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Sunday, October 2, 2011
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Wow, that makes me want to see it the way I'd sidle closer to look at a body splattered all over a sidewalk.
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Peter
Definitely more life in the body.
Films generally don't get me worked up, but this one really rubbed me the wrong way.
That's bullshit. Films often get you worked up, to the delight of your readers.
Peter
At least I didn't see this abomination in 3D. That would have been the final straw. Although I'm sure Jackson and Spielberg's defenders will argue that if ONLY I had seen it in 3D then the scales would have fallen from my eyes.
In fact I would have hated just as much and got a headache into the bargain.
I was going to say something flippant, but in fact even having not seen it, I totally agree. I don't know how much fault the actors have when they sign on to these projects, but these days, success seems to be bad for everyone. Writers, actors, everyone. I heard on Lawrence O'Donnell that Hollywood is looking to make Elizabeth Warren a star, wining and dining her in Hollywood style, and now I think, oh no. She was our last, best hope for the Republic.
Seana
With this one I think its a toss up between the visuals and the writing. How can you screw up one of the most beautifully drawn comic books with a horrible visual palate? But then again how can the writers of Sean of the Dead and Dr Who screw up Tin Tin?
I guess I wonder most how Simon Pegg, who didn't miss a beat in the beginning--and I'm thinking even a minor role in Black Books, could be turned into someone who can't smell a bad idea. Of course, there's no way of knowing how much he knew going in. But fame should get you some kind of artistic approval rights.
I on the other hand spent part of the evening watching Martin Clune do a documentary about horses. I loved it. I loved Martin Clune, I was taken back to the girlhood horse love and vindicated in it, and I didn't even have to leave my house.
Seana
Its gold for Pegg. Gets to meet Spielberg and Jackson. Lots of money. Beginning of a franchise. And oh yeah so not cool. Makes me wonder if he would have turned down George Lucas.
I know I wouldn't turn down any of them either. I think Elizabeth Warren might do better, but then, she's not a movie star. Or a rock god.
Seana
I guess I'm a hypocrite too. If Mr Peter Jackson were to ask me to take my beard to Wellington and appear as an extra in the Hobbit I'd jump at the chance.
Its always a shame when they butcher well loved classics.I thought they were going to do the same with the Winnie The Pooh film. When Disney bought it they made Pooh bear bright orange, but I saw the film and its done true to the original drawings.
On a side note Ronan Bennett drama series Top Boy has started on C4. Gritty drug dealing gangster stuff. Think some of it was filmed in Hackney. Doesn't float my boat, but I remember you posted about him.
I remember when people started talking about making movies on video and there was such an outcry. Then George Lucas said, look, film is as good as it's every going to be but video is where film was in 1890, it's going to get better.
I have a feeling that's the spirit with which people are going into this motion capture stuff, that it's just the beginning and it will get better.
But why do we want it?
And Seana I wonder, can you have a republic and Hollywood? There are few places as symbolic of the division between the 1% and the 99% as Hollywood.
No intention of seeing Tin Tin. My only exposure to this type of film making is Beowulf. I tried twice to watch that movie but never got past the half an hour mark. Awful stuff.
John, I think if anyone can hold true to course while wined and dined by Hollywood, Elizabeth Warren can. She was a 99 percenter before there was a 99 percent movement.
The republic seems to be in a parlous state, however, Hollywood or not.
Adrian, succumbing to being an extra on the Hobbit set is not really selling out. Letting them change the ending of your novel for the sake of a movie would be. Not that I'm advising you against it, should the day come.
Frankie
I'd like to see that Ronan Bennett. I wonder if it'll be up on youtube anytime soon.
John
Why DO we want it? What good is it?
Computers can do a lot but its a relief to know that computers will never be able to come up original stories or replicate human emotion.
Michael
I saw Beowulf when it was on TV. It also did not work at all. With Beowulf however there was one compensation.
Seana
I would NEVER allow that. If anyone ever made one of my books into a movie I'd insist on script approval. Money can last a few years but mortification would last a lifetime.
Love that stars app. We were pointing the iPhone at the stars Christmas Eve and Santa and the reindeers went by. How cool is that?!!
Dennis
It is in fact very cool indeed. I almost would get an iPhone just for that. It would be especially useful down here in the Southern Hemisphere where the stars are completely baffling. Except for Orion of course which is upside down (I still dont really understand how that works).
If you fall under the spell of a Svengali-like director, though, it's all over.
Did any of you map fiends come across this piece in the Guardian today? Looks great.
Seana
Yeah I checked it out. It needs some more crowd sourcing. There's not a single entry for Northern Ireland at the moment.
I like the little series the Strange Maps guy is doing for the New York Times. I just hope the Times doesnt coopt him and stick his blog behind their paywall.
You could add some, you know.
Seana, it's a cool map, though I don't have much use for the term "crowd-sourced." But then, you probably could have predicted that.
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I probably could have and I definitely would have agreed.
Uh oh. Adam Horowitz was on BBC teletxt today saying Tintin 2 is already in the pipeline, although he's not sure which story he's meant to be adapting.
Mike
What a horror show.
I swore off Jackson after seeing The Lovely Bones. Book was readable and rather good; movie was awful-- dull, boring, poorly cast (except for the young girl, who was poorly directed) and a waste of celloid. Spielberg is hit and miss and I never thought Always was a hit.
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