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John Woo Set To Turn Comic Book Title Into Motion Picture!! Is It Legion Of Superheroes?? The Doom Patrol?? Planetary??

CGI_Pants by CGI_Pants	Jul 17th, 2008 12:51:05 AM
Woo
CGI_Pants by CGI_Pants	Jul 17th, 2008 12:51:35 AM
SECOND!
CGI_Pants by CGI_Pants	Jul 17th, 2008 12:52:11 AM
I have been drinking tonight.
Hmmm. He might as well have done the Dark Tower instead ... by Aloy	Jul 17th, 2008 12:55:13 AM
if he's gonna do Gunslingers out of time. Yeah, I know it's not doable in a movie.
Will there be Pidgeons? by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.	Jul 17th, 2008 12:57:02 AM

dang it, Herc by Centipede Damascus	Jul 17th, 2008 01:03:02 AM
way to get me all excited about a possible Planetary movie project and then smash it to pieces
Legion Of Superheroes?? The Doom Patrol?? Planetary?? by frankenfickle	Jul 17th, 2008 01:16:43 AM
no, it is some crap you have never heard of. enjoy.
It's DOVES man, christ show the guy a little respect by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Jul 17th, 2008 01:22:24 AM
The man gave the world Hardboiled, let's not be too hard on him.
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!! by CalvinCoolidge	Jul 17th, 2008 01:25:55 AM
Wait.......WHAT THE FUCK IS CALIBER!!!!!!!!!!!
OH IT IS by Dijjot	Jul 17th, 2008 01:32:28 AM
the guy with the doves. yeah him. he could do dark tower. if dark tower didnt have a fucking plot.
Totally lame. by George Newman	Jul 17th, 2008 01:38:16 AM
not cool news.
what happend to skreech? by asphaltjunkiez.com	Jul 17th, 2008 01:48:20 AM
come on Woo, team up with CHOW and make what fans want.. geezzzzzzz
John Woo = Movie God by Motoko Kusanagi	Jul 17th, 2008 02:09:50 AM
Too bad that Hollywood fucked him sideways...
Never HEARD of it. Should've done MAGE instead... by TheGhostWhoLurks	Jul 17th, 2008 02:11:50 AM
At least then, I could get interested in it. This movie CALIBER sounds like some leftover from the Sci-Fi Channel's 99-cent bin.
please give Woo a storyline to direct! by Amy Chasing	Jul 17th, 2008 02:12:10 AM
being known as the director of "Broken Arrow",” “Face/Off”, & “Mission: Impossible II” isn't any good unless he wants to be known as a poor-man's Michael Bay.
Hard Boiled and Killer still kick my ass! by spectrebeeyatch	Jul 17th, 2008 02:14:32 AM
Looking forward to his Red Cliff movie too. Looks bad ass.
He gave the world Hardboiled? by Napoleon Park	Jul 17th, 2008 02:20:17 AM
Fucking Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow created Hardboiled.
Nappy by Duke of Hurl	Jul 17th, 2008 02:28:57 AM
Hardboiled crime fiction refers to a literary style pioneered by Carroll John Daly in the mid-1920s, popularized by Dashiell Hammett over the course of the decade, and refined by Raymond Chandler beginning in the late 1930s. Hardboiled fiction, most commonly associated with detective stories, is distinguished by an unsentimental portrayal of crime, violence, and sex. From its earliest days, hardboiled fiction was published in and closely associated with so-called pulp magazines, most famously Black Mask; later, many hardboiled novels were published by houses specializing in paperback originals, also colloquially known as "pulps." Consequently, "pulp fiction" is often used as a synonym for hardboiled crime fiction. In the United States, the original hardboiled style has been emulated by innumerable writers, notably including Chester Himes, Mickey Spillane, Ross Macdonald, John D. MacDonald, Robert B. Parker, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, and Walter Mosley.
If a bullet hits a bullet do I get my money back? by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.	Jul 17th, 2008 02:41:48 AM
Woops! Wrong movie.
Lets see what he did with DRAGONBALL first. by Mike_D	Jul 17th, 2008 03:11:35 AM
I'm still waiting to see a teaser dammit.
Pacific Northwest = British Columbia by caruso_stalker217	Jul 17th, 2008 03:33:39 AM
And probably set in Washington.
very informative, duke by Napoleon Park	Jul 17th, 2008 03:38:36 AM
Way to get a joke. So you agree that John Woo didn't invent hardboiled fiction. He directed a movie of that title, and Miller and Darrow created a comic book of that title. My vague point was that if this is an article about the film director making a comic book movie - at a site dedicated to both movies and comics - which takes precedence? But jokes aren't funny if you have to explain them, and sometimes not before.
Woo's american movies are soso. by palewook	Jul 17th, 2008 06:10:09 AM
his Hong Kong stuff though, is solid. F' the haters. still looking forward to seeing Red Cliff.
That can't be good by gunslingerronin	Jul 17th, 2008 06:11:29 AM
Looks like someone read The Dark Tower series and wanted to rape the whole King Arthur history. If this movie gets made and sucks(which it will) and destroys the chance of The Dark Tower getting made....... I swear Woo should have quit a while ago.
What has John Woo have to do with DRAGONBALL Z? by brokentusk	Jul 17th, 2008 06:25:33 AM
Mike_D, you're thinking of James Wong.
I was hoping Captain Caveman. by pencil-man	Jul 17th, 2008 06:26:28 AM
John Woo blows.
Wasn't he signed on to direct HE-MAN? by brokentusk	Jul 17th, 2008 06:28:19 AM
Can't say I'm upset that he's no longer involved with that, I dig Woo, but he doesn't have the best track record when it comes to American films.
Lancelot sucks cock by choice! By choice, I say! by fiester	Jul 17th, 2008 06:38:09 AM
Will there be whores?
Caliber? As in Ex-Caliber? by Knuckleduster	Jul 17th, 2008 07:25:11 AM
Wow, an entire movie based on a pun. I'm just glad it's not Planetary. Woo is not the right man for Planetary.
John Woo's Family Circus starring . . . by aboriginal	Jul 17th, 2008 07:31:57 AM
Nick Cage as husband Bill and John Travolta as his wife Thelma.
Never heard of it, but... by O_Goncho	Jul 17th, 2008 07:42:14 AM
...sounds like an awesome comic, and I now have to seek it out and read every episode. John Woo sounds like a cool fit for such a premise, too.
just make a STRANGLEHOLD movie by Spandau Belly	Jul 17th, 2008 07:54:29 AM
Just take the game and film it. Hell, I'd pay to see it. And work with Nick Cage again, please.
Calibur is only about 3-4 issues in... by Sailor Rip	Jul 17th, 2008 07:58:08 AM
...if you want to look it up. I never started reading it because i saw the premise and having already read The Dark Tower thought why bother.
Legion of Patrol would make more sense. by Diagnostic	Jul 17th, 2008 08:13:13 AM
How about King Arther as California gangs.
There is only one Arthur of the Eld. by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Jul 17th, 2008 08:16:20 AM
and only one Roland.
They should re-boot Superman by samurai sark	Jul 17th, 2008 09:29:34 AM
I was just thinking about it and, c'mon, Superman can't have a kid.
yawn by metaluna	Jul 17th, 2008 09:49:27 AM
Can John Woo direct anything else apart from action sequences where the characters shoot at each other with two pistols as they leap horizontal? He's a great fight director and nothing more. His characters are nothing more than excuses leading upto such sequences. Give me a story for chissakes. No wonder Hollywood is up its own ass with this guy and Tarantino making train wreck movies. And Michael Bay.
John Woo's "Riverdale" by Aquatarkusman	Jul 17th, 2008 10:06:02 AM
Featuring a slo-mo, three-way shootout between Archie, Jughead, and Moose.
John Woo and Keith Giffen bring you... by dihay	Jul 17th, 2008 10:13:31 AM
AMBUSH BUG: the motionless picture!
John's new film "Horton Hears a Woo" by dihay	Jul 17th, 2008 10:14:37 AM
Woo Hoo...
John Woo's best movies are... by NoHubris	Jul 17th, 2008 10:15:37 AM
...HARDBOILED, FACE/OFF, and THE KILLER, while the ending of BETTER TOMMORROW PART 2 still stands up as one of the top ten movie shootouts IMHO. What makes his action scenes resonate are the characters, the deeply felt codes of honor, and big emotions in those movies (especially HARDBOILED). I'd love to see him go back to those types of movies (instead of the poor imitations we've been getting from others/wanna-bes).
Can anybody post a review of RED CLIFF? by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro	Jul 17th, 2008 10:29:51 AM
Woo's return to Asia might be surprisingly good you know.
john woojed! by Project424	Jul 17th, 2008 10:38:08 AM
palewook is right! His hk films make American action look like ginger beer.
He'll probably never shoot it - see Metroid by SpencerTrilby	Jul 17th, 2008 11:32:57 AM
or any other aborted project from The Woo. "Caliber" sounds a bit lame anyway.
James Woo, James Wong, one DRAGONBALL. by Mike_D	Jul 17th, 2008 11:59:17 AM
:)
"My Own Private Ivanhoe" by ebonic_plague	Jul 17th, 2008 12:08:31 PM
Now that made me fucking laugh.
PLEASE MAKE GRAPE APE NOW by ArcadianDS	Jul 17th, 2008 12:53:32 PM
Ever since I was a fat red headed gorilla carrying water bottles around in the background scenes of The Faculty, I've dreamed of the whole Hanna-Barbera universe coming to film. One where the whole universe is consistently represented. Cameos of Jack Black in his now famous Captain Caveman role showing up in Ang Lee's Stop That Chicken - or that after-credits appearance of Samuel Jackson as DynoMutt in "Blue Falcon: Man of Unspecific Origin or Purpose." I mean not in my wildest fairskinned geek-dreams did I ever dare to hope that the Hanna-Barbera universe would come to the big screen in vivid technocolor and Sensaround sound. The only shame is Will Ferrel still owning all sequel rights to the fan beloved I Dream of Jeanie Cartoon. His Zapple-Dapple Productions company so far isn't going to budge, but that shouldn't be enough to prevent them from bringing us the ultimate cartoon hero team-up movie of all time: Laff-O-Lympics: The Movie. Yeah it wont be the same without that fatty genie saying zapple-dapple, but with Seth McFarlane already signed on to play the role of the snickering little dog, I mean how can this not be the greatest movie of all time? Its like a bowl of bowels from a gastric bypass dipped in chocolate and topped with fetishistic geek reference material. What a time to be alive. Oh and sign up now for the Hanna-Barbara-Butt-Hump-A-Thon at the Ft. McHenry drafthouse and theater and historical attraction in Baltimore. It will be a chocolate covered star spangled banner rockin good time. Also Hostel IX will be previewed.
King Arthur? 19th Century Gunslingers? by ericinwisconsin	Jul 17th, 2008 04:23:31 PM
Personally, I was hoping for them to be cast as tap-dancing Broadway wannabes... Or is that the point of Spamalot?
A gun that fires lightning and never misses... by F-1000	Jul 17th, 2008 05:56:37 PM
Wow talk about writing yourself into a corner. You can almost see the drama and tension in all the battles between Arthur and his foes now... ...Oh wait, no you can't. Unless maybe he is shooting at Greased Lightning! What is worse than an almost good idea? An idea that could've been good, ruined, because it wasn't fully thought out.
DONTCHU FUCKING MENTION PLANETARY UNLESS YOU MEAN IT!!! by DOGSOUP	Jul 18th, 2008 02:30:02 AM
I'm totally pissed now.

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