The original wasn't killed prematurely, there were more episodes made than originally planned. The idea of remaking the Prisoner is a joke, almost as bad as making a sequel to 2001: A Space Odessey.;)
I always thought Card was an idiot, but this article really proves it. What a shill. I think he's a fine writer (pretty good anyway) but his artistic opinions are a bit lame. Does't he know he's a hack sci fi writer? Nothing wrong with that. But embrace it man.
I mean really?! (to quote the article):
Charlie Kaufman created the two finest science fiction films of all time so far: "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
uh? 2001? Whatever. Charlie Kaufman is a great writer, but ESSP is just a Phillip K. Dick story (who wasn't even mentioned in the great pulp heros of the past list!)
I think its a mistake to say Zardoz is bad. It's weird, but not bad. It was competently made, it had some interesting technical innovations (or "tricks", esp the projection of film onto people/objects in the later part of the film). I think that Zardoz was more or less an attempt to make "art" (deadly word I know). It was an experiment. In some ways it failed, in some ways it succeeded. To call it bad I don't think gives it enough credit.
It was written/produced/directed by John Boorman (whose previous success was Deliverance). So, it's hard to argue that the guy's a fool, or that he didn't get to make what he wanted to make. If you give him some credit, I think you can watch the movie and get something out of it. It shares a similar feel to another great late 60's/early 70's weirdfest, The Prisoner (the tv show).
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The original wasn't killed prematurely, there were more episodes made than originally planned. The idea of remaking the Prisoner is a joke, almost as bad as making a sequel to 2001: A Space Odessey. ;)
I always thought Card was an idiot, but this article really proves it. What a shill. I think he's a fine writer (pretty good anyway) but his artistic opinions are a bit lame. Does't he know he's a hack sci fi writer? Nothing wrong with that. But embrace it man. I mean really ?! (to quote the article):
Charlie Kaufman created the two finest science fiction films of all time so far: "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
uh? 2001? Whatever. Charlie Kaufman is a great writer, but ESSP is just a Phillip K. Dick story (who wasn't even mentioned in the great pulp heros of the past list!)
Some humility please.
It was written/produced/directed by John Boorman (whose previous success was Deliverance). So, it's hard to argue that the guy's a fool, or that he didn't get to make what he wanted to make. If you give him some credit, I think you can watch the movie and get something out of it. It shares a similar feel to another great late 60's/early 70's weirdfest, The Prisoner (the tv show).
any press release that uses the word "kvetched" is obviously a joke.