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Fazer 
Not sure about that Macready. Maybe some visual flairs were borrowed from VERSUS, but the idea of Gun-Kata and fleshing it out into an actual martial art (onscreen) and explaining why it exists beyond the idea of it just looks cool on camera is pure Wimmer.
Its funny, because I remember WAAAAAAAAAY back in the day on the CHUD boards when Kurt Wimmer would actually be a regular poster. I still recall him telling us about a bet he made with Christian Bale after they wrapped EQUILIBRIUM that he was gonna be the new Batman.
EQUILIBRIUM was one of the more divisive movies being discussed on the boards at the time. Unsurprisngly, Wimmer disappeared from the boards after ULTRAVIOLET hit theaters...I still can't forgive the man for that piece of shit. I find almost zero redeeming qualities in it whatsoever. Its such a backwards move in filmmaking from what he did with EQ its not even funny.
No Fazer, I was saying that Versus was the thief. Equilibrium came out between the release of the original and Ultimate cut and you could tell.
Are we not going to go easy on Wimmer for Ultraviolet? The film was taken away from him, though I really couldn't say the film wouldn't have been equally as crappy.
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felix Anybody read the EMPIRE Magazine Lethal Weapon Reunion interview? With Mel, Danny Glover and Richard Donner.
I know it's probably a delicate question. But i was dissapointed that Mel didn't touch on his crazy shennanigans last year ("PACK OF NIGGERS"). Nice to see that he and Glover are still getting along fine.
No LETHAL WEAPON 5 please! Lets quit while we are ahead, fellas.
The reunion wasn't much of an interview and the journalist was no doubt instructed to keep talk strictly on Lethal Weapon. I don't recall the words 'Joel' and 'Silver' coming up, either. We know that he is on Donner's shit list and Gibson's loyalty is to Donner. No one can say for sure what transpired between Silver and Donner, it wasn't Silver trying to make LW5 with out him. It was something that happened not long after LW4 was done. (I have scans if anyone is interested)
I agree, Lethal Weapon is done. Any remake will fail because you can't manufacture what was created by this team.
I caught The Cold Light of Day and it's easily film of the year, so far.
Just kidding. It was OK but nothing that will linger in the memory. It's basically Frantic without a sense of humour and more action. Maybe that is being kind. The script is pure standard. It is generic to the point where it can end pretty quickly without there being many questions. It's kindy crappy when you realise there are really just two villains in total.
Cavill does a good job as a physical actor but doesn't get much of a chance to do some real acting. Willis is in paycheck mode (Surprised?) and Colm Meaney shows up for a scene. Weaver easily is the most memorable in the film, though she doesn't make many evil faces. Mechri fills the film with flourishes and keeps the film moving along quickly. The film is never boring but he was working with something that's been done before. In fact, this film does the same thing Unknown did. How does a Plant Biologist/Business Consultant drive, run, fight like James Bond? Unknown answered that satistfactorily, but here Cavill is pretty much an imbecile before shit gets real. His business isn't assassinations, that's for sure.
Edited by Macready - 4/10/12 at 6:32pm
