I saw THE CORE! [not completely OT]

[Gizzard]

RE: PUPPET MASTERS, browse this:

Oh my. I wish I could remember which set of writers showed up at the con for their talk; I assume it was the same guys since they mention the 3-of-7 critical points thing and were rather sarcastic about how everyone "loved the property" but apparently no one at the studio had ever read it.

OTOH, it might have been different guys because they seemed much more connected with the parking-garage finale. They complained that in their draft it had been a church but the studio nixed that out of a vague fear of offending religious groups. One of them lamented though, "Can you find a setting thats any more bland than a parking garage?"

 

[Silver Moon]

I have a question for you Jonrog1. Is it true that you are one of the screenplay writers for next summer's "Catwoman" film? If so, what can you tell us about it?

 

[Hand of Evil]

Saw The Core yesterday (04/06) and was very impressed with it. Saw a number of things done right with this movie that other movie makers should take note of.

1 - No love story! Oh, it had an interest in the background but the movie remembered that it was a action flick and did not get tied up in and waste time with boy meets girl.

2 - Strong cast. The stars were no "big names" but people you have seen about for years. Together they built a very believable team and group that you could watch and relate to.

3 - Human. Story was simple, man vs nature and man vs himself. While trying to save the earth, the crew learned something about themselves and those they work with. This was done very well within the story. You learn and feel the story from them.

A very good movie, well paced, great story. out of 5

 

[jonrog1]

Originally posted by Umbran the reviewers failed to get it, and were dubbed "humorless". Folks are sometimes a bit antagonistic towards less-than-complementary critics or reviews, and the comment sounded rather... dismissive ("No, it can't be my joke, it must be that they're humorless"). My original intent was to see if it was the antagonism talking or not.

Well that's embarassing. I was off the boards for a while, came back and found MY snarky comment was based on the fact I got caught in one of the EN board loops where some of your nicer posts didn't show up.

My apologies.

And sorry about the *shrug* bit. Never seen it except for one incredibly arrogant, dismissive, pseudointellectual poster over in House Rules who DOES use it as passive-aggressive annoyance. If it's your shorthand for IMHO, then I'll plead the whole "impossible to read tone in a post".

As to the above, let me clarify (and it's not the antagonism -- I've had my share of miserable reviews, thanks you, they cease to matter as soon as you see how widely they vary on a single project.) What "not getting" unobtanium was shorthand for was not whether the reviewer found it funny, but whether the recognized it as a joke -- one of many in the movie -- and so understood that it was all to be taken with a wink and a nod. I was simply responding to the number of reviewers who plead intellectual superiority at the same time they plainly missed the whole tone of the movie. There are a ton of little asides and references in the flick, it's just that that single joke seemed to be the swing point of whether a reviewer understood we were doing a 1960's sci fi flick and not a serious "hard science" fiction flick.

Then again, we're discussing a movie you've not seen and probably will never see, so we can probably let this one go, eh?

Hold on, I can't read the other posts, give me a sec to poke around ...

 

[jonrog1]

And WHO DOES THAT??!!

"Hey, you're in the White Stripes. No offense, man, but every time I hear your song on the radio I laugh at it."

Sheesh. Do you have no manners?

Mom says, "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all." So I suggest you go upstairs and tell your mom you're sorry.

Just cracks me up that the COLLEGE STUDENT is full enough of himself to mock a seasoned professional to his face.

Ego, much?

Schmack, your Baptist upbringing is showing --

Let 'em laugh. Last time I looked, the check cleared.

Okay, responses:

Everyone who liked it -- thanks a lot. Glad you got 2 hours of non-war fantasy sci-fi time.

Everyone who didn't like it -- sorry.

Everyone who decided they hated the movie based on the trailer -- good for you, and see the previous comment vis a vis the check clearing.

Hand of Evil -- Especially glad you liked the absence of a love story. Had to fight a bit to get that one.

Gizzard -- re Puppet Masters. 3 out of 7 ain't bad at all. An odd little movie, but you so do have to dig Donald Sutherland, eh?

Pennywiz -- not doing Thieves World actually. Pity, would be a cool show, but I ain't got it. And TV has a lot of things over movies. The writer's very much more in creative control, you're in production constantly ...

Ach, back in a bit

 

[jonrog1]

continued:

P-kitty: AAAAUGH! EVIL PANDA! RUN!

Silver Moon; I was indeed one of the ten-years-worth of writers on Catwoman. I haven't read the latest draft, so lord knows what's been done with it. I'm sure it's shootable.

Latest projects, as somebody asked -- adapting Asimov's Foundation trilogy, Matt Reilly's Ice Station (big shout-out to the Aussies), Rucka's Queen & Country, Lee Childs' Killing Floor, an original heist script allegedly getting shot this summer at Paramount, an original fantasy script at Dreamworks. A gaming website's going to pop up in there somewhere.

Back to work now. Move along, everyone, move along, we have polyhedrons to roll.

 

[Zappo]

I've watched the movie yesterday (what with dubbing and all, we always get movies later here). It's good, definitely better than Armageddon, for all the reasons people mentioned. The one-liners were great ("I have a security clearance?" - "Repeat with me: I. Don't. Know." - "With credit card he'll get a free flight!"... there are so many, soooo many!).

Re: unobtainium, I got it but the guys at translation probably didn't, because they left it as unobtainium which doesn't say anything to an Italian audience. Pity.

Please, oh please, oh please write any future D&D movies. I just thought I'd throw that out there...

Seconded.

Edit:
A curiosity. The TV commentary that is heard on the destruction of Rome, was it in Italian in the original version too?

 

[jonrog1]

Ah, the international dollars roll in. Yes, the broadcast was in Italian, I believe.

And although we got buried beneath the Bringin' Down the House landslide her ein the States, we were number one in most Asian countries for a few weeks. I'm desperatley hoping a manga mini-series is to follow.

Thanks again for stopping by to comment.

 

[Mark]

...and a frikkin' improv guy. Improv. The bastard child of sketch comedy.

 

[barsoomcore]

A gaming website's going to pop up in there somewhere.

I seem to recall this getting promised some time ago.

He said, trying desperately to sound like he's NOT nagging when he so patently is.