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Also, I don't think any movie (especially SF, comic book, or otherwise io9-worthy) gets made these days without the foregoing intention to bilk a franchise out of it.
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05:04 PM
So where is this going? let me guess...
They recast Walter Pidgeon with Shia TheBeef, Anne Francis with Jessica Simpson and Leslie Nielsen with Will Ferrel (hey, they're both commedians!) It sucks rocks like The Day the Earth Stood Stuill and Hollywood is reminded that you just can't make money off SF. Yeah, that's about right.
I really don't care if they remake crap, it's just that they never do it well.
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When will the youngsters growing up now ever learn of cool films when they are barraged by CGI and surround sound,etc.This film boasts the very first all-electronic soundtrack.This film had the best effects of its time.The writing was fun and we see Robbie the Robot.
I owned a Robbie The Robot to a a young child in the early 60's.I intend to boycoptt this film and never see it even if others enjoy it I will still not support his REMAKE.
JMS should be doing original films and original TV.He is good and can do it.Hollywood sucks.I won't even buy new movies now because of all the lobbying that greedbag industry is doing against freedom on the Internet.
I reallly hope that this and all reboots/remakes are fails so maybe they might finally go away.
Poor Poor Remake JMS must need a paycheck.
03:21 PM
Forbidden Captain Planet!
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02:46 PM
As much as I dislike most remakes, I'll give JMS credit for going to the original source material.
Oh, and please cast Leslie Neilsen.
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03:38 PM
It could be good I'll hold off the slagging until we know ALOT more.
BTW Tempest is actually a play...
03:53 PM
I'm not slagging Forbidden Planet. It's a masterpiece, as is The Tempest. I'm slagging JMS (who has a much higher opinion of his work than I do) and anyone who would dare ride the coattails what has long been considered a perfectly executed sci-fi classic. There is no need for this project. They should be doing their own damn work instead of playing it safe by coasting on the reputation of somebody else's success.
04:03 PM
I do however agree that it would be nice for them to not always do remakes, but this one is a fertile ground for extending which could be interesting. If writers didn't bother with a story that had already been told we wouldn't have utter classics like "The Thing". Just because it's popular to slag off Hollywood for just doing remakes, at least this one doesn't have Keanu. I agree that JMS has an overinflated opinion of his own work, but he's not totally without talent.
07/24/09
If you're not passionate enough about what you're writing, you'll be writing crap, and won't get published.
On the other hand, if you're really passionate about what you're writing, you won't easily edit your work or allow others to edit your work, and you won't get published.
The really successful writers are those who have found the right balance between those two opposing forces, the middle ground that lets them get published.
Of course, identifying the extremes doesn't much help one find the middle ground, which is why JMS's advice isn't really all that helpful to aspiring writers.
07/27/09
"Straczynski noted that, while it can be frustrating to deal with those who simply want to place all stories inside the same box, there are really only two options: swim with the tide or against it. The best thing you can do is make all the changes you find unimportant while being prepared to stand up for those parts that really are too important to you to change. This give-and-take, while far from perfect, at least allows a more realistic chance of maintaining some measure of creative control."
07/29/09
07/24/09
"Stay true to your vision, unless it's getting in the way of making a sale."
07/24/09
Sorry to criticize their..."choice of lifestyle", but that's just lionizing being a computer-addict with little human interaction.
Then again, most of JMS' works tend to have long-winded pontificating speeches on the nature of truth, justice, etc. (his love relationship writing was particularly of the "written by and for Aspies who have no concept of human interaction beyond a comic-book level" lacking all nuance variety.
Watch "In the Perkining" that was a pretty good criticisim
07/24/09
Um, way to disprove your own "thesis" in one stunning and ironically long winded comment.
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07/24/09
Preach it. My sister (another failed writer) did a lot of the outsider editing. Mix in familial ties... Lots of yelling and swearing, but it got done.
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07/17/09
Yes, let's take the script away from a genius and give it to a hack.
By the time this comes out (if it ever does), even the general public is going to be totally over zombies and no one but a few die-hards (har!) will be watching.
07/17/09
As one guy I knew said. "Think Lord of the Rings big battles scenes but now put in zombies ripping crowds to pieces as they try to get on sinking rusted hulks to escape."
Another great scene was supposedly the protagonist in the middle of the Great Panic stuck on a freeway with his wife and child. He looks in his rear view mirror to see a wave of zombies literally engulfing every car behind him as it rolls toward where he is. If that idea doesn't cause the ass to clench in terror, I don't know what would.
Maybe MJS went too big in the industry eyes and now they are getting a second writer to tone down. If so, they are doing the supposed epic script a great disservice. MJS is the one person who I believe could put together a masterpiece for WWZ.
07/17/09
Guy's the spiritual ancestor of Joss Whedon.
07/17/09