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Stephen Norrington Joins THE LOST PATROL!!
Merrick here...
Stephen Norrington, who did such a fine job directing BLADE back in 1998 - and faced struggles on the shoulda-been-way better LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN in 2003 - will re-write and direct the World War II supernatural thriller THE LOST PATROL for Legendary Pictures.
Norrington said the project hit all of his "geek-buttons" and contains "hardware, heroes, grime, insane monsters."
...per THIS piece in Hollywood Reporter.
I've always had this feeling Norrington is a badass filmmaker waiting to truly shine. Maybe PATROL, or his currently-in-development reworking of THE CROW, will at long last afford him this opportunity.
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I know LoEG kicked your ass...
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Not that the original is so sacred, but on principle...
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Agree with Merricks sentiments. Be really nice if he made more than 2 films this decade.
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You know, there were a lot of movies put out last year we could go ahead and remake. Why wait? Let's start remaking the original before the original even hits DVD.
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Sounds good.
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As much as I dislike it, I still catch myself watching it whenever it is on.
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He might be a "bad-ass geek", but being a director requires the ability to mold your actors, get along with crew, work well with your studio. Norrington seems loathed by anyone he's ever directed; for, alongside or with. If Sean Connery hasn't got a good word for him then that's good enough for me.
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Show'em you can do it, Norrington!
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They basicly took Moore's idea, removed everything that was even remotely interesting and made it a cliched action movie. Don't know who's fault that was then, maybe it was Connery who didn't want to be an useless drug addict for half of the movie.
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you aint shit.
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...despite that ship travellin thru the canals...but it was a cool movie, cool characters, and cool scenes...it was a bad adaptation supposebly to you fan boys, but fan boys dont rule the world, regular people do...quit bitchin and just enjoy it
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Anybody not living in a cave knows he's a notoriously difficult actor to work with, mostly due to the fact that he's a womanizing, egomaniacal douchebag. As far as I'm concerned LOEG failed because of him and not Norrington. Although I have to say I think the film has gotten a bad rap.
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Guess it took him a while to recover
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Part of me thinks that Blade was a fluke (it emerges every time I watch "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", which is a disgrace of a film, especially after you've read Moore's comics). I would like to see Norrington make more movies, though, if only to make up my mind on him. <p> Not sure The Crow needs a remake (or, God forbid, another sequel).
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Blade was great. Very organic and gritty and felt small and personal. Very well lit movie too. The action hasnt aged as well though. I feel Blade2 is overrated. Anytime a movie falls into an Aliens corridor clone i give up on it. League is inexcusable considering they could have just used the comic as the script.
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... for this hack. It's mind-boggling!
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That is about a PERFECTLY directed film. Every moment is spot-on, every frame is perfectly composed. Blade does what an action film should, it flows like a river. One moment folds perfectly into the next. Nothing feels awkward, nothing feels unexplained, all the characters feel perfectly motivated.</p><p>LXG had several problems. Mostly it just had too many characters that didn't really feel like they went together and a weak villain. Mostly I think the script was just weak overall.</p>
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...when I first seen it, I was into it... but I got really into it when Snipes said somethin "you motherfuckers crazy?"...that took it to the next level...and I liked Blade2 action and characters...and I like Blade3 only for Ryan "thunder cunt" and "go fuck your sister"...well every scene he is in he steals it...but why the hell did Blade have a red inner lining or whatever?
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good luck norrington
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Curse of the Black Pearl and The Ring both have that same smoothness. I wish Gore made more films too.
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...sounds like fun.<P>Make it good.
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we would never have had the good comic book movies of the 00's blade got spidey and x men made...
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I loved the flashback parts in Hellboy and this sounds like it could be similar. Bring it on I say!
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League...well, wasn't, but I'm willing to give him a mulligan on that and if it delays/buries "The Crow" remake, kick-ass. Yes, the original movie wasn't faithful to the comic. It was much better and set the standard for comic book action and visuals, even as recently as Nolan's Joker (which is very Brandon Lee). I'd be more interested in rebooting or revisiting other 90's indie heroes, like "Spawn" or "The Maxx" (imagine Terry Gilliam or Tarsem getting their hands on THAT).
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Vietnam + Vampires
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despite the disappointing script/villain/ending. Dorian Gray was a worthy addition, Tom Sawyer - not so much.
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Sorry
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LXG in reference to the drivvel of an adaptation. LoEG(or just the full title) for the books.
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And I got really excited that they would use all the crappy rodent animation from the Dr. Doolittle movies and that Guinea Pig movie from last year to finally give us a good "live action" Redwall movie.
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Anyone who has watched The Last Minute can't be excited about Norrington getting another project. Fortunately I saw it on DVD and subsequently mashed my finger down on the fast forward button for so long and so hard that I left a sinkhole in the fat of my thumb. 90 minutes of coke-fueled grade school philosophy, obnoxiously flashy cinematography and Max Beesley mugging. Awesome. The Lost Patrol is gonna be a real gem
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Sounds like one of those Siffy original movies, so I can't seem to get too excited about this. I love the theme, but the execution has always been pretty bad.
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They did almost everything in-camera, making heavy use of stop-motion and similar effects. So your comment about the ACTION aging poorly is fucking retarded. The CGI has aged quite poorly, but there's really not much of it at all, aside from the explosions of slain vamps (which look decent) it's basically just the dripping blood and the flying skeleton things during the climax.
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You know who else he hates? Michael Bay. He apparently shoved him up against a wall after Bay berated and humiliated a crewmember on set. If Connery is such a prick, why did Speilberg enjoy working with him so much? He's not a douchebag. He just knows how to deal with them.
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The only director to ever get punched out by a 72 year old man (Sean Connery). Gotta love it!
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Jan. 13, 2010, 4:26 p.m. CST
He'll sit on it for a year and give it to someone else.
by OutlawsDelejos
Hope it works out for him, but yeah....
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Just a poor script and bad casting. Blade was brilliantly directed.
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I had no idea The Last Minute ever got released. I worked on it for a day and it seemed like a complete shambles. It was supposed to be that twat Beesley's big break. Norrington was a total loon. If I was a producer I wouldn't trust him with one penny of my money. He's just crazy enough to make something good by accident though - just glad it won't be with my moolah.
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Blade was good though. Still very enjoyable to watch that first Blade.
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in the U.S. or O.S.? I love that flick and got the Canadian Blu-ray before I realised it was the wrong aspect ratio and more than that the sound is really ordinary. One thing that was supercool when I saw it in the cinema was the thumping bass from the subwoofers rattling my teeth in the doof scenes. Canadian version sucks (no pun intended). Avoid.
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Jan. 13, 2010, 9:09 p.m. CST
May as well add my voice to the "FUCK OFF WITH THE REMAKES!" pos
by Wookie_Weed
Seriously, fuck off with the remakes. And Merrick, saying LOEG 'shoulda been better' is like saying Dubya shoulda been better.
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I've seen all his movies. Blade blew me away. As stated earlier, spot on directing and flow. The action scenes DO stand up well against time. The last fight scene where he runs up the ramp and does a giant flip to engage in the sword fight against Deacon Frost is one of my favorite action sequences of all time. Death Machine is a fantastic little gem that I watch everytime its on cable. I was excited to rent The Last Minute. The DVD was corrupted and didn't play well, and that may have been a good thing. It was definetly Norrington's attempt at Avant Garde and I wasn't too thrilled with it. LXG was also a disappointment and the main reason why was indeed Norrington's fault IMHO. Certain scenes and character reactions were just filmed wrong and could only be attributed to him. That being said, Blade remains one of my fav movies and I want to have Norrington give me that fully geeked feeling back when I see a flick.
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— the vampire rave. The editing, music, pacing and subtext of the scene was brilliant. Snipes looked threatening and appropriately hardcore. I enjoyed "Death Machine" back in the day — haven't seen it in years. "LXG" was really well directed in places, great design and some nice set pieces, but that script was awful. If people think that "Watchmen" was butchered, they should really look at what was done to "LXG". The comics are sublime; the movie is terribly disappointing.
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THe openening scene of Blade is the best opening scene in film. Mind Blowing!!!
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He's on set of First Knight with Richard Gere. Everyone is ordered NOT to mention " The GERBIL ". Sir Sean - " Well Richard, what's this I hear about a Gerbil." Is that a pin drop i hear.
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can't say i'm suprised, but you think they'd leave it alone for BRANDON LEE's sake. BOYCOTT!
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When asked at the premiere where the director was, Connery dryly responded, "Try the local insane asylum." Gotta love it. I know a few people who worked on LXG and it was as bad an experience as everyone says it was, James Cameron bad, but without the quality or talent. Just a borderline crazy, self centered, delusion filmmaker with no ability to get along with anyone.
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Jan. 14, 2010, 1:19 a.m. CST
Although I'm aware he's pretty insane,
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks
Norrington's Blade is action movie perfection. I even find LXG very rewatchable even though it's a jumbled mess.
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Norrington knows his stuff. It'd be a pity to see him go after the LXG debacle, which, despite what everyone seems to think of it, still has loads of great stuff in it.
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blade was fantastic. loeg was...wow...no words to describe that except that norrington needs to personally apologize to me for wasting my fucking time. seriously. tom sawyer? mina harker superhero vamp? norrington needs to walk up to me as i say "kneel before zod" as i proceed to kick his teeth in.
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WITHOUT the chest-thumping bass. That's what I was talking about when I said the Canadian BD sucks.
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No 5.1 surround?
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Oh fucking no fucking way! Is nothing sacred?!
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but it's compressed and the subwoofer just doesn't thump like it should. When you watch the rave scene and it's not doing the business, you know something's wrong. There's just not enough life in the mix even compared to a previous DVD I have. Also, as I said the aspect ratio is cropped from scope (2.35 to 1) to fit a regular widescreen telly (1.78 to 1). Which sucks arse. <p> Usually I check that shit out when purchasing from the U.S., the U.K., Canada or Australia (where I live), but I guess my enthusiasm got the better of me before I realised what a dodgy reputation Alliance have for their releases. No extras either!
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Nah, I'm just kidding. Give it another couple of years, at least.
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