Comments on: Me Not In The Movies

By: marvinmartian

marvinmartian — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:21:27 +0000

I think everyone who saw the brilliant British cop procedural/vampire show Ultraviolet had the idea for a society were humans are processed as food for bloodsuckers…..god I miss that show.

By: Lister Sage

Lister Sage — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:22:08 +0000

Eric TF Bat: Your thinking of Mystery Men, which is the only Ben Stiller movie I can sit through and while they have similar titles you’d have to be an idiot to think that those things are even close to each other story wise.

By: MarvinAndroid

MarvinAndroid — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:07:36 +0000

Kyle,
Like a lot of Pratchett’s earlier work, Guards! Guards! isn’t as strong as his later stuff. It’s still worth reading just to see the origins of Vimes, but he becomes a completely different character in the later books. It’s a ton of fun, and the book that gets a lot of people into the series as well.

By: Eric TF Bat

Eric TF Bat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:07:18 +0000

The trouble with Midnight Men is that anyone seeing the title is going to think it’s that movie with Ben Stiller in it, and Janeane Garofolo with a haunted bowling ball.

Whereas my first thought when I heard of Daybreakers was that it was that Phillip Jose Farmer story about people being put into suspended animation six days out of seven so as to avoid the problems of massive overpopulation.

But the latter does sound good, and after it’s out I’d love to get a comparative review from you, talking about where your story diverges.

Except… if Daybreakers is a hit, you know there’ll be a dozen more movies rushed into production to capitalise on it, because the one thing Hollywood hates is a completely new idea. So maybe you’ll have a chance of being one of the “copycats”…

By: piranhtachew

piranhtachew — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:59:17 +0000

Oooh, Well, if the film flops, at least there will be tasty, tasty chili.

By: Person of Consequence

Person of Consequence — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:26:45 +0000

I would love to see Small Gods get more exposure. It’s my favorite Discworld book, and, frankly, the stand-alone of his that really works. (Plus, while it covers the same basic god principle as Gaiman’s American Gods, it did it first, and better.) May I ask what drew you to this particular Pratchett work?

By: Kyle W.

Kyle W. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:53:52 +0000

MarvinAndroid, I feel less bad for apparently skipping “Guards, Guards!” now. I’ll get to it. I’m about a quarter of the way through Night Watch now.

By: Thomas Wilde

Thomas Wilde — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:52:43 +0000

Wow, I remember talking to you about Fadeaway, what, ten years ago? Probably more?

By: MarvinAndroid

MarvinAndroid — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:43:07 +0000

I would support a Small Gods movie. I think it’s Pratchett’s second-best book overall (Night Watch taking the number one spot) and certainly his best stand-alone novel.

I would also support a Nation movie, and that seems like it would have an easier time getting an audience and sell better.

There’s been rumors of a Wee Free Men movie directed by Sam Raimi for a while now, but I get the feeling it isn’t going to happen.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:31:24 +0000

I just finished reading Small Gods for the first time. Fantastic book that. Between that and Reaper Man, I had no idea a Discworld book could pull that sort of reaction out of me.

By: CB

CB — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:17:37 +0000

Paul:

Yoink.

By: CB

CB — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:08:40 +0000

WOO! I won.

By: Thousand Sons

Thousand Sons — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:51:50 +0000

Simpsons did it!

By: Kyle W.

Kyle W. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:30:09 +0000

Hell, I was shit at directing a play I wrote in high school. I let my friend do the heavy lifting, and focused on getting the knee-to-the-crotch to look more realistic.

Aardy, there’s a comic about a guy’s inventions being stolen before he finishes them. The Un-[something I don't remember, there are a lot of The Un- comics going]

By: PaulW

PaulW — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:01:58 +0000

Here’s a plot idea: Somali pirates hijack a cargo ship secretly transporting a female cyborg ninja that just happens to break free during the raid. And it’s up to the badass seen-it-all chef (Ving Rhames, who’ll spend five minutes at the beginning of the movie narrating the most awesome chili recipe ever) to save the day.