She is? Awesome! I was wondering where she stood.
Wherever she wants, because she, like you, JZ, and Robin, are, yes, DEAD TO ME.
On an unrelated note, I want the title of the sequel to I, Robot to be bon bon's tag.
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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Steph L. - Jul 20, 2004 4:11:40 pm PDT #1057 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 4:13:45 pm PDT #1058 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Antoine Fuqua's had an interesting time of it -- he didn't come out of the gate with a "black" movie -- his first was The Replacement Killers. His movies, although I only really like the one with Denzel, are pretty diverse racially. As opposed to the obsessed Spike Lee, the or the black-project homing device that is John Singleton.
Can't, off the top of my head, think of any other current black directors. I'm not quite ready to include Mario Van Peebles in that group.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2004 4:25:02 pm PDT #1059 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's someone else with a non-ghetto movie recently, isn't there? I can't think who either, which is why I'm all Fuqua on the brain. Also I read an interesting profile of him in the Boston Globe a couple of weeks ago.
Sean K - Jul 20, 2004 4:31:58 pm PDT #1060 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
They could take a cue from MIIB and call the I, Robot sequel II, Robot.
Vonnie K - Jul 20, 2004 4:33:14 pm PDT #1061 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Well, Clark Johnson from Homicide: Life on the Street directed S.W.A.T., right? I didn't see that movie but I thought it was non-ghetto. Before that, I recall he had a decent stint as a director of TV shows. Perhaps it's too early to see how he'll fare as a feature film director, with only one theatrical release under his belt.
There was also a black female director--err, also an actor-turned-director, whose name I'm blanking on right now--who made Eve's Bayou, which I liked quite a bit. But that was several years ago.
tommyrot - Jul 20, 2004 4:33:15 pm PDT #1062 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
We, Robots?
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 4:37:43 pm PDT #1063 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Heh. I'm trolling through IMDB, and this is one of the blackest resumes I found.
I wouldn't call Singleton or Lee ghetto -- Lee especially has too much bougie in him. But it is about race for him, it seems. For Singleton, it seems less about race, more just stories with black folk in.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2004 5:05:36 pm PDT #1064 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I kind of meant the black movie ghetto, not movies about the ghetto. But yeah.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2004 5:06:20 pm PDT #1065 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, yeah Clark Johnson! I fucking loved SWAT.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2004 5:10:57 pm PDT #1066 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, yeah Clark Johnson! I fucking loved SWAT.
It was really loud. But it was fun.