I just saw an ad for some game when you watch a clip and you and your friends write clever quips about it. Tee Hee
But what was interesting is that when they showed the box, it was dominated by a big, goofy photo of Jon Heder.
Pre-Dynamite? Dynamite related? Weird.
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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?
So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.
And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.
There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.
I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.
So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.
But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”
My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher
“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.
~ David Simon
Is it too late to start taking bets on when Heder’s 15 minutes are up?
14:56…
I don’t know. Here’s what he has lined up:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1417647/
“Just Like Heaven” was a commercial disppointment based on expectations, but he still got seen by a decent number of people. The above list shows that he’s going to be in a bunch of stuff in the next few years. And while some of those movies look like flops, I’m willing to bet that at least the Todd Phillips one will do solid business.
Jon Heder is a star.
Look like flops? He’s in some big time movies there.
More important, how long before he breaks down and makes Napoleon Dynamite 2?
Did anyone see him on Saturday Night Live? He did about as well as Lance Armstrong last week, reading cue cards, stiffly injected into scenes… he’s good in ND, but I don’t see him having a long diverse career.
Yeah because SNL is the epicenter of great work and great comedy now. Really shows talent now there. Are you kidding?
They were offered a 10 mill dollar deal for a sequel to ND and they turned it down. But money does talk in the biz.
I would die for a sequel to Dynamite. I can watch that movie over and over. Kip’s going to be a huge star. You watch and see.
When Christopher Walken is on SNL, he’s the funniest guy on the show. When Heder was on, most of the cast did better than him. That’s the difference between a real star and a guy who found one perfect role.
Walken was on the show during the great years. If you have watched this season you know it is one of the worst seasons ever. No host can help.
Did you see this episode (no reason for you to have) or are you just defending Heder on principle?
Thanks to TIVO I’ve seen every episode this season and lets just say thats not a good thing. Very poor season. Heder had his moments but a lot of misses there too. Not his fault. Got to blame the show. They don’t have it this year.
Fair enough, but I think his performance indicated a comedic actor who doesn’t have a lot of range. If he was really a star he could have come on and dominated, and instead he just went with the flow.
Why do you dislike Jon Heder so much? What did he do to you? He’s been in 2 movies. Give him a chance before you start tearing him down.
I thought Heder was great in ND but I agree with dave | that he was pretty bland on SNL. His hosting gig wasn’t as painful as Lance Armstrong’s but he had very little of that spark that often defines a bright, young comedic talent.
SNL is having the worst season in recent memory.
Very hard to say if someone has chops from this season of SNL.
Its making Mad TV look good.
SNL has been on life support since Will Farrell left. Casting more attractive performers only increases the desperation. I think it’s time for one of those purges like the 95/96 season that completely rejuvinates the show. That’s how talents like Farrell came on in the first place.
I like Heder a lot in Napoleon Dynamite, but he hasn’t proved that he’s going to be the next Ferrell. Did his performance in Just Like Heaven make that big of an impression for anyone?