Re: Film version of "Greatest American Hero" get director

peachy a****e passion wrote:
> aemeijers wrote:
> 
>> Merrick Baldelli wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:56:32 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>> wrote:
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>>>>> According to Moviehole, Hollywood casting agents were informed this
>>>>> week that Herek wants a couple of "names" to play Ralph and Bill.
Also
>>>>> the plot will involve a new antagonist, Harvey Lundy who's a
>>>>> remarkably dislikeable high school teacher representing a group of
>>>>> intergalactic strip-miners.
>>>>
>>>> blink
>>>>
>>>> blink, blink
>>>>
>>>> Another reason to hope the WGA stays on strike forever.
>>>
>>>
>>>     You knew it would be only a matter of time before they were
>>> going to revisit this..  I mean it's got the mark of redux all over
>>> it. 
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I know. But some things should stay In Memory Yet Green. The 
>> world, and the target demographic, have changed since then. Even with 
>> top-shelf writing, I'm not sure the audience can summon the suspension 
>> of disbelief needed to root for a lovable nerd character any more.
> 
>  Have you missed Chuck?
> 
> 
> 

Tried it a couple of times, and kept losing interest. Other shows have 
done Everyman as accidental secret agent a lot better. (like 'Now and 
Again', among others.) Suspension of disbelief for a magic set of 
jammies, is a lot easier to summon than for technobabble nonsense about 
data dumps to wetware. (Wasn't there a very bad movie with that same 
gimmick?)

aem sends...