Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel - io9 Comments

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

Klebert L. Hall — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:15:13 PDT

@nonbreakingspace:

Just play anything by Games Workshop (okay, maybe not the historicals or LotR), and make your own sequel.

-Kle.

Klebert L. Hall

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

Plummit — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:57:04 PDT

Why add ridiculous xtreme idiot sports into a movie like this.. snow mobile back flips=lame....

What's next, a cameo by Travis Pastrana in a moto-x aerial tricks/ knife fight...

Plummit

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zenpoet — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:45:03 PDT

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: That would be a tasty sandwich.

Hopefully this movie goes better than most of us are hoping. Reading about the troubles it has had makes me worried.

zenpoet

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I&I — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:12:15 PDT

If you're going to give the director his props you should say "Matthieu Kassovitz - [La Haine, The Crimson Rivers]" - a much better indication of what he's capable of. La Haine is one of the best films to come out of France in the last 20 years. Crimson Rivers was overwrought but still very good.

The look of the trailer is a bit reminiscent of Children of Men. Here's hoping the trailer was cut to look like a trailer, not what the film is really like.

I&I

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Dunny0 — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:27:31 PDT

@jbq: Yeah, but the more I think about it the more I realize it's Milla Jovovich in, well... Everything she's done.

And I'm okay with that.

Dunny0

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Liz Henry — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:02:46 PDT

How can you possibly be cautious? With Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh? And surely there will be explosions? It can't fail to be awesome.

Liz Henry

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Silver_Back — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:10:26 PDT

Is it me or is Vin looking scruffier than usual?

Silver_Back

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

monkity — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:36:02 PDT

@Charlie Jane Anders: Nanny as in bananny?

monkity

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

geekzilla — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:45:13 PDT

@Castle1914: "OMG zombies..." Ooh - there's an idea, Vin being the hero in a zombie movie - COOL!

geekzilla

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jbq — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:59:46 PDT

@Dunny0: Now there's a concept...

jbq

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Dunny0 — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:38:57 PDT

@Final: TLDNR.

Dunny0

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Final — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:15:08 PDT

So I take it that attention spans have reached the point that 'splosions even need to be chopped and cut

Final

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Rigger — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:07:58 PDT

I can't wait...

... to pirate the European full version of the movie. Screw the theaters if they're editing it.

Rigger

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TWSS — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:15 PDT

The book (Babylon Babies by Maurice Dantec) wasn't half bad, if you like sci-fi noir.

TWSS

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justdevin — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:53:29 PDT

So, Vin Diesel is chauffeuring the Kwisatz Haderach? Or, to put it another way: "Children of Men" + "The Transporter" + "Dune" = "Babylon A.D."?

justdevin

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Jim (The Canuck One) — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:32:59 PDT

"...she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest..."

oooh, Britney found more work. Good for her.

Jim (The Canuck One)

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Garrison Dean, King Awesome — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:29:26 PDT

@Plague: Clearly not or I would've had one years ago when my heart went a twitter during "Boiler Room".

Garrison Dean, King Awesome

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Plague — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:19:45 PDT

The love of Vin Diesel is all it takes to get a 'star' these days, I see.

Plague

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

Tiwa — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:18:43 PDT

The sad thing is most people are probably going to react to the ultra-fast cutting in the trailer and not the actual content, because it goes by too fricking fast.

Vin Diesel walks in slow mo...EXPLOSIONhuhFLURRYOFBODIESwhuh?!MICHELLEYEOH'SFACEooh. I HAVE TO SEE THIS.

Tiwa

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nonbreakingspace — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:17:34 PDT

I'm still waiting for the sequel to Chronicles of Riddick

nonbreakingspace

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Dunny0 — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:57:03 PDT

@Castle1914: @Smeagol92055: When am I finally going to get my "OMG genetically modified zombie messiah"?

Dunny0

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Garrison Dean, King Awesome — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:54:33 PDT

@zenpoet: If you are referring to a Sandwich made of Creativity and Success, then indeed Kanye West definitely bites it.

Garrison Dean, King Awesome

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zenpoet — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:44:58 PDT

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: Deny, deny, deny. Well, it worked for Ollie North, let me know how it goes for you.

and Kanye still bites it! See, I just can't let it go, how much of a douchenozzle am I?

zenpoet

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Castle1914 — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:10:08 PDT

@Smeagol92055: As many times as I've had to put up with the whole "OMG Zombies!" thing.

Castle1914

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Seiven — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:09:45 PDT

sweet I am looking forward to this

Seiven

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Smeagol92055 — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:55:54 PDT

*sigh* how many times are we going to have to sit through the whole 'genetically modified messiah' thing?

Smeagol92055

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Garrison Dean, King Awesome — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:53:22 PDT

@zenpoet: Paciwha?

Garrison Dean, King Awesome

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Jeff-Minor — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:30:47 PDT

I totally want Vin Diesel to be my nanny too. He's pretty fun to watch.

Jeff-Minor

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zenpoet — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:26:25 PDT

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: You missed the Pacifier, did you?

And as a huge fan starting all the way back with The Iron Giant, I hope this does in fact bring him back around.

Sure there is a lot of hate against the guy, but seriously, he is genetically perfect for every kick ass action role. Crazy stair, deep voice, muscular. Acting ability. What else is needed?

zenpoet

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Castle1914 — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:15:22 PDT

So it occurs to me that they're going for an action movie instead of a Sci Fi movie as the only thing in it that's vaguely Sci Fi is the injector in one scene.

Castle1914

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urukhaifive — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:07:52 PDT

@G for GRENADE:
*dark mood music*
*images of destruction in space*
In this world, where planets battle for control of the interspace shipping zones, only one man can conquer...
*cut to a retro-futuristic suburban house with three little kids standing in front, accompanied by a sudden shift to light-hearted and airy music*
THE BABYLON CHILDREN

urukhaifive

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darcymcgee — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:57:31 PDT

The way I see it, any movie that INVOLVES Vin Diesel is INSTANTLY a "dystopia grim enough for Vin Diesel."

darcymcgee

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G for GRENADE — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:53:24 PDT

Maybe he's going to play a nanny in this too... sick!

G for GRENADE

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

Auld_Lang_Ziety — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:49:02 PDT

So the Chronicles of Riddick wasn't grim? Or was it not a dystopia?

Underverse sounds pretty dystopic. And grim.

Auld_Lang_Ziety

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Garrison Dean, King Awesome — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:48:11 PDT

Nice. I can't wait to see it. My Altar of Vin in my closet started to glow last night in anticipation of a trailer.

Seriously, this is gonna be awesome. Name one, ONE bad movie that was released in the waning days of summer.

Garrison Dean, King Awesome

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Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:29:23 PDT

@urukhaifive: I totally want Vin Diesel to be my nanny.

Charlie Jane Anders

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

urukhaifive — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:25:35 PDT

It's a great change from his stream of Mr. Nanny rip-offs.

urukhaifive

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Log1c — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:22:42 PDT

I watched that video on mute, but the sad this is, my brain started to fill in the standard action noises when they were needed, started silent, built up, boom, boom, boom, type shit...

In any case, I'll probably rent it.

Log1c

Finally, A Dystopia Grim Enough For Vin Diesel

twreckx — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:13:00 PDT

I hope this brings Vin Diesel back to his Pitch Black acting form. The man's good as Find Me Guilty readily attests to.

twreckx