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This First Official Photo from CLASH OF THE TITANS Seems Grungy Cool!!

Too pixelly... by SoylentMean	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:21:55 AM
Has to be better than the original
Yawn.... by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:22:53 AM

Needs Harryhausen level awesomeness for the FX though... by SoylentMean	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:22:57 AM
Anybody know who is handling the FX work? Anybody know why in the fuck they aren't making Jurassic Park 4?
Oh fuck this. by HoboCode	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:23:42 AM
Looks like a rip off of 300, which was already a piece of shit.
Although... by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:23:57 AM
That is a cute little sword he's got there....fuck it...yawn....
how much does aicn get paid by animas	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:24:50 AM
to post 1 worthless pic of a shitty remake?
This is exciting why? by Fortunesfool	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:25:23 AM

Groan... by daggor	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:27:22 AM
Well, this is going to be more of the same modern junk. A classic film drowned in ultra-hip-hella-kewl-dark-yet- commercial trappings, and crammed into a PG-13 rating. And I bet we won't have the semi-nudity this time.
I like the first movie the way it is. by HerbWestAustin	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:27:25 AM
Replacing the stop motion with CGI is just lame. Hollywood's new saying must be " Fix it, even if it's NOT broke."
Worthington = Worth it by knowthyself	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:29:00 AM
Best thing about T4. Can't wait to see more of his work.
AICN doesn't have to get paid by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:29:06 AM
They just rip off all the pics of the sites the studios take seriously. I mean, really, has this site posted anything recently that wasn't taken from some other site? Oh yeah, the Star Trek screening which came as a result of multiple J.J. ejaculations into Harry's hand. Other than tat, thanks guys for posting up everybody else's exclusives on one convenient site! It's almost as if this site has no journalism credibility whatsoever...
grungy cool by TheExterminator	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:31:57 AM
aka gay shit
Will Sam Worthington's accent switch from Aussie to Greek? by SpyGuy	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:34:22 AM
He certainly couldn't stick to his American accent all the way through TERMINATOR: SALVATION, could he?
When i first heard about this remake by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:34:37 AM
I thought to myself that this actually could be done right, maybe COTT is a movie that could use a little but of an makeover. Then I thought that they may just really fuck it all up, and this picture that just got posted and words like "grungy cool" are what popped into my mind when I imagined them fucking it all up. There better be some Andromeda ass and I mean that shit!
grungy cool = low rez by slone13	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:34:39 AM
At least in that image...
WHAT'S THIS GONNA BE RATED??? by Mr Soze	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:35:38 AM
I HOPE HARD R, WITH MEDUSA BOOBIES.
Re CLASH OF THE TITANS by ArmageddonProductions	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:36:15 AM
Soooooo ... no actual "titans" in CLASH OF THE TITANS, just some Aussie dude with a crew cut, Ralph Fiennes reprising his "Voldemort" role, the bad guys from the last two Bond movies and the plot of Disney's HERCULES? Great work, guys. No, seriously. I always thought TITANS was Harryhausen's weakest work -- he more or less peaked with SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER, which was flat-out amazing. So I'm not heartbroken that TITANS is getting remade, aside from the fact that it's a fucking REMAKE and you can practically smell a studio exec's coke-fueled desperation rolling off of it. But no Bobo or Medusa? Does he at least get to ride on a flying white horsey? They're remaking HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, too (in 3-D, no less). After MY BLOODY VALENTINE, I used to joke that HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME would be next, then, HUMUNGOUS. I'm just gonna stop joking now.
Why this is exciting? by Royston Lodge	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:36:43 AM
It's not that it's a remake of Clash of the Titans. That movie isn't so epic that a remake is earth-shattering news. What makes it exciting is that it's a big-budget movie based on the fantasy side of greek mythology!!! That spells cool no matter how you slice it! We've had the "historical" side of ancient Greece (Alexander, Troy, even 300, sorta). Yawn. If I wanted a history lesson I'd go to the library. But a fantasy movie in Ancient Greece! With gods! And monsters! And medusae! And minotaurs! And... And... pant pant pant pant pant... If it's done well, it's frikkin' exciting! On the one hand, the doubters say that it's just Lord of the Rings in Ancient Greece. As a rebuttal, I say that it's Lord of the Rings in Ancient Greece!!!! ROCK AND ROLL MUTHAFUCKAS!!!
COTTINO! COTTINO! by chrth	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:38:36 AM

The plot description........ by Solrider77	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:39:20 AM
Sounds more like a combination of JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS and 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD than the myth of Perseus. Of course that might not be a bad thing since those are Harryhausen movies and the point of all this is to honor him.
Let's not delude ourselves... by GreenRiver	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:40:00 AM
I LOVED Clash of the Titans when I was a kid. I recently purchased it on DVD and find it's still enjoyable, mainly for those superbly wrought monsters. The thing I find most amazing about it is how BRAVE the filmmakers were in their attempt to put all that stuff on screen. But with all due respect, it is NO CLASSIC. Bring on the remake! And if it fails...so be it.
I think it looks pretty cool. by allykatD	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:40:27 AM
Sam Worthington was fantastic in Terminator Salvation, I'm excited to see him in something else and this looks excellent. I'm always up for a sword and sandel movie.
Son of a bitch ... by chrth	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:41:08 AM
"Helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny." There is so much bullshit in that paragraph I wanna kvetch. How the fuck do you fuck up Greek mythology like this? Not even Paul Shaffer as Hermes could save this crap.
Sam Worthington by Thunderbolt Ross	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:41:52 AM
His accent was kind of dicey in Terminator.
image looks like it goes with the bale rant by palewook	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:43:22 AM
i'm going to trash your lights!
In defense of the myth by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:43:45 AM
The original Clash wasn't exactly an accurate depiction of the myth of Peresus to begin with. And, btw, Troy was supposed to be Greek Myth on film but the PTB decided for us to remove the Gods to showcase more of Bloom and Bana's incredibly layered acting talents. Good choice! Homer didn't know shit anyway about what made a good story, there's no way any of his girly poems will stand the test of time like Troy will...right?
Alexa Davalos as Andromeda by ME_M	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:45:19 AM
That is a reason to go, hopefully there will be more.
Re: GreenRiver by ArmageddonProductions	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:48:55 AM
I actually made the mistake of reading Alan Dean Foster's novelization and seeing all the toy commercials before actually getting to see the movie itself, which I envisioned as SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER mixed with STAR WARS. Hey, I love Harryahusen as much as the next geek, but that stuff was just plain ol' Gorgonzola cheese. The stop-motion looked like a rush job that maybe got farmed out to Art Clokey to get it finished on time, and the worst part was that they ill-advisedly tried to mix it up with live action (actors in lousy makeup) in the closeups. In SINBAD, the most impressive part was how Harryhausen somehow managed to keep his stop motion creatures interacting with the live actors on the set (think of the scene where Tyrone Power plays chess with the baboon) ... and they probably had a great deal more time to do it, as well.
One more spout off... by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:50:33 AM
No, Clash wasn't a masterpiece but it was goddamned fun and I can still watch it and smile and remember why it was so much goddamned fun. Yes, it's very cheesy by today's standards but today's standards suck elephant dick, don't they? This is just gonna be another quick-cut, close up, fake blood flying smorgasboard of mediocrity. The reason that people are either rolling their eyes at this one or just dismissing it entirely is beacuse everyone ou there knows and understands what this movie COULD BE, and I think we all know what it will be. Maybe good, maybe fun for two hours, quite possibly enjoyable, then forgotten three hours later. It won't be something that sticks with us for twenty-five years like the original has.
That's not a very god like sword or shield by skycrapper	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:52:24 AM
I hope they're not trying to "300" this thing up.
Fuck this fucking shit! by Keeper Of Chimps	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:53:28 AM
Goddamn - do another movie about the Odyssey but for fuck's sake don't call it "Clash Of The Titans"! Its a replication of a replication. It's Plato's fucking cave and we're all watching the shadows on the wall. Fuck us, fuck this movie, and fuck Harry Hamlin!
You know - you don't have to say everything is cool... by JuanSanchez	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:59:43 AM
the studios already send you the scraps you need to survive. When you say everything is cool it lessens the impact of something truly cool.
P.S. - Remakes by ArmageddonProductions	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:01:33 AM
By the way, it's not that "a remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS shouldn't be earth-shattering news", it's that ANY remake should be earth-shattering news. They're either remaking or rebooting ALIEN now. Next week, it'll be JAWS. Two more weeks, THE EXORCIST. People can cite great remakes throughout the history of film all they want, but I bet you'll be hard-pressed to cite a period of cinema where virtually every movie, big or small, that was made twenty or thirty years earlier is now getting either remade or "rebooted". Are we gonna be sitting around in the EXORCIST talkback trying to justify Tarsem being named the director, or how Dakota Fanning will do in the "Regan" role, or if they're gonna do the spinning head trick with CGI this time? And aside from what I can only assume is one hell of a paycheck, who the hell even WANTS to be in the movie biz anymore? So you can be the dude who got to write the Rock's dialogue in the MR. MAJESTIK remake?
ArmaggeddonProductions by Roderich	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:04:51 AM
EYE OF THE TIGER the "peak" of Harryhausen's movies??? Are you nuts? That is by far the worst of the Sindbad movies, although the special effects ar fine (as always) and also much worse than the mediocre Clash of the Titans. Seventh Voyage of Sindbad and Golden Voyage: Those are the true classics. As for the picture: i like it and would have nothing against a grim CotT, PG13 or not.
I miss the Harry Hamlin hair by D.Vader	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:05:42 AM

Face it.... by TommyGavinsEgo	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:08:58 AM
... the original Clash Of The Titans is terrible. Honestly. I loved it as a kid, picked it up on DVD a year ago, and oh my... it has not aged well. Harry Hamlin plays possibly the most under-utilised protagonist in a film ever. 80% of his lines are basically repeating verbatim what Laurence Olivier says, in a bemused tone. Sometimes you have to step back and take off the rose-tinted glasses and see the old favourites for what they are. In this case, it could be a remake that takes the promise of the original premise and actually lives up to it. I mean, the cast looks half-decent, and wasn't Lawrence Kasdan writing it at one point? Not sure if he just turned in a draft and left, but I seem to remember him promising blood, guts, and nudity. Which should satisfy the majority in here if nothing else...
No Kraken? by Flyingcircus	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:11:09 AM
That scene in Medusa's lair was fucking killer.
It's not the same by FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:13:34 AM
without Harry Hamlin's buttchin.
Is Bear Grylls still going to be in this? by Pagliacci	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:14:00 AM
I know it was a rumor. I'll see it, if the World's Last True Badass is in it.
i don't get why a sword... by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:15:07 AM
would be designed without a hilt/guard. seems silly to me. is there some history/weaponry dork out there that can school me?
Re: Roderich by ArmageddonProductions	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:15:20 AM
I'm not gonna bring a knife to a nerd fight here, but yeah, EYE OF THE TIGER was far more accomplished, both as a film and as an example of Harryhausen's final works, than TITANS. And I'm not comparing either to ARGONAUTS or his earlier SINBAD flicks, which remain his masterworks. But TITANS was badly made ... hardly his fault. It bothered me a great deal as a kid, when I was a lot more forgiving of crappy visuals than I am now, and I wouldn't even try to watch it today. I think I made an attempt a couple of years back and was just horrified at how clumsily the live action and the stop motion were cobbled together. In fact, I'd go so far to say that the movie the original TITANS reminded me the most of was CALIGULA. Stunt casting, stunt premise, a director who was out of his element trying to make a period piece with a unique slant and lots of money being thrown at all the wrong shit. Maybe the original TITANS should have been a porn flick?
"he will only survive..." by HoboCode	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:17:35 AM
"...if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny." PFFFHHT. Sounds liek the same bogus horseshit spoonfed to American teenagers year after year. A thinly veiled capitalist agenda feeding the sheep the idea that they can do and be anything provided they work hard. Get fucking real.
A grittier take on Greek Mythology would be refreshing by KillaKane	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:20:21 AM
Huge Harryhausen fan, but Clash was pretty cheesy tbh, never been a fan of depicting the Greek Pantheon either, the Gods presence should be felt but seldom seen imho. Just hope the creatures are all they can be and the animation is as distinctive as the great Harryhausens. Leterrier's a decent shooter, this could be good.
hmmmm... by BILLY_BOOMSTICK	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:20:23 AM
That determined look, and the way he holds that shield... hmmmm... dye his hair blonde and sign this cat up for Captain America... NOW!!!
Re: Goof by ArmageddonProductions	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:23:48 AM
Sorry, I earlier said "Tyrone Power" was in SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER, it was Patrick Wayne (there is a Taryn Power in the film, that's what always messes me up). And a very tasty Jane Seymour and evil MILF-y Margaret Whiting as the witch.
Sam switching to a Greek accent? by methosb	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:28:48 AM
Like a fully sik one?
What happened heeeeear??! by gotilk	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:31:03 AM
sorry. could not resist
I agree, HoboCode by rev_skarekroe	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:32:55 AM
We need more Communist propaganda in film these days. "He will only survive if he learns to trust in The Party and put the needs of the collective before his own!"
Hope Medusa's as gnarly as Harryhausen's by KillaKane	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:35:41 AM
I wouldn't stray too far from that design, loved the rattlesnake lower-body, scaly hag physog and those burning green eyes; one of the best ever R.H sequences.
Next to 3 WORLD OF GULLIVER, CLASH is by thegreatwhatzit	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:37:04 AM
Harryhausen's most forgettable film (exempting the fx)--it's also the most lavishly produced (though the profits were less than stellar). When I submitted one of the CLASH action figures (in blister pack) for his signature, Harryhausen looked bemused ("These didn't sell very well, did they?"). Anyway, what's the point of a CLASH remake sans the Harryhausen magic? CGI is a pathetic substitute.
Autographed Harryhausen book. by Fortunesfool	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:38:25 AM
http://tinyurl.com/kpbj8p Needs must.
but will he yell into the sky like in TS? by NutritiousLove	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:42:24 AM

Did Lawrence Kasdan really write the screenplay for this? by Orbots Commander	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:42:32 AM
If so, and if Letterier just shoots from it without alterations, it could be a good movie. We all know Kasdan can write great adventure movies (Raiders, Empire Strikes Back and Silverado).
Lame. by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:43:04 AM
Simply lame.
rev_skarekroe by HoboCode	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:43:54 AM
Good one! Your junior high education really got me there.
Fuck 'grit' by Cat_Corporation	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:50:01 AM
This is GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Stop trying to grit it up, it's not reality. Have the balls to go for big giant gods, monsters, flaming fucking balls of fire shooting from the heavens, flying horses, and all that other stuff. I was really looking forward to this, but these pictures seem to prove that it's going to be another 'grit' fest with fucking lame rubber armour - what is it with the RUBBER ARMOUR?? For god's sake, I'm so sick of people trying to do these stories 'as they may have happened' - we have the technology now to truly realise the real magic, blood and thunder of these brilliant tales and film is the perfect medium, but for some reason no modern film-makers seem to have the guts to really go for the insane weirdness of Greek myth. That's why Troy was a big pile of shit, I was so excited for that film and it was the most heinous pieces of crap I've ever seen. I hate to rant, but I have my reasons!
I would've walked out of T4, were it not for his performance... by FuckMichaelBay	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:51:06 AM
...Worthington saved that movie from total shitdom.
As long as it's not like Kasdan's . . . by Royston Lodge	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:51:18 AM
. . . Baby Boomer Liberal Guilt period. If Perseus spends a weekend with his old Lyceum buddies for Kevin Costner's funeral, only to be carjacked in the bad part of Athens, resulting in him becoming friends with a Moor and going on holiday with the Moor's family, I'll be pissed. ;-)
Oops, I guess that should be "Chariotjacked". by Royston Lodge	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:52:03 AM
My bad.
I don't want to know where that sword's been by CherryValance	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:56:32 AM
Anyhoo, that synopsis sounds very little like the old one. They could have just called it something else and then it wouldn't be a "remake". Acrisius sounds like Calibos though. Loved Calibos.
Sooo they're going for a "300" vibe, by skimn	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:00:30 AM
eh....
Hope hes gonna smash that fracking roboowl by Knobules	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:05:37 AM
up his butt with a rubber sword.
Kasdan wrote the script based off a screenplay by by D.Vader	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:12:50 AM
Travis Beacham. So its an adapted screenplay of sorts.
Meh by Lord Elric	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:13:16 AM
Another "gritty" pissed off looking hero. I'm getting tired of so much grit in movies. Sticks in your teeth, hard to get out. Can't we have any classic heroes anymore? You know, someone who maybe looks like they're the GOOD guy?
Looks solid. But it's the monsters that are gonna sell this. by Mr Nicholas	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:20:33 AM

That's if there ARE monsters! by Cat_Corporation	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:30:07 AM
If they're going for the crappy 'realistic' angle (GARRR!), the Gorgons will probably be some race of deformed, freakish women who live in the dark and wear a crown of snakes. Come on lameos, at least give us proper monsters alongside your stoopid gritfest!
The actual Greek myth by Brian888	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:35:24 AM
I don't particularly care that they're remaking Clash. I do care that the remake apparently has no relation to either the original film or to the actual myth, beyond a few names. The original film was an awfully loose adaptation of the myth, but you could still see the bones of the myth in there if you squinted. This remake, however, sounds much more like a rehash of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys than anything related to the Perseus story. Why bother?
Yeah, looks like a quick "me too!" 300-piggyback paycheck by kevred	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:37:24 AM
"Grungy cool"--two words I don't really have any interest in associating with Clash of the Titans. It would be really neat if they could do a great job with this. But so much fantasy these days is so tiresomely self-referential, and apologetic for its own subject matter (see the likes of 'Legend of the Seeker') that it's hard to imagine them doing this with any conviction. Oh, sure, there'll be dirt on the actors and lots of grim expressions and "grittiness"--maybe even some "realism" thrown in. But under the surface, it's too often gutless storytelling. I hope they prove me wrong here. I don't expect it.
I'd hate to be the crew... by zinc_chameleon	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:40:48 AM
that has to compete with Ray Harryhausen's Medusa. The guy was in his seventies at the time, and it's still the most exciting stop action / special effects moment ever. When someone can make you forget it's just clay, that's genius.
Why are they calling this Clash of the Titans? by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:42:29 AM
Its not the same story, Its not even the same mythology, One again Hollywood making up its own shit and selling a movie based on a familiar name.
BOMBASTIC!! OBNOXIOUS!!! YYYAAAAWWWWNNN!!!!! by Missing Dink	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:47:13 AM

Any chance we'll actually LIKE anybody in this movie? by Missing Dink	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:48:55 AM

HARRYHAUSEN AND FRAZETTA ARE BARFING IN THEIR GRAVES by Missing Dink	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:50:53 AM

I want this to be gritty and in "real time." by Pagliacci	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:54:52 AM
No 300 slow-mo shit. And I want Bear Grylls to play one of the badass motherfuckers in it. Anyone know if he's in it, like it was rumored?
What the hell is this? by Kenshiro_187	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:55:10 AM
Troy 2? This looks like a set pic of an extra from that movie! Same design on the shield and everything. Cat_Corporation has got it right, have the gonads to go full monsters and shit! not this "gritty" or "realistic" or "grungy" thing whatever these lame brains making this movie come up with!
That's only one Titan by BenBraddock	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:55:22 AM
Where's me other Titan, then?
No, this could be really cool, with special effects... by Pagliacci	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:58:08 AM
for the various gods - set it apart from Troy and 300. And all of you whiners know you're going to see it, why bother being contrarian.
Mads Mikkelsen as Draco w ponytail'n'beard by Anton_Oksehud	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:59:11 AM
http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/f ilmogtv/film/article1172033.ec e http://ekstrabladet.dk/natione n/article1172571.ece
i miss the stiff acting---hope that doesnt change by Six Demon Bag	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:00:23 PM

Ooh, no. by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:02:19 PM
This simply sucks, plain and simple. As D. Vader wrote, you need the Hamlin hair, not a beefed-up reject from 300. For one thing, Perseus is supposed to be a kid tryijng to prove himself, not a seasoned warrior. And doing it "gritty" would be a slap in the face of the original Harryhausen, which was SUPPOSED to be goofy fun. Of the directors out there, only Raimi could do this justice. As it stands, pathetic.
more skin! by Cursum Perficio	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:02:41 PM
you heard me
I WALKED OF MARLEY & ME! by Fareal	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:02:56 PM
Yes, that's right, I was so disgusted by Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston that I screamed, "FUCK THIS SHIT!" Then I took my popcorn and walked out. Did that make me cool now on AICN? Now can I post on talkbacks about how cool it was to walk out of a movie 10 minutes after it starts, so I can get my money back and tell everyone on AICN?
This movie is being made for fist fucking tools by Keeper Of Chimps	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:03:57 PM
What studio would bankroll a remake of a very mediocre half-hit? Why not actually do a good rendering of Perseus, call it something else, and not treat the world like one big short bus?
If Worthington does for the Perseus character... by jimmy rabbitte	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:04:09 PM
what he did, for the Terminator, this film will suck as well. Although, I have to point out that Terminator: Salvation's failure had more to do with Mc G's suckitude than Worthington's performance.
No, Pagliacci, I probably won't. by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:07:09 PM
Unless the reviews are really good. SOrry,. but I'm off the fanboy gravy train from here on in. This year has been the breaking point for me. This is like the Flash Gordon TV show, taking something innocent and fun and making it unncessecearily dark.
This is a bunch of...sigh, I don't even care by AzulTool	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:09:09 PM

It's got Ralph Fiennes as Hades. by Pagliacci	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:12:43 PM
That's all you need right there. Fucking perfect. Make him really demonic looking. And yes you'll all go see it, shut up.
Nearly all of you bitch... by Pagliacci	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:14:15 PM
then see whatever movie it is you're bitching about, then bitch again. But you see it.
If you are defending Harry Hamlin by JackRabbitSlim	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:14:39 PM
than McWeeny really is right - this generation is the most slavishly addicted one EVER to reminiscences of the past. Hamlin was, stealing lines from 'People VS Larry Flynt', a blow-dried pretty boy homo. He was/is/forever will be a shitty actor. And I do loves me some Sir Larry but damn was he slumming in that moobie. The only thing I still enjoy is that obvious-knockoff-of-R2D2-but-s till-enjoyable Bubo. Otherwise, have no problem with it being remade.
You walked out of Marley and Me... by Pagliacci	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:15:18 PM
But you still paid to see it, genius.
Are they going to keep... by jimmy rabbitte	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:17:17 PM
the original film's nudity that somehow made it by the MPAA, with a PG rating?
Sam Worthington gonna be in everything now? by MattmanReturns	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:18:16 PM
I hope he's better than his "performance" in Terminator Salvation...
BUT IS HE PROFESSIONAL?!?!? by spud mcspud	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:20:34 PM
That grittiness is fucking distraaaacting! Now everything has to be gritty in the wake of THE DARK KNIGHT... Harrumph. It might work here, though. Certainly looks beefier than Hamlin's Perseus, anyway. And as long as he keeps out of Lord Bale's eyelines, he'll be fine.
jackrabbitslim:i said Hamlin HAIR by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:23:51 PM
Perseus should look like a buff but not overly pumped Greek dude, not a fricking linebacker. Think Adrian Grenier (I know he's not Greek, but he still looks the part). No, Clash Of The Titans is not a perfect movie by any means. But it was FUN. This looks like yet another depressing CGI piece of crap.
pagliacci, apparently a lot less of us are doing that these days by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:25:11 PM
Look at how Watchmen tanked.
Why would Worthington have a Greek accent? by chrth	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:26:29 PM
The pre-Dark Age "Greeks" (pre-1000 BC) weren't modern Greeks -- heck, weren't even classical Greeks (e.g. So-crates). Different language, different culture, different everything. Only the legends survived the waves of incursions during the Greek "Dark Age"
Gatsby: Stolen from Wikipedia by chrth	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:30:25 PM
"The guard protects the user's hand from the opponent's sword, and also prevents the user's hand from sliding up onto his own blade. This feature barely appears in the earliest swords, such as those of the Bronze Age in the 17th century BC." While 17th century is about 4 or 5 before Perseus, the guard part of the hilt is a late addition to the sword anatomy.
The point for me is that all properties are being made the same by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:30:29 PM
I look at the trailer for Sherlock Holmes and I get depressed. Why bother making a Sherlock Holmes movie (or a Clash Of The Titans movie, or whatever) if you're going to take away everything that made them unique? (Yes, I know I said essentially teh opposite aout the Buffy reboot, but that was just because I wanted to piss off Whedonites. So sue me). I just... I dunno, this just really gets to me, because it seems to be taking something that was meant to be silly and for kids and making it joyless.
Pagliacci, you are dead wrong by Cat_Corporation	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:31:13 PM
I live in London and it costs £10 to go to watch a film. If it looks like shit and is reviewed like shit, I'm not going to bother paying all that money to watch it, particularly when the viewing experience is increasingly being mauled by fuckwits who don't know when to shut up. I didn't see Watchmen. I'm not going to see Terminator. Don't presume to judge us all by what I suspect is your own way of doing things.
wookie1972 - Adrian Grenier by spud mcspud	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:32:29 PM
In the spirit of Harry Hamlin's Perseus, Grenier would have been just fine. But they're trying for TERMINATOR: OLYMPUS here (obviously) so we're out one good-time movie, and we get some reheated fucking angsty gritfest instead. Fuck it. We need a Sam Raimi TITANS starring Grenier. Then a HERCULES movie starring Matthew McConaughey. Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahh.
Medusa = Lorna Raver from Drag Me To Hell by skimn	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:33:49 PM
put some CG snakes in her hair and voila. Boy, making executive decisions is easy!
skimn by spud mcspud	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:34:49 PM
Step away from the white vader. you'll be having an original idea if you're not careful. That shit is the SHIT.
The synopsis sounds horrible... by kevred	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:36:12 PM
...and precisely what I expected--some boardroom-born bullshit mash-up of 300, Armageddon, and Gladiator. These cynical bastards know they can keep taking shortcuts and still make a buck, and we're stuck in this crummy generation of "creative types" who are afraid to be creative and imaginative. What happened between the 80s and now to make everyone so self-conscious, drab, and glum about fantasy? And then when someone gets it right, we get jokes about "gay Hobbits". I say, fuck all of you who are cynics and who are perpetuating this rubbish. Give us our fantasy back, and take your AVP and go home.
Right on, kevred by Cat_Corporation	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:38:26 PM

Remake FLASH GORDON! by spud mcspud	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:39:49 PM
Casper Van Dien for Flash. Verhoeven, or Joel Schumacher to direct. Megan Fox for Dale, Eva Green for Princess Aura. Fuck it. Robin Williams for Zarkov. MAKE THAT SHIT!!!
looks fucking gay by disfigurehead	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:40:51 PM
I won't see it.
kevred by spud mcspud	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:41:22 PM
Be calm. We have SOLOMON KANE coming soon, and TALES OF THE ANCIENT EMPIRE is on its way (though it still has that fucker Sorbo in it). The gods still favour us! But yeah if this is T:S in ancient Greece, boycott its ass. I would...
Cat_Corporation, wookiee, spud, et al - right on! by kevred	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:42:54 PM
I agree with all of you guys. Where is the fun in any of this filmmaking? Where is anything that will spark a kid's imagination the way ours were sparked by the films we grew up with? Today's flicks are just fodder for moping. Where's the joy in creativity, the wonder, the free-spiritedness? I have hopes that Where the Wild Things Are will redeem this year. Because it already needs redeeming.
BRING BACK HAMLIN HAIR!! by D.Vader	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:43:43 PM

kevred by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:51:58 PM
I don't know if your taste runs to horror, but Drag Me To Hell was good fun (and this is from someone who hated Spidey 3) Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes utterly depresses me. The problem is that the execs (and, let's face it, the fanboys too) are wanting genre movies for themselves, not for kids. As good as Dark Knight was, it robbed the kids of a fun superhero movie. My guess is that there will be a push to make this an R, then a hard R, and then when it bombs fanboys will bitch that it was "too intense" for the average moviegoer.
McConaughey as Hercules = crazy enough to work by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 12:54:03 PM
Actually, McConaughey would be a good choice for Odysseus, who in the Oddysey is the original cocky bastard. Too bad about the accent, though.
Of course they sent it, perfect timing..... by danger_havok	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:00:29 PM
I was just introduced to shit a couple weeks back with SALVATION....Now that the brother & cop killing-robo cock smoke has been introduced I want to see his face all over kid's underwear and Snickers packaging.... That movie is going to suck a dog's pink lip stick....Don't even beat yourself up over thinking otherwise.... There's only one CLASH OF THE TITANS and it should left that way. No detached and hollow CGI skeletons running amuck....I'm talking STOP-MOTION real DEAL! Don't BELIEVE THE HYPE!!! "WHERE THE FUCK IS KURT RUSSELL?!?!" - DANGER HAVOK
FInally read the synpsis, and it sounds horrible by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:02:07 PM
For one thing, it gets the (for lack of a better term) theology wrong in addition to the mythology. Hades is not the Greek equivalent of Satan, nor is Zeus the equivalent of a benevolent God. The Greek gods were superficial and acted on their whims, something the original movie got right. Ugh, this is worse than I thought.
So Ralph (Raif, oh so sorry dickhead) is playing Hades by Knobules	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:03:03 PM
So what, Voldemort glues on some horns and off he goes.
Orlando Bloom should've played PERSEUS!!! by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:03:47 PM
He still got the hair piece he wore in Troy!
First of all... by DoctorWho?	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:07:36 PM
Spud Mc Spud...SHHHHH. Dude don't even joke about remaking Flash Gordon. A true classic if there ever was one. Roderich...Can't agree with you about The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad. I've heard others say it too but Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger is a far better story, better paced and edited for my money. Though the actor playing Sinbad isn't quite as good. I found Seventh Voyage slow with a lot of Tom Baker running around doing a lot of nothing. My 2 cents.
I'm glad I'm not the only one by wookie1972	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:11:59 PM
Clash Of The Titans shouldn't be "grungy cool". It's like the Flash Gordon TV show or Tin Man. Not everything can be formed into the "angsty" mold.
Doctor Who? by spud mcspud	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:16:05 PM
Apologies for the Flash Gordon thing. I'm giving these fuckers ideas ;D
Did the assholes who's remaking Clash of the Titans-- by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:28:27 PM
even bother watching the original? Or at least read the mythology it was based on? Perseus didn't go on a voyage to save his family, He went because the princess he was about to marry dumbass momma proclaimed that she was more beautiful than the Goddess Hera.....IN HER TEMPLE--out of all places! Perseus had just maimed Hera's son Calibos and Hera was waiting for an opportunity at some payback and the stupid ol Queen handed it to her on a silver platter to feed to the Kraken. Perseus didn't battle Hades or any of the crap in this re-whatever. How is the story they're doing now anything close to the original for them to call it " Clash of the Titans?" True the original wasn't perfect---I watched it recently-Yikes!!! I wouldn't mind a remake if they would keep some of the stuff that was fun in the original. If not change the name.
no way ever by Lemure_v2	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:33:11 PM
will CGI beasties be as good as SM. And if they do decide to be clever and make the CGI look SM, it'll be pointless. Course, if they'd got James Woods to do Hades I might be interested...
wookie 1972 by skimn	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:36:08 PM
I would say Drag Me To Hell the best "non R" rated horror film since Poltergiest.
Gemma Arterton is in this?? by Cap'n Jack	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:37:38 PM
I'm in...she's crazy beautiful.
"I'm Perseus... by Kid Z	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:43:44 PM
... and as for my flying horse here, THIS... IS... PEGASUS!"
Vanity was the theme of the original by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 2nd, 2009 01:49:57 PM
think about it. 1. Perseus hair, they're wasn't a loose string on that entire ball of yarn. Hamlin fought Gorgons, 2 headed dogs and rode atop a flying steed and his hair didn't budge, not even once! 2. The Gods, Everyone on top of Mt. Olympus had an ego, from Zeus' proclamations to Hera's irritation with humanity. 3. Calibos, he thought because of his "Brad Pitt" looks and his momma was Queen Goddess he could go around and fuck with Zeus' winged horses and get away with it. ----Stupid Calibos 4. Medusa, Fine as hell at first, Until she got caught doing freaky shit in somebody's temple and they gave her a "Gorgon smackdown" You gotta have these elements in order for it be a successful remake.Thats what the God's do--They sit around on high all day and judge those below them.
Alexa Davelos is in this? by oisin5199	Jun 2nd, 2009 02:07:14 PM
Gwen from 'Angel' gotta eat!
Izabella Miko is in this??!!! by HoboCode	Jun 2nd, 2009 02:14:26 PM
As Athena? Hot ass Deadwood prostitute killed by Walcott that was also in Coyote Ugly which I had too much self-respect to see?! I'm in.
Nice Photo by Media Messiah	Jun 2nd, 2009 02:25:17 PM
I didn't expect this, but it looks promising?
My gut is rarely wrong by Darth Busey	Jun 2nd, 2009 02:29:33 PM
and its telling me that this is actually going to be good. In an awesome dudes fight monsters kind of way.
Sam Worthington: Save your money! by jarjarmessiah	Jun 2nd, 2009 02:41:26 PM
This is the third scifi/fantasy movie you've made now. Terminator: Salivation already bombed, I expect Avatard will dissapoint as well. Clash's Box office demise will be the trifecta of suckiness. You better save that moohla or else you will end up with Jason London in Basilisk 2!
Just hoping it doesn't suck. by Darksider	Jun 2nd, 2009 02:51:53 PM
It really could be awesome, but you know how that goes. Is it grungy for realism or just because of 300?
FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! by fzammetti	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:06:11 PM
FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! This movie will suck moose cock, there is zero doubt in my mind of that. The best thing I can think to say is that the girl they have playing Andromeda doesn't look bad (although I saw some pretty hideous pictures of her too while Googling, overall not bad though).
hey chrth... by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:22:41 PM
if you're still here, thanks.
LOL by Margot_Tenenbaum	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:32:07 PM
Hahahahaha
It's not for pansies, that's the thing by The Brains	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:49:40 PM
We're not making fuckin Pride and Prejudice. You're going toe ta toe with tha fuckin KRAKEN! Ya better have your fuckin game on! Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy Land in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, okay Marge, I'll get along with them! Then I will hug some snakes! Yes! I will HUG and KISS some poisonous SNAKES!!!
by Margot_Tenenbaum	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:49:42 PM
Wait...Hollywood's remaking everything and it's the audience that's slavishly devoted to the past? Like wookie1972 said, it's not that we're particuarly tied to Harry Hamlin, it's that unique and idiosyncratic films are being remade into forgettable & interchangeable franchise "product". You know things are bad when even the worst mindless crap from the 70s looks like Citizen Kane compared to the modern digitally processed and chock-full of Hollywood macho multiplex fare. Fuck Moriarty and his audience-hating attitude.
The Brains by Continentalop	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:54:03 PM
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel.
Myth and fantasy by AsgardTehGreat	Jun 2nd, 2009 03:58:37 PM
is always welcome to me, I'm sick of reality movies.. I like to be taken to another world, even if its only for 2 hrs or something.
Maybe you and Wes Anderson by The Brains	Jun 2nd, 2009 04:00:00 PM
can meet over a steaming bowl of dicks while discussing the UBERMENSCH!!!
Way to judge a movie from one pic by DiggerNick	Jun 2nd, 2009 04:13:28 PM
Every internet service provider should have the same slogan: High Speed Internet! Jerk off as much as you like, to whatever you like, and pretend like your opinion matters on countless message boards!
Now this is a remake I can get behind by bravogolfhotel	Jun 2nd, 2009 04:34:43 PM
The original is not a classic, and an update would not be out of place. Everyone's fond of Harryhausen's FX for it, but the film slowed to a crawl when the creatures weren't on screen; the big names phoned in their performances, and Harry Hamlin was utterly at sea in the lead.
let's hope they piss and shit all over Harryhausen's work by darthwaz1	Jun 2nd, 2009 05:34:39 PM
these hollywood-remaking everything motherfuckers.
People actually WANT to see stop motion in this? by COCKNASTY_BUTTSTANK	Jun 2nd, 2009 06:27:40 PM
Holy FUCK you nerds are living in the past. Get over yourselves.
I actually dug the Harry Hamlin/Jim Morrison look... by Monkey_King	Jun 2nd, 2009 06:59:58 PM
and this looks like GLADIATOR mixed with DRAGONSLAYER. WTF?!?!?
Dragonslayer Dragon by A_Clockwork_Irony	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:03:50 PM
Can anyone tell me a better screen-Dragon to date? Animation doesn't count. Alright, cartoons don't count to be more specific. Love that dragon. Here's hoping Del Toro's Smaug will reign supreme.
I hate the haters by medster101	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:07:34 PM
Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! There ain't nothing but hate in these talkbacks. The movie hasn't even come out yet and you fuckers keep talking shit about it. Fuck all you haters who keep hating on what seems like every movie that comes out. Why the fuck do you even read the articles or come on this site if you don't like any of the movies that are talked about. This shit had to be said because I was getting pissed off. Douchebag virgin nerd herding bastards.
medster101 by A_Clockwork_Irony	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:12:50 PM
I think some of us have been burned so many times that we can kind of see it coming. Granted, I'm always willing to give a movie a chance. And sometimes it's just fun to smacktalk. I know, for my part, I will always confess if I was wrong about something that I was sure would suck and didn't. well, I like to think i would as I have never been wrong. (kidding!)
Stop Motion > CGI Crapfest by JRcanReid	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:28:53 PM
Search your feelings...
Is it going to be like 300 with virtual CG sets? meh! by Orionsangels	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:30:46 PM

Harry Hamlin reprising his Perseus role in God of War II !!!! by Orionsangels	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:32:56 PM
That was awesome! It sucks Kratos kills him, but Perseus was being a dick.
medster101 by DiggerNick	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:33:44 PM
You've just said what I've been feeling for years. That's why I make it my duty to do nothing on here but bitch about people that do nothing but bitch about movies(yes, that makes sense). So the circle is complete. Thank you for joining the battle.
Orionsangels by A_Clockwork_Irony	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:35:23 PM
Oh hell yeah, that was awesome indeed. Damn, can't wait for III.
Every Talkbacker besides medster101... by DiggerNick	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:40:20 PM
Should change their name to either NegativeNancy(instert number), or IHateMovies(instert number). Bunch of hipster D-bags.
the script by Sparksy	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:42:55 PM
is actually good. Not by Kasdan, though, the draft I read a few months ago is by a team. And If I were the writers I'd want to kill whoever wrote that synopsis. Nothing like what I read, which actually hits the myths and beats of the original pretty well. Who knows what happens next, it usually always get messed up but that's what I know.
I Am Not Sure If Perseus Should Be Gritty by Cacaoatl	Jun 2nd, 2009 07:47:59 PM
I am not sure Perseus should be so "grim-n-gritty" but what can be seen of his costume and props looks more historically accurate than the original. The original put Perseus in the Classical period when he belonged in the Archaic period. I want to see more stills.
First female ass I ever saw on screen by Redmond	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:07:28 PM
Was in Clash of the Titans. My mom was sitting next to me. It was awkward.
Bubu! by Redmond	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:09:28 PM
Nothing like Lord Olivier saying 'My owl, Bubu" with disco lightning behind his head.
DN: You're the last one who should be talking about names by chrth	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:10:52 PM
I love how one can't criticize something without being labeled a hater. People who label critics as haters are fucking morons. The plot synopsis is LOUSY. Disney's already done it, and it has zero mythological grounding. Label me a hater all you want -- anything to help your ITG erection get up tonight. But facts is facts: if it sounds like shit, and it looks like shit, then there's a good chance it's going to taste like shit.
Harry Hamlin! by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:11:02 PM
That's not Harry!
Urgh, give me the combined bishieness and tough guy Perseus. by Anna Valerious	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:18:38 PM
Really, I still stand by my claims that Will Kemp would've been better. This isn't "God of War", dammit.
You all know by Mr Lucas	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:27:14 PM
it'll end up looking like something crapped out by the SkyFy/SciFi Skiffy Channel or whatever they're calling themselves these days. There's plenty of other Greek myth-related stuff they could've gone with - why mess with Harryhausen's last hurrah? Disrespectful - that's what it is. Of course, I could be wrong and it could turn out to be a tour de force, but as an (occasional) betting man, the odds of that happening are slim to none.
chrth by DiggerNick	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:39:36 PM
Now I know who to ask if I need some insight about eating shit. Thanks. I think it's funny that you all think you're critics. I have an idea. If you don't want to see a movie, don't watch it and shut the fuck up.
Oh...almost forgot... by DiggerNick	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:41:02 PM

you're a hater... by DiggerNick	Jun 2nd, 2009 08:41:40 PM
It's up now
JESUS CHRIST by eXcommunicated	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:45:09 PM
Why does this look like Gladiator meets Troy? What's up with the Roman armor? And why the fuck can't Hollywood bring us an authentic mythological adventure instead of turning it into God of War meets Crank? Fuck.
shit by eXcommunicated	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:46:20 PM
This looks like another fucking "King Arthur" POS.
Can't really comment based of this by OutlawsDelejos	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:55:18 PM
.....seems others can though.
Can't really comment based off this by OutlawsDelejos	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:55:25 PM
.....seems others can though.
Can't really comment based off this by OutlawsDelejos	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:55:28 PM
.....seems others can though.
What the fuck was that? by OutlawsDelejos	Jun 2nd, 2009 09:57:26 PM

Worthington is the new Eric Bana. by Rev. Slappy	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:07:53 PM

AS ONE WHO OWNED THE KRAKEN TOY ACTION FIGURE: by JON3000	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:14:52 PM
HELL YEAH! This is gonna be so cool. The new story plot actually seems a bit more Disneyesque (Hercules sans the comedy?) than I'd want but...hey, it's a greek myth after all.
ArmaggedonProductions your comment by JON3000	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:17:23 PM
made me cackle like a gorgon outloud! "I'll just stop joking now"...so true, so true. And I drew the parallel to Hercules before I had a chance to read yours btw!((still holds))...!
Clash of the Titans...my first movie with Tits&Ass by conspiracy	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:34:49 PM
When that Andromeda babe came out of the bath, and into that see through fabric...that my friends was pure fap material at the age of 12.
Looks way too good... by angusthecow	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:40:03 PM
Hope they dont fuck it up cause it looks promising....by the way worthington looks way better with long hair...see macbeth.
No Burgess Meredith...No Clash of the Titans! by conspiracy	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:40:25 PM
Not that it's a classic or anything..but really; is this the best Hollywood can do these days?
me hungry for fantasy pics by MiTior	Jun 2nd, 2009 10:53:42 PM
bring'em on
chrth is directing Clash of the Titans by medster101	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:18:42 PM
I'm sorry, I forgot you were making this movie. How stupid of me. So that means you've already seen it and know its gonna be shit or maybe you're hoping it'll be as good as your favorite movie (Navy Seals or some lame ass equivelant). See what you really forget is the fact that no one gives a shit about your opinion on the film because you're not a critic you don't make your living critiuqeing movies and even if you did nobody would take your advice seriously because you want every movie to stand up to your standards. Go choke yourself.
SINBAD/EYE OF THE TIGER better than 7TH VOYAGE? by thegreatwhatzit	Jun 2nd, 2009 11:59:36 PM
You're joking, right? Yopu'll slip into a hula skirt and entertain the troops, right? Everything from pace to annoying comedy relief seriously crippled TIGER; I'm impassioned with Harryhausen's work, but the only thing that I can recount about that lame "sequel" is Jane Seymour's semi-nude scene. 7TH VOYAGE matches JURASSIC PARK with its pioneering technology, both iconic films prompted audiences to (literally) gasp and subsequently circumvent constrictive f/x. 7TH VOYAGE is a classic, TIGER is Harryhausen's equivalent of a Sci-Fi Channel timekiller. Love JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (Zeus, played by the criminally underrated Niall MacGinnis [Karswell in CURSE OF THE DEMON], debates his own longevity/existence; the skeleton fight, et al. The only character that disappointed juvenile audiences was Hercules; kids wanted a brawny, rippling hero--but they had to settle for the anemic Nigel Green. Indisputably, Green was a solid actor [see THE RULING CLASS, IPCRESS FILE, et al]. But Hercules??? They'll probably hire Eddie Deezen to play the same role in the inevitable remake, complete with CGI indulgences).
HEY! by A_Clockwork_Irony	Jun 3rd, 2009 12:16:12 AM
Isn't that a shot from the final episode of Silver Spoons? (see, looks like Ricky at a glance is all I'm saying.) But what an episode it was.
Apparently I didn't get it all out of my system... by fzammetti	Jun 3rd, 2009 12:37:20 AM
FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!
I have READ everyone's review-VERDICT: GUILTY! by danger_havok	Jun 3rd, 2009 01:00:43 AM
You realize as much as we bitch and moan like cheated D&D Masters, I hope the focus group we all participate in which contributes to AICN's payroll will FINALLY see the muck they are trying to feed us....Stop looking at numbers and faces and it give us the goods (STORY & CHARACTER!) "WHERE THE FUCK IS KURT RUSSELL?" - LONG LIVE DANGER HAVOK
I saw the first one in school by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 3rd, 2009 01:44:06 AM
There was a ton of nudity in it! And I was watching in school!
Gladiator II is going... by elwood_p_dud	Jun 3rd, 2009 02:37:49 AM
to kick a lot of ass!!
elwood lol by SunTzu77	Jun 3rd, 2009 05:38:33 AM
I was thinking the same thing... looks just like Gladiator.
yawn by chrth	Jun 3rd, 2009 07:49:38 AM
See nothing interesting happened in the thread after I left.
hmmm by TheGildedYak	Jun 3rd, 2009 08:01:46 AM
I seriously hope this isn't going to be "300" esque, that would be a slap in the face of the original..
I can see Ian McKellen in the Meredith role by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jun 3rd, 2009 09:50:23 AM
assuming they still have the character of Ammon the playwright in this movie.
I was at Barnes and Noble the other day by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jun 3rd, 2009 09:51:54 AM
and they had graphic novel versions of Greek and Roman Mythology. Pretty cool, but the Perseus story had the Kraken in it. That didn't exist in Greek mythology. Just like Bubo, it was created for Clash of the Titans.
Who cares if it's historically accurate . . . by Royston Lodge	Jun 3rd, 2009 10:36:56 AM
. . . as long as it fucks your eyeballs!
Binks- The Kraken did exist in the Perseus myth by Lost Jarv	Jun 3rd, 2009 11:36:43 AM
I'm sure it did. I'm going to go and check wikipedia. Because that's the best source.
yup. He killed a sea monster to rescue the bird by Lost Jarv	Jun 3rd, 2009 11:42:40 AM
wasn't called the Kraken, though.
the Kraken Was in Perseus' myth.... by theycallmemrtibbs	Jun 3rd, 2009 12:39:05 PM
After Perseus slayed it, it's blood spilled into a large body of water creating the Red Sea---We'll--- thats what I heard.
I kinda wish I HADN'T consulted Wikipedia in this matter! by Royston Lodge	Jun 3rd, 2009 01:25:03 PM
"Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and got her pregnant." Bleargh! Gross!
Are you guys sure? I never heard of it by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jun 3rd, 2009 01:32:57 PM
before COTT. Maybe I'm thinking of Bubo or Calibos. Honestly I wish they'd do COTT with either the tale of Theseus and the Minotaur or Baleraphon (sp?) slaying the Chimera. Actually in mythology it was Baleraphon who rode Pegasus. The guy got a swelled head, and after his exploits considered himself equal to the gods, so he flew up to Olympus, but they knocked his ass back down to earth, and he ended up being a crippled beggar for life, or something like that.
The theater poster for the original ruled! by lockesbrokenleg	Jun 3rd, 2009 03:35:05 PM
But when I saw the movie it was a bunch of guys in towels standing around
GIANT SQUID by The Brains	Jun 3rd, 2009 04:01:05 PM
Okay you guys got me curious and I found out that the myth refers to "cetus" (or cetea), a sea monster, which is not a giant squid. The word "Kraken" is derived from Norse mythology. Sam said the Kraken was in the movie during Terminator Salvation interviews.
Hamlin would have kicked the shit out of Worthington by moondoggy2u	Jun 3rd, 2009 05:29:22 PM
Why in G-ds name did they hire that midget to star as the warrior prince Perseus?
Yeah there was a whole Kraken argument in Pirates by D.Vader	Jun 3rd, 2009 08:28:04 PM
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men's Chest where Pintel and Raghetti, the 3PO and R2 of the series, are arguing over the correct pronunciation of the word, saying in the original Norse its pronounced "Krahken". Or Krayken. I don't recall which was which.
It's a bit 300 by BBSloth	Jun 3rd, 2009 10:39:51 PM
thats a good thing
Who The Fuck Is Sam Worthington? by Cujo_Fugate	Jun 4th, 2009 02:31:52 AM

You Know Why There's So Much Hate? by Cujo_Fugate	Jun 4th, 2009 02:36:21 AM
Because Hollywood Keeps Dropping Shit Bombs On Us Like Mother Licking Dresden. Beeeaaattccchh!
Harry Hamlin Will by Cujo_Fugate	Jun 4th, 2009 02:45:45 AM
pull your intestines out and strangle you to death with them. Long live the handsome headed monster Harry Hamlin and Larry Drake his Retarded Stallion!
In Norse mythology I thought it was by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jun 4th, 2009 08:00:41 AM
The Midguard Serpent which was slain by Thor?
Binks, my mistake by The Brains	Jun 4th, 2009 09:46:07 AM
You're right, the exact term is not in Norse mythology but legend grew out of Norway from sailors and fisherman about a giant sea monster.
fishermen even by The Brains	Jun 4th, 2009 09:47:28 AM
That one guy he started it though.
BOOOOOOOOOOO. by Mosquito March	Jun 4th, 2009 10:02:38 AM
Visions of that crappy Christopher Lambert BEOWULF movies.

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This First Official Photo from CLASH OF THE TITANS Seems Grungy Cool!!

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