Re: New Allan Quatermain movies? YUCK!!

Posted by Cueball from 1Cust26.tnt1.brunswick.ga.da.uu.net on August 06, 2000 at 09:12:31:

In Reply to: New Allan Quatermain movies? posted by Rik Duel on August 06, 2000 at 06:28:41:

Those Allan Quatermain movies in the 80s SUCKED IN A BIG WAY. I wouldn't mind Indiana Jones rip-offs (in fact I would welcome outright clones--anything in the action/adventure arena)if they had any production values at all and good, or even passable, acting. But those things were horrific messes that gave adventure movies a bad name. And I really tried to like them. If someone is going to go to the trouble of making a movie, it would seem to be just as much work to make a crappy movie as it does to make a decent one.

Anyway, thanks for the information and I'm sorry for the rant. To each their own.

: Hey guys, I just read a report at Harry Knowles' AICN about there being plans in the works for some new cinematic renditions of H Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain stories.

: You might remember the AQ films from the eighties which featured Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone, and were an undeniable rip-off of the Indy films.

: This time around, sounds like someone's genuinely interested in the source material, which predates Indy quite a bit, and I think this is a good thing. Looks like they're throwing Harry Ford's name around for the title role, but I kind of doubt Ford would be interested in another adventure franchise so similar to Indy.

: I just thought you guys might be interested.

: Rik.

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Re: New Allan Quatermain movies? YUCK!! Rik Duel 18:30:57 8/06/2000 (5)
- Hold up there, partner! Michaelson 15:36:47 8/07/2000 (3)
  - Re: Hold up there, partner! Rik Duel 18:05:11 8/07/2000 (2)
    - Okay, Michaelson, you got me. Cueball 18:31:38 8/07/2000 (1)
      - No offense taken. Michaelson 11:37:12 8/08/2000 (0)
- I'd say the Haggard franchise has great potential. Cueball 19:14:54 8/06/2000 (0)

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: Those Allan Quatermain movies in the 80s SUCKED IN A BIG WAY.  I wouldn't mind Indiana Jones rip-offs (in fact I would welcome outright clones--anything in the action/adventure arena)if they had any production values at all and good, or even passable, acting.  But those things were horrific messes that gave adventure movies a bad name.  And I really tried to like them.  If someone is going to go to the trouble of making a movie, it would seem to be just as much work to make a crappy movie as it does to make a decent one.

: Anyway, thanks for the information and I'm sorry for the rant.  To each their own.

: : Hey guys, I just read a report at Harry Knowles' AICN about there being plans in the works for some new cinematic renditions of H Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain stories.

: : You might remember the AQ films from the eighties which featured Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone, and were an undeniable rip-off of the Indy films.

: : This time around, sounds like someone's genuinely interested in the source material, which predates Indy quite a bit, and I think this is a good thing.  Looks like they're throwing Harry Ford's name around for the title role, but I kind of doubt Ford would be interested in another adventure franchise so similar to Indy.

: : I just thought you guys might be interested.

: : Rik.

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