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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:28 pm
by GORDON
Sigourney Weaver and space Marines, again.
http://www.mania.com/55613.html
What the hell kind of name is "Sigourney," anyway?
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:36 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:56 pm
by Malcolm
Thank Christ. I almost thought someone was trying to make an Ultima flick.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:47 pm
by Leisher
Michelle Rodrigeuz = bad.
Sigourney Weaver as a botanist = bad.
In a film about space marines? = super bad.
In her words "it's very romantic" = off the scale bad.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:24 pm
by Malcolm
Michelle Rodrigeuz = bad.
Why?
In a film about space marines? = super bad.
Why? Two of them seemed to work.
In her words "it's very romantic" = off the scale bad.
That kills any desire I have or may ever have to see this film.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:40 pm
by Leisher
Michelle Rodrigeuz is an overrated actress. All the bad ass she throws into her character is really just her lesbian angst. They didn't kill her on Lost because it was planned out. The rest of the cast HATED her. Apparently, she's very much in your face about being a lesbian, not like Ellen who admits it and talks about it, but more screaming "I'm gonna go lick some chick's twat" to the whole set type of "in your face".
Look at the roles she's played. Every single one can be summed up as "Tough chick with questionable sexuality." She doesn't have much range as an actress.
Why? Two of them seemed to work.
Sigourney and space marines? I'm in. Throw in the botanist role where she's mentoring another botanist and they're the stars...it's starting to get shaky.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:49 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:She doesn't have much range as an actress.
That's why god made typecasting.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:04 pm
by TPRJones
Leisher wrote:All the bad ass she throws into her character is really just her lesbian angst. Apparently, she's very much in your face about being a lesbian, screaming "I'm gonna go lick some chick's twat" to the whole set type of "in your face".
God that's hot!
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:06 pm
by Leisher
So, let's get the facts straight here:
TPR loves stuff hanging from between a woman's legs AND he likes women who try to act as manly as possible.
Hmmm...
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:33 pm
by TPRJones
Not so much manly as bitchy and violent.
The best sex is with someone who hates you and would stab you in the eye without warning.
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:00 pm
by Malcolm
TPRJones wrote:Not so much manly as bitchy and violent.
The best sex is with someone who hates you and would stab you in the eye without warning.
As far as enjoyability goes, you may have a case.
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:10 pm
by GORDON
Hey, remember this thread? I didn't, but searched anyway, and found it.
The movie opens in December:
Plot: Earth is dying, and humans set out to find a new planet to settle. Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. The two species eventually end up in armed conflict and thus, awesomeness will ensue.
Why is this movie such a big deal?
Well there are a number of a reasons.
1. Cameron has been planning this project and waiting for the technology to develop for a decade. He has had a huge hand in the development of the camera and CGI technology that is being utilized in the film
2. They are going to enormous lengths to create an extremely detailed world and culture for the aliens. They are creating entire ecosystems and culture traits for the Na'Vi. James Horner is doing the score and he is working with an ethnomusicologists to create a musical culture for the aliens. The score will even feature choruses singing the Na'Vi language.
3. The most mind blowning 3D and CGI techniques are being used for this movie. Cameron is using a method of pre-designing all the CG enviroments and characters and having them be visible and editable during shooting. Cameron uses a "virtual camera" that displays the CGI in the view finder while he is shooting, therefore he can change things while shooting to make it as real as possible. Some reports have claimed that 40 or so artists are on set manning an arsenal of computers for the live effects.
4. Many directors who have visited the set and seen finished footage have claimed that its going to change cinema forever. This includes Steven Sodebergh, Neil Blomkamp, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson(WETA is working on effects).
The Cast:
Sam Worthington as Jake, the main character. He plays Marcus Wright in Terminator: Salvation.
Sigourney Weaver as Grace who is a Botanist.
Michelle Rodriguez as Trudy Chacon. Probably going to end up being a tough and sassy Latino me thinks.
Zoë Saldaña as the main Na'Vi character. She plays Uhura in the new Star Trek.
Joel Moore as an anthropologist. Better known as J.P. from Grandmas Boy.
Overall it seems like an ok cast. We will see how Worthington is in Terminator and Sigourney Weaver hopefully can pull it off. Michelle Rodriguez worries me though. With a movie that is supposed to immerse you so intensely, I seriously doubt she has the acting chops to be great in this.
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:47 pm
by Malcolm
You'll forgive me if their notion of "ground-breaking" CG differs from mine.
& directors are usually full of themselves anyway. Change cinema forever? Like how Lucas was going to bring the digital projector revolution w\ his Star Wars prequels?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:21 pm
by GORDON
I should have put the above in a quote box. I copied it from elsewhere.
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:33 pm
by GORDON
A couple pics from the set,
http://www.mania.com/new-avatar-photos-online_article_117036.html
It looks seriously... seriously. Good to see James Cameron making another sci-fi movie. Or any movie.
Lileks recent compared Michael Bay and James Cameron to Salieri and Mozart, respectively... no matter how hard Bay tries (Bad Boys 2, Transformers 2), no matter how prolific he is, he can never match the easy genius of Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Titanic).
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:10 pm
by Malcolm
Titanic? Did your wife hack your account?
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Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:26 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:Titanic? Did your wife hack your account?
For all of its chick-flick-shittiness, it was still a big movie. Can't deny that no movie since has come close to making Titanic money.
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:39 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Malcolm wrote:Titanic? Did your wife hack your account?
For all of its chick-flick-shittiness, it was still a big movie. Can't deny that no movie since has come close to making Titanic money.
Just because it turns a profit doesn't make it any more than the flaming piece of shit that it was. That movie was a fucking crime.
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:55 pm
by TheCatt
I'll admit, I liked Titanic.
But, I think the reason is that going in I thought it would the god awful worst movie ever, and I'd want to poke my eyes out the entire time.
And, relatively speaking, it was decent. And boobies are always nice.
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:36 pm
by GORDON
TheCatt wrote:But, I think the reason is that going in I thought it would the god awful worst movie ever, and I'd want to poke my eyes out the entire time.
Pretty much my experience.