Dwayne Johnson eyes MGM's 'Hercules'

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Did you miss the fact Steve died and MGM began promoting Hercules with his name only after that?

Is everyone just avoiding reading the articles and just wanting to ignore what Alan Moore says? Whats happening. :b
 
No I didn't miss that fact and honestly I referring to the $15,000 he thought he was owed but whoops it seems he signed a contract that gave that up…hence he needed a better lawyer.

And yes I do have a tendency to ignore what Alan Moore says.
 
I love all of the irrational hate this movie is getting. It's awesome. :D
 
Its Ant Man all over again. Some cult creator gets screwed and suddenly the production is Satan incarnate.
 
terry78 said:
Its Ant Man all over again. Some cult creator gets screwed and suddenly the production is Satan incarnate.
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I am pretty sure it is because it looks like complete dog poop. That being said, I might watch it on blu-ray. Love the Rock and Rebecca Ferguson is now attached to MI5.
 
This movie will be screened at Comic Con
 
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I shouted "SHAZAM!" at The Rock when he came down earlier. Then everybody started doing it. :funny:
 
He had that famous smile of his when he heard it. He just ran through Hall H giving high fives and has invited everyone to join him at a screening of Hercules.
 
Yeah, I just lost all interest I might have had in the movie.

Read this before seeing the movie, so you don't feel cheated, spoilers incoming.




First things first: Remember all those awesome Hercules trailers? All those fantastic shots of The Rock fighting the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar, and the Hydra? If they were what had you thinking about seeing Hercules, don't bother. They are lies.

In fact, not only are they are lies told to potential audiences, they are lies in the movie itself. See, this Hercules isn't a demi-god, a son of Zeus, or even inhumanly strong — he's a regular guy whose impressive but totally mundane feats have sprouted a legend, constantly retold and embellished by his storytelling nephew Iolaus. So all those shots of Hercules performing his Labors and kicking mythological monster ass shown in every single trailer and TV spot? They are part of a montage, as a captured Iolaus tries to intimidate a group of pirates, that ends within the film's first four minutes. I'm not exaggerating: All the monster fight footage is shown at the very beginning, and then is never seen again.

http://io9.com/brett....-it-1610881361
 
Tim_Riggins said:
Yeah, I just lost all interest I might have had in the movie.

Read this before seeing the movie, so you don't feel cheated, spoilers incoming.




First things first: Remember all those awesome Hercules trailers? All those fantastic shots of The Rock fighting the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar, and the Hydra? If they were what had you thinking about seeing Hercules, don't bother. They are lies.

In fact, not only are they are lies told to potential audiences, they are lies in the movie itself. See, this Hercules isn't a demi-god, a son of Zeus, or even inhumanly strong — he's a regular guy whose impressive but totally mundane feats have sprouted a legend, constantly retold and embellished by his storytelling nephew Iolaus. So all those shots of Hercules performing his Labors and kicking mythological monster ass shown in every single trailer and TV spot? They are part of a montage, as a captured Iolaus tries to intimidate a group of pirates, that ends within the film's first four minutes. I'm not exaggerating: All the monster fight footage is shown at the very beginning, and then is never seen again.

http://io9.com/brett....-it-1610881361
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I like The Rock aka Dwayne but this movie looked MEH but after reading this I won't be seeing this until it hits Netflix or cable TV. Not that I was gonna see this in theaters but I would have been hella pissed if I did and I found out this was true. This is like a middle finger to the audience really.
 
ShadowBoxer said:
I like The Rock aka Dwayne but this movie looked MEH but after reading this I won't be seeing this until it hits Netflix or cable TV. Not that I was gonna see this in theaters but I would have been hella pissed if I did and I found out this was true. This is like a middle finger to the audience really.
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Same here. Netflix it is!

I already knew from people who read the comic this is inspired from, that it takes place after his trials but the fact that in the movie they're made up legends. **** that...
 
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I think that early screening might have been a bad idea lol
 
Tim_Riggins said:
Yeah, I just lost all interest I might have had in the movie.

Read this before seeing the movie, so you don't feel cheated, spoilers incoming.




First things first: Remember all those awesome Hercules trailers? All those fantastic shots of The Rock fighting the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar, and the Hydra? If they were what had you thinking about seeing Hercules, don't bother. They are lies.

In fact, not only are they are lies told to potential audiences, they are lies in the movie itself. See, this Hercules isn't a demi-god, a son of Zeus, or even inhumanly strong — he's a regular guy whose impressive but totally mundane feats have sprouted a legend, constantly retold and embellished by his storytelling nephew Iolaus. So all those shots of Hercules performing his Labors and kicking mythological monster ass shown in every single trailer and TV spot? They are part of a montage, as a captured Iolaus tries to intimidate a group of pirates, that ends within the film's first four minutes. I'm not exaggerating: All the monster fight footage is shown at the very beginning, and then is never seen again.

http://io9.com/brett....-it-1610881361
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Wow thank you for saving me money, I actually thought this looked good and was going to see it because I like the Rock but that is just ridiculous. I never get why Hollywood takes this approach, superhero films are dominating the box office yet to scared to introduce the aspects of Gods and demi Gods. I hated the lack of Gods in Troy and I would have hated it here.
 
I personally didn't mind that all the fantasy stuff you saw in the trailers was a bait and switch because they set it up so early in the movie. And from there its always hinted at that Hercules might or might not be a demi-god. If this somehow ever gets a sequel that's probably the direction it goes.

But yes if you want a movie with him fighting these monsters and beasts you'll only get snippets of it in the first 5 mins or so.
 
Tim_Riggins said:
Yeah, I just lost all interest I might have had in the movie.

Read this before seeing the movie, so you don't feel cheated, spoilers incoming.




First things first: Remember all those awesome Hercules trailers? All those fantastic shots of The Rock fighting the Nemean Lion, the Erymanthian Boar, and the Hydra? If they were what had you thinking about seeing Hercules, don't bother. They are lies.

In fact, not only are they are lies told to potential audiences, they are lies in the movie itself. See, this Hercules isn't a demi-god, a son of Zeus, or even inhumanly strong — he's a regular guy whose impressive but totally mundane feats have sprouted a legend, constantly retold and embellished by his storytelling nephew Iolaus. So all those shots of Hercules performing his Labors and kicking mythological monster ass shown in every single trailer and TV spot? They are part of a montage, as a captured Iolaus tries to intimidate a group of pirates, that ends within the film's first four minutes. I'm not exaggerating: All the monster fight footage is shown at the very beginning, and then is never seen again.

http://io9.com/brett....-it-1610881361
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Thanks for saving me the price of a ticket and concessions. It would have really ****** me off if I had paid to see that.
 
I don't mind the lack of fantasy. It still seems like a fun movie....that i'll rent. If they had kept the fantasy in that might have gotten me to buy a ticket. :)
 
So basically everything that makes Hercules interesting is gone?

Let's make Superman a non-alien hobo with no powers.
 
I love this part of the article:

I believe that Brett Ratner is an Entertainment Vampire. By this I mean he finds entertaining concepts and sucks the entertainment right out of them. He did it with the X-Men — the X-Men! — by making the third movie a ****tier rehash of the first two; and now he's done it with the son of Zeus, by taking away everything cool and fun about the character and turning him into a pretty strong guy who didn't know his dad.
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