Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-12-09 Thread Martin
Keith, maybe it's what the youngsters today like. Short-attention spans seem to be de rigeur. he makes some good points, but i've seen enough modern music video directors' work to stand by my apprehension. that he uses Michael Bay as an example really worries me: i hate Bay's directing

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-12-09 Thread KeithBJohnson
yeah...(feeling old and despairing at the same time) that is so incredibly sad to me -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith, maybe it's what the youngsters today like. Short-attention spans seem to be de rigeur. he makes some good points, but

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-12-08 Thread Daryle
I met Garrett Wang at LAX Airport yesterday morning. It was a very cool conversation. If you¹re ever at a Trek con and see him there, by all means strike up a conversation with him. He asked if I knew about the project. Apparently he¹s being considered for one of the roles. As of yesterday, he

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-12-08 Thread Martin
Okay, so I forgive Khan, fully and formally. Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I met Garrett Wang at LAX Airport yesterday morning. It was a very cool conversation. If you¹re ever at a Trek con and see him there, by all means strike up a conversation with him. He asked if I knew about

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-12-08 Thread KeithBJohnson
he makes some good points, but i've seen enough modern music video directors' work to stand by my apprehension. that he uses Michael Bay as an example really worries me: i hate Bay's directing style. If i didn't already know he directed music videos, i'd have guess. What I see from a lot of

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-12-07 Thread Martin
WHEW! There's a memory no one needed to relive... Mike Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He also direct the hot mess that was Torque. But yeah it's still in rumors I heard about that a few month back. But haven't heard anything new since. On Nov 26, 2007 4:23 PM, Bosco Bosco [EMAIL

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-12-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
agreed. Read my movie reviews and you'll see the *main* thing I complain about after bad plotting/acting is music video direction. Maybe i'm just old, but i remember the days when a movie used long shots, slow pans, and let the action fill the screen and take place. Nowadays, so many films move

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-27 Thread Justin Mohareb
Why would that be? A lot of directors get work directing music videos at the beginnings of their careers. Besides, his work certainly has the stylized feel to it that an adaptation of Neurormancer would require. Check out those phone ads. http://www.josephkahn.com/index.xml?short=1 JJ Mohareb

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-27 Thread Mike Street
But only a rare few can translate the art of story telling to film after having done a music video. We can go down the list of failed movies music video directors. I think a lot of them miss the art of storytelling because most music videos have no story at all. Just images and sound On Nov 27,

[scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Bosco Bosco
Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen which made me jump for joy until I read that it would be directed by Joseph Kahn who directed a Brittany Spears video. Did this get discussed here already and I missed it? If not, does anyone know anything further? Bosco

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Astromancer
Oh hell yeah! I just hope they don't screw it up like they did Johnny Nemonic...BTW, how many of you guys know that Neuromancer is an ad hoc sequel to Johnny Nemonic? Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen which

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
I didn't know that. As for that director, directing Miss Spears is a serious black mark on him before he's out of the gate. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh hell yeah! I just hope they don't screw it up like they did Johnny Nemonic...BTW, how many of you guys know that

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Martin
No, Bosco, this is the first I recall of it being mentioned. Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen which made me jump for joy until I read that it would be directed by Joseph Kahn who directed a Brittany Spears

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Mike Street
He also direct the hot mess that was Torque. But yeah it's still in rumors I heard about that a few month back. But haven't heard anything new since. On Nov 26, 2007 4:23 PM, Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read a rumor that Gibson's Neuromancer is being brought to the big screen

Re: [scifinoir2] Neuromancer

2007-11-26 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Amen! The horror! Martin wrote: I didn't know that. As for that director, directing Miss Spears is a serious black mark on him before he's out of the gate. Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:cwbadie%40yahoo.com wrote: Oh hell yeah! I just hope they don't screw it up like they did Johnny