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The Man Who Fell To Earth Joins Batman And Wolverine in Nolan's THE PRESTIGE!!!
Hey folks, Harry here - Ahhhhhhh.... REALLY COOL NEWS!!!! If you read THE PRESTIGE, the novel by Christopher Priest then you know this is one of those Victorian tales that sweep you up in that age when technology felt like magic and magic felt otherworldly. We know that Christopher Nolan cast Bale and Jackman as each of the two competing magicians - but who is that Nolan has cast David Bowie as? Oh such is the delightful brilliance of this casting... Imagine Bowie, lit with arcing bolts of electricity that he delights in controlling. You see... this time Bowie plays Nikola Tesla!!! Can you imagine? What a fantastic bit of casting. Only the Man Who Fell To Earth could play the alien-esque wizardry of Nikola Tesla. If when you think of TESLA you think of a crazed dynamic metal band of the 80s - then you probably need to find a building to leap off of, or google Nikola Tesla and be amazed. To imagine a modern world without Tesla - is to imagine it with so many of the miracles we take for granted gone. And as a character - Tesla was a wizard. I can not friggin wait to see Bowie's take on the character. In my opinion this is easily one of the most exciting projects being made. I hope to God that everything goes smoothly on this and Nolan nails a great Victorian tale... so that we can see a great adaptation of LIST OF SEVEN or SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE VENGEANCE OF DRACULA. But that's probably just me.
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Will Billy Corgan be cast as Dracula?
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Bowie rules.
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Even without the talent, this film's got a great premise that makes a change from all the franchised bull that fills the multiplexes these days. Having Bowie on board just makes it sweeter!
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Nov 21, 2005 6:52:41 AM CST
Ok, Bale and Jackman as magicians and David Bowie as a fab-ul-ou
by citizen arcane
Whew, this is giving Superman Returns a run for its money. Not that there's anything wrong with that. The scene where Edison slips Tesla a rufie and steals his work should be hawt.
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he'll still be a god to me
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I'm one of those unhealthily obsessed fans of Bowie's movie career (let alone his classic run of 70's albums). Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, Basquiat, The Man Who Fell to Earth and even Labrinth (though I admit it, I have a strange fear of puppets. I'm being completely serious here, I fucking hate dolls and puppets). I was looking forward to this flick before the Thin White Duke came on board, but now it just entered my must see instantly (!!!) list. That means it's ahead of King Kong and any other movies in the pipe-line in my book. By the way, what is it with Bowie's cryogenically-preserved looks? In fact, I wouldn't even say that, he probably looks even better than he did in his heyday. I guess I should have figured that a guy so obsessed with artifice to be almost philosophical about it (almost every album of his waxs about the glory of youth, staying young forever and...erm youngness) would somehow find a way to cheat time and the aging process.
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...I will produce a lollypop from under my eyelid.
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Still want more "Van Helsing". But I'm prolly not alone in not liking "Labyrinth" very much.
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'Asimov was speculating in an essay (titled, like the book itself, "Magic") on the old quote by Arthur Clarke about how sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic.'
The above is quoted from os2ezine.com. It's interesting to consider the idea that these early technologists could be considered almost witches. Looking forward to The Prestige if this is what the book is dealing with.
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does anyone still do that besides me? i thought so...anyway, this was an inspired bit of casting unlike i
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Imagine Bowie as the Joker. That would have been awsome casting 25 years ago.
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sounds very nice indeed... and - in keeping with the style of most talkbacks that has some ass trying to crack a witty remark that is off topic to an extent but does it anyways: 'Tesla's 5 man acoustical jam' i believe was quite brilliant... "paradise" rocks... oh well... props to nolan... damn straight he'll be considered a master... oh well...
take care...
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That is all.
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Absolutely love Bowie, so one part of my brain is jiggling with excitement, but my deeply ingrained artistic cynicism is curling and whithering like a piece of fried bacon because, I don't know, I get the feeling of 'parody' in there somewhere. That this role is a bit TOO perfect for Bowie, and therefore a bit obvious. I'd like to see Bowie play a role I would not expect, but this is almost so typical for him it borders on silly. Still, I'm just peeing myself a little that he's going to be in another movie, and that he will most likely rock (ignore the pun).
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I posted this previously on another TalkBack and didn't get any answer, so I'm trying again:
***I'M NOT KIDDING! THERE ARE MAJOR, BOOK-RUINING SPOILERS AHEAD SO IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK AND PLAN TO, STOP READING RIGHT NOW!*** Regarding the very end, I understand that the living Angier transported himself into the dead Angier, but why was he able to stay alive (and apparently immortal) until the present day? It seems like this wasn't really addressed. Or was the man who came out of the crypt at the end not even Angier and I totally missed something? -
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"Crazed dynamic metal band?" I grew up as a little metalhead and I'm here to tell you TESLA ROCKED! I'm proud of my white trash musical pedigree (i.e., Tesla, Whitesnake, GNR, Dokken) and I've been hanging around AICN long enough to know most of my fellow geeks were probably nancy boys who hid behind their mamas' skirt while listening to George Michael and Lisa Lisa back in the day. Kiss my stonewashed jeans wearing butt!
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Nov 21, 2005 12:30:22 PM CST
I am havokSchultz, the completely nonsensical idiot. Please ign
by 3 bag enema
sounds very nice indeed... and - in keeping with the style of most talkbacks that has some ass trying to crack a witty remark that is off topic to an extent but does it anyways: 'Tesla's 5 man acoustical jam' i believe was quite brilliant... "paradise" rocks... oh well... props to nolan... damn straight he'll be considered a master... oh well... take care... wreak it well... havoc out...
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After I saw that post I was just an enter button away from posting: "Where the fuck is the witty remark you goddamn jack-off piece of shit!?" Some higher power stayed my hand though.
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There is no present day in the movie script. They've completely (and quite beneficially, to my thought) removed the modern-day book-ends to the story.
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I thought the present-day stuff was by far the weakest part of the book, so this is good news. Still, I'm curious as to what explanation there is for the way the book ended. How was that possible based on the parameters of the story?
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well... if you're gonna have a "witty" comeback to something i said... u might as well spell "havoc" right... oh well... as long as my... and apparentely your identical post makes sense to me... that's all that really matters... and besides... lke i said - tesla does rock... both versions that have now been successfully mentioned in this talkback... and the only reason i brought it up - was cause harry alluded to it in his initial story... and the rest of the post after my non-sensical ravings was in response to someone who mentioned a little farther up that in something like 10 years nolan would be considered a master... apparentely i need to post in complete paragraphs with numbers and/or bullets and/or dashes for some to follow along... my apologies for going a little stream of consciousness every once in awhile... i stand so severely corrected by someone who has the word "enema" in their name...
oh well...
take care...
wreak it well...
havoc (not havok) out...
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I mean I've never heard of the books, but seeing wizards dueling with all the tech, done by a respectible filmmaker, and after batman seeing his respect for the source material... I think it'll be fantastic. --- And I was watching season 1 of Alias again and I saw the Tarantino episode, and I thought for a "realistic" crazed villian like the Joker, he wouldnt do a bad turn... maybe if he was a little thinner... or, maybe he just isn't young enough - but he was pretty good in that.
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"After I saw that post I was just an enter button away from posting: "Where the fuck is the witty remark you goddamn jack-off piece of shit!?" Some higher power stayed my hand though."
sorry it wasn't up to witty standards... bad choise of wording apparentely... all i meant by it was that i was gonna take the talkback off topic for a quick moment because of what harry mentioned in the headline in regards to "Tesla" - next time i will think it through a whole lot more thorough just for you and if i once again fail so miserably... than i just don't know what i will do... hmmm... maybe the exact same fucking thing i was doing before... i guess time and dope will only tell... oh well...
take care...
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Nov 21, 2005 1:28:06 PM CST
Admittedly, I was gonna word it a little nicer than that Havoc (
by seppukudkurosawa
And I remember 3 bag enema saying something really nasty about me one time that made me sad, so I'm on your side and he's just a 3 bag enemy. Thanks for not being a knee-jerk ass-wipe talkbacker, although their posts are always readable, I'd probably prefer to share beers with you.
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Nov 21, 2005 1:30:36 PM CST
thecrucible- I'm pretty sure that Childe Roland brought up t
by seppukudkurosawa
But you know what they say: a good idea's a good idea.
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and i hope i spelt it right... i understand what you were saying/thinking after re-reading my original post... and sometimes it's okay to be a knee-jerk ass-wipe talkbacker... but usually only if there is an actual reason for it... not cause you're bored and trying to just pick a fight... (don't worry... i'm not talking about you...) either... beers sound good... as long as they're canadian...
take care...
wreak it well...
havoc out...
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Nov 21, 2005 2:41:17 PM CST
It's a God-awful small affair, to the girl with the mousey h
by raw_bean
but to me it's really fucking huge news! this film gets more and more intriguing.
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would have been perfect.this movie has an mazing gathering of talent.hope bowie gets to do the soundtrack,together with eno and fripp...for the joker christopher eccleston or paul bettany.
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would have been perfect.this movie has an amazing gathering of talent.hope bowie gets to do the soundtrack,together with eno and fripp...for the joker christopher eccleston or paul bettany.
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Iggy Pop
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and Mott the Hoople and and Mark Bolan and Slade and Alice Cooper and Mud and Wizzard. Plus the title of the film could use some working on, maybe something like: "20th Century Boy-Toy: The Players Reflect on Their Life in GLAM!".
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Ground control to major Tom. Like some cat from Japan, he could lick em by smiling. The smell of fat chicks just put my spine out of place. This ain't rock and roll. This is genocide! Got your mother in a whirl, cause she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl. Let's dance! Slap that baby. Make him free. I wish I could swim. Like the dolphins, like the dolphins can swim. We could be heroes just for one day. AHHHH, WAM BAM THANK YOU MA"AM!
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Are you not a grain fan?
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Nov 21, 2005 6:03:57 PM CST
SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE VENGEANCE OF DRACULA should be a Tim Burto
by riskebiz
I think SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE VENGEANCE OF DRACULA is a movie that Tim Burton was born to make. The dude needs to make a great victorian horror flick.
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Nov 21, 2005 7:22:16 PM CST
Once again, Nolan proves that smart casting is not rocket scienc
by frietag
Christopher Nolan is sort of like a linear David Lynch. Their ouvres are obviously totally different but like Lynch, Nolan just doesn't seem to get hung up on subjects that other directors seem to find baffling, like "What Would Make A Good Movie", "How To Cast A Film Using Good Actors", "How Not To Overrun", "Really Stupid Scripts And How To Avoid Them", and "How Not To Bore An Audience". Even good directors that consistently do good work sometimes make it seem like they have to undertake heroics to accomplish this stuff. Nolan really makes it look easy ... I'll bet lesser directors envy him lots.
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I know I will on this movie, but i swear I still get nightmares from that Bowie/Jagger video, "Dancing in the Streets."
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Nolan is on a roll. Wouldn't it be crazy if he cast Bowie as the Joker. I'm just sayin...
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...before I post. I always thought that Bowie was underutilized as an actor. Anyone remember his creepy gothic vampire turn in The Hunger?
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starring David Bowie . . . and David Bowie's package!
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Nov 21, 2005 8:28:46 PM CST
Well, DannyOcean, regarding the competing magicians premise,
by orbots commander
The Prestige takes a realistic slant to the concept of competing magicians while Sussanah Clark in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell treats it like an adult Harry Potter novel. The latter is an excellent novel which I've recently finished, though it's quite a doorstop and serves a great dual function as a free weight set.
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They could steal the AvP tagline...."Mime vs Mime. Whoever wins, we lose".
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testing out theories/Electric chairs and dynamos/dressed to kill, they're killing me. Great casting! Tesla was batshit insane and brilliant and totally paranoid. Didn't he think Edison was trying to steal all his ideas?
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This movie will rule!
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He's another of those guys who makes it look easy. I would also put Gore Verbinski in that group, and you also have folks like Quentin Tarantino who teach the graduate-level classes, where things get weird and it sometimes goes off the rails, but when the risky moves work they work shockingly well. The Verbinskis and Nolans of the world are like these Superdirectors that were put on this earth to keep the Michael Bays and Stephen Sommers from leveling Hollywood (figuratively) and turning it into a blasted, lowest-common-denominator storytelling waste. Can't wait to see Bowie as Tesla -- really, that is truly inspired, I can't praise it enough.
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If you'd go into the library once in a while, Frietag and everyone that feels they must slam Sommers, you'd realize there's a lot more to the stories than you think. Bay, however, is an assclown. He can shove his action sequences where the sun don't shine for all I care.
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Nov 22, 2005 7:24:02 AM CST
GoatZinger: "Is Gary Glitter gonna make a cameo as Rasputin?"
by raw_bean
Not likely, unless he can act his part from the inside of a Vietnamese jail cell, given his most recent paedophilic frolics.
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Nov 22, 2005 7:28:46 AM CST
Bowie Is Underutilized As An Actor / Bowie As Deslock in A Live
by zombiesolutions
i would even go sar far as to say Bowie's greatest strength is his penchant for theatricality (of course his music is amazing -- well, 70s Bowie... the Eno/Bowie years especially); and hes proven that not only in his various stage personas but in film and theatre as well. i'm surprised he isn't used more... / my ultimate geek dream that'll never happen would be to see Bowie play the effette blue nazi alien Deslock from STAR BLAZERS. search your feelings, you know it to be true -- it's the role he was born to play!
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The perfect person to play Dracula is Christopher Walken! Come on! Someone has to do it! Listen to them...Children of the night...what music they make. Sorry if this is a little off topic.
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Nov 22, 2005 5:51:28 PM CST
Bowie as Count Von Kvorlock in "Fearless Vampire Killers/Dance o
by anna valerious
It was going to happen, until the producers of the US version went with Michael Crawford. Big mistake. If by some chance, the musical is (pardon the pun) resurrected for broadway or made as a film version (Preferably directed by Polanski again), then by all means, go with Bowie.
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in that Abel Ferrara vampire movie, The Addiction.
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"I'm your father, Steve Holt! I can't hide from it any more."
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Nov 22, 2005 8:56:36 PM CST
"Imagine Bowie, lit with arcing bolts of electricity that he del
by doctorwho?
Peter Jackson was wise not to do that cliche'"wizard shtick" with Gandalf or Sauraman.Expect Nolan to grace us with something more subtle, and less lame...I hope.
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Everyone knows the real main character in The Man Who Fell To Earth was Rip Torn. It is the human.
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What do ya think - they gonna go with a score by Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark here or what?
I must admit that 'Tesla Girls' was the first thing that popped into my head as well. OMD were great while they still had a bit of juice in them. But, like all good things... -
Hmmm. Tall blond English guy as short dark-haired Serbo-Croatian. Sure.
Pardon me, but this seems more like "name" or celebrity casting than a drive for realism. Gary Oldman would pull it off perfectly, no doubt. Then again, I know nothing about the source material here. -
Yup, after 'If You Leave' it was all downhill. Paul and Andy's last album together (The Pacific Age) was ok, but Andy's solo albums as OMD mostly blew. Architecture and Morality was one of the best alternative albums of the early 80s, still a classic, imo. So much of part of my pre-adolescence.
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