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hovsm
2011-03-26 02:02:13 AM
Why are they comparing it with Iron Man? The guy didn't need a suit according to the trailer.
 
PsyLord
2011-03-26 02:09:24 AM
Hmm... Subby's definition of awesome is quite different than mine.
 
Apos [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 02:19:14 AM
Meh....I'll hold out for the Bollywood version of The Punisher: War Zone . Now THAT will be interesting.
 
kurlymonkey
2011-03-26 02:34:04 AM
Ironically, the special effects team was hired from Hollywood. Or so I read....
 
urban.derelict
2011-03-26 02:47:20 AM
Subby lied.
 
apeiron242
2011-03-26 03:00:18 AM
/indianHeadBobble.gif
 
The All-Powerful Atheismo
2011-03-26 03:24:14 AM
Damnit I'm busy this diwali
 
GungFu
2011-03-26 03:33:33 AM
urban.derelict: Subby lied.


Subby is Indian.
 
gadian [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 03:35:08 AM
That thing with the kittens in the side bar is cute enough to metabolize your blood into pure cane sugar.
 
Tachikoma [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 03:47:42 AM
The lack of singing and dancing saddens me.
 
100 Watt Walrus
2011-03-26 04:09:01 AM
Not clear on why anyone thinks that's a version of Iron Man in particular, but it looks like good cheesy Bollywood fun. A good popcorn-thrower.
 
rynthetyn [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 04:20:31 AM
I love Shah Rukh Khan movies, if some sort of subtitled version shows up in the US or on torrent sites, I'll definitely watch.
 
FedExPope
2011-03-26 04:22:48 AM
Apos: Meh....I'll hold out for the Bollywood version of The Punisher: War Zone . Now THAT will be interesting.

Yes. I want to see an Indian actor do a horrible caricature of a Brooklyn accent with his own accent stacked on top.

/the accents in that movie were god awful.
 
0Icky0
2011-03-26 06:03:44 AM
Enough of this holiday exploitation. Put Ram back in Diwali!
 
ThisSideofSteinway
2011-03-26 06:57:04 AM
Now if only we can see an Indian Iron Man/Robot (new window) crossover.

/And how bad-ass would the requisite dance scene be?
 
Honest Bender
2011-03-26 07:01:26 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9sRSBmE0k&feature=player_embedded

There, now you don't have to go to that crappy gawker page. Hey, subtard, why not link directly to the youtube video?
 
burning_bridge
2011-03-26 07:19:12 AM
Honest Bender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9sRSBmE0k&feature=player_embedded (new window)

There, now you don't have to go to that crappy gawker page. Hey, subtard, why not link directly to the youtube video?


Now in Clickable flavor.
 
OnmyojiOmn
2011-03-26 07:26:18 AM
Honest Bender: Hey, subtard, why not link directly to the youtube video?

Because this is a paid link from io9.
 
jso2897 [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 07:30:25 AM
I'll be impressed when they do a "Bollywood remake" of the Apu Trilogy.
 
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude
2011-03-26 09:17:13 AM
FedExPope: /the accents in that movie were god awful.

They were all bearable and no worse than a lot of other movies.

Except one. Dominic West.

Ho-lee shiat was that horrific. I thought the guy was speaking like that sarcastically or as some joke at first. Then I realized that it was really the accent Dominic West decided to use.

The guy goes from playing Jimmy McNulty to that. Just....wow.
 
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude
2011-03-26 09:19:34 AM
I find Bollywood remakes to be interesting in a "let's watch that train wreck" kind of way. They are so awfully retarded that it winds up being like a lot of those B horror flicks. So bad that it becomes watchable again.
 
red5ish
2011-03-26 09:33:10 AM
I'd watch it if I got the chance.
 
moralpanic
2011-03-26 09:38:40 AM
That sucked.
 
iron_city_ap
2011-03-26 09:40:29 AM
From wiki: For Sikhs, Diwali is important because it celebrates the release from prison of the sixth guru, Guru Hargobind, who also rescued 52 Hindu kings held captive by Mughal Emperor with him in the Gwalior Fort in 1619.

That sounds like it would make a good movie.
 
Zombalupagus
2011-03-26 10:04:20 AM
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: I find Bollywood remakes to be interesting in a "let's watch that train wreck" kind of way. They are so awfully retarded that it winds up being like a lot of those B horror flicks. So bad that it becomes watchable again.

Ok, now I'm going to have to go watch that awesome clip (new window starts at 2:13) with all the flying jeeps and the guy powersliding a horse again.
 
Uncle Wiggly [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 10:09:13 AM
It's a start.

The problem is this.

Bollywood story structure is this: blah-blah-dance-blah-blah-dance.
Hollywood story structure is this: blah-blah-kaboom-blah-blah-kaboom.

Except the 'blah-blah' parts are being shaved into 'blah' parts as character is sacrificed for FX (Battle:LA, Avatar, Star Wars 1,2,3).

Bollywood already does this because, well, India's diversity makes the US look like North Dakota so you need a common denominator (not lowest common, damnit) and that's the parts where you don't speak.

So: it's a start.
 
Old enough to know better
2011-03-26 10:48:46 AM
Wow, Jeff Goldblum is kicking ass!
 
Tank_Fuzzbutt
2011-03-26 11:03:06 AM
With the crap Hollywood is churning out I'm rooting for India to step up and give us some competition.
 
RoxtarRyan
2011-03-26 11:12:59 AM
burning_bridge: Honest Bender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9sRSBmE0k&feature=player_embedded (new window)

There, now you don't have to go to that crappy gawker page. Hey, subtard, why not link directly to the youtube video?


Now in Clickable flavor.

Thank you, and thanks Honest Bender.

Any Gawker Asset site I avoid like the plague, if only because of their shiatty webdesign, it take a solid minute to load. And no, I'm not going to speed up the loading process disabling ABP, NoScript or Ghostery.
 
kroonermanblack
2011-03-26 11:21:41 AM
I've heard about the horror of Gawker sites, this is my first forray. This one loaded in a second or two, and the clip played without a hitch for me, dunno. I'm still using FF 3.6, Ad blocker, Flash blocker, that's it.

The movie looks interesting at least. It can't be worse than any of the Shaky-cam kaboom! movies, or the Whatever:twilightening flicks out right now.

/is suckerpunched bad, really bad, or ok?
 
GungFu
2011-03-26 11:29:34 AM
jso2897: I'll be impressed when they do a "Bollywood remake" of the Apu Trilogy.

1.bp.blogspot.com

Want!
 
weapon13
2011-03-26 12:13:23 PM
This is more like Terminator 2 than Iron man..
They filmed this last year in July

Went to two recalls for this, still have the script (lots of dialogue was lifted straight from T2)
 
archichris [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 01:10:11 PM
The linked video looked lame, but the links on that page to the insane indian terminator movie looked awesome.

I just have a few questions.....

1- How does the sleek robot turn into a chubby indian middle aged guy with bad seventies hair?

2- When his fake skin is burned off why does he look like gary coleman?

3- Was the scene where he negotiates with the mosquito king really neccessary?
 
DavidVincent
2011-03-26 01:41:28 PM
Edited so you can't see how crappy the special effects are.
 
Fano
2011-03-26 02:01:04 PM
I'm in (new window)
 
FedExPope
2011-03-26 02:48:14 PM
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: FedExPope: /the accents in that movie were god awful.

They were all bearable and no worse than a lot of other movies.

Except one. Dominic West.

Ho-lee shiat was that horrific. I thought the guy was speaking like that sarcastically or as some joke at first. Then I realized that it was really the accent Dominic West decided to use.

The guy goes from playing Jimmy McNulty to that. Just....wow.

Yeah, I you're right. It was just the two main villains, Dominic West's character and the actor that played his brother, Doug Hutchinson. I guess I keyed in on those two and blocked out the rest.
 
inigo montoya's father
2011-03-26 02:53:43 PM
rynthetyn: I love Shah Rukh Khan movies, if some sort of subtitled version shows up in the US or on torrent sites, I'll definitely watch.

This.

*Insert fangirl sigh here* Oh Shah Rukh!
 
Cup_O_Jo [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 03:16:10 PM
Thats not bad---still no dance number..
 
Terrified Asexual Forcemeat
2011-03-26 03:17:15 PM
GungFu: jso2897: I'll be impressed when they do a "Bollywood remake" of the Apu Trilogy.



Want!

jacob.efinke.com
 
MrEricSir
2011-03-26 03:26:31 PM
From the trailer, it doesn't look any better or worse than the original Iron Man.
 
weapon13
2011-03-26 04:11:50 PM
Cup_O_Jo: Thats not bad---still no dance number..

Oh but there is...
 
artthehypnotist
2011-03-26 05:18:58 PM
Bollywood puts out some fun stuff.
Some of the stuff they put out reminds me of Kung-Fu Hustle.
That was fun to see in the theaters.
I even own the DVD.
Link to Trailer (new window)
 
stealingisbad
2011-03-26 05:23:28 PM
fc06.deviantart.net
 
The Banana Thug
2011-03-26 05:38:09 PM
Bollywood sometimes does a decent job of remaking an American film.

For example, Denzel Washington's "Man On Fire" was remade into "Ek Ajnabee" was quite entertaining. Even with the required dance numbers and all.
 
brookgo
2011-03-26 05:51:18 PM
urban.derelict: Subby lied.

I remember you. You're the guy who posted a pic of your fat girlfriend bragging about how hot she is. Shame that thread didn't stick around longer.
 
jso2897 [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 06:16:21 PM
GungFu: jso2897: I'll be impressed when they do a "Bollywood remake" of the Apu Trilogy.



Want!

I have the odd feeling that you actually DO know what I am talking about.
 
Shirley Ujest
2011-03-26 06:39:25 PM
Has Harry Potter been Bollywoodized?
 
RoosterCogburn [TotalFark]
2011-03-26 09:07:19 PM
GungFu: urban.derelict: Subby lied.


Subby is Indian.

Dot or feather?

Because I suspect a fair bit of firewater was ingested before he submitted that headline.
 
Tealeaf
2011-03-26 09:17:34 PM
Ok, I thought that was fairly awesome. But then, I like most of the el'cheapo horrible original SciFi movies that come out too, so take that as you will.

/but not Battle of Los Angles. Ugh.
//not subby
 
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