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Warner Bros. Is HIDING IN TIME!!

sounds good! by Mr_X	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:02:29 AM
pitch was its a cross between eraser and timecop. i mean really if you could time travel would you really use the witness protection program for it? i'd commit crime for the opprtunity to time travel!
huh. by Dollar Bird	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:08:16 AM
Looks like an interesting idea that they exectuted in the worst possible route. The movie will be lame, too, no doubt.
Could be a great directing vehicle for... by ChickenStu	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:09:00 AM
someone... I dunno. Any ideas guys?
whoa .. by Darth_Valinorean	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:10:44 AM
time travel ... assassins ... witness protection... graphic novel adaptation... what's to not like???
I'd say Verhoeven if they maintain the R-rating by terry1978	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:11:58 AM
If they go PG-13....maybe Antoine Fuqua or Tony Scott.
Hey leave my wife outta this! by tomdolan04	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:12:10 AM
Getting a Timecop vibe from this project. Damn you Van Damm.
I missed the E off by tomdolan04	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:12:59 AM
Hey I'm still kicking. Must be on Broadway
did Millar write this? by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:13:39 AM
then how is it becoming a movie?
cast the right people.. by just pillow talk	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:14:35 AM
and we could have another Timeline on our hands! (crosses fingers...)
Should be directed by Florent Siri! by DerLanghaarige	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:17:34 AM

This will be rubbish. by Damien Chowder	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:19:48 AM
Cue lots of comedy due to indfference of the present folk vs past folk. cue guaranteed said phrase "wow is this how they lived?!" Cue shock and awe of past folk witnessing guns'n'shit or "wow a fire maker!" ie a lighter. And yes past folk will say "wow" cue kid that see's the agents use futuristic technology. cue obligatry death of a brave character with a conscience. cue phrase "I can't wait to get back woooo hooo!" after all is done cue narrative of how bad we are as a species past and present, but there is hope. yes hollywood stencil film making 101.
live animate it in the artist's style I say by aboriginal	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:21:58 AM
show some Miller-esque Sin City/300 film style guts and add to this new genre of film making and give Japan a run for its money.
that cover is terrible by dingus khan	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:23:03 AM
who is that...dan fraga? what time period is that? that disproportionate chick is wearing ballerina slippers. rob liefeld inspired crap.
Isn't The Witness Protection Element A Little Perfunctory? by TroutMaskReplicant	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:25:59 AM
Did I just use the word perfunctory on an AICN talback? But yeah, will the witness protection element make it anything but a run of the mill "they've taken George Washington hostage!" sort of movie. Actually that could be kind of good in an incredibly stupid sort of way. But isn't it just a lame excuse to send gun toting assholes back in time? Damn that still sounds like something you could sell to the studious. I give up.
Studious? I meant Studios... by TroutMaskReplicant	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:27:09 AM
Gah!
would be great... by dingus khan	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:30:29 AM
...if they made it a bill and ted type of royal rumble. "on a mission to save helen keller, chester a. arthur must team up with novice pilot amelia earhardt to defeat...the roosevelts!"
Don S. Davis has passed away :( by knowthyself	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:38:52 AM
Major Briggs from Twin Peaks has gone to the White Lodge.
Timecop wasn't about protecting witnesses in time. by DerLanghaarige	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:39:22 AM
It was about arresting or killing people who fucked with the timeline, so just because it's about time and cops, it doesn't mean it's Timecop.
oh gawd by tomdolan04	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:42:09 AM
What stops a rampaging giant abraham lincoln...? A giant...John...Wilkes-Booth? TEH MOVIE!!!
"This is for my wife. Fuck you and die." by DerLanghaarige	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:50:34 AM
Seagalogy rules!
Get whoever made Timecop. by Knuckleduster	Jul 2nd, 2008 09:07:40 AM
That was a hoot.
Time Cop by redfist	Jul 2nd, 2008 09:47:05 AM
was about fucking MIA SARA everything else is just shit.
The most plausible time by tomdolan04	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:01:25 AM
travel seen in movies for me was in 12 monkeys, as the time line wasn't altered - it was just seen from different points of view and mixed up recollections via dreams (Cole) When fictional movies get into the realm of paradoxical situations it's mainly done as a lazy plot device, followed by deus ex-machina cheap endings (as you get the feeling the finale of Doctor Who series 4 is going to pull this saturday). Regardless Back to the Future Trilogy >>> All time travel movies past, present and future. HE'S A PEEPING TOM!
Anyone whos seen Primer by Series7	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:09:14 AM
and can explain how the time travel works in that movie, would you please let the film makers know. thank you.
So many better comic book properties out there. by fiester	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:11:05 AM
Why do they always seem to greenlight the shit ones?
I didn't read the graphic novel (or comic, or whatever) by skimn	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:12:36 AM
of Wanted, but I think that Bekmambetov did a good job, and the time travel angle fits with his "Watch" series.
Yeah Bekmambetov by Series7	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:21:51 AM
If his point was to make a movie based on a comic and totally take away the reason for why the comic is so well known today. Then yes he did an amazing job.
Nevah hoid of it by Charlie Murphy	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:22:03 AM
but it sounds cool
Series by skimn	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:36:06 AM
Would that be the directors fault, or the screenwriters and/or the producers? He may not of brought the source to screen intact, but what he did was pretty cool.
And "pig fucked"... by skimn	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:38:07 AM
I appreciate your parody of "Damn you Michael Bay", but it is wearing mighty thin.
skimn by Series7	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:52:20 AM
Yeah, I was falling asleep during the big train scene. After really digging Night/Day Watch I really want to read those books now and see how they compare, because this may be a reoccurring theme with Timur. And while everyone else I saw Wanted with enjoyed it, none of them read it, or had scene Night/Day Watch. Which I think were a lot cooler and bigger.
Well, they did have to "Hollywood-ise" him by skimn	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:59:22 AM
Much like John Woo in the '80s...
Sorry, by skimn	Jul 2nd, 2008 11:00:23 AM
meant the '90s....
series7 by lex romero	Jul 2nd, 2008 11:03:49 AM
He didn't write the script, he's not to blame. And tbh whilst the plot points were changed i think the scriptwriters did keep some of the nihilistic flavour of the comic.
No pig-fuckery. by xevoid	Jul 2nd, 2008 11:16:58 AM
None of us should be pig-fucked. Nor gorilla-fucked, platypus-fucked, nor even sea-urchin-fucked. No animal fuckery here, please.
there already was a Timecop 2 by Bouncy X	Jul 2nd, 2008 11:39:21 AM
they replaced van damme with jason scott lee...i'm assuming he isnt playing the same character for obvious reasons but i dont know for sure.
Bill and Ted 3: Hardcore Motherfuckers by chokinonrhodes	Jul 2nd, 2008 12:11:25 PM
Wyld Stallyns bring the pain!
Dumb concept... by Kid Z	Jul 2nd, 2008 12:15:01 PM
...everybody would stick to at least the latter 20th Century, given a choice, due to the basically comparable levels of technology. No one, but no one, with half a brain would agree to hiding in any time before about 1848, because of the lack of anaethesia and sanitary medical practices. (Would you wan to have a limb removed via hacksaw while fully conscious? Not me!) Shit, I imagine that even if I had to travel back, and live in the early 1990's, it be pretty much unbearable due to the out-dated tech and the stupid hairstyles. On the plus side, I'd probably get to see the Pixies in concert in their prime one more time.
You just have to hide them a few months back in the past. by DerLanghaarige	Jul 2nd, 2008 12:23:40 PM
Maybe a year. At least, just before the crime happened.
And anyway... by Kid Z	Jul 2nd, 2008 12:24:47 PM
...didn't Star Trek:TOS already do this plot? And didn't it kind of suck? And didn't Kirk et al have a rotten time of it in different time eras, except for Spock who reverted back to an emotional Vulcan from the early era he was hiding in and he got to bang Mariette Hartley, who was pretty hot back in the 60's.
travel in time to when they made BETTER MOVIES!!!!! by The Marquis de Side 3	Jul 2nd, 2008 01:06:53 PM
if any should travel in time, it's movie studios so they can learn how REAL films were made. what exactly is the IQ quotient of the people who decide making remakes and adapting beloved toys and comics into lousy hashups is something people will wan to see?
Marquis de Side 3 by Rupee88	Jul 2nd, 2008 01:15:59 PM
i could be wrong but I have a sneaking suspicious than they are in it for the money...and they do pretty well in that dept.
Uh, I'm Already Confused by cowboyone	Jul 2nd, 2008 01:21:46 PM
Sounds like a good VanDamme vs. Dolf Lundgren vehicle.
Time Cop 2 by Judge Briggs	Jul 2nd, 2008 01:30:56 PM
Cartman: Look at this, 2 copies of Time Cop for $9.99! Cartman, why would you want 2 copies of Time Cop?
Damn, I need to finish my comic by krushjudgement	Jul 2nd, 2008 02:01:13 PM
I doesn't seem to matter right now if comics are written well or not. Hollywood is eating them up.
I WAS JUST HIDING IN TIME!!! by DoubleFantasy	Jul 2nd, 2008 02:15:35 PM
or maybe i was just lost cause 2 secs ago every aicn article was like 10 years old... ...
THE FOX AND THE FOREST by Ray Bradbury by westwood13	Jul 2nd, 2008 02:44:53 PM
From THE ILLUSTRATED MAN. Fugitives from the future hiding in the past. Great story. From 1951.
...the whole making money thing, Rupee88... by The Marquis de Side 3	Jul 2nd, 2008 03:25:22 PM
...is that once you make a lot of money, it ought to allow you the freedom to take creative risks. Yet no one seems to be committed to doing anything original. They go for reselling what was popular last year, hence "A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE" for you "LOTR" fans. there's LOTS of comic book properties out there that merit the big screen adaptation more than this stuff that is probably on the half-price bin on your local stand. The premise of "HIDING IN TIME" is already used, and can't say the original book was inspirational. Why can't we have a good "CEREBUS" adaptation? How about "PUMA BLUES?" "AMERICAN SPLENDOR" was quite brilliant. Give us something with substance, something that belongs on a shelf marked "classics" and not "half price". =0\
DerLanghaarige by zyuray2	Jul 2nd, 2008 03:51:04 PM
And then when the crime happens?
everything about this is lame. by BMacSmith	Jul 2nd, 2008 06:24:21 PM

Sounds Great!!! by Media Messiah	Jul 2nd, 2008 06:57:24 PM
A good idea...but I don't know about savinga master thief and his crew??? I think it would work better if a government agent is tracking a killer who is trying to wipe-out witnesses in general. His focus should be on stopping the killer or kllers.
Sounds like a rippoff of that old Bradbury story by Proman1984	Jul 2nd, 2008 09:17:33 PM
"In to the future".
Rob Zombie's Hiding In Time by Dr Gregory House	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:16:22 PM
Rednecks...check. F bombs...check. Strippers...check. Civil War era/South gonna do it again...check
WHY this is pretty fucking dumb... by Big Dumb Ape	Jul 3rd, 2008 12:08:08 AM
First of all, Kid Z basically nailed the biggest hole in this so-called high concept above: who the hell would want to go BACK in time to be hidden in witness protection, which would translate to a LESSER standard of living and more UNSAFE unconditions? The worst case scenario obviously being a sudden need for surgery, but being forced to now rely on antiquated medical practices? For crying out loud, forget about even that -- just think about how much we become babies over something common like dental pain and a cracked tooth or exposed nerve. Now think about going back 100 years to get a simple cavity fixed or a Heaven forbid a full crown put on and think about how it was done THEN. On top of which, this is my question (as someone who hasn't read the comic): IF you had a machine or device that could bend time and space -- and thus allow this plot to even occur -- why the hell would Witness Protection send you back instead of FORWARD? Not only would standards of living most likely be better, but think about it: if you shipped prisoners off FORWARD in time you've completely removed the entire cliched sci-fi time travel threat of them interfering with a historical timeline or changing it. In fact, if you were a government agency (like Witness protection) that was equipped wih its own very own time machine, you'd have to figure the time line could be extrapolated out...that they'd still have the machine in the future...and thus FUTURE agents would be EXPECTING you to ship them people to get them out of the way. At which point you could put them on a PRISONER-like island or something to truly keep them out of the way. For that matter, think about it: if you shipped witness protection people to the future instead, you'd be completely keeping them safe because NOW they'd be out of the way of any harm since (for example) the crime boss that they ratted out would long since be dead.
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