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(Variety)   Mummy & Mummy II double-feature turns into triple-feature with a guest appearance by Rick O'Connell himself. Bonus: He's even wearing the costume   (variety.com) divider line
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gopher321 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 3:17:24 AM  
Reports indicate the theater was burned down after Mummy III started playing...
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 5:03:14 AM  
I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

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houstondragon
2023-01-27 8:16:43 AM  
That's awesome. Glad to see him making his comeback :)
 
Altman
2023-01-27 8:17:46 AM  
He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!
 
AnotherBluesStringer [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 8:19:15 AM  
His interview with Marc Maron this week was amazing. He's brutally open and honest in the best ways.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 8:39:36 AM  
That man is absolutely crushing it. So good to see!
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 8:47:45 AM  

bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

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Good movie.

The movie poster has always bugged me though. What the heck is Moira Kelly doing with her hands?
 
hoyt clagwell [OhFark]
2023-01-27 8:51:34 AM  

Wendigogo: bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

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Good movie.

The movie poster has always bugged me though. What the heck is Moira Kelly doing with her hands?


White Power symbol.  EVERYTHING has been co-opted into a white power symbol.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 8:58:49 AM  

Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!


His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.  The first two movies were so much fun.  Yet somehow they kind of just came and went and it turned into a crappy direct-to-dvd series of movies.
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-01-27 9:02:06 AM  
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You Are All Sheep
2023-01-27 9:02:17 AM  

Wendigogo: bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

[Fark user image image 850x1275]

Good movie.

The movie poster has always bugged me though. What the heck is Moira Kelly doing with her hands?


getting that damn booger off her pinky
 
Jim_Tressel's_O-Face
2023-01-27 9:04:41 AM  

NeoCortex42: His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.


The Mummy was Indiana Jones if you made it more of an ensemble picture, and it absolutely worked.
 
Baron Krelve
2023-01-27 9:12:07 AM  

Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!


Totally. Gotta love him dual wielding the pythons. 2005 Baron Krelve playing MW2 heartily approves.
 
Dibikad
2023-01-27 9:14:31 AM  

bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

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One of my favorite fall/winter movies. The dvd gets popped in at least once a year.
 
catmandu
2023-01-27 9:35:19 AM  

bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

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This is what got me hooked. Anyone who can dance as well as Christopher Walken gets my vote (swing dance no less).

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patricula
2023-01-27 9:35:39 AM  
Anyone remember "Still Breathing"?

I saw it at a press screening and pretty much never heard from it again. I loved it!

And "Blast from the Past" was dang enjoyable too.
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:38:20 AM  

You Are All Sheep: Wendigogo: bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

[Fark user image image 850x1275]

Good movie.

The movie poster has always bugged me though. What the heck is Moira Kelly doing with her hands?

getting that damn booger off her pinky


I should have clarified, "wrong answers only".
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 9:39:54 AM  

Wendigogo: The movie poster has always bugged me though. What the heck is Moira Kelly doing with her hands?


She's playing handsies with Josh Hamilton's character as if they were together in the film, but no one actually liked him in the movie because he was a dick.
 
gregario
2023-01-27 9:43:52 AM  
The best part of The Mummy

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groppet
2023-01-27 9:51:18 AM  
I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.
 
Flappyhead
2023-01-27 9:57:15 AM  
If you have The Mummy on DVD give the commentary with Vosloo, Fehr and O'Connor a watch.  Good stuff.
 
Wookie Milson
2023-01-27 10:10:25 AM  

groppet: I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.


Did it? I haven't started Season 4 yet, but the first three seasons were terrific and I consider Doom Patrol to be the best that DC has had to offer television. Having said that, I've also never met anyone else who watches it, so I can't be too surprised by its demise. I also haven't had the opportunity to observe the Fraser comeback, because I've been enjoying him on this show the whole time he's been "away."
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 10:13:26 AM  

groppet: I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.


I've been wanting to see it, but I can't justify spending money on yet another streaming sub.
 
Stantz
2023-01-27 10:22:58 AM  
CSB: The scene in the first Mummy where Rick meets up with Evelyn on the dockside was shot at Chatham Historic Dockyards (51.393035567814614, 0.5251710263656867), which has been used for both recent Sherlock movies & Les Mis, amongst others. When the scene was being filmed I was delivering to a site across the river (visible on the deleted scenes), so in a weird way, I'm probably in the film somewhere, only hidden by a matte painting
 
yakmans_dad
2023-01-27 10:32:44 AM  
People have a lot of touchstone moments in movies. I love Rachel Weisz's "I am ... a librarian" from The Mummy. We'll watch it to get to that moment. And as a whole, Brendan Fraser is the best of those kind of action movie stars. (For instance, I haven't watched the original Star Trek movies with Harrison Ford since the kids all moved out ~20 years ago.) Fraser has an advantage because he's also a fine actor. (Gods and Monsters)  When the moneymen decided to punish Fraser, we lost out.
 
fat boy
2023-01-27 10:37:30 AM  

yakmans_dad: People have a lot of touchstone moments in movies. I love Rachel Weisz's "I am ... a librarian" from The Mummy. We'll watch it to get to that moment. And as a whole, Brendan Fraser is the best of those kind of action movie stars. (For instance, I haven't watched the original Star Trek movies with Harrison Ford since the kids all moved out ~20 years ago.) Fraser has an advantage because he's also a fine actor. (Gods and Monsters)  When the moneymen decided to punish Fraser, we lost out.

"I haven't watched the original Star Trek movies with Harrison Ford"
WTF?
 
yakmans_dad
2023-01-27 10:39:53 AM  

fat boy: yakmans_dad: People have a lot of touchstone moments in movies. I love Rachel Weisz's "I am ... a librarian" from The Mummy. We'll watch it to get to that moment. And as a whole, Brendan Fraser is the best of those kind of action movie stars. (For instance, I haven't watched the original Star Trek movies with Harrison Ford since the kids all moved out ~20 years ago.) Fraser has an advantage because he's also a fine actor. (Gods and Monsters)  When the moneymen decided to punish Fraser, we lost out.

"I haven't watched the original Star Trek movies with Harrison Ford"
WTF?


sorry. otto pilate.
 
Blathering Idjut
2023-01-27 11:14:29 AM  

NeoCortex42: Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!

His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.  The first two movies were so much fun.  Yet somehow they kind of just came and went and it turned into a crappy direct-to-dvd series of movies.


Rumors are that for a while they were going to pit Brenden and Rachel against a series of Universal monsters at one point, taking the same action/ horror/ comedy bit to Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, etc.

Bums me out because that would've been AWESOME.
 
Blathering Idjut
2023-01-27 11:19:10 AM  

Wookie Milson: groppet: I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.

Did it? I haven't started Season 4 yet, but the first three seasons were terrific and I consider Doom Patrol to be the best that DC has had to offer television. Having said that, I've also never met anyone else who watches it, so I can't be too surprised by its demise. I also haven't had the opportunity to observe the Fraser comeback, because I've been enjoying him on this show the whole time he's been "away."


No, it's a great show.  I don't know about you but there's enough space between seasons that I start watching a new season finding myself going WTF with this show?  Then it gels how the the campy, weirdness all has a purpose and it gels into it's own brand of awesome.  It's one of those shows that does GAF, regularly swings for the stands and while that might mean some spectacular strikes it also means they pop one out of the park every once in a while.
 
GrogSmash2
2023-01-27 11:22:57 AM  

yakmans_dad: People have a lot of touchstone moments in movies. I love Rachel Weisz's "I am ... a librarian" from The Mummy. We'll watch it to get to that moment. And as a whole, Brendan Fraser is the best of those kind of action movie stars. (For instance, I haven't watched the original Star Trek movies with Harrison Ford since the kids all moved out ~20 years ago.) Fraser has an advantage because he's also a fine actor. (Gods and Monsters)  When the moneymen decided to punish Fraser, we lost out.


You just burned yourself boy... duck and cover...
 
gunga galunga [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 11:29:51 AM  
I always through that instead of The Mummy Returns, Rick and Evie should have travelled to South America and encountered the Creature From the Black Lagoon.
 
Wookie Milson
2023-01-27 11:36:21 AM  

Blathering Idjut: Wookie Milson: groppet: I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.

Did it? I haven't started Season 4 yet, but the first three seasons were terrific and I consider Doom Patrol to be the best that DC has had to offer television. Having said that, I've also never met anyone else who watches it, so I can't be too surprised by its demise. I also haven't had the opportunity to observe the Fraser comeback, because I've been enjoying him on this show the whole time he's been "away."

No, it's a great show.  I don't know about you but there's enough space between seasons that I start watching a new season finding myself going WTF with this show?  Then it gels how the the campy, weirdness all has a purpose and it gels into it's own brand of awesome.  It's one of those shows that does GAF, regularly swings for the stands and while that might mean some spectacular strikes it also means they pop one out of the park every once in a while.


I must've said a dozen "What the farks?" before the first ad-break of the pilot episode, mostly at the sight of Fraser's flabby ass railing the nanny, but I've delighted in every WTF the show has had to offer ever since. Last season's muppet massacre scene was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on TV. And how would you even begin to describe the character of Dannie to anyone, let alone a television executive? That show does a lot of neat stuff.
 
gunga galunga [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 11:40:53 AM  

gregario: The best part of The Mummy

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According to the audio commentary, that was ad-libbed. While waiting for long hours between takes, Rachel Weisz got bored and went to a local salon and had her eyes made up that way. When she returned to the set, everybody loved that look and director Stephen Sommers had wardrobe dress her up in customary local wear, including the veil, to highlight the eyes as much as possible. Which explains why Evie goes right back to wearing her regular clothes in the very next scene and is never shown wearing that outfit again for the rest of the movie.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 11:45:18 AM  

Blathering Idjut: NeoCortex42: Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!

His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.  The first two movies were so much fun.  Yet somehow they kind of just came and went and it turned into a crappy direct-to-dvd series of movies.

Rumors are that for a while they were going to pit Brenden and Rachel against a series of Universal monsters at one point, taking the same action/ horror/ comedy bit to Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, etc.

Bums me out because that would've been AWESOME.


I'm not surprised.  Universal has tried setting up a shared monster universe over and over again.  One centered on those two characters might have worked.  It definitely would have stood a better chance than the three later attempts at creating a shared universe.
 
ThreadSinger
2023-01-27 11:51:00 AM  
The Mummy is one of my favorite movies. It feels like a D&D adventure with just the right amount of danger, drama, snark, and self-aware goofiness.

I would have loved to be in that theatre audience.
 
WoodyHayes [OhFark]
2023-01-27 11:54:38 AM  
The first Mummy movie was not just good, it was great. A super solid load of fun.

I have no idea how I originally made it through the second one because I tried to watch it again a few years ago and that stupid farking kid annoyed me to the point that I didn't even make it thirty minutes. It is extremely easy to overdo kid shiat and that was a prime example of it.
 
Madison_Smiled [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-27 12:02:32 PM  

gunga galunga: I always through that instead of The Mummy Returns, Rick and Evie should have travelled to South America and encountered the Creature From the Black Lagoon.


Would the possibility of seeing Rachel Weisz in a white bathing suit be a factor here?
 
gregario
2023-01-27 12:11:22 PM  

gunga galunga: gregario: The best part of The Mummy

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According to the audio commentary, that was ad-libbed. While waiting for long hours between takes, Rachel Weisz got bored and went to a local salon and had her eyes made up that way. When she returned to the set, everybody loved that look and director Stephen Sommers had wardrobe dress her up in customary local wear, including the veil, to highlight the eyes as much as possible. Which explains why Evie goes right back to wearing her regular clothes in the very next scene and is never shown wearing that outfit again for the rest of the movie.


Thanks for that. I just know at that point in the movie I gasp at her beauty.
 
th0th
2023-01-27 12:18:54 PM  

bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

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I was in grad school at the University of Illinois and they were looking for extras for a scene they filmed on campus.

/Didn't go, liked the movie
//Not sure where Moira Kelly went after her stint on The West Wing
 
gunga galunga [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 12:23:17 PM  

WoodyHayes: The first Mummy movie was not just good, it was great. A super solid load of fun.

I have no idea how I originally made it through the second one because I tried to watch it again a few years ago and that stupid farking kid annoyed me to the point that I didn't even make it thirty minutes. It is extremely easy to overdo kid shiat and that was a prime example of it.


I suspect when Stephen Sommers wrote the screenplay for the first movie, he took his time to carefully craft it, going through several drafts to understand what elements worked, and which didn't, and labored to ensure a right balance of adventure, humor, romance and horror. He needed something good to sell Universal on the project so they would agree to its substantial budget.

Then opening weekend was huge, and Stephen got a phone call from Universal telling him "we need another one for Summer of 2001". So he put words on paper as quickly as he could so that they could begin shooting and have a completed film in time for the release date.

That's how it usually is with cash grab sequels.
 
Kid the Universe
2023-01-27 12:32:32 PM  
NeoCortex42:

His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.
 
groppet
2023-01-27 12:44:40 PM  

Wookie Milson: groppet: I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.

Did it? I haven't started Season 4 yet, but the first three seasons were terrific and I consider Doom Patrol to be the best that DC has had to offer television. Having said that, I've also never met anyone else who watches it, so I can't be too surprised by its demise. I also haven't had the opportunity to observe the Fraser comeback, because I've been enjoying him on this show the whole time he's been "away."


Yeah and season 4 is only 6 episodes, I thought it was more and was just waiting for the next episode but nothing for a few weeks and when I looked it up just 6.
 
FigPucker [BareFark]
2023-01-27 1:19:21 PM  

gregario: The best part of The Mummy

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NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 1:32:43 PM  

groppet: Wookie Milson: groppet: I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.

Did it? I haven't started Season 4 yet, but the first three seasons were terrific and I consider Doom Patrol to be the best that DC has had to offer television. Having said that, I've also never met anyone else who watches it, so I can't be too surprised by its demise. I also haven't had the opportunity to observe the Fraser comeback, because I've been enjoying him on this show the whole time he's been "away."

Yeah and season 4 is only 6 episodes, I thought it was more and was just waiting for the next episode but nothing for a few weeks and when I looked it up just 6.


The first half of season four is done, but the second half is still coming out.  So they should be able to adjust the finale to serve as a series finale still.
 
A Room Full of Angry Raccoons
2023-01-27 2:22:47 PM  

bostonguy: I've liked Brendan Fraser ever since this.

Boston memories. (OK, Cambridge counts.)

[Fark user image image 850x1275]


Holy shiat (really? I thought it was the garden variety) I never realized that was Patrick Dempsey.
 
Galileo's Daughter
2023-01-27 3:16:37 PM  

Blathering Idjut: NeoCortex42: Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!

His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.  The first two movies were so much fun.  Yet somehow they kind of just came and went and it turned into a crappy direct-to-dvd series of movies.

Rumors are that for a while they were going to pit Brenden and Rachel against a series of Universal monsters at one point, taking the same action/ horror/ comedy bit to Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, etc.

Bums me out because that would've been AWESOME.


Was that supposed to be the 'Dark Universe" that Cruises's Mummy movie was trying to start?

Yeah, that would have been awesome.
 
sephjnr
2023-01-27 3:30:05 PM  

Galileo's Daughter: Blathering Idjut: NeoCortex42: Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!

His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.  The first two movies were so much fun.  Yet somehow they kind of just came and went and it turned into a crappy direct-to-dvd series of movies.

Rumors are that for a while they were going to pit Brenden and Rachel against a series of Universal monsters at one point, taking the same action/ horror/ comedy bit to Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, etc.

Bums me out because that would've been AWESOME.

Was that supposed to be the 'Dark Universe" that Cruises's Mummy movie was trying to start?

Yeah, that would have been awesome.


It would never have worked, as at some point they'd have to dig up Abbott and Costello.
 
groppet
2023-01-27 3:38:05 PM  

NeoCortex42: groppet: Wookie Milson: groppet: I was unhappy to see that Doom Patrol got cancelled.

Did it? I haven't started Season 4 yet, but the first three seasons were terrific and I consider Doom Patrol to be the best that DC has had to offer television. Having said that, I've also never met anyone else who watches it, so I can't be too surprised by its demise. I also haven't had the opportunity to observe the Fraser comeback, because I've been enjoying him on this show the whole time he's been "away."

Yeah and season 4 is only 6 episodes, I thought it was more and was just waiting for the next episode but nothing for a few weeks and when I looked it up just 6.

The first half of season four is done, but the second half is still coming out.  So they should be able to adjust the finale to serve as a series finale still.


Good, when I went to IMDB all they had for season 4 was 6 episodes.
 
NeoCortex42 [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 3:49:59 PM  

Galileo's Daughter: Blathering Idjut: NeoCortex42: Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!

His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.  The first two movies were so much fun.  Yet somehow they kind of just came and went and it turned into a crappy direct-to-dvd series of movies.

Rumors are that for a while they were going to pit Brenden and Rachel against a series of Universal monsters at one point, taking the same action/ horror/ comedy bit to Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, etc.

Bums me out because that would've been AWESOME.

Was that supposed to be the 'Dark Universe" that Cruises's Mummy movie was trying to start?

Yeah, that would have been awesome.


After The Mummy, they were planning to start a "Dark Universe" beginning with Benicio Del Toro's Wolfman.  That bombed.  Then they tried Dracula Untold to launch a "Dark Universe".  That bombed.  Then they tried Tom Cruise's The Mummy to launch what they officially called the Dark Universe.  That bombed (but had a pretty well-regarded indie game based on it).
 
clkeagle [BareFark]
2023-01-27 4:18:57 PM  

NeoCortex42: Galileo's Daughter: Blathering Idjut: NeoCortex42: Altman: He should indeed be proud of the first two Mummy movies.  They are outstanding action-comedies that are still quite watchable and enjoyable all these years later!

His character really should have been bigger than it was.  He was like the next generation's Indiana Jones.  The first two movies were so much fun.  Yet somehow they kind of just came and went and it turned into a crappy direct-to-dvd series of movies.

Rumors are that for a while they were going to pit Brenden and Rachel against a series of Universal monsters at one point, taking the same action/ horror/ comedy bit to Frankenstein, the Wolfman, Dracula, etc.

Bums me out because that would've been AWESOME.

Was that supposed to be the 'Dark Universe" that Cruises's Mummy movie was trying to start?

Yeah, that would have been awesome.

After The Mummy, they were planning to start a "Dark Universe" beginning with Benicio Del Toro's Wolfman.  That bombed.  Then they tried Dracula Untold to launch a "Dark Universe".  That bombed.  Then they tried Tom Cruise's The Mummy to launch what they officially called the Dark Universe.  That bombed (but had a pretty well-regarded indie game based on it).


Yep. They keep trying to go super grimdark with their classic monsters. Audiences aren't interested. It turns out that movies that are closer tonally to the lighthearted action of the 1999 Mummy film are far more successful.

They should be tapping someone like Taika Waititi or whoever did those last two Jumanji films to run that universe.
 
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