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Go behind the skull with this GHOST RIDER 2 featurette
Hello ladies and gentlemen, Muldoon here with a cool little featurette from Shock Till You Drop (or possibly ComingSoon.net) on how the new Ghost Rider film was shot. In the video below you'll see the insane shooting style that Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor used to get their version of a revamped flaming skull of a Nic Cage on a motorcycle in the can. I might be mistaken, but I believe this is the exact featurette that played BNAT before the film was screened. Personally I didn't care for the first GHOST RIDER and honestly I don't think too many folks did. It felt like a giant shell of what it could have been, so when I first heard of a potential sequel... Let's just say I was curious, but wasn't getting my hopes up. And then when it was announced that the CRANK guys were behind the revamp, my ears perked up. I think the guys delivered some truly insane shots, just wished the film had a little bit more meat on its bones in terms of plot. Make no mistake, this film is a rollercoaster of fun, though it might not be for everyone.
I can't think of any directors out there today who would jump off a cliff or hop down the side of the building themselves to get the shots they need. That alone makes me a fan of the guys and leaves me eager to find out what they've got next after GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE.
The film star Nicolas Cage [KICKASS], Idris Elba [THOR], Ciaran Hinds [MUNICH], and Christopher Lambert [HIGHLANDER]. The movie hits theaters February 17th.
- Mike McCutchen
"Muldoon"
Mike@aintitcool.com
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have CRANK 3 up their sleeves after this.
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Fuck the haters
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...I want to see this. Against my better judgment and in the face of the disappointment of the first one, I want to see it.
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That the movies don't I think is just a faithful adaptation.
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id watch an entire movie of a dude on rollerblades, holding a $100,000 camera, projectiling himself with fast moving cars. so i guess if you add some flaming skulls in there, i wont say no.
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WORST MOVIE EVER. ok maybe not the worst but they let this Ghost Rider fan down with it.
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the only thing tolerable about it was watching nic cage have dark fun with it well, it looks like he found some directors who also know how to have some dark fun to make a sequel that should simply erase the existence of the first i don't expect this to be The Dark Knight, but i hope it's fun. it's looks promising from the trailers.
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should at the very least be good. just watched the first one again and it's still so disappointing. there's really no excuse for Hollywood to screw these things up. everything has already been done for them: characters, stories, dialogue, even the story boards. and there are years of material to cherry pick the best stuff from. how does this happen?
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Shame that the script will doubtless suck a big one.
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according to wikipedia indicated this was worse than the first one. I'm curious if Aintitcool will really say what they think of this Sony picture.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 5:25 p.m. CST
At least it's not a chopper. Sad how wHollyweird
by Bedknobs and Boomsticks
is so easy to influence with current fads.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 5:30 p.m. CST
can't wait to see the outtakes of Cage in that goofy makeup
by zom-bot.com
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Shitty movies?
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Just lame villains. Blackheart should have been better. Nic in all his batshit craziness was cool. I have hopes for this.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 5:44 p.m. CST
won't be long before we hear about this director being dead
by zom-bot.com
or critically injured filming a really stupid but 'extreeeeeeemmmmee' scene for a flick. gotta admit, i like the roughness of the approach, to a point- it reminds me of the ways they used to film stunts in old silent movies, as well as The Road Warrior. but these days, when you have the best in safety, tech, and professionalism, why would you want to endanger yourself or anyone else on the crew. the motorcycle and rollerblades shots could go wrong for everyone.
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Nic Cage really looks like Hell in this movie.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 6:17 p.m. CST
Ok, they've convinced me enough to at least give it a shot.
by Royston Lodge
Still, these teases don't show off much of the dialogue or the story. The movie DOES still need to have a story, you know.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 6:21 p.m. CST
DareDevil was very good(part. Dir cut) so was looking forward to 1st GhostRider...couldn't watch whole movie through as turned out...
by even9
This one looks quite different and alot better. I'm sure without being Great, it's good entertaining supernatural comic book fun.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 6:50 p.m. CST
lets face it. ghost rider is not an easy character to pull off for the movies.
by jimmy
This is one of those exceptions. To me, the skull looks like shit. Some of the shots in the trailer look pretty cool. But judging from the strange plot (or lackof after watching the trailers), it looks convuluted and another waste of an at-best mediocre character. It'd be great to see somone from spiderman, xmen or the avengers cameo.but we know not to expect that.
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First of all he's a b-lister, what kind of movie did you expect it to be? It's not like anybody cares as much about him as spidey. It's like a lot of first comic movies, not as good as they could be but serviceable enough to set the stage for better shit down the road. uh, looks like they put everything they had into this, be a shame if it bombed, but whatever. I'll enjoy it...
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You never know the rest of the movie might even be pretty good.
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AICN has totally ignored FATHER'S DAY, a film in the same vein as CRANK 2... WTF??? honestly, FD has had nothing but great reviews. it just sold out at all the Drafthouses in texas. it's a movie geek's wet dream and you assholes are ignoring movies that cost less than 10mil. sure ambush bug reviewed FD once in october, but the movie is touring the world NOW. get on with it.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 7:01 p.m. CST
I'm still baffled as to how they fucked up the first movie so badly.
by Pvt. Duke
This looks better, but I'm skeptical of casting a 12-year old in a key role. It's the most obnoxious age in cinema... that high-pitched voice, too old to be a "cute kid," too young to be criticized without sounding like a dick. Ciaran Hinds is cool. And the girl from The American is an interesting enough choice... she's gorgeous, but at least with a bit of pedigree. Cage is Cage. But I'm wary of that fucking kid.
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wasn't the effects or the stunts, it was the story. And I'm not so sure these guys are going to fix that. As for a Ghost Rider story, kind of like the X-Men, it was the original Ghost Rider at was the hit, it was the New Ghost Rider from the 90's. Those were the best Ghost Rider comics- those are the comics I'd base a Ghost Rider movie off of. Plug- Have you read my comic yet? Kung fu humor http://www.toonocity.com
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Funny, I root for Nic Cage. But shit is shit.
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as SuperBoy is to Superman. The only worse ideas were reverting Tony Stark to a teenager and the whole Spider-Clone mindfuck.
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Since I read it didn't cost a lot of money to make. This is the road B-comic book characters need to take. Have some fun with it. The first film was just a big mistake. Mainly because they tried to make him family friendly and a block buster type character. The villains were fucking horrible and way too easy to defeat. The fight scenes lasted a second. The action in these trailers already is better than the entire first film. Looking forward to it because the film looks like it is fun and letting loose.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 7:40 p.m. CST
Crank 2 was a masterpiece. It should have annual midnight screenings with opiates and absinthe provided. I may actually watch this now
by torontoxic
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Jan. 24, 2012, 8:01 p.m. CST
The Crank guys are to action what the Epic Movie guys are to comedy
by Al
As in, eugh. Make it stop.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 8:17 p.m. CST
Most Directors would have spent a fortune on some riduloucly elaborate camera rig.
by JediRob
It would have take a whole day to get a single shot. We need more Directors like this who can see through the bullshit of film production to get movies made cheaper. I'm not really interested in this movie, but I loved Crank and dig these guys style.
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I actually contacted Troma about Father's Day after I heard about it going on tour in Texas and a few other states I believe. Since I interviewed Lloyd back in the day with POULTRYGEIST I was hoping to score an interview with him and possibly Adam Brooks about it. I've got my fingers crossed that they'll shoot me back.
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Actually, I think Neveldine/Taylor are perfectly suited to this franchise. Sort of like Michael Bay and TRANSFORMERS: both a load of crap and a match made in heaven.
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Jan. 24, 2012, 8:46 p.m. CST
wow, Idris went from the Wire to the Office to this... what next, Scary Movie 7?
by Tigger Tales
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Guaranteed that someone would die during filming
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I completely understand his motivation for being in this film. "I could eat a peach for hours."
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Jan. 24, 2012, 10:28 p.m. CST
say what you want, but those FX on GR's bike look fucking SPECTACULAR.
by gk1
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and they both rule the fucking school (Mike Patton's soundtrack for Crank 2 is waaay radder than the hottest chick any of you dolts have ever banged). Bike effects are dope, camera work looks shit hot, and Nic Cage is going to bring his bizarro A-game; what' not to love?
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This looks like a bag of hammered Shit! I only watched the 1st one because Eva Mendez was in it! This one hasn't even got her, IT'S GOT CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT DRESSED LIKE AFTERBIRTH!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!! If this doesn't fail i'll drink the sweat from the CGI Hulks sweaty ball sack!
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Jan. 25, 2012, 1:42 a.m. CST
I liked the first one. Eve Mendes' body was more smokin
by hallmitchell
than a Ghost Rider burnout in a McDonald's carpark.
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Sorry, i think you are too jaded.
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...but it LOOKS so fucking cool.
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Jan. 25, 2012, 7:22 a.m. CST
Okay, I know I'm gonna sound way too much like an old guy...
by digitalcos
But, as impressive as I think it is to see the director flying around on wires and speeding down the pavement on rollerblades - and, believe me, I think it's pretty damn impressive - I gotta ask: 'Why?' Why have the director himself take those risks? There are a lot of incredibly talented camera operators that would love to get shots like that, who if injured, wouldn't shut down the films production. Also, the time spent rigging the director for these shots could have been spent making other, bigger, creative decisions. From an insurance and practical stand point, it just seems stupid. Effective delegation doesn't have to negate your auteur status.
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Of course there are two Nic Cages. Didn't you see Adaptation?
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Jan. 25, 2012, 8:30 a.m. CST
SWEET. THESE DUDES ARE PUTTING ALL OF THE BUDGET ON THE SCREEN. CRAZY BULLSHIT SHOTS. I LIKE THEM.
by Darth Busey
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Jan. 25, 2012, 8:31 a.m. CST
DIGITALCOS...THERE ARE TWO DIRECTORS. SO IF ONE DIES, IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE TO COMPLETE FILMING!
by Darth Busey
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Is this being shot in 3D or converted ? The scenes they were filming on skates would look pretty good in proper 3D.
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And this guy had a hart on to play superman.
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Jan. 25, 2012, 11:37 a.m. CST
@digitalcos These guys are cutting the fat. That's the whole point.
by JediRob
I get what you're saying, but that's not how these guys work. and why do they need to hire camera operators and crazy car riggers when a pair or roller-blades will do it? Or spend the time trying to illustrate a shot to a whole team, when they know that's their own head? I don't expect to see Scorcesse zipping along the highway, but that's the point. Not all directors need to plot and plan the way he does. I've worked in production, and I have always thought it's ridiculous how every movie is made the same way when it is total not necessary.
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GOOD. GIVES ME ANOTHER REASON TO NOT WATCH IT.
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THAT'S how you bring a marvel character to life.
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R. Lee Ermey has always claimed to have written most of FMJ. Why the FUCK is he in the above video?
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They're in my eyes, they're in my eyes!
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