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Cameron's Spiderman is mentioned, but I think that would have been my #1; far better than the crap we got.

Oh I'd loved to have seen Rendezvous with Rama! Too bad...

Rama got cancelled???

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Cameron's Spiderman would've been my #1...now, it's #2 after Rama. (Am I the only one who's never heard of A Confederacy of Dunces?)

It bugged me that Halo got canned. Generally, I ignore video game-based movies, but Halo had three saving graces: Peter Jackson was executive producing, WETA digitial was doing the effects, and a little-known maker of shorts and art films would've directed it.

Another one is Cameron's The Crowded Room. I read a script for it years ago (it was to be his next film after T2), and it sounded amazing.

Matrixman wrote:Rama got cancelled???

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Cameron's Spiderman would've been my #1...now, it's #2 after Rama. (Am I the only one who's never heard of A Confederacy of Dunces?)

No you are not, MM, I have been meaning to read it for years now but I have always grabbed something else. Perhaps I shall go ahead and buy it now so its in my impulse read pile.

What a great article. And I forgot that Will Ferrell was going to do Confederacy of Dunces. What a great book. And too bad that fell through. I heard about that for a while, but never heard it was shitcanned.

Here is a terrific line about Confederacy of Dunces for those too lazy:

This film will always be the weird girl at the book store, the enigmatic one who listens only to bands you've never heard of and who just rolls her eyes when you try to make a joke. Hollywood doesn't need that girl, not with a line of slutty cheerleaders right behind her.

It's a shame that CoD isn't going to happen yet, but I'm not convinced that Will Ferrell was the right guy for the movie.

Wow. I am SO angry and dissapointed. I've been waiting for Rendezvous with Rama since middle school.

And now, after years of waiting, it dies. I am so sad.

Rendezvous with Rama, eh? Sounds like something I need to read soon!

Lord Foul wrote:It bugged me that Halo got canned. Generally, I ignore video game-based movies, but Halo had three saving graces: Peter Jackson was executive producing, WETA digitial was doing the effects, and a little-known maker of shorts and art films would've directed it.

No great loss. The Master Chief has no character - he's just a gruff speaking cliche in a green suit.

danlo wrote:Oh I'd loved to have seen Rendezvous with Rama! Too bad...

That could have been a great movie.

Great list. If I had to add one, I'd put down the adaptation of Hunter Thompson's The Rum Diary. Gilliam was attached to direct, Depp to star.

Loremaster wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:It bugged me that Halo got canned. Generally, I ignore video game-based movies, but Halo had three saving graces: Peter Jackson was executive producing, WETA digitial was doing the effects, and a little-known maker of shorts and art films would've directed it.

No great loss. The Master Chief has no character - he's just a gruff speaking cliche in a green suit.

Heh, true. But MC's a professor when compared to Duke Nukem.

Here's the Crowded Room script. He had initially wanted Michael Biehn to star, but ultimately cast John Cusack.

Rumor has it that Joel Schumacher is directing it now, probably not using Cameron's script.

Meh.

Could someone explain to me Confederacy of Dunces? I read it, and read it all, thinking I would eventually get to the part where it either made sense, or got to a point - any point. I would have settled for the barest hint of entertainment. That never happened. I don't understand why this book is lauded for its humor, as I found it to be a painfully annoying account of the trivial lives of mildly unlikeable people. I guess I'm saying I just didn't get it..... I will never get that time back. Am I not refined enough to understand the alleged humor of CoD? Am I too refined?

I *really* don't get the favorable comparison with The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy - which I both understood and enjoyed immensely. I don't see how these two books can be kept in the same bookstore, let alone compared in any way other than one being good-bordering-on-great, and the other as critically-praised dookie.

So, what am I missing? Any insights?

dw

Anyone here read Good Omens (Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett)? It's a very funny (re: British) take on the antiChrist. One sentence description: The AntiChrist has been born, but seems to have been misplaced.

That was going to be a Gilliam project (unfortunately after his Don Quixote debacle) but never got greenlighted due to funding. I certainly hope Gilliam (or someone like) does it some day.

Good Omens was great.

I wish that I could grab a few of those guys, slap them, and say "stop bickering and just make the damn Hobbit". If you hear of me getting arrested in Hollywood, this is likely what happened.

Sunbaneglasses wrote:I wish that I could grab a few of those guys, slap them, and say "stop bickering and just make the damn Hobbit". If you hear of me getting arrested in Hollywood, this is likely what happened.

Honestly! I hope Jackson ends up directing it. It seems a no-brainer, after LOTR's success.

I think a mini-series about the Silmarillion would be nice. Maybe 10 episodes, like Band of Brothers. Would love to see Fingolfin fight Morgoth.