It made me wonder -- is it a straw breaking his back, or does he think this'll come out worse than his other stuff that was adapted?
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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§ ita § - May 24, 2005 12:22:37 pm PDT #3333 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Invisible Green - May 24, 2005 12:27:15 pm PDT #3334 of 10002
My takes:
The Longest Yard - Pass
Madagascar - Might be good
Batman - Like we need another Batman movie
Bewitched - Looks lame
Cinderella Man - Ron Howard Films = Eww
Land of the Dead - Cool-looking
Herbie: Fully Loaded - Yuck
High Tension - Could be good, could be a generic horror movie
Honeymooners - Barf
Lords of Dogtown - Zzzzzzz
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - This one looks good
The Perfect Man (Hillary Duff vehicle) - More Vomit
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Looks cute
War of the Cruise - Spielberg's a good director, but this movie's so unnecessary
Bad News Bears - This didn't need to be remade either
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - I like Tim Burton too, but - yeah - unnecessary remake. Though I'm more likely to see this than War of the Worlds
Dark Water - Pass
The Devil's Rejects - Pass
Fantastic Four - Pass
The Island - Pass
Night Watch - This looks awesome from the trailer
Sky High (Disney) - Meh
Stealth - God, no!
Wedding Crashers - Owen Wilson stopped being funny quite a few years ago
Deuce Bigalow 2 - Yuck
Dukes of Hazzard - Maybe I'll watch this when it's on TV, so I can mute it.
Pink Panther - Yet another unnecessary remake, but I do like Steve Martin
Red Eye - This looks cool
Skeleton Key - Makes me wanna laugh in Kate Hudson's face
Valiant - Hmm. I haven't heard of this one before.
The 40 Year Old Virgin - I haven't heard much about this one, either. Probably pass.
The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D - could be good, could be stupid
DavidS - May 24, 2005 12:30:54 pm PDT #3335 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It made me wonder -- is it a straw breaking his back, or does he think this'll come out worse than his other stuff that was adapted?
I'm thinking more straw. Though he probably has no faith in anybody doing film adaptations of his work at this point. (Terry Gilliam should've done Watchmen as an HBO miniseries, I say.)
But I'm thinking V for Vendetta might be the work closest to his heart.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 24, 2005 12:38:46 pm PDT #3336 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Worth watching?
Can't say, I haven't seen it yet. Stephanie Romanov was enthused, and Williams doesn't play a retarded janitor, so it's probably not the worst movie out there.
I saw RotS today. I thought Ewan and Ian McDiarmid aquitted themselves well, and Frank Oz did his usual voice work with Yoda. The rest might as well have used cardboard cut-outs of the actors.
Also, Palpatine was in desperate need of the Evil Overlord Handbook. When pulling an ambush on your enemies, you do not assign the task of assassinating the wisest, most powerful, and most prescient of their number to a pair of candy-ass robots. You have said robots give a locator signal that allows your orbiting star destroyers to bombard his exact position with energy weapons strong enough to rupture the planet's crust.
DawnK - May 24, 2005 1:03:27 pm PDT #3337 of 10002
giraffe mode
Mr. Industries, thank you! I'mma pick up the book.
DavidS - May 24, 2005 1:08:12 pm PDT #3338 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Interesting article on Slate about how the insurance industry runs key aspects of Hollywood production. Nicole Kidman almost got blackballed for her bum knee.
I wish he'd talked a little about the fact that HK filmmaking was under no such requirements which is exactly why Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh could do their own stunts.
Cashmere - May 24, 2005 1:54:37 pm PDT #3339 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Mmmm. A friend of our left town to work for Fireman's Fund in SF. Maybe I should tell DH to start looking around for Hollywood actuarial work.
Strix - May 24, 2005 4:38:10 pm PDT #3340 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I want to see Mr and Mrs Smith. I've seen the trailers, and it looks like lots of fun.
Plus, dude, PRETTY!
Lilty Cash - May 24, 2005 4:42:20 pm PDT #3341 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I agree. Besides fun and pretty, it looks hot.
Strix - May 24, 2005 4:43:20 pm PDT #3342 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It makes me want to see the trailer again.