SPIELBERG TO FINALLY EMANCIPATE LINCOLN
Steven Spielberg may be very much in need of a prestige project after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull forces a nation of film geeks to re-examine their will to live and the critical community to remember what they didn\'t like about him a couple of decades ago, so scheduling his long, long, long awaited Lincoln biopic seems like a good idea.
According to Screen Daily, Spielberg will get to work on his Lincoln movie after he finishes his TinTin film, sometime in early 2009. That would mean that The Trial of the Chicago 7 remains off the deck for now, and Interstellar remains somewhere in the triple A leagues, waiting for its big chance at the majors. This also sets up the Lincoln film as a possible release during the president\'s bicentennial year.
One of the things holding back the Lincoln film has been a script, so either Spielberg has a script he likes or the confidence that he\'ll get one together in the coming months. I can see why he doesn\'t like the current iteration; someone sent me a copy and I think the epigraph that opens the screenplay shows you the unusual bent the script takes:
I freed who?
- Abraham Lincoln, September 23rd, 1862, upon waking up from a three day bender
QuoteSteven Spielberg may be very much in need of a prestige project after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull forces a nation of film geeks to re-examine their will to live and the critical community to remember what they didn\'t like about him a couple of decades ago, so scheduling his long, long, long awaited Lincoln biopic seems like a good idea.
Is this implying that the new Indiana Jones isn\'t very good? I was just saying to Steve last night that I\'m getting a bad feeling about this movie... based on how they\'re promoting it. I have no proof it sucks, it\'s just a gut opinion. But seeing this, makes me think I might be right.
Is this implying that the new Indiana Jones isn\'t very good? I was just saying to Steve last night that I\'m getting a bad feeling about this movie... based on how they\'re promoting it. I have no proof it sucks, it\'s just a gut opinion. But seeing this, makes me think I might be right.
Quote from: SlimPickens;189504Is this implying that the new Indiana Jones isn\'t very good? I was just saying to Steve last night that I\'m getting a bad feeling about this movie... based on how they\'re promoting it. I have no proof it sucks, it\'s just a gut opinion. But seeing this, makes me think I might be right.
I\'m with you. Everyone keeps talking about how great this movie is going to be. I just don\'t see how it can be any good, especially ~20 years after the last one.
QuoteSPIELBERG TO FINALLY EMANCIPATE LINCOLN
Steven Spielberg may be very much in need of a prestige project after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull forces a nation of film geeks to re-examine their will to live and the critical community to remember what they didn\'t like about him a couple of decades ago, so scheduling his long, long, long awaited Lincoln biopic seems like a good idea.
According to Screen Daily, Spielberg will get to work on his Lincoln movie after he finishes his TinTin film, sometime in early 2009. That would mean that The Trial of the Chicago 7 remains off the deck for now, and Interstellar remains somewhere in the triple A leagues, waiting for its big chance at the majors. This also sets up the Lincoln film as a possible release during the president\'s bicentennial year.
One of the things holding back the Lincoln film has been a script, so either Spielberg has a script he likes or the confidence that he\'ll get one together in the coming months. I can see why he doesn\'t like the current iteration; someone sent me a copy and I think the epigraph that opens the screenplay shows you the unusual bent the script takes:
I freed who?
- Abraham Lincoln, September 23rd, 1862, upon waking up from a three day bender
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JetBlue sued for seating passenger on toilet
Well, at least the seat was free.
A man traveling on an employee buddy pass (and thus presumably flying for free) was ordered to sit in the bathroom of a packed JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) flight. He is now suing the company for $2 million.
Gokhan Mutlu claims that the pilot of a JetBlue flight from New York City to San Diego ordered him to sit in the bathroom after a flight attendant claimed his seat. The attendant apparently felt that her jump seat was uncomfortable; since Mutlu was not an employee, he couldn\'t sit in her jump seat. And on a full plane, that left the toilet as the only seating option on the five hour flight.
Mutlu wasn\'t crazy about the idea, but the pilot soon set him straight. According to the lawsuit, the pilot said that "he was the pilot, that this was his plane, under his command that (Mutlu) should be grateful for being on board." So the bathroom it was. Eventually, Mutlu was allowed to return to his original seat.
Whatever really happened, JetBlue can\'t afford any more bad press. The airline is still trying to make customers forget about trapping passengers on their planes for up to nine hours during bad weather last year.
On the other hand, maybe this isn\'t such bad news. It might just show that JetBlue pilots have a wicked sense of humor. Given the crowds expected on planes and runways this coming summer, that could be a good thing. JetBlue could even build an ad campaign around it: JetBlue - there\'s always an extra seat!
that story is incredible...i wish my school had done a gag like that
that story is incredible...i wish my school had done a gag like that
A Video Game That Combines Beer and Peeing? \'Nuff Said
The Belgians love their beer, but drinking it in large quantities (as one is apt to do when Stella is on your local tap) means frequent trips to the loo. So, two beer fans out there have created a video game called "Place to Pee," in which players race down ski slopes and kill aliens while whizzing.
The game is the brainchild of software developer Werner Dupont and electrical engineer Bart Geraets, who were deep in their ales when the idea dawned on them. "This thing had to be invented by Belgian people and that\'s what we are," they said.
Belgian police shut down a previous incarnation of the urinal video game last November, calling it indecent.
The "Place to Pee" booth fits two users at a time, and gamers hit their targets by aiming at sensors at either side of the urinal. The makers say that women can play along, too -- using a special paper cone.