Harvey danish wrote:Thus, leading to the caveman approach you wisely pointed out as being the only alternative. That doesn't make Craig a bad actor; just wrong for the role of James Bond, but most of us new that anyway..............................................................................................you nailed it buddy
Well Harvey, many before me have "nailed it" as well in terms of the "DC Debacle". People on this site knew to activate the self-destruct on this Blofeld volcano lair of mess that is Daniel Craig, Sony, EON, the reboot, etc. from the very beginning, but I thank you for your praise.
Harvey I think between 2006 and 2009 the entire world lost touch of reality (I am not only referring to the DC Debacle either). However, with the dawn of the new decade people are starting to wake up again. Daniel Craig was never suited for James Bond. All of the supposed film experts, critics, the Roger Eberts of the world, etc. need to admit this once and for all.
It was Mazer R. who pointed out the caveman approach and I reiterated the notion. This is all Craig is capable of doing. Some people have not woken up yet (again not just in regards to James Bond), and there are people who think that Daniel Craig is going to be able to emulate Connery's performance in Goldfinger. Thus, sending the franchise into a new "golden era". People who think this way need to get a hold of themselves.
Your are right on the money Bond77.
Craig was sold to the studios as a something he wasn't, and promised he'd deliver a new audience which he didn't. The promise of a new younger audience in part is the reason they were not as concerned about their old fan base.
I'd take almost anyone over Craig at this point but I don't really trust Barbara anymore. The first time she had to choose the Bond actor herself she picked Daniel Craig so all bets are off now.
Omega wrote:Sam Worthington, he was almost hired him last round and the history seems to be the last runner up if they are still young enough get hired.
He may be too big for Bond now, though.
"He's the one that doesn't smile" - Queen Elizabeth II on Daniel Craig
You know these people are suppsoed to be busy so I wouldn't be surprised by longer delay. Whatever happened with the Gritty Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake?
Favorite Bond Movie: Octopussy From Russia With Love The Living Daylights On Her Majestys Secret Service Doctor No .... Ah heck all of them
Favorite Movies: Lawrence Of Arabia, Forrest Gump, Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, Vertigo, The Odd Couple, Zoolander, Cool Hand Luke, The Great Escape...many more.
Location: Well here obviously. At the moment of course
Omega wrote:Sam Worthington, he was almost hired him last round and the history seems to be the last runner up if they are still young enough get hired.
I thought Sam Worthington made it to the last three. Daniel Craig, Henry Cavill and Sam Worthington.
But the final two were Cavill and Craig.
I'd not be surprised at all if Henry Cavill were Bond #7.
Kristen Stewart: anyone think she is as 'hot' a commodity as they are portraying her to be? I just watched her in Twilight and Adventureland on Showtime. I do not see the fascination. She is OK but not up to her hype. This Karate Kid trash is approaching CR numbers in the USA at the current rate. What is that all about? Anyone camping out to see Twilight II Wednesday?
Favorite Bond Movie: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible, Kingsman: The Secret Service and The November Man or any upcoming actioners starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good since it will help him expand his reputation as an actor especially in the action realm)
Favorite Movies: Star Wars Indiana Jones Star Trek The Dark Knight Trilogy Harry Potter Middle-Earth The Matrix Mission: Impossible The Mummy Jurassic Park Godzilla
bjmdds wrote:Kristen Stewart: anyone think she is as 'hot' a commodity as they are portraying her to be?
I think Robert Pattinson is probably the hotter commodity, since Twilight's audience is primarily teenage girls, and more of them will have the hots for R-Patz than for Stewart. I don't really pay that much attention, but Pattinson seems to be on far more magazine covers and the like. I don't know how many people would go see a non-Twilight movie because Stewart was in it, whereas I could imagine Pattinson drawing a young female crowd. Has that movie he did with Brosnan opened yet?
"He's the one that doesn't smile" - Queen Elizabeth II on Daniel Craig
I just watched Adventureland again on Showtime. Lisa P is quite hot. This film only did $17 million in 2009 yet Showtime keeps showing it a lot. Now, Showtime has QOS Thursday and Friday and in July so I will watch it for only the second time plus however more I can tolerate to properly have it earn my most disrespect. FBF, how are you on MJ's anniversary, OK?
What does your Dad like?
War Dramas there is, Patton, Men of Honor, Dirty Dozen, the Longest Day, The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, and the soon to be released The Pacific.
Action Movies, Die Hard(s), Spider-Man, Iron Man, Mask of Zorro, Robocop, Avatar, National Treasure, The Last Samurai.
Classics, 2001, Planet of the Apes, French Connection I & II, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid .
Spy Movies, Ronin, Spy Games, The Hunt for Red October.
Omega wrote:
Nature Shows, Planet Earth would be my choice
That's a good one. I don't have a Blu-Ray player, but people tell me that anything from Pixar really benefits from the HD format, particularly Wall-E and Ratatouille (the latter of which I still have yet to see).
"He's the one that doesn't smile" - Queen Elizabeth II on Daniel Craig
Omega wrote:
Nature Shows, Planet Earth would be my choice
That's a good one. I don't have a Blu-Ray player, but people tell me that anything from Pixar really benefits from the HD format, particularly Wall-E and Ratatouille (the latter of which I still have yet to see).
I've seen Cars and Toy Story 1&2 on Blu-ray, they look magnificent. To me a show like Planet Earth is on an entirely different level, it is documenting something important where as a movie like Max Payne is not.
Strange since I got a PS3 I've watched a few movies with it my HDTV while not pricey is decent quality, but I watch far more movies on my iPod touch. (Anyone else get the new iOS4 software?)
I am thinking about putting together another Bond marathon from Living Daylights to Die Another Day, playing with the idea of the Riftrax CR. I want to rent the Blu-rays of the ones that are available. Not sure how that would work, I doubt the stores near us rent them.
LTK dvd easy, LTK blu-ray from a local store not so much.
I think the list is something like this
The Living Daylights DVD
Lisense To Kill Blu-ray
GoldenEye DVD (why no Blu? A blu-ray release would be a thousand time better than that Wii game)
Tomorrow Never Dies DVD
The World Is Not Enough Blu-ray
Die Another Day Blu-ray
Casino Royale Blu-ray but we'd probably just watch the MP4 w/riftrax
Thanks for all the reccomendations- I'll probably buy a Bond Blu Ray eventually, but wil probably start with a Pixar movie. My dad's birthday is coming up, so I might buy him a Blu Ray as a gift, if I can find something inexpensive, and something he likes.
Over 2 years ago a fire in a Hollywood backlot, turning several famous outdoor sets into ashes and apparently setting iconic giant gorilla King Kong free. At least, that's how the fact-meets-fantasy story line goes in "King Kong 360 3-D," an immersive addition to the studio tour opening July 1.
Rather than simply move past the real-life blaze that destroyed the theme park's original 30-foot-tall animatronic ape in 2008, the fire has become part of the revamped attraction's mythology, addressed by tour guides and featured in footage broadcast inside the tour's trams. One doctored image ominously depicts the figure of King Kong emerging from the smoke.
"The fire presented us with a unique opportunity to rebuild King Kong, which had been without a doubt one of the most popular stops on the studio tour," said Universal Studios show producer Valerie Johnson-Redrow. "The initial thought was, of course, to go back to Peter Jackson's 2005 film and reimagine King Kong in an entirely new way for the studio tour."
Instead of recreate the animatronic Eighth Wonder of the World that burned down alongside exterior sets from "Back to the Future" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," Universal Studios enlisted Jackson and his team at special effects company Weta Digital in New Zealand to craft an entirely new adventure that would transport visitors to his rendition of Skull Island.
During the breakneck three-minute encounter, the computer-generated battle-scarred big ape tussles with a dinosaur gang on the side of a cliff. As the beasts seemingly smash into and lunge over the tram, a system underneath the winding vehicle jolts in sync with the action while bursts of air and water mimic King Kong's breathy roar and the dinosaurs' wet slobber.
The sequence, which was previewed for the media Tuesday, is screened 60 frames per second from 16 hidden high-definition film projectors on two 40-foot-tall, 180-foot-long curved screens. The screens envelop the tram inside a soundstage, nestled in a new hillside location on the backlot across from the newly rebuilt New York set.
Before boarding the tram, riders are given 3-D glasses and instructed by Jackson in a video when to don them for the brawl, which at one point cleverly depicts the last car of the tram being ripped off. Some moments, such as King Kong toying with his prehistoric prey and a foolhardy tourist snapping a photo, can only be viewed from certain vantage points.
Joe Letteri, visual effects supervisor for "King Kong" and "Avatar," said the team was tasked with several challenges in bringing 3-D to the studio tour. Most noticeably, the gorilla-versus-dinos smackdown is entirely seamless, so there are no cuts during the battle, and unlike a typical 3-D movie, the audience isn't always looking in the same direction.
"Everyone is seeing something different because they're not facing the same screen," said Letteri. "Every time someone goes through this ride, they're going to have a different experience depending on where they sit and look. We're making sure that everybody in the tram — whether in the front or the back — experiences something interesting and exciting."
The attraction was first constructed 20 miles away inside the massive 281,000-square-foot hangar where Howard Hughes built his 200-ton plane dubbed the Spruce Goose and where James Cameron filmed several scenes for "Titanic" and "Avatar." A mock tram filled with balloon-headed mannequins was fabricated to aid technicians in tweaking the audiovisual systems.
"King Kong 360 3-D" is expected to breathe new life into the venerable 46-year-old tram tour, which includes stops at the Bates Motel from "Psycho" and Amity Harbor from "Jaws." Attendance at Universal Studios Hollywood dipped from 4.6 million in 2008 to 4.3 million in 2009, according to the most recent report from the Themed Entertainment Association.
The theme park's sister resort in Orlando, Fla., has already experienced a surge in visitors since the opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Islands of Adventure theme park earlier this month. Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, Calif., is also drawing big crowds this summer with the debut of the high-tech "World of Color" lagoon show.
"The hype surrounding Kong is certainly going to give people a reason to visit and see it for themselves," said Duncan Dickson, who teaches theme park management at the University of Central Florida. "The allure of seeing something totally new and remarkable in 3-D, and the fact that Peter Jackson is involved, is going to make people naturally curious."
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