I dunno-- I thought it was fun to watch his reaction every time someone compared him to Karloff.
Things you'd like to have seen in a movie...
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Absolutely! If you haven't heard him in the radio play, it's well worth a listen.
The real Ra's al-Ghul in Batman Begins. Less God Mode Joker in The Dark Knight. Better lighting, editing, and blocking in DK's last scene, so I didn't look like a complete boner a couple of months ago talking about Dent like he was still alive at the end. 
The main thing I wanted to see in an sf/f movie is a good characterization of Anakin Skywalker, played by the right kind of actor, in a trilogy that was well-written, coherent and well dramatized, with the appropriate thematic and emotional power and dialogue that doesn't make you want to commit seppuku.
Maybe someday someone will reboot the whole damn thing and do it right. All other sf/f wants pale in comparison with that one as far as I'm concerned, but I wouldn't mind at all if the same person or team who has the talent and skill to do Anakin Skywalker right would also tackle the Sequel Trilogy of Luke, Leia and Han.
I also think of all the possible actors, Norton would have made the best Obi-Wan. He looks passably enough like Alec Guiness that the continuity would be there (I never could buy Ewan McGregor as being the same character), he can do that kind of wounded/world-weary/laughing at cruelty of the cosmos warrior that I associate with the character, and I'm sure he could do a good enough English accent for continuity's sake. But he's also smart enough that one look at the script would have scared him off.
Maybe someday someone will reboot the whole damn thing and do it right. All other sf/f wants pale in comparison with that one as far as I'm concerned, but I wouldn't mind at all if the same person or team who has the talent and skill to do Anakin Skywalker right would also tackle the Sequel Trilogy of Luke, Leia and Han.
Movie, schmovie. Star Trek belongs on TV. I like the slam-bang action movie stuff okay as an occasional treat, but the meat & potatoes needs a longer and more frequent format.
Yup. Mark Ruffalo should have been reserved as Doctor Strange.
I also think of all the possible actors, Norton would have made the best Obi-Wan. He looks passably enough like Alec Guiness that the continuity would be there (I never could buy Ewan McGregor as being the same character), he can do that kind of wounded/world-weary/laughing at cruelty of the cosmos warrior that I associate with the character, and I'm sure he could do a good enough English accent for continuity's sake. But he's also smart enough that one look at the script would have scared him off.
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A good final film for TNG cast.
Harvey Dent not die in TDK.
Superman not have a kid inSR.
I have to agree with the people who say a true prequel to Star Trek within the same universe and a closer adherence to TOS Enterprise including Interior, especially the bridge.
Leo play Anikan/ George Lucas hands off the script.
A better Indy 4 closer to around 98 with two more sequels ending around 06 or 07 and Lucas hands off.
A better IronMan 2.
A better Dukes of Hazzard, while i'm at it.
Harvey Dent not die in TDK.
Superman not have a kid inSR.
I have to agree with the people who say a true prequel to Star Trek within the same universe and a closer adherence to TOS Enterprise including Interior, especially the bridge.
Leo play Anikan/ George Lucas hands off the script.
A better Indy 4 closer to around 98 with two more sequels ending around 06 or 07 and Lucas hands off.
A better IronMan 2.
A better Dukes of Hazzard, while i'm at it.
X-Men movies in which they're a team and not Wolverine and His Hangers-On.
I can do without the sequel movies - the books are wonderful, but not as cinematic - but it's a real shame not to have TGC's filmed ending at the very least.
I doubt there's any chance of a director's cut, is there?
Movies that were in development, but never got made:
The Hammer Films version of VAMPIRELLA.
I AM LEGEND, directed by Ridley Scott.
Bryan Singer's remake of LOGAN'S RUN.
CATWOMAN, starring Michelle Pffeifer.
And, no offense to Lee Meriwether, I still wish Julie Newmar could have starred in the Adam West BATMAN movie. Even as a kid, it bothered me that the movie was missing the "real" Catwoman.
The Hammer Films version of VAMPIRELLA.
I AM LEGEND, directed by Ridley Scott.
Bryan Singer's remake of LOGAN'S RUN.
CATWOMAN, starring Michelle Pffeifer.
And, no offense to Lee Meriwether, I still wish Julie Newmar could have starred in the Adam West BATMAN movie. Even as a kid, it bothered me that the movie was missing the "real" Catwoman.
Alas, Weitz has said that completing effects for the full amount of scenes they shot could amount to $15m - which Warners certainly isn't going to just hand him, particularly after all the bad-mouthing of the movie he's done since New Moon was released. (It sounds like a ridiculously high figure to me, though, particularly for blu-ray-level effects.)I can do without the sequel movies - the books are wonderful, but not as cinematic - but it's a real shame not to have TGC's filmed ending at the very least.
I doubt there's any chance of a director's cut, is there?
It's unclear as to whether effects for the ending were completed or not - it was cut late enough in the game that they might have been. But since the dvd and blu-ray were rushed out before it became clear they wouldn't get to use the ending in a sequel, there's no practical reason for those scenes to be released even if they are ready to go.
For the foreseeable future, then, I fear that this is the best we'll get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi6javLIDqg
Steve Baron has said that there were a bunch of deleted scenes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that still haven't seen the light of day. I'd love to get a director's cut DVD.
TV, not movie, but I always wanted to see this exchange in the Angel episode "The Girl in Question." After Andrew leaves the apartment with the two Italian lovelies...
Spike: "I thought he was gay."
Angel: "I thought Willow wasn't."
Agreed. Just yesterday, I finally got around to seeing OHMSS (which means I've now seen all 22 official 007 movies). I found George Lazenby distinctly underwhelming. It made perfect sense once I watched the making-of doc and realized that Lazenby had never acted before. Connery, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, & Craig all have a professional polish to their performances (even in the bad films) that Lazenby totally lacks. If I couldn't get into the parallel universe where they made it with Connery, I'd settle for the one where they made it with Moore. (IIRC, they offered it to Moore but he was still busy with The Saint.)
Still, I love Diana Rigg. I rank her right next to Sophie Marceau as the sexiest, classiest Bond girl.
Eh, a lot of people made that mistake, usually willfully. Hope springs eternal for another Two-Face movie. While he was used well in The Dark Knight, I do kinda think that Two-Face is a villain worthy of a film all his own, without having to cram in lots & lots of the Joker.
Agreed. Have you read The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made by David Hughes? It's the most addictive book I've ever read. I finished it in one night & I've reread it something like 3 times since then. I never reread books, but I reread this one like crazy. Ridley Scott's I Am Legend is one of the chapters; as well as crazy stories about the various unmade Superman movies in development from 1987-2006; unmade Star Trek films streching from the 1970s to Eric Jendressen's Star Trek: The Beginning; big screen versions of The Outer Limits & The Six Million Dollar Man; Vincent Ward's wooden planet monks in Alien 3; Alejandro Jodorowski's incestuous, 15-hour screenplay for Dune; long awaited film adaptations of Childhood's End, John Carter of Mars, & The Stars My Destination; and even movies that were made but had their directors fired during production, like The Island of Dr. Moreau & Supernova.
http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Sci-...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284937224&sr=1-1
TV, not movie, but I always wanted to see this exchange in the Angel episode "The Girl in Question." After Andrew leaves the apartment with the two Italian lovelies...
Spike: "I thought he was gay."
Angel: "I thought Willow wasn't."
Agreed. Just yesterday, I finally got around to seeing OHMSS (which means I've now seen all 22 official 007 movies). I found George Lazenby distinctly underwhelming. It made perfect sense once I watched the making-of doc and realized that Lazenby had never acted before. Connery, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan, & Craig all have a professional polish to their performances (even in the bad films) that Lazenby totally lacks. If I couldn't get into the parallel universe where they made it with Connery, I'd settle for the one where they made it with Moore. (IIRC, they offered it to Moore but he was still busy with The Saint.)
Still, I love Diana Rigg. I rank her right next to Sophie Marceau as the sexiest, classiest Bond girl.
Less God Mode Joker in The Dark Knight. Better lighting, editing, and blocking in DK's last scene, so I didn't look like a complete boner a couple of months ago talking about Dent like he was still alive at the end.
Eh, a lot of people made that mistake, usually willfully. Hope springs eternal for another Two-Face movie. While he was used well in The Dark Knight, I do kinda think that Two-Face is a villain worthy of a film all his own, without having to cram in lots & lots of the Joker.
Agreed. Have you read The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made by David Hughes? It's the most addictive book I've ever read. I finished it in one night & I've reread it something like 3 times since then. I never reread books, but I reread this one like crazy. Ridley Scott's I Am Legend is one of the chapters; as well as crazy stories about the various unmade Superman movies in development from 1987-2006; unmade Star Trek films streching from the 1970s to Eric Jendressen's Star Trek: The Beginning; big screen versions of The Outer Limits & The Six Million Dollar Man; Vincent Ward's wooden planet monks in Alien 3; Alejandro Jodorowski's incestuous, 15-hour screenplay for Dune; long awaited film adaptations of Childhood's End, John Carter of Mars, & The Stars My Destination; and even movies that were made but had their directors fired during production, like The Island of Dr. Moreau & Supernova.
http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Sci-...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284937224&sr=1-1
I think Lazenby showed potential in the role and I'm sure he could have improved with time if he'd chosen to stay in the role. He's very convincing in the action scenes and has more vulnerability (physical and emotional) than Connery did by that point. When he's injured and nearly cornered by Blofeld's men after his escape from Piz Gloria, you really fear for Bond in way that would've been tougher to buy with Sean Connery.
Agreed, she is one of my favorites. I believe part of the reason they cast Rigg was to balance out the inexperienced Lazenby with a more experienced costar.
The documentary makes it sound like they cast Rigg before they even settled on Lazenby.
I've heard of this book, but never read it. I really need to get around to that . . . ..
Thanks for the recommendation!
That makes sense, too. I'm sure the producers were smart enough to realize that whomever they cast as Bond would have an uphill battle replacing Connery. Heck, I wonder if Roger Moore would've been readily accepted by the audience at that point.
I gotta look this up!
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