Amph Exodus: Gods and Kings

Wow. Bleached out film stock. Huge battles. Never seen that before. Where was the Hans Zimmer score with the wailing women?

 

So,

"Do not forget your dy...oy!"

 

Ridley Scott. Has armies on horses charging at one another. I'll probably see it.

 

Was there a battle with charging armies in that trailer, though? Forgive me, I may have forgotten, but I'm pretty sure all I saw were shots of numerous chariots, of the same affiliation, heading in one direction, which I assume are the same chariots that will get smashed up when the waves un-part.

Edit: just watched it again, nvm there were.

 

Lee Daniel's The Bible - casting John Cusack as God is a bit strange, but it'll be worth seeing for Liev Schreiber as King Saul. Casting Oprah as Jesus is sure to cause a little backlash, however.

And I really want to see Guillermo del Toro's version of Revelation.

Or Scorsese telling the story of Jesus. . . or, wait, that would probably be ridiculous.

 

When does Gilgamesh get his own $200 million movie?

 

Once Disney manages to consolidate all of the Marvel titles under their banner, studios will likely go to the public domain for their next super hero franchises. So be on the look out for 20th Century Fox's The Fantastic Twelve and DamnedDevil, as well as Sony's The Amazing Solo-Mon.

 

Admitting a guilty pleasure here, but I'd actually like to see a proper attempt at a King David movie. The 1985 Richard Gere effort is horribly bad in many respects, but maybe because I was still a teenager when I first saw it there are a couple of scenes from it that stick with me: the slowmo shot of David smashing his model of his proposed Temple with Goliath's massive sword and the scene where he dances almost-naked before the Ark. And the period is apparently replete with potential for good, dramatic stories, not the least of which is David's own war against his son -- very Arthur/Mordred.

 

Yeah, but why stop there? Maybe they should make a whole television drama out of it. Except, to make it even more palatable to modern audiences, they could bring the story forward into a modern context with an autocratic state abutting hostile neighbors. They could do clever stuff like have "Goliath" be the name of a particularly difficult to beat piece of enemy military equipment. The entire traditional cast could be there, but at the same time they could make easier commentary on present day issues. Since they're not tied to a completely faithful recreation of the original story, they could introduce their own subplots. The faithful would recognize the series for what it was, while all the great drama, romance, and action would make it fun for general audiences too. They could call it something like, I don't know, Kings.

Oh, wait. You jerks never watched it. Thanks a lot, Darth Guy & AaylaSecurOWNED

 

Saintheart looks over Jabba-wocky's post.

EDIT: What the hell, the curseblocker knocks it out of http addresses too?

 

It's a raw text parser, of course it does.

 

Well, ****. I mean, bah.

 

I don't get it?

 

I am impressed, Wocky. That's what I meant.

 

Hey, I rewatched the pilot again a couple months ago because my friend is obsessed with Sebastian Stan now.

 

why is joel edgerton such hot shid and in practically every big movie? fastbinder i can understand, but not this EDGERTON.

 

He was the worst thing about The Great Gatsby.

 

he must have the hot ass connexxx or something.

 

sexodus: cods 'n' kinks

 

Hope it's a great film. Early thoughts by myself believe it won't be. Might as well be Robin Hood all over again. If fact I'm sure it will be the same structure as RH.

He needs to stop with the epics.

He should have done FOREVER WAR a long time ago. It's a smaller story that has the sy-fy spectacle that he can make into a great film. It would make a great ending to a great sy-fy trilogy, Alien, Bladerunner, FOREVER WAR.

 

Joe Haldeman is a huge idiot and he's one of the first authors I ever hated purely on the merits of their story. I hope that nothing in the "Forever" series ever gets made.

 

I agree with the criticism of the rest of the Forever series, but not the first. The Forever War is a brilliant piece of proper science fiction.

 

Wocky feels personally betrayed by the books. I don't think there's anything we can say to make him feel better.

 

Well, if anyone's ever read Ender's Game first followed by the first page of any other Orson Scott Card novel ever, they've probably felt the same.