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
Obama getting elected has less to do with him than McCain being saddled with Bush’s record.
Reaction to the debate, and Obama’s performance, is much more mixed than you’re making it out to be. It seems a pretty even race who is taking more whacks, the moderators or Obama.
Where, Blackcloud? On Fox News?
The only positive voice I know of regrading ABC News on this is right winger David Brooks. And of course, ALL the right wingers want to see Obama go away because they know they can beat Hillary and are still praying she can find a way to win what she has already (98% certain) lost.
But really… where is all this “Obama was bad in the debate” stuff? I don’t even see it on Drudge.
FRED DURST FOR PRESIDENT.
Compendium of links: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/04/how_barack_obama_lost_the_debate_and_whether_it_matters.html
The flag pin questions are dumb. Stop asking about flag pins.
Also, I’ve learned that questions=attacks if you don’t like the questions.
Well there’s something we definitely agree on mystery. Flag pin questions are incredibly stupid.
I was disappointed Obama started wearing the pin again.
David, check out the links at Real Clear Politics. Much more mixed, not a Fox News story to be found.
Well, looking at Real Clear Politics is pretty much a list of anti-Obama writers. Not balanced. A number of those who are listed were all over Fox News today. And the ABC issue is all over the place… and barely mentioned there.
Andrew Sullivan is the odd liberal on the list… and his remarks make no sense to me.
I am not saying that the debate was a huge win for Obama… aside from the fact that every time this kind of petty stuff becomes a central focus, Obama actually goes up in the polls.
George S, who owes his career to Slick Willie, used talking points from Sean Hannity and right-wing radio. As Hannity works for Fox News Channel that should put George S’ integrity into question.
Real Clear Politics IS a right-wing website, so it’s gonna crucify Obama no matter what.
Obama cannot lose a debate with Hillary. He could turn his back to the audience and listen to his iPod for the duration. As decidedly average as Obama is off-the-cuff, Hillary can never take full advantage. Its Hillary. ITS HILLARY.
“George S, who owes his career to Slick Willie, used talking points from Sean Hannity and right-wing radio. As Hannity works for Fox News Channel that should put George S’ integrity into question.”
George S. went to a bunch of shows to pimp the debate. Hannity proffered a debate question that George liked. He asked it. You’re into truther territory.
So Blackcloud supports a right-wing website? This explains everything. It really really does. Nevertheless; Hillary extending this out has pretty much led to Barack becoming BATTLE-TESTED. Good going there, dingleberry. YOU MADE YOUR OPPONENT STRONGER AND MORE ELECTABLE!
George S. left the White House in 1996, wrote a tell-all book about the Clintons, “All Too Human”, was paid hansomely for it and he has not been friendly with the Clinton’s since he left the White House. In the book there’s not a lot of flattery about Hillary or Bill, so to claim he’s an old-friend is not really painting the whole picture.
No one would accuse Bob Scheiffer of being biased, even though his brother has worked with George W. Bush and appointed him an ambassador.
All that being said, there were poorly researched and asked questions and frankly they deserve all the shit they got today.
I’m not sure how mentioning a website makes me support it any more than DP mentioning Drudge makes him support it. But carry on with the paranoia and delusions, IO.
Paranoia and Delusions? No need to be a dick, dude. Seriously… absolutely no reason to retort in that fashion, but you apparently roll that way. I just thought it was interesting you bring up that website, when clearly you are not that interested in seeing whose writing for it. Unlike you… I clearly admit to reading Druge even if he’s a gay (allegedly) guy in Miami with questionable politics and morals from time to time. He at least has an Obama man-crush. The t-shirt ad on the bottom of his page excluded.
IO, I don’t have much patience with arguments about the so-called liberal media, so the reverse isn’t going to win my favor, either. To me, your comments were rather like Nicol D’s rants about the irredeemable left-wing taint of academia. I brought RCP up because they link to a lot of stuff, like Drudge, but with much more editorial responsibility. Do they have “right-wing” stuff? Sure. But they also link to stuff on the other side. Anyway, my main objection was to your infering my political leanings from a website I mentioned. Especially that one, which is one of the main political news sites. Just as Drudge is. Given your statement that you read Drudge, I’m sure you’d be annoyed if I made a judgement about you from that info beyond the obvious: that you read Drudge. That’s all I was objecting to. I apologize for the offense. We’re all getting a little thin-skinned here.
On a daily basis I try to check out Drudge, Politico, RCP, Huffington Post and The Atlantic. Sometimes I get Time and Newsweek in there too. I like reading as much as I can about a wide variety of issues from multiple sources. I can read what interests me and ignore what doesn’t. Mentioning a Web site hardly means you ardently support it.
Hopscotch: An employee of ABC News coordinated his debate questions with an employee of Fox News Channel. Anyone in my company who pulls a similar stunt would be fired on the spot.
Even the pro-government/pro-war Washington Post nailed George S for acting like a dirty tricks operative.
Cloudy; thanks for the apology and I truly did not intend to come off as such a wanker in one of my previous post. Everything is all cleared up now. So no worries and all.