Movie Cast Discussion

Cheopis wrote:

KNick wrote:I don't know how many of you out there have heard of or watch the TV show: Grimm. If Evergreen could license the software they use for morphing their actors, they could put any face on anyone. If you have not seen the show, the CGI effects are amazing. They do not use masks for their characters when they change into monsters. It is all done in post-production.

CGI for special effects is fine, or for fantasic characters who obviously can't really look that way.

For real humans though? It's just not the same for me. I fully expect Nimitz to be CGI, but I really hope Honor and other human characters aren't. There's a whole different "feel" to real people on the screen.

They put motion capture dots on the faces of the actors. The shift to a monster form involves only the head. All of the action is the actor going through the script. At no point is the entire actor completely CGI. Since the show involves dozens of shifts from human to monster to human in each show, and they produce a 1 hour show every 8 days, they developed a CGI technic that allows them to pretty much automate that part. The body stays the same so the action stays realistic.

I haven't thought about this much, but I have thought that Michaela Conlin (though only 5' 8") would be an interesting casting for Honor.

I'd LOVE Nicole Beharie for Elizabeth, though.

Wrenn wrote:I haven't thought about this much, but I have thought that Michaela Conlin (though only 5' 8") would be an interesting casting for Honor.

I'd LOVE Nicole Beharie for Elizabeth, though.

Please. Nicole Beharie's asskicking abilities would be wasted as Elizabeth. There's a reason I want her cast as Susan Hibson.

Frankly, my preferred Elizabeth has always been Audra McDonald, but alas, Audra is in her forties...

I also want Amanda Abbington and Natalie Dormer in there somewhere...

Any thoughts on who should be cast as White Haven?

Crown Loyalist wrote:Any thoughts on who should be cast as White Haven?

Rupert Graves has always been my pick.

KoolBak wrote:I am new here so I apologize in advance if this thread has been disussed elsewhere...I did not find one in a quick search.....

I recently discovered this series and am 2 books from the end....family pissed at me, etc ...lol...Love it!!

As to the movie announcement...I honestly see potential in this similar to star wars or star trek assuming it's executed well.....I also see the possibility for a complete flop if it follows the example of Battlefield Earth, for example....my favorite book of all time anhd an absolutely abysmal movie.

Anyone have ideas for Honor? I just hope to god they don't even CONSIDER Angelina Jolie...pleeeaase!!

Thanks for your time...I look forward to this site ;o)

Welcome To The Forums!

Your family pissed at you?
Well, I have a fianceé that wasn't too thrilled over my forum time! Be careful, lest you looove the sofa.

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Oh I have to echo your sentiment. Battlefield Earth was a very good read. At the time the movie came out, I was so busy that I wasn't even aware there was going to be a movie, let alone that it was already at the theaters! My non sci-fi gf told me! We went. I was so disappointed. They left out so much of the tender moments that helped make the book. The tenderest moment in the book was when Johnny returned and Chrissy's little sister Pattie says "I told you he would come back. I told you and I told you."

Wasn't even in the movie. Pattie wasn't either? Pattie's sun and moon revolved around Johnny! She idolized him. And she wasn't even in the movie??? That would be like...like...like leaving Rue out of the Hunger Games! And the movie only covered half of the book...less than 500 pages of a 1,050 page book!

About the Honorverse movie, PLEASE GET IT RIGHT!
At least play in the ballpark!!

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Now that I've blown a gasket. Jake Gyllenhaal for Protector Benjamin.

cthia wrote:
Now that I've blown a gasket. Jake Gyllenhaal for Protector Benjamin.

Please. Jake Gyllenhaal? Karl Urban.

roseandheather wrote:

cthia wrote:
Now that I've blown a gasket. Jake Gyllenhaal for Protector Benjamin.

Please. Jake Gyllenhaal? Karl Urban.

Ok. Not a bad choice. But who I'd really like is Matt Damon. But he's 43. Leonardo DiCaprio, too typecast. Ben Afleck!

cthia wrote:

roseandheather wrote:
Please. Jake Gyllenhaal? Karl Urban.

Ok. Not a bad choice. But who I'd really like is Matt Damon. But he's 43. Leonardo DiCaprio, too typecast. Ben Afleck!

You think you've got problems?? Hell! My ideal Benjamin Mayhew is Russell Crowe!! (On the other hand, he might make a damned good Hamish Alexander...)

(...don't ask about my feelings for Russell Crowe. Just don't. Or it'll make my feelings for Allen, Augustus, and Estelle combined look like a mild tendre!)

roseandheather wrote:
Please. Jake Gyllenhaal? Karl Urban.

cthia wrote:
Ok. Not a bad choice. But who I'd really like is Matt Damon. But he's 43. Leonardo DiCaprio, too typecast. Ben Afleck!

roseandheather wrote:
You think you've got problems?? Hell! My ideal Benjamin Mayhew is Russell Crowe!! (On the other hand, he might make a damned good Hamish Alexander...)

(...don't ask about my feelings for Russell Crowe. Just don't. Or it'll make my feelings for Allen, Augustus, and Estelle combined look like a mild tendre!)

If you weren't the CEO of Cupids, and one of my favorite tac-witches, I'D BLACKMAIL YOU FER SURE!

Damn good choice for Benjamin though! I don't see age being a problem for Benjy's understudy. He doesn't have prolong.