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What the hell kind of mental haywire did I just have to call Grease an example of blandification? Conformity, yeah.
That's sad about Valli. I love all three of those movies.
We watched The Adventures of Robin Hood last night. I hadn't seen it in 10 years, maybe longer. Now, I know there was a time when I didn't see the HoYay in everything, but how could I possibly have missed it in this movie? Will Scarlet, I mean.
Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams told Empire Online that news of his involvement in a proposed 11th Star Trek movie made headlines without his authorization, and he wouldn't confirm reports that the film would center on a young James T. Kirk and Spock at Starfleet Academy.
"The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation," Abrams told the site. "People learned that I was producing a Star Trek film, that I had an option to direct it. They hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate."
But Abrams wouldn't say whether the movie would indeed feature Kirk and Spock. "We've made a pact not to discuss any specifics," he said, adding: "Those characters are so spectacular. I just think that, ... you know, they could live again."
A Paramount spokesman, meanwhile, previously confirmed the accuracy of reports about Abrams' Trek involvement in an interview with SCI FI Wire.
The girls all hated "the dress".
I didn't care for The Dress, either. But I loved the film.
In the novelization, which was clearly written after production had started but before the test screenings, Ducky gets the girl and Blaine is left alone standing on the sidelines.
They filmed both endings. But I believe test audiences prefered getting the rich guy in the end. At least the threw the Duckster the Kristy Swanson bone as the Duckette.
Okay, Abrams' little refutation of the press story now has me imagining Trek Kids in the style of those Antonio Banderas movies from a few years ago.
Okay, Abrams' little refutation of the press story now has me imagining Trek Kids in the style of those Antonio Banderas movies from a few years ago.
Jim Henson's Trek Babies
Just came across this open letter to Charlie Sheen that shouts out to Ducky Dale.
They filmed both endings. But I believe test audiences prefered getting the rich guy in the end.
Actually, test audiences split pretty evenly on which they preferred.
I don't like Grease much, except for the fact that the soundtrack occasionally takes COMPLETE CONTROL OF MY BRAIN. In a good way that I thoroughly enjoy.
They filmed both endings. But I believe test audiences prefered getting the rich guy in the end.
One of the many reasons I hate test audiences. What the hell do they know? They only think they know what they want.
Plus, filmmaking is enough of a collaborative effort to begin with. It really doesn't need to be a full blown democratic process open to all.
And corn flakes and orange juice to say that I can't think of a single instance that I've heard of and know some of the details about where a test audience brought about an improved product.
I'm sure there have been instances, but since all the ones I've heard of took a bad or at least mediocre product and made it worse, I suspect they were in the tiny minority.