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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
Hey – great appearance! Ad if they kill “Thor,” look for the fans to go nuts claiming Disney will be the end of Marvel when, well, I don’t think you’re wrong in your assertions.
funny, i’m always inclined to type ‘atos’ too….
Thanks, Scoot… it’s true… my next appearance is on Law & Order: SUV.
I don’t really follow comics at all, but I think Corey Feldman would be great to play that eye-patch guy.
I liked the juxtaposition of the reasonable, informed and intelligent discussion of the acquisition between you and Hardwick versus the scrolling line of tired, predictable and retarded “nerd rage” Twitter comments they had running at the bottom of the screen.
1) They already killed Thor. He just came back. I already blame Disney for… House of M, The Civil War, the Skrull Invasion, and Dark Reign. It’s all their fault.
2) Zac, those two know jack and shit about comics. Dave is more theatre now than man. He sold in his geek card years ago. So here’s to the twitter rage. It’s at least… current.
Hardwick used to go to one of my open mikes which makes him officially THE most famous person I’ve met in 14 years in L.A., along with David Poland, Greg Behrendt, Brian Austin Green, The Diceman, and Ron Jeremy.
Good Appearance.
I think Captain America is a good idea, and a very marketable one, if done with any competence.
Thor has always seemed like a bit of a minefield, but with Branagh I have hope.
ScarJo in a Black Widow movie also seems like money.
“ScarJo in a Black Widow movie also seems like money.”
SORRY HANS WRONG GUESS. I am the BIGGEST JOHANSSON FAN ON THE PLANET, BUT RULE #1:
Men (except me) don’t go to movies JUST to see HOT CHICKS, and WOMEN DON’T GO TO MOVIES WHERE THE LEADING LADY INTIMIDATES THEM.
IT IS SPOKEN.
BOW.
In other words, Megan or Scarlett as hot window dressing in some OTHER dude’s superhero story? Geeks are down. JUST Megan or Scarlett wearing tights and spitting cutting camp lines? Guys get a little embarrassed and won’t go EN MASSE to see that shit.
Wait and watch Jennifer’s Body make 11 dollars flat in two weeks, and see this theory writ large.
Where do the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies fit into that theory…or all three Resident Evil flicks with Milla?
Or the Underworld movies.
Actually, I’m confused – Lex, shouldn’t Jennifer’s Body be one of your stupid ‘one hundred million dollar opening day’ annoyances?
Lou: You’re cool.
Jeff: I never had any real animosity toward you, thought it was all theater, but tonight you’ve put me over the top: You’re a fucking PIECE OF SHIT AS A HUMAN BEING and you will be thanked, a la Leydon, NEVER to address me again, ever. Limp-dick scrawny fuck.
And women despised THE MATRIX.
Hey… Hey Christian!
You’re a pussy. Suck my balls, motherfucker.
The eye patch man actually looks like Liam Neeson.
Nice job, DP. You’re a natural on-screen.
That was a good show. I’ve never watched G4 but that was funny!
LYT is right, Captain America could do really well if they make it work. Thor…I don’t know, is there any way to make that non-silly?
This, is the new well-bahaved Lex? People have the audacity to cite several (very obviouse) exceptions to one of his rules, so they all get called names? How is that new?
Odin, the dude with the eyepatch, is supposedly Brian Blessed – Prince Voltan of Flash Gordon fame – since he’s a Branagh stock player.
…and the FF bumrush by Fox is totally a play to keep the rights. I hope to god in heaven Disney muddies the F out of those waters and kills the re-launch in its crib.
Lex: The Creature From David’s ID!
Martin: The “eye patch guy” the others are referring to is Nick Fury, as seen in the screen shot up top.
Yancy – wrong “eye patch guy”. Both Odin and Fury have a spare socket.
I thought the discussion was Thor. My bad if not.
Fury should have been Kurt Russell, Willis or Berenger.
“LYT is right, Captain America could do really well if they make it work. Thor…I don’t know, is there any way to make that non-silly?”
I would have thought the situation was reversed. I can easily picture somebody pulling off a non-silly “Thor” movie if done in the same vein as “Lord of the Rings”, “Beowulf and Grendel”, “The Navigator”, etc: grimy, tough, mystical, and so on.
Captain America though…the name sounds silly and dated if you step back and look at it objectively. He actually feels more like he’d belong in the first generation “Watchmen” universe than his own. Sort of like The Comedian, except with a purity streak bordering on reactionary as he got older and lived through the me decades. Start him off now, in the modern era, and you’re looking at a character maybe Dick Cheney would love.
storymark: I’m pretty sure that (lower case) martin and Kami were referring to the above pic of Nick Fury, which does kinda resemble both Corey Feldman and Liam Neeson (even if that seems impossible in theory).
yancy – Yeah, I missed the big-M / small-m difference.
Hallick – “He actually feels more like he’d belong in the first generation “Watchmen” universe than his own.”
Well, it will be set primarily during WWII, so it’s not far off.
If somebody could pull of a modern-day Captain America, and have it actually resonate, it would be the pop-culture phenomena of the decade. To appeal to a mass audience across the political spectrum? You’ve got a hit as big as The Dark Knight. I have no idea how it could happen, but if I was Marvel, I’d wait to make that movie until I had the right director/producer who could knock it out of the park. Setting the movie in WWII is taking the easy route.
But WWII is the character’s roots. You may think it’s the easy route, but it’s also the most logical.
Besides, we’ve been inundated with modern superhero flicks. I rather like the idea of a period film.
A WWII setting makes sense for the first 15 minutes of the movie. Then he gets stuck in ice and wakes up in the modern era.
Mind you, I’m not talking about the version of the movie that will actually get made, or that most people are going to want to see.
Marvel won’t do modern, as in Cap created today. They’ve pushed the movie back since 9/11 for a myriad of reasons, but it’s all PC bullshit. Arad was a pussy about it because the analogy of Hydra and Al-Qaeda scared him and Feige’s shown to be as much of a wuss with allusions to how disliked we were internationally.
It’s been all about the foreign markets for nearly a decade and that’s why on its current trajectory, it’s bound to a Superman Returns fate. They want to introduce the concept of The Invaders but as an international team of Captain America equals, which leads to him forming the Avengers to battle a new threat in that film. But like Singer didn’t understand, once you start down the path of diluting something purely Americana to appease foreign markets, you kill the point of the character and end up with nothing bold to market.
If they were smart – and they haven’t been with Cap – they’d take the opposite approach. Make him a cross between Audie Murphy, John Wayne and Indiana Jones in WW2, then force him to deal with the complexities of today’s enemies which requires a team.
Martin, your last point is what I’m hoping, albeit with probably a little less Sands of Iwo Jima John Wayne and a little more The Searchers/ Rio Bravo John Wayne.
Jeff – I agree, but anything Wayne would be a step in the right direction.
speak of CAP-AM, i’ve been meaning to ask: who is that cheeky-looking wee tyke character next to him on the marvel banner above, wearing what appears to be a pink doggy/bunny-eared-type hat? he’s not ringing any bells for me
Martin S wrote: But like Singer didn’t understand, once you start down the path of diluting something purely Americana to appease foreign markets, you kill the point of the character and end up with nothing bold to market.”
Bit of a sidestep but would say that was the biggest element or cause for Superman’s failure, either filmatically or financially? (If we can separate that bad movies can be financially successful in spite of poor quality).
Good point, Triple. I’d say that the lack of Americana in Superman Returns was one of the least of its’ problems.
I HAVE A BONER, THEY SHOULD MAKE ME INTO A SUPERHERO WHERE I DICK THAT VAGINA.