After SuperHeroes , What Do You Think Will be the Next Big Thing in The Movies?

[Al Jackson]

I never got to see Dunkird but have heard enough good thing about to rent it.

as for Blade Runner , I saw that when it first came out , It was amazing then , It. still looks pretty amazing . As to the follow up 2049 , equally good film. I wish it could have been a hit

I wonder what PDK would think of theses two films ?

Scott heard that Dick was unhappy with what he knew about Blade Runner so during post production Scot put together about 20 min. of what he had and invited Dick to see it. Dick was pleased , and liked it, so Scott thinks Dick would have liked the film.

 

[Al Jackson]

I would like to see another good 'ancient history' movie. I liked Gladiator and it did well, but that was 17 years ago. There were a couple of odd smaller budget Rome films set in Roman Briton that were not bad but smaller scale.
Back in 1998 George Clooney bough the option on Steve Pressfield's Gates of File (the battle of Thermopylae ) but could not get financing. Zack Snyder did Frank Miller adolescent comic book rework of the battle as 300. That did well so blocked Clooney and Michael Mann. Gates of Fire is a terrific historical novel and done right it would be great to see 300's alternate universe put to shame! It would be an expensive movie but one that adults would not feel insulted going to!

Here is terrific illo Stanley Meltzoff did for the Battle of Thermopylae :

 

[Al Jackson]

I was watching the Coen's True Grit the other day (I like the John Wayne version , but they did a better one). I was thinking I would like a good Western.
I didn't see where the recent Magnificent Seven was any improvement on the original. I have watched about a third of Hostiles and was not taken by it, maybe I need to see the rest. Maybe someone could do a Magnificent Seven that was NOT a Hollywood Dude Western, something that looked in-period authentic like the original Seven Samurai. (The Coen's True Grit had that more authentic feel to it.)

Tho… the western I can think of that is totally original and way different than any , even on the page, is Blood Meridian by Cormac Mccarthy. Tho how that could be make as a not-NC17 will be take some effort , if one is to keep the feel of the novel.

 

[Vince W]

I would seriously love to see the Battletech Universe brought to life. The Pacific Rim films are extremely weak in comparison to the depth of this property. If you know what an AS7-S is, you understand.

 

[BAYLOR]

I would seriously love to see the Battletech Universe brought to life. The Pacific Rim films are extremely weak in comparison to the depth of this property. If you know what an AS7-S is, you understand.

Battletech , yes. This one would make a great film franchise.

 

[Vince W]

Battletech , yes. This one would make a great film franchise.

I'm surprised no one in Hollywood hasn't jumped all over this. It's simple and easy to market. Giant fighty robots kicking the mother-loving sh*t out of each other. What's not to love?

 

[BAYLOR]

I'm surprised no one in Hollywood hasn't jumped all over this. It's simple and easy to market. Giant fighty robots kicking the mother-loving sh*t out of each other. What's not to love?

Hollywood is known for being oblivious to good ideas.

 

[Cathbad]

I've played - and ran - Battletech. But I'd be unlikely to go see a Battletech movie.

 

[BAYLOR]

I've played - and ran - Battletech. But I'd be unlikely to go see a Battletech movie.

Disappointing.

 

[Vince W]

I've played - and ran - Battletech. But I'd be unlikely to go see a Battletech movie.

Did you read any of the books? Some of them weren't half bad.

 

[Cathbad]

I tried to read one - one of the first ones. Poorly written - but, that doesn't mean they didn't get better!

 

[Overread]

The thing is if Hollywood got hold of Battletech the only thing they'd take away is the big robots bit. The lore and background and even designs of mechs might well get drastically altered.

And you don't need battletech for that you just need a budget for a big stompy robot film.

 

[Vince W]

The thing is if Hollywood got hold of Battletech the only thing they'd take away is the big robots bit. The lore and background and even designs of mechs might well get drastically altered.

And you don't need battletech for that you just need a budget for a big stompy robot film.

You're most probably correct.

 

[BAYLOR]

What about a Robotech movie ?

 

[picklematrix]

We need more animatronics and puppets. I need more at least.

 

[BAYLOR]

We need more animatronics and puppets. I need more at least.

Thunderbirds or Captain Scarlet ?

 

[Vince W]

Thunderbirds are GO!

 

[BAYLOR]

Thunderbirds are GO!

I have a soft spot fit Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet , Ive seen episodes for from both CGI reboots and I liked what I saw.

 

[Edward M. Grant]

Yeah, I watched about half of the Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet CGI series, and they both seemed like reasonable modern reimaginings of the shows. Unlike the god-awful movie.

 

[Edward M. Grant]

Considering the money involved , they will take the safe bet.

If that was true, they wouldn't have screwed up Star Wars as badly as they did. They didn't even have to write new movies, they could just have adapted the existing books and watched the money roll in.

The problem is that, when they don't take the safe bet, they take the batcrap crazy bet ('come on, the fans will love us killing off all the old characters for no good reason. And they can never get enough Death Stars').