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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      Non-Film Score Discussion: Robert Rodriguez to Direct Live-Action Jonny Quest     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 10:56 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Well this got disaster written all over it. And you guys thought the live action Thunderbirds was bad! Deadline brings word that Spy Kids, Sin City and From Dusk Til Dawn director Robert Rodriguez has joined Warner Bros.’ live-action adaptation of the cartoon series Jonny Quest. Rodriguez is set to direct the film and co-write the script with Terry Rossio (The Lone Ranger, Pirates of the Caribbean), rewriting a draft by Dan Mazeau. Dan Lin (The LEGO Movie) and Adrian Askarieh (Hitman: Agent 47) will produce the feature. http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/444005-robert-rodriguez-set-to-direct-live-action-jonny-quest?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-rodriguez-set-to-direct-live-action-jonny-quest    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 11:04 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) Yeah, Rodriguez is a terrible director too. Although as a fellow citizen of Austin I am supposed to love all the crap that he makes.    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 11:28 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Based on what little I've seen of his kids movies, Spy Kids and Shark Boy he is the worst possible director for a film like this.    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 1:19 PM     By:   Mike_J   (Member) Yeah, Rodriguez is a terrible director too. Although as a fellow citizen of Austin I am supposed to love all the crap that he makes. I agree entirely, Rodriguez would be better off at directing traffic.    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 3:10 PM     By:   Thor   (Member) Yikes, where does all this Robert Rodriguez hate come from? When he's been ON, he's been really good, IMO. I love EL MARIACHI, DESPERADO, FROM DUSK TO DAWN, PLANET TERROR, GRINDHOUSE (basically everything he's done with Tarantino), as well as SIN CITY, obviously. Yes, there's been some turds as well, but he's shown that he's capable time and again. As for JONNY QUEST, I barely know what that is, so I couldn't care less. Looking forward to another Rodriguez project, whatever it is.    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 5:21 PM     By:   Octoberman   (Member) Oh dear, sorry to be another contrarian in the Rodriguez hate-fest but kids generally liked his Spy Kids films (except for jaded, cynical, hipster kids). And guess what, sourpusses? Kids are who the movies were made for!    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 5:45 PM     By:   drop_forge   (Member) Wow, I didn't realize this was the HQ of the Robert Rodriguez Haters Club. Personally, I'd rather Robert pass this up and get back to work on the live action remake of Fire and Ice.    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 5:46 PM     By:   drop_forge   (Member) When he's been ON, he's been really good, IMO. I love EL MARIACHI, DESPERADO, FROM DUSK TO DAWN, PLANET TERROR, GRINDHOUSE (basically everything he's done with Tarantino), as well as SIN CITY, obviously. Bingo.    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 6:27 PM     By:   Ado   (Member) He is like a Tarantino light, with lower production standards. There was an audience for some of those films, Spy Kids started fine, and went down hill. As far as kids liking his films, with the proper movie diet you can make any kid thing any B grade movie is a great movie. I raise my kids to have some taste. To me "kids movie" is not an excuse for crappy quality, pretty sure it is for some though. Beyond that all of his movies have an overall pulp quality, and less professional.    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 7:02 PM     By:   Octoberman   (Member) I raise my kids to have some taste. To me "kids movie" is not an excuse for crappy quality, pretty sure it is for some though. So did I, my friend. And I raised mine smart enough to know when something was just harmless, cheesy fun. Considering some of the brainless adult pap that we adults go for, we can't really single out the kid demographic...    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 8:58 PM     By:   SBD   (Member) I must admit to being underwhelmed by SIN CITY 2 and MACHETE KILLS, but I believe that this could be fun. No matter how you slice it, RR isn't nearly as far gone as, say, Kevin Smith. (Seriously, just hearing the premise of TUSK killed a piece of my soul.)    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 9:14 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) I raise my kids to have some taste. To me "kids movie" is not an excuse for crappy quality, pretty sure it is for some though. So did I, my friend. And I raised mine smart enough to know when something was just harmless, cheesy fun. Considering some of the brainless adult pap that we adults go for, we can't really single out the kid demographic... JQ was a rather serious (as far as kids cartoons go) oriented pulp fiction adventure series for young boys. RR will just produced crap which won't do the original subject justice. He's completely wrong for the property. As far as crappy kid movies, yeah one is free to watch what they want but I rather show children quality entertainment (because as Ado said) kids don't know the difference unless you show it to them. I actually think he should be prosecuted for harming the minds of children!    Posted:   May 27, 2015 - 10:26 PM     By:   Octoberman   (Member) JQ was a rather serious (as far as kids cartoons go) oriented pulp fiction adventure series for young boys. RR will just produced crap which won't do the original subject justice. He's completely wrong for the property. As far as crappy kid movies, yeah one is free to watch what they want but I rather show children quality entertainment (because as Ado said) kids don't know the difference unless you show it to them. I actually think he should be prosecuted for harming the minds of children! All quite true, of course, but my comments were not regarding Jonny Quest. They were in reference to the Spy Kids movies in particular. Jonny Quest is a pre-existing property, whereas the other is a contemporary creation. One was not meant to compete with the other and on that basis there is no real comparison. My point is that we cannot measure a film that was made in today's world against material that was made 50 years ago and expect it to have the same resonance as something our generation grew up with. The simple fact is that the kids in the theaters in which we saw the Spy Kids movies all had a hoot. Kids are usually sharper than they are given credit for and these ones knew they were not seeing high art. I don't want to see RR make a goofy mockery of Jonny Quest any more than the rest of you do. But even if he does, so what? We AND our kids still have the originals. For what it's worth, I think the foremost component to making a good JQ movie is to not talk down to the kids--give them some credit for having brains (that's a big part of what made the original so good). They can usually smell bogus miles away.    Posted:   May 28, 2015 - 7:11 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) I do not understand the idea of "so what" if someone makes a crappy movie. Yeah, I am not being forced to watch it, but too much crap is too successful, and people are really getting used to it. That is the problem with movies, a lot of people are perfectly fine with crap, even knowing it is crap while they are paying for it. I think that is what some our movie directors are thinking now - yeah, it is crap, but it will sell tickets, so "who cares". I think it would be just great if directors stop making crap movies, if it means there are hundreds less movies a year that is perfectly fine. Michael Mann might be an auteur or whatever, but him making crappy Blackhat serves no purpose.    Posted:   May 28, 2015 - 7:28 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) BLACKHAT is a fantastic film (despite some minor issues here and there).    Posted:   May 28, 2015 - 7:44 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) BLACKHAT is a fantastic film (despite some minor issues here and there). As I often find myself running alone either for or against a movie I certainly respect your thoughts Thor. You are pretty alone on your love of Blackhat though, I recall one critic said it was the ugliest movie he had ever seen, and compared it to a youtube video. Hacker movies are notoriously boring and non dramatic also, not sure a good one has ever been made, I suppose you could say Sneakers is a hacker movie, barely, and it is good. Mann reached his highpoint with The Insider and it was pretty steady downhill from there to me.    Posted:   May 28, 2015 - 8:08 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) BLACKHAT is a fantastic film (despite some minor issues here and there). As I often find myself running alone either for or against a movie I certainly respect your thoughts Thor. You are pretty alone on your love of Blackhat though, I recall one critic said it was the ugliest movie he had ever seen, and compared it to a youtube video. Hacker movies are notoriously boring and non dramatic also, not sure a good one has ever been made, I suppose you could say Sneakers is a hacker movie, barely, and it is good. Mann reached his highpoint with The Insider and it was pretty steady downhill from there to me. Not that alone where I am. All of my colleagues in the film magazine Montages loved it. There's some absolutely spectacular mise-en-scene going on in this film (esp. how architecture is used to underline the techno aspects of the story). It's the opposite of 'ugly'. It's gorgeous. But there are some minor warts that could have been easily fixed. And I'm well aware that critics have been divided in their evaluations.    Posted:   May 28, 2015 - 8:44 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) "Divided" is an overstatement Thor, almost all the major critics hated it. But you guys at Montages knock yourselves out with your Mise-en-scene.    Posted:   May 28, 2015 - 8:57 AM     By:   SBD   (Member) BLACKHAT is a fantastic film (despite some minor issues here and there). As I often find myself running alone either for or against a movie I certainly respect your thoughts Thor. You are pretty alone on your love of Blackhat though, I recall one critic said it was the ugliest movie he had ever seen, and compared it to a youtube video. Haven't seen Blackhat, but (maybe this is just me) digital photography - ugly though it may be - would seem entirely organic to a contemporary technology story. Less so to a period gangster movie, though. What could Mann have been thinking, shooting Public Enemies in digital and, ultimately, both feet? What a waste of Dante Spinotti.    Posted:   May 28, 2015 - 9:06 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) BLACKHAT is a fantastic film (despite some minor issues here and there). As I often find myself running alone either for or against a movie I certainly respect your thoughts Thor. You are pretty alone on your love of Blackhat though, I recall one critic said it was the ugliest movie he had ever seen, and compared it to a youtube video. Haven't seen Blackhat, but (maybe this is just me) digital photography - ugly though it may be - would seem entirely organic to a contemporary technology story. Less so to a period gangster movie, though. What could Mann have been thinking, shooting Public Enemies in digital and, ultimately, both feet? What a waste of Dante Spinotti. Very correct SBD, an astute observation on Public Enemies     Non-Film Score Discussion: Robert Rodriguez to Direct Live-Action Jonny Quest    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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