Comments on: Nicholas Cage Wants Ghost Rider 2

By: DIDOMAN

DIDOMAN — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:41:47 +0000

I remember once Cage said in an interview that he put off doing a superhero for so long because he wanted something different. Well it was but the script really let him down. Sequel no chance!

He should let it go and maybe do the comic hero Luke Cage next

By: RustyJames

RustyJames — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:19:53 +0000

“you gotta cut the special effects team some slack. creating fire effects is one of the hardest things to do. they worked their asses off on all the fuckin fire effects and I think they did a great job for what could possibly be done. that’s why there wasn’t a shit load of scenes with Ghost Rider. too fuckin hard and too much money.”

isn’t that a good argument for just not making Ghost Rider movies. At least not when there are great characters like Sub-Mariner out there. All you’d need is a bucket and your effects are done.

ps. a motion capture Sub-Mariner flick set under water would actually be pretty bad-ass.

pps. staring the esteemed Wes Bently as our underwater friend.

By: RustyJames

RustyJames — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:16:41 +0000

@bjon
“If they did a number two, they would have a chance to create something bigger and better.”

hilarious!

I’m really worried that ghost rider 2 will get in the way of the upcoming Power Pack franchise.

By: AB

AB — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:35:09 +0000

HE WANTS GHOST RIDER 2 BUT WE DONT… WELL I DONT.

By: RyanMag

RyanMag — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:19:34 +0000

Nicholas Cage lives like five minutes from me, I will stone his house if he makes another Ghost Rider.

I’d like another Face/Off though, i know his character died, but they can still cut off his face and put it to use. Hence Face/Off/On.

p.s. That whole Face/Off thing i just said was a bad idea and i take it all back.

By: Marina

Marina — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:45:28 +0000

I’m going to assume Cage was drunk when he said this. I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind even considering a sequel to this disaster.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:45:36 +0000

Yes, Ghost Rider’s FX were great…with Ghost Rider and the fire effects, anyway. The Wes Bentley pack were nothing great, in the theatrical cut Bentley wasn’t that scary or impreessive. Sam Elliot, Donal Logue..they were…well, however good Sam and Donal usually are. I don’t know if Sam’ll be back (@MSJ: next time, don’t promise a possible Ghost Rider/ Old West Ghost Rider team up on the masses with a wink and then don’t deliver the goods!) I’m pretty sure Donal won’t (character was killed off; Donal’s agent gets a bonus) …only one I heard so far is Peter Fonda.

I really liked Nic Cage. Not as much as I liked him in Next, but he was alright. Eva’s a doll, she’s a good actress…but why did the powers that be make her character so incredibly hot while at the same time make her look incredibly stupid?

If In’l friend Rusty is right…I don’t really care in MSJ goes so far down the Marvel Tier he directs a Slapstick movie. After Daredevil and Rider, I would rather see him do other genres. Big ass kicking Fantasy film. Give the masses another Simon Birch. Something…

But should he return to Marvel land (*or jump ship for a DC property like everyone else) I would rather him be on Ghost Rider 2 that Daredevil 2.

Note: MSJ extended/re-edited cut of GR was far better than the theatrical version. I think from now on, he should turn in his second cut for the studios, and not his first.
Maybe that’s just me though.

By: bjon

bjon — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:48:41 +0000

you gotta cut the special effects team some slack. creating fire effects is one of the hardest things to do. they worked their asses off on all the fuckin fire effects and I think they did a great job for what could possibly be done. that’s why there wasn’t a shit load of scenes with Ghost Rider. too fuckin hard and too much money. The fact that the fire effects were so hard and complicated to do, made “people” not want to make the film and it was held off for that reason.

so, yes it was a bit cheesy at times, but it was fun, like you said john. I wasn’t really expecting more from the film. I wanted more, but I wasn’t expecting anything more. If they did a number two, they would have a chance to create something bigger and better.

People need to learn how to not over-anticipate a film and learn how to not expect more than what a film can and is gonna give you and the experience is a lot more enjoyable. For instance, if you went into snakes on a plane thinking it was gonna take it’s self serious at all, then you would’ve fuckin HATED it. It was definitely one of the cheesiest movies ever made and everybody who saw it, expected that. point made.

By: Peter T Chattaway

Peter T Chattaway — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:05:13 +0000

FWIW, it wasn’t an “interview”, it was a press conference with dozens of reporters at the Beverly Hilton.

By: RustyJames

RustyJames — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:57:50 +0000

Yeah, but it wont work. Director Mark Stephen Johnson’s fantastic talents are needed for the Moon Knight movie.