Whatever happened to Sword & Sorcery Cinema?

[Ranger REG]

Shouldn't be; they use CGI on a lot of small(ish) budget T.V. shows with a sci-fi or fantasy theme.

Of course, it doesn't look as good as a big budget movie would, but it's certainly doable.

Well, they try not to use CG effects too much, and if possibe to keep stock footages so it can be re-used in future episodes.

 

[frankthedm]

Getting raped by a puma isn't really so bad...

Not that I would know from personal experience, of course. Just repeating what I heard, elsewhere.

Someones been reading Foglio's work...

 

[Wolv0rine]

Can't help but think that Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser would make for an excellent "buddy" movie though...

Yeah but what are the odds that it'd be a Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson buddy flick (which, admittedly, I love, but is evil and twisted for a S&S flick)?

 

[Frostmarrow]

Well, they try not to use CG effects too much, and if possibe to keep stock footages so it can be re-used in future episodes.

But now it ought to be possible to buy the minotaur from the Narnia-library and paste it into just about anything.

 

[Ranger REG]

But now it ought to be possible to buy the minotaur from the Narnia-library and paste it into just about anything.

Pasting it is one thing. Making it move and interact with the environment is quite another.

 

[Rykion]

The minotaur from Narnia was also a combination of CG and a guy in a very well done WETA made suit. I doubt that could be reproduced inexpensively. It would also be too reminiscent of the movies that reused the same special effect footage in the 70's and early 80's.

 

[Larcen]

I don't think it's a tragedy, but it is too bad there aren't more fantastic films being specifically made for adult audiences.

The tragedy is that they're spending so much money on people like Tom Cruise and remaking old movies when they could be doing lots of medium-budget, good quality fun films.

Watch Serenity!

 

[Larcen]

... which was a more serious take on the story, than Conan the Destroyer. ...

You know, Destroyer always gets a bad rap. I happened to ENJOY it more than the first movie on many levels. Why? It is one of the best D&D style storylines ever put to film. It was basically about a party full of different classes on a quest. Heck, they even had thieves backstabbing and burley fighters not only making a Bend Bars roll, but a Lift Gates one was well! Ha. Bottom line sure it was corny but it was FUN. The sword fights didn't suck and the characters were interesting. Oh, and the music rocked.

BTW, it may be interesting to know that Destroyer's storyline was written by Roy Thomas who penned the excellent run of Savage Sword of Conan comics, and it shows.

 

[niolo]

I remember the campy Sword and Socerers tv show that was on in the 80s (I think it was called "Swords and Socerers"). As for upcoming movies, I just read in the LA Times that Beowulf is to be out in 2006...(which I am sure has already been commented upon).

 

[Hand of Evil]

Star Wars and rating system. Star Wars changed everything, the way people viewed movies, the budgetsspent on movies and the way Hollywood made movies, while on its own this did not hurt S&S Cinema it set the stage for its decline, focus moved, Star Wars became a benchmark standard.

You also had the changes to the rating system, R and PG movies were made into PG-13 movies, then NC-17, with clearly defined restrictions on violence and sex, up to this time S&S had a good dose of both, then as said it was defined to violence and simulated violence (no blood).