tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post6420830944637702148..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Re-inventing the Wheel - or Ourselves?Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-43665648220241119462013-07-12T13:55:06.927-05:002013-07-12T13:55:06.927-05:00Sonny ~~ I'm not a Depp fan either, in spite o...Sonny ~~ I'm not a Depp fan either, in spite of his pretty face. I find him painfully pretentious and self-absorbed.<br /><br />Yes, waiting and seeing is the best plan for <i>Grapes of W.</i><br /><br />I lurve Sam Eliott - he was the only reason I went to see <i>Golden Compass</i>.<br />I'll even listen to TV commercials for RAM trucks, just because it's his voice! <br />Wade Garret in <i>Road House</i> - YAY!!! :-DTwilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-51091713045462073522013-07-12T13:50:43.309-05:002013-07-12T13:50:43.309-05:00mike ~~ It seems Despicable Me
has beaten Lone Ran...mike ~~ It seems <i>Despicable Me</i><br />has beaten <i>Lone Ranger</i> at the box-office. One sequel, one re-make.<br />It's past time for for some creativity and new stories!<br /><br />Spielberg says he won't direct <i>Grapes of Wrath</i> - but surely he'll keep an eye on what they're doing with it. I'm not optimistic - this'll sound snobby and anti-American I know, though not meant to be - but I believe the right British company would do a better job of re-making it. They're masters at period pieces.<br /><br />Re golden compass - I think I might have passed on the link to my earlier (2007) post on the movie before - if not:<br /><br />http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.com/2007/12/golden-compass-reflects-pluto-in.html<br /><br />It seems I was anticipating a sequel at that time. :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-50017379586800869242013-07-12T12:09:56.356-05:002013-07-12T12:09:56.356-05:00yuck.. Johnny Depp should have stopped making movi...<br /><br /> yuck.. Johnny Depp should have stopped making movies long ago, imho..<br /> he's definately too short to play The Lone Ranger.. they'd have had to get a "small" american indian person to play Tonto then. <br />*****************<br /> the only redeeming feature of the Golden Compass was being able to hear Sam Elliots voice:) be still my heart..<br />****************<br /> I'll withhold comment as to SS remaking Grapes of Wrath.. I'll just keep hoping he doesnt make a mess of it.Sonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926830309207639536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-74728739914334086362013-07-12T09:50:13.746-05:002013-07-12T09:50:13.746-05:00Well, the reviews and revenues for "The Lone ...Well, the reviews and revenues for "The Lone Ranger" aren't pleasant...many people are not forsaking the original ke mo sah bee. Maybe when it's out on DVD!<br /><br />I don't know what Spielberg has in mind with the remake of "The Grapes of Wrath", so I'll withhold comment. It could be stunning...or not. He rarely disappoints.<br /><br />I agree that many and most things were the best in their original wrappers. It can be hard to improve on the magnificent without appearing ersatz.<br /><br />"Gone with the Wind" is another movie too good to remake. I'd find it very difficult to view a modernized Rhett and Scarlett. Margaret Mitchell was said to have a tremendous input to the movie's adaptation from the book, much like J.K.Rowling and the "Harry Potter" series. I always appreciate a writer's efforts to convey their written interpretation to the visual big screen, when allowed.<br /><br />I read Philip Pullman's, "The Golden Compass" and the other two books of the "His Dark Materials" series. The film version of "The Golden Compass" straying too far from the book. Too many authors have encountered this fate. mikenoreply@blogger.com