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Lil' Homies? by LoserTooch	Feb 18th, 2002 04:49:11 AM
Is this the movie that is being called the "urban" version of the Goonies? They should really look into changing the title of it.
Great Recap by Koola_Norway	Feb 18th, 2002 04:58:00 AM
This was good, Elston...
The Fighting Temptations by Wingwalker	Feb 18th, 2002 04:59:51 AM
Boy, this one smells about as sweet as week-old shit. Can't we just take Cuba's Oscar away and, I dunno, give it to some Canadian ice-skaters or something?
L'il Homies and Fighting Temptations by McBane	Feb 18th, 2002 05:40:42 AM
Why is it films that have "ethinic" or "blacks" in the logline, feel we with dread? As the Great "Not another teen movie" explains, black people are only allowed to say: "Shit!", "Damn!" and "thats Whack!" The only thing worse then a Token Black Movie character, is a Token Black Movie. Its time for other ethnic minorities to be the focus of these types of movies. How about Mexicans or Cubans?
Good Omens. Woo-hoo! by AggregateScore	Feb 18th, 2002 06:29:47 AM
But why is a film about Eddie the Eagle necessary. I mean really, could we not just forget about him. Or perhaps there's a potential trilogy in the works, with biopics planned for the Trevor 'the tortoise' and Eric 'the eel'. Or maybe they could all unite with that Ozzie who won the ice scating the other day and use their individual talents and powers to fight crime. Sounds like a winner.
The end times draw nigh by YHF4	Feb 18th, 2002 07:02:05 AM
Kindergarten Cop meets Mrs. Doubtfire?!? weeps openly
wtf by Aronld Scazziger	Feb 18th, 2002 07:14:25 AM
I just puked my heart out. Hollywood has become so fucking lame.
what was left out of the recap by durhay	Feb 18th, 2002 07:27:31 AM
THE MAN WHO LOVED THE GORTONS FISHERMAN - Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as a man who can only inherit his father's money if he rides a dogsled carrying a gospel group to Boston and then replace the Gorton's Fisherman. UNTITLED MEG RYAN EROTIC THRILLER - ewwww!
Good SCI-FI by McBane	Feb 18th, 2002 07:49:54 AM
Peter F. Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction. Sci-Fi at its best. Start reading it, and you'll be hooked.
Mark Dacascos in Cradle to the Grave by SpacePervert	Feb 18th, 2002 07:55:15 AM
Is this finalised yet? I keep hearing rumours.
Good Omens by bjmc1975	Feb 18th, 2002 09:11:48 AM
The one thing I'm wondering about the casting is who's playing who? Is Depp Aziraphale and Williams Crowley? Or Depp playing Pulsifer and Willams Shadwell? Has this casting bit progressed to that point yet?
Meg Ryan != Erotic by Aronld Scazziger	Feb 18th, 2002 10:28:59 AM
She's a neutrum, totally clean and aseptic. And ya've seen some current photos of her? She's getting old and wrinkled. Next stop for Meg: takin' Granny roles.
McG to Direct Superman?! by Cainxinth	Feb 18th, 2002 10:38:24 AM
has the world gone mad? Has that glossy, fad director even read a comic book in his life?
movies are retarded by DougPaging	Feb 18th, 2002 10:57:44 AM
apparently.
LOL.....some of these titles... by Terry_1978	Feb 18th, 2002 11:01:01 AM
The Unnatural History one sounds crazy as hell...but kinda Scooby-Dooish, if u know what I mean. And the news about McG and Superman....old news, people...I knew of this last week.
Obvious why Meg is doing an erotic thriller now... by BigTuna	Feb 18th, 2002 11:07:06 AM
A lot of people thought she looked way too old to be playing the cute, cuddly girl in kate and leopold. The film was a boxoffice dissapointment. Now, she's getting naked and trying to change her image and do soimething different to prove she can be sexy.
Ha ha ha!!!! by Eat_Your_Peas	Feb 18th, 2002 11:13:11 AM
The Flying Smiths??? Some kid swallows the trapeze artist's eyeball?!! What the fuck?!!!! And people say that Hollywood can't find an original idea...My question is, does the kid choke on the eyeball? An eyeball is almost the size of a golf ball for chrissake...
atribiance by ManOfSteele	Feb 18th, 2002 11:28:06 AM
atribiance, Childhood's End does indeed rock. My suggestion, and personal favorite Sci Fi book, is 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by Robert A. Heinlein. You'd do well to grok some of the insights of this book.
i dont know about you guys by oorat22	Feb 18th, 2002 11:28:40 AM
but i love lord of the rings. but i'm starting to get annoyed with that lotr music loop that plays EVERY time the page loads. wether it be it when i first get to the site, or when i back outof an article to look at another one. i love lotr, but damn if that music playing over and over isnt just getting annoying, very, very annoying.
A very mixed bag. by Heleno	Feb 18th, 2002 11:29:44 AM
On one hand, we have the sublime news about Good Omens progresssing nicely. If Depp is Crowley and Williams Aziraphale, I think this would work rather well. Keep your eyes open could be rather trendy if it doesn't become a vanity project for alt culture, and the new Superman might be OK, although I will continue to mourn Burton and Cage's Superman Lives. Other than that though, we have the cliched (Bloodwork, Blackout), the dodgy sounding (Blood of Sherwood, Cradle to the Grave), the blatant rip offs (Amazing Heroes/ Spy Kids anyone?, Lil Homies / Goonies) and then those movies which simply MUST NOT get made, such as Snow Dogs 2, NYPD Nanny, Bruce Almighty (well the writer is responsible for Kung Pow for Chrissake, and it sounds a bit Bedazzled anyway) and the odd for the sake of it The Flying Smiths. I weep for the industry, and only the thought of two more LotRs, Star Wars and Matrixes and at least one Spider-Man keeps me sane.
Damn, Harry....is news of Kevin Smith's death not considered by Terry_1978	Feb 18th, 2002 11:45:54 AM
He played Ares on Xena, one of the most hilarious characters ever. He had the whole comic book villain thing down pat.
Yikes... by Zarles	Feb 18th, 2002 11:46:45 AM
That Cuba Gooding "Sister Act 3" movie sounds like absolute crap. Always knew he was incredibly overrated... Just because you can yell on command in a movie does not make you an actor. "Good Omens" sounds great, though, looking forward to seeing Depp and Williams work together. I think that Terry and Johnny are a natural pair, they really seem to work well together.
Hebrew Hammer? by rev_skarekroe	Feb 18th, 2002 12:07:03 PM
If somebody made a movie about Santa Claus saving Christmas from the Jews the shit would hit the fan, but this is ok? Cripes. sk
McG & Superman by cj215	Feb 18th, 2002 12:40:59 PM
This is a surefire way to kill a franchise that has been on life support for years. RIP Supes.
Re: Hebrew Hammer by bjmc1975	Feb 18th, 2002 01:02:49 PM
The difference is that this film is a minority taking on a majority, and that generally is considered societally acceptable and always has been. It's also ridiculously unrealistic, on the scale of Canada invading the US. Christians trying to stamp out Hanukkah would have literally Nazi-esque subtones to it, where as this is flatly absurd. Even so, it would never fly as a studio film.
I watched the Olympics on CBC last night, and then I ate the bow by durhay	Feb 18th, 2002 01:43:12 PM
Because Bob Costas talks too damn much.
A.C. Clarke invented the idea for the satellite... by X-Girls	Feb 18th, 2002 02:09:56 PM
he IS a genius. As far as SUPERMAN, McG should be shot. Oliver Stone was attached to this, imagine a Stone film based on how SUPERMAN is controlled by the government, like in Dark Knight Returns, and he has to decide which is a greater evil or something like that with BALLS.
SUPERMAN: the franchise slaughtering by X-Girls	Feb 18th, 2002 02:13:01 PM
whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa. Jon Peters??? The man who wrote felicity????? Is Superman going to get a new haircut and then the film will end? Directed by McG. This is soo poor. We're better off without a SUPERMAN film. We really are, thanks.
once again... by jeff bailey	Feb 18th, 2002 02:26:16 PM
Harry, please tell me you are polishing up your book length rant AGAINST McG directing Superman. Where are you on this one buddy? You couldn't be stopped on Scooby Doo! Not that it helped but come on! It's soooo sad. Anyways, I do have to say, I just watched Waking the Dead and Billy Crudup might make a good Superman. But McG would just suck...ARRRR
Wow, there sure are a lot of shitty sounding movies getting made by Billy Talent	Feb 18th, 2002 02:32:56 PM
I would like to see Meg Ryan naked in a bad art movie though. Enjoyed her in 'Hurlyburly' (Mmmm, I could sure go for a Jack in the Box!). Probably means more of Keitel's ass, though. Some of these movies I'm quite certain will never be made, but it's good that Hollywood spends money on them anyways. If you can come up with an idea as good as 'Goonies with a hip-hop twist' then you deserve a living.
Billy Crudup by Monkey Lover	Feb 18th, 2002 02:44:58 PM
He'd be a damn good choice to play Superman. He should be him. Not some lame-ass crapster like John Travolta or some other A-list lump of turd. Billy Crudup is your man. It will be a star-making turn akin to that of a certain Christopher Reeve. Rock on.
McG's no better or worse than Tim Burton by KingKrypton	Feb 18th, 2002 02:57:58 PM
They're both totally wrong for Superman (and anyone who says Burton should be directing this should check out http://dcboards.warnerbros.com /files/Forum30/HTML/007213.htm l for proof otherwise). Not that it matters who directs the film. Hell, it doesn't even matter that Jon Peters is still producing it. SMALLVILLE and JUSTICE LEAGUE have already destroyed Superman beyond the point of repair. The current comics are portraying Superman as a whiny, wimpy, self-loathing coward who's pu$$y-whipped by his emotionally abusive wife. The traditonal Superman, as created by Siegel and Shuster and carried forth by their successors, no longer exists. All Superman is now is a meaningless brand name that can be slapped on anything, and the masses will lap it up. Whether Tim "King of Hacks" Burton directs this or McG--lord of MATRIX-imitation camp--directs this is of no consequence. Superman has already been ruined. All the Peters/McG movie will do (and all the Peters/Burton film WOULD have done) is be a mercy-killing.
how dare they make a movie out of THE NUMBER 23... by arkhan77	Feb 18th, 2002 03:02:28 PM
i mean, that book is about MY life; i feel so violated by hollywood. in other news, Final Destination was great, but a sequel without Wong/Morgan is just a betrayal of what the first movie was. And Genius Wes Craven on Alice will be amazing (i just hope they have the guts to cas Eliza Dukshu or someone as equally hot and intense)
Burton is wrong for SUPERMAN, but.... by X-Girls	Feb 18th, 2002 03:30:49 PM
he's in no way a bad director. Nic Cage is wrong as well. McG is much worse. How much cash has been wasted on making this film (on pay-or-play contracts)? How many millions for Burton and Cage? Probably more than any other film in history.
Burton making a Superman film would be a real snoozfest... by BigTuna	Feb 18th, 2002 03:57:57 PM
Am I the only one who thought Burton's Batman films were booooring! Burton even said so himself in an interview I read about him a couple of years ago. Everyone whines about Shumacher but I thought all 4 sucked the high hard one. Burton is a terrible director at making action sequences. It's amazing how this guy can make crap after crap, yet people continually kiss his ass.
Screw you, AggregateScore. by Cash Bailey	Feb 18th, 2002 04:41:03 PM
That was as legitimate a gold medal as has ever been given. All those other guys got greedy and stupid and fucked up their chance, and Steven Bradbury had absolutely NOTHING to do with it. It's the very nature of all competitive sport. Exactly the same thing happened in the semi-finals, and no-one kicked up a stink then. BTW, the sooner Gilliam is shooting GOOD OWENS the sooner I can breathe easy. After DON QUIXOTE I just wait for Gilliam's amazing projects to just fall apart any second. I bet he does too.
Come on now, Buzz Maverik must be pulling our legs! No studio wo by Regis Travolta	Feb 18th, 2002 05:33:51 PM
Oh my God they would! Those aren't Buzz Maverik spoof items THOSE TWO TITLES ARE REAL MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're all doomed I tell you, doomed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please God just make California fall into the ocean right now with that Big Earthquake you've been threatening us with. I'll swim to Catalina island and be fine.
The Flying Smiths- Original? my ass! by Crazy Fresh DJ	Feb 18th, 2002 05:48:16 PM
The storyline here is pretty much a WORD FOR WORD account on how my parents met. Which we always thought was uncanny, as the EXACT same thing happened to my brother and lovely sister-in-law 25 years later to the DAY. AS it tuned out, their daughter was named Reese. Coincidence? Now, my barber says the same thing happened to his friend, George. Not sure if he's telling the truth or just saying it so that we have something in common. I mean, the guy can't even decide if its his friends left eye or right which falls out.
Santa = Satan by The_Black_Hair	Feb 18th, 2002 08:43:30 PM
Santa represents the commercialized rape of Christmas!! Now the fat bastard is going after Hannakah too? The Hebrew Hammer is completely justified in his attempts to defeat the raindeer enslaving tyrant!!!
shlep shlep all the way! by Wild At Heart	Feb 19th, 2002 01:57:17 AM
yo, Christopher, I second that vote for the voluptuous Ms. Mia Kirschner in HH, or any movie for that matter. She can mazel my tov any day. Yahweh bless them Canadian indie flicks! Check "Love and Human Remains" for Mia as a slinky dominatrix, and, my personal fave, as a kittenish, and somewhat mysterious laptop dancer in Atom Egoyan's much underrated dark drama, "Exotica". A damn fine film that builds ever so slowly but which, for me personally, carries a powerfully emotive conclusion. Ms. Kirschner just might break your heart in this little gem.
Buzz Maverik's Daredevil Recap. by Buzz Maverik	Feb 19th, 2002 04:47:56 PM
TAKEN FROM THE DAREDEVIL TALKBACKS...I had just settled in to smoke a pipeful of mushrooms, get in touch with the Original Soul and maybe cheat it a couple of hands of blackjack when the phone rang. It was the writer-director of DAREDEVIL, Mark Paul Gossleaar (yes, the boy who played Screech on 90210 has grown up to be the writer and/or director of such crap as A FEW GRUMPY OLD MEN and THE DWARF KID). He was going to try his hand at Daredevil but then he got to reading the talkbacks. "So many of the talkbackers wanted Marlon Brando that I fired Duncan's ass," he said. "Then, I had to fire Affleck because nobody wants to see Affleck beating up on a guy who's almost 80 years old." "Who'd you hire?" "Clint Eastwood." "Clint Eastwood will be playing Matt Murdoch and Daredevil." "Well, a stunt man will play Daredevil because Clint won't wear tights. But that created other casting trouble. I ended up firing Jennifer Garner because she looked like Eastwood's granddaughter. Now, Gina Lollabrigida is coming out of retirement to play Elektra." "Well, she was hot the 50s. Did you ever see TRAPEZE?" "No. I hired her because she was old and she looked sorta Mediterranean." "So who's Foggy now?" "The character is now called Fogey and he'll be played by Lee Majors. Charles Bronson will be Bullseye and we're getting Ronald Reagan out of bed to play Stick. I need your help, Buzz. This script was written for people who are still continent. I have a million dollars for you, I have the Suburban filled with Cuban cigars and I have a call into the Purdys." "We'll talk after they call back. Also, I get a new perk with each job. You have to babysit my rottweilers. You! Not an assistant or your agent."...So here's a few excerpts: P. 33 -- EXT. ROOFTOP -- NIGHT Daredevil and Elektra square off, sais vs. billy club. DAREDEVIL: "What happened to you, Elektra?" ELEKTRA:"Gravity!" P.110 INT. THE KINGPIN'S OFFICE -- NIGHT The Kingpin hefts Daredevil over his head but suddenly drops him. KINGPIN:"Oh, God! My bacck!" DAREDEVIL:"I gotta pee." See you at the WGA arbitration hearings....

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