speculation...the bourne Ultimatum and Underdog.

[GabrielsThoughts]

I like to guess what is going to happen in a movie before I see it, because I usually don't see the movie until it comes out on video, and I'm actually pretty good at it. So, I thought I would try my hand at figuring out what events were likely to occur in two of Friday Aug. 3rd's releases. plus it's kinda fun to play psychic.

The Bourne Ultimatum...will be a thriller, and Jason will once again be the target of a government conspiracy. he will travel the globe to exotic locations and there will be explosions and at least car chases and there will be a war room. a taskforce will be formed to capture the renagade Jason Boune . Jason will sneak into the office of the "prime villian" to try and discover more information about treadstone. Jasone will spend half the movie in deep thought (aka silent as the grave) while assasins, who are either part of treadstone, or who are from another government sanctioned team of assasins, better than the assasins of treadstone attack him. Jason will always win against all odds and in the end Jason will walk away, and the prime villian will be up for investigation


Underdog...it's a Disney movie, that alone tells me they screwed it up horribly beyond recognition... a beagle named "shoeshine boy" will be exposed to a chemical x like substance, by a mad scientist with the inteligence, and mental workings of a 5 year old. The dog will then gain the powers and abilities comperable to Krypto the superdog. Because we all know Disney lacks imagination, we will bombarded with oversimplistic explinations for everything that happens at least six times.  the dog will slowly learn to harness his powers causing massive damage in the process. With the help of his trusty pre-teenage boy/girl sidekick Underdog will become less of self-centered smartass (because it is a disney movie and the hero is always either a self centered smartass/ jerk, or hooks up with one)  and make children adopt a brainless form of socialism. Shoeshine boy (or whatever his name is in the movie) will foil the plans of the villan, a man who barely has the capacity to tie his shoes, and Underdog will save the city after screwing up so horribly everyone thinks him the villian. The lesson of the movie will be "you are responsible for everyone but yourself, become a mindless scocialist, and give up on being an individual... because we need you all to work for Mc Donalds.

I have nothing against some of the ideas of socialism, unless it takes away from my personal freedoms, and Disney is notorious for the "you are responsible for the errors, actions, and problems of everyone else, you should take responnsibility for your neighbor's suffering, and forget about being an individual, because being an individual causes more trouble than it's worth"type of socialism that I can't tollerate for any period of time.

[lucas marcone]

i mourn the death of a good cartoon and mock the frankenstine's monster that disney will make it into. i was lucky enough to see the cartoon a few times and the movie is SOOOOOOOOOOO far off base.

[Zedd]

Etheir way...This underdog movie is a bad move ethier way

[Naldru]

What really got to me was the first advertising campaign.  It was so bad, it almost seemed like it was designed to repel potential viewers.  The second attempt at advertising was better, but it appears to have given up on fans of the original cartoon.  (Mainly because they had no chance of attracting them to the theatre.)

The last time I got vibes like this from an advertising campaign was the campaign for the live action Dudley DoRight.  Only time will tell the accuracy of my feelings.

However, it could have been worse.  It could have been a live action Hong Kong Phooey.

[Alondro]

However, it could have been worse.  It could have been a live action Hong Kong Phooey.

*studio exec reading this forum, cuz execs can't think on their own*  Live-action Hong Kong Phooey?!  Brilliant!  it's genius!  It'll have a $100 million budget, cuz everyone knows that throwing lots of money at a script makes it better! 

Look what you've done Naldru!  From hell's heart, I stab at thee! 

[LionHeart]

What exactly makes you think studio execs have the intelligence to read a forum like this?

[Valynth]

What makes you think they're smart enough not to?