Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.

'War Stories'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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Sean K - Jan 24, 2006 11:32:14 am PST #118 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I was already planning on seeing it for Nathan Fillion, but the trailers sealed the deal.


beekaytee - Jan 24, 2006 12:52:04 pm PST #119 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

Wrong in the wrongest of ways that wrong can be.

I loved Tremors. But this one ups the goo-factor a bit past what I think I can stomach in the theatre. Netflix, it will have to be.


§ ita § - Jan 24, 2006 1:47:18 pm PST #120 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

John Rogers on Catwoman:

Holy --two years worth of Catwoman notes. And right on top, the mission statement I sent to them when I took over the script. Dated 2/6/01. What's typed, literally in 24 pt boldfaced Arial and underlined, I shit you not, right there on the front page?

"No hyper-reality pop crap."

Wow. That went exactly as planned. Oh, look there's the section where I talk about how the suit should be functional for her thievery, and she should wear lug boots. Yes, yes, it all fell into place. Hmm, let me count these ...

... 169 pages. Most single spaced. About an inch of notes, and I know this isn't all of them. I have another set, the later ones, in my home office. So all in all, two inches of Catwoman notes.

Just goes to show you, the old saying is true. It's no easier to make a bad movie than a good one. Sometimes, it's even harder.

I didn't see the movie -- what was the "hyper-reality pop crap"?


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 24, 2006 3:20:29 pm PST #121 of 10001
"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

The commercials had that part about her transitioning to the motorcycle ride that looked eerily like a similar scene in Brittney Spears' "Toxic" video.


§ ita § - Jan 24, 2006 4:49:18 pm PST #122 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You didn't see it either, huh, Matt? I seem to have blocked the ads entirely.

Brokeback Squadron.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 24, 2006 6:44:15 pm PST #123 of 10001
"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

After seeing her in two previous superhero movies? Oh dear God, no. The commercials were traumatic enough.


Volans - Jan 24, 2006 8:39:05 pm PST #124 of 10001
move out and draw fire

Is it good or bad that the Slither trailer made me laugh until tears came to my eyes?

I do think that's the goal, but as much as I love Nathan, I can't get past my slugphobia. Fast-moving slugs in bathubs are just more than I can stand.


Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2006 3:37:32 am PST #125 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

The Slither trailer was hilarious!

I'll pass on the movie, though. The trailer was enough. I doubt the film will be an improvement.


Calli - Jan 25, 2006 3:57:47 am PST #126 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I suspect that I'll see Slither. Not sure if I'll spring to see it in the theater--it may be a "rent the dvd so I can make mocking noises in my living room" kind of thing.


tommyrot - Jan 25, 2006 4:15:07 am PST #127 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.

Will Slither be better than Snakes on a Plane ?

Probably not.