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Will Smith Attached to Remake of 'Colossus: The Forbin Project'
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| October 21, 2010
| Ethan Anderton
Posted on 10/21/2010 6:54:14 AM PDT by tlb
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I read the second novel and didn't find it interesting. I never bothered with the third.
And I don't find Will Smith all that interesting either. I somehow don't see him as carrying off the scientist role as did Eric Braeden.
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posted on
10/21/2010 6:54:18 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: tlb
Colossus is one of my favorite movies. I can’t see Smith in the Forbin role, either. Braeden was perfect for that role. I imagine we’ll get a lot of blow it all up, major league special effects, when the original just allowed your mind to do the work.
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posted on
10/21/2010 6:59:30 AM PDT
by
Right Cal Gal
(Ronald Reagan: "our liberal friends....know so much that isn't so...")
To: tlb
I got a better idea.
Why don’t they adapt H. Beam Piper’s “The Cosmic Computer” (aka “Junkyard Planet”) instead?
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:00:58 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
To: tlb
Colossus: The Forbin Project is one of the greatest SciFi flicks of all time.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:04:50 AM PDT
by
Drango
(NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
To: tlb
Casting Will Smith as the star in Independence Day ruined what had the potential to be a really great movie.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:05:40 AM PDT
by
Larry381
To: Right Cal Gal
"The choice is simple. Obey me and live. Disobey and die. This is the voice of Colossus World Control."
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:05:58 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("Give me your secrets, Bring me a sign, Give me a reason to walk the fire.")
To: Right Cal Gal
I agree with you two. The original film was terrific and is worth remaking - but what are they thinking getting Will Smith involved? That’s a miscast.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:09:24 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(...what if we won't eat the dog food?)
To: Larry381
Amen. Will Smith and the sad sack who played the President both pulled that film down (or rather, it succeeded despite them)
You know your film is in trouble if Jeff Goldblum is the best guy on screen.
Good to see Adam Baldwin in the movie though.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:11:57 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(...what if we won't eat the dog food?)
To: agere_contra
Good to see Adam Baldwin in the movie though.Do you watch Chuck? Adam Baldwin's character is great. This last week, it began as a flash-back to the 90s and Baldwin's character slammed Clinton and his screeching harpy of a wife.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:21:07 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
“There is another system”
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:21:44 AM PDT
by
BikerJoe
To: Larry381
Casting Will Smith as the star in Independence Day ruined what had the potential to be a really great movie.I didn't see it for Smith. It was a good, fun movie. To me, the whole cast brought it together and Smith's role could have been played by just about anyone.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:23:10 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
To: agere_contra
They shouldn’t remake this film. It was dark and depressing. There is no ‘happy ending’. I don’t want to see films like that anymore. Good guys win, bad guys lose. Otherwise, forget it.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:24:00 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
(.)
To: tlb
It HAS been a couple of years since Will Smith saved the world.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:24:33 AM PDT
by
Elwood P. Doud
(America, you voted for a negro socialist with an Islamic name - so why are you surprised?)
To: agere_contra
Bean counters. Smith’s movies average over $130 million in box office.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:24:53 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: IYAS9YAS
I didn’t realize he was on that show. I’ll have to tune in!
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:25:07 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: tlb
What’s next? A remake of “Zardoz” starring Matt Damon?
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:27:15 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: IYAS9YAS
“Independence Day” and “Armagheddon” both came out about the same time, both were big, dumb, special-effect heavy brain candy... but Armagheddon was at least likably dumb. ID was just irritatingly dumb.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:27:28 AM PDT
by
Elwood P. Doud
(America, you voted for a negro socialist with an Islamic name - so why are you surprised?)
To: stylecouncilor
I didn’t realize he was on that show. I’ll have to tune in! If you have Netflix, I'd recommend watching the first three seasons first. There's really no way to jump right in without the whole story - especially with the Buy More crew and the "Intersect."
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:30:02 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
To: Elwood P. Doud
I like ID because it was a blast of action and I’m a sucker for action shows - no plot necessary, just make things go “boom!”.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:31:18 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
To: tlb
I don’t much care for Will Smith...period.
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posted on
10/21/2010 7:31:29 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(the redress over anything minority is a cancer in our country...stage 4)
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