Movie? We don't need. . .

[Peter Trachtenberg]

On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, Dennis Giovanetti wrote:

>   I'm perplexed by the ongoing devotion to GR: The Movie.  Given the study and
>   discussion here and elsewhere, I see the film idea as limiting the vast
>   nature of the book.  One movie, two movies, a mini-series, a tv series; would
>   any of these suffice? BUT, this is the time for GR:  The Game Show.  Hey! One
>   false spin and you're in the Zone--one true spin and you're in the Zone.
>   P'haps like Firesign's "Beat the Reaper"--but more sinister (we don't stop
>   at disease here).  I see a truly unctuous MC (Werner Klemperer as Col. Klink)
>   aided by a female companion in lederhosen (Claudia Schiffer alternating with
>   Sandra Bernhard?) who'll spin the contestants.  The possibilities (like GR)
>   might be endless.  And with the advent of 500 channel TV, the show could
>   diversify, different versions available to different groups (the Nickelodeon
>   version, the Playboy Chan. version, etc.), each spin describing new arcs, 
>   new spins (and spinoffs)--consider the merchandising; is Michael Eisner lis-
>   tening?
>   	Gio
> 
>   Better still would be to jack into all 500 channels and 
simultaneously broadcast different versions of GR: game show, cooking 
demo (Wouldn't you love to make some of them nifty English sweets in your 
own kitchen?), miniseries, German, Spanish and Kirghiz-language soap 
opera, animated cartoon. Make the fucking thing inescapable!!
>