IIRC he was a talk show host, and I’ve always thought he was so flamboyant as a parody of how talk show hosts prioritize the show rather than the talk.
I think he is a brilliantly designed parody character, but some people have taken him too seriously.
He was actually just supposed to be Prince doing his thing, but after he refused Chris Tucker dialled it up to eleven. Which was exactly the right call.
The props used - some are from Leon (the professional). The police riot gear etc.
The director came up with the idea when he was 16. But he had to wait for technology to get better before he could attempt to make the movie.
The most amazing thing is that the antagonist and protagonist not only never meet each other in this movie, they are not even aware of each other's existence. Can you name another movie where this is true?
Concerning fact 3) They do have a connection, Zorg fires Corben at the beginning of the movie, but they never become aware of the fact. Corben is a nobody to Zorg and Zorg just a company to Corben.
He’s no where near as annoying as beast or many of the other pick-mes we have today. And he wore the shit out of those outfits and stepped up to help save the universe. Way More effort than most influencers we have today.
I cannot ever re-watch this goddamn movie for that performance. I hated it back then, and hate it even more now knowing it came true.
.. also F-U to Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, perhaps Luc Besson just exists to piss me off. What a shitty movie with horrible casting and overall stupidity.
Valerian had a lot of interesting stuff going on visually but they did the classic thing of trying to cram the extensive story of the book (from what I saw about it, i haven't read it) into a movie run time, so it ended up being a bit of a shallow jumbled mess.
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IIRC he was a talk show host, and I’ve always thought he was so flamboyant as a parody of how talk show hosts prioritize the show rather than the talk.
I think he is a brilliantly designed parody character, but some people have taken him too seriously.
He was actually just supposed to be Prince doing his thing, but after he refused Chris Tucker dialled it up to eleven. Which was exactly the right call.
So many fun facts about this movie.
The props used - some are from Leon (the professional). The police riot gear etc.
The director came up with the idea when he was 16. But he had to wait for technology to get better before he could attempt to make the movie.
The most amazing thing is that the antagonist and protagonist not only never meet each other in this movie, they are not even aware of each other's existence. Can you name another movie where this is true?
Concerning fact 3) They do have a connection, Zorg fires Corben at the beginning of the movie, but they never become aware of the fact. Corben is a nobody to Zorg and Zorg just a company to Corben.
Correct.
But they don't meet. And they are not aware of each other at all. Unless you count "one of a million taxi drivers"
He's basically a radio DJ; which were already annoying at least a decade prior to this movie.
I would love to have seen a version of this film if Ruby was modelled after Wolfman Jack.
Same. Especially if they made him a literal wolf man alien.
Do the Star Wars aliens count?
Otherwise, probably something from Marvel or DC, if we don't have that already.
Do power rangers and teletubbies count in this scenario?
Greeeeen
supagreen
This movie impregnated me the first time I saw it. I gave birth to a multipass 5 days later.
Bzzzzzzzzz! Bzzzzzzzzzz!
He’s no where near as annoying as beast or many of the other pick-mes we have today. And he wore the shit out of those outfits and stepped up to help save the universe. Way More effort than most influencers we have today.
The boy is hotter than hot, he’s hot! hot! HOT!
Mentally I’m here
Hehehe, penis head
^^^^^ This, so much this.
I cannot ever re-watch this goddamn movie for that performance. I hated it back then, and hate it even more now knowing it came true.
.. also F-U to Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, perhaps Luc Besson just exists to piss me off. What a shitty movie with horrible casting and overall stupidity.
Edit: .. and yet, here I am. Sigh.
You’re crazy. Chris Tucker is hilarious.
What an absolute bullshit take on 5th Element.
I've never seen Valerian so can't comment but you're just completely wrong to not watch this for Chris Tucker, who is brilliant.
Valerian had a lot of interesting stuff going on visually but they did the classic thing of trying to cram the extensive story of the book (from what I saw about it, i haven't read it) into a movie run time, so it ended up being a bit of a shallow jumbled mess.
And also the actors were made out of wood
Yeah, I enjoyed that movie as a visual spectacle. But the acting and story were rough.
in valerian the romantic leads look and act like siblings
Luc Besson’ take on Valerian et Laureline was a crime against humanity.