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| 1 MAY 2005 at 10:10pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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I'm going to tell you the second most important secret of life - so pay attention.
Old Age is something that people think happens to anyone 10 years older than them. That means that 30 year olds think 40 is old, etc. However, by the time people reach 60 they've cottoned on and they realise it's all a myth. We are simply fit and healthy or we aren't. There really is no such thing as old. Wrinkles are on the outside only. They are the creases that come with useage.
oh, and wrinkled people have sex too - disgusting isn't it?
Oh, and magazines air-brush their photographs - even Sigourney Weaver doesn't look like Sigourney Weaver without the right lighting, make up and photoshop touch ups.
PS the most important secret is of course the myth about Santa Claus...
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| 1 MAY 2005 at 10:49pm |
mszvPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Well, in the latest issue of Wired Magazine, there was an article about George Lucas. It said that "Art and history books line the walls of a room he designed as a personal sanctuary" in his home - guess it's too mundane for Wired Magazine to call it a study. OK, he buys them - I want to know if he reads them! I'd throw a little fiction into the mix too.
One of the projects he's working on - he's the executive producer of Red Tails, "a movie about a group of African-American fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, who were excluded from the US Army Air Corps until 1940 and then flew 1.500 missions in World War II without losing a single plane".
The article goes on to say that there will be a fourth episode of Indiana Jones.
I think the Tuskegee Airmen movie is an interesting choice for him. It's got that history/social consciousness thing working for him, and it's a fighter plane combat movie - something he's awfully good at doing.
I realize that he started out making indie films - he went to UCLA film school. As far as I can tell, he's also watched everything, when he was starting out - popular films, indie stuff, the French new cinema - everything. For all that, sometimes I wonder what stuck. I'd like to see if he can do a movie with more complex characters, and one where actors actually get to act. That would be interesting.
Regards, mszv
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| 1 MAY 2005 at 11:57pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Caroline (1 MAY 2005 10:09pm)
Chris
I'm going to tell you the second most important secret of life - so pay attention.
What's #1 and why are you keeping it from me? ???
oh, and wrinkled people have sex too - disgusting isn't it?
I shan't sleep tonight now!
Oh, and magazines air-brush their photographs - even Sigourney Weaver doesn't look like Sigourney Weaver without the right lighting, make up and photoshop touch ups.
So I've heard: [img]http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/US/Midwest/11/14/oldest.person.ap/story.vert.oldest.ap.jpg[/img]
PS the most important secret is of course the myth about Santa Claus...
Whatever you're going to say, I don't want to hear it!!!!! [smiley=shudder.gif]
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 3:36am |
jedicriSpace Cadet
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Wimli (1 MAY 2005 7:40pm)
I think it's been in production for a while. The first volume is already coming out on dvd on May 2nd. The title of the dvd is called "Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume 1". (also on imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361243/ ) Maybe he meant that more tv series episodes will be produced? This series is supposed to be pretty good. Anyone seen it here yet?
I have the dvd "Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume 1"; it has been out for about a month now. Quite enjoyable and since each chapter is only about 5-6 minutes in length, it dives into the story/action right off the bat.
The last 5 episodes, which has been extended to about 12 minutes each,will soon air on May 4 at my local Teletoon network channel. These 5 final episodes will bridge, and lead into, the events that will be seen in the opening scenes of "Revenge of the Sith".
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 5:12am |
Orange_BratIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Indy 4 is the next thing on Spielberg's plate so I guess that's going to happen soon enough.
Here's one of the music videos that's on the DVD that's coming with the official CD soundtrack. It's an extended version of the final trailer with lots of cool, extra footage and of course the music is completely different:
http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/trailer/10.html
There are links to all of the trailers and TV spots on the right side of the page.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 12:47pm |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
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Status : Online | See, the thing is, they don't NEED Ford to play Indy. Indy is a charicature who is strong enough to be able to support himself, regardless of which actor portrays him - like James Bond. Find a good actor, prefferably with more than a passing resembelance to Ford, and they'll have their title character ready to go.
Personally, I fear for it now that Lucas wants to write it. He seems to be the only man who doesn't realise that he's lost the touch. What's he going to do now, have the nazis impose trade sanctions on Indy?
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 12:52pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | I know this is Lucas we're talking about, but surely he wouldn't set Indy 4 in WW2? It would make more sense to set it in the late 50's, with Russians as the enemy.
(Because of Ford's age, that is)
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 2:27pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | I really adored those Indiana movies. They had the perfect blend of action and humour. Problem is though that the lead character is badly flawed. He's immature and can't commit to a woman. I mean, look at him. Middle aged college professor bedding assorted females but still hasn't settled down. And if you met such a chap in real life you wouldn't want him.
So the dilemna is, if you set the next film in late 40s or 50s is he still the single man bedding the now much younger women? Please..... it's a juvenile male fantasy that women are so readily available to wrinkled old men who don't have any fame, money or political power.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 3:32pm |
| Deleted User | Yeah, but the flaws are part of Indy's personality. Makes him feel more realistic. I definitely want Ford to play him again, as a slightly older version. Any time period works with Indy.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 3:42pm |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Ermm... The same thing can be said about just about EVERY action/adventure hero in hollywood movies. Especially James Bond
It's just part of the genre archetype.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 3:55pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Caroline (2 MAY 2005 2:27pm)
So the dilemna is, if you set the next film in late 40s or 50s is he still the single man bedding the now much younger women? Please..... it's a juvenile male fantasy that women are so readily available to wrinkled old men who don't have any fame, money or political power.
Well, why not pick wrinkled old women to go along with the wrinkled old men? That might make the film just a bit different, but it should be easier to explain... unless there is something else that prevents that from happening as well?
Oh, and why would it be a *juvenile* male fantasy? Wouldn't it be the kind of fantasy older men have rather? If you are young, then you are not too likely to be concerned about what you will do when you are wrinkled, while the opposite... would be more of a concern, and a closer one too.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 4:00pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | I am smirking.I knew Ian Fleming.
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 5:07pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | I preferred Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to anything James Bond.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 5:59pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Anne (2 MAY 2005 4:00pm)
I am smirking.I knew Ian Fleming.
Surely you're kidding?!
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| 2 MAY 2005 at 7:54pm |
AnneGuild Master
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:52am |
Orange_BratIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By chris156 (2 MAY 2005 12:51pm)
I know this is Lucas we're talking about, but surely he wouldn't set Indy 4 in WW2? It would make more sense to set it in the late 50's, with Russians as the enemy.
(Because of Ford's age, that is)
It's already been confirmed that it'll be an older Indy and that Sean Connery may still have a role in it. I remember an episode of Young Indiana Jones that had a bearded Ford playing an older Indy telling a story to whoever it was. I just hope they lose the beard for this since it didn't seem right.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:01am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Goodness.You are over here.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 4:39am |
Orange_BratIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | Huh? You lost me, or I'm having my first senior moment.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 9:54am |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Orange_Brat (3 MAY 2005 2:52am)
It's already been confirmed that it'll be an older Indy and that Sean Connery may still have a role in it. I remember an episode of Young Indiana Jones that had a bearded Ford playing an older Indy telling a story to whoever it was. I just hope they lose the beard for this since it didn't seem right.
Sure sounds like he's shot himself in the foot there. What's he going to do in thirty years time when he wants to make MORE Indy films again?
And the first person to say CG-Indy gets shot
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 11:25pm |
Orange_BratIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Online | I read just today that there were never any plans to make a 4th Indy film but Lucas came up with an idea that both Spielberg and Ford loved. It has some supernatural undertones and is "spooky". The newest draft of the script is finished, and I hope it's the last version.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 11:25pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:42am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Anne (2 MAY 2005 7:54pm)
No.
Do tell us more! Fleming is one of the most famous writers of the 20th century. How did you get to know him? Did you meet him in his later years? What was he like?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:46am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | A grumpy old man.He lived in Mitre court in the City of London which was where our doctors practice was.Which is why I live in Hertford.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 11:49am |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | He had just written Casino Royale.
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