Thanks for the info. Jeez! I tried to follow all of the DreamWorks history online, and I have a headache: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks
It appears that Dreamworks Animation is not producing movies in conjunction with Disney or Paramount, but remains independent? At least, i think that's what I gleaned. But then, i read that "How to Train Your Dragon" was co-produced with Paramount. By the way, I saw that movie last week, and it's great. Plot's not as deep as a Pixar film like "The Incredibles", but it's fun, extremely beautiful and bright to look at, and has some amazing 3D moments. Some of the flight and fighting scenes are literally breathtaking. it reminds me of "Kung Fu Panda", which was also impressive. As for Munns, she's very, very pretty, but I have to say that Fox, with those raven locks and those blue-grey eyes, is just a ravishing beauty who trumps most contenders. I've only seen Fox in Transformers and an ep of "Two and A Half Men", neither of which required any heavy lifting as an actress. I've never seen Munns before, though I did read that Robert Downey Jr. praised her ability to improvise for a bit part she has in the newest Iron Man flick. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryle Lockhart" <dar...@darylelockhart.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:55:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third "Transformers" Movie Will Be Better Yes, sorry about that. Dreamworks is actually the studio behind this franchise. Spielberg is Exec producer. Though, I've reviewed my notes, and it looks like Spielberg may have lost Transformers in the divorce from Paramount. Not totally sure. I DO know the new Dreamworks is going to be a very tightly run ship. Disney is FAMOUS for micromanaging a project, and this is Reliance's big foray into American movie making. So this is going to be an interesting ride. If Paramount keeps Transformers...I dunno. Seems like they're gonna just let the wheels come off, take the writeoff (and tax credits) and then pull the plug after 3 movies. As an aside...we haven't had our poll here in a while, but I, for one, am tired of Megan Fox, and after seeing Jennifer's Body...I vote no confidence in Megan's looks to carry a movie. Or even a scene. It is time to give Olivia Munn of G4 more to do. As eye candy goes...it's time for more diversity for real. On May 14, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: I just can't raise the excitement to watch the second one. Like I said, the over-the-top camera work--and you *know* how much I rail against hyperactive cameras in movies--turned me off. I watched a good twenty minutes in the Sony store at Lenox Mall here in Atlanta, and I developed a headache, as if I'd eaten too much sugar and fat-laden food in a hurry. it was noise, explosions, and quick-cut scenes. Meagan Fox is gorgeous, truly one of the prettiest actresses around. I always applaud H'Wood when it remembers that raven-haired beauties deserve as much of a chance as the blondes who too often dominate. But i've never sat through a scifi movie only because an actress in it was pretty. Can you explain the studio reference you mentioned? Is Dreamworks behind Transformers? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryle Lockhart" <dar...@darylelockhart.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:19:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] LaBeouf Says Third "Transformers" Movie Will Be Better Let's just say...he's in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps". Transformers 2 was sloppy. they were editing that movie up until 1 month before it hit screens. It was trying to do too much. That, and everybody was drinking the Megan Fox Kool-Aid. I believe T3 will be better if the studio tightens its grip on Michael Bay. Dreamworks isn't at Paramount anymore. This is Disney and Reliance. They WILL get this right or we'll be reading about a ROM movie coming out in 2012. On May 14, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Keith, I haven't seen the first one. This isn't much in the way of inspiration to invest. LaBoeuf is a good actor. He's gotta be getting better offers than this. I HOPE. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Interesting. I still haven't seen the second one. The bloated action trailers, the long snippets I've seen on TVs at electronic stores, those stereotyped ghetto robots--all kept me away from the sequel. Didn't help I wasn't too impressed with the first flick past the FX. The way the Transformers were minimized in favor of the stupid humans didn't appeal to me, nor did the change to lore (the "Lifespark"? Megatron the source for most of our tech? Blah!) If LeBeouf himself is saying the second one was worse? I may never see it... ********************* LaBeouf promises better 'Transformers' next time By DAVID GERMAIN The Associated Press CANNES, France — Shia LaBeouf says the second "Transformers" movie got too big for its own good — but the third one brings the heart back to the franchise. LaBeouf, who starts work on the next "Transformers" sequel Tuesday, said the third installment will be the best one yet. The new script restores a human element that got lost in the second movie, LaBeouf said. "When I saw the second movie, I wasn't impressed with what we did," LaBeouf said in an interview Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where his finance drama "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" is premiering. "There were some really wild stunts in it, but the heart was gone." "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" was a runaway commercial success but was drubbed by critics. Michael Bay returns for the third time as director of the science-fiction franchise, which centers on dueling races of giant robots that bring their war to Earth. The next movie will have what the last one lacked — a sense of human consequences, LaBeouf said. On the second movie, "we got lost. We tried to get bigger. It's what happens to sequels. It's like, how do you top the first one? You've got to go bigger," LaBeouf said. "Mike went so big that it became too big, and I think you lost the anchor of the movie. ... You lost a bit of the relationships. Unless you have those relationships, then the movie doesn't matter. Then it's just a bunch of robots fighting each other." With "Transformers 3," the toll of the robot war will be grave for our planet, LaBeouf said. "There's going to be a lot of death, human death. This time, they're targeting humans," LaBeouf said. "It's going to be the craziest action movie ever made, or we failed." -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
