People I'd Like To Have Lunch With...
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UPDATED: Friday, February 5, 2016 20:30
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I'm sticking to people that are still alive. I now work in the film industry, so there are some people in the biz I'd love to have change to chat with, and pick their brains.
1. Joss Whedon. Obviously, and for obvious reasons!!!!
2. Steven Speilberg. So that I can learn from his vast experience.
3. Rick Berman. Mainly to ask him why he's so unwilling to take risks with the Star Trek franchise, why can't it die, and why it continues to follow such a tired old formula?
4. Ron Moore. To thank him for the new Battlestar Galactica, and for showing the industry just how tired the Star Trek formula really is!
5. Robert Rodziguez. My favorite rebel indie filmmaker! He makes what he wants, not what a studio forces him to make.
6. Peter Jackson. Just to thank him for beating Lucas at his own game, while maintaining quality through out his LOTR trilogy.
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Madeleine Khan - For her humour and radiance
Grouch Marx - for his genius
John Candy - 'cause he was soo loveable
In terms of who is around these days:
A girl called Jude. She's a friend of a friend..... But how to get the wheels turning... Hmmmmm?????
anyway:
Tim Burton - hey why not
Mark Shreeve - he's a musician.
Lenor Varela - She was in Blade II .
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1. Joeseph Stalin
2. Adolf Hitler
3. Gail Berman
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Okay, as long as Joss is assumed, here's my other three:
1) William Shakespeare. I'm sure it would end up like the Chris Farley Show. "Do you remember when Ophelia went crazy? Remember that part? That was nuts. Do you remember when Lady Macbeth went crazy and started seeing blood everywhere? Remember? That was great. She was nuts."
2) Bruce Campbell. The guy's got a really developed opinion on everything and his book has been a huge inspiration to me. Plus, funny.
3) Eddie Vedder. Genius on so many levels. I'd love to hear him talk about how Pearl Jam evolved without losing their souls.
We'd do fondue for dinner - chicken and shrimp - because it takes like three hours to eat and you can talk the whole time.
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It's lunch time! And I'm going to bring...
1. Beethoven, So he's deaf and probably fairly nuts, but his string quartets alone make him worthy of a lunch with me! :)
2. I'll have to second Embers on this one and go for Jane Austen.
3. Kim Deal or Frank Black or any of the Pixies. I'm on a serious Pixies kick right now.
4. And in case any of those three can't make it, I would ask Mark Twain.
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My three would be, in this order:
1)General Robert E. Lee: No man is more revered by the majority of Southerners. He was loved by his men and respected by his enemies. After the War he turned down very lucrative buisness opportunities to take over at Washington College in Lexington, VA, a job that paid a mere $1,500.00 a year. When asked why he took the job instead of one of the many that offered far more money he is said to have replied:
"I would not make money on reputation in war. In war I lead young men to die, now I would lead young men in life."
2)George Washington: "Father" of our country and one of the Founding Fathers of this nation. I would be very interested to see what he thinks of our all powerful Federal gov't and what the true plans were the Founding Fathers had for the direction our nation was to take.
3)Thomas Jefferson: He wrote the Declaration of Independence, was a Founding Father, a president, and raised quite a controversy w/ the Lousiana Purchase. He was an inventory (as anyone who may have had the chance to visit Monticello will note) and a brilliant statesman. I think he would have quite a bit to say about the strong centralized gov't that he warned us about sitting on Capital Hill.
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Okay, here goes...
1. John Hench-- Designed my favorite parts of Disneyland and worked on several old Disney animated films. A master of color and design.
2. Shigeru Miyamoto-- Created the Legend of Zelda series, Mario bros., and a bunch of other Nintendo franchises. An incredible artist creating inescabably captivating virtual worlds. (Would probably need to hire a translator for this one!)
3. Mark Twain-- Damn, that man's clever! Ahead of his time. And cool, too.
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TRM wrote:
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...P.S. Zoid, there is also something to be said for a group dynamic, where the whole becomes greater than its pieces.
Y'know, one of my very favorite shows on TV is "Dinner For Five" (D45), hosted by Jon Favreau. For those who are not aware of this series, it airs on the Independent Film Channel (IFC); check your local listings for dates and times.
Jon Favreau, who has worked in the industry variously as a writer, director and actor, hosts four film industry careerists to dinner at a posh eatery. It's that group dynamic you were talking about.
My favorite/most memorable guest thus far would have to be John Sayles. He's a truly prolific director of independent films; turns out a high caliber story; is sought after as a writer; has great stories about his work with Roger Corman; and his actors looove him.
Favreau occasionally works it so that the group are homogeneous: They've worked together in the past, or are currently involved in a project. That was the case for the John Sayles dinner (Episode: #2.13 - 27 October 2003), who dined with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Vanessa Martinez and Lili Taylor, all of whom appeared in his "Casa de los babys". Gyllenhaal had a good story about putting her acting career on hold while attending college to advance her trade; in the meanwhile, her younger brother Jake surpassed her as a film actor, without the benefit of such 'higher education'. Martinez told of her experience as an actress with a Hispanic surname but whose first language was not Spanish, and the industry's expectation that she should in fact speak Spanish, or at least be able to fake it; very poignant/funny.
Wouldn't it be great to get the BDH's on D45? I figure -- were I JF -- my four guests would be: Kevin Smith (a friend of JF's and a semi-regular), Joss Whedon, Nat Fillion, and Adam Baldwin. Some may say, "Kevin Smith? WTF for? Why not one of the other cast members?". Simple: KS is one of the biggest movers in the comics world, as is JW. I figure the point of the dinner is really to get Joss going; KS is the super-graphite lubricant for that particular wheel. Plus, KS says 'f*ck' a lot, and before you know it, everyone else is saying it too. It makes all the dinner guests more off-guard and 'real', IMO. And no slight to the other BDHs intended; but, most of them are young and somewhat inexperienced in the industry, having little other than Firefly to talk about. Ron Glass would be my next choice (in fact, I included him on my original D45 guest list, but had to trim to four).
So there you go, TRM. I know I didn't include any girls, so that's a bummer, eh? But they don't generally get nekkid on D45 anyways (at least Zooey Deschanel and Neve Campbell didn't and I was sitting close enough to my big screen to have noticed, should any clothing have accidentally slipped).
So, y'all can feel free to warp this thread to that Dinner For Five (or Six) format, if y'all want. I've really enjoyed reading everyone's choices and accompanying commentary, thus far. It's a fun game, n'est-ce pas? But, for my money, I still prefer the one-on-one chat, without the additional personalities and television cameras altering the interaction. Just a personal preference, which in this exercise is strictly fanciful anyhoo.
Invitationally,
zoid
P.S.
And yes, Eddie Izzard has been on the show, too. When does D45 get released on DVD, already? Here's the IMDB episode list: http://imdb.com/title/tt0291604/guests
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t do you know who I thought of first, on the spur of the moment?
My three favorite virtual females: Mal-licious, ThatWeirdGirl, and Ebonezer.
That would be a lunch for the histoy books. I'm there. Give me some time to save up some cash (edited thanks to cyber's excellent typo vision) and I'll meet the three of you anywhere.
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Am I allowed to raise the dead? (If I had a penny for every time I've had to ask that. . .)
If so, and assuming they wouldn't come back all corpsified and/or soulless:
William Shakespeare, for reasons people have already listed.
George Burns, one of the greatest comics in history.
Nikolai Tesla, to hear about some of his more out-there theories & inventions (energy weapons!!), like the ones that got him assassinated by the MiBs. . .
Limited to living beings:
Joss, again, for obvious reasons.
Rumiko Takahashi, creator of InuYasha, and one of the four Storytellers I actively try to emulate in my own work (the others are Joss, Hayao Miyazaki, and Peter David). Sadly, I'd need a universal translator, since I haven't yet learned Japanese (but fervently hope to, one day).
The Fox network execs. I would serve hemlock, possibly in a special stew (made from swan meat), but doubt they'd appreciate the ironic significance. Plain old strychnine will have to do, much as I hate to seem cliche. Maybe I could just lock them in a room with Global's execs. . . No, then they could end up interbreeding, and nobody wants that. . .
For fictional characters:
Demona the gargoyle, to commiserate over our shared disdain for humanity. A formal dinner of pizza pockets on silver trays and chocolate milk in stem glasses (an inside joke).
Taran'Atar, from the post-Avatar DS9 novels. I have some intriguing observations about the Jem'Hadar and the Dominion that I'd like to see his reaction to.
Naraku, from InuYasha. Possibly the one being in the entire Multiverse who knows more about psychological torture, cruelty, and manipulation than Joss (I believe good stories come from putting interesting characters through utter Hell). Doesn't have quite the sense of humour, but I trust he'd have impeccable table manners, and I'm sure I'd be safe in his presence (I'd have to be careful though to never let slip my family name, or the names of anyone/thing I'm particularly fond of).
And if Naraku wanted to offer Kagura a place at the table, I'm sure she'd have something. . . informative to contribute. . .
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