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Apr 12, 2021 - 10:48 AM
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MONDAY, APRIL 12 DUNE---co-writer Eric Roth commented on the Denis Villeneuve remake movie, “[Working on DUNE] was wonderful. I'd done some work for Denis on ARRIVAL and we became kind of a little bit of soulmates. And so when DUNE came along, he asked me if I would approach it. And I did, and I wrote a big, full, overwritten Eric Roth draft that had certain things special to me. It needed to be, honestly, cut down and sort of harnessed, and Denis did some of that, and they eventually brought in a writer — I was busy, so they brought in a a writer named Jon Spaihts, who is a wonderful writer, who I think kept it grounded. And I think he... I don't want to say LORD OF THE RINGS, but I think it's really pretty spectacular. He’s a visionary of his own kind, Denis.” SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS---Lucy Liu will play villain Kalypso, sister of Hespera (Helen Mirren) in the Zachary Levi sequel. CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND---Justin Timberlake will star in the Apple TV+ tv series based on the Chuck Barris memoir in which he claimed that in addition to being a game show host/creator (THE GONG SHOW, THE DATING GAME), he also was a CIA assassin. The 2002 movie based on the memoir starred George Clooney and Sam Rockwell. THE MANDALORIAN---Katee Sackhoff said she does not know if she is returning as Bo-Katan Kryze for Season 3, "I honestly wish that I could tell you that I knew something. I really don't know. I know where we ended and that's all that I have. I can only use my imagination and hope that we see some pretty cool stuff, but I have no idea." THE 39 STEPS---Benedict Cumberbatch will star in the Netflix six-episode miniseries based on the spy novel. Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS starred Robert Donat. STU---Jacki Weaver will co-star with Mark Wahlberg in his faith-based movie. No other plot details were released. PERRY MASON---HBO confirmed that Titiana Maslany is not returning because her character's, “arc came to an end as planned in the Season 1 finale.” MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM---Elsie Fisher will star in the exorcism movie underway based on the novel. TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia. The producers of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY asked the band Blondie to write the theme song for the movie, but it was rejected in favor of the theme written by Bill Conti and lyrics by Mike Leeson. The producers wanted Blondie to record the Conti version, but Blondie's lead vocalist, Debbie Harry, refused, "They just wanted me to sing on their track. We actually wrote a song, our own version, and submitted it." Sheena Easton was then chosen to record the song and sang it during the opening credits. The song received an Academy Award nomination and was a big hit reaching #4 in the US and #8 in England. The original theme for YOUR EYES ONLY was written by Blondie, but it was rejected by the producers. LINK: LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3anh2SV-7s Sheena Easton sang the theme written by Bill Conti and lyrics by Mike Leeson. LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTXLhEk3J8E
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Apr 12, 2021 - 11:10 AM
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TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia. The producers of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY asked the band Blondie to write the theme song for the movie, but it was rejected in favor of the theme written by Bill Conti and lyrics by Mike Leeson. The producers wanted Blondie to record the Conti version, but Blondie's lead vocalist, Debbie Harry, refused, "They just wanted me to sing on their track. We actually wrote a song, our own version, and submitted it." Sheena Easton was then chosen to record the song and sang it during the opening credits. The song received an Academy Award nomination and was a big hit reaching #4 in the US and #8 in England. The original theme for YOUR EYES ONLY was written by Blondie, but it was rejected by the producers. LINK: LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3anh2SV-7s Sheena Easton has greater range than Debbie Harry, she is technically a better singer. The chorus structure is inventive. The lyrics for Easton's song are more lyrical, but I prefer Harry's song. I think it could have worked/been great with some subtle augmentation & re-instrumentation, using bass and brass. I continue to hate For Your Eyes Only.
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Apr 13, 2021 - 6:36 AM
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Ado
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I've looked at the Dune trailer & can't decide if it's going to be great or terrible. IMDB says it's expected to open in September, & don't give a running time, so maybe they're still working on it. I thought the 1984 David Lynch film was a complete misfire. what we do know is that it will be great, if you like very brown and black movies that are very long, so yeah, for most people, a hard pass. Before Covid it was not appealing in the least, after Covid it is an absolutely box office dud I’m genuinely astonished this got the green light. The Lynch version hardly set the box office alight and whilst I appreciate the new version is likely to be quite different to that, it can’t be THAT different. This has box office flop written all over it. agreed, D V has some friends somewhere in the studios, 2049 ended the run with around $100 million in red ink, and then they give him another very expensive project with little chance of making a nickle. I would be be fine with these money pits if the end product was revelatory, like 2001 was, but this is not the case.
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And it’s not like there haven’t been other versions, including a TV miniseries, which even had a sequel, also based on books. What is it about this story that demands money be thrown at it? I plan to see it, but more as a curiosity
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TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia. The producers of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY asked the band Blondie to write the theme song for the movie, but it was rejected in favor of the theme written by Bill Conti and lyrics by Mike Leeson. The producers wanted Blondie to record the Conti version, but Blondie's lead vocalist, Debbie Harry, refused, "They just wanted me to sing on their track. We actually wrote a song, our own version, and submitted it." Sheena Easton was then chosen to record the song and sang it during the opening credits. The song received an Academy Award nomination and was a big hit reaching #4 in the US and #8 in England. The original theme for YOUR EYES ONLY was written by Blondie, but it was rejected by the producers. LINK: LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3anh2SV-7s Sheena Easton has greater range than Debbie Harry, she is technically a better singer. The chorus structure is inventive. The lyrics for Easton's song are more lyrical, but I prefer Harry's song. I think it could have worked/been great with some subtle augmentation & re-instrumentation, using bass and brass. I continue to hate For Your Eyes Only. Bloody 'ell fire! Lol. That Blondie song is SO far ahead of the one we got it's unreal. Mind, as a kid Debbie was a crush, and Sheena was.... er.. not. Still, it also sounds more like a Bond song than the easy listening c**p that Sheena sang. If only Debbie was the one in those flippin' titles. I mean, there isn't even the slightest nod to the Bond sound in Easton's song. There's plenty in Blondie's (not just the guitars, but the melody too, far sweeter than the lounge rubbish). What. Were. They. Thinking.!! Hey, don't get me wrong. I don't blame Easton for getting the gig. And kudos to her for landing the only titles appearance. Maybe something all the artists should have got? But I just wish it was Blondie. WAY better.
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Apr 14, 2021 - 6:09 AM
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DUNE---co-writer Eric Roth commented on the Denis Villeneuve remake movie, “[Working on DUNE] was wonderful. I'd done some work for Denis on ARRIVAL and we became kind of a little bit of soulmates. And so when DUNE came along, he asked me if I would approach it. And I did, and I wrote a big, full, overwritten Eric Roth draft that had certain things special to me. It needed to be, honestly, cut down and sort of harnessed, and Denis did some of that, and they eventually brought in a writer — I was busy, so they brought in a a writer named Jon Spaihts, who is a wonderful writer, who I think kept it grounded. And I think he... I don't want to say LORD OF THE RINGS, but I think it's really pretty spectacular. He’s a visionary of his own kind, Denis.” Well I really liked Dr Strange but The Mummy and Prometheus? Ugh, terrible!!! Yeah, I wouldn't compare it to LOTR's either. You actually have to create endearing characters. Why is Zendaya in everything nowadays? She can't act worth a damn. I know, she fills the Hollywood quota and aligns with their world view... I have no interest in this dark and dirty Dune world. Doesn't help the worms look like giant sphincters.
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Apr 15, 2021 - 10:12 AM
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Ado decided he was going to hate the new DUNE project from the moment he heard about it. I, meanwhile, look forward to it. A lot. In fact, it's been the one film I've looked forward to the most for the last two years or so. Big fan of everything Villeneuve has done so far, love what I've seen of photos and teasers, can't wait to hear Zimmer's score and have great trust in Villeneuve's visionary style. Bring it on! My own view is so polarised that I’m basically the Anti-Thor. I’ve only seen three of Villeneuve’s movies (Arrival, Sicario and Blade Runner 2049) but they all bored me senseless. The Dune trailer looks more of the same ponderous stuff he excels at and I have no intention of seeing it theatrically. I might watch it on Netflix when it comes on, which will be very quickly because it will be such a huge flop the studio will want to recoup some of their losses. Exactly, the thing is DV stuff appears technically well made. But his movies languish with his ponderousness, slow editing and "stately" camera techniques. When you get to the end of his movies it feels like a lot of work for not much of a result, a lot of smoke, but not much fire. These project he chooses to make comply with his need to have a stately, ponderous, long dank film experience. It seems he has little to no appetite to make a straight ahead narrative picture.
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Is it me, or do we think that when Blondie submitted their song, the then current Bond hierarchy thought it sounded either too weak or not classy enough? And Blondie didn't have quite the clout an ex-Beatle had, especially when backed by George Martin... To my ears that Blondie song is so much more Bond sounding (as in having a Barry sound, not to mention an actual refrain as far as my non-musical background allows) than the rubbish we were eventually served. I say that, but I've since heard one of the Spice Girls sing the Easton one, and even that sounded better!
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Apr 15, 2021 - 9:36 PM
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Solium
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Ado decided he was going to hate the new DUNE project from the moment he heard about it. I, meanwhile, look forward to it. A lot. In fact, it's been the one film I've looked forward to the most for the last two years or so. Big fan of everything Villeneuve has done so far, love what I've seen of photos and teasers, can't wait to hear Zimmer's score and have great trust in Villeneuve's visionary style. Bring it on! My own view is so polarised that I’m basically the Anti-Thor. I’ve only seen three of Villeneuve’s movies (Arrival, Sicario and Blade Runner 2049) but they all bored me senseless. The Dune trailer looks more of the same ponderous stuff he excels at and I have no intention of seeing it theatrically. I might watch it on Netflix when it comes on, which will be very quickly because it will be such a huge flop the studio will want to recoup some of their losses. Exactly, the thing is DV stuff appears technically well made. But his movies languish with his ponderousness, slow editing and "stately" camera techniques. When you get to the end of his movies it feels like a lot of work for not much of a result, a lot of smoke, but not much fire. These project he chooses to make comply with his need to have a stately, ponderous, long dank film experience. It seems he has little to no appetite to make a straight ahead narrative picture. Yeeesh, so that's what hes done? The guy who did Arrival and Blade Runner 2049? I hated Arrival (Done a lot better dozens of times before and frankly a rip off of Torchwood: Children of Earth) And I couldn't get 40 minutes into Blade Runner 2049 before turning it off.
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I've looked at the Dune trailer & can't decide if it's going to be great or terrible. IMDB says it's expected to open in September, & don't give a running time, so maybe they're still working on it. I thought the 1984 David Lynch film was a complete misfire. Even the trailer feels 5-10% too long. The Lynch movie is not a complete misfire, in fact it's very true to the book although the time in the seitch is given short shrift. It seems a fools errand to re-make this for the 2nd time. The Sci-Fi Channel version seemed to give it the room to breathe that it needed. Thank the gods no none wasted the money on the Jodorowsky version. It would have been an incoherent mess. Fascinating, perhaps. But a mess none-the-less.
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