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Beowulf the Talky
« on: January 23, 2005, 12:47:27 AM »
yep, SONY is going to be makeing it, with Zemeckis directing (castaway, forest gump).  Though the most positive sine for the movie is Neal Gaimen co-wrote the script.
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2005, 02:00:25 AM »
Wow, that sounds interesting. You have a link for info about it?
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2005, 02:30:02 AM »
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2005, 02:06:32 PM »
Unfortunately Beowulf has already been done.

No way any film can top 13th warrior.
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2005, 02:16:23 PM »
Beowulf has dragons and beasties. 13th Warrior does not. The two aren't really related or am I missing something?
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2005, 04:55:53 PM »
your missing something.    ;)
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2005, 07:46:52 PM »
13th Warrior had a strong basis in Beowulf, but the nitty-gritty details are plenty different and I think a movie could be good. Especially with a Gaiman script (and because I thought 13th Warrior had a lot of room for improvement).
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2005, 09:54:01 PM »
actually, Beowulf HAS been done before, and not as a reconception of it. It starred Christopher Lambert of Highlander fame


Also, it looks like there will be another one next year, but this one looks foreign
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2005, 12:01:07 AM »
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13th Warrior had a strong basis in Beowulf, but the nitty-gritty details are plenty different and I think a movie could be good. Especially with a Gaiman script (and because I thought 13th Warrior had a lot of room for improvement).


Just curious, not looking to get harangued or vehemently disagreed with, I simply want to get your perspective...

In what way did you think 13th Warrior had a lot of room for improvement?
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2005, 11:43:31 AM »
Bringing attention back to my question for Fell.
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2005, 12:08:00 PM »
I wonder about that too. I don't think 13th Warrior was the best film ever. It just didn't grab me enough. But I did really enjoy it and I thought it was a great film.
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2005, 12:20:35 PM »
I admit that I've only seen it once, and I thought that it did have some cool elements. In general, though, I thought that movie was a little one-note. Maybe I just didn't "get it." I'm not saying it was bad, just that it could have been better--some stronger characters, and a little more variety between them; maybe some women. It seemed to me that most of the characters were the same: strong, honorable warriors who glare meaningfully at things.
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2005, 12:26:10 PM »
Everyone should glare meaningfully at things as often as possible. I do it to pictures of Jessica Alba, mostly.
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2005, 12:59:30 PM »
Ah.  I see.  You wanted it to have more "romance" elements. ;)

The fact that it didn't have more(any) women warriors in it was one of the high points for me.   I can't tell you how sick I am of seeing the cliche "woman warrior" in films and books, fantasy and otherwise.  I can handle a woman wizard magically duking it out and winning with a man wizard, maybe even a woman winning a stylized fencing duel with a man, but not a sword-swinger.  It just doesn't reflect reality in any way, it's PC but that's all.

And to all you women who object I give the same offer I gave to the women in the literature class where I stated the same opinion: I'm a fairly small example of a male. Fight me.  If you win, I'll concede the point.
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Re: Beowulf the Talky
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2005, 01:30:16 PM »
Even though the averages for men/women strength and size are different, a woman who trains and pushes to be a fighter could do it - because most men do not maximise their strength potential. A woman who puts in the effort to do so could still be better than a lot (not all, or most) male fighters.
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