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• Writing is a pain in the ass!

  Sunday, Nov 13, 2011 6:09AM / Standard Entry

  I lost an entire chapter, but that's ok cuz I basically scrapped everything it was about.  The month is half over and I should be some 25,000 words in.  Eh, how bout  barely 10,000.  Even if I don't finish by the end of November.  I'll keep going because I actually like the characters and the story once I got rid of the extraneous riff raff. 
  
  I wish I could draw.  I'd make a graphic novel series or 2.
  

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• One Asian Actor for Akira. Isn't that nice?

  Friday, Nov 11, 2011 3:56PM / Standard Entry

  **found on animenewsnetwork.com**
  
  The Actors Access, a website for acting employment opportunities, posted casting calls for two characters in Appian Way and Warner Brothers' live-action Akira film on October 24. The site posted another casting call for a third character on November 3.
  
  The October 24 casting call goes as follows:
  

  
  Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, 4:59 PM Pacific
  AKIRA
  Feature Film
  SAG
  
  Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
  Feature Film Writer: David James Kelly
  Producers: Appian Way
  Casting Director: Ronna Kress
  SAG Casting Assistant: Hannah d’Angerio
  Start Date: March 2012
  Location: Vancouver
  
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  WE DELETE EMAIL PITCHES TO OUR OFFICE
  
  [ TETSUO ]
  Male; any ethnicity, 20-25 years old; strung out, intense, street rat. (LEAD)
  [ KY ]
  Female; 20-30 years old; any ethnicity; tough, sexy, strong willed, street savvy. (LEAD)
  

  
  
  The November 3 casting call is as follows:
  

  
  Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, 10:24 AM Pacific
  Addendum to 10/24 4:59 PM
  AKIRA (Additional Role)
  Feature Film
  SAG
  
  Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
  Writer: David James Kelly
  Producers: Appian Way
  Casting Director: Ronna Kress
  Casting Assistant: Hannah d’Angerio, Emma Sands-Milsom
  Start Date: March 2012
  Location: Vancouver
  
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  WE DELETE EMAIL PITCHES TO OUR OFFICE
  
  [ YAMAGATA ]
  Male, 20 to 30 years old, Japanese-American. (LEAD)
  

  
  
  The Hollywood Reporter entertainment trade magazine reported on Friday that Ezra Miller and Alden Ehrenreich are among the top contenders for the pivotal role of Tetsuo in this live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga. Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy) is in talks for the other lead role of Kaneda, which The Hollywood Reporter described as Tetsuo's "older brother" in Warner's film. The Twitch website and The Hollywood Reporter previously said that Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech), Gary Oldman (Dark Knight trilogy), and Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean films) have all been approached for roles.
  
  According to Variety, the film's current story goes as follows: "Set in New Manhattan, the cyberpunk sci-fi epic follows the leader of a biker gang who must save his friend, discovered with potentially destructive psychokinetic abilities, from government medical experiments."

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• Writing a Book Isn't As Easy As It Looks

  Saturday, Sep 3, 2011 12:48AM / Standard Entry

  Alright, it doesn't look easy.  If I'd stop reading what I've written and just write, I might finish before old age.  The problem?  I'm too descriptive/wordy for a script and not descriptive/wordy enough for a book. If I could draw, I'd turn to graphic novels. 
  
  That's what I've been up to.  Well, that and playing games on Facebook.
  

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• Electronic Santa Addiction

  Thursday, Dec 16, 2010 5:34AM / Standard Entry

   I am so addicted to this stupid song and video.  I'm even in love with the Target commercial.  Besides making me laugh for some reason it always reminds me of VanNess.  Damned if I know why.  If you were to hold a gun to my head, I'd probably come up with something.  Short of that, I gots nuthin'! 
  
  I'm half tempted to buy Blazer Force's cd.  le sigh
  
  Sing it with me! Ready? Let's go:
  Electronic Santa's going to
  ro-ro-rock your body.
  Rock your body body. 
  Electronic Santa knows if
  you've been nice or naughty.
  nice or naughty.
  Electronic Santa's going to
  ro-ro-rock your body.
  Rock your body body. 
  Electronic Santa's going to
  crash your Christmas party.
  Crash your Christmas party.
  
  For some reason the 32 second Target commercial won't post.  It can be found on youtube here.
  
  The full video:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSZpZjoUX
  

  
  

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• A Review: The Last Airbender

  Monday, Aug 23, 2010 6:45AM / Standard Entry

  I acquired a copy of the movie.  I did not pay my money for this crap.
  
  The Last Airbender is an absolutely joyless and hideous movie.  M. Night committed the #1 cardinal cinematic sin.  He made a boring movie.  This may be somewhat long because I'm going to try to review this as not only a HUGE fan of the cartoon series, but as a HUGE fan of fantasy action movies as well.  Night failed colossally.  Forget about the dubious casting, the adaptation is simply poor.  The story isn't cohesive. It has gaps for anyone who doesn't already know the story and moves too fast for those that do.
  
  It seems to me that when one writes an adaptation you want to keep the core of the story in tact.  Obviously, Night's casting showed he wasn't interested in that, but it's further illustrated by changes in name pronunciation.  Aang (ayng) becomes Ong and Sokka (sock-ah) becomes Sooka (so-kah) in the movie.  Did Cameron's Avatar not only prompt a name change, but also pronunciation change?  The cast says ah-vatar in most scenes.  Yes, I know tomayto tahmahto but it annoyed the heck out of me.  How could I waste so much time during a movie annoyed at pronuciation?  It's easy when there's nothing else to do.  Not only did I not enjoy the script and casting, but the acting is stiff and paper thin.  Out of the 4 leads only Jackson Rathbone showed skill.  Dev Patel seriously overacted.  The young actor that played Aang can not act and the actress playing Katara was just slightly above him. 
  
  The movie, unlike the cartoon, is dark. No matter what the storyline Aang, Sokka, and Katara always managed to laugh and have fun in the cartoon. They're children afterall. They knew when to be serious, but they relaxed as well. The only dour character is Zuko. In the movie they're all dour. Aang doesn't laugh. He doesn't fly around on his air ball or much on his glider. I understand not everything can make it into a movie, but to omit Aang love of life was a serious mistake.
  
  The fight scenes were half decent.  The choreography was great but the filming of it wasn't.  Benders were fighting without bending.  Huh?  One on one bending fights were short, very short.  The CGI bending budget must've been low.  The only good things about The Last Airbender are the sets (obviously where the bending budget went) and Shaun Toub as Uncle Iroh.  Though he didn't look like Iroh and no one can compare to Mako's commanding voice, Toub did a good job showing Iroh's true nature.  The sets were perfect.  Everything else was pure unadulterated crap.

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