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.. Not sure I can get used to Horus being the good guy either
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Looks like it will likely be crap but could possibly be awesome.
So on the fence here. Have to hope for the best with this one.
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Orlanth wrote: Looks like it will likely be crap but could possibly be awesome.
So on the fence here. Have to hope for the best with this one.
Ditto. Maybe a good popcorn and bourbon movie.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Momotaro wrote: So it's a fight between Leonidas of Sparta, Jaime Lannister and Captain Barbosa, set in Ancient Egypt? With monsters?
Cool.
After that trailer though... is there much left to see of the actual film?
Just some gratuitous T&A and of course The Finish Move
Flawless Victory!
I will admit I was momentarily confused by all the Celts in Egypt though.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Cheesecat wrote: So tired of seeing white guys playing ancient Egyptians, actually now that I think about it does any body know what ancient Egyptians look like?
I heard most of them looked like their mummies.
Spoiler:
Slightly more seriously, this is a reconstruction of King tut's face. If there are Celts involved in this film, he's a few centuries further on.
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Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
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Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
Cheesecat wrote: So tired of seeing white guys playing ancient Egyptians, actually now that I think about it does any body know what ancient Egyptians look like?
The general consensus from my understanding is that they weren't the nubian super-dark that black people like to claim they are, nor were they the Christian Bale-tier anglos that hollywood loves tossing into these films.
Breotan wrote: Is it me or do those actors look a little... too Caucasian?
If you look at the people around them they are also like 9-10ft tall. It seems they also might be a little to tall for 10000 year old Gods, as we all know. Nothing like the real gods at the time.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Its like as if someone thought to themselves "You know all those great mythologies of Thor and all that? Yeah feth em lets makea movie about egyptians and be idiots while we miscast and be exactly like Prince of Persia."
What idiot was like "Yeah thats a good idea."
Without the idea of maybe we are being racist?
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From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
Breotan wrote: Is it me or do those actors look a little... too Caucasian?
Seriously, if this is actually about Egypt, shouldn't some of them at least have a suntan?
I hope those were just stand-in CGI effects and not the final product. Unfortunately, fear overwhelms hope in this case.
Well... Osiris and Set are both half animals so I am kind of upset we don't get to see an owl(?) headed dude parade around.
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Breotan wrote: Is it me or do those actors look a little... too Caucasian?
Seriously, if this is actually about Egypt, shouldn't some of them at least have a suntan?
I hope those were just stand-in CGI effects and not the final product. Unfortunately, fear overwhelms hope in this case.
Well... Osiris and Set are both half animals so I am kind of upset we don't get to see an owl(?) headed dude parade around.
Don't remind me.....
And the CGI depiction of Set is awful... I thought he was Anubis before someone said "You gotta come help us defeat Set..."
H.B.M.C.- The end hath come! From now on armies will only consist of Astorath, Land Speeder Storms and Soul Grinders!
War Kitten- Vanden, you just taunted the Dank Lord Ezra. Prepare for seven years of fighting reality...
koooaei- Emperor: I envy your nipplehorns. <Magnus goes red. Permanently>
Neronoxx- If our Dreadnought doesn't have sick scuplted abs, we riot.
Frazzled- I don't generally call anyone by a term other than "sir" "maam" "youn g lady" "young man" or " HEY bag!"
Ruin- It's official, we've ran out of things to talk about on Dakka. Close the site. We're done.
mrhappyface- "They're more what you'd call guidlines than actual rules" - Captain Roboute Barbosa
Steve steveson- To be clear, I'd sell you all out for a bottle of scotch and a mid priced hooker.
Breotan wrote: Is it me or do those actors look a little... too Caucasian?
Seriously, if this is actually about Egypt, shouldn't some of them at least have a suntan?.
Got Murdoch to do the casting obviously
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Breotan wrote: Is it me or do those actors look a little... too Caucasian?
Seriously, if this is actually about Egypt, shouldn't some of them at least have a suntan?
I hope those were just stand-in CGI effects and not the final product. Unfortunately, fear overwhelms hope in this case.
Well... Osiris and Set are both half animals so I am kind of upset we don't get to see an owl(?) headed dude parade around.
Don't remind me.....
To be fair, Egyptian mythology has the potential for some very kickass stuff. Ignore the weirder side of it (like 90% of the Greco-Roman/Norse myologoy films do) and there's some good stories, interesting ideas, and done right the animal-headed Gods could be quite cool.
But this is not that. My first thought was 'Clash of the Titans: This Time It's Egyptian', which hopefully means that a few years down the line we'll get an unconnected sequel that takes itself a little more seriously and is actually pretty decent (Wrath of the Titans was a much better
film). In the mean time, pass.
When do we get the one about Horus fighting The Emperor instead? That I would watch the hell out of!
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