agreed. i don't see Jai White for the role. Man, here's a a concept: how about casting the net wide for the *best* actor, not the actors with some kind of name recognition? One of my greatest joys in going to the movies is seeing a completely unknown actor in a role. Usually, we're so used to saying "Russell Crowe was great in that role", or "Denzel Washington disappeared in that part" or "Charlize Theron didn't even look like herself". Afte a while, try as we might, we can never ignore the *actor* playing the role, no matter how good he/she is. But put an unknown in and it's easier to get into. The young lady who played Ray Charles' mother in "Ray" is a perfect example. I'd never seen or heard of her before, yet she gave what was an Oscar-worthy performance in my opinion, and it was great that I didn't come in already knowing of her.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "tetsuwanatom1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Holy Highlander! > > Why is it necessary to reboot this series? It¹s an ongoing story. We¹ve all > seen the first one. If ³Superman² has taught us nothing else...there¹s no > need to retell a story we already know. Just pick up where you left off > and keep it movin¹. It's the lesson of the revolving Bruce Waynes. Every year that there was discussion of a Batman movie, the buzz generated by the question of who would play the role was worth about 10M PR dollars, and those crap movies needed all the PR they could get. A Blade "reboot" is newsier than continuing with a new actor (which is basically what they're doing, isn't it?). Then again, I thought Trinity was supposed to be a reboot. People mention MJ White on the Internets a lot (for a lot of movies) however he isn't all that charismatic. I like him fine, I just can't see him as a leading man. Blade as ass-kicking Wu-Shu expert comes from the movies, not the source, so we don't have to have a martial artist in the role. > > > > > > On 10/31/07 12:22 PM, "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Blade 2 is cheesy? More cheese please. > > > > I know Snipes legal troubles and onset behavior are the main reasons > > he won't get to play the role again but I hate the Hollywood trend of > > casting for "young and hot." > > > > If it was a perfect world I'd cast Michael Jai White. I imagine he's > > too old for Hollywood and not bankable enough but he has the perfect > > skillset to play Blade. > > > > I don't know if I would do a complete reboot but they may have > > painted themselves in a corner after the last movie. Maybe they need > > to have him face a non-vampiric big bad to shake things up. > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:scifinoir2% 40yahoogroups.com> , > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly > > Tracey L. Minor)" <tdlists@> wrote: > >> > > >> > Blade Remade? > >> > Franchise reboot may be in the works. > >> > by IGN Staff > >> > http://movies.ign.com/articles/830/830575p1.html > >> > October 26, 2007 - Could there be a new, reworked version of > > Marvel's > >> > Blade headed to the big screen? Initially, the thought of a Blade > >> > franchise reboot sounds kind of crazy, but when you think about it, > > the > >> > first film in the series is already almost 10 years old. And with > > the > >> > later films in the franchise becoming increasingly cheesy, maybe > > it's > >> > not a bad idea. > >> > > >> > The Bloody-Digusting.com website reports that just such a move is > > being > >> > plotted right now in Hollywood. A source for the website contends > > that > >> > the "comic property" (we assume this means Marvel and/or the > > creative > >> > team currently working on the comic) is pushing for the redo rather > > than > >> > New Line, who may or may not be involved. > >> > > >> > Marvel is currently attempting to relaunch the Hulk franchise in a > >> > similar fashion, which could have them feeling their oats and > > looking > >> > for other stale properties to freshen up. The Blade do-over > > chatter > >> > could also be fueled by the hot-as-fire vampire movie trend that > > just > >> > won't let up (see Underworld 3). > >> > > >> > - New Line > >> > > >> > Blade: Trinity was likely Snipes' swan song. > >> > > >> > Were there a new school version of Blade launched, Wesley Snipes > > would > >> > undoubtedly be replaced in the lead role. Who would you like to see > > fill > >> > his shoes? And what do you think of the Blade reboot whole idea in > > general? > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
