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More On That STREETS OF FIRE Tribute Project, And THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER Pseudo-Sequel Too!!

First? by Alkeoholic77	Aug 6th, 2008 11:44:46 AM
Yes?
HA! I was first!!!! by Alkeoholic77	Aug 6th, 2008 11:45:13 AM
But still I feel empty inside...
Second Also! by Alkeoholic77	Aug 6th, 2008 11:45:32 AM
But still empty...
You can all touch me if you want... by Alkeoholic77	Aug 6th, 2008 11:47:56 AM
I'm just that awesome.
They had half the cast of Deliverance! by hollywoodsummers	Aug 6th, 2008 11:48:04 AM
Captain America is better left alone.
"Streets of Fire" was awful by Drunken Rage	Aug 6th, 2008 11:48:25 AM
and this probably will be, too.
Aside Favreau, no one over-sells a project like Pyun by SpencerTrilby	Aug 6th, 2008 11:54:15 AM
he should team up with Stan Lee. Oh, wait...
I love Albert Pyun by Thick McRunFast	Aug 6th, 2008 11:55:32 AM
He's the hackiest of the hacks, but he turns 'em in on time and under budget, so he keeps getting work. Used to have Pyun film festivals when I worked at a video store, and the laughs were non-stop.
HaHa! by travis-dane	Aug 6th, 2008 11:55:40 AM
The Cap trailer is awesome!
"rescheduled for political reasons" by SpencerTrilby	Aug 6th, 2008 11:57:58 AM
because it sounds so much better than "script overhaul"...
Sooo... by My friends call me Killjoy	Aug 6th, 2008 12:00:45 PM
What did he mention about the TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE movie? The article just stops. Merrick? Merrick? MEEEEERRICK?!!
wish i gave a shit by reckni	Aug 6th, 2008 12:06:24 PM
why is this a story on your site? highly illogical.
I see your Albert Pyun by palimpsest	Aug 6th, 2008 12:14:52 PM
and raise you Fred Olen Ray
"Moulin Rouge meets torture porn" by Mullah Omar	Aug 6th, 2008 12:21:35 PM
I can't tell you how much this combo makes me NOT want to see the film.
I love how his shield bends when he catches it! by Bob Cryptonight	Aug 6th, 2008 12:24:05 PM
That clip just shows how silly the character is in live-action. Good luck to those making the new movie!
A crappy tribute is worse than a crappy remake. by DEX	Aug 6th, 2008 12:24:49 PM
This will be awful - the original is a guilty pleasure, at best. What's with these tribute movies? I just saw Doomsday and that took the "tribute" too far - it was exactly Escape from New York (minus the bits from Aliens and The Road Warrior)! No story credit for John Carpenter either. A crappy tribute is worse than a crappy remake because someone's claiming its their own creation.
SpencerTrilby by Merrick	Aug 6th, 2008 12:25:06 PM
Actually, if I understand correctly, it had to do with all the SAG stuff going on...not wanting to roll so close to the potential strike and what not.
Yeah, that Captain America by NiceGuyEddie19	Aug 6th, 2008 12:32:09 PM
Will go down as the definitive version of the character in film. There's actually a line in the movie that explains his goofy costume. The sarge is talking to Steve Rogers (Captain America) after handing him the suit. He says of the woman who tailored it, "Well, she may not know much about cammouflage, but she sure is patriotic!" Great. That explains it. Not like he was going on a top level US military mission or anything, right?
Thanks for the clarification Merrick by SpencerTrilby	Aug 6th, 2008 12:40:30 PM
I thought for a moment the "political" aspect was just another self-promoting stunt from Pyun.
Wait, so you're saying by deadnotsleeping	Aug 6th, 2008 12:48:22 PM
Ben is Glory? (Sorry. Had to) That out of my system, "Moulin Rouge meets torture porn" is the best pitch ever but only because it made me laugh.
*YAWN* by Rick Flemming	Aug 6th, 2008 01:26:34 PM
Sound like another Hollywood bore-fest. How about some real filmaking, like the old days. Romancing the Stone anyone?? flemmingonfilms.blogspot.com
There's a poster for this movie... by JediRob	Aug 6th, 2008 01:55:43 PM
http://tinyurl.com/6ohgsb It's also apparently in post production. I think Michael Para is cool. Always dug Streets of Fire and Eddie and The Cruisers. Sounds like a fun enough project.
Er... by DocPazuzu	Aug 6th, 2008 02:55:13 PM
...what was the actual update there?
1990 Cap... by gavdiggity	Aug 6th, 2008 03:08:16 PM
was played by J.D. Salinger's son. True story.
It's a backhanded 'tribute' to SoF at best. by Hint_of_Smegma	Aug 6th, 2008 06:36:04 PM
If you go to it;s website, it looks like the cheapest DTV pile of cack you've ever imagined. If it is Pyun's wish to do a backdoor sequel to SoF, why the hell is Cody suddenly a serial murderer looking for redemption? Where the hell is the neon and the bikers? And where the frikikin' frick is Diane Lane? Its such a shame Pare became the take-any-paycheck actor he is, he slid alongway down the ladder to finally end up in an association with Uwe Boll for crying out loud. No wonder he's willing to revisit and rape one of the only films that gave him the goodwill he's coasted on all these years. Philadelphia Experiment was great, Eddie and the Cruisers was cool but Streets of Fire was an absolute guilty pleasure classic - it is so much better than the press it gets would lead you to believe. Corny, yes. Cheesy, definately. Bad acting? There's a fair bit present. But there's also amazing cinematography, beautiful visual, a dreamlike pace and some terrific music. And Diane Lane, in the sexiest dress she ever wore. On stage, rocking out to Steinman. I love that film so much, I want to be buried with a copy of it for the afterlife. So i'm more than a little peeved that Pyun professes to love the movie, yet is obviously pissing over it rather copiously. The fuck.
I agree with u 100% Hint_of_Smegma by King Conan	Aug 6th, 2008 11:54:09 PM
Every word u spoke was wisdom brotha! I love this movie, and he (Pyun) is just goin' for a cash grab.
M-O-O-N. That spells "worse than Uwe Boll" by Tom Cullen	Aug 7th, 2008 12:18:14 AM
Seriously, Albert Pyun was the original Uwe Boll. He's the guy who has made dozens of films, often with b list name actors somehow convinced to be in them, only to result in the many of the most absolutely wretched films of all time. And in addition to being probably the worst writer/director ever in the history of film, he's also, just like Boll, a liar, a fraud, a thief, and a notorious self promoter. Basically the man is Uwe Boll's God. So the question isn't "will the film be bad", it's "just how awful will this one be"...
actually that sounds okay by CherryValance	Aug 7th, 2008 09:57:08 AM
because a remake would have been evil and a sequel would have required the old cast to come back or would have been bogus. So an "inspired by" sounds good.
Streets Of Fire - Special Edition 2 Disc DVD by King Conan	Aug 7th, 2008 11:47:05 PM
Is what we fuckin' need, not this crap! The Warriors got a "decent" special edition DVD, Hill should do one for SOF.
I hate that stupid comic book shit on The Warriors disc. by JediRob	Aug 8th, 2008 02:24:53 PM
Just a lame and unnecessary change. no option to view in original form either.

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