the_gooch Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 so weak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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earl broclo ESQ Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 The book is more violent and a lot darker. yeah, i heard the pulled a train on the chick from the orphans. i think they had to water down the script to get it released, but don't quote me on that. i actually want to read the book now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Read it Earl. You won't be disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 the warriors game on xbox/ps2 is one of the best fighting games i've played. better than final fight and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 see, now that shit is bad ass. "i want them alive, if possible, if not WASTED!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 i actually want to read the book now. ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 that guy narrating that warriors trailer... voice sounds familiar. did tarantino and rodriguez use him for grindhouse? that keeps popping into my head... i'm guessing he narrated a lot of movie trailers back in the 70's... i like his creepy voice, no homo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 i've got to admit, i got hooked on that game. i rented it during the winter when it came out. i ended up getting a bag of weed, a bottle of rum, and playing that game for 8 hours straight. i hate to admit that, but it was a stormy winter day, and i made the best of it. what was even funnier, was my roommate sat and watched me play the whole fucking time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 when i see movies or documentaries or pictures of NYC in the 70's, it makes me think the city was a lot more grimier than it is today. nowadays it seems it's gotten a lot more gentrified, and areas that were once slums are now lofts with hipsters and shit. am i wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 i took this photo for the "show me your vinyl" thread. if you buy vinyl, i recommend buying this warriors record. it has all the music you want, plus a ton of audio clips including cyrus's speech, the "what we gonna do now..." bit, some bopper reports, and a couple other gems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sars.Saw.Chicago Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 hollywood is crazy..... you have brad pitt staring in The Mexican..... Tom Cruise as the last samuri.......... Tom hanks as the last nigga on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 when i see movies or documentaries or pictures of NYC in the 70's, it makes me think the city was a lot more grimier than it is today. nowadays it seems it's gotten a lot more gentrified, and areas that were once slums are now lofts with hipsters and shit. am i wrong? nyc was pretty shitty in the 70's and parts of the early 80's. no, you definitly aren't wrong. my mother used to take me into manhattan all the time as a kid when i had auditions for commercials and shit. she hated it cause it was so fucked up, the city that is. this was a pretty good documentary: http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/vh1_rock_docs/122259/episode_about.jhtml granted, it's set in the late 70's, but you'll get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prismone Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 i took this photo for the "show me your vinyl" thread. if you buy vinyl, i recommend buying this warriors record. it has all the music you want, plus a ton of audio clips including cyrus's speech, the "what we gonna do now..." bit, some bopper reports, and a couple other gems. cosigned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 theo --i've only been living here for a few months, but i'd say you're dead on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Quick question, how old were all of you when you saw the movie for the first time? i saw it in the 80's and it's been one of my top 5 favorite movies since. this new version sounds like it might be decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prismone Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xITVFgxcDIg not without this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Tom hanks as the last nigga on earth. should say... "well i got a movie... i hope they produce it... 'the last nigga on earth' starring tom hanks... how bout that" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 i took this photo for the "show me your vinyl" thread. if you buy vinyl, i recommend buying this warriors record. it has all the music you want, plus a ton of audio clips including cyrus's speech, the "what we gonna do now..." bit, some bopper reports, and a couple other gems. "in the city" ..dope song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeping secrets Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 play eyayyyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 sidenote: if anyone is looking for a good book, with an educated historical look at ny's graffiti boom, check this out: i'm about a 100 pages into it. it's a pretty interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xITVFgxcDIg not without this. they've got that sound bite on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prismone Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I know , my favorite track is the warriors theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RFueYzDk8 the fight one is pretty sick too. isnt that DJ womans voice the one from carmen sandiego? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sars.Saw.Chicago Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 should say... "well i got a movie... i hope they produce it... 'the last nigga on earth' starring tom hanks... how bout that" i was tryin to remember what he said. mooneys a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Jefe Uno Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 sidenote: if anyone is looking for a good book, with an educated historical look at ny's graffiti boom, check this out: i'm about a 100 pages into it. it's a pretty interesting read. Just what am I checking out? /nh As others said, fuck a remake. Fuck doing it in LA if they even want to consider it a remake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 That dude that played Cyrus is now a librarian on a college campus in Yonkers, apparently. I was able to track him down and his e-mail/phone contact. /no stalker You guys are making me want to watch this again. I probably will tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prismone Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 haha! I can just see him walking around that library yelling CAN YOU DIG IT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Yeah, I was figuring that. I finally got around to sitting down and watching it when I was much older, maybe like 19, and while it was really fucking awesome, I could immediately understand the nostalgic appreciation evidenced by most people around my age who had seen it when the were kids. If I'd seen this movie when I was a kid, I would've fucking flipped. I'm sure I would still to this day think it was one of the raddest movies I've ever seen, and would certainly be royally pissed off about these news. Alas, I didn't watch it then, so it didn't hit me as hard. And therefore it's interesting to see everyone up in arms about this travesty, focusing on certain points on why this or that wouldn't work on a remake, whereas I feel the elements that worked in it as a movie won't necessarily be completely lost in a remake, because as an older person I was looking at it differently than if I was a kid. It's not that it didn't have substance, but the style of it seemed to be a much stronger asset, and style is something that blows you away when you're a kid... as you grow older you start looking for more substance to really grab on to. Personally, I just think that if you want to create the same kind of impact on a young audience that the Warriors did when it came out, you're immediately on a losing proposition if you start off by attempting to update an older story with modern elements. It rings hollow at the core. What packed a punch then doesn't necessarily pack a punch now, and redressing it in a fancy glove is not gonna help. Even if they stayed really true to the original it wouldn't make much of a dent in today's audience. So, if that's their intention, to knock people off their feet, it's gonna fail entirely. The only way I can see this being even remotely good is if it concentrates on the style for style's sake, and keeps the importance of the story on a second plane and doesn't try to bowl you over with seriousness and a more realistic feel, which is what most remakes attempt and which I'm completely sure Tony Scott is gonna try to do. I'm not a HUGE fan of Tony Scott, but the guy has some talent... unfortunately he doesn't quite know how to handle his sense of style. He often uses it to try to infuse substance into his work, and it rarely, if ever works. That's why I'd rather see someone like Julie Taymor, Richard Kelly, or even Tim Burton (oh wait... Planet of the Apes... yeah scratch that) take on something like this, people who have a strong sense of style and design and know how to wield it. Tony Scott worries me, unless he goes balls out in a completely different way than what he did on Domino, which was a complete misfire, but a valiant attempt at going with his gut instincts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILOTSMYBRAIN Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I haven't heard a single person say anything positive about this movie. Anywhere. And of course, nobody's gonna listen, and they're gonna make it regardless. Even worse, people will go see that shit in theatres too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Isn't this one of those directors that likes to shake the camera around all fast and basically does movies in fast montages with intense music playing? I hope he doesn't do this in this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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