Lawrence of Arabia: Passport to Paris
"A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia"
http://imdb.com/title/tt0099356/
I know I'm a bit late on the uptake, but give me a break, I couldn't even walk when this movie came out, but still... What crazy bastard tries to make a sequel to Lawrence of Arabia!? Most epic film ever made vs. made-for-tv movie starring Ralph Fiennes about the Paris Peace Conference following WW1. Lawrence of Arabia is just not T.E. Lawrence if a) it's set in Paris, also known as the Castro district of Europe, b) doesn't contain a horde of Arabs on camels whopping some serious Ottomon Empire ass at Aqaba, c) doesn't contain Lawrence prancing around admiring himself in his new robes.
What are they going to do? Steal a page from The Odyssey and show Lawrence and his trusty companion Prince Feisal fighting the cyclopes on the way to Paris to liven the movie up? I'm not even refined (*cough* gay *cough cough*) enough to watch an entire movie on the Paris Peace Conference.
The Christian Right gets one thing correct: SOME THINGS SHOULD BE SACRED.
EDIT: Upon further inspection here is who they cast to play Prince Feisal, I kid you not:
Here is who played Prince Feisal in the original:
That's right, in the original Lawrence of Arabia, Prince Feisal was played by Alec Guiness (aka. Obi-Wan)
Who would you want as Prince Feisal, the gay doctor from the little known Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, or the most kick-ass jedi in the galaxy? Alex Guiness wouldn't take any shit from some snotty French (Serge Gainsbourg excluded because he's awesome). He'd just wave his hand - "this isn't the form of imperialism you're looking for", and it'd be over. What's Dr. Bashir going to do, quote the Prime Directive before he gets his ass whooped by some Klingon. Sending Dr. Bashir to negotate with the French for independence instead of Obi-Wan is the equivalent of sending John Bolton to try to enlist the French's aid in the American Revolution instead of Ben Franklin. Nuff' said.
P.S. Oh god, I sounded like Maddox for a minute there.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0099356/
I know I'm a bit late on the uptake, but give me a break, I couldn't even walk when this movie came out, but still... What crazy bastard tries to make a sequel to Lawrence of Arabia!? Most epic film ever made vs. made-for-tv movie starring Ralph Fiennes about the Paris Peace Conference following WW1. Lawrence of Arabia is just not T.E. Lawrence if a) it's set in Paris, also known as the Castro district of Europe, b) doesn't contain a horde of Arabs on camels whopping some serious Ottomon Empire ass at Aqaba, c) doesn't contain Lawrence prancing around admiring himself in his new robes.
What are they going to do? Steal a page from The Odyssey and show Lawrence and his trusty companion Prince Feisal fighting the cyclopes on the way to Paris to liven the movie up? I'm not even refined (*cough* gay *cough cough*) enough to watch an entire movie on the Paris Peace Conference.
The Christian Right gets one thing correct: SOME THINGS SHOULD BE SACRED.
EDIT: Upon further inspection here is who they cast to play Prince Feisal, I kid you not:
Here is who played Prince Feisal in the original:
That's right, in the original Lawrence of Arabia, Prince Feisal was played by Alec Guiness (aka. Obi-Wan)
Who would you want as Prince Feisal, the gay doctor from the little known Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, or the most kick-ass jedi in the galaxy? Alex Guiness wouldn't take any shit from some snotty French (Serge Gainsbourg excluded because he's awesome). He'd just wave his hand - "this isn't the form of imperialism you're looking for", and it'd be over. What's Dr. Bashir going to do, quote the Prime Directive before he gets his ass whooped by some Klingon. Sending Dr. Bashir to negotate with the French for independence instead of Obi-Wan is the equivalent of sending John Bolton to try to enlist the French's aid in the American Revolution instead of Ben Franklin. Nuff' said.
P.S. Oh god, I sounded like Maddox for a minute there.