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a_caged_heart, but apparently...
Variety (subscription only) is reporting that Brett Ratner and Maggie Grace are both go for X3.
If you're a fan of Lost / Shannon and have been watching each horrific dark turn into abysmal mediocrity the current X3 has been taking... this is nothing short of a disaster as far as I'm concerned.
UNLESS Maggie somehow found a way to juggle her "Lost" schedule with X3.... rumor was Shannon was going to get killed off early in the second season if she accepted the X3 role. Unfortunately, with good reason. X3 is scheduled to start filming in August. "Lost's" second season IIRC is scheduled to start July/August.
Frankly, I could give a rat's ass about X3 anymore. I've written it off as a lost cause and hope for better things in the future (someone resurrecting the franchise in a few years from the doldrums Ratner is likely to bury it in). But Maggie Grace as Kitty Pryde just cuts. I *really* hope this isn't true and Variety was mistaken. Just the idea of Maggie and her people pulling a David Caruso for the likes of X3 (as it stands) is nothing but career suicide as far as I'm concerned. I'm afraid they've been lulled either by the hefty paycheck or the notion of Maggie starring in a big summer popcorn movie possibly boosting her star chances. Standing by and witnessing as X3 rapidly spirals into vapid popcorn movie hell.... I have little hope this decision, if true, benefiting the actress at all. I can already see people scratching their heads wondering what the hell she was thinking (leaving an astonishingly successful tv series for a grossly hurried, low-grade popcorn summer shlockfest). She's FAR better off sticking with Lost. Again, I really hope Variety was mistaken.
Not to mention, I'd just *miss* Shannon. Not a very popular opinion, I realize, but I really grew to like her as I was plowing through season one. I love the transition her character has made. It would be a damn shame to lose her now, so early in the series. There are so many places her character could still go. Just as it was a shame to lose Boone WAY too early.
a_caged_heart, but apparently...Variety (subscription only) is reporting that Brett Ratner and Maggie Grace are both go for X3.
If you're a fan of Lost / Shannon and have been watching each horrific dark turn into abysmal mediocrity the current X3 has been taking... this is nothing short of a disaster as far as I'm concerned.
UNLESS Maggie somehow found a way to juggle her "Lost" schedule with X3.... rumor was Shannon was going to get killed off early in the second season if she accepted the X3 role. Unfortunately, with good reason. X3 is scheduled to start filming in August. "Lost's" second season IIRC is scheduled to start July/August.
Frankly, I could give a rat's ass about X3 anymore. I've written it off as a lost cause and hope for better things in the future (someone resurrecting the franchise in a few years from the doldrums Ratner is likely to bury it in). But Maggie Grace as Kitty Pryde just cuts. I *really* hope this isn't true and Variety was mistaken. Just the idea of Maggie and her people pulling a David Caruso for the likes of X3 (as it stands) is nothing but career suicide as far as I'm concerned. I'm afraid they've been lulled either by the hefty paycheck or the notion of Maggie starring in a big summer popcorn movie possibly boosting her star chances. Standing by and witnessing as X3 rapidly spirals into vapid popcorn movie hell.... I have little hope this decision, if true, benefiting the actress at all. I can already see people scratching their heads wondering what the hell she was thinking (leaving an astonishingly successful tv series for a grossly hurried, low-grade popcorn summer shlockfest). She's FAR better off sticking with Lost. Again, I really hope Variety was mistaken.
Not to mention, I'd just *miss* Shannon. Not a very popular opinion, I realize, but I really grew to like her as I was plowing through season one. I love the transition her character has made. It would be a damn shame to lose her now, so early in the series. There are so many places her character could still go. Just as it was a shame to lose Boone WAY too early.
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Date: 2005-06-06 10:21 pm (UTC)Second, I totally agree with all above. I have no feelings whatsoever for either director, but the way they're rushing everything just to abide by the dates they set three years ago, does not make me happy or anxious to see the kind of movie they come up with.
And of course, there's the thing of killing off Shannon's character (and the very short-lived Shannon/Sayid storyline) on Lost for... this. Not happy at all.
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Date: 2005-06-06 10:41 pm (UTC)I suppose they thought Kitty's X3 age didn't matter since her age was jumping around in the previous movies anyway. Eh.
And of course, there's the thing of killing off Shannon's character (and the very short-lived Shannon/Sayid storyline) on Lost for... this. Not happy at all.
I mentioned this in an earlier entry, but the speculations are still rampant that Sayid/NA is going too. Even Yahoo mentions it (http://tv.yahoo.com/news/eo/20050606/111808614000.html). ::grumbles::
If MG is indeed cast in X3 (thus Shannon likely will be killed off as previously rumored (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5283)) and NA was the disgruntled actor JJA mentioned in that recent KROQ interview (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3118603&view=findpost&p=3053241).... then my guess is that Shannon and Sayid will probably be axed in the same episode (I'd guess, second episode of the season). Possibly together or Sayid dies, thus pushing Shannon over the edge and she kills herself.
And here's something incredibly shallow, but I hope in the least the writers will give us some Shayid sex before their probable demises.