 20thmaine  | 17 Jun 2009 3:46 a.m. PST |
I wonder how a "Flashman" movie would go over?I could see it being handled as a comedy where the character gets thrust into heroic and more dangerous situations… all caused by his cowardly actions to avoid those types of situations. Star Adam Salder maybe?
please, no. Oh for just one decent action/fantasy/pulp film that is neither camped up nor post-ironic. |
| GrantS | 17 Jun 2009 4:00 a.m. PST |
Nope ;) Sky captain is nothing like Crimson Skies (Except for the Xbox version). Whereas Sky captain is firmyl rooted in ultra-pulp (Robots, ray guns, underwater planes,etc.) Crimson Skies at least attempts to maintain realistic stuff and keeps a "Well maybe" set of Fasa Fysiks. Yeah, Sky Captain wasn't great (I didn't even finish watching it), but the middle point of the movie and the early dogfights with the omnithoptors(Right spelling?) made up for it. Battletech had a cartoon based on it, but it was actually a creation by FASA as a boardgame. Pretty in-depth background really. I'd say only behind Starwars and only fractionally behind StarTrek. |
| The Shadow | 17 Jun 2009 6:04 a.m. PST |
"please, no. Oh for just one decent action/fantasy/pulp film that is neither camped up nor post-ironic." Amen to that!! It's as if the producers can't believe that anyone will pay to see a straight pulp magazine, radio program or comic strip based action movie without strong "campy" and comedic elements, and that's partly what ruined Indy 4. There's nothing wrong with *some* humor as long as that element isn't what dominates the scene. Everybody remembers Indy shooting the Cairo swordsman, "Why did it have to be snakes", and "I'd rather kiss a Wookie", but those bits and dialogue just *enhanced" the scene. They weren't the *whole* scene like the monkeys and flying refrigerator in Indy 4. |
| Minondas | 17 Jun 2009 9:58 a.m. PST |
Third vote for 'Forever War'. I'd also like to see an epic series based on Turtledove's alternative WWII series (I think it would be much better movie than it was as a book). But most of all, I'd like to see Cornwell's Arthurian trillogy turned into a huge historical epic. |
| kidbananas | 17 Jun 2009 10:07 a.m. PST |
Something from Hammers Slammers |
| The Shadow | 17 Jun 2009 3:22 p.m. PST |
Minondas I wasn't familiar with Cornwell's "Arthur" trilogy, so I looked it up and it looks very interesting, but I also noticed that he does the "Sharpe" series and got interested enough to try "Sharpe's Tiger". Thanks. |
| Sloth1963 | 17 Jun 2009 4:46 p.m. PST |
A good remake of "Lost Horizons". Style like the original but using todays technology. I love watching the original on the big screen, even the hacked up versions that still exist. Paul |
| Minondas | 18 Jun 2009 1:26 a.m. PST |
Lol, Sharpie is good old-fashioned entertainment – meet a stuck-up jerk who's under impression he's better than you, make him your mortal enemy, kill him, get the treasure and snach the lass. First four books (chronologically) are maybe the best, because you're not fatigued by the formulaic story arcs. Arthurian trilogy on the other hand is simply amazing – very well-develeoped characters that you really care about and a story that grabs you from the first page. |
| Warbeads | 18 Jun 2009 2:10 a.m. PST |
Oddly enough, after thinking about this a while I (based on only attending movies 1-2 a year at best) wouldn't pay to see any of these ideas! And that's before factoring in wife/family. I just prefer my mind's imagination for number 1 and all the nit-picking/error-detecting from fellow war gamers for number two. Gracias, Glenn |
| The Shadow | 18 Jun 2009 4:36 a.m. PST |
>Oddly enough, after thinking about this a while I (based on only attending movies 1-2 a year at best) wouldn't pay to see any of these ideas!< There's nothing "odd" about it. I probably wouldn't pay to see every one of the ideas posted here either. That's just a matter of our personal interests. But the question wasn't what you wouldn't go to see, the question is what you would *like* to see. |
| Servo3000 | 18 Jun 2009 6:33 a.m. PST |
BTW, there is progress (it's premature to call it "good news") on the John Carter movie. link |
| richarDISNEY | 18 Jun 2009 7:11 a.m. PST |
Ohh… Can I add to my earlier list? A Solomon Kane movie. |
| The Shadow | 18 Jun 2009 11:14 a.m. PST |
>BTW, there is progress (it's premature to call it "good news") on the John Carter movie. link< The same site says that Indy 5 is in the works. We can only hope that "Shia…son of Indy" gets stepped on by a Transformer or something before it goes into production, and that they get the story line back into the 30's-early '40's where it belongs. |
| capncarp | 18 Jun 2009 12:01 p.m. PST |
1. Starship Troopers, per Heinlein, not Verhoeven. WITH lots of Powered Armor, please. Hold the gratuitous sadistic fascism, please.
2. Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen
3. Hammer's Slammers
4. Mote in God's Eye/Co-Dominium stories (Falkenburg's 42nd) Niven/Pournelle
5. Gordon Dickson's Tactics of Mistake (just to see the dallygun brought to life), Dorsai, Soldier Ask Not, and other Dorsai tales.
6. Stainless Steel Rat/Deathworld stories by Harry Harrison
7. George MacDonald Frasers' Macauslan stories (Macauslan in the Rough, The General Danced at Dawn, The Sheikh and the Dustbin.)
8. Keith Laumer's Retief of the CDT stories. |
| GrantS | 18 Jun 2009 3:00 p.m. PST |
It'd be good to have Indy back in the 30-'s 40's. But at the earliest, it should be 1949 with Ex-Nazis. Although Ford has aged well, he's still showing it. My biggest gripe for a new Indy movie? SOMEBODY take his revolver away from him. Give him a good ol' american 1911 .45ACP. |
| Warrenss2 | 18 Jun 2009 4:30 p.m. PST |
"A Solomon Kane movie." – I'll second this one. I just got finished reading that book. Who'd you have play Kane? Hugh Jackman? Deathbeast by David Gerrold (of tribbles fame) – A back-in-time hunt for the ultimate killing machine… T-Rex. Kind of like Jaws, but on land.
Ringworld by Larry Niven.
The Deep Range & A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clark.
The Micronauts by Gordon Williams – world food running low – millions starve – a group of people volunteer to be miniaturized and released into an overgrown backyard to test survivalbility. Good books all!! Some stories are fantastic books but I'm not sure they'd make fantastic movies. |
| The Shadow | 18 Jun 2009 5:05 p.m. PST |
>It'd be good to have Indy back in the 30-'s 40's.
But at the earliest, it should be 1949 with Ex-Nazis. Although Ford has aged well, he's still showing it.< I dunno. I don't see Indy in "cold war" situations. >My biggest gripe for a new Indy movie? SOMEBODY take his revolver away from him. Give him a good ol' american 1911 .45ACP.< LOL. Damned right! |
| Dragon Gunner | 18 Jun 2009 7:42 p.m. PST |
Black Company by Glen Cook Starship Troopers by Heinlen |
| Minondas | 19 Jun 2009 9:25 a.m. PST |
Xenophons 'Anabasis' and Pressfield's 'Gates of fire'. |
| Mulligan | 19 Jun 2009 9:33 a.m. PST |
There is a Solomon Kane movie in production. I believe James Purefoy is the star. (It may even be in the postproduction stage now.) Speaking of moody swashbucklers, it'd be nice if they finally release the big-budget Spanish Alatriste movie (with Viggo Mortenson) on DVD. The stills I've seen look fabulous. Mulligan |
| Mulligan | 19 Jun 2009 9:37 a.m. PST |
Oh. I almost forgot. There was at least one Flashman movie made during the late 1960s/early 1970s, with Malcom MacDowell as Flashy and Oliver Reed. I believe it was based on Royal Flash. I only saw a tiny segment of it once, so I can't speak to the quality (or lack thereof, but it seemed handsomely produced, and young Malcolm MacDowell would seem to be an inspired casting choice for Flashman. Mulligan |
| The Shadow | 19 Jun 2009 12:07 p.m. PST |
>it'd be nice if they finally release the big-budget Spanish Alatriste movie (with Viggo Mortenson) on DVD.< Mully Check Amazon.com. It's out and in Region 1 format. (-: I've been thinking about buying this one myself. |
 enfant perdus | 19 Jun 2009 4:43 p.m. PST |
I believe it was based on Royal Flash.
It was.
I only saw a tiny segment of it once, so I can't speak to the quality
Appalling. It made me doubt the existence of a kind and benevolent God. |
| Jakar Nilson | 20 Jun 2009 2:59 p.m. PST |
I believe it was based on Royal Flash.
It was.
I only saw a tiny segment of it once, so I can't speak to the quality
Appalling. It made me doubt the existence of a kind and benevolent God. It would have been worse if it had starred Adam Sandler… |
| Warrenss2 | 21 Jun 2009 5:16 a.m. PST |
"It would have been worse if it had starred Adam Sandler…" mutter, mutter… cuss, cuss… No one likes my buddy Adam. What would our some of our holiday seasons be like with out this man?!? YouTube link
YouTube link I'd like to see him do a serious roll. Like when Bill Murry did "The Razor's Edge" or Jim Carrey in "The Majestic". |
| joedog | 21 Jun 2009 11:31 a.m. PST |
Without Adam Sandler, the holidays might still have a few shreds of dignity. While many people find "stupid" to be funny, some of us don't find it admirable. As a seven year old, I would have found him hilarious – except that my parents probably wouldn't have let me see his movies, because of the "inappropriate" content. |
| The Shadow | 21 Jun 2009 3:43 p.m. PST |
>Without Adam Sandler, the holidays might still have a few shreds of dignity.< We can't blame Sandler for that. I enjoyed his bits on SNL, but don't care much for his flicks.
Humor is highly subjective though. |
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