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death and life, together
May. 2nd, 2006 05:25 pmThe deaths of Optimus Prime and
Spock were tramatic events in my childhood. Both of these
characters have a kind of Stan Bush "Touch"/"Dare!" spirit though,
so it wasn't long before they returned and things were right
again[1]. Today was one of those days where I felt I had that spirit. It
was a good day.
[1] Op, in particular has been killed and reborn more times that I can remember, and proves the old addage: you can't geet a good autobot down.
[1] Op, in particular has been killed and reborn more times that I can remember, and proves the old addage: you can't geet a good autobot down.
I just noticed that Wolfgang Petersen directed both In the Line of Fire and Air Force One. That means he's directed at least two
movies about people who want to kill the president
[1].
I was looking at Petersen's Wikipedia entry and apparently he is to direct a feature film adaptation of Ender's Game. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The only Petersen movie that I have really liked was the classic Das Boot. None of his Hollywood blockbusters have impressed me much. His direction of John Malkovich's psychopath in In the Line of Fire seems mechanical and faux-psychopathic rather that genuinely creepy (and his direction of Harrison "Mr. President" Ford in Air Fore One is best remembered (by me at least) by him saying "Get Off My Plane" in the manner of Sparkplug Witwicky to his son: "When next we meet, we are enemies!").
On the other hand, the only Orson Scott Card book that I really liked was Ender's Game. The first set of sequels of that series which feature Ender are interesting, but nothing to write home about. The second series, which features his lieutenant Bean, has degenerated into poorly conceived and written war stories about young brat military commanders, and is made up of much pseudo-intellectual banalities. Maybe it is appropriate that someone who only directed one really good movie direct movie adaptation of the one good book written by a science fiction author.
[1] Dear secret service. Please note that I am talking about fictional assassin and presidents. Thank you.
I was looking at Petersen's Wikipedia entry and apparently he is to direct a feature film adaptation of Ender's Game. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The only Petersen movie that I have really liked was the classic Das Boot. None of his Hollywood blockbusters have impressed me much. His direction of John Malkovich's psychopath in In the Line of Fire seems mechanical and faux-psychopathic rather that genuinely creepy (and his direction of Harrison "Mr. President" Ford in Air Fore One is best remembered (by me at least) by him saying "Get Off My Plane" in the manner of Sparkplug Witwicky to his son: "When next we meet, we are enemies!").
On the other hand, the only Orson Scott Card book that I really liked was Ender's Game. The first set of sequels of that series which feature Ender are interesting, but nothing to write home about. The second series, which features his lieutenant Bean, has degenerated into poorly conceived and written war stories about young brat military commanders, and is made up of much pseudo-intellectual banalities. Maybe it is appropriate that someone who only directed one really good movie direct movie adaptation of the one good book written by a science fiction author.
[1] Dear secret service. Please note that I am talking about fictional assassin and presidents. Thank you.
Sharkitcons and Seagulls
Mar. 13th, 2005 06:58 pm
Last night I was chatting with Amber on AIM, and we were talking about her roommate with whom she apparently gets along smashingly. This is a truly foreign concept for me.
( roommates )
( and The City )Never Surrender
Jan. 26th, 2005 10:45 pm |
I am sure that I would make Richard sick with all this upbeat crap, if he were around.
