W00t! Another movie from Authur C. Clarke

[TheBob]

http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com

Yet another movie made from one of his books.

What do you think?:3d: :3d: :3d: :3d: :D

[skywalker]

I loved those books.
I will definitely have high expectations of the movie, but it shows promise.

[zenogias]

God help us; it'll probably be turned into an action flick.
Yeah. I wonder which pretty boy and hot chick they'll cast in it?

Never did read the book, BTW. I tried, but I just wasn't in a reading mood at the time.

[Rodimus]

if it's really being directed by David Fincher(Se7en, Fight Club, The Game) and starring Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption,Amistad,Se7en ), then there is hope that it will not be a mindless action movie...but it can still be a lemon ....

[ionfish]

Heh. It's worth bearing in mind that, god-like genius that David Fincher is, he did do Alien3... ;)

- ion -

[RBA-Wintrow]

I got the book for free with the game :-)
Very first english book I read. (I'm Dutch btw.)

I'd love to see how the (CGI) Avians and Octospiders look. Oh, and the machines ofcourse.

[Walker]

Originally posted by IonFish
he did do Alien3

I liked alien 3, I know nobody else does, but I trust my judgement more than theirs. And I'm an Alien fanboy.

Mind you, I have only seen it once, and that was about 5 years ago when I had less discerning tastes. Perhaps if I saw it again I'd change my mind.

[Rent-a-Zilla]

Alien 3 was David Fincher's first big budget film, so I don't think its a cause for concern. It's an ok film, but it bears all the hallmarks of a production where no-one was really happy (including Fincher).

RWR is good concept; I just hope they focus on the ideas instead of 'how things look'.

[Walker]

Originally posted by Rent-a-Zilla
hope they focus on the ideas instead of 'how things look'.

Rama, rama... I'm not a big sci-fi literature fan, whats it about? What are the ideas that it could be hoped they concentrate on?

[TheBob]

Basicly, an organization called spacegaurd, that looks for asteroids that are going to hit earth, finds this massive cylinder that weighs 15 trillion tons in space. They send a crew to it, and they find it's totaly deserted except for some biomechanical robots that clean up the place, and everyone wonders what the F it's for.

[SquidDNA]

Dont forget that it comes to life more and more as it gets closer to the sun.

[Walker]

That's all you're going to give me?

[TheBob]

Oh yeah, it's like a mini-world inside it, with lakes and stuff, not a regular space ship like you see in Alien 3.

[TheBob]

Heres a pic walker:

http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com/img009.jpg

[bluevorlon]

Can we stop the spoilers please for those of us who HAVEN'T read it...

[Walker]

I don't feel spoiled, I just feel vaguely more interested than before.

[Maverick_3058]

It's sort of interesting on the whole, but thinking back to when I read it a few years ago, the series was a whole was pretty f**king confusing, too. gl to the movie ppl

[x-crispy]

Mmmmmmmm... I liked the original quite a bit. It's not so often I become truly immersed in a book like RWM. Anyway, I hope this turns out well... Fight club is just one of my favorite movies ever. With Fincher behind it, it's less likely to suck.

[SquidDNA]

Blu, everything that's been said about the plot so far is exposition. Rest assured, no spoilage has occurred. :)

[blackjack]

this thread gets 8 thumbs down for being riddled with spoilers.

[Langy]

BJ - All of the stuff that's been said is revealed in, like, the first chapter:p Those aren't spoilers.

[Maverick_3058]

Not exactly, Langy, but I'm not going to point out what.

[bluevorlon]

Well, I still feel annoyed I know details about the thing already, but thanks squid, I feel somewhat reassured.

However, if anyone else posts spoilers, they will be forcibly ejected through the nearest airlock with only a danish pastry for company as they asphyxiate,

anyone pointing out I spelt asphyxiate wrong will really suffer my wrath... (or soul's, if I'm feeling particularly annoyed)

[Vaarok]

I really disliked that series. IMHO, it was his worst books.

now, Fountains of Paradise and Empire Earth were good.

[x-crispy]

Originally posted by bluevorlon
...they will be forcibly ejected through the nearest airlock with only a danish pastry for company as they asphyxiate.


That actually happens to one guy in the end.

[TheBob]

However, if anyone else posts spoilers, they will be forcibly ejected through the nearest airlock with only a danish pastry for company as they asphyxiate,

What kind of danish pastry? :p

[Harmanoff]

Originally posted by x-crispy
That actually happens to one guy in the end.

Could that be? I hear Star Wars: Attack of the clones will end that way to.

[TheBob]

I agree the 3 sequils written by Gentry Lee sucked, but the first one was one of his best.

[molo]

Yea I'm not sure you guys have seen the movie poster (http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com/sld003.htm) that looks like it took 5 minutes in 3ds or the Revenue Streams (http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com/sld011.htm) slide that comes last.

Despite liking the books, this looks like it's headed straight for video. I mean, for such an important film, why the f don't they hire something other than a PowerPoint monkey to do their site?


Boy, I can't wait for 2004.