That adaptation is so meta (legally retarted)

I started writing a scathing post about the death of creativity. I restarted and made it about the end of our civilization. Maybe the third time's a charm? Why don't we just let the link speak for itself:

the death of art

I give it a month, and that would be longer that these guys survived. Unless you are about the blood and the bunnies, let's keep movie adaptations away from Broadway. Although in a crazy world maybe this could work. "He'll flip ya for real" choruses anyone?

If a movie made from a book drops in the summer and I don't go see it, does it make me sound?

Here's a list of some books being made into movies which come out this summer. Included in the list is yet another movie based on a Philip K. Dick novel. The Chricton-ization of the Dick library is almost complete, but all forecasts for the end of the trend are positive since Jessica Biel is in Next and Jurassic Park IV comes out next year.

If Nick Cage could see the future in real life do you think he would have warned everyone about Jurassic Parks II through III? I wish I could say that he would have, but I can't because I have no way to get in touch with him. With any luck that will be the twist ending in Next. Nick Cage using the powers of his mind (I wonder if he'll be method acting) to redirect an atomic bomb at the studio producing JP4.


The release of Next will beg the question: Are you cooler for reading a Philip K. Dick book or not seeing the movie?

There's no way to answer the question if you haven't seen the movie, but there will be opinions.

Viva la 'pinion!

The best movie(s) You'll never see

On a whim I happened to catch the second half of the "New York" magazine Film review by David Edelstein featuring a review of "The TV Set". Being a filmmaker this was one of the insider industry type films that I would enjoy. Upon seeing it I thought it was a truly great work. Probably one of the best films I will see this year. I was originally going to write a review of this film, but there are enough reviews of it already. What I feel is more important to write about is the fact that the majority of us will most likely not hear about this film or even know it exists, let alone go and see it. Now "The TV Set" is a very smart movie that critiques our culture and especially our entertainment industry. The content may be a little high brow for a lot of people, but there are many films like this one that are both original and interesting. Works that are progressing the craft and pushing boundaries, but none of us see them. I constantly complain about the crap that comes out these days "Red Line", "Are We Done Yet", "Wild Hogs", and the list goes on. Of course we all know that Hollywood and mainstream film making has been quite awful for a long time. The problem is that there are good movies being made, but we don't find out about them. They are usually in select cities only, or play for a couple of shows at a small theater and are gone before we know it. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough. The question (which is a complex one) is how can we make these films more accessible? How can we start changing the mainstream to contain more movies like "The TV Set"?