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02-16-2005, 05:35 PM | #41 (permalink) |
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i know the story to the trilogy. Still don't like it. With the exception of the first one. That one was "sci-fi excellence".
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02-17-2005, 05:30 AM | #42 (permalink) | |
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I enjoyed the first, and think it's a good movie. The second and third, however, just didn't grab me. They had their moments which I thought were cool, but I don't normally go into movies to try and "get" some deeper meaning. As long as I enjoy the movie at face value, then it wasn't a waste of my time. While I wouldn't call the second or third movies a waste of my time, I saw them once, and that was good enough for me. I have watched the first multiple times, however, simply because I believe it is a more entertaining film to me. Perhaps you should take a look in the mirror if you call people close-minded and ignorant just because they don't agree with you about something.
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02-17-2005, 06:46 AM | #43 (permalink) | |
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02-17-2005, 06:56 AM | #44 (permalink) | |
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Innocent until proven guilty. Yes, peoples ideas, stories and scripts are stolen all the time... On the flip side of this, people who have made a lot of money on their films are often accused of stealing when this didn't... At this point, all we have is a statement from a woman who has made some claims. Are they valid claims? I all for, "Let's wait and see." By the way, I have the business card of a gentleman who claims to be the VP of Time Warner... who has the rights to re-make The Wizard of Oz and will be doing so with Steven... you know, Speilberg. He dropped by my suite at the American Film Market wanted to see if I was interested in some of his other projects... There are a lot of wackos in this industry and it is with good reason that people take these claims with a large grain of salt.
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02-17-2005, 07:04 AM | #45 (permalink) | |
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Also I found out it was Harlan ellison who successfully sued James Cameron because he claimed terminator was lifted from his stories "Demon with a Glass Hand" and "Soldier". This makes me skeptical about the validity of this story |
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That's a great example of saying the movies are bad based on false information and a complete misunderstanding of the story. When I corrected the person, they would not accept the real plot. That's ignorance. If you simply hated the sequels, that's fine with me, but don't base it on false information else your opinion is invalid. -Lasereth
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02-17-2005, 10:19 AM | #47 (permalink) | |
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A stolen idea or story. It is one thing to remake a film, for example La Femme Nikita and Point of No Return. Money exchanged hands for the rights to the film. However, in the examples I gave above, the American filmmakers claim that they were inspired by the original film. I am postive that Tarrantino didn't give a cent to Ringo Lam (or the rights holders to the story behind City on Fire). That said, I also recognize the difference between her (allegedly) submitting a script to the Wachowski Brothers and them (allegedly) stealing her ideas.
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08-20-2005, 07:55 PM | #48 (permalink) | |
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Update for anyone who gives a shit ...
Link - http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp Quote:
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