Soloman Kane- One step closer . . .

[Rob Mancebo]

That's a really cool pistol . . . Even if it is 1700's instead of 1500's . . .


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[darkbow]

That is one cool poster.

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[Christopher_Heath]

I just read the Solomon Kane collection a few months ago, and it seems like they've really overhauled the character in their Hollywood version. I thought the whole point of Solomon Kane was that he was set out to do the Lord's work, and set sinners right and be a champion for the weak and meek, and those maligned by injustice--rather than be devoted to a life of peace and forced to fight. Just from a one paragraph description I already have all sorts of red flags going up. Looks like they're doing to Solomon what they've done to Conan, which is a shame. Having said all that, the poster does look really cool, so maybe it'll be worthwhile.




Christopher M. Heath

"Azieran: The Hollow Kings" in Flashing Swords
"Azieran: The Harvester" in AlienSkin
"Azieran: Adairos" in Tower of Light Fantasy Magazine
"Azieran: Savior in a Flask" in Mages and Mechanica by Ricasso Press
"Azieran: The Travelers Four" in Black Dragon, White Dragon by Ricasso Press
"Azieran: The Breaking of Hell's Bones" in Black Sails by 1018 Press
"Azieran: Distilling the Essence" in Sails and Sorcery by Fantasist Enterprises
"Azieran: The Conquerors" in Chimaera Serials
"Azieran: Crestfallen in Mal'kyrrik" serialized novella in Forgotten Worlds
"Azieran: Creed of the Desert Kings" in Forgotten Worlds

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[Swashbuckler]

I hope they don't go all 'Van Helsing' on this one, but I'm pretty certain they will.

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[tchernabyelo]

I'd pretty much guarantee it.

I figured van Helsing's look was very heavily based on Kane.

Brian Dolton

Yi Qin stories:
"The Box Of Beautiful Things" - IGMS#3
"The Man Who Was Never Afraid" - Abyss and Apex #20
"Where No Wind Blows" - Staffs & Starships #2 (forthcoming)
"What The Sea Refuses" - Black Gate (forthcoming)
"At Blue Crane Falls" - Abyss and Apex (forthcoming)
"What The Heart Bears" - Black Gate (forthcoming)

Other Land Of Wind And Ghosts stories:
"The Dragon Path" - Fictitious Force (forthcoming)
"Three Out Of Four" - Sorcerous Signals (forthcoming)

Stories in other settings:

"The Unicorn Hunter" - OG's Speculative Fiction #8

"When Winter Came" - ASIM#32 (forthcoming)
"Cold Fire" - Flashing Swords (forthcoming)

[H.P. Lovesauce]

I'm going to put myself down as 'cautiously optimistic,' mainly because the actor seems to have serious cred. (In addition to being the originally-cast V, he's done lots of Shakespeare 'n' stuff.)

Certainly the 'reluctant hero' isn't in keeping with the Kane stories, but a similar re-imagining of Batman gave us the Dark Knight. Being dragged out of security to face danger is something that has happened to our culture's greatest warriors (Beowulf, King Arthur, Chuck Norris). That having been said, 'Classic' Kane would play well with the conservative Christian crowd--burn a few witches, destroy the pagan idols of some brown-skinned people, maybe even kill a couple of Papists on the way...who knows?

This Kane does need a shave, though.

[PaulMc]

Rob Mancebo said...
That's a really cool pistol . . . Even if it is 1700's instead of 1500's . . .

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I would say 'cautiously optimistic', too. Not going to be surprised if they mess it up.

At first I was annoyed with the 'young foolish man messes with the Devil and spends his life in holy redemption' origin story that they are drafting. But then again, who knows? Howard was particular with his character names. And didn't Solomon (of the Bible) conjure demons for knowledge and labor (to build the temple)? It might work.

-- Paul McNamee

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[H.P. Lovesauce]

Sure, Paul, and 'Kane' sounds like Cain, who slew his brother. But yeah, they always fix what ain't broken with Hollywood movies. It'd be enough to tell the main actor, 'You're an angry, ass-kicking Puritan. Annnd...GO!'

[erazmus]

Well, I'm not optimistic, but just hope they make a good movie that bears some relation, however slight, with the source material. I too recently reread the S-K stories in the Daw collection, and few of them are movie material as they stand. at least they're not likely to take away all speech from S-K, as they chose to do (or nearly so), with Conan.
I can't help but be hopeful for a resurgance in S&S and action oriented fantasy lit in general as a result of the movie, however it comes out.

Mike

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'Dutchman Rescue'in Continuum SF #6
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'An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern' in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:

www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/BASH.php
'Stains' in Tales of the Talisman 3-1 www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/index.html
'Slushpiles' in Between the Kisses
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[Melkor]

YEAH! THIS IS HAPPENING!!

Im also quite concerned. Its sad, but the mass market would definitely not like Solomon haha Movie goers want characters that think and act as they do. And by experience, only the guy doing Batman is finally doing what the fans want and not what everybody else does.

But, I will love the movie if they retain a couple of key aspects of his persona, for example, that need he has for justice. Its nearly, dare I say, sick. I love that about him. He doesn't know why, he just knows he has to split you in two for what you did!! \m/

And the green sash

And I second that: Cool poster. Though with that beard he is gonna look like Van Helsing in the movie

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[Kainja]

Im pretty pessimistic, conidering the track record Hollywood has with Howard properties. And considering that the Van Helsing movie was Solomon Kane in sheep's clothing.

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