Favorite Movies

[Zombie Mark]

I had not heard about it till now, but did a little research on it. Here's the articles I found.Artical one
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Summery, the film is in the works with Spielberg and Smith, but will not be a remake. They are looking at the original manga that the film was based off of. So, don't think of the movie remake, just the comics retold.

Also, update on the Wolverine leak. Fox News reporter has been fired for watching and reviewing it. Roger Friedman of foxnews.com's article fox411 was writing about how easy it is too watch new movies online and used Wolverine as an example. Fox news is in no way connected to 20th Century Fox, but he was fired just the same for, "promotion of piracy". All I can say about this is oops.
Fox News Fires Reporter

Also, Van Diesel said in an interview that he would like to play the "Sub-Mariner" in an upcoming marvel movie. As much as I like Van, I'm not sure he could pull off the Sub-Mariner. I could see him in other Mavel Movie roles, such as some from the New Warriors, but would more fit the Luke Cage character. The thing is, Van said he wants too play a villein. I'm not sure how this would come off.
Van Diesel talks Super roles

For vince, when he actually signs in and reads this, some WWE news. As I'm typing this, I'm watching Wreaslemania 25, yes I ordered the Pay Per View. First, during the Kid Rock performance, he was singing Ba da ba (not sure how to spell it), and he pointed his mic up so the audiance could sing the part (get in the pit and love someone), and not a noise in the house. Just a few minutes earlier you could hear them yelling duiring the "Money in the Bank" match "holy s**t" when someone jumped off the top of a 20 foot ladder. The major news coming before this event thou was that the color commentator "Tazz" (Original ECW Star) quite this week claiming he was "burnt out". I would not doubt that since they put on four to five shows a week in four or five city's. And also, it happened again. Singing "So Hot", he held the microphone up too let the audience sing and not a sound in the house. HAHA, thats funny.  

[OokamiValkire]

This is a nice subject to ask on...I frankly have many fave's, well, here goes! Enjoy my top ten!! xp

1. The Last Unicorn
2. Children Of Dune
3. Ice Pirates
4. The 10th Kingdom
5. Braveheart
6. Underworld Movies
7. Sweeny Todd
8. The Stand
9. Spaceballs
10. Excalibur

Right now, that's my fave movie standing...I do have many more though and ur all free to ask me about them! heart  

[MandaG]

Lol, cool. A bit random but is The 10th Kingdom a filom or tv series? Because if its a film then I don't know it but if it's the Tv show it's one of my favs too smile

And to Mark - I take it you've heard about Andrew "Test" Martin's death? I was reading the National Enquirer at work (no comments about the trash I read at work) and it was saying that he was found dead by a neighbour, after saying that he had seen a lot of friends die recently and didn't want to end up like them.  

[Zombie Mark]

Ookami, "Children of Dune" was great. I love the Dune series. SyFy (Formally SciFi network) did a great job in bringing Dune to life. I just wish they would continue the series. Great list.

Manda, Yeah, I heard the tragic news a week or two ago. He had just gotten out of rehab about six months to a year ago and was said to be doing pretty well. He had just finished a Japan wrestling tour and was about to go on a UK/Europe tour. He also was working to become a physical therapist. They said the police found steroids and pain killers in his apartment, but found no immediate cause of death. The last I heard was they were waiting for a toxicity report to determine that. He was a good wrestler too, but until the toxicity report comes in, WWE has kind of snubbed his death.  

[MandaG]

I stopped watching wrestling years ago so I didn't know if they had done anything for him, although my dad sometimes watches it so I saw the Eddie Guerro stuff, although it's really bad to admit I didn't believe it for a while - somehting that was helped by the fact his wife started doing WWE and dating someone on the show...I just felt like if my husband had died I would never do that. But I believe it now.

I also really liked Chirs Benoit so I was quite gutted when he died because if what he did.  

[Zombie Mark]

They mourned Eddie after her OD'd on cocaine, dedicating a show in his name. They even did it for Benoit till things came out about his death, then they banned his name, image, and moves from TV and books. It's just been within the last few weeks that they started to acknowledge he existed. The only one who really has forced the wrath of Vince by ignoring the ban is HBK Shawn Michaels who uses Benoit's finishing move now (the Crawface(sp?)).  

[Zombie Mark]

Just some quick reports;

Red vs Blue has turned six years old. In this, they have a new psa video. Red vs Blue. Their always funny.

And here is something one of my friends would love. HBO is to start filming "A Game of Thrones" from George R.R. Martin's series A Song of Ice and Fire. Thou I have not yet read the four book series, I've heard a lot of people say they loved it.

Screen Rant

A Sparse Outline On The Book Series

A Song of Ice and Fire book series is written by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. It takes place in a fictional realm on the continent of Westeros and other surrounding lands. The characters are mostly human who deal with “others” from the north or fire-breathing dragons from the east.

The series touches on a dynastic civil war for control of Westeros, rising threats from outside of Westeros and an exiled daughter of a once murdered king, as she looks to return to Westeros to claim her rightful throne.

Here's the article, Game of Thrones  

[MandaG]

I didn't know about the cocaine bit, assumed Eddie died in a wrestling related accident. And I can understand them not wanting to ever mention Benoit again, but did they even aknowledge any blame? I know it's not about shifting the blame and they shouldn't take the brunt of it all because he's dead but Test said in an interview that almost all wrestlers are on steriods and as mch other crap, there's been how many deaths in the last year alone and was it John Cena that was arrested over aggrivated assault or something? (heightened aggression and irritabilty being very common drug abuse symptoms/side effects)

I mean, I would rather watch clean living guys wrestle that fakes who are all on steroids. I don't mean staight edge, just decent role models.
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And don't get me started on footballers! xd


And that Fire And Ice thing is cool - I read something recently on gaia somewhere in the foryms about it and it seemed good.  

[Zombie Mark]

They tried to hide what he OD'ed on, but reveiled that he had a major cocaine habit before he died. They said he was seeking help, even going into rehab. But I think that's what they said killed Eddie. Vince would know better then me.

As for Test, WWE put a note on their web page acnolling it, but then plainly said "He has not worked for the company for a year", shielding themselves from any blame. The reason they fired him in 2007 was because of he looked as if he was on stariods. This was just after the Benoit's death. TNA refused to hire him afterward for the same reason.

As for now days in the WWE, they have a new system in place. They test everyone every three months. If their cought with anything, their punished and the names made public. 1st strick 30 day without pay, 2nd strick 60 days without pay, 3rd strike is being fired. Several stars have been punished because of this including; Jeff Hardy, Ken Kennedy, William Regal, Randy Orton, and other big name stars. As for John Cena, as far as I know, he has always been clean. He goes throe a rough workout every day to stay in the shape he's in. Same goes for Dave Batista.

And for the Game of Thorne show, I want to read the book before it airs on tv. I know that is going to be a mistake, as it was with Eragon, but oh well.

Also, one of my favorite book series is being made into a show.

wotmania.com

Universal Pictures acquired the movie rights to The Wheel of Time in August 2008, and currently plan to adapt The Eye of the World as the first movie.

 

[MandaG]

Am I thining of Randy Orton? His name just pooped into my head. I saw an advert for a film with Jon Cena in it when I was at the cinema tonight - saw Monsters Vs Aliens and to be honest wasn't impressed.

And that's cool that wheel of time is being made into a film. What's it about?  

[Zombie Mark]

Don't know if your thinking about Orton or not, but he has been caught on stariods at least once. He was the champ at the time, so he wasn't taken off tv, but he did go 30 days without pay. Here's his picture.


As for the Wheel of Time, it's rather long to explain. Within the 11 books that are currently out (The 12th and final book is being split into three books to be released in over the next two years), there must be 50 storylines ongoing. In simple summery of the series, it's about three young boys. One, a Shepard finds out that he is a legendary hero reincarnated. The prophesy surrounding his life says he will save the world from the "Dark One" and break it in the process, so he builds an army to conquer the world even thou he really doesn't want it. Two, a black smith who finds trouble with two women in love with him (One the daughter of a general and niece of a king (the Owl) and the other a head of a small nation (the hawk). You'll have to read the series to understand the animal reverence.) and he can also talk with wolfs via his mind (and they do talk back). The third is a simple guy who wants nothing more then to gamble and have flings with girls, but has the knowledge of a thousand generals (his previous lives) that makes him the worlds best general.

The series is by (the late, great) Robert Jordan. The 12th book is being written by Brandon Sanderson. It has a bit of everything for everyone. Fantasy, romance, a bot of scifi (but not in the traditional sense), action, suspense, horror, and even a murder mystery that only one person had manage to solve (people would make guesses to RJ at convictions and when they were wrong he said "read the books and find out") since book 5 was published in 1993. For more info on the series, go to the fansites wotmania.com and dragonmount.com.

Also, I was reading sreenrant and came across and artical called "Harper’s Island: Interesting Concept, But Will It Work?". Haper's Island is a new mystery show from the creator of ABC's Jericho. It's about 25 people who are invited to an island for a wedding, but among them is a serial killer. The tag line is “Harper’s Island: 13 Weeks. 25 Suspects. 1 Killer.” It sounds and looks good.  

[MandaG]

They both sound really interesting!

I've been working on a story or tv show based on people going around the country on a reality tv show but one of them is a serial killer who murders someone in each town they go to....damn being ripped off! I started this in my writing class around christmas.  

[Zombie Mark]

Yeah, it sounds like they are ripping you off.

As for the Wheel of Time, one of the main reasons I loved it so much was the fact that it was so realistic in everything, even the battle scenes. RJ took his time in the Vietnam War and out it into the books. Even the love triangle scenes he said came from his real life experiences. Stuff like that made the series so much better.

Some movie news going around, a couple of writers/producers confermed that a Spiderman spin off is in the works. Venom is being written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who are pushing Sony for the spin off. Their current show coming out is Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. Their also working on a movie called Earth vs Moon. Here's what they say about it:

Quote:

"It's a science-fiction epic war movie ala, I don't know, 'Braveheart.' It's sort of got a little 'Star Wars' in it, a little 'Braveheart,' a little '300' in it. It's like it's sort of exactly what the title suggests. It's big and crazy and it's gonna be awesome. It's a colony on the moon, and the colony on the moon is fighting Earth. We're very, very excited about it. We've also turned in a draft on that and are waiting to hear back, so we're in early stages on each of those."

Just thought I's share.  

[OokamiValkire]

For MandaG, I wish the 10th kingdom was a tv series, it would have totally kicked butt!! xd

For Zombie Mark, I do wonder if they will make another continuation to the Dune series...it would really be cool if it happened.

Also, I have a really random question...anyone know if the roomers of a Zelda and Thundercats movie has any merit? Just wondering... sweatdrop  

[Zombie Mark]

Well, the Thundercats movie should be out some time around 2010, but that's all I know. The Zelda movie started out as an April Fools joke a year or two back. They even went so far as to make their own trailer out of it. But the fan base got all excited and actually lit a fire in Hollywood. Some company, not sure which one, bought the movie rights to it. That was the last I heard about it.

Also, since we were talking about it, they just reveled what Andre "Test" Martin died of. Here's the story:

SEScoops.com

According to The Sun out of the UK, former WWE wrestler Andrew "Test" Martin died after overdosing on the painkiller known as "Hillbilly heroin."

The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner out of Tampa announced his cause of death as Oxycodone intoxication as a result of an accidental overdose.

Oxycodone is an addictive ingredient found in the painkillers OxyContin, Percoset and Percoden.

Martin was found dead in his Tampa apartment just four days shy of his 34th birthday on March 14, 2009 after a neighbor reported that he had appeared motionless for several hours.

The pill, dubbed "Hillbilly heroin," was also linked to the death of fellow wrestler "Sensational" Sherri Martel, not to mention Oscar-winning actor Heath Ledger.

Read the whole Sun article here.