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• Megan Fox now in running for Red Sonja

• Megan Fox now in running for Red Sonja

  Michael > April 7th, 2010, 11:00 AM

• Megan Fox now in running for Red Sonja

  Boomstick > April 7th, 2010, 07:13 PM

  Hmmmmm....I liked the idea of Rose McGowan better, but I guess this is probably more of a sure thing with audiences.

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  Michael > April 8th, 2010, 01:45 AM

  AceShowBiz is reporting that Rose told a fan on Twitter that she was forced to choose between "Conan" and "Red Sonja", so she chose "Conan".
  
  That was probably the right choice. We'll see.

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  Zagor > April 8th, 2010, 04:10 AM

  Michael Wrote:AceShowBiz is reporting that Rose told a fan on Twitter that she was forced to choose between "Conan" and "Red Sonja", so she chose "Conan".

  
  Strange that she'd choose a supporting role over a starring one though I suppose the Conan film is more of a sure thing.

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  Zagor > April 8th, 2010, 04:24 AM

  Oh, perhaps it's not true after all:
  http://www.moviefone.co.uk/2010/04/05/me...-not-true/

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  august > April 8th, 2010, 09:03 AM

  :lol: Yep, I think it's more of the "guaranteed role in a movie that's in production," vs. "possible starring role in a movie that may never get made, and might bomb if it does." :laugh: Her last movie - whatever that one was where she was a sort of vampire-ish or succubus-ish high school student, didn't do well at all, so the last thing on her mind right now is attaching her name over the title of something that doesn't make $$.
  
  Plus, as Bruce Campbell points out in his book, if the money is the same and the supporting role means less work, why not take the easier part?

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  RobRoy > April 8th, 2010, 11:17 AM

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  Boomstick > April 8th, 2010, 08:52 PM

  RobRoy Wrote:Is there nothing that man says or does that should not be taken to heart? I tell ya!

  
  You've read his autobiography, right? Solid gold, laugh-out-loud stuff all the way through!
  
  BTW, I've still never seen the original Red Sonja film. Is it something I should spend the time on?

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  Zagor > April 9th, 2010, 03:04 AM

  Boomstick Wrote:BTW, I've still never seen the original Red Sonja film. Is it something I should spend the time on?

  
  Yes, it's very fun. The acting and script are woeful, but the music, cinematography, set designs and action scenes are all quite entertaining. If you like Conan the Destroyer it's about on a par with that.

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  RobRoy > April 9th, 2010, 10:20 AM

  Boomstick Wrote:You've read his autobiography, right? Solid gold, laugh-out-loud stuff all the way through!

  
  If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor. Not only read it, but it is signed by the man himself, with the best advice anyone has ever given me: Shop Smart, Shop S-Mart! It’s a great look into the movie-making industry as well as into the man himself, his philosophy on being a working-actor, and just life in general. It did ruin some aspects of “movie magic” for me, such as when he explains looping. I had never before considered that concept, but now some long distance shots I can easily tell the actors are on mics, and while they may be saying their lines, they’re probably not saying them in synch with the looping.
  
  Oh well.
  
  

  Quote:BTW, I've still never seen the original Red Sonja film. Is it something I should spend the time on?

  
  Ok, well, Zagor makes a good case for it, but I’ll just warn you: it’s camp-cheese. Not bad camp-cheese, but there it is. It’s about on the same level as Conan the Destroyer, which I like, but can’t stomach too often. Red Sonja is exactly the same way, every now and then I want to embrace the cheese, and I can enjoy it for what it is.
  
  If it tells you anything, this was a young Ernie Reyes, Jr. first major movie. He’s pretty decent in his role as Prince Tarn.
  
  I think it's worth seeing, if nothing else to have witnessed the spectacle of this film.

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  august > April 9th, 2010, 03:28 PM

  I'd agree with the above - the Red Sonja film is worth seeing if it comes on cable, or if you spend no more than a dollar to rent it from a "cult classics" bargain bin. And you have beer on hand. It doesn't have the state of the art SFX nor the intensly professional acting of Conjan the Destroyer. :poke: Brigitte Nielsen hasn't developed the acting chops she displays in Rocky 4, Cobra or Bevery Hills Cop 2, and Schwarzenegger doesn't get to display the flair for witty repartee that we saw in Terminator and Conan.
  
  Although Sandahl Bergman from the first Conan movie gets to play a campy and flamboyant villain and does a pretty decent job. Sonja keeps her clothes on the entire time, and there's no voluptuous underage Olivia D'Abo to gaze at. So let the buyer and viewer beware.

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  Boomstick > April 9th, 2010, 09:32 PM

  august Wrote:Although Sandahl Bergman from the first Conan movie gets to play a campy and flamboyant villain and does a pretty decent job. Sonja keeps her clothes on the entire time, and there's no voluptuous underage Olivia D'Abo to gaze at. So let the buyer and viewer beware.

  Really? I've always thought Olivia D'Abo was very attractive, but I'd have never described her as 'voluptuous.' :bg:
  
  Edit: Wait, never mind, I was thinking Maryam D'Abo from The Living Daylights.

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  august > April 10th, 2010, 04:03 PM

  You be the judge. :laugh:
  
  
  
  
  
  Maryam is her first cousin by the way. Thanks to some liberal parents and liberal international laws, she actually did a nude scene at age 14 with Bo Derek in Bolero, and gave Bo a run for her money....
  
  She was also the teenage Q in that TNG episode ...

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  Michael > April 12th, 2010, 05:49 PM

  Hm. I never realized how young she was in the Conan movie. Seems odd her career fizzled but perhaps she made some choices she is most comfortable with. She seems to be doing nothing but voice acting now.

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  august > April 12th, 2010, 06:32 PM

  Michael Wrote:Hm. I never realized how young she was in the Conan movie. Seems odd her career fizzled but perhaps she made some choices she is most comfortable with. She seems to be doing nothing but voice acting now.

  
  Well, her career has been pretty successful, and as we know, if you are working, you're in the top 1% of actors. She was a regular on a popular tv series, and then had leads in a number of tv movies and guest spots on popular tv shows. She's a single mom now, plus does music and stage work that doesn't appear in her bio unless you read the fine print (she did The Odd Couple on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick 4 and a half years ago, which is as big a professional gig as you can get.) In the last couple of years she's been on Eureka and Law & Order plus all of her voice-over work, which really is good work if you can get it. She's 41, and would have to compete with 1000 Teri Hatchers and Vicky Pratts and Brooke Shields's and Sandra Bullocks and Elizabeth Mitchells and Gina Torres's and Lucy Lawless's for every mature role out there, so I suspect she's quite happy.

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  badlands > April 19th, 2010, 11:56 PM

  Fox cannot even act. It is more insult to women to have her there. Red Sonja should be a good role for women.

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  Boomstick > April 20th, 2010, 12:53 AM

  badlands Wrote:Fox cannot even act. It is more insult to women to have her there. Red Sonja should be a good role for women.

  
  I think Rose McGowan would have been better at portraying an actual strong woman character. Which isn't to say she would have necessarily, but with Megan Fox, it's pretty much 100% assured that we're just getting the eye candy aspect of things.
  
  In which case I'd rather they just found a really hot genuine redhead for the role. :bg:

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  Zagor > April 20th, 2010, 05:05 AM

  Is a character who struts around in a chainmail bikini ever going to be a strong role model for women?
  
  Actually, that was one thing in the original film's favour - Brigitte Neilsen was fairly covered up and didn't flash her "charms" every five seconds as Sonja seems to do in the comics.

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  RobRoy > April 20th, 2010, 10:26 AM

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  august > April 20th, 2010, 10:50 AM

  Yep, I think Xena pretty much resolved that back in the 90's. At first there were a number of people who objected to the skin and sexuality on the show, but most were swayed by the character's tremendous strength and depth. There were a few who complained to the very end...but as with everyone who's ever complained about anything, the other 99.99% of humanity didn't know they existed. :laugh:
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