OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

gregebowman · #1 July 11th, 2005, 12:47 PM

Still haven't seen WOTW yet, but hopefully I will before it gets on dvd. I was bummed when I found out the movie was a present day affair. I'd really love to see a version made in 1898, when you have horse-drawn artillery taking pot-shots at the martian machines. If there is one book that can be said that changed my life, it was H.G. Well's book. After I read it when I was around 10, I became hooked on sci-fi forever. Too bad I didn't know about The Hobbit, or the Harry Potter books weren't out then. It took me a few more years to discover fantasy.

Anyway, took my son and nephew to see Fantastic Four. Great movie. I didn't read the comic when I was a kid. I was more partial to Batman and Superman back then, but I more into reading & collecting the war comics. But I enjoyed this movie. I was just disappointed when Doom finally spoke through his mask. I always imagined a deep, resonating voice coming through. Instead, it was just the actor's normal voice. Bummer. Also, the guy who wrote it lives in the Tampa area, and he's been getting some press in the local papers. Seems like he wanted to have Galacticus as the main villain, but the studio heads and the bean counters thought it would cost too much. But he said that if he's given the chance to write the sequel, he'll make Galacticus the villain again. That would be great, since they've been talking about doing a Silver Surfer movie for years. That would be a great introduction for the character if it's ever done.

Kamog · #2 July 12th, 2005, 03:34 AM

I saw Fantastic Four last night. It's a fun and entertaining movie and I liked it. I never heard of the comic before, so I have no idea if the movie is based on the story from the comic or not, but it was good. I don't care if the whole premise of the movie is unrealistic (five people go up to a space station and they're exposed to radiation from a cosmic storm. Their DNA is altered and they all develop different super powers. One guy turns evil and becomes the super villain and the other four team up to stop the bad guy.) Hey, comics don't have to be realistic, it's a fun movie, OK? Also, Susan Storm (Jessica Alba) is cute!

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 July 12th, 2005, 04:34 AM

I think there is a period WoTW movie being made. There was something about it on the forum, anyway.

gregebowman · #4 July 12th, 2005, 10:55 PM

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narf poit chez BOOM said:
I think there is a period WoTW movie being made. There was something about it on the forum, anyway.

I don't know the details, but there was going to be a WOTW movie made during the time of 9/11. For whatever reasons, the movie was pulled out of production. I don't know if this was the movie that Spielberg made, or if someone else was doing this. If anyone knows anymore, please enlighten us.