More UFO casting news - Ali Larter as Virginia Lake!

Well... it's not easy to keep a web site updated over a 15 year period Marc. I do believe I remember crusing your site for the first time in 1994. Don't know how much before that it was up though. 35 years is a long time to keep one's fingers crossed hoping for renewed interest....


Cheers,

Mary
 


To: [hidden email]
From: [hidden email]
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:31:25 -0800
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Interview with UFO movie director Matthew Gratzner

 



> Isn't our gracious host a rocket scientist?
>
> I bet he's got some tricks up his sleeve.

Ex-rocket scientist... I've been demoted to airplane
scientist... :-) Hey, it's Boeing, there's more airplane
jobs here than rocket jobs!

But yes, a UFO movie may motivate me to work
more on my UFO website, which has been neglected
as of late (too many things to do, not enough
time to do them... I need that Alien time-freeze
device!)

Marc



     

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Excellent article ,looking forward to the 3 films.

Been waiting for a UFO Film for a long time

There was a mention of Watchmen , I hope it's nothing like that because I
thought it was one of the worst films I have ever seen.



Paul



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This is an even better link:

http://forbiddenplanet.com/pages/matthew-gratzner-new-ufo-trilogy/

Marc





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Anyone knows anything about the composer Richard Sortomme?
I find the actors in the original much better looking... Let's hope this superficial advance will be only one of the few in favour of the original...

All the best,
Branko

     
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--- In [hidden email], "Paul Dyson" <paul.dyson1@...> wrote:
> There was a mention of Watchmen , I hope it's nothing like that because I
> thought it was one of the worst films I have ever seen.
 
>
> Paul
>

I thought Watchman was a great film, very true to the graphic novel and forme holds up better on repeated viewings than The Dark Knight (Which is theother film he mentions throughout the interview). He's really talking about the rating here where Watchman had to be an R to hold true to the book (And if THAT film wasn't true to the book there would have been no point in filming it) and how the R hurt the film at the box office.

It's more about where is that "sweet spot" for the UFO film, too soft and you've got a kiddie film which will grasp for that kid/teen audience while insulting the fans and confusing/insulting the adults.

Too adult in the violence, organ stealing department and you've got the hard R which won't make the $$$ to keep the franchise going.

Watchmen was never meant to be a franchise, it's one story with a beginningmiddle and end so it didn't matter if the R hurt it. UFO could be a greatfranchise in the spirit of Spiderman one and two (Forget three) where there is decent progression of the characters and some solid storylines based (and in this case) extrapolated from the source material.

Makes me pretty happy for UFO, let's see if he can find the right formula for commercial success and a great story. If nothing else it will raise awareness for the original show and make us oldtimers think back to those "good old days" when the only way you could see UFO was to buy some really expensive Japanese Laserdiscs or mimeograph a bunch of fanzines to keep the show alive. Oh yes, and some really really great websites and mailing lists! : -)

Phil
http://www.captphilonline.com



> This is an even better link:
>
> http://forbiddenplanet.com/pages/matthew-gratzner-new-ufo-trilogy/
>
> Marc

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:57 -0800
"Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> > http://forbiddenplanet.com/pages/matthew-gratzner-new-ufo-trilogy/
>
> Wow, I just read that interview... there's a lot of information in
> there, but it appears to be a "best-case" scenario as far as I'm
> concerned. I know that people have a tendency to be negative about
> remakes, but this is looking great to me!

Yes, after all these years of fantasy who-would-play-Straker-in-a-movie
discussions, I've actually started to believe there'll be a UFO film in
real life.

James

James,
I am sooo psyched about this new movie! Can you believe it's actually going to happen this time? And with a director that loves the show? Who ordered this present for Christmas? It's the best one ever! Was it you?
Yours,
Denise

--- In [hidden email], James Gibbon <jg@...> wrote:
> Yes, after all these years of fantasy who-would-play-Straker-in-a-movie
> discussions, I've actually started to believe there'll be a UFO film in
> real life.
>
> James
>

Wouldn't it be funny if they picked somebody discussed here.....

Dave H.


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From: James Gibbon
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Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:30 AM
Subject: [SHADO] Re: Interview with UFO movie director Matthew Gratzner



On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:57 -0800
"Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> > http://forbiddenplanet.com/pages/matthew-gratzner-new-ufo-trilogy/
>
> Wow, I just read that interview... there's a lot of information in
> there, but it appears to be a "best-case" scenario as far as I'm
> concerned. I know that people have a tendency to be negative about
> remakes, but this is looking great to me!

Yes, after all these years of fantasy who-would-play-Straker-in-a-movie
discussions, I've actually started to believe there'll be a UFO film in
real life.

James




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