Comments on: Movies That Never Were

By: DOJ

DOJ — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:53:14 +0000

I'm currently rereading The Sandman, and I'm not sure I'd trust anyone to get the movie right.

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:50:18 +0000

uhgghhh... at this moment.im actually watching that Hulk redo... i think i much prefer the ang lee version... so far, nothing has compared to that tank throwing scene...and the fact that he cant have sex really irritates me...

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:47:59 +0000

or better yet... how about a remake of reservoir dogs with the cast of high school musical...

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:45:45 +0000

not a remake... but ive always wanted a sequel to napoleon dynamite where napoleon and pedro are trying to solve a mystery...

By: Becca

Becca — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:10:55 +0000

Yeah I want to see the alternate version of batman.. it sounds amazing! It's a shame it wasn't made..

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:40:32 +0000

How about a true Alien vs. Predator movie? Not that hogwash that focused on people getting attacked but a true brawl between the two toughest aliens to have hit Earth?

By: Woogie

Woogie — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:33:30 +0000

I used to be a regular reader of CHUD, but Devin is just a douchebag.

By: CKS2996

CKS2996 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:51:51 +0000

How about the Styx album Mr. Roboto, it could have been made into a movie, but wasn't.

Some Prog Rock albums could be made into short films, since a lot of them wore concept albums that told a story.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:33:59 +0000

The Legend of Zelda movie never was.

By: biltmore

biltmore — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:09:19 +0000

Darren Aronofsky's Batman would've been awesome. It's a shame that it never got made.

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:36:08 +0000

how could you not like lynch's version?? they were milking cats!! how often do you see that in a movie?

By: Edward

Edward — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:34:37 +0000

A friend was a movie producer half a decade ago. The goal back then, it appeared, was to present an idea to investors that would get them to pony up money. When there was not enough, the producer would attached a new star or director to get new investors while trying to keep the old ones in tow. When they had enough scratch, a movie would get made that would satisfy the cascaded commitments and hopefully not look like crap. Can you think of any other reason to have a meeting between Axel Foley and Spock?

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:29:14 +0000

I wish the version of Dune described here would have made the cut. I too have never been crazy abot Lynch's version. HR Giger designing Geidi Prime? Awesome.

By: gtron

gtron — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:04:26 +0000

I like the idea of crowd-sourcing the selection of what gets made... in 1993 I wrote a kid's movie (action adventure with cgi) that was part fantasy and involved the 'saving' of the Monarch butterflies"... it was tech-forward at the time, tech toys, the kids made cd-rom presentation for the school (pre-internet days) everyone who read it said it felt like they could 'see' the whole thing (and these are H-wood'ers with experience in script reading) and my Mom STILL cannot believe it didn't get made... the problems are multitude - you need to have the RIGHT literary agent read and like it AND be ready to act on it (and if you are not published that can be VERY tough to find), and the right actors' agents looking for a vehicle, and the right studio ready to go that way... etc. and if it isn't coordinated by a bolt of luck/lightning, then it goes into the vault with TONS of others... the system is too huge - if it's not the rights to a popular book, or someone with power is not attached, forget it - and there are LOTS of stories of H-wood big hitters not getting anywhere with good projects... there is more luck to it than talent I could tweak my script toward more present day technology, and make the kids more cynical, and it would still work... but they say you don't flog a dead horse...

By: MosselKots

MosselKots — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:49:09 +0000

Anybody that would like this realistic version of batman I advise to buy "Arkham Asylum" by Dave mc Kean.

Not only a very well written story about batman being lured into the asylum by the joker and allmost losing his own mind, but also one of the most beautifull "comics" I own..

By: rageagainsttherobots

rageagainsttherobots — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:12:07 +0000

Really interesting stuff. I think it would be cool if people on the internet could vote on studio movies and have a say on whether or not a movie is greenlit.

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:06:13 +0000

ive always liked kevin smith stories about jon peters and his wacky ideas... last i heard, neil gaiman was actually going to be directing the sandman movie...that was a few months ago though. not sure whats happening with that now. i did read the original script, it was ok.. but little too action-y. totally missing the spirit of the comics. the best part of the sandman were the stories it told... there were even some issues where morpheus didnt even show up. i would actually like it better if they did it as an HBO series instead of a feature film.

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:00:36 +0000

What about the halo 3 movie, the directer decided not to. I don't think it even make script.

By: Angstrom

Angstrom — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:35:10 +0000

I love that version of Batman, of course it would be Batman obsessives who would prevent it being successful.