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San Diego Comic Con: QUINT reports on Stan Winston, JP3, Time Machine, Big Trouble Little China toys and THE DUEL!!!

kick ass i gotta get me some by pogo on my own	Jul 20th, 2001 02:24:23 AM
A Jack Burton of my own, to sit next to ash on my desk. How damn cool is that
Jack Burton? Well.... by MCVamp	Jul 20th, 2001 02:44:44 AM
I can always just get a Snake Plisskin and turn the eyepatch side away...I want the Storms, Egg Shen, and Lo Pan first. Woo hoo! And I REALLLLLY hope they put that T-Rex vs. Spinosaur "Robot War" (that's what it was, right?) on the JP3 DVD.
Hey Harry, how about a spoiler warning? Winston gives away the by Lance Rock	Jul 20th, 2001 04:22:58 AM

Does this mean... by JTylor	Jul 20th, 2001 04:23:40 AM
That Teddy in AI was fuckin' REAL?!?! Can't wait to see the Cinefex article. Amazing... BTW, you might want to say that there are JP3 spoilers in this article, but it's not going to hurt my enjoyment of the film. Me wants dino action... :)
HeMan? COOL! by Ridge	Jul 20th, 2001 04:27:42 AM
Some of my earliest memories of being a child are sitting down on saturday mornings and watching HeMan and the Transformers, I remember when I saw the movie of HeMan how excited I was, sure now its a bloody awful movie, but still at the time it captured the imagination of a young boy hell bent on getting his Masters of the Universe fix! Now with the news theyre re releasing HeMan, to quote that Aussie Icon 'Big Kev' 'IM EXCITED!' I hope its not as tragically bad as that HeMan in space crappola they released a few years back, and when they do the classic figures, Im rebuying EVERY SINGLE ONE to relive a magical moment of my childhood where I could play with my friends and believe I was a superhero fighting the evil forces of Skeletor! Sure some of you guys out there probably wouldnt understand, growing up with the Power Rangers and stuff, but to many, and I mean MANY people my age and up (early 20's and up, Im 23) HeMan isnt just a hero, hes an Icon, a boyhood fantasy that every kid wanted to be! All I suppose I can hope for is a new movie of HeMan or a cartoon series that stays true to the original idea, maybe lose the bobcut hairdo and replace it with a more modern style, but HeMan will always be one of the defining fictitious characters in my childhood life. Thanks for bringing this news to my attention Quint and Harry, indeed its made my day reading this! And to you people thinking thats a pathetic comment? If you had of grown up with HeMan and the Masters of the Universe, you'd understand where I'm coming from... and if you didn't? Go cut rank at your folks for not having you earlier :) Cause you missed something special indeed....
Favorite line I've cribbed from He-Man, the Cartoon... by lostoptimist	Jul 20th, 2001 04:37:09 AM
It was said by Skeletor, in that goofy-ass voice of his: "My power is beyond your understanding!" I've used it more than a few times in real life when I don't feel like suffering fools.
DUEL IS CRAP! by Lemoncube	Jul 20th, 2001 04:41:10 AM
Purchased DUEL on DVD from a trip to Hong Kong last year with the hopes that it might be good. Man was i wrong...
Next time I go to a convention I will report on the whole thing. by Sith Witch	Jul 20th, 2001 05:09:06 AM

JP3 better than 1, but not LW/T-rex fight sucked by Idontgiveadamn	Jul 20th, 2001 07:46:57 AM
After rewatching the first two its clear that LW was far more entertaining than the first. Listening to guys talk about rebooting computers, chaos theory, and making jokes about blind dinosaurs and their dogs does not a story make. Lost World was far from perfect, but a far more satisfying experience(ad the dinosaurs werent just eyecandy--they were an active part of the story). JP3 allowed Sam Neill to do more than just babysit children. The ending was weak(to say the least) but wasnt as silly as a T-rex appearing literally from nowhere and saving the day. Its just too bad the fx scenes were cut so short. This was also true of the Lost World in parts. The battle between the T-rex and Spinosaurus was a joke. Way too short. It should have been moved to the last reel, and maybe expanded by having other t-rexes show up--something to make it more dramatic. Still, I found it more fun than 1, which has got to be the msot overrated Spielberg movie of all time--even he himself said it wasnt a favorite.
He-man Masters Of the Universe live action show at Universal... by Uncapie	Jul 20th, 2001 07:52:18 AM
....now that was an experience! Skeletor rules!
The Dark Crystal rocked! by House of Slurf	Jul 20th, 2001 08:32:31 AM
Stan Winston could do far, far worse than to create a movie along the same lines as The Dark Crystal. That was a totally enjoyable movie. Other than to plug the merits of the Dark Crystal, my post serves no purpose.
Smack my bitch up... by AuntieMeat	Jul 20th, 2001 08:54:36 AM
That's what's gonna happen when his bragging no-good ass gets back to Austin, I guaran-damn-tee you. Well... maybe... we'll see. And He-Man? HAH! She-Ra kicks He-Man's ass any day. I want THOSE figures back. I miss my She-Ra playsets I used to have when I was 6 years old. By the honor of Greyskull, muthafucka.
He-Man 20th Anniv. Figures Already Out! by Be like water	Jul 20th, 2001 09:24:38 AM
The limited 20th Anniversary Figures are already out--at least on the East Coast. I saw them a few weeks back at a KayBee or similar store and it surprised the hell out of me because I didn't know they were even doing it--right now there's a series of eight or so. They're exactly the same as the old ones, only with slightly different color shading. All the prinicipals. I am JackMercy.
How can you like THE DUEL? I have two copies here and urgh.. by daehkcid	Jul 20th, 2001 09:56:54 AM
It's old. You americans are late on these films. They're old and stupid. Sorry but DUEL is nothing compared to STORM RIDERS.
WHAT THE HELL, No Cannibal Morlocks says Winston!!!!! by Norm3	Jul 20th, 2001 10:48:52 AM
"Aside from their breed specific differences, the updated version of the Morlocks differ from their predecessors in terms of diet as well. If you remember, the H.G. Wells versions of the creatures were cannibals that fed off the planet's aboveground human inhabitants. However, Winston paints a picture of a kinder, more vegetarian-kind of Morlock."
Filmation president Lou Scheimer and the return of MOTU by Declan_Swartz	Jul 20th, 2001 11:57:51 AM
www.louscheimerproductions.com www.he-man.org
Hope your back gets better soon Harry! (nt) by SethShandor	Jul 20th, 2001 03:53:54 PM

NEW HE MAN FIGURES!!!!!! by Patch	Jul 20th, 2001 04:18:51 PM
If you're a child of the 80's like me and loved those wacky heman figures, drag your geek ass to heman.org. They have photos of the re-designs that mattel is showing at the convention. WOW!!!!! I dropped many a load, these things are sick!! Totally Mcfarlane-ized versions of those old figures. Faithfull to the originals + awesome enhancements= give me them all, right now! For some reaosn these chartacters/figures stuck in my head from when I was little . I'm a professional illustrator and every 5 years I feel compelled to draw new versions. I don't collect figures anymore and I can't wait for these figures!
Big Trouble Figures by wingkong	Jul 20th, 2001 06:49:21 PM
Well, all right! I've been waiting a long time for this, Jack! The closest I saw to a Big Trouble figure was a plasticine sculpture done for a Big Trouble Art contest on my Wingkong Exchange site (www.wingkong.net). Check out http://www.wingkong.net/art/lo pan_sculpt.jpg Personally, I would LOVE to see a David Lo Pan figure as the "Little ol' basket case on wheels." Still, I'll be one of the first to buy these figures when they become available!
Five words: WHERE THE HELL IS ORKO? by SnapT	Jul 20th, 2001 07:19:38 PM
C'mon, people! Orko is the greatest, most heroic magician from another dimension in all of Eternia! He deserves a new figure!
Since Brian Mark Bendis Writes All Marvel Comics, We Figured Joe by Buzz Maverik	Jul 20th, 2001 08:57:55 PM
Eriglione thought we could just snatch him off the convention floor, but Eriglione is not known for his subtlty. Instead, we paid this call girl who'd just sexually transmitted a disease to Eriglione to go up to Bendis and tell him that Frank Miller was in the laundry room working on THE DARK KNIGHT GOES HAWAIIAN and needed some help. We threw a laundry bag over the guy's head and took him up to the suite. He kept insisting that he wasn't Bendis, that his name was Duane and he works in comic shop in Tarzana and that nobody'd pay to get him back. Liar. I was cutting and pasting a ransom note out of some Rob Liefeld comics that a guy had paid me to take when Eriglione offered to let this "Duane" fight him for his freedom. By then, Eriglione was pretty wasted. Some of the people we'd let into the room (hotel staff, comic pros, hookers, cops) wanted to see the fight, but by then Duane/Bendis had helped himself to some lobster and Stoli and was watching the porno flick (ERIN COCKAVITCH) we'd dialed up, so he didn't want to leave. Besides, Eriglione is a pretty scary guy.
Go here to see new He-Man figs. Badass... by Jackass	Jul 20th, 2001 09:14:13 PM
http://www.he-man.org/forums/b oards/showthread.php?s=e0b816a e06ef825e74715d1eeac75831&thre adid=947
The Duel Premiere by Cinemama	Jul 22nd, 2001 07:18:32 AM
I saw The Duel at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago last March so I don't see how ComicCon could have been the US premiere. I think some of you lot are being excessively hard on it. It isn't a sequel to StormRiders. If anything, it is a sequel to Forbidden City Cop. It's good fun with an actual story. I like it and it's my husbancd's favorite movie after Kelly's Heroes.
The Spino was to win. by Dave85	Jul 22nd, 2001 10:12:37 AM
He didn't give any spoilers with saying the Spino wins, because it is on the JP3 logo. If he didn't win then the Rex would have been.
eeh. Well, the DUEL isn't HORRIBLE, but see FORBIDDEN CITY COP i by twindaggerturkey	Jul 23rd, 2001 12:16:11 AM
I think maybe they wanted to get Stephen Chow for DUEL but he was unavailable, so they got crappy Nick Cheung instead. And then they couldn't figure out whether they wanted a serious movie or a funny one. The best 2 things about the movie are Andy Lau and the opening credit sequence. Both are gorgeous. All in all, I'm not sure why they chose to release this, instead of some other, better movie. As for Wong Jing- I usually like his stuff, but I can see how someone might not ;p (In fact, I think John Simon should be strapped to a chair and made to watch Wong Jing's entire ouvre. He he.)
Oh, and.... You were not brought upon this world to GET IT!! by twindaggerturkey	Jul 23rd, 2001 12:17:52 AM

Spoiler by tbrosz	Jul 23rd, 2001 11:31:46 AM
Good Lord, is there anyone out there who really thought the Spinosaurus was going to lose that fight?
DARK CRYSTAL by Cyco_Clown	Jul 23rd, 2001 02:03:21 PM
Jim Henson's Dark Crystal was an awesome movie, much better than his next, Labyrinth. Some of the animatronic look dated now but it's still one of the few Fantasy flicks that work, the music is beautiful, the script is not too childish and the creature and set design is awesome. This would look amazing in CGI
Pathetic... by brokenspeaker	Jul 23rd, 2001 05:29:36 PM
Another He Man movie? That sounds real homosexual. Even in this age of state of the art technology and technical wizadry could they devolop a decent He Man flick. I say they give the script to Lloyd Kaufman and they make a Troma version of He Man. How bout putting Martin Short in a blonde wig and casting him as Adam and maybe cast say, Stone Cold Steve Austin as He Man. That rough Texas accent can give He Man sort of an edge. It might work with the right blonde King Lear type wig. Gary Coleman could play Orko and Angelie Jolie would play Shiela. Hell Yah! What next a She Ra movie? That might be Interesting, Oh and at that end of the movie the audience has to find where that lil annoying furry guy with the squeaky voice was hiding in each scene.
oh oh..looks like another geek got hisself a girlfriend!! by exador	Jul 24th, 2001 02:27:05 PM
hahaha...i actually find it all rather endearing...With Harry and his New Yawk Kitten, and now Quint, it's like a brand new day in geeksville...I guess it hits some folks a bit later than others, but it's nice to see when it does....love is grand, and to see these guy's in the first few months of bliss is funnier than hell, and charming all at the same time....anywho...what's your folks take on the dark crystal vibe?...to me that stands out as a high point in movies...it was a celebration of pure fantasy and imagination....i also enjoyed Laberynth to a somewhat lesser degree (bowie rocked tho)...but to hear that stan is going to follow in hensons footsteps as it were, and craft a whole movie using his animatronic puppet robot thingees...it's almost too good to be true...if he can come up with a decent story, with all the magic and myth of Crystal, then I'll be first in line...as for the toys...sounds groovy...i wish some of this stuff came out when i was a kid....i was hooked on old monster movies and things of that nature, and probably would have gone crazy over these things, as it is now, the toys don't do much for me (although i realize that for a lot of other fan boys they'll definitley be collectors items for sure...well...it's all good news, and i can't wait to read on these pages the news to come about the dark crystal inspired work.................if mork is god..does that make exador jesus?

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