Time Lapse Sphere Technology

A boy appears out of now here. He's running down a rocky path in a dense, humid forest, carries a small black sphere.

Behind him, he's being chased by three men in suits. Their guns not of this world.

Back to the boy - he jumps over a hole, grabbing onto a hanging vine. He swings his 90 pound body forward and continues to run.

He twists the sphere. Presses a few buttons and it begins to light up.

The agents shoot.

A bullet hits the boys leg.

He drops. Hard. Presses two more buttons on the sphere. And an out pour of blue light emits from the sphere.

The agents catch up to the boy. One shoots him in the head before the boy can speak.
"Too late."

The boy dies.

The sphere blinds the agents.

The boy runs down a rocky path, again.

The agents follow. Guns being loaded.

The boy takes a turn at the hole. Presses a few buttons on the sphere, and keeps running.

One agent takes a short cut. The other follows the boy.

They corner the boy.
He presses a few buttons on the sphere. it lights up. He disappears.
Back at the hole, he swings across and keeps running.

He finds his last resting spot.
The agents, confused, call in their failure. "We lost him."

The boy dials a few numbers on the sphere, and he's gone.

C-Tates to ruin Gambit movie!

C-Tate will be the new Gambit, thanks to Lauren Shuler Donner - who apparently knows nothing about casting, acting, X-Men, X-Men fans, Gambit, Channing Tatum, comic books, movies, fan base support, source material, or right choices. 

Magic Mike isn't Gambit. C-tate is Magic Mike, and that's the peak of his acting chops.

Gambit (Remy Le Beau) is a womanizing, card shark that puts kinetic energy into anything he touches, at will.  C-Tates is a gapped tooth moron - see the disconnect?

This is a lazy, dumb, irresponsible, illogical casting choice. Just cause he "really really wants to be Gambit" by no means says he should.

I can't picture C-Tate doing a French Cajun accent, and seeing him try will pull everyone out of the movie. I hope this flops. So hard that Lauren Shuler considers another career. I don't hate Tatum, but I hate him for this role.

Gambit has a huge role in the Age of Apocalypse - this ins't 21 Jump Street.
I hope the fans can come together to petition this removal of him in this movie. Much like 50 Shades of Grey did.

God help us all

And The Oscar doesn't go to....

Take THAT American Hustle / David O. Russell.

Hopefully if you're reading this, and yes I humor myself that other people read my blog, you've seen The Oscars already.  If you haven't and don't want to hear any SPOILERS, consider this a spoiler alert! Turn and run! I'll give you time....

Okay, so you've seen the Oscars. And while Wolf of Wall Street should have swept, I'm glad Gravity did. Beacuse that means American Hustle, the most boring piece of garbage to come out of 2013, didn't win. 0-10! That restored my faith in the Academy and Humanity.  As long as Gravity kept winning and American Hustle kept crystallizing into their reality, I was happy. You don't see piranhas eating piranhas - so good job Alfonzo and Gravity.

I did LOVE Gravity. I think it ran over 2 hours and change but I was never once bored. More than half the movie was intense, exhilarating and tons of conflict made the story better. A great film to learn from.

While 12 Years a Slave was good, it wasn't the BEST film of the year. That would go to Gravity or Wolf of Wall Street. 

Again, Leo got snubbed. He is a WAY better actor than Matthew, I'm sorry, but he just is. What the hell does Leo have to do to get an Oscar win?!  Wolf of Wall Street was the best directed, acted and overall picture of 2013.  12 Years was, as I called it, Slave porn.  It was less violent than Tarantino's slave movie, and that says a lot.

I'm still tired and a bit hung over from last night's Oscar party, so I'm going to end it here and not ramble on, ala Jared Leto acceptance speech.

Pompeii, all the way!

Hey, Pompeii, screening today. Yay!
Ok, ok, got my rhyming itch scratched. 

I'm excited to see this tonight, I haven't read any reviews or anything, I like to go in fresh! Even though I know how it ends. *Spoiler alert* A volcano has its way with everyone in Pompeii. And if that was a real spoiler for you, your history teacher should be ashamed of himself.


I'm really excited for these Roman era films, and Biblical period piece. Hoping they'll do well so my Biblical screenplay that I wrote and is making its way around Hollywood is seen as something that will be profitable. But of course that's not the only reason, I'm at artist first and a Capitalist second (hah). I love the resurgence of Biblical stories: Noah, Moses etc... and love that they're getting a Hollywood facelift and brought to everyone in a dramatic way. The Ten Commandments is a classic, one I watch as if the first time every Easter.

Noah is going through a bit of controversy because Variety had a poll that tied the movie in with Bible thumpers that didn't like the movie. Something I believe that holds true: no press is bad press. This controversy is exactly what I hope my script (and eventual film - fingers crossed) gets. It has people talking, arguing, debating. And if someone says not to see something, many will.

Dogma was privy to this kind of press, and ended up being one of Kevin Smith's best films. Note: Kevin Smith himself walked a picket line (picket line? is that right?) well he protested against Dogma with a group of church goers. It was hilarious and there's a news video of it on Youtube, check it out.

... ok i did the leg work for you. Here's the video. Jump to 2:24 for the juicy bits. So funny.

ANYway.  Hope Pompeii is good (obviously) and I hope it starts and lasts as it will end: with a blast. Waaaa waa.

If I can battle through my procrastination I'll come back at cha with a review.

Ciao

Quickie Post

• I'm Back...again.
• Working on a new screenplay and half hour comedy.
• My script is being read by a dozen or so studios, waiting impatiently to hear back from my agent.
• Movies you need to see: 
• Gravity 
• Catching Fire
• 12 Years a Slave
• Blue is the warmest Color

Movies you should avoid like a tornado:

• All is Lost (If I could, I would pay people to not see this.)

Okay. That's it.
Blog to you soon!

And I'm back

Sorry for the absence. I... totally just got lazy. So to the 6 people that read this, sorry.  Got a job, sucks, but pays the bills and beer so I can't complain, but I do.  Waiting for a few agents and or managers to get back to me on some scripts and save me from the 9-5 slavery I endure err day.

I don't have much to say today. Breaking Bad is back, bitch! So that's good for the world.


okay, that's it.  Talk soon...or later.. probably later.

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July to my American friends!


Sorry I haven't been updating much. Writing my ass off. Working on a new drama/fantasy 1-hour TV script. Then a sit com. Then editing someone's screenplay. Then e-mailing agents...  I'm sure you don't care, but that's what's happening!

One more day till the frickn' weeken'!