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Two Images From Hugh Jackman's Robot-Fighting Epic REAL STEEL Brawl Their Way Online!
Beaks here...
In the future envisioned by Shawn Levy's REAL STEEL, mankind will get their pugilism fix by building and training robots to bash each others bolts in. This sounds much more civilized than humans impairing each other with their fists, but, as this film is executive produced by Steven Spielberg, I've a feeling we'll be asked to invest emotionally in the violence visited upon these mechanical creations.
According to the official synopsis released by Disney (which will distribute the DreamWorks production), Hugh Jackman will play a "washed-up" boxer who's forced to become a trainer when the sport becomes roboticized (seems fairly hopeful to think that boxing will still be around in the future given its plummeting popularity today). The eight-foot-tall fella to Jackman's right is Atom, a "junkyard find" who gets rebuilt to wreak havoc in the ring.
I'm no Shawn Levy fan, but I'm impressed that he's decided to build actual robots rather than rely solely on CG. This sounds like a very big movie. If they're going for a futuristic take on THE CHAMP, I might actually be looking forward to this.
REAL STEEL is expected to hit theaters November 2011. Below is a picture of Levy chatting with Hugh.
According to the official synopsis released by Disney (which will distribute the DreamWorks production), Hugh Jackman will play a "washed-up" boxer who's forced to become a trainer when the sport becomes roboticized (seems fairly hopeful to think that boxing will still be around in the future given its plummeting popularity today). The eight-foot-tall fella to Jackman's right is Atom, a "junkyard find" who gets rebuilt to wreak havoc in the ring.
I'm no Shawn Levy fan, but I'm impressed that he's decided to build actual robots rather than rely solely on CG. This sounds like a very big movie. If they're going for a futuristic take on THE CHAMP, I might actually be looking forward to this.
REAL STEEL is expected to hit theaters November 2011. Below is a picture of Levy chatting with Hugh.
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That's just fucking great.
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Jun 15, 2010 1:47:39 PM CDT
Sellout is now spelled R-O-B-O-T F-I-G-H-T-E-R -T-R-A-I-N-E-R
by george newman
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Where does it say they aren't going to rely on CG? It says his character is going to build robots.
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Hopefully no full on robot chubby.
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And not another FUCKING reboot/remake/sequel.
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And not another FUCKING reboot/remake/sequel.
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I am the greatest of all time. End of line.
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I wonder if Hugh's boxing robot will break down and he'll have to pose as a robot himself to replace it.
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What for?
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I mean, clearly this is Rock Em Sock Em Robots: The Movie.
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"He's not a machine, he's a man! I mean...err...he's not a man, he's a machine! And you still cut him!"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lktoanpc1VY
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If done well, this sort of idea could be realized into one hell of a movie.
But there's so much risk and so many challenges! I wouldn't want to be the guy hired to write the thing.
Make it plausible, if not realistic. Make the robots look good. Make the audience care about the robotic characters. Get good performances out of the humans. Keep the dialogue from getting too corny. Etc.
Good luck to him. It's a tall order to fill. -
I kid! I kid!
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I hope this film also will have knockout by technical meltings.
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Why does a robot need a breather in between boxing rounds? It's A FUCKING ROBOT.
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Steel by Richard Matheson. If the robots don't look human how is Hugh supposed to pose as one?
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those matches will last FOREVER.
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Jun 15, 2010 2:18:31 PM CDT
Thank Gawd it's not based on that lame ass Super Boxers Comic.
by stalkeye
Marvel WTF where you guys on?
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This premise is dumb.
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Jun 15, 2010 2:19:42 PM CDT
...And the robots turn out to have feelings, and Jackman...
by burnhollywood
...Starts bonding with one, and...GROAN-N-N-N-N-N.
Can you believe adults write this fucking shit? And get paid big money to do so? -
They are really making a robot rumble movie? Seriously? Who the fuck green lights this crap.
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Jun 15, 2010 2:21:52 PM CDT
Apparently, it IS an adaptation of Matheson's short story Steel
by annie_michael_hall
Don't know if it is taking anything from the Twilight Zone episode that was based on the story. I've only seen the episode though, haven't read the book, and that was a while ago. So I don't know how different the short story is. And I'm with those above like odo19 who are wondering how the logistics of the original episode will work or if they will do it in the same way.
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All I kept thinking was... didn't Futurama already do this?
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THE AMP, SPROCKY, THE SPRING II, MIDNIGHT SPRING, CORRODING BULL, REBUILD FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT, OILY, HOMEBUILT etc. That's enough robot boxing remakes for now.
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Didn't Homer do this in an episode of The Simpson's?
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Or was that another Shawn Levy?
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...hey, waitasec...
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Look at their sad faces. One tear.
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A lot of robotics designers seem to be giddy with replicating human - and animal - looks & behavior in robots, but I'm telling you - it will be a horrible nightmare for humanity if they do. They're not considering the bizarre and traumatic psychological impact of emotionalizing the inorganic machine world. It's already been happening in fiction. We don't want it in reality.Robots are fine - just design them to be very alien and machine-like. I'm sure there are counter-arguments to this (for example, medical or assitive robots providing comfort if designed to look familiar), but I don't think it's healthy.Strange film for Jackman, anyway. He seems to be officially giving up on serious cinema.
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people getting kicks out of seeing robots mutilated?
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Jun 15, 2010 2:41:20 PM CDT
I PITY THE FOOL WHO TRIES TO PUT HIS DUAL PROCESSOR CORE CPU TO
by bloodawn5
At least thats the way I think the movie should look?
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Hmmmm....seems like the game I played as a kid. I wonder if the arms can fly off at their opponent??
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This is just Rock Em Sock Em Robots.
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Jun 15, 2010 2:44:10 PM CDT
Soo put back In your Mechanichal Legs son of a bitch because Jac
by bloodawn5
I had to do it, THIS MOVIE SOUNDS AWESOME. Like those wacky movie Ideas: The man has to travel trough time to save the life of his brother......his brother is a pie
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Jun 15, 2010 2:44:56 PM CDT
Here's to your fuck, rock-em-sock-em robots!
by crispin_glovers_acid_flashback
Looks awesome.
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There's actually a name for that and a whole theory surrounding it. It's calling the Uncanny Valley.
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look at that fucked up youtube video of the creepy robot mouth. That pretty much sums up the whole concept.
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I hope this does well so it will clear the way for a "Hungry, Hungry Hippos" movie.
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If it's good enough for Rocky, ti's good enough for robots.
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Another Twilight Zone episode made into a "modern movie"... jee-wiz... come up with something original...
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This would have been a great premise for a "Karate Kid" reboot.
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...but here's the rub: Hugh Jackman is in it. Also, Steven Spielberg is a mere shadow of his former self.
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Rob Schneider is... A PIE!
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You're gonna download lightnin' and you're gonna print thunder!
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...What's the use in having robots if they can't eventually walk around on two legs and look vaguely human. Besides it's human nature to anthropomorphize, or at least to see elements of the natural world in everything, even our tech. Those bizarre, alien robots you recommend? They all look like big metal insects or, in the case of assembly line robots, wading birds such as herons or cranes. Like I said, it's human nature, so bring on the robo-butlers and Rosie the Jetsons' maid-bot.
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Jun 15, 2010 3:31:07 PM CDT
Yeah, this sounds too much like the Twilight Zone story
by chuck_chuckwalla
From IMBD: "In the near future boxing has been outlawed and is performed by mechanical robots." It starred Lee Marvin.
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Most of the talkbacks lately have been nothing but bitching. Not without good reason mind you. But I'm sick of all the dull and depressing news coming out of Hollywood.
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Jun 15, 2010 3:38:26 PM CDT
Real Steel is almost the same as Steel (Twilight Zone ep)
by chuck_chuckwalla
Original idea my ass. It's like the Ghostbusters cartoon couldn't be called Ghostbusters because someone else owned the rights for television so they named it The REAL Ghostbusters. Give me a break.
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Or is it going to just be a coach?
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there will be a lot of CG robots hitting each other.
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Yeah, like someone mentioned above, the absolutely idiotic "Flesh Fair" scene in the execrable A.I. So whatshisname is the first robot who can "feel" and "love," yet we're supposed to feel bad for a bunch of emo robots who sure look bummed out about their impending destruction. Did I just misunderstand that whole scene? I may be wrong, but there's no way I'm sitting through it again to find out.
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Why was I programmed to feel pain?
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And everyone here knows it.....
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Sam "the retard" Raimi...what a fucking hack.
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Now all we have is shite like WWE and UFC. No more Sweet Science. I blame it on Don King.
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Though I walk through the Valley of Uncanny Death, I will fear no evil robots
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...Except maybe ARENA.
Great to see an original idea for a movie.. but give ROBOT JOX some love, Spielberg! Show some respect! -
Jun 15, 2010 4:32:53 PM CDT
Is Paulie's robot one of the contestants in this?
by turd_has_risen_from_the_grave
No? Then fuck off!
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Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
Risin' up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
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Jun 15, 2010 4:35:56 PM CDT
Robot Jox is better than either Transformers movie
by turd_has_risen_from_the_grave
I liked Arena, too. Straight to video fun of the 80's and early 90's. I think they could do a big budget remake - Gladiator in space!!
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Hugh Jackman is terrible at making career choices. What good movies does he have outside of X1 & 2, The Prestige and The Fountain? Oh look, here comes Wolverine 2, directed by McG
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Rock Em Sock Em Robots: The Movie? Really??
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Just wait until the prequel trilogy.
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ABSURD
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Magnus Robot Fighter could be the next great science fiction series. But Hollywood is too busy making sequels, prequels, and this nonsense.
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shit...and i thought Bay's Transformers were poorly imagined
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Jun 15, 2010 5:15:52 PM CDT
This looks and sounds like a terrible idea for a film.
by stereotypical evil archer
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I don't get the need for a human coach / trainer. It's a robot... If it ain't programmed to do it, what knowledge can a human verbally impart to it?
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Pacman anyone? Mayweather? Klichko plural? Yuri Foreman fighting on a bad knee at Yankee Stadium? Ricky Hatton, the pride of Manchester? Jerry Jones trying to host Pacman V Mayweather @ his new shiny colossus? You're a hack Beaks.
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gets pissed about losing an assload of money and nukes mankind so it doesn't have to pay!
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The most watched fight of all time. Declining popularity... Beaks is a hack.
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I totally agree, boxing is looking at an upswing at the moment. Hell, Pacquiao VS Clottey was able to pack the largest stadium in the U.S. for what was a relatively un-hyped fight.
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,,,my movie Shawn, Fuck You." in the second picture. Spielbergo = emotions manipulated.
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,,,my movie Shawn, Fuck You." in the second picture. Spielbergo = emotions manipulated.
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this has badass potential if done right obviously...
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Jun 15, 2010 6:14:46 PM CDT
"hopeful to think boxing will still be around in the future"
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
Boxing will be here long after you useless fucking ass is dead Beaks.
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that Jackman is going to build himself a robot exo-skeleton and get back in the ring. You know this!
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i wish they can find a cure for alzheimers...another ec great has left us
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or did they pay him a royalty for his story?
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with a bucket of bolts and an oilcan. (and a towel)
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As soon as these compensating douchebags quit paying for anything and everything with the word "EXTREME" attached to it.
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Two guys talking. I have goosebumps.
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when theaters still actually USED lobby cards.
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Sure sounds like one.
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Pretty stupid extrapolation even for a movie.
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I thought this guy was gonna be huge.
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Turns out he was just an ackman.
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"Magnus Robot Fighter could be the next great science fiction series. But Hollywood is too busy making sequels, prequels, and this nonsense."
Yeah, and crappy comic book adaptions... oh shi..! -
Spoiler (if they stick to the story): Jackman's character gets killed in the ring. I don't see how any contemporary studio will allow such a bummer ending. Ever since "First Blood", Hollywood has had no qualms about changing the end of literary works to soothe a fickle and comfort-obsessed "feel good ending" audience, 'specially for multi-million dollar potential tent-polers.
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Transformers 1 and 2, Splice, now this....
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the "Damn You Michael Bay" guy?
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And it is adapted from the same Matheson story as the Twilight Zone episode. Hugh Jackman is an okay actor... But Lee Marvin he ain't.
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I thought that Levy guy was john Cusak when i first looked at him. I like the Jackman a lot but it seems his arms are always going to be bigger than the man himself
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..along comes something even more pathetic and soul destroying.
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You know...the uppercut where the head pops up and goes, "whrrr!" And I want red to beat blue.
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Gee, what could possibly go wrong? Spielberg is fucking dead as an artist. His name on Transformers was the proof.
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Would they just be programmed? I'm going to have a hard time getting around that one.
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When I saw "Date Night" I thought to myself, this guy should be in charge of a CGI heavy movie. He is barely competent directing live action.
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When I saw "Date Night" I thought to myself, this guy should be in charge of a CGI heavy movie. He is barely competent directing live action.
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It has to rank up there with the worst ideas ever.
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Could be a great movie.
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robot rock
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Ring, ring... "Hello, It's an ORIGINAL IDEA CALLING..." "Will you ACCEPT THE CHARGES?" "No..." CLICK.
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Jesus... this film is 100% just to sell a new toy version of rockem sockem robots. I am just shocked... mouth hanging open while I type.
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FUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!!!
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What did you expect it's based on a toy, it's not supposed to be a good movie..... All you haters know you will be there on opening night. Steven Spielberg told Shawn Levy that this movie is going to be AWESOME...maybe even his best movie yet. Marketsaw.com said that this movie will be revolutionary and that REAL STEEL will change the way people experience movies forever! GAME-CHANGING PHOTO-REAL CGI!!! This generation's Star Wars
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...and I hate everything.
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So they figure anything with fighting robots will too, way to go studios for thinking outside the box!
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Oh, wait. A movie website..
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Well, according to deadline.com, anyway. it would be hilarious if this was true.
In other news, wtf is hugh jackman doing in this peice of shit movie? Every single one of the other movies he's been in have been works of ART, I tell you, ART!!!! -
It makes me laugh when I hear the nerd rage screaming for an "original idea". Newsflash! Between books, movies, television, there aren't any anymore. Everything has been done, the only thing to do is to do them all better, unfortunately, that ain't happening.
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Just think of how handy he would be right now. Oh and watching robots destroy each other wouldn't be as good as playing Heavy Rain or Red Dead or GOW3. Of course if they're actually artificial intelligences and have rights and whatnot.. but they'll need to explain why Vegas trusts to bet on them.
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I love Robot Jox.
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preorder now!
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*Robot screams this whilist burning*
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...perhaps if we design a shonky videogame and then turn it into a movie script....
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Is this real?
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They way I read it two days ago, this was SPIELBERG'S idea to go with animatronics, not Levy's.
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Medabots, look it up. That's what this reminds me of. I do like the idea though
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Not interested.
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Levy sucks as a director. This is probably going to be a really soft movie. I heard about this when Rob Cohen was going to direct it. For some reason, I imagined bigger robots and not fighting in a boxing ring. I just can't see how this is going to be a good movie. Why would you want to see two big, clunky robots fighting each other. Unless there are weapons, what good is it? I mean Battle Bots was a fun show cause robots got trashed by weapons.
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At the end of the movie, does Hugh have to dress up as the robot for the final fight?
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From the wiki page about the Twilight Zone episode 'Steel...
"This episode is currently being adapted into a feature film, Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman.[1][2] The film will be directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, The Pink Panther), his first non-comedy. The film will also be produced by Steven Spielberg."
Sir, I salute you and your larger than average brain -
Jun 16, 2010 6:16:03 AM CDT
You are moaning about a 60's T.Zone episode...
by talkbacker with no name
being made into a full length feature!? Are you lot geeks or fucking mother fuckers that fuck your mothers? Jesus wept! This sounds pretty good.
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Its Robot Wars The Movie
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Since we've all deduced its a remake of the Twilight Zone episode, there won't be much of a surprise when Jackson puts on the parts and climbs into the ring... oh well... Nice idea Spielberg, you know there's a whole bunch of Serling's episodes you can rip off.
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"Raging Bender"
Fry=Hugh Jackman? Didn't see that coming... -
"So you're married?
"Yeah, crazy huh?"
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Welcome back, buddy.
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...paying the Asian male prostitute (who most looked like Joseph Gordon Levitt that night) 50 bucks for the rim jobs, and collecting his 500 days of Summer DVD from his laptop to put in his "special" case. After he visits his doctor and gets his prescription for AIDS meds refilled, he'll have lunch with his wife.
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is a genius.
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For the record, this is an official adaptation of Matheson's story, previously adapted on the TWILIGHT ZONE. And the original story was first published in 1956, long before Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots and ROBO JOX . . . .
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Fat fuck is one of the producers.
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and get Hugh Jackman to star,p>
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i can't even get stupid right
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b/c future robots will eventually crossover from simply being machines to having the hardware equivalent of 'feelings' that we'll then debate as to their legitimacy vs. human feelings. an issue that Galactica explored so well. we're headed for a sci-fi future in both films and reality...
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Were the fuck is my Short Circuit reboot? "Johnny 5 is alive" cue a freaking walking Apache Helicopter tearing through South Central while learning Humans deserve the robot apocalypse and Puppies are cute.
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...is Richard Matheson getting a credit for this Twilight Zone ripoff?
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Guys, Matheson is NOT getting ripped off. He knows all about this. DreamWorks bought the rights to his story years ago. Trust me, I've known Richard for ages and he's perfectly fine with the new movie.
(I'm always amused when fans get indignant on an author's behalf without checking to see if he shares their outrage.)
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He played the punk kid in the movie "Zombie Apocalypse". Just discovered this last night...
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"Zombie NIGHTMARE"
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Just keep Richard Matheson away from the buckets of fried chicken and videogames. Look what that shit did for John Carpenter and his insane plans to allow a new generation of shitty Carpenter remakes happen...
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Don't worry. Richard is doing fine. He has a new novel coming out next year and is hard at work on a musical version of SOMEWHERE IN TIME . . . .
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i didn't know jackman was in that! wow! what a scoop on tf3! it's being called real steel!
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Skip this and give us a Magnus, Robot Fighter movie instead. We've got CGI where we can make a believable North Am with its Milespires and flying traffic. Now THAT would fun to watch.
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Jun 16, 2010 10:59:35 PM CDT
Okay, this might be a dumb question, so bear w/ me:
by orbots commander
Why do robots need to sit down between boxing rounds? Aren't they, you know, robots???
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...why even have rounds in a robot boxing match? Just make it one long fight. Kind of brings to mind that old Jetsons episode where George and Spacely go watch the Space Football game and the two coaches punching buttons and pulling levers on the sidelines.
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They need a break to cool down their systems. Don't wanna overheat. I'm sure it'll be some dumb ass shit like that. I see Jackman feeding that bot from an oil can.
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It's an adaptation of The Twilight Zone episode for Pete's sake! Come on!
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He can't control what gets sold to remake.
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He was a rights holder only. No creative involvement to contrary of the what he has said. This was put out there well in advance by Speilberg and DiBon. Hhe was even given a cease and desist by the studio when he advertised on his website for fans to give creative feedback to the production team on the movie.
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