----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon Agretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:18 PM Subject: Re: Straczynski Fan Update
>I thought the movie was fine and fun. I never read the FF comics, so >how > relevant it was to the source is immaterial to me. Also, if you're > going to > see the movie expecting some sort of existential revelation of the > human > condition... > > I think if they would have portrayed Galactus true to the comic, it > would > have bombed and failed. Lets face it: how cool would a giant purple > guy on > the big screen be??? No, I think the portrayal presented in the > movie was > perfectly fine and reasonable for a movie. You have to understand, > this > movie was not done for hard-core FF fans, just as I have to > understand that > ANY historical movie is not meant for historians (ESPECIALLY > 300...). > > Damon. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Damon Agretto > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." > My blog: http://bookslikedust.blogspot.com/ > Now Building: Tamiya's Sherman Firefly 1C in 1/48 scale > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: Straczynski Fan Update > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> >> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:03 PM >> Subject: Re: Straczynski Fan Update >> >> >>>I saw the FF movie last friday, and heck if I didn't comment we'll >>>see a >>>Silver Surfer spin-off... >>> >> >> Yes, but I suspect it will likely suck bugs. >> The Surfer footage in the movie was very cool looking, but the >> movie bore >> only -some- resemblance to the source material. The >> "ripped off >> from the first Star Trek movie" version of Galactus played very >> weakly, >> though I understand why they would cut out the Watcher. >> IMO the movie was not strong enough to warrant a sequel of any >> kind, but I >> suspect the studios will try and fail. >> >> >> xponent >> Not Impressed Enough Maru >> rob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: >> 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 6/20/2007 2:18 PM >> >> > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
