Bigdog wrote:
I'd love to see a film from Spielberg or James Cameron, but if not them, Joon-Ho Bong. Why Joon-Ho Bong? This South Korean Director proves he can do what it takes to make a great monster movie with a fantastic commentary not unlike the original Gojira. If Snowpiercer proves to be a success over here and his name becomes a mainstay in Hollywood, I'd want him to take the reigns so long as the overall tone of the first film is maintained. Even if Snowpiercer isn't a success, I would still want him to do a sequel.
I'd also would have loved in Ridley Scott got to do a film.
My post was a response to the following absolute:
Seriously, using a different director for the sequel of ANY franchise already is a bad sign
So where ever Alien went after Aliens, for example, was not my point.
I am familiar with Joon-ho and have seen all of his full-length films other than Barking Dogs and that newest Snowpiercer, for which I am very excited. I'd like to see him director another kaiju-style Korean film, maybe daikaiju since there haven't been any good giant monster Korean films yet unfortunately.
BARAGONBREH wrote:
Everything. The cartoony, fanboy approach to filmmaking he has unfortunately adopted in recent years is the last thing this franchise needs.
I never really got any of that from his films that I've seen. Hellboy isn't really cartoony so much as quirky-dark, which could also be said of some Batman entries. Pan's Labyrinth was very dark, and Blade II was dark-ish. I guess Pacific Rim, you mean? Even that I didn't find cartoony so much as "light".
gzilla46 wrote:Got another one. What about Neil Blomkamp, director of Elysium?
As long as it's District 9 Blomkamp and not Elysium Blomkamp. Elysium was decent but D9 was spectacular and special.
