taksraven Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Here it comes...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_E...%282008_film%29 I can imagine it now. The climactic speech at the end from Klaatu.... "Either work with us or continue on your present path and be destroyed, dudes" Its going to be great. I am sure. Taksraven Quote
Alpha OTS Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I can't wait to see all the battles and explosions because that's what this movie was entirely about. Quote
UN Spacy Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Do you guys still see Keanu Reeves as one half of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Quote
taksraven Posted March 20, 2008 Author Posted March 20, 2008 (edited) Do you guys still see Keanu Reeves as one half of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Nah, I see him as the surfer detective in Point Break! No way, way, Dude! Taksraven Edited March 20, 2008 by taksraven Quote
Beltane70 Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I had a dream last night that I was watching a remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Hiwever, Keanu Reeves was not in it. Quote
Gubaba Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Nah, I see him as the surfer detective in Point Break! No way, way, Dude! Taksraven They should've gotten Patrick Swayze to play Gort... Quote
Wes Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Do you guys still see Keanu Reeves as one half of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? It bothers him that we still hold it against him so we do. And these bastards had the balls to go on strike. Quote
Smiley424 Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 It bothers him that we still hold it against him so we do. And these bastards had the balls to go on strike. He will always be Ted Theodore Logan in my eyes Quote
thegunny Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Damn we'll have to change the opening song of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Keanu Reeves was ill the day the earth stood still I don't think so! Quote
Warmaker Posted March 23, 2008 Posted March 23, 2008 Another remake? Like, no waaayyy, dude! Is it going to have, like, lotsa guns? Quote
Mechfactory.com Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 This is Gort S Robot Esquire and I'm Klatu Theodore Logan and we are Galaxy Stalions. " If anything happens to me you must get to Gort and say these three words..... Party On Dude" Quote
eriku Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 At least with today's modern computer technology they can digitally remove the woodpecker that's constantly following Keanu around. Quote
Apollo Leader Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 I'm not sure whether or not to cry out, "Boguuuss!" or simply say, "whoa" at this development. At the end of the new The Day the Earth Stood Still, Neo Theodore Ted Logan Klatu will leave the people of Earth with these words of wisdom and peace... "Be excellent to each other... PARTY ON, DUDES!". Quote
zeus the zentran Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Keanu Reeves as Klaatu?WTF?Why don't they take a dump on Robert Wise's grave while they're at it.I'm sure the hipster poseur crowd that likes the new BattleStar Galactica will cream themsemves.Hollywood really needs to stop mining the past and leave the classic the hell alone. Quote
Gubaba Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 Keanu Reeves as Klaatu?WTF?Why don't they take a dump on Robert Wise's grave while they're at it.I'm sure the hipster poseur crowd that likes the new BattleStar Galactica will cream themsemves.Hollywood really needs to stop mining the past and leave the classic the hell alone. The old Battlestar Galactica is a classic...? When did that happen? Quote
Macross73 Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 KLAATU : "We have come to visit you in peace -- and with good will." , Dude . CROWD : No Way , Dude . Whoa! This is gonna be ... well you know, Dude. Quote
Alpha OTS Posted April 7, 2008 Posted April 7, 2008 I'm sure the hipster poseur crowd that likes the new BattleStar Galactica will cream themsemves. Quote
taksraven Posted April 7, 2008 Author Posted April 7, 2008 **Prediction time** I bet that in this version that in this new version, Klaatu gets to kiss the single mom chick, DUDE!!!!! And the chick will have to qualify as a MILF! DUDE!!!!! Taksraven Quote
taksraven Posted July 5, 2008 Author Posted July 5, 2008 The old Battlestar Galactica is a classic...? When did that happen? Well, according to some people, the original Battlestar Galactica series was the best SF EVER MADE! Yeah right! Its about as good as the Buck Rogers that was made around the same time. I got the DVD of series one of that and regretted it. It was better when I was eight. Taksraven Quote
taksraven Posted July 5, 2008 Author Posted July 5, 2008 Trailer for the remake is up. http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thedayth...till/large.html Looks really weird. Think I will stick with the original. According to the Wikipedia article on the film, its about man vs nature as opposed to the Cold War man vs man theme. What a load of bollocks! Taksraven Quote
eugimon Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 Saw the trailer tonight in front of Hancock. Looked okay, but something felt off, like it wasn't very cohesive, like maybe the people making it didn't really know what they wanted out of it. Quote
taksraven Posted July 5, 2008 Author Posted July 5, 2008 Saw the trailer tonight in front of Hancock. Looked okay, but something felt off, like it wasn't very cohesive, like maybe the people making it didn't really know what they wanted out of it. Yeah, thats the vibe I was picking up on too. Was Hancock any good? Taksraven Quote
eugimon Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 It was okay... Peter Berg doesn't really handle the fight choreography very well so the action sequences just never gelled. The music was underwhelming... it kinda strove for a Superman-ish feel but like the action, never quite gets there. The visual effects are okay as well. Nothing offensive but never really great. All the principle actos have good chemistry and Will Smith is pretty hilarious. So... yeah. As an action movie, it's kinda 'meh' but it works okay as an action comedy and it certainly works better than that Luke Wilson/Uma Thurmon superhero-action-comedy. Quote
Gubaba Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 Well, according to some people, the original Battlestar Galactica series was the best SF EVER MADE! Yeah right! Its about as good as the Buck Rogers that was made around the same time. I got the DVD of series one of that and regretted it. It was better when I was eight. Taksraven You got the Buck Rogers DVD set...? Ouch. Yeah, I liked it (and BSG) when I was a kid, but I remember enough to know that wouldn't like them now...bidi bidi bidi. Quote
Shmitty Posted July 5, 2008 Posted July 5, 2008 Judging from the trailer, it seemed less like the "If man proceeds down this path, he will be a threat to the universe, and must be stopped," and more like "You guys are messing up this planet, quit it... dudes." I don't know if I can get behind that. It just seems kind of stupid that an advanced alien civilization would care what we were doing to our own little rock on the edge of nowhere. But my friends will probably take me to see this anyway. Quote
daeudi Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 It smelled (reeked) of PC eco-geek propaganda. As if Al Gore was the Executive Producer. Ignoring the actor, that annoys me more than anything. = Correction: The fact that they are making a remake AT ALL is what really annoys me. There is a LONG list of remakes of classics that sucked. Name even one remake of a "classic" that did not defile the memory of the original. Please. = Quote
Gubaba Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 (edited) There is a LONG list of remakes of classics that sucked. Name even one remake of a "classic" that did not defile the memory of the original. Please. The Fly Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('70s and '90s versions) Little Shop of Horrors Most adaptations of Jane Austen novels Pretty much all other remakes suck, though...but they often make money, which is the sole point. Edited July 6, 2008 by Gubaba Quote
taksraven Posted July 6, 2008 Author Posted July 6, 2008 There is a LONG list of remakes of classics that sucked. Name even one remake of a "classic" that did not defile the memory of the original. Please. = The remake of 1984 made in 1984 was pretty good. Can't really be called a remake of the 1950's version since they were both just based on the novel. The 1979 telemovie remake of All Quiet on the Western Front was absolutely brilliant. I show students that film and they find it hard to believe that things in a war could be that bad. The John Carpenter remake of The Thing was outstanding. I also preferred the more recent version of War of the Worlds to the 1950's attempt . (I still think that the true definitive version of that is to be made. Set in the proper location and era with the true horror of the invasion.) Yes, I will agree with you though. 9 out of 10 remakes are absolute garbage. Taksraven Quote
Gubaba Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Joh Carpenter's The Thing! Damn, I knew I was forgetting something... Great movie. Better than the original. Quote
daeudi Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 The Thing I'll give ya 1984? I'll have to rent it. All Quiet on the Western Front: I hadn't heard they did a TV movie version, must look it up. War of the Worlds? We will just have to agree to disagree. <sigh> Quote
Sumdumgai Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 "After becoming one with the Matrix, I have returned to you humans to tell you that your virtual earth is all polluted so now you have to die for the virtual earth to be able to survive." Quote
JB0 Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 "After becoming one with the Matrix, I have returned to you humans to tell you that your virtual earth is all polluted so now you have to die for the virtual earth to be able to survive." That's not a very Optimus thing to say. Wait, wrong Matrix. Quote
Alpha OTS Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 On the upside, maybe we'll get a cool Gort mecha. He's only in the trailer for a split second. Quote
electric indigo Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Abandon your SUVs, or Gort will be chargin his lazor. It will be powered by solar energy this time, of course. Quote
JB0 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 They shoulda got Micheal Bay to direct. He'd make sure there was a suitably badass Gort. Quote
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