Dune fans: your director could be THIS bad
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Dune fans: your director could be THIS bad
Oh, dearie me ...
Not a good day for big Robert E. Howard/Conan fans (of which I'm happy to count myself one of ... or something ... that's not a real sentence, but whatever): Conan 2010 is to be directed by Bret Ratner:
http://www.cinematical.com/
I will take Peter Berg over this clown any day of the week (and twice on Sundays).
Ugh. Two of my favorite fictional worlds are getting the movie treatment in 2010 ... and both movies are going to suck like a Tijuana hooker.
Not a good day for big Robert E. Howard/Conan fans (of which I'm happy to count myself one of ... or something ... that's not a real sentence, but whatever): Conan 2010 is to be directed by Bret Ratner:
http://www.cinematical.com/
I will take Peter Berg over this clown any day of the week (and twice on Sundays).
Ugh. Two of my favorite fictional worlds are getting the movie treatment in 2010 ... and both movies are going to suck like a Tijuana hooker.
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It's way down at the bottom of the page. Here it is before it disappears:
I was going to think of something witty to reply with, but this fella writing the article already beat me to them all. I'm jealousRatner to Delay Ruining 'BHC 4' So He Can Ruin 'Conan' First
by Eric D. Snider Nov 9th 2008 // 5:33PM
Brett Ratner seems like a perfect fit for Beverly Hills Cop 4: a director nobody likes making a sequel nobody wants. It was announced back in May that he was taking on the project, with Eddie Murphy and an R-rated approach intact despite rumors to the contrary on both counts. But now, with a BHC 4 script still unfinished, Ratner is looking at something to work on in the meantime -- a reboot of Conan the Barbarian.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ratner is thisclose to signing a deal to direct a hard-R-rated Conan, with a 2010 release in mind. The screenplay is by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly, who also wrote Sahara and A Sound of Thunder and based their Conan script on the original stories from the 1930s. (Yes, that's when Conan was created. No, he wasn't an ancient mythological character.) THR notes that Oppenheimer and Donnelly are "doing a quick polish" of their work "to incorporate some of Ratner's ideas." That doesn't bode well -- but then again, neither does hiring the guys who wrote Sahara and A Sound of Thunder.
On the other hand, the original Conan stories weren't exactly high literature. They were pulpy, cheesy, and goofy. The first Conan movie, Conan the Barbarian, which helped launch the career of a certain U.S. governor, wasn't very faithful to those stories, but it was successful in its own right. The sequel, Conan the Destroyer, was jokier and went for a softer rating, thus dooming the franchise after only two entries. A loud, explosive, over-the-top, ridiculous reboot might be just what the character needs -- in which case Ratner is definitely the man for the job.
Oh, and Ratner still intends to direct BHC 4, too, only now it will be after Conan. That means for the next couple years, Ratner will be too busy to interfere with anymore superhero franchises, which will help a lot of comic-book geeks sleep easier.
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A movie "Conan" couldn't suck, right? I mean, it'll be filled with gore and nudity and racism and evil wizards. An excellent summer movie!
*Note 1: I haven't seen the other two movies but it enjoy the cartoon when I was a kid.
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*Note 1: I haven't seen the other two movies but it enjoy the cartoon when I was a kid.
*Note 2: I like sarcasm, just about as much as I hate cats. Slayer of Kittens ftw!
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Speaking of raping source material, did anyone see A Sound of Thunder?
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on A sound of thunder
That's the Ray Bradbury where they step on a butterfly in Dinosuar times and it changes all the humans in the "Present" to dinosuars, or something of that general nture?EsperandoAGodot wrote:Speaking of raping source material, did anyone see A Sound of Thunder?
I saw the movie and thought it was good, but never read the story. (Or book or whatever it was)
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Oh...that thing?
Sorry, EAG, it was so completely shitty that I obviously blocked all memories even associating the title with it.
Litany of St. Mallory time: BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD.
Even the SFX don't save it. Just BAD.
Avoid at all costs if you haven't seen it. (Or watch it with drunk friends, make popcorn and throw it at the TV.)
Read the Bradbury story instead.
(BAD)
Sorry, EAG, it was so completely shitty that I obviously blocked all memories even associating the title with it.
Litany of St. Mallory time: BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD.
Even the SFX don't save it. Just BAD.
Avoid at all costs if you haven't seen it. (Or watch it with drunk friends, make popcorn and throw it at the TV.)
Read the Bradbury story instead.
(BAD)
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Yeah, I know, I saw it. I paid money to see it.SandChigger wrote:Oh...that thing?
Sorry, EAG, it was so completely shitty that I obviously blocked all memories even associating the title with it.
The SFX were godawful.SandChigger wrote:Even the SFX don't save it. Just BAD.
Drunk friends...popcorn throwing...yes, that was my experience.SandChigger wrote:(Or watch it with drunk friends, make popcorn and throw it at the TV.)
My favorite Bradbury story .SandChigger wrote:Read the Bradbury story instead.
(BAD)
Anyway, yeah, if these guys are responsible for A Sound of Thunder, then, well...Conan doesn't stand a chance.
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Re: Dune fans: your director could be THIS bad
Hope they pick a good Conan...TheDukester wrote:Oh, dearie me ...
Not a good day for big Robert E. Howard/Conan fans (of which I'm happy to count myself one of ... or something ... that's not a real sentence, but whatever): Conan 2010 is to be directed by Bret Ratner:
http://www.cinematical.com/
I will take Peter Berg over this clown any day of the week (and twice on Sundays).
Ugh. Two of my favorite fictional worlds are getting the movie treatment in 2010 ... and both movies are going to suck like a Tijuana hooker.