TV/Movies Megathread

[Sheilbh]

BBC iPlayer has put up all 23 years' worth of Silent Witness

[Josquius]

Incidentally, now that Goonies has been mentioned let's talk about Richard Donner. Man has the following on his resume:

- The Omen
- Superman
- Goonies
- the Lethal Weapon series
- several other 1980s quasi classics like Scrooged, Ladyhawke, Lost Boys, etc...

Yet he seems forgotten compared to people like McTiernan (not a diss, I love McTiernan's work). Yes, he was a studio journeyman, but many of his films are staples of their genres, and were hugely influential.

I've heard of Donner. Not McTiernan

[crazy canuck]

Incidentally, now that Goonies has been mentioned let's talk about Richard Donner. Man has the following on his resume:

- The Omen
- Superman
- Goonies
- the Lethal Weapon series
- several other 1980s quasi classics like Scrooged, Ladyhawke, Lost Boys, etc...

Yet he seems forgotten compared to people like McTiernan (not a diss, I love McTiernan's work). Yes, he was a studio journeyman, but many of his films are staples of their genres, and were hugely influential.

I've heard of Donner. Not McTiernan

Put us together and we begin to approach making one Cel

[grumbler]

Incidentally, now that Goonies has been mentioned let's talk about Richard Donner. Man has the following on his resume:

- The Omen
- Superman
- Goonies
- the Lethal Weapon series
- several other 1980s quasi classics like Scrooged, Ladyhawke, Lost Boys, etc...

Yet he seems forgotten compared to people like McTiernan (not a diss, I love McTiernan's work). Yes, he was a studio journeyman, but many of his films are staples of their genres, and were hugely influential.

I've heard of Donner. Not McTiernan

McTiernan did Die Hard, Predator, and The Hunt for Red October, plus a host of lessor-known action flicks.

[celedhring]

The trailer for West Side Story is out, and it looks like a pretty straight-forward adaptation of the material. I don't doubt it will be very well-made, because Spielberg films if anything are always very well-made, but I fail to see the point.

[Eddie Teach]

No kidding. Unless they reanimated Natalie Wood, then it would be worth a watch. 

[garbon]

More latino cast?

[The Brain]

Much like the most recent Ben Hur remake, it's not obvious to me who the target audience is.

[Duque de Bragança]

Incidentally, now that Goonies has been mentioned let's talk about Richard Donner. Man has the following on his resume:

- The Omen
- Superman
- Goonies
- the Lethal Weapon series
- several other 1980s quasi classics like Scrooged, Ladyhawke, Lost Boys, etc...

Yet he seems forgotten compared to people like McTiernan (not a diss, I love McTiernan's work). Yes, he was a studio journeyman, but many of his films are staples of their genres, and were hugely influential.

I've heard of Donner. Not McTiernan

McTiernan did Die Hard, Predator, and The Hunt for Red October, plus a host of lessor-known action flicks.

Nor arguing about those three, but the 13th Warrior deserves more recognition, despite its troubled history.

[The Larch]

Incidentally, now that Goonies has been mentioned let's talk about Richard Donner. Man has the following on his resume:

- The Omen
- Superman
- Goonies
- the Lethal Weapon series
- several other 1980s quasi classics like Scrooged, Ladyhawke, Lost Boys, etc...

Yet he seems forgotten compared to people like McTiernan (not a diss, I love McTiernan's work). Yes, he was a studio journeyman, but many of his films are staples of their genres, and were hugely influential.

I've heard of Donner. Not McTiernan

McTiernan did Die Hard, Predator, and The Hunt for Red October, plus a host of lessor-known action flicks.

Nor arguing about those three, but the 13th Warrior deserves more recognition, despite its troubled history.

What troubled history?

[Duque de Bragança]

What troubled history?

In short, box office bomb after a troubled production with conflict between the director and producers, movie several times re-cut. The Director's Cut is still nowhere to be seen, assuming it exists.

[The Larch]

What troubled history?

In short, box office bomb after a troubled production with conflict between the director and producers, movie several times re-cut. The Director's Cut is still nowhere to be seen, assuming it exists.

Ah, I knew it had been a box office bomb, but I had no idea about the internal conflicts.

[The Brain]

What kind of cut could possibly fix 13th Warrior?

[Duque de Bragança]

What kind of cut could possibly fix 13th Warrior?

The Director's Cut.

[grumbler]

What troubled history?

In short, box office bomb after a troubled production with conflict between the director and producers, movie several times re-cut. The Director's Cut is still nowhere to be seen, assuming it exists.

Ah, I knew it had been a box office bomb, but I had no idea about the internal conflicts.

Michael Crichton replaced McTiernan after the initial screening, changed the score, and re-shot some scenes, delaying the release by a year.  The price tag soared because they had to pay a bunch of new people (including Jerry Goldsmith) and pay people to come back for new scenes.  Alas, Crichton is a better runway model than a director, and the movie turned into one of the biggest, if not the biggest, box office flops of all time.