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Episode III Talk Time

Hello All Avid Readers and Posters of This Space. Soon will be the time to let the Episode III talk fly. I'm off to see it tonight (Saturday the 21). I'm assuming I'll be the last person in our sphere to see it. So tomorrow, start posting your thoughts, reviews, why didn't they do this, etc. Just be sure to mark any spoiler territory with a warning in case there are folks checking out the page that haven't seen it. I'll add some cool photos to your posts as we go along. I've heard from EZRYDER that the force is strong with this one...

Kingdom of Heaven or Not?

I need some feedback here...a little Force Feedback. Any of you readers seen this flick? Is it worth my money, cause out here I'm staring at $10 a pop to see a flick, and that's before corn. So, should I lay down the green for this, or is it a DVD rental? I mean, let's face it, this looks like Gladiator/Troy/Arthur you pick it rolled up into one. But I'm thinking some of you homeboys couldn't resist checking it out. So I need to know if it's something I need to check out. Let the information flow...

Come Get Some!

This comes from the Volume 12, Number 6, June 2005 PC Gamer. It's about the new game Prey, made by those wonderful people that brought you Mr. Nukem. It's a good read. But more importantly...WHAT THE!? What happened to our Duke Nukem Forever? We've been waiting for almost 10 years and still no sign. Well get ready cause here it comes...And I quote. "After years of announcements, unveilings, disappearances, re-announcements and eventually limbo, Duke has finally materialized - in a one of a kind early showing to PC Gamer. You've heard all the jokes, read all he forum threads and taken notes on al the various suicidal wagers (e.g., 'I'll immolate myself if Duke Nukem Forever ever comes out.') Well, it's almost time to get out the matches, friends. After our demo of Prey, we were treated to an unprecedented presentation of Duke Nukem Forever - the real deal - courtesy of George Broussard. Thought it's still too early and rough for 3D Realms to unveil the game in these pages, we are able (and delighted!) to report with our own eyes that DNF is up and running and in very fine form indeed...." There was more to it, but you get the picture. That's right, maybe by Christmas we'll have what we've been craving. That's right kiddies, it's time to kick butt and chew bubble gum, and looks like we're all outta gum!

Stoke the Fires!!

Well, it's been a few days since this news was released, but it's worth posting if any of you haven't seen it. Sounds like more fuel has been thrown on the BrosBond rumors...this time from the chief herself!! Check it out...
http://filmforce.ign.com/bond/articles/607/607815p1.html?fromint=1

Interesting Link for All You Star Wars Hounds...

Check out this site if you've not already bookmarked it somewhere down the line. It's pretty crazy!

http://www.starwarscutscenes.com/main.html

Trippy.

That's all I can say about this...Trippy.

The Sahara, and my adventures therein...

Ok, so this movie is way under-rated. I was going to wait until a few weeks before I went to see it but I'm glad I didn't beacause, O MY GOSH! This movie rocks in everyway. I loved (McConahauey my spelling)McConaughey (actual spelling, pretty close) in this role. He was so smooth, and his fighting scenes were awesome. I noticed that all the punches had that "crack" very similar to Indy's punches. Ole' Steve Zahn's character had me cracking up the whole movie. That scene where they put their weapons down before a Thwarie ambush was classic! You'll know what I'm talking about when you see it. I love this movie. A word to the wise, don't go in expecting it to be all realistic and stuff. Go in expecting Indiana or Bond. It's fanciful and it's meant to be taken that way. The storyline was very cool too, me being a Civil War buff made it extra cool. It will be in my collection when it comes out. I give this movie Five out of five reels! (I just made that up. We can give them ratings and instead of stars we'll use movie reels! I'm way cool!)

JediJohnson's Interesting Point

I must say BRAVO to JediJohnson. I really think he's hit on something there about the "Sahara" poster reflecting a little "Golden Child" and "The Mummy". Did a quick comparison for your thoughts. Wow, they really ripped "The Golden Child" down to the sun in the background and the coin...Bravo.
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Laughing his way to the bank...

Man. I remember when I was this kid. My friends Ninja Ray, John Kay, our very own loveable Joel Goff, and I used to go out in our back yards and fight with out lightsaber broomsticks for hours on end. Why didn't we ever think to film it and sell it on the net for thousands of dollars. That's right, this kid made over $4,000 for being the butt of somebody's joke. Great! I couldn't love it more. If you've not seen this you must watch it. The clone wars sequel is especially brilliant!

SAHARA Rules!

Hey all...if you haven't seen SAHARA and are a big fan of Indiana Jones and James Bond you'll love this movie. Just got back from seeing it. It has a great story, great plot, and never gets slow. The action is great too...specially the riverboat scenes. I hope this is the beginning of a few Clive Cussler stories for the big screen! This may fill my longing for some more Indiana Jones movies! Have any of you seen it? What did you think??

Well, Chew on This Bond Fans...

A rebuttal to the JediJohnson Bond comment link. http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050406i.php

In the Very Depths of the Pit of My Stomach...

...a faint glimmer of hope begins to burn. As many of you know, I have been rather depressed since Pierce Brosnan was let go by the good folks at EON...you know, the chaps that have brought us all the Bond movies.
From what I've read, Pierce has felt like he looks in this photo ever since...a little betrayed by the Brocolli family and ticked off about it. And so he should...I mean let's face it, there's lots of Sean Connery lovers out there...I'm one of them! He was BOND, I mean he started it all. But COME ON...can you seriously tell me that any other man enjoyed playing 007 more than Pierce Brosnan? Goldeneye was a triumph of a movie in my book...still one of the greatest spy movies ever made! I can watch Goldeneye repeatedly! Tomorrow Never Dies!! Awesome Red China Action! I love it...and having an international counterpart...COOL. The World is Not Enough...full blown REVENGE flick...awesome. When he shoots Sophie Marceau at the end right in the head and says, "I never miss." COLD. STONE COLD. And Die Another Day, save the wind surfing the tidal wave, was a PURE CONNERY BOND experience for me...a real throwback to the older movies. I loved it! Was anyone else ever BORN TO BE BOND? Answer: no. In my opinion, they really screwed up letting him go. I mean he was ready to do more films...actually pumped to do another movie...darker, grittier Bond! How many times do you get actors wanting to get back to work on a project? Think of the money that could have been made for the studios! That's why I can't imagine why they let him go. Alas.

So ever since his angry departure from the franchise, the rumors have been flying about who would replace him. There's been a long, long list of wannabes from Orlando "Legolas-Not-Bond" Bloom, to Clive "I'm-Fairly-Cool-In-A-Timothy-Dalton-Sort-Of-Way" Owen. They've even thrown out Eric Bana...the Incredible Hulk. I have to say that if he was given the part, I think I would be done with Bond. So I've been watching and waiting patiently to see who would try and replace Pierce Brosnan, ready to abandon Bond or at least cry about it. Believe me, I'm worried. This is the most important franchise in moviedom to me other than Indiana Jones and LOTR, the latter which can't be screwed up...the former only gets better with age (I hope part IV rocks if ever it sees the light of day...I hope it doesn't).

Well, today...TODAY!! I got a glimmer...just a faint glimmer that they may be on the right track to pick the man I think would be a perfect Bond for the next movie. Read on:

"With all the speculation about "Casino Royale" and the next James Bond not over but coming towards a close sometime soon, along came this report over the weekend from an apparent MGM insider named 'Artists United' which offers a potential other possibility which many may have dismissed. Like all Bond talk, take this with a grain of salt:"So - the next Bond. The buzz is that, ultimately, the filmmakers would like Pierce Brosnan back. All the stuff we heard about Brosnan being out is just a ploy from both camps. The negotiations between Brosnan and Eon came to an end because, in the last year, things were up in the air, thanks to all the organizational changes taking place. Many things have been affected by the Sony takeover, and I must say that there are days when it feels like doom and gloom as I walk along the hallowed halls of MGM - there are all sorts of reorganizations in the works and, well, the bleakness of uncertainty surrounding our jobs. Moreover, with the delay of the Bond film and many organizational matters still being worked out, there wasn't really any reason for Eon to continue with the negotiations. And with Eon still immersed in some business matters with Sony, as well as lacking a director (at that time) and a solid script, and an initial salary request from Brosnan that they balked at, it was suddenly premature to proceed with the negotiations. Brosnan's apparent bitterness in some of the interviews (according to our sources at the publicity side) is essentially the reaction of an actor who was chumped from the first stirrings of a good deal in the making: last year, things began to look hopeful, not just in terms of salary, but in the area of story development and an agreement to move away from an excessive action-oriented/special effects kind of Bond film. So where does this leave us? Well, what we're sensing is that the Brosnan/Eon camps are still going through the motions of bluffing each other: an echo of the old poker game that Cubby Broccoli went through with Roger Moore. Moore frequently announced that he wouldn't be back. (Geez, if he had a web site back then, he'd be plastering it with farewell messages.) It's a typical tactic of PR handlers--make your star seem aloof and distant to make the filmmakers worry and chase him--and it worked for Moore. In fact, during the days of "For Your Eyes Only," Moore wasn't even signed until about a month before shooting began. It took Cubby Broccoli's personal intervention along with top studio brass to secure a deal with Moore. Whether it will work for Brosnan remains to be seen, but the mood around here (at least for now) is that he'll be back. Hence, the reluctance of the filmmakers to come right out and announce that they have parted ways with Brosnan. If anything, they've kept the door open by not making any casting announcements in the recent press release.So much money is at stake and the word is, SONY are not in a gambling mood. They could lose more with an unknown actor, or with an experienced but unpopular actor. They're well aware that you just can't place any actor in this role; and with Brosnan's star power and successful track record ($1 billion from four films), he's currently the strong money-maker for the Bond films. The phrase we've started to hear recently is "The Dalton Problem." Although a fine actor, Timothy Dalton just didn't appeal to the public. One co-worker pointed to an analysis by Steven Jay Rubin (author of "The Complete James Bond Movie Encyclopedia" and "The James Bond Films") in the Dec. 1995 issue of Cinefantastique Magazine, which supports the mentality of the filmmakers. In this article, Rubin states the dilemma that haunts an actor who doesn't have the "big screen" persona required for the Bond role: Dalton, he states, "lent no star-power to the character. This became increasingly difficult for the studio marketing department, because they realized that people weren't flocking to see a Timothy Dalton movie; they were going to see a Bond movie with what's-his-name" (19).They are keen to avoid the same happening with Owen and the other 'candidates' who are supposedly on a short list for the role.So, providing Brosnan and Sony/Eon can iron out various political and financial issues - our money's on Brosnan coming back for Casino Royale and possibly even Bond 22!"

That's right my friends...Pierce Brosnan may return!!! GET PUMPED!!! But only slightly for now....

MAY THE REAL JAMES BOND RETURN!!

I Just Don't Know About This Guy...

General Grievous...what do you guys think? I need some input here. I don't want any spoilers...or there will be desintigrations! But I just can't believe this little robot guy can take the Jedi. I watched Clone Wars Vol.2 on the link provided by JediJohnson...good stuff by the way...but one of the coolest bits was at the very last second of the last chapter when Mace Windu put the hurt on Grievous with that non-Vader Force Crush!! (I find your lack of faith disturbing!!!) I loved it...my only logical problem with the thing is this: let's do that force crush from the beginning of the fights instead of all the lightsaber action. Better yet...let's do it when Grievous is in a fight with someone with lightsabers so they can get the drop on him.

So what do you all think? General Grievous: Straight or Gay? Right now, he's bugging me and leaning toward Gay becuase he's a souped up roger-roger droid. Maybe when I see a fully rendered Grievous moving all those lightsabers really fast, I'll think he's cool. His voice on Clone Wars certainly is cool. Let the debates begin. Educate me. Please.

Episode III: A thought.

I'm really busy. I really don't have time to even look at this website. I'm supposed to be doing homework right this second. There is a disturbance in the force though that I thought I should address. First of all let me say this, if you have spoilers and are planning on posting them in the comments section DO NOT. No one on the site wants to know more than they already do about Episode III. If you post spoilers you will wish the Sarlacc had gotten a hold of you before I get done with you. What's up with Qui-Gon Jin? He was one of my most beloved of characters from Episode I. Now do we even hear anything about him? I don't even recall them talking about him in Episode II. Bignate and I were discussing this, didn't Lucas say we would get the answers we were looking for on why Qui-Gon didn't disappear and they had to burn him? That may have just been wishful thinking on my part, but I believe I heard that somewhere. I have to say, I hope he is in the next movie somewhere! He doesn't even have to come back as a spirit. But a couple of cameos of him talking to Anikan about the ways of the force and the dangers of the dark side would be nice (for a nice treat with some Qui-Gon flashbacks and a reference to the old school of Star Wars check out http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/promos/200503_starwars/index.html I can't remember what chapter it's in so watch all five). And hey, if he came back as a spirit even better! What are your views on this? What would be a good way to reintroduce Qui-Gon back into the movies? Whew, nice, now I have my Star Wars appetite filled for tonight I'll get back to work.
And remember don't post any SPOILERS! Because here at force feeds, we believe in disintegrations!

A Sad, Sad Picture

The above photo from an English Tabloid is just sad. I have to say that when I saw this today, I was really taken aback. My OAK, the MAN, the TERMINATOR, CONAN...AHNULD!! My hero...has gotten flabby!! What the heck is the Governership of the Golden State doing to him? AHHH!! I mean, lets consider Terminator 3...Arnold back to his T2 physique. That was what...two years ago? What has happened! AHHH! I don't like it. Blast you English Tabloids for destroying my illusions!! Here's a link to the story...

Sean Connery in "The Rock"

You know the cool thing that i never really thought about is this...he really just got to play James Bond again. A little rusty around the edges..but it was kind of cool to think that yes, James Bond has returned. I just finished watching the movie again, and it was very enjoyable...specially being here in San Fran with all the scenery around and having just gone to The Rock.

"Looks like you're between the rock, and a hard case." Great line. I also found out that there was a cut scene at the end that showed Sean Connery driving down the coast in a car with his daughter, Jade. Curious.

"I drive a Volvo...a beige one."

Sweet Double Feature

"Go ahead...make my day." What a line! I had a Dirty Harry double feature last night. I watched The Enforcer, third in the Dirty Harry series...followed by Sudden Impact, the fourth in the series. Sudden Impact is also where Clint coined the famous "make my day" line. All the Dirty Harry's take place in SanFrancisco, so checking out the scenery has been fun. The Enforcer ends on Alcatraz, so that was an added bonus for me.

I'm ordering the Criterion Collection Special Edition of "The Rock" so I can listen to the commentary and see what the filming was like on the island. Can't wait for it to get here. When it does, I'm sure the first thing I'll say when I pull it from the case is "Welcome to the Rock!"

Let the Movie Talk Begin

Hey all,

So many of us love to talk about movies, we quote movies, we parody movies, we complain about movies. This blog has been created for the times you want to share a funny quote, story, remembrance of a trip to the theater with the guys, pick apart a plot with other commenters, whatever. It'll be fun to see what happens. Maybe nothing...maybe it'll be fun. We'll see.