Great movies that never were

1. "Earth Abides", from the book by George B. Stewart.

2. "Alas, Babylon", from Pat Frank's book.

3. "Warday", from the book by Streiber and Kunetka.

Wasn't Streiber that nutty conspiracy theorist that claimed that aliens had screwed him in the ass way back when, btw?
Anyway, yeah, all three of these might be decent movies. Just don't let Uwe Boll anywhere near them. :p
 
Wasn't Streiber that nutty conspiracy theorist that claimed that aliens had screwed him in the ass way back when, btw?
Anyway, yeah, all three of these might be decent movies. Just don't let Uwe Boll anywhere near them. :p

Yeah, but all that stuff happened after "Warday". At the time, the book was riveting reading. Heck, all three books mentioned were riveting reading - have them in my personal library.
 

Archibald

Banned
I'm thrilled you think so, and that someone finally noticed this. What about my picks for Goku, Vegeta and Frieza?

Fine - martial arts (Lee) vs brute force (Statham) correspond rather well to Goku and Vegeta respective "personalities". Goku just kick you a bit, then starts negociate without killing (ok, Frieza was a lost cause).
Vegeta just blast and vaporize the ennemy out of existence.

for Frieza, well, he so far from any human being, I'd say anybody could play it - it would be mostly CGI.

What about Tien - or Tenshihan ?
 
"It's tentacles reached for Me . . .I hit it with a Sled!"

Orson Welles' first Movie, War of the Worlds, was groundbreaking for Sci-Fi.
 
1632-the movie 2011 by James Cameron

A ground breaking movie for the alternate history genre. When it enters the big screen. It was very well received by critics and the general public as well as the fans of alternate history and 1632. A first of the 1632 series.

The next one in 2014.

I wish this had happened in real life.
 
Fine - martial arts (Lee) vs brute force (Statham) correspond rather well to Goku and Vegeta respective "personalities". Goku just kick you a bit, then starts negociate without killing (ok, Frieza was a lost cause).
Vegeta just blast and vaporize the ennemy out of existence.

for Frieza, well, he so far from any human being, I'd say anybody could play it - it would be mostly CGI.

What about Tien - or Tenshihan ?

Plus, the two look the part, especially if Statham can grow some hair!

True, but Jason David Frank has a martial arts style that would suit Frieza well - very brutal, and if done by motion capture, he plays good villains.

Tien though... depends if you want him played by a White or Asian actor. If Asian, I'd go for Nicholas Tse, but Jason Frank would do well here as well.
 
Star Wars Episode VII: The Return of Palpatine

Starring
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
Carrie Fisher as Leia Solo
Tom Cruise as Luke Skywalker
Angelina Jolie as Mara Jade Skywalker
Tim Allen as Palpatine
Tom Kane as Yoda
 
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2 (2007):

Released 11 years after the original, humans have been able to reverse engineer some of the aliens equipment and made a small space force to deal with the alien's return.

Not quite as good as the original, most people said but still was the top grossing movie of 2007.


They are eventually supposed to make a ID sequel someday, but it keeps getting delayed. ID 2 was supposed to have been out last year.
 
Shazam: Rise of the Captain (2012)

A take on the re-invisioned Captain Marvel storyline from DC's Dark Day's, it follows William "Billy" Bastion(played by Chris Evans) a sickly boy who was orphaned after his parents where killed when he was a child. By the time he is 20 years old, Billy decides to fight for America in WWII to do something with his life as he has had no education.

While deployed in North Africa during the war, Billy follows a ghostly figure into a cavern, and that's where he finds the wizard Shazam. Shazam gives him his powers but warns him that Hitler and his super-soldier, Captain Nazi, are attempting to unleash the ultimate evil located in Egypt, to take over the world.

With his new found powers Billy makes his way to Egypt, with a slight problem in Tunisia when Captain Nazi hired brute, Ibas appears and a fight scene happens. At the sight of the Great Pyramids Captain Marvel finds Captain Nazi and his men. However he is to late, meeting in a secret room he witnesses the release of Black Adam. Captain Nazi and Black Adam fight off Billy/Captain Marvel, and escape. However Black Adam doesn't want to take orders from Captain Nazi, so he kills him.

The movie ends in a cliffhanger setting it up for the sequel. The second to last scene shows Black Adam breaking into Hitler's Bunker and working out a deal with him. However what really ties the audience is the last scene where American troops converge on the smoldering ruins of the Pyramids led by a masked figure. Donned in blue and red, the figure finds Captain Marvel, and this is where Billy looks up and the camera finally pans to show the famous S logo of Superman.

Donned a Superhero success, it is the beginning of DC's Dark Days Film series.

Nominated for 4 Academy Award's, it took the Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay Oscar and the Best Director Oscar, failing to take the Best Costume Design and Best Male Actor.

William Bastion/Captain Marvel - Chris Evans
Wizard Shazam - Sir Ian Holm
Ibac - Dwane Johnson
Captain Nazi - Leonardo DeCaprio
Black Adam - Live Schreiber
Superman - Christian Bale
 
Here's another!

The rise and fall of the Latin Empire
Came out in the year 2012

The movie starts off in 1204, the year the Byzantine Empire's capitol of Constantinoble fell to the the invading Latins in the 4th crusade. It is a historical drama from 1204 to 1261 and covering not just the Latin empire but also it's rivals the Empire of Nicea, The Empire of Trebizond, and the Despotate if Epirus as well as countries in the area. A movie more then 4 hours. It is a true masterpeice, made by the mr. James Camoron known for the movie Avatar, Titanic and many others. It is a favorite movie of critics, historians and and the normal person. A dramatic, sad tale that is one of the greatest movies in the decade for shure and is the greatest for the year.

Won best picture

Won best screenplay

Won best origanol soundtrack

and nominated for many more. It is truly as one critic put it "the best movie of the decade, a true masterpeice". Only time will tell if their will be a movie that surpasses this masterpeice.
 
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Archibald

Banned
Plus, the two look the part, especially if Statham can grow some hair!

True, but Jason David Frank has a martial arts style that would suit Frieza well - very brutal, and if done by motion capture, he plays good villains.

Tien though... depends if you want him played by a White or Asian actor. If Asian, I'd go for Nicholas Tse, but Jason Frank would do well here as well.

Let's try Nichloas Tse then

"I might be just a porthole on your road big guy, but it's going to be one hell of a porthole"

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Star Wars Episode VII: The Return of Palpatine

Starring
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
Carrie Fisher as Leia Solo
Tom Cruise as Luke Skywalker
Angelina Jolie as Mara Jade Skywalker
Tim Allen as Palpatine
Tom Kane as Yoda

Would Fisher WANT to do any more Star Wars. She pretty much have said it ruined her life. Just watch her stand up show.
 
Would Fisher WANT to do any more Star Wars. She pretty much have said it ruined her life. Just watch her stand up show.

That classic love scene in Blues Brothers with Belushi was the high point in her acting career. Unfortunate events ended the chance of the sequal, "A Band of Blues Brothers". I love women with machine guns.

Carrie_fisher_blues_brothers2.jpg
 
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Sith

Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan
Story by George Lucas

Ewan McGregor as Obi-wan Kenobi
Michael Pitt as Anakin Skywalker
Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala
Ray Park as Darth Maul (actor)
Christopher Lee as Darth Maul (voice)
Colin Firth as Ki-Adi Mundi
Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor Palpatine
Billy Dee Williams as Lord Calrissian
 
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Oh yes

Harry Turtledove's The two Georges.
James Earl Jones as Governor General Martin Luther King
Cameron Diaz as Kathleen Flattery
Denzel Washington as Sam Stanley
Richard Dryfuss as Sir Horace Bragg
Bruce Greenwood as John Kennedy
 
Franny and Zoey

Wong Kar Wei directs an adaptation of J D Salingers clasic starring Natalie Portman and Cillian Murphy in the title roles. Done round 2002 too have the actors on right age and WKW at his creative top btw in the mood for love and 2024
 
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