Jon Katz To Be Played By Jeff Bridges

Robotech_Master writes, "Long-time Slashdot veterans will remember Jon Katz, the editorial writer whose Slashdot articles invariably generated heated controversy. It appears he may have the last laugh; how many of the Slashdot posters who ridiculed him went on to be played by Jeff Bridges in a movie? From the article: 'In his new book, "A Good Dog: The Story of Orson," Katz chronicles the life and death of the lovable but troubled border collie that transformed his life. It continues the story begun in Katz's last book, "A Dog Year," now being made into a movie starring Jeff Bridges as Katz.' Katz critics may get a chuckle out of the plot synopsis for the film: 'A man having a mid-life crisis has his life turned upside down when he takes in a border collie crazier than he is.'" The film should be released in late 2007.

Comments

CowboyNeal

[Anonymous Coward]

They've also announced that CowboyNeal will be played by a CGI'd Andy Serkis.

Re:CowboyNeal

[Gilmoure]

They're using CGI to make a character that looks like Andy Serkis?

If I wear them elsewhere, they chafe.

Roland

[pete-classic]

In other news, Tom Cruise to play Roland Piquepaille.

-Peter

PS: Dude, you're being very un-dude right now.

Re:Roland

[bunions]

Co-starring an irate Corey Feldman as Zonk.

That border collie...

[Angostura]

...really tied the room together, man.

Re:Good casting

[s20451]

I hope they get Wilmer Valderrama to play Junis.

And Junis?

[dedazo]

Who plays Junis? Kevin Federline?

Re:This dog has fleas

[PCM2]

Indeed, the way of the dodo -- like the American educational system. In its place, a Satanic hellhole of perfidious opporession. The greater question here is not whether Jon Katz is related to the producers... but whether, in this post-9/11 era, any of us can truly say that we are more than a few degrees of separation from the producers ourselves? And what does that say for our crazy, mixed-up culture, when so many of our voices are forever silenced, gagged by forces every bit as insidious as the MPAA itself? I say here's to the new heroes of this tumultuous age, so powerfully exemplified by the likes of Jon Katz and the heart-wrenching experiences to which he was subjected in this, the cruelest of online forums.

Odd

[TheRealFixer]

I'm just surprised that in a post-Columbine world, this movie would get made.

Re:This dog has fleas

[zero1101]

oh, THAT guy.

The Dude abides.

[Onan]

Ah, JonKatz. The sole reason that I finally relented and created a user account, just so I could filter out his inane babbling. Good times, good times.

Re:The Dude abides.

[daveb]

yeah - he was the first, and I think ONLY, person I ever filtered out.

It wasn't just that he talked crap about stuff he doesn't know about (hell this IS slashdot after all). It was the volume of crap which seemed to get a high profile that drove me to figure out what my profile was for.

He was an idiot. I doubt much has changed.

Re:The Dude abides.

[Profane MuthaFucka]

That is *precisely* why he started writing about dogs instead of geeks. He found out that geeks are smart, and we don't accept bullshit, lies, or false sentimentality.

Now, imagine a morbidly obese divorced woman confined to her La-Z-Boy for months because her hip replacement is still healing. She has a bag of knitting on the floor, and Oprah Winfrey on the television, playing just a little too loud. In her lap is a little yap of a dog, maybe it's a Yorkie. It could be a Cocker Spaniel too.

When she gets on the Internet, the first thing she does is log into Yahoo Groups and finds the discussion area for Yorkies. Maybe the group moderator named the fucking thing sweet_yorkie_lovers or something. The moderator and everybody in the Yahoo Group is a similarly divorced obese 40-ish woman, and they write stupid shit like "litle Buster just LUVS it when i scrtahc his tumy." (SIC) Someone else replies "LOL".

That's who Katz is writing for now.

Basically Katz is an amazing and cynical opportunist. He THOUGHT he could do his shit over here, because hey, we're socially inept geeks, right? Well that didn't work out too well, so he found a much more, ummmm, less critical audience who eats that shit right up.

Jon Katz is my fucking hero.

First the Simpsons Live Animated, now Dr Katz?

[BubbleSparkxx]

wow - i didn't know that the Dr Katz cartoon had such a big fanbase to warrant a live action movie. My head always hurt after watching it, with all the squiggly lines and all. So will Jeff Bridges be shaving his head or just going to wear a wig?

Good karma from Jon

[El_Smack]

I went from 0 to +50 Karma just pointing out the most obvious flaws in his "articles". Good times.

Re:Good karma from Jon

[Moofie]

Come on, that's like kicking puppies that don't have any legs.