Mog Elffoe
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Shadowdancer said:
It's Universal, actually.
Here's another place where Weta people will be keeping busy in the next couple of years:
http://dramaticmovies.about.com/cs/upcomingreleases/a/neongenesis.htm
A LoTR Inspired Fantasy Movie Renaissance - What Happened?
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It's Universal, actually.
Here's another place where Weta people will be keeping busy in the next couple of years:
http://dramaticmovies.about.com/cs/upcomingreleases/a/neongenesis.htm
barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
Whoops! Thanks for the correction(s).
Hard to keep these things straight these days.
Hard to keep these things straight these days.
Desdichado
Hero
Makes sense. Universal owns the rights to King Kong today, as any trip to Universal Studios Orlando will show you. For that matter, showing my ignorance of film history (where's ColonelHardisson when you need him?) isn't Universal just a successor company to the old RKO group that did the 1933 King Kong?
Heck, I'm excited to see a new KK. The 1933 movie is one of the true classics of the silver screen, IMO.
Heck, I'm excited to see a new KK. The 1933 movie is one of the true classics of the silver screen, IMO.
barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
Damn.
King Kong is definitely in the running for the best film of all time. Not saying it IS the best film of all time, but if you were gathering nominations, it wouldn't be out of place there. What a GREAT GREAT film.
And further evidence to support my theory that in cinema, entertainment value increases with the number of dinosaurs. More dinosaurs equals more entertainment.
King Kong is definitely in the running for the best film of all time. Not saying it IS the best film of all time, but if you were gathering nominations, it wouldn't be out of place there. What a GREAT GREAT film.
And further evidence to support my theory that in cinema, entertainment value increases with the number of dinosaurs. More dinosaurs equals more entertainment.
Ranger REG
Explorer
Not so with American-produced Godzilla.
BTW, Kong is a (dire?) primate.
BTW, Kong is a (dire?) primate.
Desdichado
Hero
Yes, but he lives on an island full of dinosaurs. His fight with the T. rex is one of the most famous moments on film.Ranger REG said:
Ranger REG
Explorer
That's true.
Trainz
Explorer
I want to add to all the comments that implied that Dragonlance would be a viable movie.
It has a love triangle (Tanis, Kitiara, Laurana). Just that would make it more palatable to all the non-fanboys who want something they can grasp from a fantasy movie.
Now, if portraying THIS particular love-triangle can be achieved properly, that's in the hands of whoever would be doing the movie. Personnally I have my doubts.
It has a love triangle (Tanis, Kitiara, Laurana). Just that would make it more palatable to all the non-fanboys who want something they can grasp from a fantasy movie.
Now, if portraying THIS particular love-triangle can be achieved properly, that's in the hands of whoever would be doing the movie. Personnally I have my doubts.
Ranger REG
Explorer
Personally, would have loved seeing Kitiara flirting with Tanis and Sturm (especially Sturm, considering what happened before they all got back together at the start of the Chronicles, sans Kitiara).
Otherwise, the love between the chieftain's daughter Goldmoon and Riverwind would be good to emphasized.
Otherwise, the love between the chieftain's daughter Goldmoon and Riverwind would be good to emphasized.
Mog Elffoe
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Ranger REG said:
Untrue! The American Godzilla wasn't a dinosaur--he was a giant iguana, remember?
The important difference here is that Peter Jackson LOVES King Kong (even more than LotR!) and wants to make the best King Kong movie possible. Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were never Godzilla fans to begin with. They didn't 'get' it. Peter Jackson does. That's why Skull Island will be populated by dinosaurs. Dinosaurs DO make everything better! It's a FACT.
