OT: Sky Captain and the World of Tommorow...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
i guess they did a very good job if they got me thinking that, then.

you guys must have missed that.

[Atrocities]

John Rhys-Davies would make a great Pultmier (sp) if any of the Clive Custler "Dirk Pitt" novels were made into movies.

(Raise the Titanic does not count, that was a horrible movie)

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
well, they did a good job with that with lotr, but they only had a few really short characters played by short people. i think it might be impracticle to do the reverse.

I don't think John Rhys-Davies would be considered short. IIRC, he was about the same height as Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones movies. If you saw a short Gimli, it was usually from behind. They only used his face for close-ups.

[sachmo]

Originally posted by Deathstalker:
Gotta admit though, after seeing Angela Jole in that military outfit she'd make a great Honor Harrington if they ever did an Honor movie

My thought is that she's to sexual to be Honor. I picture someone a bit plainer, but pretty. Like the girl from Lost in Translation maybe?


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[ March 18, 2004, 15:25: Message edited by: sachmo ]

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
John Rhys-Davies would make a great Pultmier (sp) if any of the Clive Custler "Dirk Pitt" novels were made into movies.

(Raise the Titanic does not count, that was a horrible movie)

You may get your wish. I don't know about Rhys-Davies, but Clive Cussler has given permission for one of his novels to be made into a movie. I forgot which one it was, but I read this not too long ago.

(and I agree with you, Raise the Titanic stunk to high heaven. Although I wonder, if they ever do a remake, how would they raise the Titanic in it's current state?)

[geoschmo]

They made Raise the Titanic into a movie? I read that book. If it's the same one I'm thinking of. It was interesting. Read it years ago, back before Ballard found the actual Titanic. That was the first place I had heard about the Y2K bug. It was an interesting bit of background for one of the characters, that supposedly he made his fortune figuring out how to fix all those computers in time.

Edit: Ah, never mind. The book I read was not Cusslers novel, but was The Ghost From the Grand Banks by but Arthur C Clarke. Kind of the same idea I guess. But without the spy story underpinning.

[ March 18, 2004, 16:20: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
They made Raise the Titanic into a movie? I read that book. If it's the same one I'm thinking of. It was interesting. Read it years ago, back before Ballard found the actual Titanic. That was the first place I had heard about the Y2K bug. It was an interesting bit of background for one of the characters, that supposedly he made his fortune figuring out how to fix all those computers in time.

Edit: Ah, never mind. The book I read was not Cusslers novel, but was The Ghost From the Grand Banks by but Arthur C Clarke. Kind of the same idea I guess. But without the spy story underpinning.

I liked Clarke's ideas on how to raise both sections of the Titanic. I wonder how feasible it would be in today's terms. It would be costly, though.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by sachmo:

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Originally posted by Deathstalker:
Gotta admit though, after seeing Angela Jole in that military outfit she'd make a great Honor Harrington if they ever did an Honor movie

My thought is that she's to sexual to be Honor. I picture someone a bit plainer, but pretty. Like the girl from Lost in Translation maybe?
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hopefully, someone who could be made to look at least a little chinese, although DW has stated that since there aren't to many 6'2" chinese actors/martail artists, he's looking first for someone who can do HH's personality and presence first. not a direct qoute. i'm not sure if you could do that with her^ face, not knowing anything about makeup.