[Flipside]

http://starwars.countingdown.com/movies/294597

The name 'Tom Cruise' makes me tremble a little, but interesting, none the less

[an0n]

OLD.

And it'll suck.

[Ford Prefect]

Can't be worse than the original.

[Grug]

If its posted in todays times it might be alright.
Though it will probably end up like another Independence Day.

The original was alright, what are you on about?

[Flipside]

Oh, I don't know, I'd quite enjoy one set in the style of the album, back in Victorian Britain when it was written, I think that'd be much more fun to be honest

Edit : Could be worse, could be a musical, can you imagine Tom breaking into a Song and Dance routine for 'Thunderchild?'

[Whitelight]

Here are 2 reasons why it will be a must see

(1) Steven Spielburg will be directing it
He has my vote and it will be a must see for me..

(2) Tom Cruise is a superb actor.

[Grug]

*Shudders*

No thank-you, I'd rather not imagine that.

The problem with movies that are set in the past is that they always come across to cheesy, I just don't like the feel. There have been some successfull ones in my eyes anyway.
Some war movies like Saving Private Ryan etc. They come across as true and serious though, unlike others which just crap me off.

[Whitelight]

One word (sci-fi)

[Flipside]

Theres a tendency to glorify the 'Smog' era of British history in Hollywood, you'd be amazed how many people still think London looks like a set from Sherlock Holmes

As long as they don't try and do accents, that's always where they screw up, from Mary Poppins to Titanic. If they kept it as grim and superstitious as those times actually were, then it might work....

Oh yes, and cast British actors all round

[an0n]

I thought Cruise was busy making a film about the Americans winning the Battle of Britain?

[Grug]

Oh the Irony.

[an0n]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388940/

The American guy Cruise will be playing in that particular film was an Olympic athlete who - while a pleasant and relatively good man - shot down no German planes and died during a ****ed-up landing after his plane was damaged on an escort run just 4 weeks into the Battle of Britain.

Reports suggest The Few will see the Americans basically defeating the entire Nazi armed forces - land, air and sea -  before going off to play Tennis, eat scones and laugh at the quaint British people.

So basically - **** them and **** the film.

[Ford Prefect]

So it's The Last Samurai all over again.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I notice that America is prominent in the picture of the Globe on the official site.
Doesn't bode well.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Flipside
Oh yes, and cast British actors all round

That sounds like a challenge.

Ogilvy - Patrick Moore
Stent - Patrick Stewart
The Curate - Kilroy

Maybe not.

[Flipside]

The thing is, they won't be able to capture the helplesness and futility of the humans that was in the original. So yes, it'll probably be ID4 all over again

[aldo_14]

Lets face it, the 'version' they did for the Mini advert will probably be a better film.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by an0n
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388940/

The American guy Cruise will be playing in that particular film was an Olympic athlete who - while a pleasant and relatively good man - shot down no German planes and died during a ****ed-up landing after his plane was damaged on an escort run just 4 weeks into the Battle of Britain.

Reports suggest The Few will see the Americans basically defeating the entire Nazi armed forces - land, air and sea -  before going off to play Tennis, eat scones and laugh at the quaint British people.

So basically - **** them and **** the film.

Hollywood updates history of Battle of Britain: Tom Cruise won it all on his own

[Lynx]

If you want to watch a good movie about that time go for the original Battle of Britain movie from 1968...As far is it goes it's pretty accurate to the facts, has excellent dogfights, and most importantly shows the suffering of war and portrays both sides as humans.
I wonder how the germans will be portrayed in that new movie; they will probably have vampire teeth and red glowing eyes and shoot down the britons with the laser rays coming out of their eyes.

[diamondgeezer]

Um... dudes, ID4 was War of the Worlds.

I'm looking forward to this film with a 50-50 mixture of excitement and trepidation. After Tolkien's musings on elves, WotW is far and away my favourite thing in print