This is topic Knights of Badassdom Trailer -- Larping with Peter Dinklage and Summer Glau in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
Wow. If you know who Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau, Ryan Kwanten, and Steve Zahn are. . . . If you're even mildly interested in fantasy or horror or comedy. . . . Just wow!
I hope that the film can live up to the trailer. The "indie-ness" of it is astounding. Reminds me a little of a souped-up Tucker and Dale crossed with Dorkness Rising. Or something that Felicia Day would be involved in.
Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
That looks AWESOME...like Army of Darkness meets Role Models.
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
Don't forget Danny Pudi. It's also got Danny Pudi.
I... I'm going to see it, but I'm half afraid it has too much nerd cred, and will somehow manage to squander its potential.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I'm so glad Felicia Day is nowhere near this.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
Why, Tom?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Because she can't actually act.
Posted by Pablo Pavlovich (Member # 12617) on :
Yeah, heaven forfend she drag down the quality craft of Steve "Olivier" Zahn.
Posted by Aros (Member # 4873) on :
She's been pretty good in Eureka this season.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
You know, Steve Zahn is actually a pretty decent actor. Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
WHAT!? CMON FELICIA DAY IS AWESOME!
Sure I've only ever seen her play "nervous nerdy red head" but c'mon why ruin a good thing.
The only thing to improve this is to have Wil Wheaton.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I....I'm afraid I feel the same way about Wil Wheaton; he's a great guy and a wonderful nerd, but it's rare that I've found myself thinking, "Man, he really elevated that role."
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Quite frankly, Felicia Day is decent at acting like a nerd, and the correct amount of a bad at acting like a nerd pretending to be a fantasy character. Posted by Jeff C. (Member # 12496) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: I....I'm afraid I feel the same way about Wil Wheaton; he's a great guy and a wonderful nerd, but it's rare that I've found myself thinking, "Man, he really elevated that role."
Agree 100%. Same with Felecia Day.
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: WHAT!? CMON FELICIA DAY IS AWESOME!
Sure I've only ever seen her play "nervous nerdy red head" but c'mon why ruin a good thing.
The only thing to improve this is to have Wil Wheaton.
See this is the mentality that I am always afraid will plague any movie with a cast that exceeds a certain threshold of amazing nerds.
For a movie to be good, it requires a good script and at least adequate directing. If it doesn't have that, you can't simply throw more nerds at the problem to fix it.
That being said, this movie so far does look great. Peter Dinklage in particular cracked me up pretty much every time he was on scene. He seems like an exceptional actor. He's also pretty much the only primary casting choice for the GoT HBO series that I actually really felt did perfect justice to the character. Nowadays I read Tyrion's chapters, even the ones in later books, in Dinklage's voice, which is a pretty impressive feat to have accomplished.
Posted by Aros (Member # 4873) on :
Yes, Felicia Day's acting might be a little "one-note", but she is cute as a button. And the movie certainly would not have suffered from her writing skills, which are excellent.
Wheaton, on the other hand, is a little bit of a ham.
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