Movie Mash-Up

[WordWolf]

So, it's George's turn.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Gimme a minute.  

George

[GeorgeStGeorge]

This is one of the few foreign-language films released under its original title, not translated into English.

Actors were kept indoors during the whole shooting to keep them untanned, as would be the case if the story were real.  The film was shot in sequence so that beard growth was natural.  A couple of scenes had to be re-shot, requiring false beards.

George

[Human without the bean]

Das boot

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I guess that was easy...

You're up!

George

[Human without the bean]

I know I'm up here,  let me try to come up with something.

[Human without the bean]

When the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad arrive at the wedding chapel in the beginning of "Kill Bill:  Vol 1 and kill  The Bride and everyone else, The Bride survives and vows to get revenge.  She goes after all of them.  In what order did they die  at the hands  or as a result  of The Bride a.k.a. Black Mamba which actually takes place in Kill Bill:  Vol 2? Here are their code names.  a.  Sidewinder   b.  Cottonmouth  c.  California Mountain Snake  d.  Snake Charmer  e.  Copperhead

Edited November 29, 2024 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Well, there are only 120 permutations...

(Didn't see either KB, so I'd only be guessing randomly).

George

[WordWolf]

I could partly name which characters went in which order, but I can't match any of them to their code-names, except for the Bride whom you already named.  I remember one objecting because SHE wanted to be "Black Mamba" instead.

Let me know if you want me to try to name them- but I'd have to be flexible in HOW I named them, since I don't remember all their names.

[Human without the bean]

Either way you want to do it alright by me WordWolf.  Actor names or character names are fine.

[WordWolf]

Last to go was Bill himself.

Before Bill, Daryl Hannah's character with the eye patch was blinded- but allowed to live.

Before that, Bill's brother Bud was killed- but not by The Bride. (He actually had gotten the drop on her and buried her alive.)

 

In Volume One, the African-American chick who had WANTED to be Black Mamba was first, IIRC.  Second was Lucy Liu's character in the final scene. (After the big fight scenes with the Crazy 88 and so on, music by The 5678's.)

So, after her was The Bride almost dying, Bud dying, the eye patch chick as good as dying, and finally Bill himself.

[WordWolf]

BTW, that would have worked better for the Trivia thread.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

So, was WW correct?  Is he up?

George

[Human without the bean]

On 12/12/2024 at 6:41 AM, GeorgeStGeorge said:

So, was WW correct?  Is he up?

George

Yes, I suppose he is George.  I figured that WordWolf knew he was right.

[WordWolf]

6 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

Yes, I suppose he is George.  I figured that WordWolf knew he was right.

I wasn't 100% sure, and I wasn't 100% sure you'd accept that form of answer. 

[Human without the bean]

Now we're both sure WordWolf.  You are up.

[WordWolf]

Michael Clarke Duncan         Temuera Morrison        Geoffrey Rush      Tim Robbins     Angela Bassett

-The main actor for the movie (arguably the title role)  clashed with the director, and was glad the movie performed poorly.

-The director wanted Bradley Cooper for the main actor, but he wasn't available.

- The main actress' line about cheekbones was an ad-lib.

An early version of the script included Pierce Brosnan making a brief appearance as Alan.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Green Lantern, of course.

George

[WordWolf]

Yes. The cheekbones was a giveaway?

[GeorgeStGeorge]

All of them, actually, though I think you've used the cheekbones clue before.  Interestingly, Ryan Reynolds is a lot happier with his work in GL than he had been.

It's too bad the movie didn't do as well as hoped.  I'd have liked to see the foreshadowed evil Sinestro sequel.

George

[GeorgeStGeorge]

The source material for this movie was credited to Isaac Asimov, but in fact his "book" was a collection of short essays, one of them based on the works of Earl and Otto Binder ("Eando Binder").  Two TV-movie adaptations of the Binders' story appeared, in 1964 and 1995.  (Otto Binder also wrote many comic books in the 60s and 70s and is considered the creator of Supergirl.)

The original title for the film was "Hardwired."

Director Alex Proyas had a difficult time with 20th Century Fox studio head Tom Rothman, who was threatening to remove the film's ending and replace it with "more jokes" just days before the film's premiere. Proyas intended to write a book about his experience making the film, which he describes as trying to run a marathon with the studio constantly throwing chairs in his path, but friends warned him that he'd never work in this town again. Even without the tell-all, this was his last studio film.

George

[WordWolf]

Was this "I ROBOT"?????

[GeorgeStGeorge]

It was.  I suppose the Asimov references made it easy, but everything else was Will Smith references, which probably also would have been easy.  

George

[WordWolf]

This movie could be thought of as an adaptation of source material from a different medium, which would be technically correct.  The story itself was more inspired by the source material, since it diverged radically from many specifics of the original.   People familiar with the source material freely admit this was an improvement.  Much of the principal cast was actually familiar with the source material- and of the roles for which they were cast.  One cast member who was not made a point of sitting down and crash-coursing on their character before filming started.  A lot of people expected this film to crash and burn.  Boasting an excellent plot, excellent effects, and an excellent stable of actors, it was a rousing success, which naturally led to a sequel (and so on.)  Two actors of the principal cast were not invited to return for the sequel. (Rather sensibly for one, but arguably not at all for the other.)  

What movie is this?

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Mission Impossible?

George