Topic: Coming Soon (Read 89839 times)

Büge · « **Reply #1080 on:** November 24, 2012, 12:46:32 PM »

Working on The Hobbit made Sir Ian McKellen cry.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #1081 on:** December 11, 2012, 09:53:05 PM »

Man of Steel - Official Trailer #2 [HD]

Each of these trailers for Zach Snyder's Man of Steel have got me feeling like

Da_Beerman · « **Reply #1082 on:** December 12, 2012, 07:10:30 PM »

Pacific Rim - Offical Trailer

Guillermo Del Toro making a giant robot movie, and it looks pretty awesome.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #1083 on:** December 13, 2012, 12:39:52 AM »

Is that the same voice actress as GLaDOS?

Ziiro · « **Reply #1084 on:** December 13, 2012, 02:32:35 AM »

Yep. Should be a fun movie to watch.

Niku · « **Reply #1085 on:** December 13, 2012, 01:03:24 PM »

Pacific Rim Power Rangers Trailer

Büge · « **Reply #1086 on:** December 15, 2012, 06:04:20 PM »

http://www.slashfilm.com/studio-ghibli-officially-announces-hayao-miyazakis-the-wind-is-rising-and-isao-takahatas-the-tale-of-princess-kaguya-for-2013/

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #1087 on:** December 19, 2012, 08:09:31 AM »

John Dies at the End NSFW Red Band Trailer

Warning: boobs. There are boobs in this trailer.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1088 on:** December 28, 2012, 09:01:35 AM »

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Official TRAILER #1 (2013) - Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde Movie HD

Mongrel · « **Reply #1089 on:** January 11, 2013, 09:06:23 AM »

The Last Stand -- EXCLUSIVE Final Trailer

This actually looks like a movie that's smart enough not to take itself seriously. Could be a lot of fun!

Mongrel · « **Reply #1090 on:** January 17, 2013, 09:23:47 AM »

<Arty> the guy who wrote Gangster Squad, Will Beall, is the guy writing Justice League, Logan's Run, and Lethal Weapon 5
<Arty> so, lots to look forward to, I guess
<Milo> Lethal Weapon 5?
<Milo> Christ, how many people have to be desperate for that movie to get made?
<Arty> not really.
<Arty> everything is six now. trilogies are out.
<QED2> this time, when murtaugh says he's too old for this shit, we will really believe him
<QED2> mel gibson will play both briggs and murtaugh
<QED2> though his use of blackface will be described as 'unfortunate'

Mongrel · « **Reply #1091 on:** January 26, 2013, 11:15:25 AM »

Knights Of Badassdom Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Peter Dinklage Cosplay Movie HD

IMAGINE. HEY HEY. IMAGINE IF. IF LIKE. YOU KNOW. YOUR GAME. YOU KNOW LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO LARP. YEAH. IMAGINE IF IT WAS LIKE REAL AND SHIT. AND LIKE THIS WIZARD DUDE CASTS A SPELL. ONLY, LIKE, ITS LIKE A REAL SPELL. AND THEY FUCK SHIT UP. SO YOU GOTTA UNFUCK IT. FUCK YEAH! FUCKIN SWEET. RIGHT?

Tell me this was made by the same guys who came up with "Your Highness", because god help me, I don't think I can deal with multiple gangs of idiots going around making movies like this.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #1092 on:** January 26, 2013, 11:41:55 AM »

Hey, man, as long as Peter Dinklage gets work, I'm okay with it.

Thad · « **Reply #1093 on:** January 26, 2013, 11:52:39 AM »

What about the American remake of Death at a Funeral?

Thad · « **Reply #1094 on:** January 26, 2013, 10:53:48 PM »

周星馳《西遊．降魔篇》台灣版完整正式預告片(1080P HD)

I have no idea what is going on here but it sure does look like a Stephen Chow movie.

TA · « **Reply #1095 on:** January 26, 2013, 11:04:39 PM »

Well, I see a monkey-man with a staff in the freezeframe. Without watching, I think I can say with about 90% certainty that it's a Journey to the West.

Friend · « **Reply #1096 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:03:30 AM »

You would be right. Based on a cursory search, it's actually a prequel to one of Stephen Chow's older movies which itself is loosely based on Journey to the West. The trailer looked pretty crap, so I'm not going to hold high hopes for this movie. However, the source material that they have to work with is fantastic, though not necessarily suited to a movie adaptation. The story's pretty episodic in nature, so it's actually much better suited to a TV adaptation and has already been adapted plenty of times. I would recommend reading it though. Having said that, I've only read the abridged version myself. It's pretty great. Basically five bros dicking around through ancient China and India while on their way to get some sacred Buddhist scriptures. (There's also the set up which is the origin story of Sun Wukong and the rest of the cast, which is rad, and then their journey home, which is less rad but mercifully short. And necessary I guess to complete the character arcs.) Not only is it fun, but it's culturally relevant to Chinese people in the way Snow White or Hansel and Gretel is to the Western world. Really, if there is any piece of Chinese culture you should absorb, it's probably Journey to the West.

Brentai · « **Reply #1097 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:27:40 AM »

It's one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China so, yeah. The problem is that all four of these things are goddam epics - it took me about a year off and on to slog through Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and that was with a lot of commentary to help follow what the hell was going on. If Journey has any advantage over the others, it's that it's not about a war and doesn't have hundreds of characters all named Ping Pong running around doing basically the same sort of shit to each other.

Also whenever the topic comes up people tend to mention Journey, Romance and Water Margin and leave out Dream of the Red Chamber. Apparently an epic-length adolescent fuckfest doesn't really have the traction in the West that stories of people fighting or killing each other endlessly do.

Lottel · « **Reply #1098 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:38:57 AM »

I learned all I know about from Journey to the West from Dragon Ball.
That's good enough, right?

Friend · « **Reply #1099 on:** January 27, 2013, 12:53:05 AM »

The problem with Dream of the Red Chamber (I prefer calling it Story of the Stone because I imagine some guy writing like five thousand pages about a rock going on adventures and learning life lessons and shit. Which, I might add, is the premise of Journey to the West) is exactly as you outlined. Also you can't really make a video game out of 18th century Chinese aristocracy's melodrama.

Also, the reason I linked to the Waley translation is specifically due to its brevity; he cuts out most of the episodes in the middle, but keeps the general structure of the story intact. If you finish it and find yourself wanting more adventures, you'll know there's hundreds or thousands of pages more to read.

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