Weekly Ketchup: Dark Shadows, Sherlock Holmes and more
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This week's ketchup bottle brings news about new projects for Tim Burton, Guy Ritchie, Keira Knightley, and more. Back to Article
This week's ketchup bottle brings news about new projects for Tim Burton, Guy Ritchie, Keira Knightley, and more. Back to Article
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 on Jun 09 2008 09:51 AM The REAL question is how Guy Ritchie is going to get Jason Statham to LOOK like Sherlock Holmes... And Young Sherlock Holmes was friggin' AWESOME. Some of the first CGI used (by ILM, no less!) in the Stained-glass warrior sceneWHICHWASAWESOME! And the award for most wearying, lame-looking project goes TO: IT'S A TIE!! Between 600 new f#cking ZOMBIE picks and the rip-off of Kill Bill, which itself was 'an homage' (read: classy rip-off) of movies like 'Spits upon Your Grave' in the first place! (Reply to this) |
 on Jun 09 2008 10:49 AM honestly, I don't see any similiarity between "Kill Bill" and "I spit on your grave." A friend and I decided in the late 80's to see every 0 star Ebert reviewed film, which includes, I spit on your grave. The main thing I remember was one of the main perpetrators had no glass in his glasses. Also the idiotic line "you're from New York? That's an Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil place." Also, it led us to believe, that a man castrated in a bath tub was able to crawl up the walls to the ceiling with his midriff, as per blood marks. The only similiarity, if one is really stretching it, may be the scene in Kill Bill where "Buck" is introduced. Otherwise, nope. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 09 2008 10:52 AM Tdog...Holmes wore a hat, so the whole baldy thing is fixed...right? i'm a little sick of the zombie movies, i've seen too many crap ones. all i hear is how great Romero is and only Dawn was any good. Diary of the Dead was horsesh3t, Day of the Dead was boring. Unless its creative and ORIGINAL like Dead Alive...its usually boring. the Dawn remake was good and so is the 28 Days/Weeks flicks, but for every decent one...there's 20 that are utter garbage. Spit on your Grave remake isn't a surprise at all, i actually thought they did a remake but i can just imagine a NEW one of that flick. hmm...30 minute rape scene(who needs story nowadays, or good writing) with the Matrix style special effect of freezing...then rotating everytime the guy gets shoots it. slow motion the thing to death cuz most remakes are remade because they dont have an original/creative idea in the first place the Harvard one sounds like a bad idea but...its by the American Pie producer, can we expect the Sherminator(who plays a dorky nerd like no other) to be in it? i'm sure casting directors are knocking his door down as we speak. i'm shocked he wasn't up for the new batman, or superman for that matter. he seems destined for a part in this flick (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 09 2008 01:28 PM I spit on this idea of Sherlock Holmes. Seems like "Dumb It Down 101" (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 09 2008 02:22 PM If Burton wants to start dipping into old TV, I think a darker, creepy yet still sci-fi Dr. Who would be amazing. (Reply to this) |
 on Jun 09 2008 06:20 PM Ok, **** all that other noise, seriously, a Reboot movie= awesome. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 09 2008 06:35 PM What the hell? I thought Zack Snyder was going to do Army of the Dead. Did he not want to do it, or is this a sign that WB doesn't have high hopes for Watchmen by them not asking him back? (Reply to this) |
 on Jun 09 2008 06:59 PM Ah, yes, Zack Snyder and Army of the Dead, I forgot to mention that part. A few weeks ago, it was announced that in addition to Watchmen, Snyder has been secretly developing "Guardians of Ga'Hoole", a CGI fantasy about the adventures of owls in the woods (imagine Watership Down with owls). So, Snyder won't be directing "Army of the Dead", but he's still one of the producers. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 09 2008 10:50 PM Bah! (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 09 2008 10:58 PM In reply to this comment (#1781314) I agree. A new Sherlock Holmes movie could be cool because he is still one of the all time great characters. BUT this idea sounds terrible. Its like they were seriously sitting around saying how can we take a good character and make it as stupid as possible. (Reply to this) |
 on Jun 10 2008 04:42 AM I've always wanted to see the original I Spit On Your Grave. I'm sure it will be better than a remake. Is it just me or does that chick on the original cover have a nice ***, even with the blood and the knife and stuff. Just like Pat Robertson said, "Rape movies are fun!" (Reply to this) |
 on Jun 10 2008 12:58 PM Reboot movie!!! I can die happy after seeing that (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 10 2008 01:13 PM Gotta give Reboot credit, they got an all CGI tv show on the air very early on - it went on the air before Toy Story even was out. Before that, CGI was primarily shorts and things like TV commercials. (Reply to this) |
 on Jun 10 2008 11:06 PM I actually really excited about a Sherlock Holmes movie. A good mystery is always interesting and I think it will work well with people today to bring back something like this. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 11 2008 06:06 AM In reply to this comment (#1781314) Must remember though in many cases the Holmes from Conan Doyle's stories much like Conan Doyle himself was a man of brains and brawn and early attempts to capture him on film are more responsible for making him the prissy uber-nerd we think of today. The man died locked in mortal combat and hurling himself and his mortal enemy off the top of a waterfall for God's sake he couldn't have been that much of a wimp. Although much like Batman he let others (Watson) do the shooting. P.S. He did most of his good thinking wacked out on opiates too. As was the style of the day. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 11 2008 06:22 PM In reply to this comment (#1783591) True True. Good point. But something tells me that balance is not what they're going for here. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 13 2008 12:15 PM 1) Sherlock Holmes could be a disaster... 2) I've been following the ReBoot reboot from the beginning (I'm one of those lame people that mass mailed Rainmaker way back when). They really listened to the fan input for the comic, and hopefully they'll be just as willing to listen when they start working on the movie. Go check out the comic now! 3) I'm really sick of remakes, but hopefully My Fair Lady ends up being good. 4) That's a lot of zombies... (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 13 2008 03:40 PM In reply to this comment (#1784492) Yeah, if they go the Van Helsing route with it there's pretty much no hope, but Holmes over insightful personality in a swordfight or fisticuffs could be hilariously entertaining. Could you imagine him kicking the crap out of someone and step by step explaining to them how he's doing it? "You see there Watson when he overextended on that right hook he left himself wide oven for a shot to the nuts." Watson: "Hmmmm, indeed."...Summer of '09 Sherlock Holmes IS...Cockpuncher!!!!!. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 15 2008 04:01 PM In reply to this comment (#1788126) LOL. yeah, you make a good argument. That WOULD be pretty damn funny. (Reply to this) |
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