oh, yeah
Also forgot to mention, HOUSE finally returned last night! Man, House and Cameron just need to hook up already. And yes, this was just an excuse to put and House icon back up on the front page.
why good enough isn’t
Fark picked up a link about some of the major drama going on over at Disney Feature Entertainment . If you’re not up on things, the cheeses at Pixar have been put in charge of just about everything over at Disney including the Parks and it’s generally been heralded as pretty damn good news as Pixar has unflinchingly produced nothing but quality since 1991.
Now if you read the article, it’s slanted a bit toward the folks working at WDFA, involved in projects that are already well underway. Lasseter and his brilliant minions doing their job, as a simple question- “Why are we making this?” and then have the balls to STOP the CRAP. This disgruntles the employees that have been working very hard, and they turn to the internet to bitch, because a whiney blog is every human’s God-given right, yes?
I’m sure all the production staff would agree they don’t want to make bad movies, but WDFA hasn’t been doing that, if they had, I would expect quite a bit more hubbub from JL and crew regarding production shutdows. The problem is, when you’re working on something, something you have a lot of passion for, you’re struck blind, like Ralphie from A Christmas Story. This has happened on damn near everything I have ever worked on at some point, whether it was something I’m writing, or something I’m editing, you just can’t see the bad for the good. But if you’re not careful when you’re done, no one else is going to be able to see the good for bad. The movies coming out at Disney are okay. They probably entertain 40% of the population, given the large chunk adolescents make of the movie going public. Technically they’re well executed, but the reason I don’t go see Disney movies is because they’re just not consistantly enjoyable. If you can’t answer why you’re making the movie when the movie is being made, how do you expect audiences to answer “Why are we seeing this movie?” once it hits wide release? The stories aren’t cutting it, it’s about time someone slapped some sense into them.
Pixar has been renowned for making story king in production. They’re used to hammering away at something until every single moment of potential is played for what it’s worth. They HAVE to be because of the process they go through making their movies. If WDFA wants to be great again, it’s a model they should take to heart. I have no doubt that if every film produced and released today went through even 1/4th of the craft Pixar puts in, that we’d really be in another golden age of film.
“Good enough isn’t.” It’s a great motto, it’s a place I really want to get to, but I’m lazy like most people and I need a slap in the face every now and then to remind me. I got one of these slaps recently, on some coverage from Nickel & Dime. It stings, but you either listen or disregard it and somehow the minute you start disregarding advice is when it rears around and bites you in the ass. So back on page 1 scene 1. Plotting. Story. My effing kryptonite. I feel like Artie climbing the water tower- I want to get up there dammit, just gimme a shot to get up there, but you keep getting dragged back down. Which isn’t bad, cause I don’t want to fall to my death or anything, it’s just damned frustrating. It’s a Burger Barn, Gilbert!
the greatest movie of modern times
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OMG. Finally the trailer is availble!!!! It is the AWESOME!
Edit: Fixed the link.
don’t mind me.
I saw Death on the way home from work today. I think he had come to collect my NCAA Tournament bracket. I didn’t stop him to ask.
good girls don’t…
Busy. Couple of things I want to note, lots of folks passed away recently including Don Knotts- actor without peer and a stellar career. If you haven’t seen The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Megan, I’m talking to you here) check it out, it’s a great movie. Also of note in my memory is The Apple Dumpling Gang, I don’t remember much of the plot, and I think Ned Beatty was in it, or that guy from ‘8 is Enough’ but it’s forever lodged in my brain.
Gordon Parkes- seminal filmmaker and photo-journalist. If you aren’t familiar with him he wrote and directed The Learning Tree and Shaft.
And the Milosevic. Uhg, what a trade.
Depressing, like NC State throwing away the ACC tourney Friday. Just, so bad. Every year you do this State, why do you do this? Herb Sendeck must be too nice, cause the teams play so awesome early and midseason but like clockwork they shutdown when we get into Feb/March. It defies logic. He needs to rule with terror or something, they gotta figure this out and learn how to play in the late and post-season.
Battlestar season wrapped last night with mind boggling finale. Ronald D. Moore write to screw with me head, I just know it. He must come to the blog here and read my throughts and go- what will make Nicolle’s head explode most? Baltar = President! That works, Ron, now stop. Cloud 9 exploded, man and then we SKIP to a year later. Huge gap throwing me off my feet and then madness. Xiao pointed out that he’d now rebooted the series, which is true, but from the looks he could potentially 86 most of the cast and not bat an eye. I fear. Greatest moment though was Tigh and Starbuck hugging. It was so cute! Now that Sammy is totally dead, and he should be he’s not nearly as dynamic as the main cast, Starbucks going to have all sorts of angst to wallow in while the Cylons build the death-camps. But seriously Ron, leave Rosilin alone. I love her character. And Adama needs to lose the mustache- I was totally ported to the 1970’s. And Gaete can just die.
Something that deserves comment is the Bonds-steroid issue, but it’s almost unspeakable at this point. There’s nothing left. I don’t know when it happened, maybe 1996 but ML Baseball is dead. It’s typical of American evolution, the remnants of the past get corrupted, they wither and they die. The manifestation in baseball is just another symptom of the cancer. God, it sucks.
So I’ll keep my head down and into my teevees and pop culture. *sigh* And speaking of the teevees- going to plug Thick as a brick (http://users.livejournal.com/_thickasabrick/) which is a House-comic with a twisted sensibility. Its fun, check out the House-Bingo card.