPARED????? ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TIE-IN'S???? ARE THEY TACO BELL??? WHAT KIND OF FUCKING TACO WILL KONG EAT???? DOES KONG EVEN EAT A TACO?? OR WILL WE SEE KONG SELLING OUT AS HE SMILES AND TAKES A BIG FUCKING BITE INTO ANOTHER GREASY CHALUPA?????? MONKEYS DON'T EAT TACOS!!!! HAVE WE DISCOVERED A MONKEY THAT EATS A FUCKING TACO????? I DEMAND THAT WE BE TOLD THE TRUTH DAMMIT!!!! WE DEMAND THAT YOU TELL US ALL THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!...And thus, is the server working yet? - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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May 03, 2004 8:33:34 PM CDT
I look forward to this remake, ... but I'd rather see Peter Jack
by jdanielp
Just look at the graphic novel "KINGDOM COME", ... a great story and stunningly painted by Alex Ross. If someone was going to interpret it to film, Peter Jackson would have to be on that short list of directors. Special/Visual Effects are NOW at a point where ANYTHING is POSSIBLE in the movies, given the budget. What a GREAT time to be a film director (and how I envy you). I'm surprised that there aren't more fantasy type movies on the way. -- Heck, ... why not bring back the "short" before the main feature??? Why not show those classic Superman cartoons of the late 1930's and 40's, ... but realized in live action, with today's incredible effects??? Why not realize some popular comic books of the past, in "short" form??? How COOL would THAT be???
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Holy Crip, Thats going to be NASTY!!
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PJ should do Robot Monster next, just in time for the great monkey mask shortage of 2006. +++ ChickenGeorge, you magnificent bastard! Don't ever stop posting.
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Nothing mentioned on this site yet about PJ's "cool down" smaller project after Kong? It looks like he's doing that book, according to IMDB. Back to "Heavenly Creatures" territory, in a way. Sounds interesting, if it's true.
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i'd hit that
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May 04, 2004 12:22:33 AM CDT
"Lovely Bones" or "Then Again, Maybe That was just a Stupid Rumo
by nazzim o'bazzim
IMDB mentioned PJ taking over the direction back on the 26th, and then salon.com and other sites mentioned it... but I dunno now. Never thought I'd say this, but the fact that I haven't seen it reported on this site doesn't give me much faith. Harry, in all matters PJ I think I trust you.
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Come on, Jackson. Show us you got a pair. Bring back MechaniKong.
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...and if he does, will it be revealed that King Kong is Bush's long lost monkey cousin or will King Kong be a suicide soldier sent to America to kill all the Yankee scum for Alah?
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Has anyone heard any more about it? WETA has some still photos on their page, but no cast, no director, nothing...
Which sexy tomboy beanpole will end up playing Rei? How much is it completely going to suck? When I think of anime to film, I think Guyver and Crying Freeman... then I explode with rage and do a poo in the bath. -
May 04, 2004 4:02:57 AM CDT
George W Bush *will* indeed try to tie this film into his 'fight
by darth_billy
..it will all go wrong for him. . . A thirdway through the film, when they have captured King Kong, there will be a massive celebration, with a guest appearance from the George W Bushman himself, going a congratulatory speech, with a big "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner behind him. This Banner will be superimposed on the star and stripes.. . . The next half of the film will highlight the fact that King Kong's captors, went after him for all the wrong reasons, (in particular, the pursuit of the money they could make for the venture). However, partly due to arrogance, partly due to mismanagment, partly due to the fact that they will underestimate King Kong to be a simpleton, one dimensional fool who would love his captors for removing him from one place, into a somewhat opressive environment, where he would be shot and harangled for trying to gain his freedom....But mostly for the fact that a certin member of the press will get hold of some pictures showing King Kong being buggered and tortured by one of his captors.... It all goes terribly wrong. . . . The last third of the film focuses on the ramifications. King Kong fights back, and George W Bush makes his second cameo in the film, on a newsclip, where W calls King Kong "An insurgent, terrorist, who is a fundamentalist foriegn fighter, who. who. doesn't believe in freedom, yeah .. that's right, and he, he, erm, he hates us humans, cus we believe in freedom, yeah, and democracy, we believe in democracy, especially in Florida, and he hates our way of life...". Anyway, King kong goes on a rampage, the captors use all sorts of 1930s style artillery to shoot him, airplanes with guns and whatnot. Drop bombs on him, but King Kong rampages on.... They actually haven't written the ending yet, but I believe the script shoould be finished in November 2004.
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May 04, 2004 5:32:48 AM CDT
PJ should do Battlestar Galactica continuation movie(not a remak
by krylite
Forget about the Battlestar Galactica remake "reimagining" movie you saw on sci-fi. If PJ and WETA did a continuation movie of BSG, it would beyond awesome. It fits up his alley. Part epic, massive battles with lots of model ships with CGI support and NOT pure CGI models. They could literally redefine the space battle epic like they did for fantasy for LOTR without having to buy out LucasFilm. Lucas and his lame CGI candy "battles" of the prequels would look like a junior high skit. Lay off the Jackson naysaying. He's already proved the master of genre epics.
Cylons, count iblis, great characters done Jackson style. With the old movies mythological aspects. R. Taylor could make a whole set of "detail" of the Cylons and Colonials like he did in the 30,000 pieces of armor for the various armies in LOTR. -
I suppose some people will pay to see a remake of KONG because PJ is behind it. But why? Wasn't thet GODZILLA remake bad enough?
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