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Troy
Lennier
Ranger
in Zocalo v2.0
I saw the Matrix:Revolutions today and was pleasantly surprised to see a teaser trailer for Troy. Without giving anything away the opening scene on the big screen took my breath away.
You can see it online [URL=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/t/troy.php]here[/URL] but it doesn't have nearly the same impact. It should be out May 2004, and looks promising so far. Anyone else looking forward to this?
You can see it online [URL=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/t/troy.php]here[/URL] but it doesn't have nearly the same impact. It should be out May 2004, and looks promising so far. Anyone else looking forward to this?
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"The face that launched a thousand ships" c'mon, everyone has heard that line!
[B]I'm interested in this primarily because Wolfgang Peterson will be moving on to Ender's Game after this. [/B][/QUOTE] That's still happening? Nice :D I remember reading on Orson Scott Card's site that he'd written the screenplay a while ago, but hadn't heard anything else on it.
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[B]I'm interested in this primarily because Wolfgang Peterson will be moving on to Ender's Game after this. [/B][/QUOTE]
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That's the single greatest book I have ever read, and while my repertoire of books isn't so great as it will someday be (brilliant observation there, eh? :D), that [i]is[/i] saying something. I can't say I believe the movie will be a tenth so good as the book (There was that rumor about the kid from The Sixth Sense starring, and I hope so, because he's the only person I can imagine so much as coming close to nailing Ender), but I would like to see what they do with the the Battleroom scenes... could be interesting. Twill be interesting, also, to see what they do with the Bonzo fight... two naked kids fighting to the death in a shower. :p
And yeah, Troy looked pretty cool. The friggin' camera kept panning out for maybe twenty seconds, showing a fleet comprised of, basically, Earth's entire population during that time.
[B]Hehe, someone at the theater spoke like this after the trailer: "BRAD PIT?! Now there goes that movie!" [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah, that was my first reaction. After seeing the teaser poster he kinda fits what I pictured Achilles as looking like however.
[URL=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/troynews.php?id=2096]Pitt as Achilles[/URL]
Have to ask my professor. I'm actually taking a course right now called Troy and the Trojan War.
I love college. :)
Yup i agree!.........wait no......its got sean bean.....its gonna be good!
There was also a time when I would have argued that Lord of the Rings could never, ever be done correctly.
Will it be the same as the book? No. Will it be a good re-telling of the story in movie form? Perhaps. Will it be a good movie in its own right, regardless? We'll see.
[B](There was that rumor about the kid from The Sixth Sense starring, and I hope so, because he's the only person I can imagine so much as coming close to nailing Ender)[/B][/QUOTE]
That rumor is [i]way[/i] out of date now. Haley Joel Osment is too old to play Ender; OSC won't let it go forward unless the actor who plays Ender is less than twelve years old, or could reasonably appear to be that young.
[B]I still have my doubts. [/B][/QUOTE]
As do I, but it'll probably be decent, provided they can find actors to fit the parts....
Two questions: since we've already deviated from the Troy portion of this thread...
Who gets to do Bean?
and whatever happened to the movie for Startide Rising?
Heard anything recently John?
:)
Here's the input he [i]does[/i] have: He wrote the current draft of the screenplay, which apparently other (more experienced) screenwriters are going over right now. OSC and Wolfgang Peterson will go over whatever they come up with, and decide together which changes are good changes and which are bad. In this way, Card at least has some amount of content control.
Judging from things he's said elsewhere, I would guess that Card will be involved in casting decisions, though probably not in any official manner. But it looks like Peterson wants to keep Card involved with the movie, which can only be a good thing.
It's going to suck.
He lives in NC, by the way.
[B]Whereabouts? [/B][/QUOTE]
Bollocks if I know... the epicenter of the US gaming world is in Cali, so I figure I'll go to college there for something computer (probably programming) related. I think I'd rather be a developer, or conceptual artist, but my drawing skills aren't nearly as good as my imagination... and I'm pretty good at what little programming I've forced myself to stop procrastinating and learn.
[B]Bollocks if I know... the epicenter of the US gaming world is in Cali, so I figure I'll go to college there for something computer (probably programming) related. I think I'd rather be a developer, or conceptual artist, but my drawing skills aren't nearly as good as my imagination... and I'm pretty good at what little programming I've forced myself to stop procrastinating and learn. [/B][/QUOTE]
I would never work as a programmer on anything not related to gaming. Probably end up starting up something with some friends and failing miserably a few times, before getting a real job. :p
And I've always got writing, although I don't suppose that'll pay the bills until I become famous. Not the until. :D
[Edit]I quoted myself, but I meant to quote Biggles. gj me!
:)