Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 28, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) This is a fucking stupid argument from all sides. Obviously there is a sliding scale here. You clearly have to have the creative license to do what you need to to make a good film, but there’s absolutely no point in making an “adaptation” if it ends up so far removed from the source material as to be completely unrecognisable.  Of course there is. If it makes for a good film then that's all that matters. We all like good things, don't we? Edited August 28, 2013 by Devon Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted August 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 I think you were all raped in your childhoods. I wasn't. I was an ugly kid and wore Bummer's Kingdom trainers. The local pervs wouldn't have touched me with yours. Â At least no-one pulled your helmet off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ShortOrderCook Posted August 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 We all like good things, don't we? Â Not Loki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 28, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 We all like good things, don't we? Â Not Loki. Â A tap-in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) This is a fucking stupid argument from all sides. Obviously there is a sliding scale here. You clearly have to have the creative license to do what you need to to make a good film, but there Edited August 28, 2013 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 28, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 So just write and make a completely separate original good film then..? If you say it's based on something it bares no resemblance to then you're just creating a false expectation which helps nothing. Â That's where credits like 'Loosely based on' or 'Based on characters by' or 'Inspired by storylines/characters' come in to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted August 28, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 I feel like we're going off on a whole other tagent here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted August 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2013 No shit.. This is just abstracted to absurdity now. Â What is the criteria by which art is necessarily made worse if it its considered in its creation? Â The name of the film is Dredd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 28, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) It's just the development of a discussion, that's all. Edited August 28, 2013 by Devon Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 It's just the development of a discussion, that's all. Chest is just butthurt about MF DOOM taking off his mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 We all like good things, don't we? Â Not Loki. Â I just hate it when you have nice things. Â Watched Star Wars Blu Ray on a massive projector last night, quite interesting to see all the detail you miss on a normal tv. I've not seen this enhanced edition before, and I was half-expecting to have one of those "oh, this beloved childhood film is shit" moments, but... it's a pretty good film! The only things that really felt awful, sadly, were all the shit mid-90s CGI inserts which now look far worse than the original model work. I hope some day they release the original version on Blu Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 29, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2013 I watched Snatch for the first time last night. Really enjoyed it, probably more than Lock Stock, actually. Â I miss Dennis Farina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted August 29, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2013 Got round to watching the latest Star Trek film, last night. I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the first JJ Abrams one and I felt the show down with Khan was really anti-climactic. Karl Urban is fantastic as Leonard McCoy, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted August 29, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 29, 2013 Karl Urban is fantastic as Leonard McCoy, though. Â He really is, he looks exactly like the original guy. He's good in Dredd too, it's just a shame you don't see his face in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Karl Urban is fantastic as Leonard McCoy, though. Â He really is, he looks exactly like the original guy. He's good in Dredd too, it's just a shame you don't see his face in the movie. Â Let's not reopen the floodgates on "Helmetgate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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