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X3 update! Muties headed to Alcatraz!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an update on X3! Not only does it appear to be filming in less than a week, but they've appeared to have started on some second unit work! Read below for the heads up on that!
harry,
i work on alcatraz island out in the san francisco bay, and we have film
crews out all the time, from the travel channel to bbc and more, so we
hardly ever pay attention to them anymore. but today a film crew was out,
and they were taking lots of shots of the city from the island. the
clapboard read "x-men 3", not sure if they'll be out again tomorrow, if they
are i will try and et some pics. i didn't see anyone but crew, so i am
guessing this is all second unit stuff. would love to see wolverine claw his
way off the rock!
if this is news worthy call me "spade & archer"
Well, that seems to confirm, for good or ill, that at least some of the script reviewed here on this very site has made it into the shooting draft... That particular scene sounded great, especially with what happens to the Golden Gate Bridge! This could be one of the memorable scenes from the flick.
We've also got this bit, as reported by www.xmenfilms.net
Here's an X-MEN 3 update:
X3 Film Editor(s) Signed; Filming Next Week!
Source: Robert, 20th Century Fox
XMF's 'Robert' can exclusively reveal the name of a new addition to the X-Men 3 team! The crew of the highly anticipated sequel is now as good as complete now that Mark Helfrich (ACE) has signed on as editor. Mark confirmed this when asked by XMF, saying;'' Yes, I will be editing X3, as I have all of Brett Ratner's films.''
But, he added "this project will have 3 editors. Academy Award nominee Mark Goldblatt A.C.E. (Terminator 1&2, Pearl Harbor) and Julia Wong (Erin Brockovich, Unfaithful) will be editing with me.'' Mark's other credits include Predator, Last Boy Scout and Tales from the Crypt. To make sure the film comes out in excellent condition for its May 26, 2006 release, multiple individuals will be performing similar tasks.
Other names strengthening the pool of talent are Costume Designer #2 Lisa Tomczeszyn (Spider-Man, Daredevil), Special Effects Director Mike Vézina (Fantastic Four, X2), 2nd unit Director Simon Crane (Mr. & Mrs.Smith, Terminator 3), Director of Photography 2nd unit/visual effects Jonathan Taylor (Spider-Man 2, Mr. and Mrs.Smith), First Assistant Director - 2nd Unit Terry Madden (Troy, Sahara) and storyboard artist Collin Grant (X2, Superman Returns).
This week preparations have started at Hatley Castle (doubling as the X-Mansion) for the start of principal photography next week. The cast and crew are expected to be present for the shoot which is expected to last for the next 3 to 4 weeks. So keep your eyes open if you're in the neighbourhood.
I've had the pleasure of meeting Mark Helfrich when I stopped in to watch him and Ratner cut together some of RED DRAGON and he was very cool to me then. There's even a shot in the film that I can claim as my own. Anyway... like I said above, for good or ill the 3rd X-Flick is rolling forward. I'm hoping for the best, but until I hear better things about the shooting script I'm bracing myself for a possible train wreck. What about you folks?
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I care no longer about X-3
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Jul 27, 2005 5:18:10 AM CDT
at the moment, whenever i see the word "X3" i just think "oh no.
by mansep
i'm just hoping that soon there'll be some positive news about this.... REAL soon.
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I fear so. Too many cooks by the looks of things to try and get a realease around the same time as Superman. It doesn't look good....hope I'm wrong though.
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GOGOGOGOGOGOGO NOW TO QUICKTIME.COM AND SEE THE BLOODRAYNE TRAILER IT IS THE MOST HORRID PIECE OF SHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE INVOLVED WILL BE LAUGHED AT UNTIL THE END OF TIME MY GOD!!!! It's not possible Uwe Boll is doing this on purpose I swear they gave him money for all these movies on a bet he claimed he can make 5 shitty movies in a row and they said, no man would sacrifice this much of his dignity... YOUR ON!
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Jul 27, 2005 5:29:35 AM CDT
Good Job On Breaking The "Editor On X-3" Story. Quite The Cool N
by flim springfield
...I suck at sarcasm.
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I HOPE YOU LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR MY FIST CUZ IM GOING TO RAM IT INTO YOUR STOMACH AND BREAK YOUR FUCKING SPINE!!!! the letters are just bigger deal with it
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Leave him alone man, it's really hard to type when your "special" helmet keeps slipping down over your eyes.
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Bratner should be thrown in to solitary at Alcatraz for 30 years with nothing but bread and water to sustain him. Cinema will be much better off without him. What say ye to that mate?
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Jul 27, 2005 6:07:06 AM CDT
ALUCINOR11: the IMDB message board for BloodRayne (the movie, no
by frankdrebin
Not even direct-to-dvd. Maybe the studios have finally noticed that Uwe Boll's a hack.
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"There's a shot of..". Shut the fuck up.
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can we expect this "news" article to disappear also?
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Do these news stories have to be bordered by the inane prattling of diseased cock ends like Quint?
Sure, a set visit should be fluffy but news should just be that.
I think most of us can figure out the context of a story without peeps wanking on about the time they met so-and-so.
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Or at least the 1st one that has a nice visual look to it as opposed to it looking like a cheap Superstation movie.
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Man if they don't release Bloodrayne then BOLL might just go away forever and that would justify all of the actually talented directors out there who don't get to make movies because studios would rather give their money to a guy who has more experience...but if you have experience in creating abominations from hellfire does it count? DOES IT???
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Whats this story about again?
really theres no other reason to watch these other than seeing fantasy methods of killing. Thats okay If you get off on that. I know I fantasize about Skewering people on Blades that come out of my Hands. Theres not much else to reccomend these films. The first two feel like we are building to something epic. What were going to get is Another teen drama about Mutant gays.
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Jul 27, 2005 8:18:07 AM CDT
Maybe there's a new script draft where a crazed military mut
by fluffyunbound
It really wouldn't surprise me if they did that.
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So, is he going to use the same blender he used on all of Ratner's other films, or has he bought himself a new one?
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Alcatraz was a part of the bullshit dead Cyclops script, so this is definitely the X-film that jumps the shark. Dumb-ass Halle keeps saying it's the end of the "trilogy", maybe Marvel and Arad doesn't care how much Fox fucks this up. Secret conspiracy to revert all properties to Marvel Films/Paramount? We could only hope. They'll never compete with WB without it all under one roof. I didn't go (long live the boycott!), but from what I understand, the most notable element missing from the FF movie: Spiderman.
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they are going ahead with the script that was reveiwed on this web site. Would that be the version that was completly unoriginal, or the version that just flat out sucked? On another note I'm actually pretty excited about this movie now. They actually got Costume Designer #2!! Not just any costume designer #2 either, they went all out and got the one form Daredevil!
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Maybe if they dont already have enuff characters in this one . . . They could toss those Hand dudes from Electra in the mix, you know the cool ones that could have made the movie slightly more intresting if they had been given more than 30 seconds of screen time? They could be re-organized by Dr.Doom (movie version of course)and break Kingpin out of jail in order to team-up with Magneto's evil mutants and blah,blah,blah. . .
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Jul 27, 2005 9:13:09 AM CDT
This movie will suck like no movie has sucked before in the hist
by prophet jeremiah
Or it might be the best ever, I can't decide.
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Like we need to see him onscreen or hear him talk down to us for two hours. Maybe he and Jodie Foster could do a buddy film together.
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Lets see, Aliens, dead. Predator, dead. Alien vs. Predator, dead. Planet of the Apes, dead. Daredevil, dead. X-men, as of next summer, DEAD!
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..Is Spider-Man Jewish? Anyone hear that Andi Peters is going to be the new Blade?
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Pssstt. Rumor is that Dazzler will make an appearance in X3. She will be auditioning for American Idol and the scene will include Abdul, Jackson, and Cowell (not like his appearance in Shrek 2). OK, I really just made this up, but I kind of feel like there must have been a meeting about this at one time.
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He could ski down a side of a building.
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I'm always more inclined to wait for the finished product before condemning it. But Ratner's presence does worry me.
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Good thing I live in the bay area.
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Seriously, I thought "The Rock" would put an end to the whole Alcatraz "Super-Prison" device to rest. It's a historical site now, and anyone who lives in California knows that it's damn near impossible to do anything with any bit of land so marked. Besides, can you imagine what sort of an uproar would arise from the happy, rainbow-toting folks of San Francisco if the government decided to set up what appears essentially to be an internment camp for a minority class so close to their fair city? No way it'd happen. No way.
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...San Francisco is an awesome city, and it'd be cool to see it in another film. Knowing the kind of lovable freaks (my brother included) who congregate there, it seems perfectly reasonable that there'd be a large concentration of mutants living in and around the city, hanging out in the various pipe shops, New age Herbal Markets, or maybe just chucking frisbees back and forth in the park.
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Jul 27, 2005 10:16:56 AM CDT
If you find a painted block of wood in the shape of CLINT EASTWO
by rhett butler
To quote the great satirist, Nelson Muntz: Har Har! Next veek ve invade Poland.
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they even have the rich-scientist bad guy and the pheromone-poison-ivy-wannabe chick...
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If so I'd suggest shooting a few sceans at the Folsom Street fair, but theres also the Castro Srteet fair and of course the gay, lesbian and transgender parade on Market Street every year. The Sco's a real paridise on earth for gay mutants, but they still have to come to Canada to get married . . .
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Learned nothing reassuring here. Nothing at all of interest, in fact. Still, I'm gonna see the dang thing, if only out of blind, raped hope. And I'm with Balltoucher on Kelsey Grammer as Beast. Surprisingly fucking brilliant casting. It helps me nurture the little glimmer of hope I have left for the franchise (I keep it in a little 'Quest for Fire' woodstick lantern thingie deep in my little heart). And I gotta say, though I fear many a child's rage, that Ratner isn't that fucking bad. I don't really enjoy his movies (how one can manage to make Hopkins, Norton, Fiennes, Keitel, Watson, and Hoffman unintereting all at once will forever be beyond my intellect's limits...) but I'd say his chin is not constantly chafed from exposition to sackhair like, say, Uwe Boll's is. I don't know if the man's ego is Quint's-sized(IS Brettie an asshole that way?) but I bet Ratner is scared shitless right now from all the shitty buzz and will try like fuck to please the angry geek crowd. Whether that is a good thing or quite the opposite remains to be seen, though. And I bet there won't be mutant whores after all (or, mang, I HOPE).
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Yeah Chris Tucker is playing him....gotta love the sarcasm.
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and he lives in Canada... convenient!
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Jul 27, 2005 10:45:35 AM CDT
there was that openly gay mutant, he was the fastest man with wi
by irc-hollywood
where there was a boy who's mutant power was he caused nuclear explosions, or gaint explosions every 30 or so minutes, Proffesor X tried to help him, but ultimatly failed. What was that?
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Jul 27, 2005 10:47:32 AM CDT
Is that the scene where the mutant hooker gives 500 BJ's sim
by hamtaro_hentai
Ratner's still serious about that mutant hooker thing, isn't he? Man, and I thought Stan Lee had issues...
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I don't know if any of the X-Men are gay, and anyway, there's so much more to San Fran than the "otherly inclined" folks. If you were sarcastically jabbing at my stereotyping of the city, yes, I agree that I was over-generalizing. There is so much more to San Francisco than than freaks, stoners, crazies and gays. It's not Berkeley, after all.
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Like full-on flamming gay or just a little curious?
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.... All signs are pointing this one out to be a total crash and burn. The 2nd one was good, the first decent - but Ratner and some of these decisions.... Not looking forward to it.
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Jul 27, 2005 11:02:14 AM CDT
Wah! Wah! Wah! - All You Babies Will See X3 and You KNOW IT
by www.valiens.com
Stop whining already, God! We have no proof that Bret Ratner is a horrible director. To date he has done a servicable job to servicable films, films that do not need creative vision--with the exception of "Red Dragon," which came out BETTER THAN ANYONE EVER EXPECTED. It's not like the guy is Michael Bay. Or more accurately, it's not as though we can say for certain that he IS OR IS NOT Michael Bay because, as stated above, he's rarely had the opportunity to direct anything that isn't just a formula with a director attached. I don't want him to screw up X3 anymore than the rest of you. And I see no proof that he will.
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Thanks for the pat-on the head, I get that alot. I wasnt trying to "say anything" other than I'm glad I moved the fuck outta there, try $1,700.00 a month rent for the shittiest little hole in the wall apartment you've ever seen and you have to share the P.O.S. with 3 other dudes just to be able to live in the city. It's silly. . .Yeah, if any mutants were to try and move to San Francisco from the X-Mansion- they'd have to get a day job "dancing" at the Market Street Cinema and at night they could paint themselves silver and panhandle at Union Square, that plus any X-Benifits should be just about enuff to make-it, month to month . . .
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Everyone should get their greens. It's a part of a healthy diet. Hmm? What do I think of X3? Well I think it's going to suck harder than Jessica Simpson remaking "These boots are made for walking" and having Willie Nelson mumble on the recording, then having Brett "rush hour sucked too" Ratner direct the video, where she shakes her slutty ass around and tries DESPERATELY to be sexy, when she is nothing more than a wetnap fleshdoll who's probably an aweful fuck. How many guys have gone home with a hot girl only to find out they are AWEFUL in bed? I've done it. You have too. What? X-men 3 in alcatraz? Well, that's just a stupid idea. I'm betting, putting solid money down on, this film KILLING the entire franchise.
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Jul 27, 2005 11:19:30 AM CDT
If The Fantastic Four made money, X3 will easily make a ton of d
by mr. profit
And everyone will go see the shit.
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I mean jesus, as someone already said how the hell you can make Hopkins, Norton, Hoffman, Fiennes, Keitel and Watson boring and bland? By being a no talent shit like Ratner obviouisly. Rush Hour 1 and 2 were just dumb as fuck vehicles for Chan and Tuckers schtick masquerading as comedies. Ratner makes bland films. And that's the single worst thing you can do to a Superhero movie. Maybe he will make a good movie, although all evidence so far suggests otherwise.
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...I like San Francisco, but I would definitely never live there. All you bastards (no offense, I'm being facetious) moving outside the bay are driving up housing prices where I live, just outside of Sacramento. My rent has gone up more than a third in the last two years! Anyway, San Francisco is much cooler than home, and the Piers are so much more interesting than anything we have in the cultural cesspool that I call home. And again, San Francisco is the perfect backdrop for an X-Men film.
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Not much of a news break, but this is probably my favorite superhero franchise and love hearing about what's going on. I can't believe everyone is knocking this movie. I think it sounds awesome. Ratner's going to pull this one off - while I would love to see someone else with more distinction on this film, he makes good films... he doesn't make great films, but there's enough great people working on this that it's going to be great. Movies are not just a director's baby - especially movies like this. And reguarding the script - everyone flipped out over that script review, but the guy only had the first 2 acts! What the hell? Doesn't anyone understand story-telling? There's a lot left to be answered in the 3rd act, and I'm sure it will be. So, personally, I can't wait - I loved the first two movies, but I thought something was lacking and I think it was the scope - the movies felt too small, by the way this script sounds, there's gonna be some BIG stuff in it - can't wait!
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shawshank redemption right?
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Jul 27, 2005 11:58:51 AM CDT
Northstar! that was it, yeah, he was a full blown queer.
by irc-hollywood
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about this piece of celuloid.
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Jul 27, 2005 12:04:07 PM CDT
I really have no idea what's going on with this movie (SPOIL
by ribbons
Hopefully the story's there, because Ratner as a director isn't going to do much heavy lifting. This all could have been avoided if Fox had just re-signed Singer, but I guess that doesn't matter now. Anyway, judging by Avi's comments in one of those newfangled interviews, Xavier still bites it, which means that Magneto probably still has that wildly out of character moment where he tells Jean to kill Xavier (I assume). Cyclops probably dies too. Because this has to be the "biggest story of them all," or something. Well, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since I have no context and I don't know what to believe about the status of the script anymore, but this is coming from the man who thinks 'Elektra' is the only bad movie Marvel's ever produced. All I'll say is that I hope Ratner doesn't put too much of his "humor" in this movie like he apparently wants to, since most of it is pretty inappropriate for a franchise based on the idea of prejudice. "Don't you ever touch a green man's radio!" I much rather would have seen Singer carry the series forward, but that's not the series we're getting, so I guess we (or I, in any case) might as well just see what they do under these conditions. Here's hoping they cast Summer Glau as Shadowcat.
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X3 will be the worst of all the hero movies. Except Hellboy. Not only will it be rushed and having to deal with fox would make anyone suck on the end of a barrel
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i held off on buying the first two movies because i wanted to hold out for the inevitable trilogy box set, only for the third film to be unwatchable shite. Man, i wish i wasnt so goram miserable.
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Jul 27, 2005 12:53:37 PM CDT
Next thing we know, g. speedlace, attorney at law will have some
by sith witch
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I'm not driving-up your home prices in Sac, I moved waaay the fuck outta there, the only place in North America nicer than the Bay Area (IMHO) Vancouver Britsh Columbia . . . now that's a real bitch of a commute!! I agree 100% about the City being a perfect back-drop for a comic book movie and feel it was criminally under-used in Hulk, even if the film sucks the Golden Gate scene should be cool . . .
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...You're not a part of my housing woes. But BC? Man, you hate SF, don't you?
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did they ever do any cool subplots like like Sasquatch (ala handlebar mustache)and him checking-out the all gay rodeo, or maybe taking in a Barbara Striesand or Cher concert? Did they write him with amusing catch phrases like "Oh, no you didnt!" or "you go girl!" cause that would be really cool if they did . . . and what were his powers anyway? He was super strong and could fly right, or was he the one with the power to control rainbows?
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It's a pet peave of mine to have to wade through countless redundant posts, and yet I still pressed "Enter" instead of "Tab." I hate that. Sorry, folks.
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it certainly wasn't any worse than HANNIBAL. (i suppose you could make the argument that MANHUNTER was better, but the Michael Mann super-80s Miami Vice style dates it almost to the point of absurdity. i mean, even the police station is decorated with neon? cmon now.) anyways, i'd call RED DRAGON and HANNIBAL both dead solid average. but i'm inexplicably smitten with Emily Watson, so, I enjoyed RED DRAGON more. I honestly don't think Ratner spells the doom of X3. he might be a non-entity / hack / worshorse, but, eh, whatever. i think the script is ultimately more important. but how cool would it be if Fincher was doing X3? that would be pretty farkin' kewl.
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No, belive it or not, I love San Francisco . . . It's just that after ten years of renting there I realized I could work 2 lifetimes and never be able to aford a house of my own there. "Sometimes you gotta go away to come up" Jay-Z
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Have been sketchy third acts that don't hold a candle to the charecter work and set pieces that have come before. Now, we know the first 2 acts are basically the same setup as X2, but filled with scenes and actions that are stupid instead of brilliant. If X3 follows the pattern, the the third act will be even worse than what we've already seen.
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Jul 27, 2005 1:21:52 PM CDT
Since the waters around Alcatraz are shark infested, I don't
by cletus van damme
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about 'Red Dragon'. Like 'Hannibal', it was a very average flick with gorgeous photography and a sorely misused dream cast. It is not very good, but by no means is it 'bad'. In the end, 'Hannibal' was much more of a letdown as we're used to (by law of average...) greater things from Mr. Scott. While from Ratner, by now, we should know what to expect (average, but decent) and, honestly, can be trusting enough that we'll actually get it. And yes, I would have sacrificed a goat for Fincher on X3, but Fincher with his head out of his ass, not scary, not-sure-I-still-want-a-career-in-movies Fincher.
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God knows how you can be entertained by that. So Ratner got paid 10 mil for itl. Am I supposed to care or is it supposed to be bother me? The reason I give the man so much stick is becuase other far more talented people are no given one tenth of his resources.
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The oddest thing is, even with all the gay subtext in the first two movies, it's the straight guy that's making an X-film in San Francisco. How much you wanna bet they'll do a bullshit resurrection at the end and Scott and Charles will walk, yes walk out of the flames of the Phoenix? I mean they got the balls(and stupidity) to kill two of the main characters, but there's no way in hell they got the balls to actually give those deaths some bite and meaning and have them stay dead.
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Ahhhhh really, fuck you guys. Fuck you in your Mountain Dew Drinkin', 20 sided die havin', livin in your moms basement, wackin off to internet porn asses. Each and every one of you oily-faced fucks will be in line with beach chair and wi-fi laptop in hand to give updates as you wait in line 3 weeks in advance for the opening of the movie you all know is going to be so fucking horrible. Just shut it and let's see what Ratner can do. I haven't heard anything about Chris Tucker as afst talking mutant and Jackie Chan as his Sunfire the karate kicking Hiroshima mutate. So let's just wait and see.
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Ok, so we are bashing big money directors, but you are bashing people who bash big money directors. Who is more pathetic?
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Geeze Dr. Douchebag, you'r the one that's creaming your shorts because Ratner is getting 10 mil, like your getting a cut of it or something. I liked Rush Hour for what it was, a convenient time waster, no better or worse than most mediocre flicks. It's just a little galling that now he's getting projects a lot of us have actual interest in, and we know that he, at least so far, can't make anything beyond the level of a tv movie, even with an A list cast like he had in Red Dragon. I don't care how much money he makes, I don't see any of it either way, but yeah, it does bug me that he's allowed to screw up good material.
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Look, I don't really like Fox's choice for the director of a franchise that I'm particularly fond of, but what's done is done. The script is in, and although that may change slightly in the course of filming, it's still essentially complete. Fans do, indeed, have much to be worried about with this movie, but there would be no hope for the film or the franchise if Ratner walked. I still hold out hope for a decent movie, and I don't want anything to get in the way of that. So please, people - give it up. If you're concerned for the project, you're not alone, but we're not going to change the outcome of this movie.
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Jul 27, 2005 2:34:00 PM CDT
Anyone who posts here just to bash the people who post here trul
by hamtaro_hentai
I mean, geeking out is one thing, but having enough free time to read the site, read the talkbacks, and bash talkbackers for being geeks on a site where geekery is the norm (points to self) is just truly pathetic. You people are truly loads that should have been swallowed. I might not agree with a lot of things on this site (Most of Herc's fave TV shows) but my god, I bash the show, not the person (unless you're stupid)
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You know why indie directors make films? BECAUSE THEY ARE WAITING TO BE BIG MONEY DIRECTORS. Who cares what they pay Ratner as long as he makes us happy and keeps us entertained. I was all up in arms about Alba being caste for FF. I went into it with my "Worst Comic Book Movie EVER!" T-shirt hoping I'd get to put it on and guess what? Th emovie wasn't that bad. It wasn't what I wanted but it wasn't bad. You can't have everything catered to your fucking nerd-boy desires(I know this because I'm probably a bigger nerd than all of you) At least just wait and see.
In a perfect world:
Brad Pitt would be Angel
DaFoe wouldn't have worn that Power Rangers Armor
X-Men wouldn't have sucked ASS like it did. (How can anyone view that last fight on the Statue of liberty with flying Wolverine and think that horseshit was a good movie?)
Daredevil would have been a little better than a made for cable movie
Bruce Banners dad wouldn't have been some crying bitch Absorbing Man ("My Bruuuuce.")
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There's nothing wrong with Mountain Dew, okay? Other than that you're dead on, though.
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I never said anything about bashing big money directors, by all means bash away. In fact, I thing Ratner is a hack, and he ruined Jackie Chan's career. There. I just said that bashing other geeks for disagreeing with you is silly. But maybe not, hey, the beauty of this site is saying what you want, no matter who cares. Herc, Buffy is overrated.
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Jul 27, 2005 2:41:52 PM CDT
The funny thing is I haven't even said the movie will be bad
by tonywilson
I've just said Ratner makes bland movies. I got that from the evidence of all his other films. He might make a good one. But all the evidence is suggesting otherwise.
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Jul 27, 2005 2:50:25 PM CDT
Defending Brett Ratner either means you are Ratner or an idiot
by spectrebeeyatch
You want proof that he sucks. After the Sunset is perfect proof.
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I didn't say: "Sorry, unreasonable, detached from reality geek boys." I said Hey I want a lot of shit too but it's probably not gonna happen. so deal with or don't go to the films. But none of you will do that. I wish I could have been on line opening day with all the "Tim Story should have his balls dipped in chicken grease and left on Kirstie Alley's doorstep." assholes who had to see FF.
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If You Ride With X3 You Ride With Ratner
by idhandle July 27th, 2005
03:03:18 PM CST
Now that's funny shit.
Ha Ha.
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Many of the posters here have made films, and some of the posters here are in fact hollywood directors. BUT, even if this were not true, posting that fact does not stop Brett Ratner from being a truly horrible director who makes truly mediocre films. This is not bigfoot, it's a proven fact.
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I don't think anyone really thinks what he just said.
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Bwahahahahahahahaha! I'm sure there are real directors and studio suits that happen to cruise the site but to say many of the posters on here are them...dude c'mon let's see: Face down in a pile of coke getting head from some big brested model/actress or hanging out on a messagew board talking to people who yearly salary you would wipe your ass with. C'mon, man.
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The crew and writers will talk Brett Ratner into attempting to recreate the cell escape scene from The Rock for a bit of fun (maybe even a humourous DVD extra) after the day's filming is over. Then after they have him locked in the cell, everyone will pack up all the gear and get on the ferry and go home. Obviously the writers planned this. "Guys? You can let me out now? Guys???"
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They said that someone spoke to the people filming and that the film crew said they were filming footage for the trailer
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Where the fudge did Pie_Man_Returns and Dr. Douche come from? Superherohype? The real kicker is that getting all indignant and such over movies being handled poorly is, according to them, verboten, but getting all indignant and such over Brett Ratner's PR being handled poorly is not. I don't give a crap if Ratner's gonna get another $10 million for directing this movie. I don't give a crap if he goes home and fucks some bimbo with a boob job because he's powerful and has lots of money. I still would have preferred to see Bryan Singer direct 'X3,' and if that's a problem, you really have no business on this board. Suddenly film geeks are "elitist" because they can't just sit there and enjoy their popcorn in front of crappy movies? It's not like 'Fantastic Four' had to be high art and you stooges still couldn't get it right.
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Jul 27, 2005 5:51:53 PM CDT
Why All The Hate For Brother Brett Giving The Ladies Some Love?
by the slammer
Sometimes you can't always get the action you want when you want it, so you gotta use all the tools in the box if you want to trim the hedges, know what I'm saying? If Daddy Brett gets a little something on the side because he gots what the ladies want, seems everyone's happy to me. Hell, I've traded weed for the deed, if you feel me. I'd be worried about the man and the movie if he didn't drain the baby batter every so often. It can mess with your head if you let it build up too long.
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Jul 27, 2005 5:51:58 PM CDT
The only reason I have to see this film so far is the Juggernaut
by darksider
The X-men franchise could have been the next Star Wars, but it's become bland and too "realistic", partially the fault of Bryan Singer. We could be seeing the Sentinels, Apocalypse, Mr. Sinister, Stryfe, etc. Instead, we get Magento (no dissrespect to Sir Ian McKellan) every time plus the usual human/military/science fair bullshit. Ratner isn't the worst choice, he just won't really bring anything useful with him either.
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The first one I considered to be enjoyable, given the problems in adapting X-Men for the screen. But after the first one was a hit my expectations were MUCH higher for the second film. I too was expecting the material in the comics to be mined a bit better for the second film. Instead we got a weak villian and the Return of Magneto. Nothing wrong with Sir Ian, but I too want my sentinels, Hellfire Club, etc. It did feel "safe." It wasn't bad, it just didn't stray too far from the proven formula of the first film. I realize I'm in the minority on X2, so need to point it out.
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The things I do to waste time! A little image: burgers. I was once a night cleaner at the Ritz-Carlton and between two stints pushing my Rubbermaid cart(product placement!), if the right cook was on nights, I might score a burger. Killer burger with about 28 oz. of prime (Canadian!) beef, homemade mayo and dijon mustard. Those were the best. Then come mom's, made with love and care and tons of veggies. Then come the ones from mid-end, sit-down joints, still big and tasty. Then the ones from most fast-food joints, still sorta tasty. Then, of course, Mickey D's, thin and sorta shitty. Then the really thin Brazier foods ones at Dairy Queen, getting shittier. Then, let's say, the real crappy frozen, microwaveable shits. Still with me? If Brett Ratner's movies were fucking hamburgers, they would be about Wendy's-grade. Don't go in there expecting mom's burgers, that's just not being logical. But then again, you can't say it's as bad as some frozen piece of shit (Uwe makes those). So spectrebeeyatch, if you are shitting so profusely on Ratner and, in this instance, 'After the Sunset' (while you probably thought 'Wild Things' was 'devilishly clever'), maybe you are just being too difficult. Life will leave you only rarely happy. Keep it up, and you'll never find a boyfriend that'll suit you and you will suffer a lonely homosexual demise. Oh, and SLEAZY DINOSAUR, in the case of X3, with the bits of scripts that have been going around, you really can't say that Ratner is "allowed to screw up good material".
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Jul 27, 2005 6:08:34 PM CDT
Yeh but it would be a big with no cheese or relish no lettuce or
by tonywilson
and the fries wouldn't even have salt. By the way can someone explain where Wendy's comes in that list. I'm from the UK and never heard of wendy's.
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It's just another fast-food chain, but probably, to my taste, the least creepy. It's possible to purchase VEGETABLES and chili there to ease the guilt from the rest of the crap you're actually having as much of anyway. And not enough of these up north, sadly.
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The reason X2 ruled for me was because it had more mutants than X1. It had Pyro, Nightcrawler, Colossus and more Ice-Man. What makes these movies work are adding new mutants so we can see their powers. X3 is going to have the Beast, so we know we'll see at least one more. But what will make this movie is how many more they put in plus that. It would be cool if they had some evil ones too.
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Our man in Tikrit just reminded me this is supposed to be about X3. But while I'm off-topic: Prophet Jeremiah, you are absolutely right about X2 and you and I are not in that minor a minority.
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Hate to break it to you Spooge, but the only mutant in your list that was "new" was Nightcrawler, both Pyro and Colossus appeared in X1. They were both different actors, and Peter never metalled up, but they were both in there.
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The beginning scene of Xmen 2...through Magneto cutting out of prison. All downhill from there.
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I mean, Hank McCoy was in X2, but he never beasted out. In X3 he'll be a different actor too, so it's like the difference between Colossus in X1 and X2. And they had the Wolverina chick too. My point was you got to see a lot more mutant powers, and I think that's what keeps people interested in the movies. There's something new to see each time.
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Jul 27, 2005 7:13:37 PM CDT
Yes I Like Seeing The Characters, But I'd Like To See The St
by prophet jeremiah
Daredevil, for all it's faults, at least took a story line from the comics. I appreciated the effort to bring that story to the screen. Spider-man moved some things around, but the story arcs are pretty much inspired by the source material. I didn't get that feel at all from X2. Instead of the plot they used, would it have been so difficult to comb the X-Men back issues for a story that would have satisfied the requirements of being filmable? When making the Narnia Books into movies, my expectation is that the actual books will be used as at least an outline for the scripts. I don't want to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and find that someone felt a dragon would be cooler than a witch, there needs to be a wise-cracking black kid to round out the ethnicity of the children and Aslan doesn't get sacrificed but does some slo mo lion fu in the money shot. Not saying X2 went quite THAT far off track, it's just that if they make a Narnia movie I have certain expectations about using the material they've bothered to purchase the rights too.
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"at the moment, whenever i see the word "X3" i just think "oh no... now what?"
yep, you got it mansep
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That is a most appropriate reaction to the 'news' content in that article.
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If I remember correctly the only reason Marvel outed Northstar was to compete with DC who had just had one of their minor characters come down with AIDS. I think it was one of the Flash's villains who had become a good guy. The boomerang guy. I've still got the issue of Alpha Flight somewhere and if I remember correctly it's one of those lame cliched reveals where someone makes a derogatory remark about gays and Northstar says, "Well. I'M gay." And then there's an awkward pause.
Prior to the reveal he was just a smug self-absorbed prick with no character whatsoever. And afterwards it was, "Whoopdedoo. Who gives a rat's ass?" It gave him no extra depth, had no consequence, and wasn't part of any storyline. It smelled like an obvious publicity ploy. Especially since they hawked that issue as a "landmark" moment in comic history everywhere from Time to CNN. Landmark schmandmark. And then Alpha Flight was cancelled like 10 issues later because like 4 people read it.
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Red Dragon stands alongside films such as Terminator 3 and AVP, in that expectations were so fucking low when they were in production, that when they were released and werent complete and utter shit, critics gave the view that they were pretty good. BOLLOCKS. Just coz a rubbish film isnt as shit as you thought it would be is no reason to praise it in anyway. Red Dragon was shit and Ratner will destroy this franchise in one foul swoop (although due to the slagging X3 is getting already, i suppose it will fall in the same catagory as the films i just mentioned).
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Hannibal is a classic.
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Jul 27, 2005 11:41:35 PM CDT
"I just don't understand how you can totally bash a film tha
by hamtaro_hentai
Because it's fun, and because that's just what geeks like me do. I would love nothing more than to see this movie come out great, but sorry, I just don't think it will happen. Fox should watch Sony for tips on how to treat directors. Also, I vote Jenna Jameson for the mutant hooker! [drools...]
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Jul 28, 2005 1:47:49 AM CDT
Where are you MinusPenith? Where are you Coco "Minus Sucker" Lo
by plazola_mex
Hell we need those assholes to trash this movie. Since Episode 3 became a success, they went to hide to New Zealand home of the Gay Hobbits.
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Yes they both suck but one of them should know better.
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Jul 28, 2005 4:54:52 AM CDT
Sentinals ain't happening for another ten years when someone
by spectrebeeyatch
I think it was Halle Berry who stated that this script ends the franchise. So unless that is just dead false will wait another ten or so years for them to start over and have Sentinals. I believe X3 will be the end of X-men movies, but not of the characters. I think spin off movies are a very good idea plus an Ultimate X-men or what I liked to call kids X-men with younglings as the stars. This one franchise will create like at least three more so maybe one those will have Sentinals, hopefully.
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I just found out the other day that James Marsden played John Wilkes Booth in Zoolander. One hell of a cameo! wonder if he got paid for it?!?
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..I just made past and its all hard.The fucking sauce is non-existent.What a fuck-up.Still...at least Vinnie Jones aint in it.
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Jul 28, 2005 8:52:46 AM CDT
Seriously,has anyone on this talkback fucked an actress?
by the true priapic
I'm intrigues.Are thay as fucking boring as they make out.Scarlett always looks like she needs a bath.Kirsten looks drunk or high.Jessica Biel seems an airhead.Oh,and..just to reiterate...Kirsten ALWAYS looks drunk.And Scarlett needs a damn good bath.
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Jul 28, 2005 9:42:49 AM CDT
I've fucked an actress,just not a famous or successful one.
by tonywilson
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..but I 'knocked' about with an ex-actress student who took Paul Bettany's virginity.Best I can do.Crap though,isn't it?I hate hearing about how actress's have awesome sex and exciting sex lives.I bet most of 'em are like wet fish in bed.Still...bet Scarlett goes like a train!!And I absolutely would put money on Avril Lavigne being like a blow up doll.Not that I'd know.About the doll,i mean...well....
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And, mang, she was HOT! I'm talking crazed'n'glazed, sticky-fingers, cum-hazing stone cold nasty. 'You know I love you - Boomin' granny'
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..I wouldn't waste a wank on her.URRRGHHH.Or that horrid Jane Seymour.I aint givin' Dr.Quinn no medicine,baby.But...URGGHHHH..have you seen Britney Spears recentley...man,that thing would turn ya bestial!Thick AND ugly.wow..
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Bitch actually looks like a cow. Smack one titty, wait a couple seconds, and watch the wave wiggle back to you.
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Jul 28, 2005 1:50:17 PM CDT
Usually celebrity makes me fancy even the ugliest bitch but...
by the true priapic
..Britney is all yours.What a muppet she is.Was an Aguilera wanker and still am!Go girl,but do it gobblin'!!I reckon Dunst is the next celebrity mess,and I like her !!But I watched Spidey 2 last nite and Im afraid she's rubbish.Personally,I find it frightening that Scarlett Johansson was cuter in Lost i nTranslation and Ghost World(uh,oh!underage)than she is now.Still,I'd LOVE and PROTECT her like the girley she is...I love you scarlett!Scarlett!
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So I do not suck like you. My moobie will rock the house, you will see.
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A large gorilla pulled him out of his New York apartment and bit his head off and then proceded to throw his body to the street below.Way to go,Jimmy!!
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A large gorilla pulled him out of his New York apartment and bit his head off and then proceeded to throw his body to the street below.Way to go,Jimmy!!
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Usually I tend to find your posts frightfully witty, but I don't get this one.
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...that was a particularly large intake of Bong!Although I stand by the idea that Scotty fighting Kong is a great pitch..."I cannae hold it"....................I'm still grieving,give me ...time....What?Another Bong?No,that last one was a bit harsh..uh...eh?...oh,okay...
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... Then I can get with the stupidness. Still, don't mean to be a prissy bitch, but respect for the dead is a fairly noble concept, you know. Try and wait till the maggots kick in before taking a dump on the guy's memory. And go ahead with that next bong, lucky fucker, I'm still HARD AT WORK at the office...
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Montreal,problem is I'm dang starving now..must have pasta.I envy those maggots!TNT,you can have the Olsens..they're a bit strange..lookin'.Personally I wish Hillary Duff would lose that puppy fat and start screwing around...I ..ahem..'knocked' about with a young actress called Jess once and all she would do is sing Les Miserables...ALL THE TIME!!I still think the likeliest dirty bitch may be either Scarlett or Milla Jojovich.They both need a bath...and a hug!Kirsten Dunst needs a drink!Again!
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Are you saying you'd like to chew on 70+-years-old scottish man meat?
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..quite happily feast on Tasha Yar ...you can have Deanna Troi.Never fancied any Original chicks though,then again I suppose the girl android in that one with the original Lurch was cute.But Yar first.......preferably covered in maple syrup but I'll make do without if I have to.
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Jul 28, 2005 3:39:25 PM CDT
Let me start the talkback war. Xmen 1 and 2 were the products of
by mr. profit
Wolverine = Butch gay man. The opening sequence where he was introed in X1 was mad gay. Standing there in a tank top knocking back shots. That was Singer's fantasy right there I'm sure. That wasn't bad ass, it was corny. Then Magneto and Mystique gossiping in X2 like girlfriends, making fun of Rogue's hair. That wasn't funny, it was Miss Magneto throwing shade. And the cast? Gandolf is gay. Patrick Stewart played a fag in a movie. And Hugh Jackman is suspect after The Boy From Oz. I didn't think anything at first, but he was on The View with a tight shirt blowing a whistle like a cha cha queen and man, he played himself. And of course he is married to a fat woman. Fat women = closet men's decoy relationship. Then Wolverine only fighting with women equals Singer's hatred of women aka "Fish". That is shady too. Wolverine's biggest rival is Sabretooth and they have a silly little fight. But he has huge fight sequences with Mystique and Deathstrike. The the mutants coming out to their folks? Come on it's obvious. Jean Grey's ridiculous hair cut? Gay men sabotage beautiful women all the time by hacking off their hair and making them look like Dykes. Again, hatred toward "Fish". And the costumes are silly looking, like leather rejects from the Halloween parade in NYC. And if you believe that I am a homophobe and took my above post seriously, then you got issues. But I do believe that X1 and X2 are far too overrated. Singer is not a great director. He is only heralded because he did not make the movies outright suck. I dont think Ratner's going to blow it and have all of us say I told you so by not going to see the movie. And Doctor Doom is a homo too. He was mad that they ruined his face. And when he fought Jessica Alba I swore I heard him say with a shady attitude like a chick in a night club "I dont see you Ms. Richards". :)
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ANd yes, a large part of that is because it didn't suck. That in itself was quite a feat if the stories AICN has run on FOX doing everything they could to sabotage the film is true, cutting budget, changing release date, etc. I also think he gets points for capturing the essence of the series. Yeah, the details might have been changed for the medium, but the sense of who and what the X-Men were, as well as Magneto and by extension the Brotherhood, I think was very true to the comics. It wasn't great, but it was good. X-Men 2 I was disappointed in, only because after the first film was a hit Singer could have probably taken the series anywhere and chose to go . . . well, in the direction that was X2. That film didn't suck either, and was in some ways superior to X1, but I was suspecting sooooo much more.
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"This will suprise you"....The same thing that happens to every studio struck by idiots. Ha Ha Ha!
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Ha! Funny pneumono-ultra! X-Men sucked ass! That is the most overrated comic book movie ever. Everyone had such a fucking hard-on watching Jackman pop his claws, they forgot that this movie was a piece of shit. Halle Berry was dreadful. Marsden has NO presence. Sbaretooth was a wasted henchmen(Come on half way through that story, a properly written Creed would have told Maggie to go fuck himslef.) And I was not a fan of NinjaMystique that can grow fucking claws! I own X-Men and I've seen it TWICE. Once in the movies and once at home. X2 is far superior. I can watch it anytime it's on cable. I enjoyed Fantastic Four more than I liked X-Men.
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Ha! Funny pneumono-ultra! X-Men sucked ass! That is the most overrated comic book movie ever. Everyone had such a fucking hard-on watching Jackman pop his claws, they forgot that this movie was a piece of shit. Halle Berry was dreadful. Marsden has NO presence. Sbaretooth was a wasted henchmen(Come on half way through that story, a properly written Creed would have told Maggie to go fuck himslef.) And I was not a fan of NinjaMystique that can grow fucking claws! I own X-Men and I've seen it TWICE. Once in the movies and once at home. X2 is far superior. I can watch it anytime it's on cable. I enjoyed Fantastic Four more than I liked X-Men.
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CAN WE SKIP THIS ONE OVER AND GO TO X4? WHEN DOES THAT COME OUT?
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I wasn't worried about this movie until they cast Ben Foster as Angle, i mean that has got to be dumbest casting choice of all time.
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I don't think ther has been a comics film yet that has been cast properly. I'll just stick to the books. No Bennifer 2 as DD, and no Elvis as Ghost Rider. Thanks, but no thanks.
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