fredrik_nilsson Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 What do you think of the upcoming Sky High movie? Inspiration for Teen Champions maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tae Kwon Dan Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie It looks interesting, but I thought they passed up a great story opportunity by having the son NOT develop super strength, but some other kind of much more subtle power (like a mixed bag of mentalist abilities or even Franklin Richards level reality powers.) Something where he is actually much more powerful than anybody else, but since good old Dad is from the direct school of "whack it; it fall down" he isn't very supportive of. You could even go farther and have mental powers be something just generally looked down upon by other heroes by their lack of directness and since the son has no confidence due to this he isn't as powerful as he should be. Until Super-villian X (something sort of Doomsday'ish) shows up and mops the floor with the standar heroes and young son must step in and gain confidence enough to defeat him. While I think the movie will be fun, I just think it could have been better and with a better message for children about being different not necessarily being bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie To begin with, it's Disney so I wasn't prepared for any unexpected twists. Still, the Franklin approach would have been more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tae Kwon Dan Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie To begin with' date=' it's Disney . . .[/quote'] Yeah, but after Pirates of the Carribbean they raised my expectations some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie with my daughter. She expresses extreme enthusiasm every time a commercial comes on (during JLU for example, or Boomerang's Superman: the Animated Series - both of which we watch together routinely). The casting is excellent, the plot seems entertaining... and I love the clips I've seen so far. I just have one question... 'When did Snake Pliskin become a superhero? Isn't he more of a punisher type than a flag suit?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie Yeah' date=' but after Pirates of the Carribbean they raised my expectations some. [/quote'] True, but PotC weren't their original idea. It's, more or less, the computer game Monkey island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie I just have one question... 'When did Snake Pliskin become a superhero? Isn't he more of a punisher type than a flag suit?' He, he I never saw him as a hero at all, I just thought Pliskin was the best of what's left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopofB&W Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie In the commentary on Big Trouble In Little China, John Carpenter told Russell that one of the things he admired about him was that, unlike a lot of other actors, he wasn't afraid of looking foolish in a movie. I think that comes from doing all those early Disney movies(The Strongest Man in the World, The Computer Wore Wingtips, etc.). He probably realized that looking goofy( ) doesn't matter if the movie is supposed to be an all-round fun movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie Well, I looked at the IMDB listing. Director: Mike Mitchell- Never dd anything I liked. Did Deuce Bigalow, which was just bad. First Writer: Paul Hernandez - His first film. Second Writer: Robert Schooley - Kim Possible vet, which gives me hope. Third Writer: Mark McCorkle - Kim Possible vet. So, good cast, two solid writers in the kid's heroic comedy genre, and a good trailer. I'm not hoping for an Incrdibles class picture, but it doesn't look bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie It looks cool to me, and I like the scenes of Kurt Russell in his "Clark Kent" identity. I saw a short feature on it on the Disney Channel, and they interviewed the actress who plays the main character's girlfriend; her character is described as a "techno-path" who can create machines with the power of her mind. Sounds nifty to me. I'm speculating that she may be the daughter of Commander Stronghold's (Kurt Russell's character) arch-enemy. That would make for an unexpected twist--unexpected to all but me, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrik_nilsson Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie I'm not hoping for an Incrdibles class picture' date=' but it doesn't look bad.[/quote'] Few films top the Incredibles. I've just become a second time father, and during the last two weeks of the pregnancy my girl-friend and I saw quite a few DVDs. One of the movies were the Incredibles. I didn't expect that Maria would like the movie, but to my surprise she loved it. She even had to look away from the screen during parts of the movie, since all the laughing gave her tension (is that the correct word?) in her stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEmerged Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie RE: The "Kim Possible" Connection. Given that this is one of the most surprisingly entertaining cartoons of the last several years, that's a good thing. I still say they ripped PS238 off I'll be seeing it soon anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie I still say they ripped PS238 off I'll be seeing it soon anyway... Hmmmm--interesting. Who ripped off whom? You see, I think Sky High owes a much greater debt to Up Up And Away, a 2000 made-for-Disney-TV movie. Robert "Meteor Man" Townsend directed and starred as the Bronze Eagle, one of a family of superheroes that included Warrior Woman (his wife) and Silver Cyclone (his eldest son). Even the youngest daughter can shoot laser beams from her eyes--but the middle son has no powers at all. Because he wants to be a hero, and more, he doesn't want to disappoint his father, he tries to fake having superpowers--but that works out about like you'd expect. But it all turns out well. When they introduced Tyler Marlocke in P.S. 238 I immediately thought of Up Up And Away, except that Tyler's parents are in superhuman levels of denial over their son's lack of powers, and he'd much rather live as a normal kid. As it is, he has to worry about surviving gym class. So who should sue whom? Who had the idea originally? Disney? Aaron Williams? Siegel and Shuster? Julius Schwartz? Stan The Man? Jack The King? The superheroic genre has a intensely strong tendency to repeat itself, and if every lawsuit that could be filed actually was, the most popular comics would be Archie or Little Lulu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marketeer Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie It has Linda Carter playing a Principal at a Superhero High School, which seems oddly appropriate, does it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie who's the gym teacher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie who's the gym teacher? Bruce Campbell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie Glowing review at Aint-It-Cool.com http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20857 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie who's the gym teacher? Bruce Campbell, D'OH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie Bruce Campbell's in it - it HAS to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scifi_Toughguy Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie It has Linda Carter playing a Principal at a Superhero High School, which seems oddly appropriate, does it not? Oddly? Nope. Lovely.... oh yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie Just saw it, and enjoyed the heck out of it. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzini Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie I saw the movie as well, and there were some really funny moments, [spoiler WARNING!!!] ...one thing I found a little...off.... was the instant change taught at school, with the limitation "Cannot be seen Changing" (would that be a 1/2 or maybe a -1 limitation?) but we can ALL say "Deus ex Machina"! Plus, The show was stolen by the 2 "Kids in the Hall" alum Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald (Whose prosthetic dome took 4 make up artists 2 do) overall, I give Sky High 3 stars out of a possible 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenStorm Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie 'When did Snake Pliskin become a superhero? Isn't he more of a punisher type than a flag suit?' Excuse me but, I think that Kurt Russell is perhaps one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood. It's a bit foolish to restrict him to one character. The man cannot BE type-cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
input.jack Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie Saw it. Really liked it. Recommending it to -ALL- HERO players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Re: Sky High The Movie saw it tonight. Loved Linda Carter's last line. Liked Will's line of "Suprised? So am I." I REALLY want to play a high school hero game now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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