Comments on: Prince of Persia Goes To The Movies http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-50188 Matt Fri, 23 May 2008 12:27:02 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-50188 Not to politicise things too much but isn't there a certain irony about making this film given the current climate? Here come the Americans to rescue Persia from their evil dictator? Better yet lets cast the guy from Jarhead that in itself has certain implications? I'm not saying this is intentional but it certainly is clumsy and will be read by some in this way. I think if I were from that region of the world I would find it crass. Aside from that I don't see the point, why not just make some original story up, or remake Sinbad? If you have played the game you know the story already, what is more you got to play through it which was the fun part, unless the film is going to bring something new and inventive to the table I don't get it. It is machinma gone mad! Not to politicise things too much but isn’t there a certain irony about making this film given the current climate? Here come the Americans to rescue Persia from their evil dictator? Better yet lets cast the guy from Jarhead that in itself has certain implications?

I’m not saying this is intentional but it certainly is clumsy and will be read by some in this way. I think if I were from that region of the world I would find it crass.

Aside from that I don’t see the point, why not just make some original story up, or remake Sinbad?

If you have played the game you know the story already, what is more you got to play through it which was the fun part, unless the film is going to bring something new and inventive to the table I don’t get it. It is machinma gone mad!

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]]> By: Scandalon http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49641 Scandalon Wed, 21 May 2008 19:10:42 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49641 Tamina? What the fruenhimer is wrong with Farah? Tamina? What the fruenhimer is wrong with Farah?

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]]> By: Nick http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49616 Nick Wed, 21 May 2008 17:36:03 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49616 "I was being facetious" Obviously. =( “I was being facetious”

Obviously.

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]]> By: Radiant http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49590 Radiant Wed, 21 May 2008 16:44:01 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49590 Sinbad! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051337/ With the bare knuckle brawler cyclops. and don't knock Good Burger it's multi layered. Sinbad!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051337/
With the bare knuckle brawler cyclops.

and don’t knock Good Burger it’s multi layered.

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]]> By: Chris http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49577 Chris Wed, 21 May 2008 16:04:51 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49577 Ooh, Pires is an excellent shout for the Prince, looks-wise anyway. Unfortunately he'd spend most of the movie rolling around on the floor pretending someone had hit him, so it'd be a bit of a waste. Actually, I'd like to see Sacha Baron Cohen doing a Borat re-hash as comedy Persian Prince. And they really need to get this scene in word-for-word: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=83 Ooh, Pires is an excellent shout for the Prince, looks-wise anyway. Unfortunately he’d spend most of the movie rolling around on the floor pretending someone had hit him, so it’d be a bit of a waste.

Actually, I’d like to see Sacha Baron Cohen doing a Borat re-hash as comedy Persian Prince. And they really need to get this scene in word-for-word: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=83

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]]> By: James T http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49555 James T Wed, 21 May 2008 15:19:19 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49555 I was being facetious, but yes, now I remember his stirring turn as the mythic Iraqi mariner in 'Good Burger'. I was being facetious, but yes, now I remember his stirring turn as the mythic Iraqi mariner in ‘Good Burger’.

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]]> By: Nick http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49544 Nick Wed, 21 May 2008 14:55:53 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49544 Yes, it was. He is a shit actor too. Yes, it was. He is a shit actor too.

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]]> By: James T http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49536 James T Wed, 21 May 2008 14:35:07 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49536 <blockquote>Who played Sinbad? Can’t we get that guy?</blockquote> [nods solemnly] I believe that was Sinbad.

Who played Sinbad? Can’t we get that guy?

[nods solemnly] I believe that was Sinbad.

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]]> By: The_B http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49530 The_B Wed, 21 May 2008 14:24:07 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49530 The Sims is also already being made into a movie... And as for Miss Arteton in the PoP movie, the jury (or at least the 12 members making up the subconcious in my head) is still out. I suppose she wasn't too bad in St Trinians, but I don't think that's really saying much. And I haven't seen Three & Out, so I've no idea from that one either... The Sims is also already being made into a movie…

And as for Miss Arteton in the PoP movie, the jury (or at least the 12 members making up the subconcious in my head) is still out. I suppose she wasn’t too bad in St Trinians, but I don’t think that’s really saying much. And I haven’t seen Three & Out, so I’ve no idea from that one either…

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]]> By: Radiant http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49527 Radiant Wed, 21 May 2008 13:55:41 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49527 @ Ben Abraham & Optimaximal Actually I did feel like I was being shot in my arse* whilst watching PoTC 2-3 so maybe they did have some enfilade characters. *and in my eyes and in my brain and in my will to live. HOLD ON Jake Gyllenhaal? The sad face guy? As an acrobatic prince? Who played Sinbad? Can't we get that guy? Or that dude from Jason and the Argonauts is he still alive? Ex Arsenal player Robert Pires? What about Ronaldo? Either of them... it would help if there were prostitutes in this film. Transvestite prostitutes if you want the fat Ronaldo. @ Ben Abraham & Optimaximal
Actually I did feel like I was being shot in my arse* whilst watching PoTC 2-3 so maybe they did have some enfilade characters.

*and in my eyes and in my brain and in my will to live.

HOLD ON
Jake Gyllenhaal? The sad face guy?
As an acrobatic prince?

Who played Sinbad? Can’t we get that guy?
Or that dude from Jason and the Argonauts is he still alive?
Ex Arsenal player Robert Pires?

What about Ronaldo?
Either of them… it would help if there were prostitutes in this film. Transvestite prostitutes if you want the fat Ronaldo.

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]]> By: Nick http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49520 Nick Wed, 21 May 2008 13:22:23 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49520 They are making a Rainbow 6 film already. Based off the novel rather than the game though. They are making a Rainbow 6 film already. Based off the novel rather than the game though.

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]]> By: James T http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/21/prince-of-persia-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-49515 James T Wed, 21 May 2008 13:08:38 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1786#comment-49515 <blockquote>‘Safe’ franchises/remakes, while creatively bankrupt, poorly reviewed, widely reviled and a pox on commercial film making are rarely unprofitable in the long-term. The open week-end may be unspectacular but with international markets, peripheral marketing deals, long-term rights ownership etc, they do generally make good money.</blockquote> Quite so. And Dukes of Hazzard was orsm! But let me get my Hollywood hat on here... RAINBOW SIX! JUST IMAGINE IT! SOLDIERS! GUNS! TERRORISTS! LAS VEGAS! IT'LL BE LIKE NOTHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE! WE'LL GET RIDLEY SCOTT, I KNOW HE'S A BIT 'WEIRD', WHAT WITH THAT ARTY 'BLACK HAWK DOWN' FILM -- I KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BY IT MYSELF -- BUT DON'T FREAK OUT, WE'VE GOT HIM UNDER CONTROL! Meanwhile, Persian ethnicity actually has quite a broad spectrum. <a href="http://www.boutiquekittens.com/Blue-Eyed-White-Persians.217.0.html">Consider the blue-eyed white Persians.</a> Wait, that's not right... Still, my prior statement is true! Even if casting Jake Gyllenhaal is taking the WASPiness a bit far...

‘Safe’ franchises/remakes, while creatively bankrupt, poorly reviewed, widely reviled and a pox on commercial film making are rarely unprofitable in the long-term. The open week-end may be unspectacular but with international markets, peripheral marketing deals, long-term rights ownership etc, they do generally make good money.

Quite so.

And Dukes of Hazzard was orsm!

But let me get my Hollywood hat on here… RAINBOW SIX! JUST IMAGINE IT! SOLDIERS! GUNS! TERRORISTS! LAS VEGAS! IT’LL BE LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE! WE’LL GET RIDLEY SCOTT, I KNOW HE’S A BIT ‘WEIRD’, WHAT WITH THAT ARTY ‘BLACK HAWK DOWN’ FILM — I KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BY IT MYSELF — BUT DON’T FREAK OUT, WE’VE GOT HIM UNDER CONTROL!

Meanwhile, Persian ethnicity actually has quite a broad spectrum. Consider the blue-eyed white Persians.

Wait, that’s not right… Still, my prior statement is true! Even if casting Jake Gyllenhaal is taking the WASPiness a bit far…

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