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Topic Started: Mar 10 2007, 07:27 AM (3,671 Views)
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hardcorecruiserweight
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Aug 17 2007, 01:50 AM
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- Aug 16 2007, 08:49 PM
No, I actually haven't seen that. However, if Miller told me the sky was blue, I'd go outside and check.
You much like myself hated 300 correct?
For the record i hate the GN & the film.
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Aug 17 2007, 01:54 AM
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Next time you get bored of your lives, gimme a call and I'll come round and KILL YOU.
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300 was popcorn entertainment for an ultra-grossout generation of passively racist fantasy fanatics.
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Aug 17 2007, 01:58 AM
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I wasn't entertained in the least, reading the GN i was bored as fuck, didn't even finish it. Watching it in theatres was mind numbing, not to mention trying to watch it on dvd stoned, that finaly sent me to sleep.
Although we can't deny his influence on the new Batman films.
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Aug 17 2007, 02:01 AM
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True, although I think he had more of an influence on the earlier Tim Burton ones.
I actually rate the late 80s Batman film as the best so far.
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Aug 17 2007, 02:12 AM
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- Aug 16 2007, 09:01 PM
True, although I think he had more of an influence on the earlier Tim Burton ones.
I actually rate the late 80s Batman film as the best so far.
I see the newer ones as being more Miller esque through Dark Knight Returns(Joeker) & obviously Batman year one. Although i also see some of Grant Morrison in the new films, as well as jeph Loeb.
But the only Batman films i'm not hot on are Joel Schumacher's.
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Aug 17 2007, 02:55 AM
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- Aug 17 2007, 11:38 AM
By the by, if anyone wants Frank Miller's comically awful All-Star Batman and Robin, I can post it here. I would not recommend buying them, as it would be funding the inane and accidentally hilarious scribblings of Miller, who is now clearly a fully-fledged lunatic after years of being on edge. But they're worth reading for the lulz.
Correct me if I'm wrong Of, but isn't that the one where the Batman refers to himself as 'The Goddamn Batman' ?
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Aug 18 2007, 12:22 AM
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Next time you get bored of your lives, gimme a call and I'll come round and KILL YOU.
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That's it.
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Aug 18 2007, 01:38 AM
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- Aug 18 2007, 10:22 AM
That's it.
Cheers Of. Thanks for claryifing that.
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Aug 18 2007, 01:47 AM
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I'd be interested in seeing it.
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Aug 19 2007, 04:49 AM
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JLA before Man of Steel? Date : August 18, 2007 Posted By : Clint Morris
Remember that little report we ran a while back - one that most people, including Variety felt the need to debunk – suggesting that the “Superman Returns” sequel would be pushed back in favour of a “Justice League of America” movie?
Seems I wasn’t smoking crack - whilst watching old “Super Friends” episodes - when I ran that scoop, after all. My WB source was as straight-up as Colin Farell on a Sunday morning.
IESB.net confirms what Moviehole was informed last year – that a “JLA” movie is likely to happen before the next “Superman” movie (tentatively titled “The Man of Steel”). And yep, it’s just as we said, “Superman Returns” didn’t bring in as much green as hoped and the brothers Warner believe there’s more moolah in a film that’d team-up several superheroes. I loved "Superman Returns", I thought it was terrific, but I can't help but agree.
Interestingly enough, IESB adds that Brandon Routh might not be returning as Superman – there’s a question about Christian Bale’s Batman, too – for the film. It’s not for certain that he’ll be nixed from the line-up, but sources tell the site that the studio have a few other names that they might put the cape on. Interesting.
In addition, they report that George Miller (“Happy Feet”) is likely to be announced as the film’s director in a few weeks.
One can check out the IESB's scoop here
Thank god that George Miller is returning to genre films, Happy Feet?, come on, this is the man behigd the Mad Max trilogy, and now with this possibility, it's a bright looking JLA!
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Aug 22 2007, 03:04 AM
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Ryan Reynolds to Play Flash After All? But who will play Booster Gold? by Jeff Giles | August 21, 2007 Blog Article | Discuss Article Anyone who was heartbroken when the Ryan Reynolds-led Flash movie appeared to break down awhile back will read this item with great interest: According to an MTV Movies report, we might get to see Reynolds wear a lightning bolt on his chest after all.
The latest talk -- sparked by comments Reynolds made to MTV's Shawn Adler -- springs from recent reports of Warner Bros.' planned Justice League of America adaptation, a project which would presumably feature the Flash. Questions of Reynolds' involvement in JLA, as well as questions of a Flash spinoff, are only natural -- and Reynolds was perfectly forthcoming, telling MTV:
"'The Flash' isn't dead at all. There's talk of it being a JLA movie, the Justice League having them all together. And then there's other talk of doing a 'Flash' movie with [director] Shawn Levy."
Given that we're hearing reports of a mad dash toward production on JLA, it seems reasonable to expect that any solo Flash projects will come later on, something Reynolds seems to agree with. From the article:
When asked if he thought the JLA film might happen first, Reynolds told us, "[it] might, yeah. I don't really know how much I'm allowed to talk about that stuff. But I'm sure they'll figure out something. It's no secret that they have a JLA script and it's a project that's in development -- the contents of which, who knows. We'll see."
I really pumped to see Reynolds in the role of the flash, he has Barry Allen written all over him.
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Justice League confirmations Date : August 22, 2007 Posted By : Kirby Kegar
I was speaking to a pal at Warner Bros this morning who let slip that the "Justice League" movie is just as full-steam ahead as the rumours suggest it is. It will definitely be up next year.
A casting director for the movie will be onboard next week and it's then that they'll be going after their tighted strongmen.
Director George Miller ("Mad Max") has some ideas who he'd like to cast as Batman and Superman but naturally, they mightn't be the same faces the WB want. Either way, doesn't sound like Christian Bale or Brandon Routh will be involved in the film. I assume that's a financial thing.
(Update : We have been informed by another source at Warner Bros that it will be an all-new cast and that Bale and Routh will NOT be back.)
So within the next month we should start seeing a few announcements about the movie.
Meanwhile, our friends at IESB had a chat to Christian Bale who confirmed that he hasn't been asked back to don the tar cape
I don't want to see two Batman universes at the same time. Either wait and do this film when the new Batman series is over, or just have it be Flash, lanter, Aqua, Wonder, ect...
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Aug 22 2007, 04:46 AM
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- Aug 21 2007, 11:04 PM
I don't want to see two Batman universes at the same time. Either wait and do this film when the new Batman series is over, or just have it be lanter
I agree completely, Hal Jordan > multiple Batmans. Kyle Radner isn't though, two Batmans sounds way better than that hitting the screen. In all honesty Adam West taking on the role of Batman in a movie to come out next year is even better than that. Also, Reynolds is going to look awesome with the lightning bolt on his chest, especially if they go for the lightning bolts on the top sides of the mask too.
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Aug 22 2007, 12:22 PM
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Which Flash will it be Barry Allen or Wally West? Also I would mark if they had Jay Garrick and Bart Allen be in it so they can have all 4 Flashes.
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Aug 23 2007, 03:17 AM
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Eva Mendes has Dangerous Curves Date : August 22, 2007 Posted By : Clint Morris
“But I wanted to do a good superhero movie!”
That’s Eva Mendes insisting her agent get her an audition for the feature film version of “The Spirit” despite the fact she recently starred in a similar-themed comic book pic, “Ghost Rider”.
Whether she deserves a second try, she got one. As for whether it’ll help erase the painful memories of “Rider”, that’s a question only the man she sleeps next to – lucky fuck – can answer.
Mendes has joined the cast of “The Spirit”, starring opposite Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson and Gabriel Macht in the fantasy thriller about a rookie cop (Macht) who returns from the dead to fight crime as the Spirit from the shadows of Central City.
Mendes will play “a beauty with dangerous curves” named Sand Saref, described as the only woman who could break the Spirit's heart. As teenage lovers, the two were torn apart when Sand's father was accidentally killed by the Spirit's uncle.
The film, directed by Frank Miller, lenses in New Mexico in October.
Project is interesting, as Miller is a student of Eisners but i think Mendes is a horrible actress & ugly as fuck.
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Is Justice League a CGI film? Date : August 23, 2007 Posted By : Clint Morris
Yesterday we reported that Brandon Routh and Christian Bale had not been asked back to play Superman and Batman, respectively, in the new "Justice League" movie.
We recieved an email this morning from an insider who might be able to back up the actors' no-show in this one - seems the film (and it would make sense considering George Miller is the director) might be CGI.
Take this with a grain of salt for the meantime, but it's a definite possibility.
Take this with a grain of salt, this is "friend of a friend" stuff from Sony Imageworks, so there's a chance it's not true, but it's looking likely.
Apparently, the new JLA film won\'t be live action...why the need to cast actors then you ask? Because it's going to be a cgi film that utilises motion capture technology to create a "photo-real" animated film, much like the upcoming Beowulf.
Given Millers recent history with cgi animation (Happy Feet) Imageworks previous working relationship with Warner Brothers and DC Properties (Superman Returns) I would say that this is safe bet to be true. It's also interesting to note that the JLA rumours and speculation really went up a gear after the release of the Beowulf trailer.
What it means of course is that Miller can cast actors rather than faces to play these roles which will then be transferred to a cg environment using the latest motion capture technology.
More news as I get it,
Jawa Juice
We then recieved a second email from 'Jawa Juice', stating :
I must correct an error in my previous mail...Imageworks aren't necessarily doing the effects for the mo-cap cgi JLA movie...they're still in negotiations. I've been told that there are a few effects houses bidding for the contract (R&H and possibly WETA, though the latter is unconfirmed).
Whoever gets the jobs, it may mean that JLA could be pushed back to late 2009, or even 2010...this is speculation on my part, but cgi-films take a long time to do and photo-real mo-cap is still a pretty new technology.
Sorry, for the error, I'll try to give you an update once I get back to the States.
Jawa Juice
HMMM. OK, lets see how this pans out....
Well that sucks....
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Aug 27 2007, 04:21 AM
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Wolverine in Australia? Date : August 26, 2007 Posted By : Clint Morris
Hugh Jackman’s big pre-strike effort “Wolverine – the please-let-it-be-good prequel to “X-Men” – is eyeing off Australia as it’s possible filming location.
According to The Sunday Herald Sun, Jackman is taking meetings and signing cheques in an attempt to get the movie made down under. That way, I’m guessing, he can go straight from “Australia”, which he’s shooting now, into ‘Wolverine’ - and if any ADR or re-shoot commitments pop up for the former, he can just drive down the road and get it done; no passport needed.
The Gavin Hood-directed movie, which chronicles the backstory of the only man on earth hairier than Robin Williams, is set to lens early next year
Here's hoping for a decent spin off!
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Aug 28 2007, 03:43 AM
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LaBeouf to Be Disturbia Director's Last Man? A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy? by Jeff Giles | August 27, 2007 Blog Article | Discuss Article Only a few short years ago, Shia LaBeouf was just another Disney Channel tween actor hoping to make the leap from a family sitcom to the big screen. These days, he's leading a master class in how to build a grown-up career, as evidenced by star turns in Disturbia and Transformers and his upcoming performance in Indiana Jones IV. Now, MTV Movies is reporting he could go from boy to man to the man.
According to the report, LaBeouf is in line to star in Disturbia director D.J. Caruso's adaptation of the Brian K. Vaughan comic Y: The Last Man, which deals with the aftermath of a plague that has wiped out all the males in the human race. All except one, that is -- and LaBeouf would play that survivor, a man named Yorick, who wanders the Earth with a pet monkey named Ampersand.
It sounds campy, but as readers of Vaughan's comic (now approaching its 60th issue) could tell you, it really isn't. Y: The Last Man uses a familiar setup to delve into some rather complex sociological issues, and has earned a fair amount of acclaim during its run, which is scheduled to conclude later this year.
The project is still in the distance, and LaBeouf hasn't committed to anything yet, but as Caruso tells MTV Movies:
"This is funny, but unbeknownst to me, Shia was already chasing this part prior to anything," Caruso said. "I haven't talked to him yet about it because he's off shooting 'Indiana Jones 4,' but Shia is the right type and the right personality because you want to have the humor, but you also want to have the seriousness. So we'll talk about it when we get there."
Just started reading the series, not sure on DJ, though i liked Disturbia.
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Aug 30 2007, 03:16 AM
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Morpehus Manhunter? Date : August 29, 2007 Posted By : Kirby Kegar
Kirby here,
Just snorkeling by the IESB site and spotted some more “Justice League” scoops/rumours/what-have-you.
According to a scooper for IESB – as the site reminds readers, take it with a grain of salt until they gather up more intel – Laurence Fishburne may be the first choice to play The Martin Manhunter in the forthcoming (and much talked about) “Justice League of America” movie.
Hmm.
If true – and it’s possible, considering the Fish worked with the studio on the uber successful “Matrix” movies” – Fishburne would make a great Manhunter. But man, isn’t he getting sick of the comic book stuff yet? This year alone he’s already lent his lungs to both “Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer” and “TMNT”. Still, I suppose he hasn’t got to wear a rubber suit yet. And until you have, you’re not quite a bona-fide superfreak.
Though nothing’s been confirmed yet, the word is Tom Welling is the favourite to play Superman in the movie, whist Ryan Reynolds will be suiting as The Flash. You can now add Fishburne to the rumour pile.
LOL i can sort of see it, he's never been my favorite charecter but by golly if it's not interesting.
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Hey, everyone. Capone in Chicago here. Still slightly soggy, but in slightly better shape than a couple days ago.
You guys have been great, even the nasty Talkbackers, who never fail to crack me up. The only thing worse than evil Talkbackers is no Talkback at all. I particularly laughed at those of you who somehow live under the belief that Harry doesn't pay us. I’m not sure where that rumor got started, but I loved watching it explode like the mold in my condo walls. And just to be clear, I was not asking for money from anyone. But many of the Chicago-based readers had asked if they could help out, and putting that PayPal link out there (which was actually a part of my wife's site before this incident) was the easiest way to make that happen. If you think it's unnecessary, that's perfectly alright. We have insurance, and we'll be fine. More importantly, I talked to Christian Bale, motherfuckers!
For the entire summer, I've been practically tripping over film sets for THE DARK KNIGHT. A couple months ago, the crew was shooting about two blocks from my house. And just last week, the production took over the lobby, two floors, and most of the outside of the building where I keep an office in downtown Chicago. You can't walk through the Loop without hitting either THE DARK KNIGHT or WANTED (the new Angelina Jolie) filming somewhere in this city. Every week, I get an e-mail or seven from someone working in an office building telling me how some part of their building has been converted into a set for a weekend or an entire week. It's actually been kind of exciting, but also slightly frustrating since the production has been operating under a complete and total press blackout, and I can't arrange an official set visit.
This doesn't necessarily mean I don't have a few things up my sleeves as far as THE DARK KNIGHT, including this interview with Christian Bale, in which the subject of Batman is hardly discussed (be patient; I really do have long sleeves, with many things up them). But let's be honest, you could fill pages just talking about the films Bale has impressed me with in just the last three years, including RESCUE DAWN; THE MACHINST; THE PRESTIGE; HARSH TIMES; THE NEW WORLD; and the upcoming 3:10 TO YUMA, which opens next Friday and is the reason I was put in a room with him, as well as November's I'M NOT THERE, in which he plays Bob Dylan, along with many other actors.
I should add at this point that there were two other writers in the room with me asking question, but they were two guys I happen to like, so often their questions were on my list of topics to discuss as well.
Bale is a soft-spoken but very focused man, and when he answers your question, when he's talking to you, he looks you directly in the eyes. I can't be sure, but I'm pretty sure he never blinked as he locked his laser-guided glare on me. It's slightly intense, but not scary, and it forces you to listen to him, since his body language and eye contact don't really change. That being said, getting him to smile or laugh seems to loosen him up (as I had evidenced the night before my interview with him at a post-screening Q&A he did for YUMA). And so I began my conversation with Bale with this question.
Capone: Did playing a fake cowboy in NEWSIES prepare you in any way for 3:10 TO YUMA. Did you draw from that experience?
Christian Bale: laughs I drew nothing from it, except for the quite annoying fact that when I first arrived in Sante Fe, I could not get the song from NEWSIES [“Sante Fe”] out of my mind. Every time somebody said ‘Sante Fe’…if you’re familiar with NEWSIES, there’s a song, and it would just go on through my head. And, it hadn’t been in my head for, whatever it is, 16 years or something like that. Dammit, if every time I saw a sign, a road sign or somebody mentioned it…and it took a good month or so for that to quit.
Question: And, you just had to belt it out right there?
CB: Oh, no. I definitely kept that inside. I wasn’t going to let anybody know about it there.
C: But, it added to your character's torment, I'm guessing.
CB: That’s actually what his conflict is. laughs
Q: Were you familiar at all with the first film when you were approached for this one?
CB: I wasn’t really approached more than just, the script was going around. No, I wasn’t aware that it was a remake at the time. I did watch it before we shot, but no.
Q: So it was the script that attracted you, not the idea of remaking the film?
CB: Yeah.
Q: So, what about the script attracted you?
CB: There was a time for me following BATMAN BEGINS--and I’d also made THE MACHINIST before that--where I felt that I was actually happy with the results of the movies I was making. And, I kind of was hoping to be able to continue that.
And, I had a couple of projects, which were things that I had been wanting to make before BATMAN BEGINS came along--one of them being RESCUE DAWN, another being HARSH TIMES, and I'd also had spoken with Terry Malick about THE NEW WORLD beforehand. So, I felt, okay, I need to get these done. These have to be completed, this comes first. And, then, I decided to just really, instead of looking at a script and thinking, ‘Well, something could be made of this. There are many problems, but something could be made of this with the right people,’ just to really try and wait, and just hold out and wait for a script that I just really looked at and that stayed fixed in my mind for sometime after reading.
That’s what happened with THE PRESTIGE--which was a lucky thing, because Chris [Nolan] was directing, so he was a phone call away--and then, with 3:10 TO YUMA as well. It’s just one of the those scripts that I read and didn’t stop thinking about.
First of all, I wanted to make a Western. Secondly, Westerns can be great in their simplicity about ‘Here’s the bad guy, here’s the good guy’. This one presented you with that, but then, it kind of presented, like, 2+2=5 and showed you why that was correct. But, these two apparently, absolutely ethically opposed people had a great fondness and similarity in that they were both seeking redemption in very different ways. But, I liked very much all of the questions that arose from it in the midst of all the great Western gunfights and the horse riding.
But, this land of lawlessness where you truly did have to stand by your belief, and people have to have a very strong belief. Nowadays, you can kind of get by without that. There’s so much infrastructure and support, at least in the major metropolises, you can kind of just have vague opinions about everything and still get through life. I think at that time you had to have much stronger opinions and beliefs, because you were completely unprotected.
Q: Christian, Dan Evans [Bale's character in YUMA] is certainly, as always, a much different character for you to play, but he's also someone who will go to extremes when he needs to. What attracts you to characters that sort of…at one minute they’re one thing, but when they’re pushed in a certain direction, they have to go through this serious change, because they’re up against so much?
CB: Right. Doesn’t that interest you as well? I mean, circumstances that you can find yourself in and a whole different side comes out? The possibilities of who you could be, given different circumstances? And, everybody not having a predictable life? Everybody has a question throughout their lives, ‘If they were really put to the test, could they stand up and be the person that they would hope to be?’.
And, I think, also particularly with Dan, it’s…I’m a father now, and I see in myself that principles and ethics that applied when I was not a father changed radically when I became a father. And, I kind of have two different sets of principles about who I am. Things that I would do for my daughter, which are pretty much limitless, versus what I will do for myself. And, I could see that in Dan, of him having to decide about the fact that he has a family now and at what point are his own beliefs actually destroying his family, and wanting to set a great example of somebody who has conviction, but really having to question whether his conviction has just become selfish pride. Or, whether it is actually something relevant and practical. That’s what I love about the character, is the conflict within himself, of needing to prove to himself and be the man he aspires to be. Also, needing and just dying to see his son actually respect him for once and his wife actually respect him as well. But, is this pure selfishness? It’s a great dilemma that he has, and, I think, it’s a dilemma that anybody can find themselves in to a lesser degree than Dan does, obviously. But, in life, when they do find themselves having people…loved ones who depend upon them completely.
C: Actually, one of the more interesting elements of the film is how that part of Dan's character sneaks up on you, because you don’t really know until the end that he’s thinking in his head, ‘I want my son to respect me and look at me with dignity’ and regain some of that dignity that he lost in the war. And, by the end of the film, Russell Crowe is literally carrying Dan into his legend, making that little transition so his son will remember him, his father, in a very different way. Did you ever think about your own legacy as an actor? Especially in the last couple of years, you’ve really built up an incredible cadre of film roles, with each role being better than the one before.
CB: Absolutely. I’ve been able to work on movies that I like very much in the past few years, which I think have turned out how I had hoped that they would. And, I’m human, you know; that makes me feel good. I like it when people like what I do. I don’t like it when people are laughing at me for what I do, you know? I mean, I’d love to say I was completely impervious to anybody’s opinion, but that just ain’t the truth. Of course, it matters.
At the same time, there’s also a danger when you start playing it too safe. After all, what am I paid to do? I’m paid to essentially make an ass out of myself, if needed. And occasionally, in doing that, you’re going to fall flat on your face. But, I have learned, through doing that numerous times in my life, that there’s also a ton of enjoyment to what other people see as humiliation. You can actually come to sort of thrive on that, because in a way, it kind of leads to a sort of fearlessness, if you genuinely don’t mind. If the point is that you tried, I think that really is the most important thing. And, like you said, I feel like I’ve been very fortunate in the last couple of years that I’ve gotten to do what I loved, which is actually the making of movies, and on top of that, if I’ve liked how the movies have turned out themselves, then that’s fantastic. But, to start getting too comfortable within that would be eventually to start churning out boring, boring chaff.
C: In the kind of films you make, "comfort" doesn’t seem to play into a lot of what you do.
Q: For the viewer or for you.
Q: You speak a lot about fortune and luck in the last couple of years, but do you think BATMAN opened doors, gave you the freedom to…
CB: Okay, I don't mean luck. I’ll rephrase that, because I don’t believe that that’s luck. I can say that that’s ‘fortunate’, but certainly, it ain’t ‘luck’, because it wasn’t like me picking it out of a hat, is what I’m saying. I did choose the scripts; I did choose the people to work with. So, no, that’s just wrong terminology.
Q: Okay, but do you look at anything that allowed you to take that turn, to give you the freedom to choose whatever part you have. Or, have you always felt that way? Did BATMAN change things and give you the freedom to say, ‘I’m going to wait for something like 3:10 TO YUMA to come along’? Or, did THE MACHINIST give you a new life in the eyes some directors and some people? Was there anything that happened recently that led to that two-year streak? Or, was it just fortune?
CB: I think it also came from a year and a half before THE MACHINIST where I didn’t work at all, and nobody wanted me for anything, and…Well, a couple of people did, but it was for very bad things, and so it was kind of realizing, ‘Okay, I have to re-evaluate, reinvent at this point’. But, I don’t know, I’ve always had this kind of feeling in the back of my head that I’ll be back there again at some point. I’ll be sitting, staring at the wall, banging my head against it, and having to reinvent myself once again at some point.
Q: You obviously have such an incredible dedication to the parts that you play and the things that you do. As you’re doing the preparation, are you just focused, knowing you can do it and you do it; or do you ever wake up in the morning or get the sense of, like, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’
CB: You mean feeling like the dedication is wasted?
Q: Not wasted, but just sort of almost surprising yourself in what you’re willing to do and what you’re able to do. And, having a few moments of, like, ‘I’m not sure if I can do all this’.
Q: …like for RESCUE DAWN or THE MACHINIST?
CB: You know, there’s something also to taking yourself away from your everyday life. I don’t mean my family, I bring my family with me. But specifically talking about RESCUE DAWN…being away in Thailand, you feel completely removed. You don’t even have the sense that this is a movie that anybody’s ever going to see, you know. And, I think that’s a very nice feeling. I think it’s the thing that you have to battle against somewhat with larger movies, to still have the balls to treat it like it’s not a movie that’s never going to be seen, and therefore, I personally think, to come up with something more interesting. But, being away in Thailand, it was as much for me about the adventure of making the movie, you know, so everything I did in that movie, I loved doing. I mean, sure, bumps, cuts, bruises, headaches, all sorts of things, but, I willingly put myself in places to get all of that.
If I’m understanding your question correctly, the times I’ve felt ‘What am I doing here?’ is when you realize that you’re working with people who aren’t dedicated to what they’re doing at all, and they don’t really care that much. At that point, you just start to feel like a fool, because you’ve committed yourself and you’re thinking much more about it, and you realize that, I don’t know, they’re just kind of walking in. Those are the times that you kind of sit back and think ‘Who’s the idiot here? Am I the idiot? Are they the idiot? I’m not sure.’
Q: So, doing something like THE MACHINIST, there’s no voice in the back of your head saying, ‘God, I could really go for a good cheeseburger at this point,’ or something like that?
CB: Yeah, man, what, are you crazy? I chose not to go eat with anybody, because the second I saw or smelled that food, I was like a wolf. And, I had a couple of times when I did do that, and I ate five meals at one go, you know? And, I just went ‘Ahh-h-h-h’ [mimics ingesting a burger in one bite]. And, obviously, your stomach isn’t prepared for that. I felt terrible afterwards, so I just said, ‘I can’t do that,' because you do, you want a cheeseburger every day.
C: At the Q&A last night, you mentioned that you didn’t really have a vast knowledge of film history and, because you’ve been acting since you were so young, you didn’t really have any formal training as an actor either. When you were younger--or maybe even today--did you feel like you had to try a little harder? Did you feel like there’s something maybe you have to prove to filmmakers and other actors?
CB: Not anymore. I did. I used to feel that way. I used to feel, hey, there’s a lot of people who paid…they go and study for years to do this, and they have techniques that they use. And, I thought, ‘Ah, maybe I should do that’, but I don’t feel that anymore.
I spoke with a few people, you know, who did study…with some pretty good actors, even a couple of heads of drama schools and things, and actually, after having the conversations with them, I kind of felt like ‘Alright, I don’t need to do that. I can quit with this guilt thing,’ you know?
But, it was also partly because there was also a slight sense that at that age, you know--you’re talking about 17, 18, whatever—ages when most people I knew were heading to college, and studying and stuff. And, I wasn’t, you know, I was working, and that’s great, but what comes with that are bills to pay and responsibilities and stuff like that. I kind of thought, ‘Eh, maybe I should just throw this in and do what they’re doing, because they’re not doing anything but, you know, kind of studying and goofing off the rest of the time.’ There was a temptation there, sort of, being a bit more normal. But, not anymore, no. I don’t feel that at all.
For me, I think that there’s too much talking done about how people act and how to get there and all that, as though it’s some--and I know a lot of other actors will disagree with me on this--sort of mechanical skill that you have to acquire. And, if you don’t have this certain knowledge, well, there’s no way that you could ever do it. I just don’t believe that at all. I don’t think you have to have taken a single lesson in your life, because all you've got to do is watch people. That’s it. You know when you’re faking situations with other people, when you’re in uncomfortable situations and you pretend to be somebody else. You know when you’re most feeling like yourself. Everybody knows that in themselves. Well, that’s it. That’s all you've got to know about, I think, personally.
And, then, yeah, there’s a few, just very simple, technical things that just make it easier for yourself to do film acting in particular, where you know, okay, this is the way you do it when there’s a camera following. But, other than that, I don’t see it as being something that needs a whole lot of study.
Q: Christian, can you name three situations that you would be willing to wear a cape in and three that you wouldn’t?
CB: Three situations where I would be willing to wear a cape? You mean three situations within BATMAN? First of all, let me say, whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn’t really onto anything. The number of times I’m treading on that damn thing, or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head, you know. It’s really not practical. As a superhero, I wouldn’t do it ever, myself.
I’m not quite following, I mean, I’m wearing a cape every damn day, so I can come up with many more than three situations where I’m wearing a cape. But, practically, actually, the situations where I wouldn’t wear a cape would be crime fighting. I especially wouldn’t choose to don that.
Q: Are you almost done filming [DARK KNIGHT]? How much longer are you going to be working on it?
CB: No, we’re going until November. It’s a seven-month shoot.
[At this point, the interview is brought to a close, but as I'm shaking his hand good-bye, I got out one more question I was dying to know the answer to.]
C: In I'M NOT THERE, which era of Bob Dylan are you covering?
CB: I cover two. I play, like, kind of the Troubadour of Conscience, as they called him when he first sort of hit New York, and then I play the Christian era.
C: That's great, thanks.
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Goyer Talks Magneto, Super Max, and Others Wizard's got the goods. by Jeff Giles | August 30, 2007 Blog Article | Discuss Article Some of his projects have been more warmly received than others (The Invisible, anyone?), but there's no arguing the fact that David S. Goyer is a person of great interest to the fanboy faithful, which is why we just know you're going to want to read his exclusive interview with Wizard!
Goyer's got a number of interesting projects in the pipeline, including the upcoming X-Men spinoff Magneto, the adaptation of Steven Gould's book Jumper, a sequel to The Invisible Man, possibly directing an episode of Heroes: Origins, the much-discussed Green Arrow movie Super Max, and a potential return to comics.
It's Magneto and Super Max that fans probably want to know about the most, and they'll be happy to hear that development is moving along on both fronts. Goyer tells Wizard he's "scouting and budgeting" for Magneto now, that the production is "sort of halfway crewed up," and that most of the film will take place in Europe and Argentina. The main question surrounding the project, according to Goyer, is whether the filmmakers and the studio can agree on a budget.
As far as Super Max goes, Goyer says Justin Marks' screenplay hasn't been officially delivered yet, but he does reveal that the script -- which will find Green Arrow wrongfully sent to a prison for supervillains -- will include a lot of what he refers to as "third-tier DC villains," including Icicle. After promising that "people will recognize most of them," he tells Wizard:
What we did was present to DC a list of people we wanted, and then they went through it on a case-by-case basis and told us whether we could have them or not.
Tucked into all this news of comic-derived projects was a question about Goyer's planned Invisible Man sequel -- and his response contains a bit of information that should make some movie buffs cautiously optimistic:
I just spent about four hours typing out this idea and I had no idea if there was any project. So I had my agent inquire if Universal Studios was doing anything with it and it turned out they've been trying to develop an 'Invisible Man' thing for the last 10 years. They're trying to redo some of their monster franchises like 'The Creature From the Black Lagoon' and 'Wolfman' and things like that. They just couldn't figure it out, and everyone said -- without giving away the whole concept -- 'Wow, why didn't we think about that?'
A Universal monster-movie revival is something that's been proposed by some of our fellow Vine residents, and if -- if -- it's done right, it could be an extremely cool idea. To read the rest of what Goyer had to say, click on through to the link below!
Super Max is going to be great.
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And The Tone Of The SHAZAM Movie Will Be... ??
Merrick here...
I'll be the first to admit I'm not the most qualified person to write this post. I'm familiar with this concept only in general terms & from the iffy live-action Saturday morning show back in the 70s.
As such, I'm not sure what to make of this news other than...instinctively...I'm not convinced this approach is necessarily the right one. Comedy and superheroes have never mixed well for me; I suppose such hybridization could work if there's ginormous heart and soul behind it.
The opposite of this is: I'd rather have a successful comedic superhero movie than a tightly wound, self-important crappy one.
Like I said...what do I know?
Over at MTV, screenwriter John August (CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, BIG FISH, and the two CHARLIE'S ANGELS films) talks a bit about his plans for the SHAZAM movie.
“It’s not Spider-Man plus jokes. There’s really good comic potential there,” he asserted, revealing that his film — an origin story — owes as much to “Big” as it does to “Superman.”
“Yeah, I avoid saying that because that incenses certain people,” August laughed of the comparison. “But the people that are going to go see this movie opening weekend are going to be excited to see [action and comedy] together.”
...says a blog entry that can be found HERE.
This is news to which I say...
When I was a kid, I often watched SHAZAM on Saturday mornings. I thought that RV was sooo damn cool...a house you could drive!? But it also had a lightning bolt on it! That rocked. It never occurred to me that I could draw my own lightning bolt on a piece of poster board and tape it to the front of my mom's pick-up. Seeing this footage, looks pretty much like what they did when making the show.
I wonder if August is incorporating an RV with a lightning bolt on it into his script? Probably not. If not, I'm sooooooo disinterested...
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Sep 5 2007, 03:49 AM
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The Bat reunites with The Cat? Date : September 5, 2007 Posted By : Clint Morris
I remember talking to David Goyer, writer of “Batman Begins” and story maestro for the next two “Batman” movies, about his plans for the current trilogy and as far as I can remember, his pitch featured only the characters Harvey Dent/Two Face, The Joker and of course, the charcoaled avenger. Have the powers-that-be made a customary-studio-typical suggestion for the next – the third – “Batman” film though? And just how tight do they want the latex suit?
I wouldn’t have taken much notice of this – if only because it’s too early to be talking about the next instalment – item at Cinema Blend, suggesting Catwoman’s possible appearance in the next movie, if only the scooper hadn’t got the first bit right. “Word is that Heath Ledger could be coming back in the next sequel which will have Two Face as the main villain.”
That’s spot on with what Goyer’s said, and anyone else in the know.
Now, the scooper says that “a certain feline” may be in the next movie. No concrete yay or nay, just a maybe. And again, it’s always a possibility. And of course Warner would no doubt like her to pop up in the movie – the more the merrier as far as studio execs are concerned. I say plonk Rachel McAdams in the little black number… meeeeeeow!
Take it with a grain of table salt for now, and swallow some pepper as a chaser, but interesting none the less.
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Robert Rodriguez to Helm 'Preacher' pilot for HBO? Posted: September 6, 2007 @ 7:46pm | Source: Comics2Film | Comments (1) We've been waiting very patiently, Preacher is coming to HBO. What's taking so long, well it looks as if there's a new name behind the possible pilot. The man behind a couple comic book films, Mark Steven Johnson, will Produce as Howard Deutch was going to helm the adaptation... not anymore. So who is lined up to bring Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's shocking tale of angels and demons in the American west to Home Box Office? According to Comics2Film Robert Rodriguez's name has been throw around in the mix. Nothing is official, but let's keep our fingers crossed! But there is still some bad news, the site reports that HBO still has not committed to the show. Hopefully this will change things. Watch for more soon.
Only read a bit of Preacher, not huge, but sounds like a good project thus far.
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