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Peter Berg Directing HERCULES As Well As DUNE??

DArk Knight by BrightEyes	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:28:24 AM
BEST FILM EVER
Hercudune? by Jubba	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:29:20 AM
meh
FNL is good by bigbadbua	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:30:59 AM
maybe this will be too
i just hope by dingus khan	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:31:36 AM
piven accidentally kills a hooker by slamming her head into a coat hook in it. by crom! excelsior! 'bout it! 'bout it!
Jesus H. Croissants... by MCVamp	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:35:05 AM
What comic books HAVEN'T been optioned into films yet? Even the ones that came out like last week? Ohhhh, right, just 95% of the titles at DC. Get on the ball, assholes. Mr. Berg: Fuck up Dune and I will fart in your general direction. Third time better be the charm. Christ, we get a beautiful-looking Lynch adaptation that's an inaccurate narrative mess and a fairly faithful TV adaptation that was duller than watching Grandma's vacation slides. Make it work...and if it takes two or three movies to get the first book right, just go ahead and break it up. Trying to cram Dune into 150 minutes is like trying to fit Oprah into Halle Berry's Catwoman suit.
HAHAHAHA nice Oprah comment MCVamp! by Dogmatic	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:42:33 AM

I hope Berg can do Dune justice it has deserved by Dogmatic	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:43:43 AM
Take the far better narrative of the mini-series and the stellar production design of the movie then actuall have a scrip that can contain the saga into a 150 min movie successfully...i hope he can
Screw this Hercules crap though....I want Yorick! by Dogmatic	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:44:27 AM
When is Y: The Last Man going into production anyways???
I'd rather see a movie of AICN's Hercules than this garbage! by Dogmatic	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:45:30 AM
I mean...a movie about a parapelegic double amputee what loves him his TV shows....yeah I'd rather watch that than this drivel.
Who keeps giving him action movies?! by flickchick85	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:48:24 AM
I like Peter Berg...when he's doing intimate little reality-based stories. That's what his style is best suited to, while it just seems out of place in all this big-budget blockbuster stuff. Who is it that keeps thinking he'd be a good fit for these?!
How bout a Spectre movie by The Guy Who Slept Through Everything.	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:59:35 AM
Is that one in development yet? Jesus H. Totem balls.
Say what you will about Berg... by Sleeperkid	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:03:11 AM
...but he DOES know how to direct action. THE RUNDOWN, while being a cheesy piece of Hollywood popcorn, DID sport some bad ass fight and shootout sequences...
The One, True Son of Zeus (Aside from Steve Reeves) by mrbeaks	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:05:12 AM
Bill Murray in THE RETURN OF HERCULES. (Though Lou Ferrigno heavin' that bear in the 1980s Cannon iteration was pretty special, too.)
~~~~~lot of movies for the MST3K crowd~~~~~ by The Marquis de Side 3	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:06:29 AM
they shold just bring the show back, drop RIFFTRAX and sit down and riff on all the new stuff coming out of Hollywood. the 70s are back man! bad movies and all! =0)
Dust up! by Charlie & Tex	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:13:18 AM
Wonder who would win in a fight - Hercules, Christan Bale or his mother? It's pretty obvious that with Bale's mother being a part-time clown, he must have thought she was The Joker, and his natural instincts kicked in. You would have thought that Bats seing his mother murdered in font of him might have stopped the unfortunate events around the UK premier of The Dark Knight. BTW, let's hope that some of the spirit of Luigi Cozzi's Hercules movies gets into the new project, as good ol' Lou was ideally cast, making the films a lot of fun.
Berg can direct action flicks by dvdhound79	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:23:06 AM
The Kingdom was fucking balls to the wall
Why? by codymr	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:47:56 AM
When did Berg become the directing "IT" boy? I really liked FNL and thought The Kingdom was good. But why is he trying to make Dune again? It's been filmed at least 2Xs with mediocre results.
So it's Dune is it by Tycho Magnetic Anomoly	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:49:56 AM
I really REALLY hope they don't fuck up Dune this time. I hope they really give it the treatment it deserves. I hope Berg loves Dune as much as what's his face loved the Lord of the Rings. This is probably the only chance in our lifetimes to see one of the best fantasy novels and one of the worst live action movies brought properly to fruitiion. If this doesn't get the proper reboot and backlash against the Sylvester & made for TV versions it deserves we're missing out on possibly the most important political commentary to our time and the coolest character arcs in a science fantasy book ever... I think two movies would do it justice, 3 and you risk too much of this "precedent setting actor dying before the 3rd one comes out" crap
Adapting "Dune"... by Jonas Grumpy	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:57:12 AM
I want to see a film version of the comic book adaptation - as drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz - of the original "Dune" movie. All two issues of it.
Will it suck like Hancock? by spectrebeeyatch	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:59:40 AM
Or be sweet like The Kingdom? Berg needs to slow down and focus on one movie. Also needs to remake Hancock.
Dune by eXcommunicated	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:00:58 AM
I loved the 80s version as a kid. I should revisit it. What's the definitive version available? Anyone?
why Berg gets movies by Bloo	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:01:04 AM
because he's a stright forward director who can dabble successfully in just about any genre thrown at him, dark comedy, check VERY BAD THINGS, buddy action comedy, check THE RUNDOWN, sports movie check FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, stright forward actioneer check THE KINGDOM, Will Smith summer/comic book movie check HANCOCK REally I think the only 2 he's had a "personal" connection too were VERY BAD THIGNS (he's first) and FNL (his cousin was the dude that wrote the book), so he's been given various movies in all sorts of genres and made them work, made them money and I'm assuming works his budgets pretty good because I've never heard of any of his movies going over budget. I think in a lot of ways he's alot like Robert Wise in that he works in a lot of different genres, successfully
I'm a pussy -- can't stand shaky-cam... by Prof. Pop-Cult	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:22:30 AM
Sorry, I get terribly motion sick from watching movies from the likes of Peter Berg who love to run around with the camera hand-held. What happened to the days of artfully composed shots, letting people take in the beauty of the filmed image? Hopefully, directors like Chris Nolan will inspire a revival of good cinematography, and help do away with all this trendy, high-contrast, grainy looking, shaky-cam, nausea-inducing shit.
Does Anyone Know... by Yaw	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:41:41 AM
... if there's a Hercules story on film that deals with the 12 trials (or was it 10?) as punishment for the slaughter of his wife and child? I remember reading some old myths in the Edith Hamilton collection and really being absorbed by that particular story. I think he even wrestles death early on. Hercules on film just always seemed to be a one-note superhero; and not the human with a God-like ego. His living between those two worlds could be portrayed with some resonance.
'Explosions in the Sky' soundtrack for "Friday Night Lights" by Yaw	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:42:53 AM
Inspired.
There's more art in Lynch's Dune by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:50:51 AM
than there is in Jackson's Lord of the Rings. The new Dune will be a franchise-friendly action movie. At least Lynch was treating the material with respect and delving into its themes, moods and textures. There will be none of that in Berg's version.
The Dark Knight by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:52:03 AM
Do all the people saying The Dark Knight is the best film ever realise how stupid they sound?
Labors by Hercules	Jul 23rd, 2008 02:53:03 AM
12 Labors
Is it true that watching the Dark Knight by Mr Gorilla	Jul 23rd, 2008 03:56:42 AM
is a bit like watching a very long trailer? That's how they make films these days, no? I mean, everyone LOVES trailers, so why not make the actual film in the style of a trailer. Like The Golden Compass.
Thank you Hercules. by Yaw	Jul 23rd, 2008 04:07:05 AM
Couldn't have asked for a better source.
WhinyNegativeBitch by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 23rd, 2008 04:37:30 AM
"I get the feeling Hancock was a rushed, compromised picture designed around its stars name and a release date, rather than an actual film." - This applies to 90% of today's 'blockbusters'.
Did you know by Napoleon Park	Jul 23rd, 2008 04:38:34 AM
that Hercules was featured in comic books from Dell, Charlton, Marvel, DC, Acclaim and Topps? Yep, it's true. Now guess how many of them Bob Layton drew, and for who. That's right, DC and Marvel. The more you know..., the sooner your brain fills up, leaving no room for the important stuff.
The Dark Knight... by Napoleon Park	Jul 23rd, 2008 04:40:16 AM
one of the 2 or 3 best superhero/comic book movies released this month. It's true. I read it in the internets.
HandCock was alright by FILMFUNK	Jul 23rd, 2008 04:50:38 AM
I fell asleep in the middle, just after she was revealed to be superhuman too and then I woke up when they died in the Hospital full of rain!? Anyone fill me in on WTF!?
Has Berg Got Any Personality? by TroutMaskReplicant	Jul 23rd, 2008 05:10:58 AM
I just wonder whether he's got the kind of creative ego that might be required to make Dune with any flair. Saying that Peter Jackson did direct The Frighteners, which was like Robert Zemeckis light, right before LOTR.
HERKALES! HERKALES! HERKALES! by Nasty In The Pasty	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:04:49 AM
[claps]
Prof. Pop-Cult, you don't like shakey-cam... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:07:44 AM
...and yet are praising CHRISTOPER NOLAN?! Batman Begins had HORRIBLE use of shakey-cam. Dark Knight was slightly better, yet Nolan is hardly one to keep his camera steady.
Not a fan of "the Frighteners?" by Yaw	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:11:08 AM
Man, I love that movie. As far as film for entertainment, it is one of my favourites. (Even if the dead cowboy having sex with the mummified queen was a little over the top for my tastes.) One of the more thrilling films I've seen that's from my generation. Jackson also had recently completed "Heavenly Creatures;" and that's one for the books. One of the most personal films from a genre director. I mean, shit, for a creative person to challange and question the benefits of the imagination in thier own medium is risky and brave to even voice that opinion. A distrubing film, and not merely for the horrendous murder. It leaves you with an empty feeling because you just confronted an element of life you wished did not exist. I hate that ending; it is a loathable thing. But I admire Jackson for exhibiting the courage to portray that true story in all its complexity and horror.
Oh... by Yaw	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:13:20 AM
And Zemeckis' thrillers are quite bland to me. Movies about wonder, he's got that down pat. But "What Lies Beneath" was manipulative, unkind, and pointless. Just waxy entertainment. (Even if skilled.)
Elaboration in one two three... by Yaw	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:17:28 AM
Wonder and Adventure. I had forgotten about "Romancing the Stone." And his hand with some Spielberg action. TroutMaskReplicant, did you mean in terms of effects heavy entertainment? I just realized I probably did read your post well enough. Sorry.
Hollywood has a thing about hyperbole - by Yaw	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:21:23 AM
and I think it's rubbed off on me. Or maybe that's why I'm attracted to movies in the first place? Questions questions.
GIVE IT TO ME! by ciroslive	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:23:43 AM
Berg was great in that classic "Shocker". No More Mr. Nice Guy...
Lynch's Dune is wank! by Not.on.my.watch	Jul 23rd, 2008 07:46:32 AM
kwisatzhaderach: "Do all the people saying The Dark Knight is the best film ever realise how stupid they sound?" Yeah, do people saying David Lynch's Dune is "art" and "At least Lynch was treating the material with respect" realise how stupid they sound? I love Lynch but his Dune was a pile of wank, it was Lynch being wierd for the sake of it...'cos leather clad dwarves electrocuting cows, indoors, with cattle prods is EXACTLY what you would see on a desert planet! Harkonnen controlled or not! And explaing to me exactly how, in the book Thufir Hawat is poisioned by the Harkonnen's and fed the antidote in his daily meals, thus making him a prisoner whiles in Lynch's movie he has to get the antidote by milking a rat gaffer taped to the side of a shaved cat in a cage is "treating the material with respect" and not just Lynch being a twat for the sake of it????
Berg by Cobbio	Jul 23rd, 2008 08:33:18 AM
Berg is really blossoming these days into quite a director. As others have pointed out, he's versatile, does action well, and seems to really enjoy the process of directing. He's not a mail it in and hope for the best guy. "Hancock," whether you liked it or not, elevated Berg to the Hollywood A-list of directors. I'm happy for Berg, because now he'll get his demands met for "Dune," maybe "Hercules," and the one I'm really looking forward to, the "Virtuality" pilot. Holy fucking shit, did Ron Moore pull that one out of thin air. "Peter Berg directing" will now be used in trailers and tv spots for the show. Good publicity. I really it's good. And, of course, "Dune." Berg has been into this story for a while, so I'm hopeful he's planning something big and dramatic. It would be great to see actual desert vistas instead of CG-ed shots, no Lynch-ian vocal power bolts, and other flourishes that Berg could manifest on a big budget.
hollywood learn a lsomething here.... by j2talk	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:01:31 AM
if you are gonna make DUNE -or any other property for that matter- start with a decent scipt, flim it, THEN look at its length- a movie can be MORE than 90 mins and still be a hit, if you got s movie that tells a great story DON'T chop it up for time reasons...hell you could even break it up into 2 or 3 parts if needed
To get DUNE right either don't do it, or... by MCVamp	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:25:28 AM
A trilogy is stretching things a bit, but splitting into two 150-minute movies allows for enough backstory and characterization to avoid cramming. Make the rise of the Fremen a little more dramatic and you can end part 1 with either Paul's acceptance into the Fremen, the reunion with Gurney Halleck (coinciding with a turn of the tide in the Fremen uprising,) or go the cliffhanger route and end it with him comatose from the Water of Life. And Duke Leto has to be as badass as Jurgen Prochnow, not like the William Hurt-Bot from the Sci-Fi version. It'd be tough to get him aboard, but Daniel Day-Lewis would be an awesome Leto.
the mighty hercules! by reckni	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:41:13 AM
Billmurray at his best . . .
"If I just lie flat here my back will fix itself." by fiester	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:43:46 AM
Gawd that's a funny sketch.
by the God's look at you, you really let yourself go by reckni	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:45:07 AM
http://www.jibjab.com/view/215 359
McV by Cobbio	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:46:39 AM
Bad idea, McVamp. Bad idea to make a "Dune" trilogy or even a duology. The best idea is to simply make one long film.
Fuck Peter Berg by Project424	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:49:38 AM
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!
Cobbio...if you make one long film... by MCVamp	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:54:56 AM
You gotta chop off huge chunks of detail. However, if you made a 3-hour theatrical cut and then threw together a 4 1/2 directors cut for DVD, I can definitely get into your logic. But I don't like that route, it allows studios and directors to deliberately half-ass theatrical releases out of cowardice, but at least we eventually get a full story.
Who put the glad in gladiator? by terry1978	Jul 23rd, 2008 09:59:37 AM
HERCULES!
Yeah, but Lynch did the... by Kid Z	Jul 23rd, 2008 11:19:54 AM
...Alan Smithee thing and took his name OFF the credits of Dune, he was so embarassed by it. I'll admit he didn't cause the plethora of problem with that mess of a film... that'd the mad Italian Dino DeLaurentiis. Still... let's face it, the movie blew... I mean, it had Sting in it ferchrissakes, not to mentioned sandworm effects that were just a guy's arm wearing a sandworm puppet sticking up through the bottom of a sandbox. Even for the 80's, that shit was lame.
Doing Dune right..... by The Eskimo	Jul 23rd, 2008 11:31:56 AM
....would be nearly impossible, in that adapting the novel faithfully to the screen would (I think) be a pretty boring movie (Like Lynch's-"blasphemy!" I know...I know...). Dune the novel is really just a complex, strange, surreal, political drama that just happens to be set in a sci-fi universe. I don't see how anyone could make a movie that would satisfy the hardcore fan-base and still be successful in the mass market. (But maybe I'm wrong)
In summary... by The Eskimo	Jul 23rd, 2008 11:34:36 AM
Some books (comic books included) are just not meant to be adapted to the big screen!
doesnt matter what Berg does... by Bouncy X	Jul 23rd, 2008 11:46:32 AM
he'll always be the dude from Shocker in my mind. maybe he should direct the remake thats floating around, hell Mitch Pileggi still looks good so he could play Horace again.
I'll betcha the fact that Snyder is finishing by skimn	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:19:07 PM
the "unfilmable" Watchmen, is reason enough for the suits to think Dune can be done right this time.
Didn't Lynch take his name off the televised by skimn	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:23:18 PM
mish-mash of Dune, like the chopped up version that Universal aired of Brazil?
Dune was unwatchable, plus it had... by Cepper	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:41:17 PM
the single most poorly delivered line of dialog in movie history: "All I see is an Atreides I want to Kill!!" God that was bad. I defy anyone to come up with a worse line than that.
eXcommunicated... by monsterforge	Jul 23rd, 2008 12:57:49 PM
Lynch considers the theatrical cut as close as he's going to a director's cut. The extended cut of the movie that was made for television, while containing a huge amount of deleted scenes and extra narration(plus a kinda weird illustrated introduction that tells the history of the universe that is), is really a mess to watch. It is very poorly edited, toned down on the Harkonnen weirdo factor, and really, really, really long (that isn't a detractor for me, but it is for some). All in all, I watch the theatrical cut to enjoy the story and vision of Lynch, and I watch the extended cut to see the copious amounts of cut scenes and the truly strange introduction. The US release of the extended cut has the theatrical cut included as well as some neat featurettes about the making of the film.
I don't understand the Peter Berg love by Drunken Rage	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:01:29 PM
Just don't think he's that special.
Watchmen IS unfilmable... by m_reporter	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:08:07 PM
... don't let a flashy trailer sell you something it didn't show. Same goes for Dune, if you'd make a faithful adaptation of Herbert's novel you'd get a movie that would be branded pretentious and boring. And besides, Berg is hardly a capable director for such material, the guy is like Bret Ratner, only difference is that the Rat knows hes a hack.
Skimm: Let's see how the Watchmen goes... by The Eskimo	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:08:09 PM
...before we declare the filming of the "unfilmable" a success.
Kevin Sorbo? by matineer	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:16:49 PM
Hollywood should have made a movie based on the TV show long ago.
I'm just imagining the studios by skimn	Jul 23rd, 2008 01:42:12 PM
are thinking that anything nowadays can be fixed with enough CGI imagery to dazzle the eye.
SEND IN THAT FLOATING FAT MAN..... by Ultron ver 2.0	Jul 23rd, 2008 03:20:31 PM
Lynch's Dune kicked all kinds of ass. Wankery or not, some of the best set designs, costumes, music, and cast all in one flick. MY BROTHER IS COMING FOR YOU, BARON!!! Any word on casting?
Octogon by skimn	Jul 23rd, 2008 03:56:42 PM
Quite the diverse list there. Let me add a director whose earlier work I really admired, Quest For Fire's Jean Jacques Annuad.
Just get Pink Floyd back together... by Cagliostro	Jul 23rd, 2008 08:51:34 PM
and let Jodorowsky finally shoot his version of Dune.
Kobe Tai by thebearovingian	Jul 24th, 2008 01:06:15 AM
If you know who she is then you know what I'm saying. Bring me her sex!
So basically it will be a steaming pile of shit. by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jul 24th, 2008 03:08:49 AM
Awesome. I wonder who's going to destroy the remake of Clash of The Titans? Another movie that does not need to be remade. Just clean up the original and give it to me on bluray.
The Baron is a monster... by Mister C	Jul 24th, 2008 03:33:02 AM
He needs to be designed like this http://www.goodbrush.com/cpg14 18/albums/finished_sketches/ba ron002.jpg I've never seen a more acurate painting of him.
Lynch got Dune's aesthetic right but... by SCYTHEOFLUNA	Jul 24th, 2008 09:46:54 AM
He forgot about sticking to the story. All that crap about weirding modules? The Sci Fi version is good but not great, and they were far truer to the source material. James Mcavoy was a great Duke Leto II, but the rest of the cast left a lot to be desired. Berg had better get this right. I really love Dune, and it's yet to be adapted properly.
Cepper... by Blue_Demon	Jul 24th, 2008 11:41:18 AM
"Honest to blog?" Pay up, suckah.

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