[movie trailer] The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

[Arthur]

Guy Ritchie's new movie.

 

In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U5v1kkZfdw

[unixman_again]

Only one question, Why? The original series was very much of it's time and worked well. This new version looks terrible. I watched most of the orginals last year, and they do not need a remake.

[MrMat]

Guy Ritchie's new movie.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U5v1kkZfdw

 

I've no idea re: the originals so quite interested in this. Looks like it could be good fun.

[sparkeh]

Oh what a shame. Trailer indicates its another great old series ruined by a remake

[Griff]

Interesting, I remember watching the originals as a kid they were awesome. This looks very James Bondish maybe they are lining him up for it...

[witch]

When I was a child you either loved Napoleon Solo or Ilya Kuriakin. I was an Ilya girl

We watched it every week and I remember it being very good

 

i was very young though

[ICTDirect_Dave]

I used to love the sunday morning re-runs of the original when I was little.

 

I see no harm in a movie remake though, this actually looks pretty good.

 

It would be a shame if they didn't get Ilya to guest star in some way or other though. I'm sure NCIS could spare him for a bit

And Robert Vaughan for that matter, even if only briefly.

Edited February 13, 2015 by ICTDirect_Dave

[unixman_again]

From watching the trailer, and reading an U.N.C.L.E fan forum last night, the general feeling is the film should be called The Men from C.I.A.

[LeMarchand]

When I was a child you either loved Napoleon Solo or Ilya Kuriakin. I was an Ilya girl

We watched it every week and I remember it being very good

 

Did you go to school with Kim Newman? In his "choose your own adventure" novel "Life's Lottery", that's one of the choices.

 

A bit of an U.N.C.L.E. fan - I quite often stick one of these with my name on in my I.D. holder (and have yet to be called on it):

 

 

Was really looking forward to this, but the trailer didn't impress. It looked OK, but didn't scream "U.N.C.L.E." to me. I suspect that it might just be one of those perfectly enjoyable films that didn't really need to use the name of an existing property, thus preventing a "proper" version being made. Plus: WHERE WAS THE THEME TUNE?

[LeMarchand]

New trailer:

 

 

Increasingly worried by Guy Ritchie's seeming disdain for the original in various interviews. Film looks OK, but not what I was hoping for.

[Arthur]

New five minute trailer.

 

[LeMarchand]

Still no theme tune .