Kenji Wrote:I wish...
Repairman Jack I: Claws of the Rakoshi by John McTiernan
Peter Jackson is good for "Nightworld", and Guilermo del Toro is perfect to "The Keep".
Wapitikev Wrote:Decent choice Kenji...McTeirnan is scheduled to release Run with Thomas Jane at Christmas Time. He took quite a few years off after Basic in 2003. It'll be interesting to see Run and judge how well he got "back on the horse" so to speak.
Wapitikev Wrote:My only question is: do you think that Predator qualifies him to do a monster movie like Rakoshi?
Wapitikev Wrote:I liked all of his movies except Medicine Man. The only one I haven't seen is Basic. I own all the rest except Nomads.
Cheers,
-Wapitikev
Kenji Wrote:BASIC is pretty good thriller. I enjoyed it.
Stan Winston made Predator. McTeirnan is movie director. Anyway, Stan Winston died. Too bad....
McTeirnan's best movie was Die Hard.
Nomads! I want to see Nomads!
Wapitikev Wrote:I liked Nomads but it was kinda rough compared to his other stuff.
As far as Predator goes, yes Stan Winston "made" that movie...but that's kinda my point...since Rakoshi is a "monster movie" will McTiernan be able to do it justice?
Probably.
-Wapitikev
jimbow8 Wrote:If it's a "monster movie" then it's doomed already. Monster movies are about the monster. RJ has to be about Jack. Period. If it focuses on the Rakoshi..... forget it.
just my humble opinion.
BTW, what's with the title, Repairman Jack I: Claws of the Rakoshi, that you always use? Titleing a movie with the "I" always seemed like a really bad idea to me.
Legion Wrote:The same idea I have for who should write the script.
F. Paul Wilson
Wapitikev Wrote:When I first used it (at the origin of this thread, I think), I explained that: "the horrible B-movie title of this thread...is an homage to Jack's love of old, sometimes cheesily-titled monster movies."OK. The title isn't bad. I wasn't attacking it, I just didn't know if you had picked it up somewhere, because you seem to use it without exception.
But, after using it a couple of times, it got good to me. Heh.
Quote:The I (roman numeral) was intended to: A) insist that there would be a 2, 3, 4, etc... and B) try to clearly show that this movie title was intended to mean The Tomb or Rakoshi, not some other story, and C) Lampoon how incredibly bad the Star Wars sequels (Episode I, II, and III) were.I have never liked the use of the roman numerals. They seem (to me) to reinforce the perception of the movies being unoriginal, imho
Quote:Perhaps, since the Jack movie will out-earn The Dark Knight and Titanic put together, it will redeem the use of roman numerals in movie titles?O ...... K ......
Quote:...but, even without the Roman numeral, Repairman Jack: Claws of the Rakoshi still sounds like a cool old monster movie.I had thought of Alien(s) when I posted (though not The Mummy), but I didn't want to give you anything to work with.
I also mentioned somewhere along the line, that I renounce any possible copyright to that movie title or any variation thereof, so if FPW, Beacon, or anyone else wants to use it, then have at it!
And, as far as Rakoshi being a monster movie, focusing on the bag-guy worked for all the old Dracula, Mummy (and the new ones too) and Wolfman movies, etc. not to mention Alien, Aliens, and so on and so on.
We'll have numerous movies to get to know Jack...lets only tease the audience with a little bit o'Jack in the first movie.
Heh.
-Wapitikev
jimbow8 Wrote:Again, just my thoughts. Maybe I'm wrong. Of course, like bones, I'm less than confident that we'll get to see the thing to begin with....
Legion Wrote:Me too sadly. Even with Reynolds stardom pushing it, its not likely. I mean what was the last thing he was in besides that flop "Definitely Maybe"?