[Crom's bells]

crossplain pilgrim, on 19 January 2010 - 01:37 AM, said:

Well., I don't really think there's much chance. WS and Berrow have made it pretty clear the next films would use the African stories. Here's a thought. If you did a prequel based on Bassett's script you could do a story to explain how Bassett's SK got so mean. Do a script in which he is captured by the Spanish, condemned by the Inquisition, and chained to a galley oar for a number of cruel years. He escapes a bitter man and becomes a ruthless privateer out to get even with the Dons. Now having said that, I would prefer the film makers just quietly let the events of the first film fade into history. Depict Kane as REH's Puritan in the next film and move forward.

Agreed, get rid of the bitter taste of the origin story by quickly going back to the fundamentals of Howard's stories. If an origin story must be done for the first movie, fair enough; but return to its roots the next, that'll be ideal.

[wandering star]

Crom said:

crossplain pilgrim, on 19 January 2010 - 01:37 AM, said:

Well., I don't really think there's much chance. WS and Berrow have made it pretty clear the next films would use the African stories. Here's a thought. If you did a prequel based on Bassett's script you could do a story to explain how Bassett's SK got so mean. Do a script in which he is captured by the Spanish, condemned by the Inquisition, and chained to a galley oar for a number of cruel years. He escapes a bitter man and becomes a ruthless privateer out to get even with the Dons. Now having said that, I would prefer the film makers just quietly let the events of the first film fade into history. Depict Kane as REH's Puritan in the next film and move forward.

Agreed, get rid of the bitter taste of the origin story by quickly going back to the fundamentals of Howard's stories. If an origin story must be done for the first movie, fair enough; but return to its roots the next, that'll be ideal.

Dont worry we all got Africa on our minds..beside i could note cope with another ice cold shoot and i did not even have to put up with the minus? rain down my neck! The last time i had below zero rain dripping down my neck was during the Round the World sailing race and its not an experience i remember fondly! I suspect James wont either..

[wandering star]

http://titanmagazine....uk/solomonkane UK
http://titanmagazines.com/solomonkane USA

This is the magazine that has just gone live for pre ordering.Lots of new images. There is a minor error in the description of participating Producers..they forgot me! Being rectified...as i did participate naturally!

[terryallenuk]

wandering star, on 20 January 2010 - 12:03 PM, said:

http://titanmagazine....uk/solomonkane UK
http://titanmagazines.com/solomonkane USA

This is the magazine that has just gone live for pre ordering.Lots of new images. There is a minor error in the description of participating Producers..they forgot me! Being rectified...as i did participate naturally!

Well the magazine is on order ,now which T-Shirt ?

Terry

[cromsguts]

Lemme get this straight.............


You used the WRONG FLAG????


THAT'S IT!! I'll NEVER go see this movie now!


(Wrong flag! mumbling incoherently)

Incontheevable!

Cromsguts

[Taran]

cromsguts, on 20 January 2010 - 10:46 AM, said:

Incontheevable!

You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[cromsguts]

Taran, on 20 January 2010 - 01:39 PM, said:

cromsguts, on 20 January 2010 - 10:46 AM, said:

Incontheevable!

You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

I love "The Princess Bride".

This post has been edited by cromsguts: 20 January 2010 - 07:58 PM

[crossplain pilgrim]

Yea, Wallace Shawn. "Never match wits with a Scicillian when death is on the line!" Great film. Speaking of the flag, I think the few historical films that are made nowadays do try to be more historically accurate than was often the case in the Old Hollywood. For instance, Solomon Kane uses a wheelock pistol and rapier that are correct for the period.

"The Patriot" actually used real flintrock Brown Bess muskets rather than the post-Civil War Springfiied breechloaders that Hollywood used to use so freequently in Revolutionary War and early frontier films. I love the Duke, but in the film "The Comancheros," which is supposed to take place in The Texas Republic of 1845, he is using a Colt Peacemaker and Winchester repeater. No producer would dream of taking such liberties nowadays. Some things have changed for the better.

[Ironhand]

Taran, on 20 January 2010 - 12:39 PM, said:

cromsguts, on 20 January 2010 - 10:46 AM, said:

Incontheevable!

You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

It means theft-proof. Right?

[Kortoso]

Just watch Princess Bride and you will know.

[awesomeshotdude]

cromsguts, on 21 January 2010 - 04:51 AM, said:

I love "The Princess Bride".

The Princess Bride is a very enjoyable movie. I own it and have watched it several times, enjoying each time as much as the last.

[crossplain pilgrim]

I was intrigued by this brief review I came across on IMDb. The reviewer appears to be a fan who identified himself as lothd of Bangkok, Thailand. What grabbed me was the recent date. lothd does not say where he saw the film. Interesting.

Good, gritty sword & sorcery, 31 January 2010

I was familiar with the 'Solomon Kane' character before I watched this film, both from the original stories and the Marvel Comics incarnation of the 1970s. The film is based on Robert E. Howard's creation, not on any earlier story and is all the better for it. The characters and their actions are believable, the atmosphere is great and the special effects are fine. There are copious amounts of sword play as well as sorcery - something that other R. E. H. adaptations in film have been sadly missing (notably 'Conan the Barbarian'). Michael J. Bassett manages to make an exciting film out of what could have been just another good-versus-evil story. Recommended for all fans of gritty fantasy.

[Andradir]

crossplain pilgrim, on 03 February 2010 - 04:18 AM, said:

... lothd does not say where he saw the film. Interesting...

No. Not interesting.
It doesn't matter where he/she saw the movie.
Why should it?

[Libaax]

It would matter if Kane made it to Thailand,Asian cinema or if that fan saw online,dvd pirate version.

I doubt he saw it in the cinema, why would the film go there when it hasn't even been in Europe more than a few countries.....

[crossplain pilgrim]

Libaax, on 04 February 2010 - 05:41 AM, said:

It would matter if Kane made it to Thailand,Asian cinema or if that fan saw online,dvd pirate version.

I doubt he saw it in the cinema, why would the film go there when it hasn't even been in Europe more than a few countries.....

Hey, Libaax.

My point exactly. I just thought it interesting that someone from Thailand would have seen the film (possibly there) when, as far as we know, it has not been released in Bangkok. Just thought it was of interest.

[Kortoso]

Bittorrent = no revenue from the US market.

[elysium]

One of the premier British movie magazines has reviewed the movie, For a non specialised quite critical movie magazine I see this as a very positive review.
"In 1928, four years before he dreamed up Conon The Barbarian, Texan pulp writer Robert E. Howard gave birth to Solomon Kane "a sombre and gloomy manof paleface and cold eyes all of it shadowed by a slouch hat", who dressed like Van Helsing, fought like Conan, and battled evil as though his very soul depended on it - which in fact it, it did.
Now some 80 years after Kane's first appearance in Weird Tales magazine, into his buckled boots steps James Purefoy, who attacks the role with the same gusto Howards hero brings to vanquishing evil. Although his native Somerset accent lends some of the script's purpler prose unitentional comedy value, Purefoy cuts a terrifically intense dash as Kane, effectively managing the transition from amoral killer to tortured soul who, like the subject of Kenny Roger's Coward of the County, finds that eschewing violence is all very well, but "sometimers you have to fight to be a man". Max Von Sydow and Pete Posthelwaitte add necessary gravitas in suporting roles, although an equally weighty actor would have been welcome in the role of villain: no amount of demonic make up or CG trickery can make Jason Flemying remotely threatening.
British writer/director Micheal J. Bassett, whose promising debut was the World War I trenches-set chiller Deathwatsh, handles the first fully fledged film adaptation of Howards Kane stories with the same level of commitment Peter Jackson brought to thr Lord Of The Rings trilogy, the darker moments of which are an obvious influence on Bassett's film. For less than the effects budget of this year's other sword 'n' sorcery adventures, Percy Jackson and Clash Of The Titans, Basset has delivered a dark-as-balls Highlander for the 21st century, played with such conviction it's hard not to swept along.
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VERDICT If weapons and wizardry get your blood up, and prefer your movies dark and brooding minus the sandles, Solomon Kane fits the bill. It may lack The Lord Of The Rings majesty, but Robert E. Howard fans will lap it up."

The movie is given 3 out of five stars which represents a good film in their ratings system

Review written by David Hughes for March 2010 Empire magazine

No link had to type this out by hand and I'm a crap typer taken me ages and apologys for any mistakes.

[NonStop]

Great stuff, I saw that today when flicking through the magazine.

Whats the UK release date?

[elysium]

Release date February 19th

[wandering star]

elysium, on 08 February 2010 - 02:52 PM, said:

One of the premier British movie magazines has reviewed the movie, For a non specialised quite critical movie magazine I see this as a very positive review.
"In 1928, four years before he dreamed up Conon The Barbarian, Texan pulp writer Robert E. Howard gave birth to Solomon Kane "a sombre and gloomy manof paleface and cold eyes all of it shadowed by a slouch hat", who dressed like Van Helsing, fought like Conan, and battled evil as though his very soul depended on it - which in fact it, it did.
Now some 80 years after Kane's first appearance in Weird Tales magazine, into his buckled boots steps James Purefoy, who attacks the role with the same gusto Howards hero brings to vanquishing evil. Although his native Somerset accent lends some of the script's purpler prose unitentional comedy value, Purefoy cuts a terrifically intense dash as Kane, effectively managing the transition from amoral killer to tortured soul who, like the subject of Kenny Roger's Coward of the County, finds that eschewing violence is all very well, but "sometimers you have to fight to be a man". Max Von Sydow and Pete Posthelwaitte add necessary gravitas in suporting roles, although an equally weighty actor would have been welcome in the role of villain: no amount of demonic make up or CG trickery can make Jason Flemying remotely threatening.
British writer/director Micheal J. Bassett, whose promising debut was the World War I trenches-set chiller Deathwatsh, handles the first fully fledged film adaptation of Howards Kane stories with the same level of commitment Peter Jackson brought to thr Lord Of The Rings trilogy, the darker moments of which are an obvious influence on Bassett's film. For less than the effects budget of this year's other sword 'n' sorcery adventures, Percy Jackson and Clash Of The Titans, Basset has delivered a dark-as-balls Highlander for the 21st century, played with such conviction it's hard not to swept along.
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VERDICT If weapons and wizardry get your blood up, and prefer your movies dark and brooding minus the sandles, Solomon Kane fits the bill. It may lack The Lord Of The Rings majesty, but Robert E. Howard fans will lap it up."

The movie is given 3 out of five stars which represents a good film in their ratings system

Review written by David Hughes for March 2010 Empire magazine

No link had to type this out by hand and I'm a crap typer taken me ages and apologys for any mistakes.

Thanks for all the effort.....Yep the British Media are getting behind us and like the Movie a lot. So rewarding to have posters on 2,000 buses with James bearing down on us all from twenty feet! I knew Entertainment were commited to this movie but i must say that even i have been surprised by the machine thats behind this release. Its everywhere already...and its only just begun! This is gettting realy exciting...feeling like a teenager again.