Comments on: Tales of an Ancient Empire http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire The Game Mastering Blog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-7919 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:15 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-7919 There are more clips posted at the above link. Most of them are unfinished, and still have some visual balancing to go through (so the colors and brightness match from shot to shot), and the final soundtrack and sound editing done. In other words, the finished product should look a lot cleaner and have a more powerful vibe. This looks like a fun romp.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7919','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> There are more clips posted at the above link. Most of them are unfinished, and still have some visual balancing to go through (so the colors and brightness match from shot to shot), and the final soundtrack and sound editing done. In other words, the finished product should look a lot cleaner and have a more powerful vibe.

This looks like a fun romp.

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]]> By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-7796 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:17:59 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-7796 UPDATE: TSatS and ToaAE director Albert Pyun saw this article and sent an email for Martin to forward to me. In it, he expressed his appreciation of Gnome Stew in general and this article in particular, and included a link to this clip of Our Heroes in an interesting negotiation: http://www.vimeo.com/7028173 Gnome Stew - Hollywood directors read our stuff.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7796','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> UPDATE: TSatS and ToaAE director Albert Pyun saw this article and sent an email for Martin to forward to me. In it, he expressed his appreciation of Gnome Stew in general and this article in particular, and included a link to this clip of Our Heroes in an interesting negotiation:

http://www.vimeo.com/7028173

Gnome Stew – Hollywood directors read our stuff.

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]]> By: DocRyder http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4079 DocRyder Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:21:06 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4079 I had just graduated high school when that movie came out, and I too was disappointed when there was no sequel. However, I thought it was a bit cheesy, and really not that much better than most of the other '80's Fantasy you rag on here. :-) (Although I don't think I ever saw Deathstalker. That or my old memory has forgotten it.) I *liked* Hawk the Slayer, no matter how bad it was. It had some great ideas (can anybody say "multi-missile"?) Guess I'll have to go see this sequel now. :-)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4079','DocRyder'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I had just graduated high school when that movie came out, and I too was disappointed when there was no sequel.

However, I thought it was a bit cheesy, and really not that much better than most of the other ’80′s Fantasy you rag on here. :-) (Although I don’t think I ever saw Deathstalker. That or my old memory has forgotten it.) I *liked* Hawk the Slayer, no matter how bad it was. It had some great ideas (can anybody say “multi-missile”?)

Guess I’ll have to go see this sequel now. :-)

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]]> By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4043 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:00:43 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4043 <a href='#comment-4042' rel="nofollow">@deadlytoque</a> - I'm looking like a self-serve fanboy by replying so much to my own article... ** Looks slowly at the camera for a beat. Looks back. ** ...but I actually enjoyed the first Nemesis. There was a scene where a huge black guy with a flat-top toted a .50 caliber M2 (the kind of gun that gets mounted on tanks), and just unloads in a small hotel room. Brought tears to my eyes, it did.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4043','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @deadlytoque – I’m looking like a self-serve fanboy by replying so much to my own article…

** Looks slowly at the camera for a beat. Looks back. **

…but I actually enjoyed the first Nemesis. There was a scene where a huge black guy with a flat-top toted a .50 caliber M2 (the kind of gun that gets mounted on tanks), and just unloads in a small hotel room. Brought tears to my eyes, it did.

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]]> By: deadlytoque http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4042 deadlytoque Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:45:15 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4042 <a href='#comment-4033' rel="nofollow">@Kurt "Telas" Schneider</a> - 'f you can accurately describe it in terms of ancient Greek theater, then it definitely falls under the category of “takes itself too seriously”' I hereby nominate this is the funniest thing I will encounter today... and it's not yet 10 am. I am sadly set up for failure. I actually recently found Dragonslayer in a clearance bin for $4, and when I brought it home was floored to find out that none of my friends had ever even heard of it! I remember being totally stoked by the effects when I was a kid, and it did not disappoint my memories. I also loved The Sword and the Sorcerer, but I seem to recall my parents making me watch it on the black & white TV because of excessive gore (that was their compromise: I was allowed to watch violent movies starting around 7 or 8, but only in B&W until I was 10ish, so that it didn't -look- as bloody). I haven't seen it since (so, in at least 18 years) and don't know if it would hold up... might just have to check Amazon.. Given that Albert Pyun's directing credits on IMDB read like a list of movies nobody in their right mind should ever see, I can't say I'm holding out a lot of hope.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4042','deadlytoque'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @Kurt “Telas” Schneider – ‘f you can accurately describe it in terms of ancient Greek theater, then it definitely falls under the category of “takes itself too seriously”’

I hereby nominate this is the funniest thing I will encounter today… and it’s not yet 10 am. I am sadly set up for failure.

I actually recently found Dragonslayer in a clearance bin for $4, and when I brought it home was floored to find out that none of my friends had ever even heard of it! I remember being totally stoked by the effects when I was a kid, and it did not disappoint my memories.

I also loved The Sword and the Sorcerer, but I seem to recall my parents making me watch it on the black & white TV because of excessive gore (that was their compromise: I was allowed to watch violent movies starting around 7 or 8, but only in B&W until I was 10ish, so that it didn’t -look- as bloody). I haven’t seen it since (so, in at least 18 years) and don’t know if it would hold up… might just have to check Amazon..

Given that Albert Pyun’s directing credits on IMDB read like a list of movies nobody in their right mind should ever see, I can’t say I’m holding out a lot of hope.

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]]> By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4033 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:24:52 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4033 <a href='#comment-4032' rel="nofollow">@Peter K.</a> - Don't get me wrong; I like Dragonslayer. But if you can accurately describe it in terms of ancient Greek theater, then it <i>definitely</i> falls under the category of "takes itself too seriously". ;)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4033','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @Peter K. – Don’t get me wrong; I like Dragonslayer. But if you can accurately describe it in terms of ancient Greek theater, then it definitely falls under the category of “takes itself too seriously”. ;)
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]]> By: Peter K. http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4032 Peter K. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:38:59 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4032 Hey! What's with ragging on Dragonslayer? That movie had pathos.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4032','Peter K.'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Hey! What’s with ragging on Dragonslayer? That movie had pathos.
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]]> By: Aramax http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4028 Aramax Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:36:58 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4028 I LOVE this movie! I saw it many times at the Drive-in...and I actually WATCHED it.TALON TALON TALON TALON TALON!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4028','Aramax'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> I LOVE this movie! I saw it many times at the Drive-in…and I actually WATCHED it.TALON TALON TALON TALON TALON!
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]]> By: Jack Crow http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4026 Jack Crow Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:13:56 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4026 You might be the only person I have ever come across who thinks this film is as awesome as I think it is. I agree with you 100% and really appreciate the link to the sequel. Many thanks dude.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4026','Jack Crow'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> You might be the only person I have ever come across who thinks this film is as awesome as I think it is. I agree with you 100% and really appreciate the link to the sequel. Many thanks dude.
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]]> By: Kurt "Telas" Schneider http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4024 Kurt "Telas" Schneider Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:51:38 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4024 <a href='#comment-4023' rel="nofollow">@amp108</a> - About the same time as <i>Duke Nukem Forever</i>.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4024','Kurt \"Telas\" Schneider'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> @amp108 – About the same time as Duke Nukem Forever.
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]]> By: amp108 http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/tales-of-an-ancient-empire/comment-page-1#comment-4023 amp108 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:10:21 +0000 http://www.gnomestew.com/?p=2393#comment-4023 Fine and well that, but when is Buckaroo Banzai vs. the World Crime Syndicate coming out?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4023','amp108'); return false;">Reply</a> </div> Fine and well that, but when is Buckaroo Banzai vs. the World Crime Syndicate coming out?
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