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Tons of Pics from Michael Bay's THE ISLAND
Hey folks, Harry here with the latest on the new Michael Bay flick. This time he's out making an enormous science fiction flick with Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Djimon Hounsou, Jamie McBride and Steve Buscemi. This is one of those man living in paradise discovers he's actually a prisoner being studied by aliens trapped in a utopian facility. Ok - So let me get this straight. He's in a perfect world with Scarlett Johansson and he's gonna work to fuck that up cuz aliens are responsible for his perfect existence? Call me naive, but aliens... if you're listening... I'll gladly take Ewan's place in the utopian world where I get to have Scarlett Johansson... and I totally won't be mad at y'all or try to fuck up the experiment in anyway. I'll continue my blissful existence. Ahem. Now - apparently part of this Utopian society has cops... now, what sort of half-assed utopian society needs cops? I mean... if it's so goddamn utopian, why do you need cops? And for that matter... CABS? I mean, unless those hovercabs don't overcharge and smell of funky scents... I'm not entirely convinced this utopian existence is all that utopian. Except for the whole Scarlett Johansson part... she'd make any existence idyllic. Right? Here's the pics...
Hey Harry,
Nelson from MichaelBay.Com.
Got some pictures of The Island filming in Detroit last week.
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yoyba-doa
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Nov 09, 2004 6:20:56 AM CST
The Prisoner meets The Truman Show meets Dark City meets...
by some dude
...and on and on and on. I hate you, Michael Bay.
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Oops. Do I hear an agent getting fired six months from now?
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With police as agents? Or something. Still, if there was an original idea comingout of Hollywood at the moment it would probably bomb due to low audience intelligence.
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Nov 09, 2004 7:27:34 AM CST
Trouserpress: Wait a second, you think "The Matrix" was original
by some dude
That's so funny it hurts. Was that the first R-rated movie you saw?
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'The Poplar Street Study' Mr. Bay?
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Nov 09, 2004 9:22:17 AM CST
Given the leather outfits, it looks like those cops are sodomizi
by big bad clone
And those future cars look like shit. Oh and were the fuck is any other person in that city.
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that's what that Lexus is...
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Nov 09, 2004 9:38:18 AM CST
Jesus, Michael Bay, can you stop with all the philosophical dial
by floyd gondolli
Those futuristic taxi's were rubbish. All the good work put into the design, and they've got those stupid wheels that you find on the bottom of those chairs that spin around. And what's with the oppressive metal buildings, you'd think a utopian society would have a kind of classical grandeur about it, mixed with some trees and shit, for y'know, that 'at one with nuture in all it's beauty' look.
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There's a very keen squeegy guy cleaning the windshield of that cop car!
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When they show you footage from revenge of the Sith soundstages I hope you don't bitch about how painting the entire background green is lame!
those office-chair wheels aren't going to show in the movie! They're gonna remove them in post production so they look like they're hovering or somthing.
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Most unoriginal movie idea EVER.
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Same Lexus as in A.I as in Minority Report???
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Looks like the taxis from Fifth Element, the car from Demolition Man and if i'm not mistaken the Pink Panthers car from the cartoon series.
Expect much confused editing as Mr Bay tries to cram in an angle from all 10 cameras he used to shoot a line of dialogue.
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It's called Lost.
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Nov 09, 2004 10:41:43 AM CST
Hmmm.....apparently it's not the type of Island I was thinking o
by vekt0r
Are they trapped on Long Island?
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"I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark...When he made Pearl Harbor...I miss you more than that movie missed the point...And that's a lot, girl...All I'm trying to say...Is Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you..."
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in his I Robot mobile. Whazzzzzzup.
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The whole idea of the plot is that he finds out he is a clone that has been experimented on...but at the END he finds out that ALIENS are the ones behind it.
Thanks! first for the "Qui-Gon dies at the end" and now this. Thank you very much. -
Scene 23: Exterior shot with Police Cops!
Camera1: Crane
Camera2: Dolly
Camera3: Lipstick
Camera4: 2 Shot
Camera5: Tracking
Camera6: Closeup
Camera7: Extreme Closeup
Camera8: Superimpose
Camera9: Shaky Handheld
Camera10 through 28: Digital
Camera29: Scarlett tit shot
Camera30: Up some dude's ass
Camera31: Michael Bay ego cam
Director: Well it was a tuff scene to shoot, but I've got 300 hours of film to edit down for a 20 second scene. I have to be careful not to go over my 200 Million dollar budget. I'll tell the studio's just try to nickel and dime you to death! -
Next time, at least try to get some cleavage or something
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Nov 09, 2004 2:45:09 PM CST
If Michael Bay had a shred of dignity he'd kill himself after ge
by i dunno
Oh wait. Dignity, Hollywood...nevermmind.
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Nov 09, 2004 2:47:53 PM CST
I seem to remember Ewan McGregor at an award show being really e
by i dunno
Now I can understand him taking on Star Wars but a Michael Bay sci-fi epic? I guess everyone has his price.
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I wonder if all of the restaurants are Taco Bells, too? Seriously, it looks like they also raided the set from "I, Brobot"
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Nov 09, 2004 4:32:48 PM CST
Michael Bay: The Man... The Myth... The Site... The Action Figur
by christopher3
I want to see him in a movie where Lars Von Trier tortures him by forcing him to use a Pixelvision camera and Barbie dolls to recreate "Armageddon". Oh wait... that was "Team America."
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Nov 09, 2004 5:12:59 PM CST
"You make good baby...he make bad baby, died in borning..."
by boris the blade
Michael Caine rocks.
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I refuse to pay for Michael Bay's movies but they're so bombastic and laughable I can't help but see them on the big screen.
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Nov 09, 2004 7:49:22 PM CST
I always suspected that paradise would somehow involve TagHeuer
by 007-11
You know, it's just one of those feelings I had.
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It's kind of weird that those vehicles are so modern, and the cop cars aren't so much.
Oh well, I'm sure it will look fine. I could really end up liking this if A) there's a decent script, somewhat serious in tone even. Fat chance, I know. and B) If Bay uses most subdued editing, like "Pearl Harbor". The man does crank out some nice visuals, he's always hindered by those two problems in particular though.
A lot of people say Bay is a hack on par with Paul W Anderson, Jan Debont, Stephen Sommers, etc. I'll tell you, if Bay is indeed a hack, he's a hack of immense proportions(and certainly more "over the top", and usually in a good way, than these other guys). He at least attempts some a little more crazy... (some of the action in "Bad Boys 2" for instance. Terrible script, terrible "comedy", awesome fucking destruction)) If that makes any sense. *shrugs* -
Strike One
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Unless something's changed from any of the advanced press I've read, ANY aspect of "aliens" being involved was NEVER mentioned -- it was just the notion of McGregor being a clone trying to escape an island facility. So IF aliens are revealed to be the master puppet string pullers...nice going, you just revealed a MAJOR plot point that they had CLEARLY been trying to hold back from everyone.
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...Scarlett, the one person he can trust, is actually the embodiment of the alien menace?
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i'd rather watch hillary duff direct a sci-fi thriller.
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He just makes sucky scripts. I can handle his quick cuts and slo-mo overkill if the script is any good.
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Anyone who can make blockbuster movies that everyone flocks to see, yet everyone hates with a passion, is nothing short of genius. Oh, and those who are bitching, I'm guessing that you have seen at least two of his movies in order to make your assessment that he sucks. If you have not, then why gripe? Just jump on another bandwagon. This one's too easy to jump on. Oh, and by the way, yes he's not the greatest director in the world. He obviously has his flaws. But if I could get paid millions for my flaws, I'd make a two-hour slow-mo pan around a naked Nicole Kidman. I am willing to be any movie exec's bitch, just tell me where to sign! Too bad I already have a career in the fast food business. If I work here 10 more years, they may move me up from store manager, woohoo! No more greasy acne-filled teenagers to look at! Oh, and if you actually believed anything I said, you're a sucker. I really don't care for Bay one way or another, I have no interest in the slimy movie business, and I do not work in fast food. Did I mention I have a large penis? Yeah, I'm still lying, so sue me.
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Nov 10, 2004 2:49:51 PM CST
Cant wait for that typical Bay romance scene between Ewan and Sc
by bong
Perhaps we'll also see animal crackers...ohh how sweet
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Nov 10, 2004 4:57:02 PM CST
R.C.'s opinion: Harry, or whoever is running this godforsaken w
by r.c. the "wise"
thanks for pre-warning us that it's a Michael Bay film. Cue the hoakiness, bitchen action scenes, and meanless pan shoots!
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I see the title "The Island", and then I hear that Scarlett Johansen is in it. So right away I'm thinking there will be a bikini-clad Scarlett in one of these pictures. Sadly mistaken. I'm disappointed.
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