Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:54 pm
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Maybe a bit too photogenic for my tastestevecreitz wrote:Anson Mount, the lead character ion AMC's Hell on Wheels...
The more I watch this guy the more I think he would be right for the job.
Probably a bit too gaunt, but his American accent isn't too bad either (which is one of the things I think would put me off if a non-American were cast).Fugazi wrote:If you ever saw Christian Bale in The Machinist........ He would be excellent
I think they day Donaldson makes him say "y'all" he is dead to me.aliantha wrote:I envision him with a standard "Nowhere, America" accent.
It's kind of funny how people do it around here though - if they're originally from here the accent is unmistakable, but some younger people try to disguise their southern accent, and they end up sounding like southerners impersonating someone from Beverly Hills. It's quite hard not to laugh sometimes...aliantha wrote:It's the media. They've got us all talking like we're from Iowa or something.
I like that suggestion. John Hurt would be ideal for TC but for the age factor.Dura Fairflank wrote:Has anyone suggested Ewan McGregor?
I got this vision of Helena Bonham Carter as Linden. (Fortunately, it didn't last long...) I love them both, but I don't think it is a good fit...Shuram Gudatetris wrote:Michael Keaton.
I would pay a lot to see this. He might be just a hair too old now for the First Chronicles.
Leonardo DiCaprio could pull it off.
Johnny Depp could, too.
Could you imagine a Tim Burton Chronicles? (Keaton and Depp are faves of his).
I like Tim Burton movies. I recently watched Planet of the Apes with audio commentary switched on. Here some of what he was speaking about concerning his movies and the art of film making:Shuram Gudatetris wrote:
Could you imagine a Tim Burton Chronicles? (Keaton and Depp are faves of his).
One of the reasons I haven't talked much
about the movie [Planet of the Apes] is
that I prefer to let people decide what
they wanna decide about it. That's what I
always liked about things.
You know, if I watched Frankenstien it was
about Burbank, and the angry villagers were
my neighbors. Everybody sees films in a
differant way. Especially a film like Planet
of the Apes, where you can get a lot of
differant responses on it from anybody.
That's why I haven't gone out of my way to
over-analyze it. I'd rather let other people
do that.
People get too literal in life, and that's why
I try to react against it a little bit.
Let people think what they wanna think, and if
they believe that's what it is then that's what
it is.
It shows more about them than it does about
anything else. And I find that's always interesting.
I like to see what people think, cos it says a lot
about where they're coming from.
Part about what I love about the medium of films -
and this goes back to their inception - is that
there's something mystical about them.
When they first came out people didn't know how it
was done, and so there's a magical quality to it.
It's the visual form of a novel.
A novel makes you think more because you're not
given all the images. So you have to use your
imagination more.
Film is a visual medium. So therefore you're seeing
more things. You're getting sound, the words and
the images. You're getting music. So with that
you're getting quite a lot.
With film, you don't need everything. You can let
people think. Let them have their own mind about
that. And the more they do that then the better they
are for themselves.
If you see a movie and see every single aspect about
it, and everything is clearly defined for you, then I
don't know...I'm not sure what kind of a movie that
would be.
As long as the Giants do not transform into lanky goths in top hats.Vizidor wrote:I like Tim Burton movies.Shuram Gudatetris wrote:
Could you imagine a Tim Burton Chronicles? (Keaton and Depp are faves of his).
Nah! Keep the top hats and the stilts for the Broadway musicalFrostheart Grueburn wrote:As long as the Giants do not transform into lanky goths in top hats.Vizidor wrote:I like Tim Burton movies.Shuram Gudatetris wrote:
Could you imagine a Tim Burton Chronicles? (Keaton and Depp are faves of his).
Remember, swordmainnir hate being called "Buffalo girls".Vizidor wrote:Nah! Keep the top hats and the stilts for the Broadway musicalFrostheart Grueburn wrote:As long as the Giants do not transform into lanky goths in top hats.Vizidor wrote: I like Tim Burton movies.
I can see it now:Vizidor wrote:Nah! Keep the top hats and the stilts for the Broadway musicalFrostheart Grueburn wrote:As long as the Giants do not transform into lanky goths in top hats.Vizidor wrote: I like Tim Burton movies.