| rindolf | Hi all! I noticed many Hollywood marriages and other relationships have been stable ever since https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Michelle_Gellar (♥!) was interviewed on "why my hollywood marriage works?". I'm not against divorces / breakups, but I want couples to be happy even if I'm attracted to their female partner (and frankly I'm attracted to a metric ton of celebs, friends, and fictional characters - 😊) |
| rindolf | Also someone here wondered why https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna hasn't starred in a film for years now and wondered if "she forgot how to act". Well, I doubt that you can forget that (if that's a thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERy-99vXxnM ; https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lawrence never took acting lessons and won the oscar at age 22), I just think hollywood producers are scared shitless of her: https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/culture/my-real-person-fan-fiction/ . |
| rindolf | there is https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/article465/episode-32-the-battlefield too (also see the Midrash in the blog comments.) |
| hemkunskapz | there's probably too few movies and too many actors |
| hemkunskapz | when you're "in", you bring marketing to the movie |
| hemkunskapz | showbiz... |
| hemkunskapz | some producers seem to cast a selected group though |
| hemkunskapz | continuously |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: many positively "hot"/attractive actors are unhirable: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=why+hollywood+can%27t+cast |
| hemkunskapz | yea some acting skills are probably needed |
| hemkunskapz | otherwise it's cameos |
| hemkunskapz | but a lot of movies have bad acting too :) |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: BTW: if this was a real film (after some possible revamp) - https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Summerschool-at-the-NSA/ - i bet thousands of "geeks" would love to see it. ok, i either need to rework the screenplay into the blessed hollywood format or some director needs to take the effort to clear their prejudice and read it as it is: http://paulgraham.com/gba.html (the word "hacker"). being a hero implies "hacking" as the ages old "David vs. Goliath" myth indicates: https://github.com/shlomif/missile-vs-melee-take-three |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: when i was in the psychiatric ward, a fellow patient (who seemed fairly sane and rational and informed) told me there is a genuine shortage of 'original' screenplays in .il. But even my "humanity" screenplay ( https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/humanity/ - cc-by-sa ) is based on the Jewish Bible and history lessons. Now imagine how films will flourish if they allowed fanfics and crossovers of proprietary franchises |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: re acting skills, sharon stone ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Stone ) acted fairly badly in many of her earlier films, but they were still successful (and i enjoyed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quick_and_the_Dead_(1995_film) immensely) and i find the bad acting in last action hero' s hamlet scene and most of Mel Brooks' films a feature - not a bug |
| rindolf | For the record: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eont_yEGZs |
| hemkunskapz | rindolf: i've heard that too, shortage of screenplays |
| hemkunskapz | hence remakes etc |
| hemkunskapz | it may even be hard to find any old book that hasn't been adapted |
| hemkunskapz | crossovers is a matter of copyrights i believe |
| hemkunskapz | if that can be negotiated, no problem |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: yes |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: there was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_%28film%29 |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: i released all of my franchises under cc-by: https://www.shlomifish.org/meta/copyrights/#characters_concepts_plots_and_worlds - but it's a drop in the ocean |
| rindolf | and you often need to get clearance for parent franchises |
| rindolf | hemkunskapz: here i broke the unwritten rule of doing star trek+starwars crossovers: https://github.com/shlomif/missile-vs-melee-take-three - it gave me an idea for a franchise crossing star wars Ep. I, Star Trek TNG/DS9, and current real-world/online life with Tiffany Alvord as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padm%C3%A9_Amidala ; My Little Pony's Fluttershy as her internal thought process ; and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_(film) duo as the plot commentors and manipulators. I never said I was sane. (and normal people aren't fun) |
| rindolf | I think I'm going to try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Man_(web_series) next - giving it 3 episodes. I think stars/creators stardom and fandom are self-sustaining and invigorating. |