Impolex @ The Boston Underground Film Festival
Joe Allonby
joeallonby at gmail.com
Thu Mar 18 12:25:33 CDT 2010
I always thought it would be hilarious to run it as a major television
miniseries with lots of hype.
A World at War!
Fobidden Love!
Intrigue!
Octopi!
Then all of America tunes in and goes "What the fuck?".
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Dave Monroe
<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well put, Dave. I might check it out now. The initial reviews that I
>> read made it sound like an adaptation. I think you can understand my
>> objection to that. You definitely got me with the "friend's gigs"
>> comment.
>
> That's the spirit. I knew you'd Know. I'm not promising anyone will
> full-on enjoy it, per se, but, well, in the end, unless it's a total
> hardship case and/or there's something else you simply have to do
> then, what the heck (and I was caught in a crossfire there myself, so
> ...). If you go, and if he's there, tell Alex I did pimp his
> screening for him, at (very) least. I try to be supportive ...
>
> The stories behind the filming, by the wya, can be interesting on
> their own. The guy playing the Slothrop figure is either one of the
> worst actors ever (and interesting as such), or spot on. Or both ...
>
> Meanwhile, still running the GR Nw a Major Motion Picture trailer, @
> least, through my head ...
>
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