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Sep 15, 2021 - 9:08 AM
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dragon53
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
WEST SIDE STORY---trailer released for the Steven Spielberg remake movie musical.
LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5GJLwWiYSg
INDIANA JONES---a British tabloid said "insiders" claim Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy has chosen INDIANA JONES 5 co-star Phoebe Waller-Bridge to be Harrison's Ford's successor as the next Indiana Jones. The sources say Kennedy's decision to have a female Indiana Jones is a "big, bold" change in the movie franchise. Kennedy's spokesperson "declined to comment" on the rumor.
Another rumor claims Waller-Bridge plays Indiana Jones's assistant in INDIANA JONES 5.
NIGHTMARE ALLEY---photo released from the Guillermo del Toro movie based on the novel which stars Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Willem Dafoe.
ONLY MURDERS---Hulu renewed the comedy series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez for Season 2. The series had Hulu's highest-rated comedy premier.
TRIPLETS---Tracy Morgan will play the long-lost brother of the characters played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in the sequel to the 1988 TWINS.
WEDNESDAY---Gwendoline Christie will play Larissa Weems, principal of the Nevermore Academy, in the Tim Burton/Netflix tv series based on the Addams Family.
MARVEL ZOMBIES---comic book writer Mark Millar posted that Marvel Studios is developing a live-action project based on the comic book, "(if my sources are correct) a little live-action Marvel Zombies further down the line, but you never heard that from me."
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND---Mahershala Ali and Julia Roberts star in this Netflix movie based on the novel. Sam Esmail (MR. ROBOT) is the writer/director.
GRENDEL---Netflix tv series based on the Dark Horse comic book is underway. Abubakr Ali will star which makes him "the first Arab Muslim male actor to portray a series lead in a comic book adaptation”.
TRIVIA---British character actor Percy Herbert co-starred in two of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen's monster movies: MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. Herbert played Sergeant Pencroft in MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, and he played caveman villain Sakana in ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.
Percy Herbert played Sergeant Pencroft in Ray Harryhausen's MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.
Pencroft is grabbed by Harryhausen's giant Cephalopod in MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.
Herbert played villain caveman Sakana in Harryhausen's ONE MILLION YEARS B.C., which also starred Raquel Welch and John Richardson.
John Richardson battles Harryhausen's Allosaurus in ONE MILLION YEARS B. C.
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ONLY MURDERS---Hulu renewed the comedy series starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez for Season 2. The series had Hulu's highest-rated comedy premier.
Excellent news! We have really been enjoying this show. Hopefully they can maintain the quality of the first season in their second season. (At least what we've seen of it so far.)
MARVEL ZOMBIES---comic book writer Mark Millar posted that Marvel Studios is developing a live-action project based on the comic book, "(if my sources are correct) a little live-action Marvel Zombies further down the line, but you never heard that from me."
I will believe this when I see it. A film like this only works if Disney throws an Avengers Infinity War/Endgame level budget to make it and is able to get the vast majority of the MCU actors to reprise their roles. I just don't see there being a big enough audience for something like that. Yes, there is a history of Marvel Zombies in the comics, and the What-If? episode was fun, but is there anywhere near the level of interest needed to get it off the ground?
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Sep 16, 2021 - 4:07 AM
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Rameau
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Percy Herbert (great name!) was a bit of a legend in British cinema, he was in so many low budget war films, & comedy films & all sorts, he worked with so many people (he was also in many big films like, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Guns of Navarone & Mutiny on the Bounty, & not forgetting the TV western, Cimarron Strip (1968) with Stuart Whitman). He should have written a bio, I bet he had some great stories to tell.
...& where war's concerned, like many actors of his time he fought in the real thing, he was captured by the Japanese army and interned in a POW camp for 4 years. He once spent six months in the cooler for stealing a tin of corned beef.
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Rey, the female Skywalker. From: Disney.
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Sep 18, 2021 - 9:13 AM
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Solium
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I really do enjoy threads that expose the misogynistic tendencies of it's user base when they're presented with just the idea of a female successor to a male character. It's never about 'Can they make it work?' but always 'How dare they even try!'. We haven't even seen a preview to this movie yet.
Sorry, but the outrage isn’t anything to do with a new character, it is the suggestion that Indiana Jones might be portrayed by an actress. Not wanting to see one of the most classic characters in the history of the movie change genders has nothing to do with misogyny at all - the idea of making Indy female is a bloody ridiculous idea and if there is any truth in it at all it just demonstrates how creatively bankrupt Hollywood is these days. I have no problem with a spin off character getting her own franchise (although I doubt it will happen - remember the Jinx movie the Bond producers were trying to do after Die Another Day?) but the idea of Indy switching genders is just utterly pathetic.
It’s the same with all these woke people saying that the next Bond should be black. Negative reaction to that suggestion is not racist any more than the situation here is misogynistic- it is just about fundamentally changing a classic character just for the sake of it.
So yes I’m totally in the “how dare they even try” camp. But hey, since you want us to all embrace the “can they make it work” angle, how about Shaft being played by Jackie Chan? Rocky being played by Jim Parsons? Darth Vader could be voiced by someone doing a Kenneth Williams voice and in the same film R2 D2 could be portrayed by Zoe Saldana (just painted blue and white). Plus I think Miss Marple would be great portrayed by Dwayne Johnson.
It doesn't matter if she's Indiana Jones, why not have the son of Indiana take over the series? I know it didn't work out with Mutt but they could try again. Why is the default anyone but a white male character?
A female replaced Hawkeye, Iron Man, Luke Skywalker, a female will (might) replace Indiana Jones. A female replaced John Conner, Doctor Who, 007. A female (child!) replaced The Rocketter. (soon to be a black dude) The next Predator film will have a Native American female breaking the glass ceiling. (LMAO) We've already had all female groups with Ghostbusters, Oceans 8 (?), Terminator, and Avengers. (I'm sure I'm forgetting something) Isn't there an all female F&F movie in the works too?
The list goes on and on replacing classic white male characters with females or minorities. (not to mention every classic ginger character has been replaced by someone of color) Even films and TV series with white male leads are dominated by female characters like Star Trek, Picard, Masters of the Universe, Loki, Ant-Man and I'm sure it will be the same with Dr Strange 2.
Hollywood used to create original iconic female characters, why can't they do so now? I would be against changing a classic female character into a man. I would barf at the idea of a Prince Leia or Larry Croft, or Mr Ripley.
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