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Brilliant, as usual.
Now I think I will sit in my comfy chair and watch a DVD of “The Ten Commandments”, “Lawrence of Arabia”, “Taras Bulba”, The Original “Producers” or “Some Like It Hot”.
I actually like the CGI movie “300”, but I can’t tell you who was “in it”.
Hollywood is just one step away from “The Feelies”.(Brave New World)
Dunno.
There is lots of potential out there if they’d exploit it. Problem is the lack of the imagination.
Wanna make FU money? Get the rights to Larry Corriea’s “Monster Hunters International” and make a good MHI movie (or several movies - it is a long book) that is true to the book. Just the first part where the hero kills his a-hole boss (who has turned into a werewolf) will have people out of their seats and cheering.
Another think I’d like to see would be some of the old air epics remade. I recently saw a WWI movie using CGI, it was enjoyable, but laughable (IIRC the rotary engines in their aircraft - didn’t!). I liked “The Blue Max” with George Peppard, but it wasn’t true to the book (which was MUCH better). Making the entire series (The Blue Max, The Blood Order, and The Tin Cravat) would cater to a good niche market and even have play in Europe.
The talent is there (sort of), the resources are there, the technology is there, the only things lacking aer imagination and leadership.