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Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

I swear he�s said that a few times over the last 20 years.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 16:12

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 17:23

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

I had no idea there was a Dynasty Warriors movie, but it looks perfect.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 17:08

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

They're making a Master and Commander prequel.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 18:49

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Lid posted:

They're making a Master and Commander prequel.

Journeyman and Lieutenant

# ? Jun 9, 2021 21:32

ChickenMedium: Sep 2, 2001; Forum Veteran And Professor Emeritus of Condiment Studies

aware of dog posted:

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1402294359106592775?s=21

I don't get the "brand new characters" thing. The Queen, the Vatican, the Rothschilds, the Gettys and Colonel Sanders (before he went tits-up) aren't new characters.

# ? Jun 9, 2021 22:12

MonsieurChoc: Oct 12, 2013; Every species can smell its own extinction.

Detective No. 27 posted:

I had no idea there was a Dynasty Warriors movie, but it looks perfect.

Can,t wait.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 05:36

Vegetable: Oct 22, 2010

I was baffled that they were speaking Cantonese. It's a Cantonese movie adaptation of a Japanese game about a Chinese novel. My brain's falling apart at whether Chinese nationalists are gonna hate this or not.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 05:45

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

Detective No. 27 posted:

I had no idea there was a Dynasty Warriors movie, but it looks perfect.

this looks amazing

# ? Jun 10, 2021 05:59

Tars Tarkas: Apr 13, 2003; Rock the Mok

A nasty woman, I think you should try is, Jess.

Vegetable posted:

I was baffled that they were speaking Cantonese. It's a Cantonese movie adaptation of a Japanese game about a Chinese novel. My brain's falling apart at whether Chinese nationalists are gonna hate this or not.

It apparently did not do very well in the mainland China box office so don't expect much of a film

# ? Jun 10, 2021 06:59

Cacator: Aug 6, 2005; You're quite good at turning me on.

Detective No. 27 posted:

I had no idea there was a Dynasty Warriors movie, but it looks perfect.

I think I'd just watch Red Cliff again instead.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 07:30

WonkyBob: Jan 1, 2013; Holy shit, you own a skirt?!

Tars Tarkas posted:

It apparently did not do very well in the mainland China box office so don't expect much of a film

Not sure they can really be considered arbiters of quality, don't the Transformers films always make huge amounts over there?

# ? Jun 10, 2021 14:41

Urdnot Fire: Feb 13, 2012

It sounds not great (but I�m still going to watch it):
https://twitter.com/zhugeex/status/1390439113975910403?s=21

# ? Jun 10, 2021 16:04

Lid: Feb 18, 2005; And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.

WonkyBob posted:

Not sure they can really be considered arbiters of quality, don't the Transformers films always make huge amounts over there?

The WarCraft movie made a fortune in China and even on the scale of poor video game to film adaptations that one was real low.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 17:47

Owlofcreamcheese: May 22, 2005; Can't post for 9 years!; Buglord

Lid posted:

The WarCraft movie made a fortune in China and even on the scale of poor video game to film adaptations that one was real low.

China hated it too. The whole funny thing about it's massive success was that it made record smashing amounts of money on opening night then dropped off massively. Like chinese audiences did the classic 'a high budget video game movie? no way that can be bad!" that america has run face first into several times a few decades ago before figuring out it's always bad.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 18:52

Tars Tarkas: Apr 13, 2003; Rock the Mok

A nasty woman, I think you should try is, Jess.

Today is the day lots of random anime spinoffs are being announced

quote:

Lord of the Rings� Anime Feature Fast-Tracked by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Animation

New Line Cinema is returning to Middle Earth.

The studio behind the feature film trilogies �The Lord of the Rings� and �The Hobbit� is partnering with Warner Bros. Animation on the original anime theatrical feature �The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.�

The stand-alone feature will depict the bloody saga behind Helm�s Deep, the fortress depicted in �The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,� and the man in whose honor it�s named: Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan who spent much of his reign locked in a prolonged and costly war.

Veteran anime filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama, who helmed Netflix�s �Ultraman� anime series, will direct the film from a screenplay by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (�The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance�). Joseph Chou (the �Blade Runner: Black Lotus� TV series) is producing.

While the filmmaking team is new to the �Lord of the Rings� movie franchise, the project is intended to be connected to director Peter Jackson�s six Middle Earth films based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. Philippa Boyens, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for �The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,� is consulting on the project, which will also draw its aesthetic and narrative inspiration from the �Lord of the Rings� trilogy.

�The War of the Rohirrim� is not, however, connected to Amazon�s gargantuan �Lord of the Rings� series that is deep into production in New Zealand. That project is set in the Second Age of Middle Earth, millennia before the events of the feature films; Helm Hammerhand�s reign, by contrast, unfolded roughly 260 years before the �LOTR� movies.

With Amazon�s series looming, New Line and Warner Animation are fast-tracking their feature, with animation at Sola Entertainment and voice casting already underway. The six Middle Earth features have grossed over $5.8 billion worldwide for Warner Bros., and it would appear the studio is not content ceding its claim to Tolkien�s creative territory to Amazon.

...

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-anime-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-new-line-cinema-warner-bros-animation-1234993740/

# ? Jun 10, 2021 19:16

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Owlofcreamcheese posted:

China hated it too. The whole funny thing about it's massive success was that it made record smashing amounts of money on opening night then dropped off massively. Like chinese audiences did the classic 'a high budget video game movie? no way that can be bad!" that america has run face first into several times a few decades ago before figuring out it's always bad.

Sonic the Hedgehog was okay and did okay, which should have been a warning sign for the rest of 2020 paying off that karma.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 20:00

Jerkface: May 21, 2001; HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE DEAD, MOTHERFUCKER?

Tars Tarkas posted:

Today is the day lots of random anime spinoffs are being announced

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-anime-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-new-line-cinema-warner-bros-animation-1234993740/

I will only accept this if its done in the style of the original animated hobbit cartoons.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 20:57

Sirotan: Oct 17, 2006; Sirotan is a seal.

Tars Tarkas posted:

Today is the day lots of random anime spinoffs are being announced

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-anime-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-new-line-cinema-warner-bros-animation-1234993740/

I'd probably write this off immediately if not for Kamiyama.

This also reminds me that I never did get around to watching the new GitS SAC show/season that I think was mostly panned due to the animation style.

# ? Jun 10, 2021 21:21

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Jerkface posted:

I will only accept this if its done in the style of the original animated hobbit cartoons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjt6LGhHsI

That'd own

Do the dialogue like that too

RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Jun 11, 2021

# ? Jun 11, 2021 00:12

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

# ? Jun 11, 2021 02:09

Enos Cabell: Nov 3, 2004

Rankin Bass Hobbit > Bakshi LOTR

# ? Jun 11, 2021 02:28

Macdeo Lurjtux: Jul 5, 2011; BRRREADSTOOORRM!

Owlofcreamcheese posted:

China hated it too. The whole funny thing about it's massive success was that it made record smashing amounts of money on opening night then dropped off massively. Like chinese audiences did the classic 'a high budget video game movie? no way that can be bad!" that america has run face first into several times a few decades ago before figuring out it's always bad.

The 'it made money in China' factoid comes from the studio that distributed it over there used it to hide a poo poo ton of laundered money. They reported enough ticket sales in one town to account for 25-30 tickets per showing in every theater for 3-4 weeks despite the town being evacuated due to flooding.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 02:48

Feldegast42: Oct 29, 2011; COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

RBA Starblade posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjt6LGhHsI

That'd own

Do the dialogue like that too

Is this narrated by the snowman from Rudolph

# ? Jun 11, 2021 03:23

duz: Jul 11, 2005; Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost

Sirotan posted:

I'd probably write this off immediately if not for Kamiyama.

This also reminds me that I never did get around to watching the new GitS SAC show/season that I think was mostly panned due to the animation style.

Whatever do you mean

# ? Jun 11, 2021 03:30

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
tuned to a dead channel.

duz posted:

Whatever do you mean

I mean, that strategy works in Dark Souls.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 03:43

Snowman_McK: Jan 31, 2010

duz posted:

Whatever do you mean

I love this sequence. It gets so much stupider each time you watch it.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 03:44

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

Didn�t like the Jackson version of the Hobbit, and it got worse as it went along. I haven�t seen the Rankin-Bass version since 4th grade when I didn�t care for it when it turned into kind of a lame musical. I should give it another shot some time.

The voice of Frosty starred in a Z-grade horror movie called Microwave Massacre late in his life. Haven�t seen it but I�ve heard it�s something else. https://youtu.be/-er2kA4236w

# ? Jun 11, 2021 03:49

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

duz posted:

Whatever do you mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRZ2Sh5-XuM

# ? Jun 11, 2021 04:49

galagazombie: Oct 31, 2011; A silly little mouse!

Alan Smithee posted:

"I'm going to make a Lord of the Rings movie".
"Oh that'll be really expensive and I don't think special effects are there yet".
"Actually it's going to be animated".
"Wow! In that case we can really go all out with the fantasy and really bring Tolkien's work to life!"
"No my Orcs are literally going to be unanimated live-action people in dime-store halloween masks, they won't even be rotoscoped like the main characters".
"But what about all the impossible creatures like the Balrog?"
"I'm just going to put a lion head and canvas wings on someone that are so unwieldy he can't move. Then I'll have him fly and instead of animating it I'll just move him around the animation cell".
"Also I'm going to stop halfway through the second book".

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Rankin-Bass movies, even if they're not perfect they have a lot of heart. But the Bakshi one is just garbage from start to finish. Like he somehow found a way to put actors losing control of their horses or tripping over their own props into an animated film. That kind of incompetence takes talent.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 05:05

Casimir Radon: Aug 2, 2008

I kind of like the insanity of Bakshi�s LOTR. I didn�t even know it existed until I saw it being sold on VHS to capitalize on the then current Jackson trilogy.

I�m still a bit shocked Jackson was allowed to make his trilogy based on his previous body of work. Of course the first non LOTR Jackson movie I saw was Meet the Feebles.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 05:11

Veib: Dec 10, 2007

I loved Bakshi LOTR as a kid and watched it over and over again before I read the books. I haven't seen it since and never want to watch it again because I don't want to ruin it for myself, even though I did buy it on dvd like 15 years ago

# ? Jun 11, 2021 07:38

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

wyoming posted:

I mean, that strategy works in Dark Souls.

Invaded by dark spirt Nekkid******in

Casimir Radon posted:

I kind of like the insanity of Bakshi�s LOTR. I didn�t even know it existed until I saw it being sold on VHS to capitalize on the then current Jackson trilogy.

I�m still a bit shocked Jackson was allowed to make his trilogy based on his previous body of work. Of course the first non LOTR Jackson movie I saw was Meet the Feebles.

iirc the producers at New Line watched it after greenlighting and went "we just gave this guy X million dollars"

Alan Smithee fucked around with this message at 10:09 on Jun 11, 2021

# ? Jun 11, 2021 10:06

nonathlon: Jul 9, 2004; And yet, somehow, now it's my fault ...

Casimir Radon posted:

I kind of like the insanity of Bakshi’s LOTR. I didn’t even know it existed until I saw it being sold on VHS to capitalize on the then current Jackson trilogy.

I’m still a bit shocked Jackson was allowed to make his trilogy based on his previous body of work. Of course the first non LOTR Jackson movie I saw was Meet the Feebles.

Wasn't The Frighteners what sold Jackson for LOTR? Not a great film, but showed he could handle a budget and effects.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 13:21

IShallRiseAgain: Sep 12, 2008; Well ain't that precious?

nonathlon posted:

Wasn't The Frighteners what sold Jackson for LOTR? Not a great film, but showed he could handle a budget and effects.

I wouldn't call it great, but it was still pretty good.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 13:24

Enos Cabell: Nov 3, 2004

Casimir Radon posted:

I kind of like the insanity of Bakshi�s LOTR. I didn�t even know it existed until I saw it being sold on VHS to capitalize on the then current Jackson trilogy.

I�m still a bit shocked Jackson was allowed to make his trilogy based on his previous body of work. Of course the first non LOTR Jackson movie I saw was Meet the Feebles.

A few friends and I were huge Peter Jackson fans long before LOTR, and were all pretty shocked yet stoked that he got the gig. But the best was when we did a movie night with a larger group of friends who were mostly LOTR book fans and had no idea about Jacksons previous work. After Brain Dead, Meet the Feebles, and Bad Taste they were all convinced the LOTR movies would be an absolute shitshow.

We could have just watched The Frighteners and Heavenly Creatures, but where would be the fun in that?

# ? Jun 11, 2021 13:35

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

duz posted:

Whatever do you mean

I didn't think there were any major productions that used Poser

# ? Jun 11, 2021 13:42

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

galagazombie posted:

"I'm going to make a Lord of the Rings movie".
"Oh that'll be really expensive and I don't think special effects are there yet".
"Actually it's going to be animated".
"Wow! In that case we can really go all out with the fantasy and really bring Tolkien's work to life!"
"No my Orcs are literally going to be unanimated live-action people in dime-store halloween masks, they won't even be rotoscoped like the main characters".
"But what about all the impossible creatures like the Balrog?"
"I'm just going to put a lion head and canvas wings on someone that are so unwieldy he can't move. Then I'll have him fly and instead of animating it I'll just move him around the animation cell".
"Also I'm going to stop halfway through the second book".

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Rankin-Bass movies, even if they're not perfect they have a lot of heart. But the Bakshi one is just garbage from start to finish. Like he somehow found a way to put actors losing control of their horses or tripping over their own props into an animated film. That kind of incompetence takes talent.

It�s kind of good if you mute it and listen to Achilles Last Stand while watching the battle scenes.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 13:44

WonkyBob: Jan 1, 2013; Holy shit, you own a skirt?!

duz posted:

Whatever do you mean

Just watched the trailer and it was... Not great.

"Can we make it sort of look like Clone Wars but with a quarter of the budget?"

Lid posted:

The WarCraft movie made a fortune in China and even on the scale of poor video game to film adaptations that one was real low.

Ah yes, the first part of the Duncan Jones Destroys His Career duology.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 13:57

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

just imagine him flipping to Yakkity Sax and it's good

# ? Jun 11, 2021 14:01

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 17:23

Sirotan: Oct 17, 2006; Sirotan is a seal.

duz posted:

Whatever do you mean

It's so bad it's almost mesmerizing to watch.

# ? Jun 11, 2021 15:30

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