And with Doctor Who, does it matter? Time can be re-written!
David (Harry Potter) Yates to direct Doctor Who The Movie!
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Yeah, in fact this is an example I wish I thought of when I posted my argument. It's a perfect example.
I'm only online for a few moments, so if this has been posted earlier in the thread I apologize for repeating it - Steven Moffat has issued his first statement regarding the movie announcement. And it's a doozy.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/15/steven-moffat-vs-david-yates/
So much for the movie fitting into any alleged 50th anniversary plans.
Alex
Crap? Are you kidding? Doctor Who is one of the most obvious examples for doing something special with 3D beyond just boosting immersion and having another facet in composing shots. If I was directing it, I'd be positively gratuitous with shots from outside the TARDIS looking through the doors into the console room, to take advantage of the mind-bending perspective inherent in something being bigger on the inside.
I'm disappointed the show itself doesn't do more with that. There was a shot during the Sontaran episodes in season 4 (which didn't look right) and a shot during the car chase in "Runaway Bride" which was freaking brilliant and stands alone in really, truly selling the nature of the TARDIS.
Yeah, that's the one. It always makes me smile.
That wasn't why TSCC was cancelled. It was cancelled because it wasn't making enough money for Fox. I mean, I could understand it if you meant they wanted to avoid clashes and just pursue film as the medium most suited to Terminator, but Terminator Salvation wasn't even a 20th Century Fox movie -- it was distributed by Warner Brothers.
The notion that TSCC was cancelled because of TEH CANNON looks like SF-fan myopia to me.
As does this. Most people simply aren't that... anal. It's not that important.marillion said:
You know what any new fans are going to think when they first watch the series after watching the movie? "Oh, look, somebody else plays the Doctor in this and the companion is different." That's it.
Word. The vast majority of people who view it, who enjoy it, aren't going to be inclined to bust out with their continuity flowcharts, see how it all fits together (or not) and shake their fists at the heavens at the misfiring of TEH CANON.
They will say, "Man, that was good!" Best case, "That ROCKED! I think I get it, I'm going to go try the TV show!"
Worst case for all concerned..."That sucked."
"Serious work"? Its a Doctor Who movie. I see nothing "wrong" with a guy who directed some Harry Potter films getting that gig. He's won and been nominated for some BAFTAs for his dramatic work.
What's more, any new viewers who are introduced to Doctor Who via the movie would be if anything more accepting of the movie being separate from the TV show. After all, they wouldn't have known it any other way, would they?
The whole idea that people are too stupid to be able to accept two different versions of DW is pretty patronising.
How man people are going to be sitting in the cinema in a couple of weeks getting confused when Robert Downey Jr appears on screen instead of Benedict Cumberbatch?
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And am I the only one who's finding the reaction of Moffat and his chums to the news pretty childish? Clever people would use the film, if it happens, as a way of generating positive free publicity for the TV series rather than taking to Twitter to disparage and dismiss it.
How man people are going to be sitting in the cinema in a couple of weeks getting confused when Robert Downey Jr appears on screen instead of Benedict Cumberbatch?
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And am I the only one who's finding the reaction of Moffat and his chums to the news pretty childish? Clever people would use the film, if it happens, as a way of generating positive free publicity for the TV series rather than taking to Twitter to disparage and dismiss it.
Then there's the theme about how this is somehow "disrespectful to fans"...
...gimme a break.
...gimme a break.
^What's Moffat been saying?
I'm torn to be honest, I think your point has some validity, but from the other angle this is the BBC basically telling Moffat and co that their version of Who isn't good enough. It reminds me of the X-Files rumours that flew around suggesting film was going to star Richard Gere and Jodie Foster cos Duchovney and Anderson weren't 'big' enough names. And I know you're no fan of Moffat so I'll widen this to encompass RTD as well, and how would you feel if they hired Moffat to write the script?
I seriously can't think of another example where a film series branched off from a long running TV series--whilst the show was still going-- without using the TV cast/universe? People can talk about the Cushing films but the show had barely begun then and Superman/Terminator can't really count as they'd branched off from film/comics.
I'm torn to be honest, I think your point has some validity, but from the other angle this is the BBC basically telling Moffat and co that their version of Who isn't good enough. It reminds me of the X-Files rumours that flew around suggesting film was going to star Richard Gere and Jodie Foster cos Duchovney and Anderson weren't 'big' enough names. And I know you're no fan of Moffat so I'll widen this to encompass RTD as well, and how would you feel if they hired Moffat to write the script?
I seriously can't think of another example where a film series branched off from a long running TV series--whilst the show was still going-- without using the TV cast/universe? People can talk about the Cushing films but the show had barely begun then and Superman/Terminator can't really count as they'd branched off from film/comics.
The BBC want a movie. If they asked Moffat to make it and Smith to star in it that'd be the end of the TV series and imagine the reaction then. (And if they asked RTD to make it and Tennant to star in it, Moffat fans would be even more up in arms about it!) So the only way to do it is to make it a completely seperate entity.
If it's good it'll encourage more people to watch the TV series, if it's bad it's not going to make people stop watching it.
Bad bad idea and most people here > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...irect-Tardis-big-sceen.html?ito=feeds-newsxml seem to agree.
However they made Dr Who movies before and the TV show survived it. Harry Potter and Dr Who are very diffrent from each other. If this dose come to pass I hope it is a prequil to the whole show.
However they made Dr Who movies before and the TV show survived it. Harry Potter and Dr Who are very diffrent from each other. If this dose come to pass I hope it is a prequil to the whole show.
This, totally, exactly.
Haters gonna hate, and DW fans, for all their vaunted ambitions of positivity and liberalness fucking *love* to hate.
The Hate Mail's rentamob hating it is the best evidence so far that it's a good idea!
It also strikes me that a movie is going to be primarily aimed at more worldwide (especially US) audience, who don't know DW. They'll then hopefully go "oh, this based on a TV show? Cool, I'll check that out..." and then the TV series getting more sales in wider territories.
At least, that's what BBC Worldwide presumably hopes.
And can you imagine if they decided to make foreign versions of the TV show instead...?
At least, that's what BBC Worldwide presumably hopes.
And can you imagine if they decided to make foreign versions of the TV show instead...?
As long as the film isn't funded out of the licence fee, I see no problem. However, I doubt that the film would be commercially viable with anything less than a large budget for SFX, and, even then, they're going to need expensive, big-name casting to attract punters in the markets other than the UK. So, be prepared to see someone like Johnny Depp in the lead role - actually, I don't mind that notion as much as some do.
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*shudder*
There were rumors of just such a thing a little while back.
That is a reason to be a little annoyed.
