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| Posted By: :: Beer Can :: | Date: 5/15/02 11:11 a.m. |
| In Response To: Re: Mmm Marathon movie (Rick Blaine) Let's just face a few things: (1) It's easy to "chat-up" a great movie. Actually *doing* one is another thing. (2) Some things should be left alone. Marathon works as a game. It would work as a novel. As a film, it would have to be so very changed that it would then become another organism, not unlike the creatures used for food at Kentucky Fried Chicken. (3) Marathon *might* work as a TV series. But it would again have to be moved around and changed so much as to become something not Marathon...only "Marathon-Based." ...and most importantly... (4) Just because you *can* do a thing, physically, doesn't mean you should. Look at 2010: ODYSSEY TWO. If you wonder why it's such a bunch of tripe, your answer is this: Clarke basically wrote that book for the money, only, and for monies associated with a filmed sequel. He didn't even care. He totally cranked 2010 as fast as he could so he could collect a cheque and boogie. He force-fed the previous story into a ridiculous, artificial premise, destroying the true (Kubrick-fueled) nature of HAL, reducing 2001 elements to an "accessible" level, and all for MONEY. If you hear differently, you're hearing a lie. Since the story of 2001 was mostly Kubrick's creation, I guess ol' Clarke felt he had no personal stake in the 2001 franchise, really, and maybe even took a bit of revenge against the franchise with his bullshit 2010 tale. Yeah, I know 2001 came from a Clarke short story called "The Watcher." What you might not be aware of, however, is how 2001 came about, and how Clarke was almost just running the typewriter from Kubrick's dictation, holed up as he was in that famous New York hotel... So, do you want some executive or hack producer to "force-feed" the Marathon universe into a place where it works for mommy and daddy and the two kids from Cleveland? I don't. Anyway, I’m sure a Marathon movie is very likely to never happen: From a practical standpoint, why would you make a film from a marginally successful game, unless you had a very solid filmatic story from which to work? Why would you rebuild a story, simply to film it? Especially one that would easily cost north of $80-million to create. Easily. Too many other properties that offer an easier conversion, not to mention the fact that a lot of other properties are quite a bit more successful than Marathon. Frankly, Marathon, for all practical purposes, is a dead game. Only we stalwarts keep it from proper burial. Aside the fact that much of the Marathon story and its elements are so extensively borrowed and "cobbled" from pre-existing literary and filmatic sources...like all the rest of Bungie's offerings, apparently. Unless you found a group of studio execs who loved Marathon passionately, or got financing from a lucky computer dweeb (ala Bill Gates), Marathon as a film will never and should never happen. Amen. :: Beer Can :: | |
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| Marathon Movie (Not!) | :: Beer Can :: | 4/12/02 3:18 a.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Dađi Sveinsson | 4/12/02 11:20 a.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | :: Beer Can :: | 4/12/02 11:24 a.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Ares | 4/12/02 1:11 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | VoodooLabRat | 4/12/02 2:44 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Tru7h | 4/12/02 5:50 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Pedrof | 4/12/02 6:19 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | :: Beer Can :: | 4/12/02 7:56 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | REB | 4/12/02 10:30 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Mannon | 4/13/02 6:55 a.m. |
| Good idea! (was "Re: Marathon Movie (Not!)") | Brian Dubick | 4/14/02 6:05 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | [Tycho?] | 4/13/02 8:22 a.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Steve Levinson | 4/13/02 7:23 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | VoodooLabRat | 4/13/02 10:35 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Toalmaster | 5/30/02 7:30 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Tru7h | 5/31/02 2:51 p.m. |
| speaking of fallout... | Vid Boi | 4/12/02 6:38 p.m. |
| Re: speaking of fallout... | Tru7h | 4/12/02 7:18 p.m. |
| Mmm Marathon movie | VoodooLabRat | 4/12/02 8:04 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 4/12/02 10:53 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/14/02 11:09 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/15/02 11:11 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/15/02 11:21 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | M-Class | 5/15/02 3:05 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/17/02 2:30 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | M-Class | 5/17/02 6:31 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/17/02 7:14 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/17/02 11:12 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/18/02 12:01 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/15/02 4:13 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/15/02 4:05 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm, bass.... | Yossarian | 5/15/02 4:11 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Tru7h | 5/15/02 4:23 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/17/02 3:21 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Yossarian | 5/17/02 4:09 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/17/02 7:29 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/17/02 11:21 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/18/02 12:12 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/17/02 11:56 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/18/02 12:11 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/18/02 12:24 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/18/02 2:10 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/18/02 2:28 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/18/02 7:35 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/19/02 1:58 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/18/02 7:19 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/18/02 10:23 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/19/02 2:02 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/19/02 1:53 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/18/02 9:12 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Mark Levin | 5/18/02 10:29 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/19/02 2:12 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Rick Blaine | 5/20/02 5:13 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Count Zero | 5/20/02 6:44 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/20/02 6:51 p.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | :: Beer Can :: | 5/19/02 2:00 a.m. |
| Re: Mmm Marathon movie | Tru7h | 5/18/02 5:19 a.m. |
| Re: speaking of fallout... | Vid Boi | 4/12/02 8:23 p.m. |
| Re: speaking of fallout... | VoodooLabRat | 4/12/02 8:50 p.m. |
| Re: speaking of fallout... | Dađi Sveinsson | 4/12/02 10:48 p.m. |
| Re: speaking of fallout... | Tru7h | 4/13/02 6:35 a.m. |
| Re: speaking of fallout... | Ernie | 4/13/02 8:09 a.m. |
| Re: speaking of fallout... | Tru7h | 4/13/02 10:30 a.m. |
| Plot lines? whaddya think? | Shotgun Pete | 5/14/02 12:08 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Mark Levin | 5/14/02 2:23 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Jonah | 5/14/02 7:33 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Boomer | 5/14/02 9:04 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Will | 5/16/02 7:04 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Pedrof | 5/14/02 9:31 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Mark Levin | 5/14/02 11:10 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Yossarian | 5/14/02 1:57 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Steve Levinson | 5/15/02 11:59 a.m. |
| Re: yeah, but... | Yossarian | 5/15/02 1:58 p.m. |
| Re: yeah, but... | Boomer | 5/15/02 2:15 p.m. |
| Re: about the intricate plot. | Shotgun Pete | 5/15/02 3:30 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Jonah | 5/14/02 2:29 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Shotgun Pete | 5/15/02 3:34 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Rick Blaine | 5/14/02 11:33 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Mark Levin | 5/15/02 1:23 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Rick Blaine | 5/15/02 11:02 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Mark Levin | 5/15/02 11:23 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Rick Blaine | 5/15/02 5:01 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Mark Levin | 5/16/02 2:21 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Rick Blaine | 5/16/02 10:48 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Tru7h | 5/16/02 3:03 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Lunair | 5/16/02 5:28 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Shotgun Pete | 5/21/02 2:35 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Shotgun Pete | 5/21/02 2:32 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Rick Blaine | 5/14/02 10:06 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Rick Blaine | 5/16/02 5:11 p.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Shotgun Pete | 5/20/02 8:37 a.m. |
| Re: Plot lines? whaddya think? | Shotgun Pete | 5/21/02 2:45 p.m. |
| Re: movie plot | John Denton | 5/23/02 4:49 p.m. |
| Re: movie plot | Shotgun Pete | 5/23/02 10:04 p.m. |
| Re: movie plot | John Denton | 5/23/02 11:06 p.m. |
| Re: Marathon Movie (Not!) | Mike | 6/14/02 12:44 p.m. |
| I Hope You're Aware Of What You Have Done... | REB | 6/14/02 4:30 p.m. |
| Re: I Hope You're Aware Of What You Have Done... | Vid Boi | 6/14/02 5:16 p.m. |
| Re: I Hope You're Aware Of What You Have Done... | Boomer | 6/14/02 7:07 p.m. |
| Doorindel. Durondohl. Dirandul. *NM* | Agent Cletus | 6/15/02 7:10 a.m. |
| Re: Doorindel. Durondohl. Dirandul. | Djof | 6/15/02 11:11 a.m. |
| TRU7TH and Reconciliation! *NM* | Andrew Nagy | 6/16/02 3:45 p.m. |
| Re: I Hope You're Aware Of What You Have Done... | Jonah | 6/17/02 2:52 a.m. |
| Re: I Hope You're Aware Of What You Have Done... | Boomer | 6/17/02 7:07 a.m. |
| Re: I Hope You're Aware Of What You Have Done... | Boomer | 6/17/02 11:35 a.m. |
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