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Breaking News: Peter Jackson's King Kong worse than I remembered
Posted by Quasar on Friday, July 9, 2010
Add CommentIf there'd been a comparison to that newly produced turd and his adaptation of King Kong, it would've been beyond perfect.
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So.........
I saw Flyboys last night, and with the exception of the gorgeous countryside and special effects, I was somewhat disappointed. Just another war propaganda film for the video-game generation.
There were so many factual and technical errors-- especially wrt the dogfighting, which appeared to have been inspired more by the Battle of Yavin than by anything that took place above the skies of France in 1916.
I say again, we do need more WWI themed movies, and at least one serious movie about flying aces. Next time, do more homework.
I'm considering checking out the director's cut of Peter Jackson's King Kong. Bad idea?
Faster and faster, a nightmare we ride.
Who'll take the reins when the miracle dies?
Faster and faster till everything dies.
Killing is our way of keeping alive.
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I'd wait for the Extended Edition of the Director's Cut. Sam Raimi cameos as a 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88.
Will there be a Director's Cut of the Extended Edition of the Director's Cut? All signs point to "Peter Jackson's full of himself enough to do it!!!"
Faster and faster, a nightmare we ride.
Who'll take the reins when the miracle dies?
Faster and faster till everything dies.
Killing is our way of keeping alive.
- Virgin Steele, Blood and Gasoline
Last weekend I watched the 4th Season Premier of the brilliant Robot Chicken. There was a series of movies they'd boiled down to just the interesting parts, so each movie was just a couple of seconds long. Peter Jackson's King Kong made the list. It jumped straight to the end credits. I've never laughed so hard in my life!!!!!! (Well, I was laughing pretty hard when I was in the theater watching Peter Jackson's King Kong, but I think that was mostly delirium.)
Faster and faster, a nightmare we ride.
Who'll take the reins when the miracle dies?
Faster and faster till everything dies.
Killing is our way of keeping alive.
- Virgin Steele, Blood and Gasoline
Quasar wrote:
Last weekend I watched the 4th Season Premier of the brilliant Robot Chicken. There was a series of movies they'd boiled down to just the interesting parts, so each movie was just a couple of seconds long. Peter Jackson's King Kong made the list. It jumped straight to the end credits. I've never laughed so hard in my life!!!!!! (Well, I was laughing pretty hard when I was in the theater watching Peter Jackson's King Kong, but I think that was mostly delirium.)
I decided to watch this 'Robot Chicken' after reading your post. Unfortunately, it was not available for instant viewing on their website, but they had their new 'Star Wars'-themed episode up, so I watched that: it had some pretty good bits, I thought. Then I downloaded season 4 and watched episode one: it did actually include a sketch about movies boiled down to their essential parts, and for PJ's 'King Kong' this was the end credits. It was funny. I also liked that they had Joss Whedon voicing himself in the opening bit, and that they joked with Ron Moore about how badly written BSG was. Seth McFarland also showed up in that sketch, but after watching that third SW episode it seems like he's practically their primary voice artist, so there's not much reason to mention him.
I knew you'd like the Whedon bit. "Wow, you really say Whedonverse?"
Faster and faster, a nightmare we ride.
Who'll take the reins when the miracle dies?
Faster and faster till everything dies.
Killing is our way of keeping alive.
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I wrote what follows back in 2006. It was the second in a series I was calling "Unfinished Tales of Fallen Directors." The first was about M. Night Shyamalan, and was clearly inspired by "George Thurston," one of the last pieces in Ambrose Bierce's Civil War Stories. The third one, about Mel Gibson, never made it past the planning stage. I wrote these during a time when I was supposed to be working on other stuff. Anyway, here you go:
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in shorthand.
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