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A rather lovely looking world they have constructed for this film.

Zor

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That looks fucking awesome. I'd heard some good things about it, that they were actually going to make it a "movie first, video game movie second", but it definitely looks cool.

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"One Mamluk can hold two Frenchmen at bay; 100 Mamluks are equal to 150 French soldiers; three hundred Frenchmen do not fear the same number of Mamluks; a thousand Frenchmen will beat 1500 Mamluks." -Napoleon

"Because ten billion years' time is so fragile, so ephemeral...
it arouses such a bittersweet, almost heartbreaking fondness."

"If you owe the bank $100,000, the bank owns you. If you owe the bank $100,000,000, you own the bank."

It looks really good, and at the same time it looks a bit too much.

This better not be trailer-hype... it just looks awesome.
Rather close to the game designs too without it looking cheap.

Maybe this will be a good Game-to-Movie example.
(And as long as Uwe Boll is not involved...)

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"giant mechanical man-soldiers. Worthless for infiltration, needlessly complex for warfare, nerd fanservice. What's not to like?" Stark about the T-600(T4 - Salvation)

There's been a few that were either decent or good. The first "Resident Evil" was a decent popcorn flick (although the same can't be said for the sequels), and "Silent Hill" was pretty good (particularly the imagery).

Considering it's a Disney and Bruckheimer film, I wonder if they're hoping for another "Pirates"-style franchise.

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"One Mamluk can hold two Frenchmen at bay; 100 Mamluks are equal to 150 French soldiers; three hundred Frenchmen do not fear the same number of Mamluks; a thousand Frenchmen will beat 1500 Mamluks." -Napoleon

"Because ten billion years' time is so fragile, so ephemeral...
it arouses such a bittersweet, almost heartbreaking fondness."

"If you owe the bank $100,000, the bank owns you. If you owe the bank $100,000,000, you own the bank."

My initial reaction is that of mild approval. However, it's hard to countenance the complete incongruity of Farah (an indian princess) being played by Olga Kurylenko, regardless of how good-looking or talented she might be. Particularly in today's political climate, it strikes me as a fairly offensive decision to retcon away all those troublingly non-European swarthy elements. Their choice of actor for the Prince suffers from similar problems, but I tend to see him as more of an avatar anyway, so it's less relevant to me (although I can find no logical or moral reason for why it should be so).

Then again I may just be overly cynical. It might be best to give Disney the benefit of doubt.

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Lurking Horror
one of DFB'
Dirty Little Secret, with the Fabulous Skin

At first, I thought this was a hoax.
And woah, that is too advanced footage for a hoax.
Wikid it and...

Shit, Disney must be feeling that he is scraping the bottom of its creative barrel. I mean, why? Cash-in?

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"You can wait for your great Lord all you want.
What does not exist, will not come.
Recant and quote the book of old fables, laws and myths as you wish.
It's truth is still little or none."
-Arthur Bandal

Just a thought:

Persians are not arabs. They are a pale skinned dark haired group. So that is not out of line all things considered.

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Yeah, that's true enough. Still, I'd love for them to have chosen an actor who actually looks like he might be from that region. Ah well.

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Lurking Horror
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Dirty Little Secret, with the Fabulous Skin

I've known about the PoP film for at least a year now...

So how soon until Disney has a Prince of Persia ride at their amusement park? Hey, what can I say, I recently went there

For the record the trailer struck me as meh. It might be a good popcorn flick but certainly not something that screams out must watch. Although if good reviews come out I may change my mind.

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What would Gordon Ramsay do?
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Imagine the worst qualities of North Melbourne supporters and Collingwood supporters combined into one huge thug, except with added boganness. That's Port for you. Except Port supporters are even worse.
"Lusankya" describing the Port Adelaide football club and their supporters.

Wrong Bond girl. The Princess is being played by Gemma Arterton.

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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Salvor Hardin, Isaac Asimov "Bridle and Saddle" (aka "The Mayors", in Foundation), 1942.

Well, now I feel stupid. Though the thrust of my argument remains, so does an undeniable sense of embarrassment. Must I now consider changing the subject of the fantasy in which said woman sucks my cock in an Arabian (sorry, Persian) setting? Fuck that. It's just too much work.

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Looks like they're tossing out a large chunk of the game's storyline. I am fine with that. Looks like they're also making the Prince much less of a whiny bastard to start off with. Equally fine with that.

If they make this thing pure popcorn, teach Jake Gyllenhaal parkour, and have it end off with a giant boss-fight in the middle of a sandstorm - I will see this movie at least three times in theaters. Looking good to me from the trailer.

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Oh, and by the way - Brazil thinks you're cute.

Me too. Usually the only decent video-game-to-movies tend to be those that that borrow elements (such as a general idea, possibly character names, themes, and so forth) and then stand as their own movies first.



That's probably what they're aiming for - considering its Disney and Bruckheimer, I bet they're hoping they can make it work and then start up the equivalent of another "Pirates" franchise of movies.

That said, they'll probably have to tone down the "unhesitating killer" part of the Prince's character a bit (some of the Prince's kills in Two Thrones, for example, were pretty savage).

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"One Mamluk can hold two Frenchmen at bay; 100 Mamluks are equal to 150 French soldiers; three hundred Frenchmen do not fear the same number of Mamluks; a thousand Frenchmen will beat 1500 Mamluks." -Napoleon

"Because ten billion years' time is so fragile, so ephemeral...
it arouses such a bittersweet, almost heartbreaking fondness."

"If you owe the bank $100,000, the bank owns you. If you owe the bank $100,000,000, you own the bank."

I can see that happening. It's no great loss, given that the Prince's change toward increasingly brutality was pretty poorly handled. That said, I'm pretty sure I spotted the Daggertail in the trailer, and some of the effects basically shouted 'Dark Prince', to me.

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I'd like to voorwerpen op her verschillende afstanden fotograferen, if you know what I mean. - Rye

Yeah, I thought I spotted a bit of that, too - the glowy golden sand burning its way up his arm, right?

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"Yup, because when we make a landing beacon for an airport or such, the first thing we do is dump 5 million tonnes of rock on the runway." - wjs7744 (talking about the Egyptian pyramids as alien landing sites)

Oh, and by the way - Brazil thinks you're cute.

Yeah, that's what I was referring to. It's clearly something they want to keep for a shocking reveal.

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In Johnny Mnemonic we finally learned the answer to that age old question: Who would win in a fight, Dolph Lundgren or a Dolphin? Except this time, they were both cyborgs! - Shroom

I'd like to voorwerpen op her verschillende afstanden fotograferen, if you know what I mean. - Rye

Gotta love trailers, I suppose.
One thing that I did not see were any sand-monsters - I wonder if they'll get saved for a sequel?

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"Yup, because when we make a landing beacon for an airport or such, the first thing we do is dump 5 million tonnes of rock on the runway." - wjs7744 (talking about the Egyptian pyramids as alien landing sites)

Oh, and by the way - Brazil thinks you're cute.

Don't they already have some kind of Aladdin ride? Maybe "not racists" will start screaming that Muslims are secretly taking over Disney...

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I think those dudes in black are supposed to be the equivalent. Farah says something about them, though I didn't catch her line.

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In Johnny Mnemonic we finally learned the answer to that age old question: Who would win in a fight, Dolph Lundgren or a Dolphin? Except this time, they were both cyborgs! - Shroom

I'd like to voorwerpen op her verschillende afstanden fotograferen, if you know what I mean. - Rye

I would swear that I've seen those dudes in black, or at least their weapons wielded by someone who dresses like them, in the PoP games - maybe the third one? I haven't played that one all the way through, and haven't touched it in a while - been occupied with the 'new shiny', the PS3.

EDIT: Oh, and that trailer looks great. I am cautiously optimistic, and will at least attempt to see it in cinemas when it makes it over here.

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If they did I didn't go on it. I don't actually remember seeing an Aladdin ride, although I did see Aladdin. There is a pirates of the Caribean ride and haunted mansion ride though.

Its funny you should mention Aladdin and muslims taking over, since Aladdin was undoubtedly a middle eastern tale about a man from a far away land, that land however is China. Since the folk tale storyteller most probably no idea what China was like, they described the kingdom just like one in the Arab world. Although according to wiki some speculate he was in Turkestan.



And I am sure "not homophobes" have already screamed about Disney already, since Disney gives the same benefits to gay couples that it does to straight ones, which of course requires Disney to acknowledge them in the first place.

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Avatar : British chef Gordon Ramsay. Say what you like about him, but the man is hell entertaining.

What would Gordon Ramsay do?
If you sautee scallops in a non stick pan, they won't stick. Thats why they're called NON STICK.

Imagine the worst qualities of North Melbourne supporters and Collingwood supporters combined into one huge thug, except with added boganness. That's Port for you. Except Port supporters are even worse.
"Lusankya" describing the Port Adelaide football club and their supporters.

I saw the trailer the other night. What struck me was seeing the palace or whatever collapse at the end, with CG columns toppling this way and that and CG Jake Gyllenhaal sliding around on waves of CG sand: specifically, it struck me that I am completely bored with these kinds of scenes. Am I the only one who feels like this? It's like, guys, seriously, I love Indiana Jones too, but it's closer to thirty years than twenty that we've been watching heroes improbably escape from collapsing building special effects (I know the cliche is older, but I feel like the Indiana Jones movies pioneered their modern form). Find some new way to get the adrenaline pumping.

Collapsing Mountains? /Hollywood response

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