July 6, 2006
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Random Thought
If people like Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin and Red Skelton were alive today and making films with the current level of technology, what do you think their films would be like?
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Jimmy Stewart: Like Remains of the Day
John Wayne: Like Unforgiven
Alfred Hitchcock: Like The Ring
Humphrey Bogart: Like Indiana Jones
Charlie Chaplin: Like Space Cowboys
Red Skelton: Like Dumb and Dumber
for shits and giggles…
Justify your answers.
Remains of the Day because it didn’t require any special effects, rather the ability of the actor. Your question ergo, is retarded.
Unforgiven …see above (and it was a western, typically John Wayne matieral)
The Ring …see above (and it was a thriller, typically Alfred Hitchcock material)
Indiana Jones …see above (and it was a tough-guy movie, typically Humprhey bogart matieral)
Charlie Chaplin I guess you never saw Limelight???
Red Skelton …see above (and his was typically physical humor)
I can be so dense sometimes, can’t I?
by the by, I never saw Limelight nor Space Cowboys
Limelight I saw as a boy in the now burned down Arcadia theatre in Dallas during a Charlie Chaplin triple-feature. It was his last film, and a hell of a show.
Never Saw Space Cowboys? Hmmm, Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner – what’s not to like?
Oh. I think I caught the tail end of that movie on ACM. Will definately have to check it out now.
What’s not to like? Every time I pick the movie up, the plot sounds cheezy as hell.
It is. So might Casablanca if pitched today. Again, you’re not focusing on the acting…
Intresting that you should mention Casablanca. According to IMDB: In the 1980s, this film’s script was sent to readers at a number of major studios and production companies under its original title, “Everybody Comes To Rick’s”. Some readers recognized the script but most did not. Many complained that the script was “not good enough” to make a decent movie. Others gave such complaints as “too dated”, “too much dialog” and “not enough sex”.
1) why should you care I don’t know you
2) I am dealing with an exboyfriend if you really want to know
3) I am a member of ITS, worked on plays including being a stage manger on the third play I worked on, and I am one of the two state reps from my school. That is what makes me a Techie.
You have just done a fantastic job of proving my point. Thanks.
1) Hello Alexandra013
2) Sorry to hear about your troubles.
3) Member of ITS – really pray tell – what do you do there, unix?
Damn, and i had such high hopes….
Yes, I know I did. That was the reason for posting it. Let’s try another example (and see if you can figure out why I’m citing this one) Meet Joe Black.
Never saw it.
Hey Pamlivr! Jump right in the fray, there’s room!
MJB triva: The most expensive film without special effects during its time.
Ironicly, Received a significant sales boost, as this was one of the first films the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was attached to. This resulted in the near legendary occurrence of people paying full fare just to see the trailer, as well as a projected boost of those who stayed through the movie.
Oooooh – and I remember this happening to. People sat through the movie twice to see the trailer – when asked about the movie, no one remembered a thing about it!
wow!
Are you implying that you won’t cue it up for movie night?
ITS= International Thespain Society. You are asked to become apart of this if you can gain enough points by working on plays and such. You can be inducted when you are in high school and there are many famous people that belong to ITS.
well, not really such an aficionado to have much input – i think they would –make movies – tell a story w/ the same aplomb they did in their time utilizing the current tools
The show must go on!
ya think there Frank? I wouldn’t have guessed. Thanks for playing tho’.
It’s is an awesome experience I must say. Where you ever part of a thespian troupe?
Not all major actors are apart of ITS.
Yes, but you should go for experience more than anything, after all I have friends who are lazy and barely made the qualifying mark for graduating with ITS honors, which is something I will be going for this Spring.
Hey -i hate to take your job Eric – but – didya catch the — ‘more than just a typo’ of our resident expert?
Bogart, Charlie Chapman and Red
damnit!
by the by, Limelight wasn’t Chaplin’s last film.
you’re right. checked w/ his dentist. was a #3 molar….
who’s Jay? your friend I’m guessing.
Where do you get your experience from?
Good catch pamilvr!
Good night all!
oh..that one doesn’t countess
Your theatre experience? Are you at a local theatre?
well it would probably be a freak show.
But I would say that if you want to try to make it to the sliver screen that you might want to start in a local theatre, big or small it gets you experience which is what they look for.
hmmmm..i think you have a future i editing….
Hi Tomas
My mom got a huge kick out of your site… and you visited MINE so… here I am saying hello. As far as I know mom didn’t comment you. She just read your previous post about Domino’s. I did not read it. She did. *shrugs*
Laters, Heidi
ok then but how do i tell him about the dang apartment with out starting an argument??? i dont’ want it to start shit ya know…
I’ve always been of the opinion that they only have a dozen or so different scripts… they change the settings, the actors, and all the details… but it still boils down to endless repitition of just a few basic, and fairly similar story lines.
And sometimes the similarity goes beyond just being a similar story line… you mentioned “Meet Joe Black”… I think I remember that story line as “Death Takes a Holiday“. Add color, recent actors, just a bit of a difference in dialogue… and you are there.
that was my one attempt at answering your entries question.
How do you plan to make it to the silver screen then?
Almost anything, but I just started reading a play, a little confusing but good.
thank you. i like your duck. i had a bunny called baby bunny
ah the duck! He takes his name after my best online friend, ehowton who runs his blog on Live Journal but uses Xanga to comment on mine. Ironically, he doesn’t appreciate his namesake. I must do something about this. Any suggestions?
ah well in that case nevermind, I don’t know what the films would look like, but it would be interesting to see what they would be like.
What have you done behind a sound board, have you done just plays (sounds) or anything with mics?
thank you?
Nice, I have done sound only once with a friend and it was for the musical that we did this last year, of course it had to be Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat… so there was almost 20 mics, and I had to run back stage 2 out of the 3 nights to fix mics. But it was fun I find the sound to be very interesting, and the only time to truely be able to do sound is during the musical or the one act other wise it’s pushing a button on a cd player.
Well, your welcome.
Very true, during the musical I had a guy come up and ask if I was in charge of sound because he couldn’t hear anything. For one, he had a hearing aid and was old and two, he was in the area where the sound isn’t the best.
But like a goalie huh? Did you play soccer or any other sport?
Why do you want that time back? I loved playing soccer I played for about 5 years or so, I quit when they split up my team.
Ah, I see.
haha that’s funny I used to say that all the time.
What else are you into?
anything?
xanga sucks so bad. What the hell kinda way is this to have a conversation???