I think rewriting from your own blog or ILX posting is not plagiarizing, it's "cannibalizing."
I managed to write about Cruising without recycling more than a couple phrases from before.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
i dont know why we're talking about it here, but shattered glass is excellent. breach is interesting but not as good.
― s1ocki, Monday, 3 September 2007 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
It came up because the Spielberg blogger plagarized.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2007 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Which, for some reason, struck me as hilarious and scandalous.
― Eric H., Monday, 3 September 2007 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
The Terminal has a lot of commercial signage in it because it is set in an AIRPORT TERMINAL, Cosmo Vitelli.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I pre-ordered BOOM BLOX last night.
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Terminal isn't bad, despite the ending.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
boom blox looks fun.
― Creeztophair, Tuesday, 6 May 2008 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/19/steven-spielberg-to-produce-martin-luther-king-biopic/
DreamWorks has acquired the rights to make a feature film based on the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
“In trying to tackle such an ambitious project, the question we had to ask ourselves is, ‘Why now?’ ” DreamWorks CEO and co-chairman Stacey Snider told Variety . “The answer lies in MLK’s own words: ‘All progress is precarious.’ With every step forward, new obstacles emerge and we must never forget that his life and his teachings continue to challenge us every day to stand up to hatred and inequality.”
I could write about the history of MLK, but if you don’t already know this story, than you should probably be educating yourself instead of reading a film blog. I’ll be very interested to see who is hired to write and direct this biopic. It would be very easy to create an on the nose and preachy film about King. Personally, I would like to see the story that isn’t in the history books, a more personal take on King’s life story.
Who should direct? Nothing has been decided yet, but it has been a life long dream of Steven Spielberg to make a film based on King. Spielberg will produce with Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones.
Discuss: Who would you like to see write/direct an MLK movie?
I've never thought much of most Spielberg movies that aren't in the action-adventure genre. And from what I've read The Color Purple and Amistad were both awful, so is there reason to fear Spielberg tackling directorial duties here? I think It'll be hard for anybody to make this movie and not have it get dragged into being the most didactic, ready-to-kill-two-hours-of-class type of film.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
This is going to suck.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe they can give MLK a cocky son played by shia leboeuf
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
too bad he doesn't make "rad" shit like Star Trek.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
do not want
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh c'mon, you'd enjoy seeing a Will Smith-starring MLK biopic that opens over the 4th of July weekend, wouldn't you?
― Cunga, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I have never enjoyed a Will Smith movie ever so no
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"too bad he doesn't make "rad" shit like Star Trek."
Even if he made the greatest movies in the world, he still shouldn't be making this movie.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
And from what I've read
Alex's posts?
None of Spielberg's three masterpieces as a director are action-adventure.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah Jaws is a horror movie
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
and always is a romance
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Cunga, you do know that DreamWorks /= A Steven Spielberg Film, right?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
and Hook is a travesty.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
would live to see jj abrams' take on this tho
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Amistad isn't awful, actually: perfectly respectable middlebrow Oscar-style drama.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
"Cunga, you do know that DreamWorks /= A Steven Spielberg Film, right?"
Uh he's producing the thing and it was his LIFE long dream to do so. So yeah it's kinda his film no matter what hack they get to helm this.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Judd Apatow's MLK
― velko, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Perfectly respectable middlebrow Oscar-style dramas are awful, but hey to each their own.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah after the Hours I wanted to stab my eyes out
― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Some are less awful.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Compared to the fifteen minutes of Million Dollar Baby I watched, Amistad seems positively brilliant, it's true.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
lolz
― Tennis Bum (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
k guyz can we just agree to all hate every film ever and move on?
― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
the hours book was so bad, can't believe people actually watched the movie
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Virginia Woolf's real nose is so bad, I can't believe Nicole Kidman actually went through the trouble of wearing a fake one.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
actually last i heard baz luhrman had signed on to do the MLK pic
― amateurist, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
AVPVMLK
― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
"I've never thought much of most Spielberg movies that aren't in the action-adventure genre."
Tim Meadows is...
― Cunga, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
it was his LIFE long dream to do so
u heard of PR
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
gus vant sant's MLK
― blair underwood: "man up" (omar little), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
It was his LIFE long dream right after his LIFE long dream to make the Holocaust flick.
― homage is parody gone sour (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"u heard of PR"
Big Project Runway fan, yeah.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
And his LIFE long dream to film a slow-motion sequence of Eric Bana fucking.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Then in 1983, Spielberg fulfilled a life-long dream by producing a big-screen adaptation of The Twilight Zone.
With the inclusion of star Sean Connery, Spielberg vicariously fulfilled a lifelong dream to make a James Bond movie.
― blair underwood: "man up" (omar little), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaah
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally, after decades of talks, negotiations, rows and reconciliations, the copyright holders of Tintin have struck a deal with Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks studios. Finally, Spielberg’s lifelong dream will come true.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Would totally dig a Tintin adaptation.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
When the P.A. returned from his run, Spielberg fulfilled his lifelong dream of having an iced soy chai latte
― blair underwood: "man up" (omar little), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Steven Spielberg's been workin' on the railroad all the lifelong day
― straight fire beautiful hongro (some dude), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
he HAS done more for America than Obama, at least.
uh Alex, Tintin is his & Peter Jackson's Christmas present to you.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:55 (fourteen years ago) link
are we really doing spielberg vs. obama here.
i mean, really?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
JOEKS
EVERYTHING'S A JOEK
LIKE YOU GUYS PRETENDING "MUNICH" & "EMPIRE OF THE SUN" NEVER HAPPENED
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link