Gripe about reign of fire

[Corpse Candle]

This post is in no way designed to insult American schomes but:
I just watched a trailer for REIGN OF FIRE it is due to be relised over here in England soon.
I watched the trailer and surprise surprise the main hero who is going to combat the dragons is American.
WHY?
Is it going to be another case of "lets save the damn Brits ass again".
Are we going to se a film with lame phrases like "lets kick some dragon but" or "I'm gonna blast you all the way back to the stone age asshole".
I would hate that to be the fact but it's probably another case of culture for cash again.
I hope I am wrong because the film looks great I just hope that it has some substance to it.
It could turn out that the American's (character) in the film may actully have some depth.
I don't want to be patronised or watch yet another action hero who carries massive guns to make up for the size of his penis.
Why can't they use someone from another part of world I mean there are other nationalites.
One last thing I do have suspistion's because the people who are making the film put massive hill ranges in NORFOLK where it was being filmed and NORFOLK is one the flatest part of England what idiocy.



[This message has been edited by Corpse Candle (edited 08-19-2002).]

[Moviefan1234]

I'm American and I saw the movie and I don't want to spoil anything for you so I'm saying go watch the movie there is a British hero too. I mean even here in America we laughed at the line - "One thing worse than dragons: Americans." It's a fun movie.

[MyClone]

REIGN was a good movie; I wouldn't have set it in England at all! But I guess they needed the castles! And what's wrong with the "hero" being American?! Not that there's anything wrong with being a Brit! http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[Psychocandy]

It's a simple matter of covering the bases. I haven't seen the movie but they seem to have made an attempt at balance by having an American hero (McConaughey) and a British hero (Bale). The studios only concern was that the movie had the involvement of a bankable Hollywood star to assist in it's box office performance in the States.

[Riddick]

Being a Brit who has seen the movie, let me reassure you, there's no real Brit-bashing in there. It's a fun movie, it focuses on Christian Bale and the British characters more than the Americans anyway, so you don't have much to worry about.

The only problem I had was that the action scenes were too few and far between, I was expecting a lot more men vs. dragon scenes, and was let down.

[skweemkween]

I agree with what Riddik and Psychocandy said but I do understand the guy's point, we (America, Hollywood, etc) tend to view the "good guys" Yanks that bale everybody out. Guess we're trying pathetically to live upto that "the world's police" image.

Look at other films that have done this. It does get annoying. (I am American but consider myself pseudo-Canadian.)

1.Independence Day. Who discovers the alien's secret plot for world domination? Jeff Goldblum, an American who works in , where else, New York City.
2.The Stand. Where does the final conflict between ultimate good and evil take place? Las Vegas and Boulder,Colorado! And apparently, at least in the tv version, we Yanks are the only ones left in the world???
3.Close Encounters of the Third Kind. We finally make contact with another life form and gather for a world concert of "beeps" and "blips." And this unplugged set is where?
Devil's Tower, Wyoming. What-were the crop circles in England blocking their landing path?
4.Aliens. Planet LV426 becomes colonized by Americans because apparently all the other nations are interested in , what, Mars? Couldn't there have been some Russians at least?

[Moviefan1234]

I think the reason the movies make Americans the heros is because they are American-made movies. I mean doesn't it make sense? I'm not trying to offend anyone so please don't be offended.

[spacemonkey]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Moviefan1234:
I think the reason the movies make Americans the heros is because they are American-made movies. I mean doesn't it make sense? I'm not trying to offend anyone so please don't be offended.</font>

Totally agree it all depends on where the movies made. If a film was made in the star Vega, Im sure that the star would be a Vegian..heh heh http://www.joblo.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Corpse Candle]

It's not the fact that I dislike American action heros they are able to display some of the most thrilling specticals in a horror film.
They can get the blood pumping and smash the glass of the televison set with thier persence at times.
However(I can hear the groans ha ha)what I was actully saying was that they CAN be very one dimensional.
There are great examples of brillent horror hero's Bruce campell for one he emcompasess the American way in one sweet ironic bundle.
it's the david boreanaz (angel) and Be afflecks of this world that cause's me disspear.
I think there must be tons of American actors who could give depth to the stale line of gung ho warriors that we see today.
I like hero's with defects actors/acctress with a touch of inner turmoil and bieng faced with everday problems.
Please don't take this as yank bashing (hmmm sounds sexual) I love the U.S.A and going back next year to work there.
I just wish hollywood inparticular could take a leaf out of the indpendant film industry and add some individuality to thier hero's.
Do you american schmoes feel happy in the way your nationality is represented in horror.
One amazing film that an American/British relationship did work was in the film DR.STRANGELOVE the big war loving American general who wanted to blast the Russian's away and the simpering British puppy of an army commander was great and to large extent true.