Tribute To John Barry -Part 3

Final part to my Tribute to John, next film post I feature has a soundtrack composed by him look out for that , Isn't it strange that the Volcano they used for the filming of "You Only Live Twice" errupted just as the news of Johns death became public ?

Tribute To John Barry -Part 2

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Tribute To John Barry -Part 1

Today I'll be featuring a day's worth of the music of John Barry (Can't really do it all in one post so I'm breaking these tributes into 3 parts , the first part concerntrating on his early work with the John Barry Seven) to learn more about the great man you can refer to one of my earlier posts here http://beatniksbroadcastincompany.blogspot.com/search?q=john+barry
John's music truly is the "Bee 's Knees" and he will surely be missed

Dirty Rats

Yeah I know Jimmy never said "You Dirty Rat" but it has a nice ring to it , besides it was Lauren Bacall  (Bogies Mrs) who coined the phrase Rat Pack after Humph returned from a night in Vegas(other original Rat Packers included David Niven ,Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn ,Spencer Tracy and Judy Garland , of course Sinatra was the Pack Master which would lead to the later better known Rat Pack .
So here's a Cagney/Bogie double bill

"Look in Your Heart!"

A line from what may well be my favourite Gangster movie delivered by John Tuturro at his slimest best( I've watched this movie countless times )

The Cincinnati Kid

Classic card game movie.The first of a series of films I'll be posting set durring the Depression era

The Button Man

 

John Wagner and Arthur Ransons The Button Man a story set 1 second into the future (a neat  way for 2000ad at the time to feature a contemporary adventure within it's pages ) which has been considered for a motion picture for a while now , there was a rumor recently that Leonardo De Capio was muted to play Harry , I'd rather if it stuck to the original story (which starts off in England )Harry Exton  always reminded me of Micheal Caine in Get Carter , so really I think they'd need to cast someone who'd  be able to pull off that type of englishness , I'd rather they didn't relocate  the story to America it would ruin it's uniqueness (plus i still have horrible memories of Constantine (The Hellblazer Movie ..John's a Liverpudian wtf was he in that  movie?)

If the film is sucessful enough to feature a sequel then you can move it to the States as that's where most of the second book is set . Anyhows rant over If your a fan of comics and a fan of the hitman genre I suggest you hunt all four books down on Amazon. Stellar  storytelling (as you'd expect from Dredd creator  Wagner ) and amazingly detailed artwork from Arthur Ranson .

Trish

I was terribly shocked this morning to read that Trish Keenan singer of Broadcast had passed away on Friday so here's a little tribute to her

Dredd the Game?

A behind the scenes  look at the Dredd Vs Death game that came out in  2005 and here's the first level..

Knowing that a movie about JD is coming out in December I'm wondering if Rebellion is developing a new game(I'm hoping it's a sandbox game ,)whilst the Dredd Vs Death game did have it's moments (excellent voice talent , insane deathmatchs  , Block Wars, lots of zombies and robots but I  wasn't so keen on the vampires (again!..really should of been Werewolfs would of been truer to the Dredd mythos)
Here's a list of things I'd like to see if such a game is in development.
1-Third Person much like GTA although you can switch to first person much like Star Wars Battlefront .
2. A big map of part of Mega City perhaps close to the wall were Cursed Earth is situated... would be cool to have a chunk of the game set in the mutie wasteland  , as well as some coastline for some Black Atlantic .missions , some undercity action would also be appreciated .
3.Be able to ride The Lawmaster(Dredds bike) You can;t ride bike in Dredd vs  Death which was a let down , perhaps if bike is destroyed you can borrow citizens vehciles to continue pursuit of any perps.
4. A wide variety of adversaries ,Ape gangsters , Mutants ,Sovs ,Fatties  common perps,, rogue Judges or Jimps , rebellious robots, SJS (Special  Judicial Squad)Total War Terrorrists  maybe even Rico (not the movie version but the proper Titan version)
I' can't see there been a Dark Judges storyline as I think they are saving that for the second movie if it ever gets made.
5.Perhaps a Strontium Dog crossover (maybe have added online content where you can play as Johnny Alpha much like episodes from Liberty City- maybe even a Batman Crossover but I imagine alot of deal making would have to be done for that to happen)
6. Not a recreation of the movie, instead something that is either set before the events of the film or directly afterwards , a movies only 2 hours long whilst a video game can last up to about 10 to 15  hours longer if it's a sandbox style game.
7. A variety of weapons ,, Lawgivers (obviously) stub guns (very powerful lasers that can cut through anything)  ghetto blasters etc
8. Realistic look , if game is to based upon film I'm sure they will go with a likeness for the actors , wasn't really a fan of the look of the Dredd Vs Death , never been a fan of the Bisley clone art that inspired it , much prefer a Bolland/Ezquerra/McMahon  type rendering
9. Decent Soundtrack , I liked the soundtrack of Dredd Vs Death I also thought voice acting was good too , Hoping there will be plenty of futuristic beats to make Mega City come alive .
10.Lots of  storylines and subplots based upon John Wagner Alan Grant , Pat Mills the other newer writers  scripts
I could list a few more (mini games online multiplayer modes etc..) but I'll stop for now really hope this type of game gets made.Guess we'll . have to wait and see..

Max 1

Mad Max (1979) from FromDaBush on Veehd.

With the news that two Mad Max films are in production(plus an animated movie so I've read) and having never seen the first(I've only seen the second one, and that was years ago )thought I''d post this.. He looks very Dredd like in the poster ,it would be cooler if he wore the helmet throughout the movies... mind you that wouldn't of helped Mels career that much lol

Johnny T

Johnny Thunders: You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Uploaded by mrjyn. - Full seasons and entire episodes online. Johm Anthony Genzale aka Johnny Volume aka Johnny Thunders (named after The Kinks song I imagine or maybe the D.C comics character)

The Trilogy

This should brighten up a dull January Monday The Trilogy(according to Peter Griffin) in all it's full blown glory

The Dolls

All Dolled Up: A New York Dolls Story
Uploaded by crazedigitalmovies. - Classic TV and last night's shows, online.
Johnny Thunders: Chatterbox (New York Dolls)
Uploaded by mrjyn. - Check out other Film & TV videos. As promised a New Dolls post , Johnny Thunders videos coming soon..