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You had me a little nervous with the title of this round-up, especially with all of the recent asshattery on this site. I feel better now.

I somehow missed the existence of a Jon Bon Jovi submarine movie, mercifully.

Christian Bale? No fucking way.
Christian Bale?

Well, he was that rubbish distopia dragon movie with only one dragon.

his talent at picking movies clearly isn't as good his acting talent

The Bale news is almost too good to be true.

I remember reading Chain Letter by Nicholas Pike when I was little. One of his less horrifying books but I'll probably see the movie just the same.

I haven't read the Round Up yet, but I wanted to comment on the picture:

TASTY!

Any director that'll put JBJ in a movie just so we can see him get decapitated is Aces in my book. Also: Christian Bale as John Connor? Sign me up for that non-stop adrenaline fueled thrill-ride (as Moviefone would say). By the way, has anyone seen Empire's cover with Heath Ledger as the Joker? I have. Insane and homicidal never looked so cool.

katy, I was sweating bullets, too.
Christian Bale!

The /Surrogates/ news sort of reminds me of "I Robot". Robot becomes president. Could be a great story or a lame story, but in the hands of Isaac Asimov, it was great. Stories like these have immense potential when dealing with complex psychology, social issues, and strange possibilities.
Then Hollywood got a hold of it and cast Will Smith and thousands, perhaps millions of people around the globe felt the rusty-knife stab of immense disappointment.
I have a feeling /The Surrogates/ will go the same way. Never having read the graphic novel, I don't know how good/bad the source material is, but if they could do that to Asimov...
The fact that they cast Bruce Willis doesn't bode well, either.

what?! christian bale? word. that must be seen to quench the curiosity.

OMG, i lurved "bringing down the house." i think kevin spacey could add some fun to it. although i wish kate bosworth would eat some lasagna or something and look normal again.

i'm still laughing from the whole TSATW acronym talk in the other comment lounge.

Well, he was that rubbish distopia dragon movie with only one dragon.

his talent at picking movies clearly isn't as good his acting talent

Posted by: cockroach at November 27, 2007 12:35 PM
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I don't know, Reign of Fire gets better every time I see it, especially after a six-pack.

Matthew MaConawhaterverghey chewing scenery, sweating and stinking up the joint(you KNOW there wasn't any of that deodorant shit), base jumping, ax in hand, mano a mano with a motherfucking dragon?

Dude, it don't get better than that. And you know what else? They all sold it, even though it was stupid. Mad props.

I'm there for T4

Add to the Final Destination 4 soundtrack:

Warren Zevon's Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.

Please.

Not buyin' it. Seriously. I firmly believe the Bale thing will be found to be bullshit within a day or two. Why? Because bizarre rumors and false casting info surrounds EVERY SINGLE McG production, ever.

But. BUT... if it is true... IF... then hell the fuck yes I'll see it. But I'd love to see it sans McG, but you takes the cards your dealt.

I've seen every FD movie and yes, I will see the 4th. And hate myself for it.

Finally - who the fuck is Nikki Reed?

You know what would rock, if they did it right?

Go ALL out, bring all the other bad ass old school motherfuckers, and some new school. I'm talking Arnold, Sly, Ventura, Carl Weathers, the Rock, Vin Diesel it could be in cameo form. Not ALL the T1000s looked like Arnold. Some could be infiltrators, others, resistance fighters. Do it SERIOUSLY and with high production values. It could be like one of them war movies where you've got John Wayne talking smack and Robert Mitchum is running around on beach in Normandy with a 45 (out of NOWHERE) and leads an assault and then you don't see him again.

There's no sense in lying - I would watch anything with Christian Bale in it. So if this is true, count me in for T4.

BarbadoSlim: I'm right there with you on Reign of Fire. I think it is one of the best dragon movies I've seen.

I read that Chain Letter book too. Got it for 50 cents from a used book store in Canada while camping with my family (headed North to Alaska). It was ok. I'll probably watch the movie only because I love cheesy horror.

I read that Chain Letter book too. Got it for 50 cents from a used book store in Canada while camping with my family (headed North to Alaska). It was ok. I'll probably watch the movie only because I love cheesy horror.

katie: I think, it is a classic * AS *an action flick just like the original Predator, Commando etc..

Katie... I think it is one of the best dragon movies I've seen.

While I agree with that statement, you gotta admit, there's a pretty small sample size of dragon films out there, and basically two of them are even remotely decent: Reign of Fire, Dragonslayer, and Dragonheart (and that's really pushing it).

So B-Slim, yeah, it's a classic, but a classic in a sucky genre that's BEGGING for something better.

TK- Nikki Reed was the bad little girl in "Thirteen". That movie seriously scared the shit out of me.

Forget the silly dragon movie as evidence of Bale's sometimes poor choices; what about the absurd futuristic one with the gun-kata-fu whatever. Now that was a dreadful, but delightful, mess.

And as much as I adore Mr. Bale, that picture makes him looks like the skeesy dude who hangs around outside the high school leaning on his Camero, drinking out of a big can wrapped in paper, in the hopes of scoring some underage tail.

But that doesn't make him any less yummy. Just yummy with hesitations.

TK - Nikki Reed was the girl that played Evie (the bad and "cool" one) in "Thirteen". She also wrote it, which is slightly disconcerting in my book... but there you have it.

I really, really, REALLY hope that the Christian Bale rumors are true. That would be the only way I could possibly forgive the powers that be for Terminator 3.

I sat beside Bale years ago on a plane. He was very nice, but I didn't realize who he was until half-way through the flight because I was honeymoon-level hungover. My brand new wife slept through the whole thing.

I can only hope that McG makes Christian Bale shake his briefs-clad ass a la Cameron Diaz.

I sat beside Bale years ago on a plane. He was very nice, but I didn't realize who he was until half-way through the flight because I was honeymoon-level hungover. My brand new wife slept through the whole thing

Damnit SugarFree, you've beaten my "I randomly bumped into Christian Bale and he was so dreamy that I'm not entirely sure my knees are fully steady yet, three years later" story. Boo, hiss.

I do like the idea of The Surrogates though, it's just the kind of concept that Hollywood can thoroughly screw up. Hurrah.

Seven Days sounds interesting, I do really like the idea of seeing a person's life through a series of snapshots. I'm tentatively crossing my fingers.

He is dreamy, isn't he? I would have watched T4 regardless, his presence will ensure that they get my 10 bucks to see it at the theater, which is high praise in my book.

On a separate note, I may have to watch Reign of Fire now. It's not often that you sell me on something BS, but The Scruffy Wonder and a six of Dos Equis sounds like fun.

Alabamapink can you please tell where is that High School....pretty please

"Forget the silly dragon movie as evidence of Bale's sometimes poor choices; what about the absurd futuristic one with the gun-kata-fu whatever. Now that was a dreadful, but delightful, mess."

= Equilibrium. Now take that back! (Stamps foot and pouts). That had some of the greatest action sequences in, like, infinity.

Alex the Odd,

Sorry. I only act out when I want attention.

I'm with Manny on this one, Equilibrium was pretty awesome.

Well, Alarmjaguar, what you may not know is that agreeing with Manny basically de-legitimizes anything you say. Because we all know... he's a complete buffoon.

I love me some gun-kata, though.

SugarFree, where were you during our celebrity encounter comment diversion! Shame on you for holding out!
I know I've said this before, but it bears repeating - I would watch Christian Bale clip his toenails. And I saw Reign of Fire in the theatres. It's better the second or third time around, because then your expectations have already been obliterated.
Oh, and after some prodding by TK a few months back, I rented Equilibrium. It was pretty good, especially the scenes featuring a sweaty, shirtless Bale. It's a good thing.

Christian Bale is ultra-sexy (he would make a phone book sound good) and he would be fantastic in T4, but I would like to see him in something else besides action flicks. I wonder how he would do in comedy.
Equilibrium was not that bad. I would watch that as opposed to Matrix 2 or 3 any day.

Nikki Reed was ok in Thirteen, but that movie really didn't impress me. I just kept thinking "Damn, my mother would have just whipped out the belt instead of doing all this talking."

Kolby,

Probably had to do my stupid job that day.

Equilibrium has finally overtaken Highlander as my sick-with-the-flu, grilled-cheese-and-tomato-soup, and man-I-need-a-shower-aw-screw-it movie.

But, wow did Ultraviolet suck. If you have any love for Equilibrium, I beg you not to watch it. It's bad. Doom Generation-level bad.

Strangely enough, I heard John Waters on NPR this morning offering his list of DVD picks and in the course of the interview he was campaigning to be cast in Final Destination 4. Didn't realize they were actually making one.

The premise of Surrogates actually sounds an awful lot like David Brin's novel Kiln People...except Brin's version, except for its barely-coherent conclusion, was a hell of a lot more madcap fun than Surrogates sounds like.

And...Christian Bale?

Christian Bale!? Ooo, now I'm swooning.

Reign of Fire really is atrocious, but I am willing to put up with Matthew McCaugnanaghehy's hamminess for The Bale and Gerard Butler. Hot damn those are some good-lookin men.

I heard John Waters on NPR this morning give his list of Holiday must see movies (you can only imagine) But he did plug all the Final Destination films and said he was campaigning to be in FD4 - cause he loves them! Glorious!

To all of my many followers, at this time I will be going into a self imposed exile.

Agreed, Claire - the Bale and the Butler make everything better. Make Gerry one of the Terminators, nudity required, and I'd be in heaven.

This comment will probably be blocked for spam but here goes:

This rather ridiculous livejournal thread seems to confirm the rumor. Or at least that he is in talks for the role.

For some more great decapitation music I suggest Mindless Self Indulgence's "Born to be Beheaded", perhaps used as a subtle set-up....

Also, the word on the street is Bale will be a new character and not Connor.

And John August will be working on a new live-action Tim Burton project post-strike.

I think that is about all.

Christian Bale looks like a venereal disease waiting to happen, but damn if that wouldn't be fun VD to catch.

...STILL not talking about BSG:Razor. What. The. Hell.


And when did Kate Bosworth become attractive? I mean...I'm sure MIT students can't possibly be that ugly.


Still cranky about BSG.

I have to say, I love BarbadoSlim's idea of wheeling out all the old action icons to play Terminators in the future war - could be ideal for a touch of snarky meta-humour. I can just picture the human army's morale being boosted by seeing a batallion of Oliver Gruniers cresting a hill of skulls;

"We must be winning - they're sending out the reserves!"

I'm the last one to defend Johnathan Mostov's choice in projects, but anyone who doubts his talent as a director should rent Breakdown, which has to be one of the most underappreciated thriller of the last twenty years.