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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
Dragonlance is my favourite book and I always feared the day they'd try and make it. It's going to be animated. 
The only good point so far is that Kiefer Sutherland is the voice of Raistlin. Apparently Margaret Weis is very happy with that choice as well. Animated as in cartoon or computer CGI? CGI has come to the point where it's a viable alternative to live action - take the upcoming Beowolf movie and the older Final Fantasy - Spirits Within for example. Even more fitting for movies such as this where many elements would end up being rendered by CGI anyways. I can see Sutherland as Tanis but NOT Raistlin. |
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 | JonM | | Registered 28 Dec 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 343 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
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Dragonlance is my favourite book and I always feared the day they'd try and make it. It's going to be animated.
The only good point so far is that Kiefer Sutherland is the voice of Raistlin. Apparently Margaret Weis is very happy with that choice as well.
Animated as in cartoon or computer CGI? CGI has come to the point where it's a viable alternative to live action - take the upcoming Beowolf movie and the older Final Fantasy - Spirits Within for example. Even more fitting for movies such as this where many elements would end up being rendered by CGI anyways.
I can see Sutherland as Tanis but NOT Raistlin. I think he can pull off a low menace, complete with rasping cough though. But all things being equal, the voices are the least of our worries... Look here for a gallery of images. They aren't completed as far as I can tell, and I'd guess it's going to be computer aided. In other words, it'll look like a flashy version of He-Man. Maybe I'm being harsh, but this is a long, long way from photo realistic. And the director brought us such hits as "Stargate: Infinity" and "The Real Ghostbusters". At least the screen writer has fantasy experience. "Xena" and "Hercules"... oh joy. They could have gone for an anime look at least. I fear this is going to be bloodless. The scene where Riverwind gets gutted by the dragon in the well is just going to be ridiculous. I find it especially annoying because I've always loved the artwork for the books by artists like Larry Elmore and Keith Parkinson, but here they're sending it straight to the bargain bin. | | | Jon
"When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend."
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | The CGI is low resolution using low-quality textures. Hopefully those are just the test renders. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TigiHof: Quote:
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"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" I found insulting in nearly every way.
How anyone could find this warm-hearted, intelligent and funny movie with it's great carpe diem philosopy "insulting" is way beyond me. Well, I guess I don't have to understand everything in this world...  I guess it's the "carpe diem philosopohy" that I find obnoxious. Sorry. I have no problem with anyone else enjoying, or even loving, these films. I figure it is like tattoos and piercings... some people love 'em, but I just don't understand it at all. Here I am woefully unhip. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| JonM | | Registered 28 Dec 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 343 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
The CGI is low resolution using low-quality textures. Hopefully those are just the test renders. Did you look at the backgrounds? They're completed apparently. They are pretty, if they were on a postcard saying "Wish you were here", but give a big indication of the films style. | | | Jon
"When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend."
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
Did you look at the backgrounds? They're completed apparently. They are pretty, if they were on a postcard saying "Wish you were here", but give a big indication of the films style. I did, and I pictured the character animation being rendered on its own and laid over the background art. That style strikes me with a 3D type cartoonish feel. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting TigiHof: Quote:
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"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" I found insulting in nearly every way.
How anyone could find this warm-hearted, intelligent and funny movie with it's great carpe diem philosopy "insulting" is way beyond me. Well, I guess I don't have to understand everything in this world... I have to admit when I first saw Ferris Bueller I thought he was the biggest t*sser on celluloid and couldn't understand why people loved this film. But I came to realise that the film (for me at least) is actually about Cameron (Alan Ruck) and now it's one of my favourites. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
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"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" I found insulting in nearly every way.
How anyone could find this warm-hearted, intelligent and funny movie with it's great carpe diem philosopy "insulting" is way beyond me. Well, I guess I don't have to understand everything in this world...
I have to admit when I first saw Ferris Bueller I thought he was the biggest t*sser on celluloid and couldn't understand why people loved this film. But I came to realise that the film (for me at least) is actually about Cameron (Alan Ruck) and now it's one of my favourites. LOTR is about Sam, right?  | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
LOTR is about Sam, right? No, silly! It's about Gollum  Although seriously, if you think about it, Ferris doesn't develop, change or grow as a character in the film - he's a symbol, a representation of everything we wish we could do. It's Cameron who develops and grows throughout the journey, not Ferris. |
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| Registered: October 5, 2007 | | Posts: 2 |
| | Posted: | | | | For me it was definetly "Total Recall" - such nonsense to spend money on |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
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LOTR is about Sam, right?
No, silly!
It's about Gollum
Although seriously, if you think about it, Ferris doesn't develop, change or grow as a character in the film - he's a symbol, a representation of everything we wish we could do. It's Cameron who develops and grows throughout the journey, not Ferris. You almost give me a reason to revisit this film. Almost. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: June 20, 2007 | | Posts: 22 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote:
Hi Rimmer!... glad to see you back!
Actually mine is a horror movie. I know... I love horror movies... but in my opinion this thing was nothing but a huge piece of crap.... I actually have a copy of the Troma movie Bloodsucking Freaks... I got it on special when Troma first started releasing their movies on DVD... they celebrated buy having a sale on their site where they sold their DVDs for only$0.25 each... So yes I have several Troma movies... and yes they are all pretty bad... but Bloodsucking Freaks has to be, in my opinion, the worst of the worst. Ha! I got in on the same deal, the entire Troma collection for $0.25. And you're absolutely right the film is absolutely awful! |
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| Registered: March 17, 2007 | | Posts: 853 |
| | Posted: | | | | I hate to admit it but I have a few movies I cannot believe I paid for.
Austin Powers in Goldmember
The Black Dahlia
Darkest Knight
Hamlet (Mel Gibson version)
Hart's War
Musketeer
Red Water
Secrets of War: Nazi Warfare
Transylvania 6-5000
I am not sure what is worse admitting that I paid for these films or not being able to get the hours of my life back wasted watching them... |
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| Registered: March 25, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | Children of Men (it's a great achievement cinematography-wise, but utter crap in ALL other respects). |
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| Registered: July 21, 2007 |  Posts: 20 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't think that there's anything I regret buying. I'm actually pretty picky with the DVDs I buy, and if I get them for hardly any money then I think "well at least I didn't pay that much for it". The only two I can think of are Society and Q: The Winged Serpent. I bought Society because I saw the poster for it when I was a kid and it freaked me out. Saw it on DVD for the first time earlier this year and it's not really that good. The SFX and makeup are incredible, but aside from that it's pretty poor. It did satisfy my curiosity though. Q: The Winged Serpent was just dire. The junkie character is just so annoying, but again I didn't pay a lot for it, so it wasn't that bad. |
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| Registered: July 7, 2007 |  Posts: 284 |
| | Posted: | | | | We were soldiers. I couldn't see it through to the end. I know, it's a widely praised movie but to me it's real stinker  | | | My DVD's
Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard drive? |
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