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  1. 12-23-2003, 05:07 AM #1
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    Talking Feel the Power of...Pulp Movie

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  2. 12-23-2003, 03:26 PM #2
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    Yes! This one is on my must-see list. Gotta have it! Gotta see it! P-40 Warhawk versus giant robots and ornithopters and dirigibles! Wahoooo!

    Oh yeah, it also has Angelina Jolie in tight leather 'navy' costume.
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  3. 12-23-2003, 04:57 PM #3
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    I love the pulp and hope that this will help find a market for some more pulp material (which unfortunately has not happened with many other pulp style movies in the last few years, I remain hopeful).
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    Oh, waaaay cool...
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  5. 12-24-2003, 02:14 AM #5
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    I think I need to change my pants.

    Oh momma! That looks amazing!

    Anyone play Crimson Skies btw?
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    Originally posted by AslanC
    I think I need to change my pants.

    Oh momma! That looks amazing!

    Anyone play Crimson Skies btw?
    I think I've got the original around here somewhere. As I recall, it had FASA's usual disregard for how guns work. (Bigger caliber means less range? Um, noooo... ) And I second your reaction to the trailer. Besides the nifty-ness of the setting, they really went out of their way to echo period artwork.
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  8. 12-26-2003, 09:41 PM #8
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    Is it true what I have read - that Sky Captain is supposed to be made with a funky new cgi program that allows the filmmakers to make the film with hardly any sets, just a blue/green screen?
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    I've managed to play the original boardgame of Crimson Skies to death- dabbled with the PC game- got all of the Clix version stuff, but I keep getting my butt stomped.

    Crimson Skies looks like a '30s version of Mack Maloney's "Wingman" series- possible the worst-written (but entertaining nonetheless) series of all time.

    Having just seen Jude Law in Cold Hill, I'm way ready to see him in something a bit lighter in tone.
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  10. 12-27-2003, 03:05 PM #10
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    Originally posted by prophetsteve
    Is it true what I have read - that Sky Captain is supposed to be made with a funky new cgi program that allows the filmmakers to make the film with hardly any sets, just a blue/green screen?
    Yeah it was developed by Lucas on Radioland Murders. Another of his steps towards doing away with actual reality.

    This is the guy wo told Ron Howard that his dream was to make movies where he didn't need actors.

    Oh boy. Let's hope some good (like maybe this movie) can come out of this evil
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  11. 12-30-2003, 05:31 PM #11
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    Originally posted by AslanC
    Yeah it was developed by Lucas on Radioland Murders. Another of his steps towards doing away with actual reality.

    This is the guy wo told Ron Howard that his dream was to make movies where he didn't need actors.

    Oh boy. Let's hope some good (like maybe this movie) can come out of this evil
    Hopefully, the motion picture industry will look to Peter Jackson's work with the CGI Gollum, which was based on the (outstanding) performance of a real live actor (Andy Serkis), as the template to follow for future CGI characters.

    That said, I'm already saving my pennies to go to see this one in the theatre.
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