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Jack Black To Play Fox’s GULLIVER!!

FIRST! by mpiehler	Nov 5th, 2008 08:39:35 PM
WOW! ME really....not a JB fan all that much.
Bah! by Spacker Dave	Nov 5th, 2008 08:40:42 PM
I'm not looking forward to anymore Jack Black all acting kooky and doing a little pee-dance around the little people shtick.
Hmm by ShogunMaster	Nov 5th, 2008 08:44:55 PM
I guess no one was clamouring for Nacho 2?
Jack Black has entered the Will Farrell zone by Stuntcock Mike	Nov 5th, 2008 08:45:36 PM
of mediocrity.
Ive Always Hated Gulliver...And His Travels by Frodo T. Baggins	Nov 5th, 2008 08:49:14 PM
Ive Seen This Movie In My Head Already
Jack Black is dangerously close to the Rob Schneider zone by Heckles	Nov 5th, 2008 09:04:52 PM
Jack Black is a stapler!
Glum says, It'll never work. by Ingeld	Nov 5th, 2008 09:06:56 PM
It'll die.
Predictions: by Thrillho77	Nov 5th, 2008 09:31:03 PM
1. Jack Black plays Gulliver as a lovable, slightly slovenly goof ball, who's a BIT of a screw-up, but has a heart of gold. 2. Gulliver says, "rip-a-tip-a-too-too" at least once. It may even be his catch phrase. 3. Kyle Gass cameos as a lilliputian.
wow i cant beleive you dont mention by robamenta	Nov 5th, 2008 09:43:34 PM
the 1960. three worlds of guliver with Kerwin Mathews, efx by Harryhausen
Very exciting. by Thunderbolt Ross	Nov 5th, 2008 09:50:30 PM
Very exciting indeed.
1996 mini-series by The Dum Guy	Nov 5th, 2008 09:51:59 PM
Crap, I remember watching that when it first aired. I feel old.
Letterman and Black raped my high school English class by GunterMonkey	Nov 5th, 2008 09:53:36 PM
Funny how we complain more about 80s pop culture getting the crappy remakes than we do about actual classic literature getting the hollywoodized poop fest...
What?? by ChezKing	Nov 5th, 2008 10:04:19 PM
How stupid.
How many times are they gonna remake this? by Orionsangels	Nov 5th, 2008 10:19:16 PM
Why not make Gullivera? The female version. Based on the erotic comic. Maybe less raunchy. You might get an interesting movie, plus booty value.
Hayden Panettiere to star in Gullivera? by Orionsangels	Nov 5th, 2008 10:22:11 PM
Not really, but if I was the director. I'd change it to the female version of Gulliver and cast her. Just to work with her. Because I'm a horny muthafucka.
The Danson Version... by BrooseTheScharuk	Nov 5th, 2008 10:22:29 PM
...I remember it being alright, actually. Oh, and Dum Guy, if having seen something in 1996 makes you feel old, you mustn't be much more than a kid.
IN A RELATED STORY... by jackofhearts29	Nov 5th, 2008 10:22:31 PM
Jack Black appears in the title role of the 1824 literary adaptation, "Pickings: The Further Adventures of Mr. Finger in My Arsehole."
OH DEAR GOD, WHY?!? by jmac4ever	Nov 5th, 2008 10:28:23 PM
When they asked Seth Rogen recently about himself appearing in the long-delayed "Ghostbusters 3", he said something surprisingly honest (I'm paraphrasing): "Wow, that sounds like a terrible idea, doesn't it?" Seth has realized, early in his career, that is comic counterparts have ruined themselves by overexposure and "comedy remakes". This is a realization that Jack Black should have come to right after "School of Rock" came out. Since then, it's all been downhill except for "Tropic Thunder" and that didn't make any money (it also provided a sad glimpse into Black's future, but that's for another day).
What about 3 Worlds of Gulliver? by Orbots Commander	Nov 5th, 2008 10:47:24 PM
It had Harryhausen stop motion effects in it. It also starred the dude that played Sinbad back in the '60's.
why does everything serious have to be by crankyoldguy	Nov 5th, 2008 11:09:06 PM
re-done as comedy? Yes, Swift's work was satire, but it was not comedy. I like Jack Black a lot in many films, especially the one where he wasn't trying so hard (y'know, with Kate Winslet; Cameron Diaz was her usual awful). And in his over-the-top shtick too at times. But Gulliver? Ugh.
meanwhile get the Fleisher animated classic... by crankyoldguy	Nov 5th, 2008 11:10:13 PM
NOW. It's great. And does have some comic relief, but...is not a comedy.
Boring story... by jimmy_009	Nov 5th, 2008 11:22:38 PM
Pick a version. It bores the shit out of me.
Frodo T. Baggins by deanbarry	Nov 5th, 2008 11:27:51 PM
Me too. And it sucked. Worse still, I turned it into a trilogy. Gulliver: Reloaded and Gulliver: Downsized. I wish I could take out my brain. I have no desire to see Jack Black playing Jack Black anymore.
re::BrooseTheScharuk by The Dum Guy	Nov 6th, 2008 12:14:46 AM
Your'e right, I'm 12. I just learned to jerk-off last week, and got to see Cool World for the 1st(s) time(s).
Cradle the balls, stroke the shaft, work the pipe... by BurnHollywood	Nov 6th, 2008 12:18:58 AM
...And swallow the gravy. All in a day's work for Gulliver.
from the "director" of SHARK-FREAKIN'-TALE? by Undead03	Nov 6th, 2008 12:36:50 AM
Christ what an awful pile of crapola THAT was.
No one here has read Guliver have they? by menstrual_blitz	Nov 6th, 2008 01:02:51 AM
I'm speaking to the talkbacker's who's only comments seems to be: That's dumb, That stories stupid. Boring. Every good source material has potential for a great adaption. And Gulliver's Travels is fucked up amazing.
menstrual_blitz by deanbarry	Nov 6th, 2008 01:44:55 AM
funny...must have missed those posts you were talking about. most tb's seem to be not happy with the casting of jack black, not the story.
I always hoped that one day... by BiggusDickus	Nov 6th, 2008 02:54:53 AM
...some film-maker, Gilliam perhaps, would read Johnathan Swift's work, realise it was a socio-political satire (rather than just a 'big guy in the land of small guys' story) and make the film properly Much as I love Jack Black, I don't see this version breaking the mould. The least they could do is include Brobdingnag as well as Lilliput, though. Gulliver's juxtaposition is what makes the tale work. Not having him be the small guy is like reading 'A Clockwork Orange' and skipping the last chapter (like Kubrick did for his movie) - it takes away the whole point of the story.
Jack Black... by David Cloverfield	Nov 6th, 2008 04:17:38 AM
if you refuse to work in better movies, at least work in you own sandbox. "Tenacious D and the pyramids of mars" or something.
GET THAT CORN COB OUTTA MY FACE!!!! by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looki ng_for	Nov 6th, 2008 04:32:35 AM
Jack Black is much better suited to supporting roles, like High Fidelity. And if he's going to star, avoid "From the director of Shark Tale" like the plague. Re-team with Linklater. That worked.
Jack get in form Bro by hallmitchell	Nov 6th, 2008 05:16:45 AM
Record an album with DIO. Man big fan. Yet your movies are starting to flop a bit too often. I care about your career. Please take care.
This is so wrong by judderman	Nov 6th, 2008 06:04:52 AM
on so many levels. But I don't care. Gulliver was done right in the Ted Danson mini, and so they can't really ruin it now.
What about the Yahoos? by Bodenland Unbound	Nov 6th, 2008 06:43:04 AM
Will they have Yahoos in the movie plot? Hope Yahoo doesn't demand any rights for the use of the word (it would be just a stupid demand)
Jack Black is great and so is by Second Try	Nov 6th, 2008 06:50:34 AM
Gulliver. This has a lot of potential.
How About an Absurd Adaption of "A Modest Proposal" by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Nov 6th, 2008 07:30:53 AM
Jack Black running around eating Irish babies!
I've read Gulliver's Travels..... by mossad77	Nov 6th, 2008 07:51:36 AM
....and the last thing I want to see is a 'comedy' version. Especially with Jack Black. He does dick and fart jokes - I don't see him in a satire that questions society and it's pecularities (war, money, the rich etc). He was the least funny aspect of Tropic Thunder where Tom Cruise ironcically stole the show.
So it's a slapstick Gulliver? by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Nov 6th, 2008 08:13:18 AM
This will suck. The Ted Danson miniseries was great, and I'm not a huge Danson fan.
danson gulliver is awesome by swanstep	Nov 6th, 2008 08:41:20 AM
Seriously. It gets right to the hits-you-like-a-ton-of-bricks end of the original story, and it figures out an ingenious, parallelized way to avoid the episodic-ness of the original. Danson, Steenburgen, Henson prods. impress.
Gotta Chug the Haterade by toxicbuddha	Nov 6th, 2008 08:44:32 AM
So not giving a damn. Black has a kid now and both of their fat asses have to eat, but he only has one flavor and it's like wasabi: a little is too much. Watching him carry a movie just gets to be too much,
it will be a kiddie movie by Rupee88	Nov 6th, 2008 09:43:14 AM
he'll be good in it...he knows how to act goofy and young children like that
Ted Danson's Gulliver was actually good. by ArcadianDS	Nov 6th, 2008 09:45:54 AM
I thought he did a great job with that show. I enjoyed it entirely, and admit that I was surprised to find myself doing so. Jack Black is becoming a parody of himself.
Jack Black is a Big Endian by Dr Lizardo	Nov 6th, 2008 11:25:07 AM
Now we'll see who actually read the book...
it'll be updated like Eddie Murphy's Dr. Doolittle by Charlie_Allnut	Nov 6th, 2008 02:17:44 PM
In other words shitty!
people take swift too serious sometimes... by menstrual_blitz	Nov 6th, 2008 03:31:11 PM
...he was all about fart and piss and shit jokes, the book is full of them. Swift had a strange relationship with human body functions. Like when Gulliver pisses on the church to put out the fire (church or royal palace, it's been ten years since last i read it.
he was all about fart and piss and shit jokes, the book is full by mossad77	Nov 6th, 2008 07:14:56 PM
Uh.......I think you'll find that the scene you mention is the ONLY one in the book. Also ; satire or not, Gulliver isn't a loud grinning, gurning jackass. 'Taking it too seriously'? It's not a COMEDY.
No mossad77 it isn't the only part of the book. by Dr.DirtyD	Nov 7th, 2008 03:38:17 AM
...Gulliver is very preoccupied with where he will go number 2 while he's with the Lilliput folk, and when he's with the Brobdingnag, when he's small, he's forced to walk around on the handmaidens nipples. And there's more... Gulliver is very funny, and does often boarder on slapstick.
Orionsangels by DarthBakpao	Nov 7th, 2008 03:55:24 AM
Yes, Gullivera!! An erotic version by the master, Milo Manara. Why not?
Adventures in lilliput or gulliver's travels? by abigsmurf	Nov 7th, 2008 06:12:30 AM
The pitch makes it sound like it's just going to be the Lilliput section. I get fed up of adaptations which only concentrate on the Lilliput and not Brobdingag, Laputa etc.
Jack Black is fast becoming... by Kid Z	Nov 7th, 2008 07:41:11 AM
... the Eddie Murphy of the 21st Century!
There are some scenes in La Puta by TimBenzedrine	Nov 7th, 2008 12:00:23 PM
the flying city that takes him in that have their share of 'scat' humour too. One of the scientists is trying to solve the world hunger problem by extracting the nutritive content of shit (he's descibed as having REALLY bad teeth and breath)Later in the book he encounters the world of the Yahoos,who if I rember correctly choose their leaders based on the amount of feces they smear all over themselves. One section I always wanted to see played closer to the text was when he visited the land where no one dies, but continue to age.(and they don't age gracefully either)The Ted Danson version was a nice "family friendly version" of Swift's novel,and it derserves some credit for going beyond Liliput, where most versions stop. But Danson seemed to "clean cut" for a character like Gulliver, I always envisioned someone like Leeam Neesan(sp?)somebody with ordinary looks to play that part.
My Bad by TimBenzedrine	Nov 7th, 2008 12:39:53 PM
I meant to write "Liam Neeson" for Gulliver.
fuck yeah man Gullivera by The Amazing G	Nov 10th, 2008 07:02:51 AM
do that version instead!

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