― mark s (mark s), Friday, 18 March 2005 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link
It would've been nice if they'd squeezed Oscar Wilde and the Golden Dawn into the movie, but what can ya do... at least they managed to get the Elephant Man in there (tho not the reference to Ganesha, the Opener of Ways, sadly. Actually that's what I missed most from the movie - the depth of magical/mystical ref. points)
Dick's being thoroughly mined now Mark, don't worry. He wrote enough trash to fuel a million crappy sci-fi flicks.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 18 March 2005 00:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyone, turns in to more counterfactual nazi pron. yawn. Still, Natalie Portman eh? Can't all be bad.
― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 18 March 2005 00:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Henry, Silence of the Lambs, The Minus Man, American Psycho, Felicia's Journey (arguably), Eye of the Needles (arguably), Freeway, Natural Born Killers, I Was a Teenage Serial Killer, Summer of Sam, Bonnie and Clyde...
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 18 March 2005 01:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Wow. I missed that. This thread makes me want to reread those comics...
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 18 March 2005 01:39 (nineteen years ago) link
and anyway none of these suggest a workable template for From Hell (w/the possible exception of American Psycho)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 18 March 2005 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Friday, 18 March 2005 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 18 March 2005 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Friday, 18 March 2005 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 18 March 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Friday, 18 March 2005 16:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Friday, 18 March 2005 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Friday, 18 March 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Friday, 18 March 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Dude, just let me have my From Hell movie dream.
― Pete Scholtes, Monday, 21 March 2005 03:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link
ihttp://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/img/poster_1.jpg
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 28 June 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Negativa, True Believer (Sheryl Crow in a Britney costume) (Barima), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 08:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 08:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Negativa, True Believer (Sheryl Crow in a Britney costume) (Barima), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 09:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Actually, a unique namedropping encounter, in that David was saying 'hello Martin' to me while I was still not sure if he was who I thought. I've not met a famous person before where that's happened.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 11:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 11:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 11:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't heard any more advance press about it. Are they still going with the Nazi angle? Is he still not going to blow up any buildings?
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Friday, 29 July 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
And no, it doesn't look bad. Shame about casting Natalie Portman, but it has Stephen Rea, too, and it's always good to see him. And Hugo Weaving will be perfect if they can resist an unmasking scene.
The repeated use of the word "uncompromising" in the ad campaign is perhaps a good sign. Did they actually stick very close to the source material? They want us to believe so, at any rate.
Surely there's a good (if un-PC, heady, and uncomfortable) movie in the material, no doubt. And the original GN has always been my least favorite of Moore's works -- it's him finding footing, and it's messy.
I have hope.
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 29 July 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― V for Vendetta fan, Friday, 29 July 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Saturday, 30 July 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 30 July 2005 03:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Taken all together, I am now very excited by this.
― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 31 July 2005 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link
What Moore found most laughable however were the details. "They don't know what British people have for breakfast, they couldn't be bothered. 'Eggy in a basket' apparently. Now the US have 'eggs in a basket,' whish is fried bread with a fried egg in a hole in the middle. I guess they thought we must eat that as well, and thought 'eggy in a basket' was a quaint and Olde Worlde version. And they decided that the British postal service is called Fedco. They'll have thought something like, 'well, what's a British version of FedEx... how about FedCo? A friend of mine had to point out to them that the Fed, in FedEx comes from 'Federal Express.' America is a federal republic, Britain is not."
David Lloyd was reported to have commented on the script at the recent Bristol comics convention. Superherohype posted a fan report talking to Lloyd, saying "he thinks it was very good for an Action Thriller, but is very much different from the Graphic Novel. He said that the character of Evey is less of a victim in this film and that he had met with The Wachoski Brothers."
― LOCKER ROOM TOWEL FIGHT: THE BLINDING OF LARRY DRISCOLL (Adrian Langston), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link