Han Solo VS Indiana Jones

Originally posted by: Dirk Blackpool
Funny thing about all the people in the Star Wars universe, their skills vary depending on the needs of the plot. Must be the will of the force..the force that is Lucas that is

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
From 'Lost', Maggie Grace:

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Who is Chris Masterson, anyway?

Originally posted by: sean wookie

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
All Scientologists should be banned. Even Laura.

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I think the problem is that for many people (i.e the general public) it would be a big screen movie of an old 70s TV show rather than a comic adaptation. The same with X-Men - for a lot of people it was a movie of a TV show (hence Wolverine's popularity and top billing). If they had made a true X-Men origin movie, the general public would have said 'huh? Iceman? Wasn't he one of Spiderman's friends from that cartoon? And isn't Beast supposed to be blue? Where's Wolverine?' etc.

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Ultimate Avengers is.... It's alright. Not amazing, not bad. They took out the good stuff from the comic book, like the part where the alien beats Captain America down and tells him to surrender, and Captain says: "What do you think this letter on my head stands for? FRANCE?!?!" Then beats the crap out of the alien.

I really wanted to see that.

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Not exactly a thrilling comeback, but it was a good effort. ^_~

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Less talk, more women! ^_~ But you've already shut up, so I guess it's too late.

Originally posted by: Rotten Johnny
Here's the full interview, which appeared in MOVIE MAGIC magazine:

Richard Donner’s Superman II

The Man of Steel’s second live-action adventure of 2006 has been nearly 30 years in the making

The Holy Grail of Superman history will be unveiled this fall with the DVD release of Richard Donner’s version of Superman II. Here’s a quick history lesson to put that statement in perspective: Back in the 1970s, Donner was shooting Superman: The Movie simultaneously with its sequel, but to meet the first film’s December 1978 release date, he focused on that effort, leaving the second incomplete. Donner’s acrimonious relationship with the film’s producers resulted in his being replaced by Richard Lester, who completed the sequel, jettisoning much of Donner’s footage and reshooting certain sequences to reflect his own directorial sensibilities.

Overseeing the film’s DVD version, and working in conjunction with Donner himself, is producer/editor Michael Thau, who also oversaw the production of the Superman : The Movie DVD.

MOVIE MAGIC: How much of Superman II had Dick Donner shot?

MICHAEL THAU: Dick shot almost exactly 75% of his Superman II script. In November of last year, we brought over six tons of Superman II film that had been sitting in a vault in England. We started laboriously going through it, pulling together scenes that were going to be the hardest to cut. When I’d get a cut on a scene, I’d show it to Dick and he’d say, "I don’t like that line; that reading’s not good" and so on. With Dick it’s always, "Make it move faster."

MOVIE MAGIC: I’d read an interview with him in which he said certain scenes were lost, such as when Lois tries to prove that Clark is Superman by firing a gun at him.

MICHAEL: Nothing was lost. That scene was actually never shot, but he did shoot it back in early 1977 as part of screentests, one for Reeve, and another, three months later, for Margot Kidder. We managed to put together a scene that has Chris from the early screentest and Margot from the later screentest.

MOVIE MAGIC: I assume you’re using Lester footage to finish the other 25% of the film?

MICHAEL: Yes, but it’s less than 25%. The plot is essentially the same, but the tone is much more like a part two of the first film. Donner’s humor is completely different from Lester’s. I’m not saying that Lester’s stuff is not funny, but it’s a different type of humor. Our intent was to make things more real and not keep undercutting the tension with comedy.


MOVIE MAGIC: The real question, of course, is whether or not you’ll restoring scenes with Marlon Brando as Jor-El, which were cut from Lester’s version over money issues between the producers and Brando.

MICHAEL: That issue is being addressed and negotiations are continuing, I will, however, say there are three scenes with Marlon Brando that absolutely anchor this film. They’re insane, wonderful Superman scenes, and that footage has not been seen by anyone for 25 years. Actually, there’s a lot that hasn’t been seen, but that’s the crown jewel of this film.

MOVIE MAGIC: It sounds like this Superman II is going to be entirely different than the first version of it.

MICHAEL: The people who have seen it have said it truly feels like part two of the first film, which was the intent all along. I think there are going to be some wonderful surprises for everyone.

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
That's the kind of thinking that nearly killed the industry in the 90s.

Originally posted by: theredbaron


Haven't read the Superman/Shazam books at all. But your Martian Manhunter/Superman idea is brilliant. I've seen the parallels highlighted before in a few books I've read, but it hasn't really been capitalised on. MM is such a cool character, it's good to see he's getting his own series again. I just hope they do justice to the character.

Originally posted by: theredbaron
I'm re-reading Kevin Smith's Green Arrow: Quiver. Great book - worth it just for the first three pages - the most kick-ass Superman/Batman dialogue ever IMHO.

Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
Yeah, basically. Mark's pretty geeked out about comic books. Who better to ask than him? ^_^

I think that the reason most people like other comic book characters over Superman, is because he's too much of a boy scout. He has not inner turmoil that makes him cool. Plus, unlike the other superheroes, we can't achive his status. He's an alien. At least with Spider-Man or the X-Men we could have a chance, and with Batman we could be just like him too, but Superman? No. We really can't be him.

Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
Hey did anyone watch the A&E special last night about the history of Superman? It was pretty awesome. Mark Hamill gave an interview, too! Sweeeeet.

I'm not even a Superman fan, but now I'm looking forward to the movie.

I'm more of a Batman fan. I wonder if A&E did a similar special with Batman when "Batman Begins" was out in theaters.

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Seeing as it's the World Cup:

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
He hits his physical peak the over the same period a human does, but he retains his physical peak a lot longer than humans do, and constantly gets stronger as long as he absorbs solar energy. The best examples of this are in 'Dark Knight Returns' and 'Kingdom Come'.

Also the Batman Beyond episode "The Call".

She plays Mrs. Claus in a Santa Claus movie LOL! You know, the one with Dudley Moore in it?