[Malankazooie]

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MODGOD NOTICE OF THREAD IS ABOUT HBO SERIES
NOT 'HOW TO PROPERLY START A THREAD ABOUT AN HBO SERIES'

[LinearPhilosopher]

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[Malankazooie]

Also has Olivia Cooke, who was excellent in Bates Motel. I recognize Rhys Ifans but I can't place what I've seen him in. Was it an Adam Sandler movie?

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The Mod Gods Must Be Crazy!
Rhys Ifans garnered a lot of attention as the wacky roommate in Notting Hill ~20 years ago, but he never really blew up like people expected? I mean he's been a steadily working character actor since then, not a flameout, but also not a lot of huge roles where it would be easy to pinpoint how you'd know him. He was the main villain in the first Andrew Garfield Spider-Man though.

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Malankazooie, on 06 May 2021 - 04:56 PM, said:

Also has Olivia Cooke, who was excellent in Bates Motel. I recognize Rhys Ifans but I can't place what I've seen him in. Was it an Adam Sandler movie?

Yes, he played one of his older brothers in Little Nicky. He's also in the movie Notting Hill, and played Xenophilus Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

[LinearPhilosopher]

uhhhhh

Can someone explain to me what happened here?....

Not that I mind a bit of humor here and there, and i do admire creativity.

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Excellent picture choice for mine!

[QuickTidal]

They really only have that one Targaryen white wig for the various dude's in these roles, eh?

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QuickTidal, on 07 May 2021 - 12:45 PM, said:

They really only have that one Targaryen white wig for the various dude's in these roles, eh?

...and i'm reasonably sure they upcycled it from Emma Frost in the old Generation X movie.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 09 May 2021 - 04:51 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 07 May 2021 - 12:45 PM, said:

They really only have that one Targaryen white wig for the various dude's in these roles, eh?

...and i'm reasonably sure they upcycled it from Emma Frost in the old Generation X movie.

I feel dirty correcting you on what was both an ATROCIOUS 90’s TV SHOW pilot that never got to series...but that I watched and ENJOYED nonetheless as a youngster because it was pre X-MEN marvel mutants and I wanted to love it so badly...and yes I STILL have a crush on Finola Hughes, and yes Jubilee and Banshee were the only other really recognizable mutants in the show...and no it’s not good and doesn’t hold up.

...but while we are on bad 90’s tv stuff...the rollerball ripoff FUTURESPORT with Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes which I also loved as a youth is also warmed up garbage,

I’m old.

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QuickTidal, on 10 May 2021 - 01:15 AM, said:

Abyss, on 09 May 2021 - 04:51 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 07 May 2021 - 12:45 PM, said:

They really only have that one Targaryen white wig for the various dude's in these roles, eh?

...and i'm reasonably sure they upcycled it from Emma Frost in the old Generation X movie.

I feel dirty correcting you on what was both an ATROCIOUS 90's TV SHOW pilot that never got to series...but that I watched and ENJOYED nonetheless as a youngster because it was pre X-MEN marvel mutants and I wanted to love it so badly...and yes I STILL have a crush on Finola Hughes, and yes Jubilee and Banshee were the only other really recognizable mutants in the show...and no it's not good and doesn't hold up.

...but while we are on bad 90's tv stuff...the rollerball ripoff FUTURESPORT with Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes which I also loved as a youth is also warmed up garbage,

I'm old.

I should have used 'made for tv movie' and accept the correction and also it was wholly utterly awful from beginning to end and probably set human-mutant relations back 50 years and is the reason the rights went to Sony.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 11 May 2021 - 01:39 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 10 May 2021 - 01:15 AM, said:

Abyss, on 09 May 2021 - 04:51 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 07 May 2021 - 12:45 PM, said:

They really only have that one Targaryen white wig for the various dude's in these roles, eh?

...and i'm reasonably sure they upcycled it from Emma Frost in the old Generation X movie.

I feel dirty correcting you on what was both an ATROCIOUS 90's TV SHOW pilot that never got to series...but that I watched and ENJOYED nonetheless as a youngster because it was pre X-MEN marvel mutants and I wanted to love it so badly...and yes I STILL have a crush on Finola Hughes, and yes Jubilee and Banshee were the only other really recognizable mutants in the show...and no it's not good and doesn't hold up.

...but while we are on bad 90's tv stuff...the rollerball ripoff FUTURESPORT with Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes which I also loved as a youth is also warmed up garbage,

I'm old.

I should have used 'made for tv movie' and accept the correction and also it was wholly utterly awful from beginning to end and probably set human-mutant relations back 50 years and is the reason the rights went to Sony.

Fox had the X-Men, not Sony, and this was actually still FOX, just Fox TV and not Fox movies.

And what's interesting is that this was a scant 4 years before X-MEN (2000) and Bryan Singer had already been chosen as the Director for that film while GEN-X aired on TV, so they were closer together than we think. As well, they used the same mansion (Hatley Castle in BC) for the school in this that they used for X2, X3, DOFP, X:Apocalypse, and Deadpool 1 and 2. So basically the location scouts for GENERATION X dictated the location for Professor X's School for nearly the entire Mutant sked of movies in the last 25 years (barring X-MEN which shot in and around Toronto and so used Casa Loma instead).

#TheMoreYouKnow

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 11 May 2021 - 12:56 PM

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Oh yeah? Well explain MUTANT X then smart guy!

[QuickTidal]

MUTANT X was Avi Arad (and Fireworks Entertainment; long defunct) just before he resigned his positions at Marvel Entertainment, So it was a Marvel Entertainment show made with Fireworks....AND....

On April 15, 2001, 20th Century Fox sued Marvel, Tribune Entertainment, and Fireworks Entertainment for breach of their licensing agreement and false advertisement. Fox stated it had exclusive rights from Marvel to develop the X-Men property, and anything similar was an infringement. Fox claimed that Mutant X was too similar to X-Men, and Mutant X was being advertised as an "X-Men replacement."

Marvel countersued Fox, saying that the two were dissimilar and asking the courts to allow Mutant X production to go forward. Production was allowed, as long as X-Men material was not used in the promotion of Mutant X.

On March 9, 2003, Fox and Marvel resolved their differences in a confidential settlement of their suits. Meanwhile, Fox continued to pursue their case against Tribune and Fireworks. Tribune sued Marvel for fraud and breach of contract, claiming Marvel encouraged Tribune to connect Mutant X to the X-Men, misrepresented what they were getting in their license, and caused millions in losses due to the need to alter storylines and characters to ensure the mandated distance between Mutant X and X-Men, as well as fighting Fox's litigation.[12] In November 2005, the dispute was settled in private.

Bickety bam.

[Malankazooie]

So it goes without saying, thar be dragons.

With the budgets now of fantasy shows (a half a billion $ for season 1 of LotR on Amazon Prime! ), we should expect some draw dropping dragon SFX in this, right? So, what dragons will we get? We'll for sure see Caraxes right? Or am I mixing up Matt Smith's character with the wrong Targaryen? What other dragons should be expect to appear in House of the Dragon? The Black Dread (Balerion) will be before this time right?, but wouldn't it be cool if they had a throwback scene with him?

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QuickTidal, on 11 May 2021 - 12:56 PM, said:

Abyss, on 11 May 2021 - 01:39 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 10 May 2021 - 01:15 AM, said:

Abyss, on 09 May 2021 - 04:51 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 07 May 2021 - 12:45 PM, said:

They really only have that one Targaryen white wig for the various dude's in these roles, eh?

...and i'm reasonably sure they upcycled it from Emma Frost in the old Generation X movie.

I feel dirty correcting you on what was both an ATROCIOUS 90's TV SHOW pilot that never got to series...but that I watched and ENJOYED nonetheless as a youngster because it was pre X-MEN marvel mutants and I wanted to love it so badly...and yes I STILL have a crush on Finola Hughes, and yes Jubilee and Banshee were the only other really recognizable mutants in the show...and no it's not good and doesn't hold up.

...but while we are on bad 90's tv stuff...the rollerball ripoff FUTURESPORT with Dean Cain, Vanessa Williams, and Wesley Snipes which I also loved as a youth is also warmed up garbage,

I'm old.

I should have used 'made for tv movie' and accept the correction and also it was wholly utterly awful from beginning to end and probably set human-mutant relations back 50 years and is the reason the rights went to Sony.

Fox had the X-Men, not Sony, and this was actually still FOX, just Fox TV and not Fox movies.

And what's interesting is that this was a scant 4 years before X-MEN (2000) and Bryan Singer had already been chosen as the Director for that film while GEN-X aired on TV, so they were closer together than we think. As well, they used the same mansion (Hatley Castle in BC) for the school in this that they used for X2, X3, DOFP, X:Apocalypse, and Deadpool 1 and 2. So basically the location scouts for GENERATION X dictated the location for Professor X's School for nearly the entire Mutant sked of movies in the last 25 years (barring X-MEN which shot in and around Toronto and so used Casa Loma instead).

#TheMoreYouKnow

Abyss, on 12 May 2021 - 04:39 AM, said:

Oh yeah? Well explain MUTANT X then smart guy!

QuickTidal, on 12 May 2021 - 01:03 PM, said:

MUTANT X was Avi Arad (and Fireworks Entertainment; long defunct) just before he resigned his positions at Marvel Entertainment, So it was a Marvel Entertainment show made with Fireworks....AND....

On April 15, 2001, 20th Century Fox sued Marvel, Tribune Entertainment, and Fireworks Entertainment for breach of their licensing agreement and false advertisement. Fox stated it had exclusive rights from Marvel to develop the X-Men property, and anything similar was an infringement. Fox claimed that Mutant X was too similar to X-Men, and Mutant X was being advertised as an "X-Men replacement."

Marvel countersued Fox, saying that the two were dissimilar and asking the courts to allow Mutant X production to go forward. Production was allowed, as long as X-Men material was not used in the promotion of Mutant X.

On March 9, 2003, Fox and Marvel resolved their differences in a confidential settlement of their suits. Meanwhile, Fox continued to pursue their case against Tribune and Fireworks. Tribune sued Marvel for fraud and breach of contract, claiming Marvel encouraged Tribune to connect Mutant X to the X-Men, misrepresented what they were getting in their license, and caused millions in losses due to the need to alter storylines and characters to ensure the mandated distance between Mutant X and X-Men, as well as fighting Fox's litigation.[12] In November 2005, the dispute was settled in private.

Bickety bam.

Ok bigshot with the wikipaste. Explain Wolverine's Australian accent in PRYDE OF THE X-MEN.