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Dennis
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 Posted - 26 Dec 2010 : 09:07:09
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As I understand, some scribes here are also fans of the Sorcerer Supreme, so I took liberty in sharing this great news!
Kevin Feige confirms plans for A Dr. Strange movie. A short info can be found HERE.
The actor who will possibly don the sorcerer’s robe is Patrick Dempsey, Chris Evans, or Johnny Depp. Ryan Reynolds used to be in the “possible” list, but that’s no longer true now for he’s wearing the Lantern's ring.
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It’s been almost three years since I started this thread, and yet there is hardly any development in the plans for this film.
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Posted - 26 Dec 2010 : 10:29:53
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The Sage
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Posted - 26 Dec 2010 : 12:40:26
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Yeah, I think I made a prior post about this back when it was first announced. It's great to see things are finally moving along, though.
Doctor Strange is one of my long-time Marvel favourites, so I'm very keen to see how this will eventually play out. Though, I'm not too set on the casting choices. I'm not familiar with Damsey, Evans is already playing Captain America [and had a previous role as Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four films], so I can't see that working, and Depp's simply too high profile for the role. Besides, there's already rumours that he might be playing another "Doctor" character, if plans for the next Doctor Who film ever amount to anything more than just internet supposition. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 26 Dec 2010 : 13:48:18
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Patrick Dempsey is Amy Adams's leading man in Enchanted and Reese Witherspoon's ex in Sweet Home Alabama. He's also in the TV show, Grey's Anatomy.
Rumor has it that the reason it took Marvel this long to make a movie of Dr. Strange is because the big guys think the Sorcerer Supreme is one of their B-Class characters. Hmmm, I am not really a comics fan, so I can't compare all the Marvel characters - past and present. But as I understand, the Sorcerer Supreme has been around for like forever--- which already speaks volumes of his popularity. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Dennis
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 05:51:47
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Neil Gaiman might write the script for this movie. Here's the article.
I read his Stardust novel. It was really good---full of twists and appealing characters. He turned several cliches to convincing and entertaining scenes.
And in the rarest of moments (have I mentioned I don't usually read comics?), I once read a volume of his Fables comics. It's nice, though 'tis something I would not readily recommend to friends.
I only have these two works of his as basis whether I would find him the "best" writer to pen the script for a Sorcerer Supreme movie. And honestly, I don't know if he's really the one. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 07:05:59
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| Neil Gaiman?! *drools* I'm SOLD!! Although there are other writers who would be just as good, there are very few I would actually trust to do it justice. Gaiman has proven his talent time and again, with many great graphic novels as well as comic series to his credit. Although I'd LOVE to see a script from Peter David- he's my current favorite comic writer, along with JMS when he was doing Spider-Man. (His take on Spidey had so much amazing- pardon the pun- potential for new directions it's not even funny. In fact, I took a tiny thread he wove into the Spidey-verse tapestry and turned it into a hero series of my own, about a future offspring who is a mutant and has some unusual traits of his own.) |
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Dennis
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 07:14:07
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Perhaps Steve Kloves is a the best choice?  |
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 15:35:00
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Originally posted by dennis
Neil Gaiman might write the script for this movie. Here's the article.
I read his Stardust novel. It was really good---full of twists and appealing characters. He turned several cliches to convincing and entertaining scenes.
And in the rarest of moments (have I mentioned I don't usually read comics?), I once read a volume of his Fables comics. It's nice, though 'tis something I would not readily recommend to friends.
I only have these two works of his as basis whether I would find him the "best" writer to pen the script for a Sorcerer Supreme movie. And honestly, I don't know if he's really the one.
The Stardust movie was also very enjoyable. Particularly Robert DeNiro! American Gods was a good book, but a little weird for me. Anansi Boys was a lot of fun. Neverwhere is good and interesting, and like his other stuff, quite unlike anything I'd read before. And of course, the collaborative effort with Terry Pratchett on Good Omens -- one of my fave books, and certainly the most funny book on the Apocalypse ever written!
I was aware of Gaiman's comic credentials, but I've never read any of them. I think, when they were being published, that I was only interested in superhero stuff.
I saw Neil Gaiman on The Colbert Report, once. I think it was in connection to The Graveyard Book. Colbert managed to out-geek Neil by reciting Tom Bombadillo's song from The Hobbit!  |
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The Sage
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 15:42:41
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| Neil Gaiman's also writing for the new series of Doctor Who next year... which I'm really looking forward too. I really do think his unique style will match up well with the current trends of the Eleventh Doctor. |
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The Red Walker
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 23:40:52
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Don't forget, Dempsey was also Bobby Ewing on Dallas!!
That's about the funniest thing I've ever read here!
That's dude is like 75 years old. Patrick Duffy that is....lol
But is have to admit Patrick Dempsey in that role is less appealing than a 75 year old a lister. Looks like they are rating this character high enough to go for looks over chops, so don't expect much. |
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The Red Walker
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Posted - 27 Dec 2010 : 23:46:06
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Originally posted by The Sage
Neil Gaiman's also writing for the new series of Doctor Who next year... which I'm really looking forward too. I really do think his unique style will match up well with the current trends of the Eleventh Doctor.
Interesting, I've yet to watch an episode with the latest Dr.
What do you think a big proponent of David Tennent's Dr would think? |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Marc
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Posted - 29 Dec 2010 : 14:13:47
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| You should read the Sandman too, we used some of that stuff for our games |
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Dennis
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Posted - 02 Jan 2011 : 08:22:02
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Oops. I got my Pats mixed up. You are right, of course, RW.
I never read any of Gaiman's fiction. A FUNNY book about the Apocalypse?! That sounds- interesting....
Some parts of Good Omens were really funny, but most of the first quarter bored me. So I didn't bother finishing it. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 02 Jan 2011 : 08:34:37
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The Stardust movie was also very enjoyable. Particularly Robert DeNiro!
Indeed. I wonder whose idea it was to turn the captain into a gay/transvestite character. He wasn't in the novel.
I think it is one of the best novel-based movies. After watching the very disappointing adaptations of Harry Potter (except The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Order of Phoenix), Eragon, and The Seeker (The Dark is Rising), I tend to lower my expectations before watching a movie based on a book I read. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 02 Jan 2011 : 23:29:54
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Originally posted by dennis
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
The Stardust movie was also very enjoyable. Particularly Robert DeNiro!
Indeed. I wonder whose idea it was to turn the captain into a gay/transvestite character. He wasn't in the novel.
I think it is one of the best novel-based movies. After watching the very disappointing adaptations of Harry Potter (except The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Order of Phoenix), Eragon, and The Seeker (The Dark is Rising), I tend to lower my expectations before watching a movie based on a book I read.
Never read Eragon, but I was forced to see the movie. I went in with low expectations and was still disappointed. |
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The Sage
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Posted - 02 Jan 2011 : 23:58:17
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by dennis
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
The Stardust movie was also very enjoyable. Particularly Robert DeNiro!
Indeed. I wonder whose idea it was to turn the captain into a gay/transvestite character. He wasn't in the novel.
I think it is one of the best novel-based movies. After watching the very disappointing adaptations of Harry Potter (except The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Order of Phoenix), Eragon, and The Seeker (The Dark is Rising), I tend to lower my expectations before watching a movie based on a book I read.
Never read Eragon, but I was forced to see the movie. I went in with low expectations and was still disappointed.
Indeed. Though, I read the book. It's a far more enjoyable tale as it was written. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 00:14:03
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| I've not had a chance to read that one, but I actually enjoyed the movie version of Eragon. Then again, I tend not to put too much into movies keeping completely in-line with the books they came from. I understand about "poetic license" being used, as well as time constraints in movie-making. It is, IMO, unrealistic to go into a book-to-movie with the expectation of it being totally true to the book as written. For one thing, a book has more time and space to devote to the details, where a movie must convey as much as possible as quickly as possible. (And much of that visually!) Another factor is the translation from book to script. It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to do so without loosing something, simply because the two formats are so different. So when I see a movie based on a book, whether I've read the book or not, I tend to view them as separate entities- with a few rare exceptions that were so badly mangled I wanted to strangle the script-writer!! (The example of Queen of the Damned someone mentioned earlier really made me want to vomit!!) |
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Dennis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 00:24:38
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In that case, have you seen Inkheart? I enjoyed that movie immensely.
I have the dvd, a present from a friend. But something came up when I was watching it - first 30 mins, I guess - so I didn't get the chance to finish it. I can't recall what exactly that something was. And that was months ago. Till now I haven't yet finished it. No time, or lack of enough interest. Most of my friends enjoyed it, though. They WORSHIP Brendan F. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 00:36:21
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So when I see a movie based on a book, whether I've read the book or not, I tend to view them as separate entities- with a few rare exceptions that were so badly mangled I wanted to strangle the script-writer!!
I always try to "condition" myself to view the movie and the book as separate animals, but for some reason I often fail. Comparing the two has sort of become inevitable for me. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 00:44:43
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I would too, with those abs, LOL!!! *mentally drooling over bare chest in George of the Jungle...*
So like my friends. I can't remember how many times they've watched that. Sometimes it makes me wonder how come he never made it to the list of Forbes's Sexiest Men. Or has he? |
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 01:46:44
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I've not had a chance to read that one, but I actually enjoyed the movie version of Eragon.
I might have liked it more had it not so closely resembled Star Wars. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 01:57:13
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
I've not had a chance to read that one, but I actually enjoyed the movie version of Eragon.
I might have liked it more had it not so closely resembled Star Wars.
It resembled Star Wars? Hmmm, I'm curious, how? I didn't watch SW, and have no plan so far. I saw in the trailers long ago some SW characters used those toy-like swords/sabers. Well, Eragon's looks real enough, un-toy-like. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 02:28:44
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| dennis, I would hardly call a light-saber a "toy". Truly, you've NEVER seen ANY of them? You should(original trilogy at least), simply because they ARE quite epic. (And even iconic, at this point in time!) Star Wars is quite simply one of the greatest epic movie series ever, with some truly (for its time) amazing effects, great characters (Who DOESN'T love Han Solo?!), and a story worthy of any D&D campaign! True there are some minor quibbles even from die-hard fans, but over-all, they are all well worth seeing! (So long as you watch the original three FIRST, in spite of chronology. One look at Jar-Jar will tell you why...) |
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Dennis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 02:46:12
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Nope. But I once considered watching at least one, since Hayden Christensen is there! The toy swords discouraged me. |
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Dennis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 02:58:16
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Back on topic...
I guess Hugh Dancy would be a good Dr. Strage.
On the other hand, Johnny Depp would have been the perfect choice, as he almost always was in his films. The Sorcerer Supreme is not as famous as the X-Men characters, or so it seems. What better way to introduce him than with a star that embodies the very meaning of famous?! |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 03:15:27
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Hmm, I think you might be confusing the replicas for the "real thing", dennis, but, meh- whatever. And I don't really care for him, myself.
Hugh Dancy? Who is he? I really don't see Depp in that role- he's a bit TOO famous, IMO. I'd prefer someone like James Woods perhaps, or Alan Rickman (sans accent, one would hope). My hubby just suggested Jonathan Frakes, and oddly enough, I really like that idea! He fits perfectly!!! Voice, physique, intelligence, he's got it all!! |
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Dennis
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Posted - 03 Jan 2011 : 03:30:05
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Hugh Dancy was the lead actor in Confessions of a Shopaholic and in Adam. Here's his filmography.
Jonathan Frakes? One of the guys in Star Trek? Hmm, isn't he a bit too "unknown"? Or maybe just unknown to me. |
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