What a disappointment.
I'm pretty sure that my 2006 edition of Steve Alten's Novel of Deep Terror 'Meg' had a "soon to be a major motion picture" sticker on it. I guess they had to wait 15 years so the CGI could make her look truly believable.
They've changed the nationality of all of the novel's Japanese characters to Chinese. This, coupled with the casting of Jason Statham, makes me believe this film was produced entirely with the Chinese audience in mind.
The most critical scene from the book, the first fucking chapter, when meg eats the T-rex, is not in the trailer. If you're not tickling the public with that, then is it even in the movie?
It was my understanding that Ridley Scott was originally attached to direct the adaptation. Who the hell is Jon Turteltaub?
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Complete thread:
- OT: odds-n-sods -
KGB,
2018-07-18, 08:49
- Great interview. Can’t wait on FM doc. FU! - River, 2018-07-19, 13:14
- great thread -
Jay,
2018-07-18, 14:07
- Bad Plus! -
KGB,
2018-07-18, 17:36
- Saw them 10+ years ago at SF's Symphony Hall... #pureawesome - Mark, 2018-07-19, 10:50
- video I took - Jay, 2018-07-19, 00:47
- *Twitter: @dog_feelings Read it. - Greg, 2018-07-18, 16:39
- Watched Hannah Gadsby’s special “Nannette” last night.... - bk, 2018-07-18, 16:33
- Bad Plus! -
KGB,
2018-07-18, 17:36
- I did read the book before the movie was released - Jack, 2018-07-18, 13:29
- I'm still wary of the Freddie Mercury biopic -
Jim (fisherj08),
2018-07-18, 09:30
- SBC would have been great, but yeah, the band did have to -
Jack,
2018-07-18, 13:11
- Entire band still together? Queen? -
hobbs,
2018-07-18, 17:14
- Brian May, astronomer! - nedhead, 2018-07-18, 17:23
- Entire band still together? Queen? -
hobbs,
2018-07-18, 17:14
- I don't see anything in the trailer -
KGB,
2018-07-18, 09:54
- That's a double negative, by the way -
BPH,
2018-07-18, 10:15
- I was told there would be no grammar - KGB, 2018-07-18, 11:00
- That's a double negative, by the way -
BPH,
2018-07-18, 10:15
- The movie is of course misnamed -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 09:38
- Well this opens up several possibilities -
MattG,
2018-07-18, 10:52
- this is an awesome post -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 11:25
- "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" - KGB, 2018-07-18, 11:31
- this is an awesome post -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 11:25
- Well this opens up several possibilities -
MattG,
2018-07-18, 10:52
- SBC would have been great, but yeah, the band did have to -
Jack,
2018-07-18, 13:11
- is Jaws the most paradoxical genre film ever? -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 09:28
- you should love Jaws -
Jay,
2018-07-18, 14:02
- It is my favorite movie! -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 14:08
- it's one of those movies -
Jay,
2018-07-18, 14:18
- The sad fact of the matter - DEM, 2018-07-18, 15:52
- it's one of those movies -
Jay,
2018-07-18, 14:18
- It is my favorite movie! -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 14:08
- I guess by your post you do not think Sharknado 1, 2, 3, 4 -
Grantland,
2018-07-18, 09:44
- Heh, my friend was in Sharknado 3. - Joe I, 2018-07-18, 12:49
- Don't worry, THE MEG is coming out later this summer -
Jim (fisherj08),
2018-07-18, 09:31
- What a disappointment. -
Romulox,
2018-07-18, 10:48
- How bad is that book? -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 11:25
- Was at a very good restaurant in your neck of the woods -
DEM,
2018-07-18, 12:10
- My wife and I actually went there opening night -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 13:12
- Only tangentially -
DEM,
2018-07-18, 13:27
- I mean, I wouldn't want to live there - Mike (bart), 2018-07-18, 13:33
- Only tangentially -
DEM,
2018-07-18, 13:27
- My wife and I actually went there opening night -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 13:12
- Meg eats a T-Rex in chapter 1 -
Romulox,
2018-07-18, 12:01
- ot: re - san francisco -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 13:16
- Have you seen this ... - Mark, 2018-07-19, 10:59
- ot: re - san francisco -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 13:16
- Was at a very good restaurant in your neck of the woods -
DEM,
2018-07-18, 12:10
- How bad is that book? -
Mike (bart),
2018-07-18, 11:25
- What a disappointment. -
Romulox,
2018-07-18, 10:48
- you should love Jaws -
Jay,
2018-07-18, 14:02