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Post by cinemafan97 on Jun 12, 2018 19:37:17 GMT
Originally, Steven Spielberg wanted " Jaws 2" to be a prequel about Quint's time on the USS Indianapolis, but he was busy with " Close encounters of the Third Kind" and the studio could not wait a year, so he abandoned the project and " Jaws 2" was made as a sequel with Brody returning instead of a Prequel about Quint. Now, there has not been a Jaws movie since 1987. In the last 20 years we have seen a lot of classic movie franchises get remade, rebooted, or have new sequels or prequels. Jaws, surprisingly, has not fallen victim to this treatment. If a prequel to Jaws about Quint and his experience on the USS Indianapolis were to be made today, could it work? Who could play Quint? And Who would be a good choice to direct said prequel? |
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Post by Marv on Jun 12, 2018 19:39:14 GMT
I think I’d prefer a good retelling of the USS Indianapolis story but with a nod to a character named Quint in one or two scenes.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 12, 2018 19:39:31 GMT
I think the Nic Cage film squashed chances of that.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 12, 2018 19:41:53 GMT
One where Bruce was a family man. One peaceful day, his family was murdered by the Bugatti crime family for reasons unknown. Driven mad by this, he just decides to not stop until humanity is meat between his teeth. In meeting the trio of Quint, Hooper, and Brody, the results are tragic.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 12, 2018 19:42:18 GMT
No it couldn't.
Two different genres.
The Indianapolis story is historical/tragedy, Jaws is B movie territory.
Then again, a movie about a nuclear-powered shark....Sharkzilla..
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Post by cinemafan97 on Jun 12, 2018 19:44:08 GMT
No it couldn't. Two different genres. The Indianapolis story is historical/tragedy, Jaws is B movie territory. Then again, a movie about a nuclear-powered shark....Sharkzilla.. Are you saying that a Jaws Prequel about Quint's experience on the USS Indianapolis would be exploitative? |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 12, 2018 19:47:20 GMT
One where Bruce was a family man. One peaceful day, his family was murdered by the Bugatti crime family for reasons unknown. Driven mad by this, he just decides to not stop until humanity is meat between his teeth. In meeting the trio of Quint, Hooper, and Brody, the results are tragic. One time on a movie forum there was a game to detail movie plots in a unique way so mine was for Jaws--similar to that. It was something like:
A fearless seafarer seeks revenge on the mad man named Quint who murdered his family with a genocidal hatred. He holds a town hostage to lure the unwitting target into his aquatic domain for a suicidal showdown.
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Post by cinemafan97 on Jun 12, 2018 19:49:40 GMT
I think the Nic Cage film squashed chances of that. Didn't that movie bomb? |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 12, 2018 19:56:43 GMT
Are you saying that a Jaws Prequel about Quint's experience on the USS Indianapolis would be exploitative? It would be exploitative by design, but if it wasn't, it would be another genre anyway. The Indianapolis story is like a story within a story in the film--it could exist as a short film in fact, with three guys talking about nothing and then turning serious. The story is not just about sharks but government betrayal and human violence.
But Jaws is about Brody, not Quint.
A back story about Quint is unnecessary anyway and would provide pointless or even damaging detail. It would be like seeing the Clone Wars. Better not to have seen it, and have it be a throwaway line in Star Wars, and let one's imagination fill in the details.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 12, 2018 20:02:02 GMT
they delivered the bomb October the 14th, 2016
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Post by HorrorMetal on Jun 12, 2018 20:12:39 GMT
I wouldn't mind seeing a story about a young Quint encountering sharks.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Jun 12, 2018 22:00:16 GMT
I'd rather just see something new entirely. I'm not opposed to more shark movies per se, but leave the Jaws series where it rests. The fact that it hasn't been re-booted or re-made in over 30 years is a goddamn miracle.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 23:14:29 GMT
How could you have it about Quint and the Indianapolis and still have it as the Jaws franchise? I know there were sharks in the water, but that's a stretch. And let's say there was this HUGE shark that menaced Quint and the others, yet he somehow fails to mention this decades later when facing another huge shark...
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 12, 2018 23:42:09 GMT
IF they made a Quint on the Indianapolis film back between 1993 and 5 the BEST actor to have gotten for the role WOULD HAVE BEEN Joaquin Phoenix. Now he's TOO OLD and it's TOO LATE...
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Post by cinemafan97 on Jun 13, 2018 4:01:12 GMT
IF they made a Quint on the Indianapolis film back between 1993 and 5 the BEST actor to have gotten for the role WOULD HAVE BEEN Joaquin Phoenix. Now he's TOO OLD and it's TOO LATE...
Are there any actors who you think could play the role now? |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jun 13, 2018 4:29:25 GMT
IF they made a Quint on the Indianapolis film back between 1993 and 5 the BEST actor to have gotten for the role WOULD HAVE BEEN Joaquin Phoenix. Now he's TOO OLD and it's TOO LATE...
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 13, 2018 14:03:11 GMT
I think the Nic Cage film squashed chances of that. Didn't that movie bomb? What Nic Cage from the past 10 years hasn't bombed? |
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