tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post1348968733843658296..comments2024-03-27T19:07:19.133-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: Cimmerian sighting: King Arthur film to get 300 treatmentBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-49650232978421802552009-07-31T15:29:26.883-04:002009-07-31T15:29:26.883-04:00I have to agree, Brian. 300 for King Arthur? The ...I have to agree, Brian. 300 for King Arthur? The appeal of the Arthur mythos is not a 'kick ass' trope, but is much more complex.<br /><br />I tend to think that for the Arthur story to be done right it needs to be LONG, like a high-cost miniseries or maybe the 12+ hours that Lord of the Rings got at the very least.Eric D. Lehmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463816538253906019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-69975886678054969642009-07-31T14:22:08.934-04:002009-07-31T14:22:08.934-04:00David: World War 2 comics? Never heard of them, th...David: World War 2 comics? Never heard of them, though I'm interested, provided they were done right. I'm no fan of Gaiman's Beowulf, either (I wrote a post about this a while back if you're interested in looking for it).<br /><br />Pericles: Agreed, and I'm still hoping that Gates of Fire gets put to film someday.<br /><br />Adam: A new Arthurian film or an Excalibur remake certainly doesn't negate any past films, but my patience for CGI and bombast over good stories is growing thin. The problem with effects-dependent films like 300 is that they draw in hordes of people who want to see spectacle (not unlike a gladiatorial event), and are quickly forgotten and discarded once better movie-making technology comes along. <br /><br />It would be nice to see something smart and pretty, for a change. I think the Lord of the Rings mostly got it right in this regard.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-45560969541868139442009-07-31T14:07:49.410-04:002009-07-31T14:07:49.410-04:00My bad over mixing up Garth and Warren. But I have...My bad over mixing up Garth and Warren. But I have read Warren and remained unimpressed for what he could do for King Arthur-not making a blanket statement that he couldn't do a good job, I just have my doubts.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-30381730140589659692009-07-31T12:05:21.257-04:002009-07-31T12:05:21.257-04:00Ellis is an overrated writer who seems especially ...Ellis is an overrated writer who seems especially poorly-suited for something like Arthurian fiction (I look forward to Merlin and all the knights speaking in the same snarky voice). Can't say I'm interested in this.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-70233520709982894372009-07-31T08:46:17.511-04:002009-07-31T08:46:17.511-04:00I'm fine with a new King Arthur film, of any s...I'm fine with a new King Arthur film, of any style, as it will not replace or overwrite any other version.<br /><br />The story has been constantly reinvented and re-written over the last thousand or so years. New interpretations of Arthurian myth are almost annual affairs lately. I'd be less sanguine if it were a less frequently told story.<br /><br />Sometimes I'm in the mood for style-over-substance films, like <i>300</i>, and this should at least fill that hole for a while.<br /><br />(NB: Warren E<b>ll</b>is did not write <i>Boys</i>, that was the other comic writer, Garth E<b>nn</b>is. Warren is not as deliberately edgy and keen-to-undermine as Garth.)Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-7039679274571174892009-07-31T08:32:31.758-04:002009-07-31T08:32:31.758-04:00Your thoughts on 300 are dead-on. I watched it wit...Your thoughts on 300 are dead-on. I watched it with astonishment, and I don't mean that in a good way.Periclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-65577205142207395232009-07-31T00:06:31.707-04:002009-07-31T00:06:31.707-04:00I would sure love a good Arthur movie but I am lee...I would sure love a good Arthur movie but I am leery as well.<br /><br />I'm a comic book lover and have to say that while Ellis seems to have a lot of street cred, I have never personally cared for his stuff. Not his much praised takeover on popular characters-Wolverine-or his own stuff like-Girls or is it Boys? <br /><br />I did think his take on World War 2action tales were good. I just remembered that as I was writing. He wrote a number of one-shot stand alone tales of WW2. Gritty yet realistic with some decent twists so I will admit its possible for him to come up with something good. But I also thought his "Not Dead Yet" story line for Wolverine was very sub-par. I guess a lot of other people liked it or at least Marvel said people did. Here is where my concern for Arthur comes in. I have no faith that Ellis (while an Englishman) is going to be true to the source material and yes that is a debatable subject in itself, I just don't want to see an Athur movie where everything we think we know gets turned up side down for the sake of the TWIST.= LAME and that includes special effects over story. Ten years from now nobody is going to give a crap over the hot special effects movies of today, its the great stories people will still be talking about.<br /><br />That is why I hated Neil Gaiman's screenplay and movie of Beowulf. I love Beowulf, but the much respected Gaiman did not improve on the original tale, he weakened the heroic reasonance and then during a book tour complained that Grendels Mother (now a sexually irresitable demoness?) was being played be Angelina Jolie ???<br /><br />Don't get me completely wrong, I am fine with new ways of telling classic old stories but the NEW TWIST doesn't make up for (nor overpower)what has already entertained people for millenia.nephite blood spartan hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092519999184585295noreply@blogger.com