Joss Whedon has ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

Josh Whedon Tweets Secret Movie Project

Pretty Much Sums it Up...

Just received this message from Stephanie regarding my web series prototype (aka my former EFP final cut up into pieces) but it tends to sum up my powers of persuasion along with the natural reaction to some of my material.

"I don't know what to say...lol. Can't believe you got [fill in name] to do this...wait, yes I can, lol"

Word to Final Draft

Currently pasting all my scripts (pre-Masters Program) into Final Draft from Word. AMAZING how I did a two year screenwriting program on Word but, ANNOYING, the process it takes to input it into Final Draft. But, pretty soon I'll have a professional body of work to send out...we're still allowed to draw cartoons on the cover pages right? ;-P

RANDOM MOTHER/SON MOMENT

Mom: I was watching Basic Instinct, but it wasn't the original.
Me: You were watching part 2...did you get that from my room?
Mom: Yes. Do you have the original?

(pause)

Me (pfft): Of COURSE I do.

And then she borrowed that and Leap Year to watch at work the tomorrow.

MasterCard and Stand Up To Cancer: "We All Stand Up / Thank You"

So, this is both versions of the PSA we shot on the Sony lot a few weeks back. It was really cool having both SU2C and LZP gather into Laura's office to watch it during the world series. Oh, and guess what we found out yesterday? We got paid for it too! Hoo-Sha!

I Know Who Killed Me...Almost Killed Me...

Sometime last week, on my quest to have everyone and their mother (in many cases literally) watch Ringer, I pitched the pilot to a co-worker. He in return told me it sounded a lot like the plot to I Know Who Killed Me. If you don't what I Know Who Killed Me is...well, what Freaky Friday was to Lindsay Lohan's "teen" image, this film was to her "downward spiral" image.

And like magic (I'm fairly sure my co-worker is a magical movie leprechaun, so I think that word is appropriate) I Know Who Killed Me ended up at Biglots, in a two pack along with one of my all time favorite films I Know What You Did Last Summer, for 3 bucks. I knew had I not bought it right there and then, that I would've been struck down by lightning.
Cut to me watching it, over the course of three days. No, it's not that long...but it is longer than it should be.

Rather than break it down into a review, I decided to copy and paste the frequent comments/ thoughts I had posted on both MY Facebook wall as well as that of my two of my fellow co-workers. Also, out of courtesy, SPOILER ALERT!

Oh snap i'm peeling the label, oh Lindsay looks so excited. I'm the only one since the movie came out in theaters to actually watch her. Oh look at that. the dvd art is of a blue flower. It so looks like the font from I Know What You Did Last Summer. Explains the 2pak. And the dvd's in!

Oh wow it already looks bad. The first shot looks like it was shot with my [$]300 digi palmcorder I got from Costco 4 years ago.

oh look at that, a homage to high school theater...no wait that's just really bad acting on Lohan and that guy who looks like an extra from That 70s show.

omFg is that the cat from Austin Powers back from the dead? cos it look it.

oh snap she just lost some fingers. How ever will she grab ahold of that shiney bloody pole again?

I fell asleep. I Know Who Killed Me live blog pt 2: now wide awake...this film looks waaaay worse. I blame [co-worker]

Dear lord, that movie (i fell asleep last night during it)...is never gonna end. It's like the cockroach, it'll live on forever *shivers*

ok posession isn't the same time as a twin taking over somebody's identity without telling people. Two verrry different things *shakes head* 

linds + strip/ dancing = cringe

ok, this movie is so ridiculously awful, I [can't] post anymore or [co-worker's] page won't see the light of day ever again 

omg i'm still finishing it and now it turned into an episode of the bionic woman. *falls off bed laughing*

OMG she's literally in a room with falling SPARKLES! WTF is this movie becoming???

ok is that a tub full of blood...or still forming jello?

OMG he just bitchslapped her with her own faux skin what da faaaah???

Wait...HE'S the killer? I thought it'd be the manufacutor of all those robotic hand things. I assumed he was cutting all their limbs off so they'd be FORCED ot purchase faux limbs. 'Cause that would be genious...but this ending....what da faaaah???

OH SNAP! He got it in the groin.

OMG she's gonna use her robotic hand to punch in the glass coffin like Superman. :;gasp:: She DID it!

awwwe, now they're crying while the sappy music plays. This is so Uptown Girls, only with robotic hands, glass coffins, and sparkles.

No aftermath? Pfft, laaaame.

OK finished I KNOW WHO KILLED ME. It's a Lifetime movie told with a big movie budget. Ironically, I feel if it actually were a Lifetime movie it would've been pretty good.

 You have been enlightened. You're Welcome :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Failed TV Show Reboots

With the recent cancellation of the Charlie's Angels reboot. I ended up looking up some of my other favorite 70s icons. After doing so I have decided to give some credit to the Angels reboot, in that it actually got made into a series.

Here's just a few reboots that never ended up making it on the air.

1. WONDER WOMAN 2011 David E. Kelly pilot:

 

Watch Wonder Woman 2011 Pilot Here (assuming it still exists) 

To be honest, this one wasn't bad. Well, if you excuse The Notebook scene which I felt was a bit much (then again with all my female friends it's also very realistic). The whole corporate angle didn't really phase me (then again I consider this a continuation of the 1975 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman series, though I don't believe it is). Sometimes, I felt we lingered a little too much in that world that the show lost focus on where it should be. But, the themes brought out through her corporation were really nice. The connection of loneliness and sacrifice between a non-human superhero and a corporate working woman really came through. Also, GREAT casting with Adrianne Palicki.

Special Note: She doe NOT wear the 'pants suit' throughout the entire pilot.

2. WONDER WOMAN (Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?) 1967:

 

Cute, but ridiculous. The clip is all there is and truth be told, is all I could handle. Not surprised that it didn't get developed further. Thankfully in 1975 they took a real crack at it and hence we ended up with ever classic Lynda Carter version =)

3. ELECTRA WOMAN 2001

 

Much like the Charlie's Angels films, this show took a look at its campy predecessor and decided to instead dive into the realm of comedy. Which, could have been a stroke of genious, had it been done properly. What we really are left with is an unfunny show with elements of Power Rangers and My Life is Earl, revolving around two unlikable characters (though I must admit I liked seeing Markie Post in the role of Electra Woman). Even the clutter of superhero cameos (Aquaman and The Flash) couldn't save this.