Tim Minear to script Heinlein's Moon is a Harsh Mistress

POSTED BY: SamuraiX47
UPDATED: Thursday, January 29, 2004 07:07
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CAPTAINTIGHTPANTS

Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:55 AM

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Originally posted by Enderspawn:

Also to the fellow who lamented Starship Troopers' entertaining mediocrity: There has been much talk of the subtleties in this film, and I fear we all got the wrong picture from it. I thought much like you did until I started to really look at the psychology of some of the news clips. Like, for example, how they censor the arachnid tearing up a cow but then cut to an unedited scene of shredded mormons...makes you think, doesn't it?

Of course we could argue all day about the hidden merits of the film, which I believe are there, but I also believe movies are made for an audience, and if no one got the subtle satire of the whole thing, then is it a good movie? On the other hand, perhaps Starship Troopers is ahead of its time and will find an audience in the future. Perhaps...

Starship Troopers! Now that's a Guilty Pleasure!

I loved the way they did the news segments of that movie. They made that movie. I especially liked the cameraman filming the bugs coming and just keeps rolling until he gets eaten. Very realistic actually. Photographers in combat or other dangerous situations often forget they are in the middle of it until it rolls over them.

You're gonna come with us...

CAPTAINMAL

Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:07 AM

Oh Rapture!
Oh JOY!!!

This is exceedingly shiny!!!

(and the Joss doing Glory Road idea is swell too)

To me there is hardly any downside here for one simple reason: Joss and Tim write dialouge just like RAH..witty, snappy, crisply delivered dialouge from fascinating characters.

I'll have to think abit about Manny - resist the temptation to picture Fillon in the role if only for the fact that I don't want to confuse in my mind Manny with Mal, but for Wy, why not think big and go after Nicole Kidman?

Get Sean Connery for the Professor?

Say...assuming it's not loaded with the above mentioned star power (and it likely won't be, how about Ben Browder for Manny? I think that'd work out well if the audience is smart enough to figure out that just because he's named Garcia diesn't imply he's a hispanic...

"Why we still discussin' this?"

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