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Ohoho, so confident in their ability to retain Samuel L Jackson for more than Iron Man 2.
07/01/09
Reading: It's The Smart Way to Learn!
07/01/09
If he makes money off of the first few movies, I'm sure he'll keep doing them. What's to stop him from breaching contract and paying whatever fines they impose on him in order to get away from whatever pap they decide to film him in?
@TemporalSword: He's not going to be any worse than, say, the Hoff, right?
07/01/09
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02/26/09
Other than the fact that I love him as an actor, I think he'll bring something great to these roles. :)
02/26/09
02/26/09
And I have it on good authority that Liam Neeson, Sam Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Keira Knightley, and Natalie Portman all actually have an observable amount of acting ability outside of the SW universe.
02/26/09
Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking supervillains on this motherfucking planet!
02/26/09
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02/26/09
I'd encourage you to dig just a tiny bit deeper into the cannon.
02/26/09
That said, he can totally play Nic Cage in a calm commanding manner, as he did in the 2 seconds of screen time he had in Iron Man. Hell just go rent XXX he's basically Nick Fury in that. Limited yelling and commanding presence, leaving aside the film's quality.
02/26/09
02/26/09
"How about $0.50?"
"No."
"Okay....hmmm....how about 100 million dollars over ten years?"
"Yes."
"All right!"
02/26/09
02/26/09
I handle all of the NY Yankees player negotiations.
02/23/09
I will also add... trailers. Trailers have changed UH-LOT since way back. In fact, I've started the practice of trying to avoid any information at all (except the title of course), of upcoming attractions and had some fairly astonishing results. I mean... they're not just teasers these days, they're all the best parts of the friggin' movie! It's as if all they care about is getting you to buy the one ticket (imagine that) - so they blow the whole wad on a tiny minute of mind blowing sensory input, probably to compete with the other sensory info slamming us day in and out, and hoping you think - "Oh man!! That looks awesome!! I'm goin' to see that!!" when in reality, you've just seen all the best parts. Tried it with Episode 2 - didn't see ONE bit of ONE trailer (yes, it was a great test in self control and media avoidance as well,) LOVED THE MOVIE. Try it on one of the upcoming sequels. You'll see. It's no guarantee by any means, but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
02/23/09
I do not agree that it would have been nigh unto impossible to substantially improve upon the movies he ended up making. There are some simple, more or less objective principles he failed to observe.
02/22/09
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02/23/09
And Four Rooms doesn't really count because (1) he was one-fourth of a director on that movie (that was the whole point) and (2) it was more or less an art-house film, not made as a financial blockbuster. (As for the quality of the movie, I thought it was pretty good.)
02/22/09
Time Travel. Yup. Moff can travel back in time.
02/22/09
I remember signing petitions, and saying I would boycott the first Daniel Craig Bond film. Of course, I ended up watching it twice at the cinema in the first week - Don't believe the hype!!!
02/23/09
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02/22/09
Mostly. The guitar doesn't fit in the box, and we can't figure out how that happened.
02/22/09