What do you think are the consistent themes in Fincher's movies, I haven't noticed.
can't really get into it -- i think i have elsewhere. it's a kind of buddhist thing tho, shit to do with control and chaos. "zodiac" makes it p clear though & u really shd watch it.
fincher (like most a-list directors) oversees the writing of his scripts -- doubt he does dialogue or whatever, but no, he doesn't just do what he's given.
it will be interesting to see how that works with his next one, however, which is written by aaron sorkin so unlikely to be s.thing he'd rewrite, i'd guess.
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't wait to see what shade of washed-out green Fincher films his next movie in.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link
the alien-love inside me can't help but cheer that with ridley on this it will be pretty good. but on the other hand, all alien movies since 3 have been wank, so dunno what to think.
― bracken free ditch (Ste), Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
It isn't overstating things to say that Ridley Scott is among the greatest filmmakers of all time
shill needs shootin'
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Scott's last great movie was "Thelma and Louise"???
I need to go check a list of movies before, and movies since, but I mean......
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"Black Hawk Down" is pretty great, but yeah, had he done "Duelists" through "Blade Runner" and then retired, we wouldn't have missed much save "Thelma & Louise." I've always been impressed by Scott's prolific nature, though, esp. if you take into account his work as a producer. He and Spielberg just crank them out, though Spielberg returns to specific themes again and again whereas Ridley Scott is more scattershot. "Matchstick Men?" "A Good Year?" Hell, "American Gangster?" Not what one would consider "typical" Ridley Scott fare, though admittedly these days "typical" means guys in the woods shooting flaming arrows.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
lotta ppl here ride for "kingdom of heaven"
im siked for "robin hood" too
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
HANNIBAL is v.underrated imho, a great black comedy
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I forgot about Matchstick Men, that was pretty good movie. Not classic or anything (it pretty much followed the same pattern as most con man movies have done ever since House of Games, but totally enjoyable.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 April 2010 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
the finch has only made seven films in 18 years, but the last but one was a masterpiece, his best yet.
I have to assume that you, along with the rest of the population of Planet Earth, have chosen to forget that Benjamin Butthole ever happened.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 29 April 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
no, i liked it.
but zodiac was his last but one.
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, 29 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
mr. haircare tell me about this benjamin butthole picture you speak of
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Friday, 30 April 2010 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, wtf Fincher? "Zodiac" was a masterpiece, but I couldn't make it past 30 minutes of "Button." And now you've got a Facebook movie on its way? And a remake of the overseas adaptation of "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo?" Fincher, you can do better.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 April 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
the facebook movie is gonna own hard
you have to be "in the right place" for CCBB
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Friday, 30 April 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
MTV: What made you change your mind?Scott: Honestly? They've squeezed the franchise dry.
Scott: Honestly? They've squeezed the franchise dry.
So what made him change his mind?
― broad layering (onimo), Friday, 30 April 2010 08:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Alien father will be a CGI Billy Zane
― in movie 2001 resurrect thread on planet jupiter (Pillbox), Friday, 30 April 2010 09:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I think he's implying something along the lines of "if they can't do anything more interesting with this series then maybe I, as its originator, can"
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Friday, 30 April 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
this movie is gonna be a viking
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Alien prequels, that's where I'm a Space Jocket
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Friday, 30 April 2010 15:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Jockey
shit
pred ship pred ship pred ship
and vikings
― one of your top-tier posters! (history mayne), Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:16 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
i want to make a song out of this
― excitation needed (latebloomer), Friday, 30 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/articles/damon-lindelof-rewriting-alien-prequel-maybe,43608/
A little bit disappointing if true as I've read the first 30 pages of John Spaihts' script and if it actually got made it would cause fanboys worldwide to spontaneously combust with rage.
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Hahah do tell.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 July 2010 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Let's just say it's been nicknamed "Gaylien"
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
*spontaneously combusts with rage*
― F-Unit (Ste), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Roffle. That script must be filmed immediately.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
It's pretty easily found with a quick google search.
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
this whole idea is confounding
― titchyschneiderhouserules (s1ocki), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Having found this script -- well, that's an intercut sex/death scene to rival the start of Excalibur, I suppose.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
hoax
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Has it been unequivocally debunked? I'm gonna pretend it's real anyway
― Number None, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
"hard cock" in a screenplay? Spaceship Octavia? C'mon this is good ole fashioned fanfic
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Friday, 30 July 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a hoax. but worth reading for lols.
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
INT. MEN'S QUARTERS - LOCKER AREA
Fins hands are tangled in Karik's hair.
KARIKGod! Damn it!
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Fin picks himself up.
FINChrist!
Fin grabs his spade.Karik assumes a low martial-arts stance and steps towardthe cat-alien.
The cat-alien and Karik pace around each other.
The cat-alien jabs at Karik with its sharp tail.
Karik parries the blow.
In a blur, the cat-alien jabs again.
And Karik parries.
The cat-alien makes a third jab with its tail andimmediately leaps at Karik, its jaws open.Karik blocks the tail then catches the cat-alien's oblonghead with a roundhouse kick that knocks the cat-alien backagain.
Fin stands there, awestruck by what he sees, his grip onthe spade relaxing. He snaps out of it and looks furiouslyfor the net.
The cat-alien and Karik fight, Karik using lightening-fastmartial arts to defend himself.
Fin leans his spade against the wall, picks up the net, andturns, shaking it open before him. Before he can throw it,he groans in pain and looks down.
An ant-alien is biting his calf, just above his boot. Twomore are on the toe of the boot. His other foot knocks theant-aliens off.
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
clearly authentic
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Friday, 30 July 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
low martial arts stance
― (e_3) (Edward III), Friday, 30 July 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
buffalo stance more effective against cat aliens imo
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 30 July 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Just leave Alien well enough alone.
― The Startrekman, Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images/gallery/chris-crocker-cries.jpg
― 3-D MUTANT PENGUIN TITS! (latebloomer), Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:44 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently the alien prequel has morphed into an original sci-fi movie directed by ridley scott
http://www.slashfilm.com/ridley-scotts-alien-prequel-longer-alien-prequel-prometheus-starring-noomi-rapace/
that's actually kinda heartening, imo.
― Young Guns aside, the western is not my favorite genre. (latebloomer), Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
That's actually pretty great to hear.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
interesting, is there anything known about this new flick?
― F-Unit (Ste), Saturday, 15 January 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
WeirdOf interest, however, is that Prometheus may not be a total departure from the Alien series, as Sky Movies is reporting that the classic alien creatures actually play a major role in the film’s plot. A source close to them even went so far as to say that the film “definitely takes place in the same world as Alien.” How the two mix into each other remains to be seen.http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/01/27/michael-fassbender-lands-high-profile-role-in-prometheus-but-is-it-actually-a-new-alien-movie-afterall/
― Number None, Friday, 28 January 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
eh, seems like typical rumor mill echo chamber bullshit
― H.R. Gigerstuf (latebloomer), Friday, 28 January 2011 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
has already gone to my most anticipated movie of the next xx years (do i have low standards?)
i'm gonna guess it has to do with one alien race and the aliens from...alien... are all exiled or whatev after a big battle at the end of the movie, and their last surviving ship is the one that crashes on the planet seen in the original alien. it would be a prequel w/out not really being so - a prequel would have to retain certain characters or themes from the orig. alien series. i'll just toss out that i think ridley has the guts to craft a sci-fi that doesn't involve "man meets alien"
of course there was also rumor that the girl from the dragon tattoo series would play star role? ffs i hope they don't implement any alternate universes/time travel
― The previous message has been brought to you by (kelpolaris), Friday, 28 January 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
It's not a rumor, she's been cast.
http://movies.sky.com/exclusive-prometheus-plot-reveal-aliens-are-in-it
It turns out that Ridley Scott's recent comments that Prometheus would be a departure from the Aliens series are somewhat misleading.
An exclusive source has told us that not only are HR Giger's classic aliens in it, but that they're integral to the plot.
Mere hours after the announcement that Michael Fassbender is locked in to play an android with rumoured links to Aliens' Bishop series, our insider sources have revealed that he's not the only one with strong links to the series' past.
Alien 27This is back too...."They’ve built the ‘space jockey’ cockpit at Pinewood as seen in the original Alien film, so it definitely takes place in the same world as Alien", they told us. "Despite that press release that seemed to indicate there were no aliens in the movie, the familiar HR Giger-style aliens do appear. Big ones apparently."
And as for Scott's comments noting that "keen fans will recognise strands of Alien's DNA"?
It turns out there was the slightest hint of misdirection - apparently the actual DNA of the xenomorphs is integral to the plot - and will see the cast jet off to the alien homeworld itself.
"Part of the film will be shot in Morocco. I’ve heard that some sort of archaeological dig where they discover alien DNA takes place there and that DNA gives them the coordinates for an alien world. I’ve also heard Morocco is being used for alien planet landscapes so I’m not sure if it’s an archaeological dig on another planet," they revealed.
It gets weirder too, with Damon Lindelof's script set to crank up the sci-fi angle to maximum effect. "The main spaceship in the film will be piloted by an enormous head which I assume will be CGI. Yep, sounds weird but I assume some of the technology will be sort of biomechanical."
― H.R. Gigerstuf (latebloomer), Friday, 28 January 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
O_o
there are so many rumors and conflicting info on this movie all over the internet right now it's kind of ridiculous
― H.R. Gigerstuf (latebloomer), Friday, 28 January 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
blahhh sounds like transformers 2
― The previous message has been brought to you by (kelpolaris), Saturday, 29 January 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link