Wednesday, October 12, 2011
YIPPEE-KAY-YAY: After Live Free Or Die Hard (Die Hard 4.0 outside the US), you would have thought there's no place left go in terms of ridiculous titles for Die Hard sequels. You'd be wrong, as A Good Day To Die Hard will arrive in theatres in February 2013. The article also notes that we're getting a Taken sequel next fall (why not just cast Liam Neeson as Jack Reacher rather than Tom Cruise, since Taken was basically an audition reel for that part?) and the Percy Jackson sequel exactly no one was demanding Easter weekend 2013.
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Ahem. Lucy will be very excited to see more Percy Jackson on-screen. It is a great entry point for kids into Greek myth.
ReplyDeleteIs A Good Day to Die Hard just a remake of Little Big Man? Because that's what I associate the phrase "a good day to die" with.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of the books, but I did see the movie, and generally enjoyed it, but it didn't even do its production budget in the US (though it did quite well internationally), and my understanding is that subsequent books would be even more expensive to film.
ReplyDeleteI like Willis. I like Die Hard. I will see Die Hard: The Clone Wars or Die Hard 5: Return of the Jedi or whatever they are calling it. I will see it at home long after it fails at the box office.
ReplyDeleteI just started reading the first Jack Reacher book, inspired by Alan's angry tweets over Cruise being cast in the role. Really enjoying it so far, although it's kind of intimidating with more than a dozen in the oeuvre.
ReplyDeleteThey're all largely standalone (though a few of Reacher's cohorts recur), and you can pick them up at any point, with the exception of last year's 61 Hours/Worth Dying For, which are loosely connected and should be read in that order--the latter resolves a cliffhanger in the former. Heck, the new The Affair is actually a prequel (Reacher's last case as an MP).
ReplyDeleteOur 10-year-old has been asking me about the Percy Jackson sequels, and I told her I wasn't sure they would make more. She'll be pleased. It is a good series of books; they're pretty creative with adapting Greek myths to modern life.
ReplyDeleteEw. Tom Cruise is playing Reacher? That is SO WRONG. Although I gotta say I'm not sure I'd buy Liam Neeson either, although I like him more as an actor.
ReplyDeleteOur 11 year-old loved the books, but didn't care for the first movie. Maybe the second will be more true to the book.
ReplyDeleteIs Reacher supposed to be a smarmy man-boy who I don't beleive would garner any respect from his colleagues? Because Cruise is perfect for that role.
ReplyDeleteOh, for fuck's sake.
ReplyDeleteHa! I think the general outcry over Cruise's casting is that Reacher is supposed to be like 6 foot 10 or something ridiculous. Neeson'd be too short, also, but he's at least a bigger dude than the diminutive Cruise.
ReplyDeleteAmerica's not allowed to complain about sequels until they stop actually paying money to go see them.
ReplyDeleteI ran across it on cable once, and found it rather enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteThe role of [Jack Reacher] should be played by [NPH Hathaway]
ReplyDeleteBut CASHMONEY, if I'm not paying money to see them, I (or my sequelbot friend, who once really made a hash out of Anthony Perkins) can complain.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the new Reacher now and it is really good. Much better then the two previous books in the series which I think were a couple of the worst. Every time I think of Cruise playing the part I cry a little. More then even his size, it is his voice that kills me. He squeaks. Reacher does not squeak.
ReplyDeletePreach.
ReplyDeleteTo me, the physical difference is not as big of a problem as the BADASS differential. Reacher is a badass. Cruise is not. I could totally someone of a significantly smaller stature than Reacher's character description in the role if I felt he was believable. Cruise isn't, IMHO. I think this might be more upsetting than Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum. Bah.
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