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Hey folks, Harry here… by now, many of you have gotten the drop on what my “STUPENDOUS EARTH-SHATTERING ANNOUNCEMENT” is… That’s right, Michael Fleming got the scoop… Ain’t It Cool News is so lame, that they can’t even get the scoop on Harry Knowles’ first film production deal. Of course I thought announcing my own deal would be like commenting on one's own fart... just rude.
That’s right, Harry Knowles, aka Bloated Sellout, has finally gone and committed to making a movie with Revolution Studios. How did this travesty come to pass? Well, about 6 or 7 weeks ago, visionary studio man, Todd Garner, came to Austin, Tx to negotiate with the University of Texas to get the campus to cooperate with the Tommy Lee Jones flick CHEER UP that is currently shooting in town at the fabulous Austin Studios. On, what I can only imagine was a, lark Todd arranged to have dinner with your intrepid web joker. I went, figuring I could wrestle details about THE MISSING or PETER PAN or POST-HUMAN out of him. Get to talking to him about how they plan on selling HELLBOY to the masses. That type of thing. Oddly, Todd was asking most of the questions, then he asked me if I was interested in producing movies.
I flashed to GHOSTBUSTERS, “Are You A God?” and remembering Zeddemore’s advice I said, “YES.” Next thing I know he’s telling me to come up with a grocery list of ideas to pitch him and he’d be in contact with my agents at Endeavor.
At this point, I was in a bit of a daze, as I’ve been doing this site for about 7 some odd years now and at no point has someone asked me to come up with a bunch of movie concepts, that also had the ability to make them. Add to that, that for years various filmmaking friends have been insisting that I get to making films, I just figured nobody wanted me to be making movies and two… they all figured that with my penchant for ellipses that the only two actors to be able to deliver my dialogue properly… well… they’d have to be… either Christopher… Walken… or… William… Shatner…
So for several weeks, I begin coming up with a list of about 60 projects all having to do with vampires, werewolves and zombies. Then late, the night before I was to meet with Todd “the genius” Garner and Derek “the man” Dauchy, I rethought all of them. I then had a wonderful breakfast where I did all the talking and they did all the eating, and to start with, we wound up agreeing on GHOST TOWN as the first feature film project to be produced by Harry Knowles.
What is GHOST TOWN? Well, it’s a culmination of a whole helluvalot of dreams, hopes and nightmares I’ve had for quite some time. Don’t worry, I’m not writing it. You Talk Backers have taught me that I can’t write worth a crap, so that’s why Revolution and I agreed to enter into negotiations with a multi-award winning writer to bring my “story” to life in such a way as to amaze us all. We should be announcing this writer very soon, and I was hoping to announce his/her name along with mine during this first announcement, but that dang Michael Fleming broke the scoop before we had a chance to finish up his/her deal.
When you folks hear my writer and a few more details, I’m sure many of you will be quite excited. As a producer, I’m aiming to try my darnedest to be a pimple on the asses of my favorite Producers… Like George Pal, Walt Disney, Roger Corman, William Castle, Charles Schneer, Max Fleischer, Joseph Kane, Leon Schlesinger and of course, the Shaw Brothers. In a weird way this will all make more sense after I’ve done the first few projects.
What does this mean for AICN? Well, this deal has been in the works for about 7 weeks now and if you look back, you’ll see we haven’t been pulling our punches on REVOLUTION STUDIOS… I put up both that negative review of RADIO and the lukewarm one on PETER PAN. Revolution hired me as a creative producer, not Ain’t It Cool News. As a result, I will continue to post reviews and commentary about any and all films as both I and you see it.
What about my time? For now, I am committed to doing both… Producing GHOST TOWN and editing and writing for Ain’t It Cool News. Most likely, soon I’ll be bringing on another full time editor, but I’m going to hold off till it is absolutely necessary. As of right now, I’m just working with my screenwriter to beat GHOST TOWN into the best shape possible and working with Revolution to make sure it isn’t quite like anything we’ve seen before. Personally, I can’t wait to see it.
So, that’s the “STUPENDOUS EARTH-SHATTERING ANNOUNCEMENT,” perhaps not as stupendous as if I’d actually lost my virginity or as Earth-Shattering as if I’d married Gwyneth Paltrow… but ya know, I think this is going to make for a mighty interesting life changing sort of decision on my part. I don’t know how many times I’ve written about what movies could be if only such & such didn’t screw this or that up. How often I’ve written about my dreams for projects only to see them fall by the wayside crushed by either a lack of passion or stupidity. Wondering when someone would stop thinking off the list of the current hot things and remember there’s over 100 years of cinema to draw upon, libraries of untapped ideas and dreams yet given life on that blessed silver screen. I want to make the films I’m dying to see on screen. The sort of flicks that answer the question of AIN’T IT COOL with a FUCKING A! Shake the pillars of Heaven as if my flick is powered by the PorkChop Express itself. This time, Headgeek is in charge. Prepare to have your ass kicked!
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Haha! Kill Bill Vol. 2 is coming out next week...
Perhaps Harry has seen either Return of the King or Matrix Revolutions and says it's the best movie he's ever seen...
Maybe Star Wars III is awesome...
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Oct 15, 2003 2:34:44 AM CDT
OK, let's all try to guess what Harry's big announcement is...pe
by aceattorney
Just kidding, Harry.
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just a thought
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is give us a time when the announcement will be made...instead i have to refresh every 2 seconds...wtf???
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what I had wanted to do at 230 in the morning was go start learning mandarin, then watch some blue gender, then go to bed...but NO! I decide to check aicn one last time for the night...and this "announcement" of an "announcement" is here...which means I can't leave until it's posted...wtf kind of c@ck tease is this anyway?!?!
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Bring it on cause I'm souped!
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Oct 15, 2003 2:50:55 AM CDT
Is that what the annoucement is? The STAR WARS trilogy hitting
by darthhomercles
Not exactly earth shattering news. There's been rumblings about this for months. I mean, it's good and all, but not really worthy of the above headline. *shrugs*
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Mr. Knowles-
I had no other ideas of how to contact you but through here, also I'm really lazy so it would be hard for me to do any further work to find any other means... but anyway, this may sound a little crazy but I think I'm morally obligated to follow your work... I grew up in LA around the Hollywood scene with actor parents, and around the same time last year started checking AICN everyday and simultaneously chose to attend UT... Well, here I am in Austin and it seems that you have the connections about this city... Should I switch to the RTF department at the school? Should I go check out the alamo drafthouse? I have so many questions sir, I would appreciate a reply of some kind as it seems dire for my survival...farewell -
It's 2:53 in the morning. Get to the point already, me want sleepy.
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HOLY FUCKING FIZZNUTS SHIZZNIT HUNKA HUNKA HUNKA BURNING DEVINE SHIT!!!!! THAT IS THE BIGGEST FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN ANNOUCEMENT I HAVE EVER HEAR DIN MY LIFE!!!!! GOD DAMN!!!! I AM A HAPPY MAN FOR KNOWING THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMING SOON!!!!! THE JOY IS INDESCRIBABLE!!!!!! I FEEL SO LUCKY TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING WILL BE HAPPENING!!!!! I CANNOT CONTAIN MYSELF!!!! I AM GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!!! WAAAA WAAAAAAAAAAA BOOM!!!!!! I HAVE TO SCREAM IT IN THE STREETS NOW....AND GET THE TV TO PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SIGNAL!!!!! YAAAA!!!!!!....And thus, I just shit my pants! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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You never know.
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no, that couldn't be it, 'cause the punk-ass sox are going down tomorrow afternoon in da bronx, baby! I hope everybody brings some extra D batteries to the stadium as a 'parting gift' to boston. The Zim will be avenged!
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Easy buddy. You don't want people to get the wrong idea. Words like stalker and restraining order may get thrown around. And that's just no fun.
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Some of the chat rooms I've been in concerning TMatRev say that Neo will fight alongside Seraph and fight Sentinels hand to hand, much in the same way he fought the hundreds of Agent Smiths. Any truth to either of these? Also, I keep hearing Morpheus gets jacked in the final installment.
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Tell your friends.
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You're right, perhaps these days it is a little bit forward to begin correspondence over the internet... the last thing I want is to be arrested... sort of sad that there are so many sickos out there to screw up such a cool thing
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Wait, I guess that's just a sneak peak at the big news from November 2004 when Wesley Clark kicks dubya out of the White House.
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News at eleven.
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Yeah, agreed. The bastards. Sick bastards.
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I would bet my left bollock on it.
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Oct 15, 2003 3:06:11 AM CDT
Well it's obvious isn't it? It's his long awaited Eli Kazan trib
by regicidal_maniac
"Oh yeah just like that. East Of Eden was a two-fister if ever there was one and don't get me started on Streetcar it's like slowly maturbating with a block of cheese and a grater while wearing your mother's panties."
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Freddy Vs. Jason: Round Two Refereed by the great Bruce!
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QT is going to make a movie about killing George Lucas, a man who has gone mad in his later years and randomly adds cgi banthas and ewoks to the films he owns. The surprise ending? LUCAS CANNOT BE KILLED! He's already sold his soul to the devil. He is FOREVER.
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wait a second, who posts this thing right before I go to bed so that I have to stay up and be tired for class tomorrow all in wait for an announcement..!!!!AHHHH
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Which I am going to shamelessly steal. (All ideas expressed on the 'net instantly become public domain. That's my legal position and I'm sticking to it.) Thanks.
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Oct 15, 2003 3:17:03 AM CDT
Oh wait I've got it. It's the announcement of "The Core 2: Doubl
by regicidal_maniac
That's got to be it. This time there is a problem that requires two teams of drab scientists to burrow into the Earth from opposite sides and meet in the chewy centre. For some reason.
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Starring David Warner.
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OUT WITH IT ALREADY!!!
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Oct 15, 2003 3:21:22 AM CDT
It'd better be of some interest to us Aussies as we're the only
by regicidal_maniac
Bruce Campbell to cameo as Ash in Mad Max 4. Damn, now I can't stand up.
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It's 3:23 A.M. This is keeping me from finishing this paper I have due in less than 5 hours. Man, the things we do and sacrifice for movies. You gotta love it!
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I bet this is going to be the announcement that the original trilogy is coming to DVD.. and perhaps in its original form?
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I do believe this is to see how quickly each movie fan gets pissed off, a cruel joke study run by AICN
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NEVER!!!
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they finally invented a good fat free chip?
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Bigfoot kidnapped Jimmy Hoffa, took him to London, where Jack The Ripper cut and sliced him up, and they fed him to the Loch Ness Monster, who was then abducted by the aliens who built the pyramids, and are making crop circles, only to go back in time, and crash in Roswell New Mexico.
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In Outer Space!
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If you weren't ready to make the announcement then YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE POSTED ANYTHING!!! FUCK THIS PLACE!!! I'M GOING TO BED!!!
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but this is so Fucking LOW!!! You have happyly shared actual Dacrets and glimps into the future with us . All because of your amazing love of film. But as you prase the bests parts and rail against the worst parts of filmmaking, you your self has done something that you said was always something you hated. The PT Barnem-esk "COCK TEase"! Not funny or interesting in the least. Harry, I'm Dissapointed.
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okay, so i started learning mandarin...I did one half hour lesson...AND STILL NO ANNOUNCEMENT!!! ARGH!!!
and now..
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"i am SUPER HARRY! i am not afraid of a shit fire!" (http://www.fatchicksinpartyhats.com/part34.shtml)
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..I'll refresh every 30 seconds till about 5:00pm, then go home and do the same thing till I get an announcement. (This better concern Star Wars DVDs....)
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ha! you looked! sucka bitch!
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it has to do with the "under god" part of the pledge...lol...that'd be hilarious...
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As a longtime reader you should be well aware of Harry's 'Barnumesque showmanship'. It's interesting to note that P.T. Barnum's immortally famous quote: "There's a sucker born every minute" was actually spoken by rival David Hannum in reference to Barnum's tactics. The quote has since been historically misattributed to Barnum himself as Hannum's name is all but forgotten.
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HARRY SUCKS ASS! HARRY MASTURBATES TO ASIAN SCHOOL GIRLS! HARRY IS A LONELY SOUL BEGGING FOR ATTENTION! HARRY FANCIES HIMSELF A KING BUT IS ONLY A JESTER!
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It's a case of closing the Barnum door, after the quote has already escaped.
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I don't know if anybody's noticed...but the title of the talkback page is "whoa..."
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This is hands down the stupidest thing I have ever heard of in my life. Who gives a prelude to an anouncement. I mean, who would fucking DO that? Harry, you jackass, if you weren't going to let everyone else in on your "earth shattering anouncement" then you shouldn't have posted anything at all and just had OT jack off on you an call it a night. As it stands, now you can cram your fucking anouncement up you fucking ass. I swear to God if this has anything to do with Kill Bill I am gonna kick your ass. Don't EVER come to Osaka Harry! Fuck, don't even come to fucking Japan. It's a small country, I could find you! Earth shattering my mother-fucking ass!
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Oct 15, 2003 4:02:23 AM CDT
Not just Star Wars Trilogy DVD but Titanic Special Edition...
by fd resurrected
...with famous deleted scenes (like Old Rose's near-suicide scene and an extended chase sequence with Leo and David Warner as the boat sinks) and commentary from James Cameron and the cast and crew? That's coming out late 2004, I hear.
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Whoa.
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perhaps the "earth-shattering" part is just that...the earth is going to be shattered in the matrix...
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I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sod verbal.....
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ODDO has come to ribcage bomb-rock all of your sexy beanpole asses, brother! So have a beer and cheet on the heavy beat... http://www.theoddo.com
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I just heard on CNN that Austin, Texas was swallowed up by a massive sinkhole that was caused by an 9.9 jolt on the Richtor scale. Apparently Harry got too excited watching a film entitled "Two Tons of Fun" starring adult star 'Big Bertha' and fell off his bed.
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ODDO has come to ribcage bomb-rock all of your sexy beanpole asses, brother! So have a beer and cheet on the heavy beat... http://www.theoddo.com
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Oct 15, 2003 4:10:54 AM CDT
Keanu and Alex keep saying they ARE planning a third Bill & Ted.
by regicidal_maniac
Especially if they were to spend the Weekend At Bernies. Bill & Ted's Weekend At Bernies. Ash could show up when Terry Kiser's Bernie becomes a deadite.
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Oh well... deserves it for keeping everyone up so late...
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I bet Harry has seen ROTK and is still drooling all over it.
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I have been informed by my attornies that I was just joking. I mean Mr. Knowles no harm and, in fact, am looking forward with great anticipation what I am sure will be the greatest, most splendiferous news ever to grace these eyes. I love the site Harry. Keep up the good work, buddy!
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you read it here first
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Only Harry would put forward such an announcement and then go to bed.
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Variety have got hold of the story about the movie Harry hopes to shoot next year. When their story hits expect Harry to say something here.
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It must be something he saw/experienced himself cause if it was news from an email or something, he'd just upload it. He must be still writing it. Whatever it is....Matrix? ROTK? SW? Something else thats not so exciting afterall?
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OF PEOPLE! AHHHHHHHH!
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As I sit here waiting for this goddamned annoncement, I just received an email entitled "fan appreciation" from Luca$Film..I opened it and it was a pitch for a fucking credit card. Damn them. Sign up now and get this handy dandy DV bust! At only 3.9% APR. Good lord.
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I don't care what you say, i think this is gonna be some sort of awesome news. something no other site has covered yet.
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unless its something really cool about ROTK or something else pretty amazing, but you know Harry, he gets really excited over stuff that most people wouldn't even care much about....I think we're in for a let down.
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Schwarzenegger's pulled out, Wachowski's are producing, and he's got the right build for a Barry Windsor-Smith Conan.
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did Harry's sister open another video store?
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maybe they have finally decided to make that B5 Theatrical Movie we've all been wanting...
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Yes, WATCHMEN!!!!!!
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I don't remember any time harry has written with THAT much enthusiasm. but why would he bother getting everyone excited about it, why not just post it right away?
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I know Moriarity saw the 20mins of ROTK footage, but I know if Harry is getting so worked up because of that....
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if he was talking about the ROTK press screening, wouldn't he say report?
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I dont think he'd make that big a deal about a press preview thats been all over Chud and TORN and Yahoo Movies anyway. Hardly "earth-shattering".
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Lucas couldn't have changed his mind that quickly. the dvds will only be released as the new special editions. i still think this has to be something no one has heard about yet.
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He going to let us stew it out till he gets up. Announcement does sound like "X is making a movie of Y" or "X is re-making etc..." rather than a review or something.
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Oct 15, 2003 5:07:42 AM CDT
The Pussy Wagon is parked outside of the Vista theater in LA
by jon e cin
Definately not earth shattering but still pretty sweet.
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That would be grand.
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Demolition Man 2?????
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....there are going to be three more matrix films. news leaked on the web. word.
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Oct 15, 2003 5:31:07 AM CDT
new matrix movies - and the will suck as much as the first one d
by failed musician
star wars, boring, who gives a shit? really now. i would hope that this is not that...
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thats one criptic announcement... coming soon to this spot... see a doctor to get rid of that spot
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The longer this runs, the bigger the let down.
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I'm goin' to sleep. I'll bitch Harry out for hyping up some lame-ass announcement in the morning. Until then, I'm going to dream about throwing de futeball around with de boys and going to the ragu festivul. Fucking old man and his new fucking hickory stick.
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If it's a Star Wars story, the announcement of the OT wouldn't be that big a deal. Whereas the announcement of a third trilogy would probably qualify as earth-shattering news.
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Run!
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Just my hunch... but an "announcement" sounds more like a change in AICN and/or Harry's life than a movie-related news item. Perhaps a movie Harry will write or direct? A TV show or book deal? He's getting married? The site is finally getting redesigned again? Moriarty is launching his own movie site? I'm guessing it's something along those lines.
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The site has hacked and posted with a headline to make all us li'l geeks come a'running. Somewhere, a lonly man is laughing into a bag of Doritos and reading our posts (no, not Harry. But him too).
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Wouldn't it be more like wheezing, panting and sweating his way into office (would love do get Maria Shriver alone for five minutes- feed that woman some Ding-dongs and a slab of beef. Poor thing).
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Harry has the full cast list of Inglorious Bastards. He is opening a chain of aintitcool cinemas. Joss Whedon to direct Superman. Joe Don Baker to star in Mitchell II. David Fincher to make an HP Lovecraft film. I'm giving up now...
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I wonder if he bled?
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I don't believe this can be any big breaking news item in the magnitude of more SW or Matrix movies or PJ doing the Hobbit before Kong. If it was, why the hell sit on it?
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Oct 15, 2003 6:23:32 AM CDT
given all the stuf on kill bill etc n that mr k knows qt then i
by jimdin2001
the story www.empireonline.co.uk is running on PULP FICTION 2
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www.empireonline.co.uk
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just two months away, no?
all tickets sold on ebay?
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Knight Rider: The Movie... The horror, the horror...
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"... Quentin Tarantino has revealed that he may soon turn his talent to a sequel film for his most impressive work, Pulp Fiction. Talking to New Zealand's Aotearoa News, Tarantino bemoaned the death of his previously-mooted prequel project, The Vega Brothers but indicated that the characters may yet live on in sequel form."
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its not pulp2 you morons - read dark horizons to see its pure speculation.
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harrys not talking about pulp fiction 2. That news has been around for days and QT has said its only an idea - he hasnt written anything yet
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Your public is waiting. Jeez, two continents full of people waiting on ya here !!
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Oct 15, 2003 7:03:45 AM CDT
...oh, no. Harry's finally killed Quentin and taken his face to
by ribbons
And I was SO looking forward to Volume 2...
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... then I can hardly call it earth shattering. Call me an idiot, but the first one was quite good, but nothing great (every single thing was ripped off) and the second one... I stood in a f***ing line for that one. And why? To hear every single actor say his/hers lines in the same monotone way. Only works with Hugo Weaving. "Revolutions" has a lot to make up. And another 3 parts... Yuck. Except if they kick out the Wachowskis and bring in some fresh blood into the franchise.
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Oct 15, 2003 7:18:05 AM CDT
Sonic the Hedgehog is going to appear in a Nintendo games consol
by granhalcon
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Could this be the earth shattering announcement?!?!?!? or was it fixed a while ago?
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Probably not but I can dream, can't I? After all, it's supposedly coming out on October 28th, but it's probably just a fellow movie geek's wet dream that somehow made it's way onto the net.
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no, seriously, removing the content entirely allows talkbackers to explore their obsessions with complete freedom from the shackles of fact. next up "director attached to project", "new film has special effects in it" and "Quentin Tarantino isn't dead at the moment". genius, Harry. my faith is restored in you.
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Oct 15, 2003 7:36:45 AM CDT
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Part 2, THT SEQUEL (To The Part Th
by garko
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President Bush's National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice is expected to hold a press conference later this morning announcing the detainment of suspected al Qaeda mastermind Harry Knowles. Ms. Rice intends to detail evidence of hidden WMF including Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting.
It is believed that Mr. Kowles is now being held at Guantanamo Bay and thus unable to complete his fiendish "Earth Shattering Annoucement" plan for world domination.
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It's been already 8 hours since this post. Granted, I'm on Greenwhich Mean Time +1, but still...
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Well, at least you got a bunch of us to talk back about this. Way to manufacture interest.
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Following the "success" of Luca$' Hyperspace site, Harry to follow suit ??? AICN Premium,anyone ?
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I've been waiting for this stupid announcement now for 5 hours! Plus I didn't get my paper done in time! And I've been awake since 6 A.M. yesterday EST.! This news BETTER be good cause right now I need something positive to happen to me before I destroy something! I wouldn't be surprised if Harry bought Reloaded DVD yesterday, watched it, finally realized it was a cool movie and decided he enjoyed it and wants to renig on all of his previous statements. Even though I definitely agree with him that X2 and Kill Bill were cooler, but that's just my opinion. I love 'em all. Screw it. Next week: Indiana Jones baby!
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Oct 15, 2003 7:54:11 AM CDT
Trinity's Gusset, this kind of content-free news was presaged by
by regicidal_maniac
It's like those daily medical announcements about more/less red wine, sunshine, free time. Meh.
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Maybe this was Harry's way of testing to see what it was that people wanted to hear about...... Maybe he's run out of news...... maybe... maybe.... maybe....
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... or funny.... seriously
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Oct 15, 2003 8:10:28 AM CDT
star wars 7 - 9 .. with old cast ... and Lucas will apologize .
by caipirina
no .. actually this is just a hiddeon poll done by harry to find out which kind of stories generate the most interest ...
the simple question would NOT have given him that much feedback ever ...
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...an announcement about Butt-Numb-A-Thon.
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I think the talkbackers' patience is palpable at this point!
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Oct 15, 2003 8:23:41 AM CDT
Scorsese directs, Paul Shader writes and Hulk Hogan stars in Epi
by andrewjuve
"If this doesn't shatter your world I'll shatter your teeth, brother."
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Oct 15, 2003 8:25:12 AM CDT
this just in! Rodney Dangerfield wants to clone himself!
by jon l. ander
Yes Really! I can't stop fucking laughing! Is this some sort of fiendish plan for world domination? Is Dangerfield raising an army of wise cracking fat men to enslave humanity? Only time will tell!
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Hopefully it's about this site finally losing it's 1996 webdesign
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Ok, I may be wide awake and weird but come on, isn't it 8.00am ish in US east coast right now. someone hurry up and let us know what this supposedly earth-shattering news is all about. My vote is for a New York celebratory parade following the untimely demise of McG...or maybe Demi Moore has apparently not (I repeat NOT) reawoken her film career and seeking relief in the arms of another no-hoper actor with no future...
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Oct 15, 2003 8:31:22 AM CDT
If the news isn't STAR WARS: EPISODES VII - IX, Lucas agreeing t
by spyguy
Of course, a BATMAN (1989) 2-disc Special Edition DVD would be pretty sweet too...
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Oct 15, 2003 8:31:22 AM CDT
I think the sequel should be called Earth Shattering Announcemen
by chaffro
"Watch this space, brother."
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get you with your words regicidal, i had to look that one up. i guess us GMT TB'ers are a bit smarter than our slumbering american friends. unless you have insomnia, or work a night shift...oh whatever. its 1330 in london, which makes it, what, 0730 in texas? something like that. Harry's definitely still dreaming of QT at the moment. He's got the web discussing when he wakes up in the morning. this is the most fun i've had on this site in ages. now: what does he have for breakfast?
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Has Harry Lost his cherry at long last? Congratulations mate, but no-one else is really that interested.
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Look how many Talk Back posts are here. There ain't even anything to talk about!! We are all such fucking losers!!
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Oct 15, 2003 8:38:55 AM CDT
Harry's going to be a father? Fred Ward will play Superman? Anac
by andy travis
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Earth-shattering prices! Stupendous markdowns!
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Maybe you're fat, but I'm not.
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Wrong message board!
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I was afraid of this. I just knew it was around the corner. The fat man's heart couldn't take another "big secret and pork orgy combo". He's dead!
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Click it and be taken to Pedazo Chunk. You can get the first 3 star wars there on VCR! whoopy fuckin doo!
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There's going to be an announcement! This rocks! And waiting for an announcement is often more interesting than the actual announcement, which will probably concern itself with various AICNers domestic arrangements or Asian movies where people fight a lot that won't be showing at any theatre near where I live ever, and which even if it were, I couldn't be arsed to go out and see them. I can't get worked up about SW on divida, I'm afraid, as I never watch them anymore, but I am enjoying this waiting for an announcement as it means I get to dream up my own. At the moment my favourite is "Tarantino to direct "The Hobbit" adaptation, and the thing I'd like to read is the take of the principles on the 20 mins of ROTK footage, but I'm betting that the announcement will fail to shatter the Earth and will be something that says nothing to me about my life. I'm primed for disappointment, that way nice things are always a surprise. Actually, I'm primed for lunch, since it's getting that time around here and I'm pretty hungry... P.S. This TB is good, but System Maintenance was better. That had car crashes and explosions (and vampires and werewolves), and the CGI was way better than anything ILM/WETA could come up with. This TB would never have been greenlit if System Maintenance hadn't been such a success.
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I've already smoked a whole pack waiting for what you will post to be a most likely waste of my time.
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Oct 15, 2003 8:44:22 AM CDT
40 % of Lucas' new Star Wars installment needs to be reshot beca
by phanboi
you read it here first
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Oct 15, 2003 8:50:51 AM CDT
Is it that Hulk Hogan really WILL play the baddie in some upcomi
by porky
God, I hope so. We can finally put that lame ass shit (which I am perpetuating, by the way) to bed.
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Maybe his heart finaly gave out fron crate of twinkies he just consumed!
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A god damned scooter.
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Oct 15, 2003 8:54:08 AM CDT
Or is it that Lane Myers is back from the dead, and it's actuall
by porky
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How do you keep a bunch of geeks in suspense!! Wonk wonk.
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Oct 15, 2003 9:07:36 AM CDT
I know what the announcement is... and it is about Star Wars...
by sackley whistle
... apparently, Harry's noticed some correlation between Star Wars and Lotr - Luke is Frodo, Yoda is Smeagol, Han is Sam, Obi-Wan is Gandalf, which makes the Emperor Sauron but who is Vader? The Balrog? Bilbo? Saruman? He could fit all three... Hmmm, Stormtroopers are Orcs, Ewoks are Ents, Jawas are Goblins, C3PO and R2 are Merry and Pippin, Lando Calrissian is Boromir, Leia must be Galdariel, or Arwen, which would make Han Aragorn... Oh, I know, I'll wait for the announcement and all will be revealed. Silly me.
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Oct 15, 2003 9:08:27 AM CDT
I know what the announcement is... and it is about Star Wars...
by sackley whistle
... apparently, Harry's noticed some correlation between Star Wars and Lotr - Luke is Frodo, Yoda is Smeagol, Han is Sam, Obi-Wan is Gandalf, which makes the Emperor Sauron but who is Vader? The Balrog? Bilbo? Saruman? He could fit all three... Hmmm, Stormtroopers are Orcs, Ewoks are Ents, Jawas are Goblins, C3PO and R2 are Merry and Pippin, Lando Calrissian is Boromir, Leia must be Galdariel, or Arwen, which would make Han Aragorn... Oh, I know, I'll wait for the announcement and all will be revealed. Silly me.
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It is not "news" that we are needing to pay attention to....but the "SPOT" itself......harry has us literally watching this SPOT with furvor...waiting for something to happen...waiting for the big change....the sun to rise....the world to turn....the blouse to unbutton....and then we have become transfixed by the SPOT...and we are under its power...and then we will do anything the SPOT asks of us....so what the hell...I'll bite.....ALL PRAISE THE SPOT...THE SPOT IS THE CENTER AND THE FOCUS OF ALL THAT IS THE SPOT.....THE SPOT IS GOOD...THE SPOT IS ALL...THE SPOT IS THE ONE SPOT THAT NEEDS TO BE SPOTTED......FORGIVE OUR SINS, SPOT.....AND GUIDE US ON WHAT TO DO, SPOT....ALL PRAISE THE SPOT.....UUUNNA UUUNNA WUUUUN WUUUUN UUUUNNA UUUNNA WUUUUN WUUUUN....THE SPOT IS ALL THAT GOOD AND HOLY.....THE SPOT IS WHAT WE NEED FOR GUIDANCE.....THE SPOT IS OUR FRIEND....THE SPOT IS OUR LOVE.....THE SPOT IS OUR PROTECTOR...AND THE SPOT IS OUR LEADER......ALL PRAISE THE SPOT.....UUUNNA UUUNNA WUUUUN WUUUUN...ALL PRAISE THE SPOT!!!!!.....And thus, I await the SPOT to speak! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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Oct 15, 2003 10:07:44 AM CDT
Finally the long awaited big screen adaptation of 80s teleseries
by andrewjuve
... as Jake
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Oct 15, 2003 10:09:20 AM CDT
Finally the long awaited big screen adaptation of 80s teleseries
by andrewjuve
... as Jake
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Oct 15, 2003 10:09:40 AM CDT
Finally the long awaited big screen adaptation of 80s teleseries
by andrewjuve
... as Jake
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Kill Bill on Ice! You know you'd go see it.
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you read it here first
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I think Harry may be announcing the formation of a DVD releasing label called "Aintitcool DVDs" or something that will specialize in cool Asian flicks and forgotten grindhouse fare. The first release will be "Battle Royale."
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it bares the whole curiosity and anticipation laying in the web air. the news (lasciviousness) geilheit. everyone of us is just that horny to finally learn what`s new..... that`s great! this tb has it all: ALICEinWONDERLAND, tomboy beanpoles, star wars bashing....anticipation..... yeah you`re right alice the system maintainance(right spelled?) was a bit better...but this is not bad either.
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Old news already.
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QT has collected enough signitures and is running against Ahnold in the next California recall election.~ Based on the boxoffice Miramax has decided to release Kill Bill Vol 2 in late November.(that would actually be cool)~ Michael Moore has thrown his hat in for the presidential candidacy.~ Harry killed QT and stuffed and mounted him, and they're living a happy pseudo-married relationship ala Apartment Zero.
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Oct 15, 2003 12:30:34 PM CDT
Does anyone else suspect that "STUPENDOUS EARTH-SHATTERING ANNOU
by regicidal_maniac
"Oh NO... fifth fried CHEESE sandwich... not... sitting RIGHT. Left arm... TINGLES. Chest... on... FIRE. Too... far to... PHONE. Must... get... HELP... COMPUTER!!!! Must... type PLEA... for help. Caps Lock on? ... Check. Can only manage... to type in... SUPERLATIVE HYPERBOLE and... EXCLAMATION POINTS!!! SomeONE call... A DOCtor... Life... passing... before eyes... at... 24fps... fade to BLACK. Curtain... down... Mother of mercy, is THIS the END of HARRY KNOWLES?"
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Its so very wrong to post something like that and leave everyone hanging for hours on end. its poor form.
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Its so very wrong to post something like that and leave everyone hanging for hours on end. its poor form.
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and Neo is the one!
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In every major city in America, drive-by-shooters have been hired to circle the block of any theater to show Star Wars Episode 3. Anyone who lines up more than an hour before the movie starts will be shot in the head.
In a press release, Lucas stated "You want Han shooting first?? I'll show YOU who shoots first!" -
i hate you. let's screw. isnt it great that they're making 32 CANDLES?
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heard through a not so great source, but...things are in motion is said....early things....
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I mean, I'm not sure that an Earth-Shattering Announcement is as competently directed as System Maintenance, which clearly shows the work of Your Pal Dave before studio interference and his own raging coke habit got in the way of his artistic IT support decisions. And the pacing in this one is way off - the server is up and down like a yo-yo, though this may be due to cuts to placate the MPAA and bring down the rating, thus avoiding the kiss of death that is an "R". Oh, and hi there, drjones!
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but you know harry
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Not even a hint, this had BETTER be good. Like, Peter Sellers is coming back from the grave to kill Steve Martin and star in the new Pink Panther movie good.
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Oct 15, 2003 1:50:31 PM CDT
Hmmm, I wonder if it has to do with the rumors on the net today
by stewiegriffin
...would make sense, especially since everyone else has been reporting it and AIC seems to be getting the scoops after the fact.
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Harry is slumped over on his Mac because his big sausage heart exploded. By the way...speaking of Macs...can you get this Web site on a decent server so that when more than 20 people hit the same page it doesn't crash?
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Worst Simpson's reference, ever!
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Oct 15, 2003 2:37:23 PM CDT
Maybe the announcement is that now that they've fixed the Talkba
by rev_skarekroe
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Harry really was dead, then what would you do, you'd have no one to run the site, no one to critisize and berate in your talkback. your simple lives would become more meaningless even than they are now. anyway we all know its an annoucement about how they've replaced James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader with, you guest it, Hulk Hogan voicing the ultimate baddie. "Luke, I'm your father, brother!"
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The big news is that the gerbils that power the web server that runs "Ain't It Cool" (thus explaining the frequent outages that occur when Harry gets hungry for a snack or is hankering to emulate Richard Gere) are getting ready to start their own tell all web site about their time in captivity with Hollywood's self-proclaimed Redheaded Stepchild. Announcing.......
IT AIN'T COOL.
Here you will read all about what goes on behind the scenes at AICN. Shudder as you learn more than you want to know about "sexy tomboy beanpoles" and "zen chickens" that give bjs.
Be prepared. Be afraid.
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Star Ward dvd announcement on November 5th......
Get down off your high horse and fucking post some real news!
http://collectibles.echostation.com/imagebin/Plaque.jpg
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Oct 15, 2003 3:08:57 PM CDT
McRIB is really green before they cover it with brown sauce
by screamingpenis
you heard it here first, folks!
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Reuters- 7 minutes ago. An asteroid the size of renown film critic Harry Knowles is hurtling towards a collision course with earth and is expected to impact on January 7th, 2004 at 5:10PM based on current projections. Its aftermath is expected to destroy 98 per cent of all life on earth. Fortunately this is well after the release dates of Matrix Revolutions and Return of the King giving moviegoers plenty of time. Kill Bill, vol 2 will not be shown in time for the End of the World, further damning the folly of releasing one film into two parts, months apart. Knowles is expected to reveal this Stupendous Earth-Shattering Announcement on his Ain't It Cool News website sometime in December of this year.
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What's the big news? Did Harry's nephew write his first AICN review? "Goo-goo gah-gah Sonny Chiba rules!"?
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Oct 15, 2003 3:33:16 PM CDT
Perhaps today is finally the day that Harry admits that...
by darth sarcasm
...he IS the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons
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Harry's diet works !!!!!! Harry loses weight !!! Harry sees his penis for the first time since he was five !!!
I'm sorry Harold, but DAMN IT ALL, YOU'VE KEPT ME WAITING ALL FUCKING DAY !!!! Don't do the same tomorrow. -
The Legend Returns!!!!
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...this was a test and only a test. If this had been a REAL Earth-Shattering Announcement, the insanely huge lettering you just clicked on would've been followed by, um, some Earth-Shattering News. But it's not. Go home. Get back to work. I know I am.
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Oct 15, 2003 3:56:30 PM CDT
"Asteroid the Size of Harry hurtling towards EARTH! ..... expect
by gingy
Shit. That's my birthday fucked then!
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Oct 15, 2003 4:08:31 PM CDT
The original Star Wars films will be released on DVD. This is th
by hardcorerocker
And it's not earth-shattering at all. We called it from a mile away. So nobody come back to read it later, cuz that's the scoop. Now a Remo Williams sequel...THAT would have been a scoop! I love Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. www.rockithardcore.com
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Oct 15, 2003 4:14:01 PM CDT
Okay , seriously - does this have ANYTHING to do with the Lucasf
by robinp
I've read reports that several business associated of Lucasfilm have received invitations to attend a presentation at the Precidio in San Fransisco on Nov 5 2003. The invitation itself is in the form of a figure of Vader standing on a block of black acrylic with the lettering embossed on it. (Any of those on Ebay yet ?)All will be revealed on Nov 5 whether this is indeed to announce that the original trilogy is to be released some time in the last quarter of 2004. This is a stab in the dark of course because .....um...aren't you guys...banned from the ranch ?
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Oct 15, 2003 4:20:40 PM CDT
Just in! The recently extinct Crackius Shatium have been found t
by lostnseenile
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REVEAL YOURSELF!
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Details @ 11:00.
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Finally - earth-shattering great news for all geeks on earth! Mega-geek Gyllslain (or however you spell that name) AKA THE STAR WARS KID has finally got the role of a lifetime as a Jedi-Master!!
Rejoice!! Oh yes! Rejoice!! -
I am but a poor European and I have to go to sleep soon!!!! Post something all ready Harry!
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Finally - earth-shattering great news for all geeks on earth! Mega-geek Gyllslain (or however you spell that name) AKA THE STAR WARS KID has finally got the role of a lifetime as a Jedi-Master!!
Rejoice!! Oh yes! Rejoice!! -
Finally - earth-shattering great news for all geeks on earth! Mega-geek Gyllslain (or however you spell that name) AKA THE STAR WARS KID has finally got the role of a lifetime as a Jedi-Master!!
Rejoice!! Oh yes! Rejoice!! -
He was buying a pack of gum, flipped through some magazines. Then got in his car and left.
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Oct 15, 2003 5:01:58 PM CDT
New Zealand splatter fiend Peter Jackson to direct a live-action
by ar42
They really expect they guy who directed Dead Alive to pull this off? Puh-lease.
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What happened? Did Harry trip and fall down? That might just shatter the earth.
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but maybe he has a girlfriend....Oh No I can't stop laughing....I knew I couldn't type that with a straight face....Ha, Ha, Ha Poor Bastard.
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I didn't think Harry drove. I thought he just got hauled around in a trailer with a group of handlers who constantly splashed water on him.
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who knew?
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who knew?
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Or not. You make the call!
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like a freaking monkyey I've been checking this shit every 20 minutes and haven't see diddly. fuck you harry. this is bs.
while I'm here I'll say a few words:
Indy 4 is gonna suck. Raiders was great but the other two sucked. Evil Dead 4 is gonna suck. if it's anything like Army Of Darkness it'll suck. am I the only person who reads this site that thinks Army of Darkness blows? lame 3 stooges crap. Evil Dead 1 + 2 both rule. but that 3rd one, and I don't care which ending, was a dissapointment. (yes, it had some great moments and lines, blah blah blah.)
episode 2 blows. episode I was better. I'm skipping episode 3. seriously, is Vader a coller character now becasue of these prequels?
matrix revolutions I'll skip too.
has this freaking thing posted yet or what?? -
Oct 15, 2003 6:14:50 PM CDT
THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT "AIN'T IT COOL NEWS" IS COMING TO S
by kenshiro_kane
The stumbling block in development has been how to recast Harry, as the execs in charge feel that no one can bear to look at our grotesque hero for sixty minutes. But they've since decided that, since Harry (and his father) have insisted on hosting, that they will give them a chance and recast if the test poorly.
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Oct 15, 2003 6:17:39 PM CDT
THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT "AIN'T IT COOL NEWS" IS COMING TO S
by kenshiro_kane
The stumbling block in development has been how to recast Harry, as the execs in charge feel that no one can bear to look at our grotesque hero for sixty minutes. But they've since decided that, since Harry (and his father) have insisted on hosting, that they will give them a chance and recast if they test poorly.
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10. "Chity Chitty Bang Bang: The Special Edition" released to DVD on Nov. 25th.
9. Harry has seen "Return of the King." Oddly, finished film turns out to be sequel to "King Ralph."
8. Lucas planning theatrical rerelease of "Radioland Murders" with new CGI footage.
7. AICN Talkbacker goes outdoors, talks to a woman.
6. Tarantino to reprise his "Four Rooms" character for feature film.
5. A brand new movie about Chinese people kicking each other .
4. Valenti bans MPAA ratings board from screening movies ahead of release. Ratings now based on "vibe they get from watching trailer."
3. "Massage: The Movie" expands to full release.
2. Harry re-watches "Blow," realizes it sucks.
1. Entire AICN crew has revelation: "Maybe its better not to know every single detail of every movie before we see it." -
At a studio whose logo resembles a gyroscope.
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It's not relevent to anything anyone but Harry and his disciples of suck care about.
Also in Harry's mind HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT has to be about the make-up artist on episode III or some stupid crap like that...
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It's not relevent to anything anyone but Harry and his disciples of suck care about.
Also in Harry's mind HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT has to be about the make-up artist on episode III or some stupid crap like that...
Also wasn't Monster Squad the movie about Frankenstein teaming up with a bunch of kids to defeat Dracula and the other monsters? -
32 candles, a made for tv movie... that's the big announcement... it cant be the star wars dvds, nobody in their right mind would buy those shitty things!!!
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Coming soon to a TV new you.
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10. The original STAR WARS trilogy will hit DVD next fall. 9. John Woo will remake BATTLE ROYALE, starring John Travolta and Keira Knightley. 8. Michelle Trachtenberg is 18. RAH!!! 7. Alyson Hannigan will have her own sitcom next fall on NBC. 6. Robin Williams is the missing link. 5. Harry masturbates to visions of Go-Go beating him to a pulp. 4. Ain't It Cool News will be renamed Ain't It Old News. 3. Moriarty will write for WILL & GRACE next year. 2. Father Geek forces Harry to dress up as his favorite film sirens and sing to him. AND THE NUMBER ONE STUPENDOUS EARTH-SHATTERING ANNOUNCEMENT: HARRY HAS A BOMB IN HIS RIB CAGE! ALL YOUR BASE BELONG TO US! HARRY HAS A BEER AND CHEETS ON MORIARTY! HARRY IS THE UGLIEST SISSY GIRL BEANSTALK ON THE PLANET!!! NARF!!!
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That has discovered his real biological parents: Rocky Dennis and Jabba the Hutt.
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Michael Jackson came over to use Harry's bathroom. Okay. He didn't.
But his sister did!
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Oct 15, 2003 8:03:27 PM CDT
The big news is Harry signed a producing deal with Revolution St
by doc_mccoy
Calling it "earth-shattering" is a bit self-absorbed, but I will follow it with interest. Good luck, Harry.
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Oct 15, 2003 8:05:50 PM CDT
Does anyone else think that Harry is a bit of a fuckwhit?
by darth sarcasm
At this point almost anything would be anti-climactic. He has also failed to post several major stories today, and been scooped by several other sites. He has also gummed up the servers of this website to the point where it's virtually impossible to actually read any of the new articles that the fat bastard has posted. Get the fucking story up, and get this over with. It's been twelve hours with nothing. Meanwhile the geek universe is moving on...
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YOU KNOW US GEEKS CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE!
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that 99.9% of readers don't care about.
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At this point almost anything would be anti-climactic. He has also failed to post several major stories today, and been scooped by several other sites. He has also gummed up the servers of this website to the point where it's virtually impossible to actually read any of the new articles that the fat bastard has posted. Get the fucking story up, and get this over with. It's been twelve hours with nothing. Meanwhile the geek universe is moving on...
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can somebody post a source for that please?
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Oct 15, 2003 8:17:55 PM CDT
SHOCKING BIOPIC OF TIME-TRAVELLING BREAKDANCING CLERGYMAN
by chickenmonkey
BREAKIN' 3: AELFRIC BUGGERY
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Oct 15, 2003 8:21:56 PM CDT
Harry was able to get the last remains of a long since dead gerb
by yodapoop
Harry only has a year left to live before his body fat revolts and murders him.
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Meanwhile, somewhere in Austin...WHAT IS THE FREAKIN ANNOUNCEMENT, HAROLD???????
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Harry's seen Revolutions (much the same as he saw Episode II early) and although a few of the special effects are not yet finished, there is no doubt that we get to see Smith turn into both a Vampire AND a Werewolf!!! Also, after Smith bites Neo, Neo turns into a Vampire and then flies over the clouds again like in Reloaded and turns into a Werewolf!!! This is a much more, ummmm... FUN way to bring Werewolves and Vamps into the world of the Matrix rather than the more cerebral undertaking which we witnessed in Reloaded. Thank you Harry for the great news, this is what you were looking for in Reloaded and now it's finally here!!!! Yay!!!!!!
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Oct 15, 2003 9:46:06 PM CDT
James Cameron Signs On To Direct Aliens 5 and Terminator 4?
by ye not guilty
That's my guess as to what Harry's big news is. Either that or he just had gastric surgery. ROTFLMAO!!!
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Everyone here does realize that with all the hype that is now building, no matter what Harry delivers... it will NEVER live up to any of our expectations (maybe only a few of us). Remind you of something? Can we say EPISODE I or MATRIX RELOADED? Same God damn thing. Unbelievable. We will NEVER learn.
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Oct 15, 2003 9:47:29 PM CDT
Tim Burton Making Both Beetlejuice 2 and The Nightmare Before X-
by ye not guilty
That's my second guess.
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Oct 15, 2003 9:50:51 PM CDT
Anyone seen or talked to Harry in the past 24? Wonder if the hea
by diskatopia
"'STUPENDOUS EARTH-SHATTERING ANNOUNCEMENT!!!' yeaaarrrrggggh.... (clutches chest, gurgles)(thud)?
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...from the Man in the Moon flick, where he says it'll be funny to program in some noise in a TV program so everyone will hit their TV at the same time.
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Oct 15, 2003 10:54:30 PM CDT
MAN IN SUIT MAN IN SUIT MAN IN SUIT MAN IN SUIT MAN IN SUIT!
by joe_buck
I haven't posted on here in months. This is the best talkback ever.
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Oct 15, 2003 11:02:46 PM CDT
Anyone read Tarantino's treatment on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" ye
by darthbagel
...not that it has anything to do with the matter at hand, of course!
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Oct 15, 2003 11:07:02 PM CDT
I'll bet any other Talkbacker $20 that Harry's going to announce
by pardon_my_zinger
As little as he gave us to go on, I just have a feeling that it's something personal like that.
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1) George Romero given a big budget zombie movie. 2) Miramax says when Kill Bill vol. 2 is released, if you saved your ticket stub from the first film, you can use it as a half-off coupon for vol. 2 at the same theater. 3) There will be a Hellboy announcement of some kind. 4) Rodriguez makes up for the lackluster Once Upon a Time with a film based on the exploits of the the "Blind Gunfighter" from the film. 5) Official Word from Lucasfilm: JAR JAR WILL DIE! 6) Fantastic Four Movie greenlit. 7) Kingdom Come film to be made. 8) Doc Savage film to be made. Vin Diesel is Doc Savage. 9) Harry announces NO MORE FLASH OR ANIMATION ADS OF ANY KIND ON HIS SITE! 10) Newer, better, Talkback system that allows for threads. 11) Those Chinese Taikonauts were bombarded with Cosmic Rays and are now going to kick some ass atomic kung-fu superheroing! 12) Rising Stars gets made into a high quality TV miniseries. 13) Invader ZIM ANIMATED MOVIE IS TO MADE AND RATED PG-13 OR R! and 14) ALL THE A-HOLES WHO KILLED MTV GET FIRED, AND MTV2 GETS ADDED TO EVERY CABLE SYSTEM IN THE NATION, VH1 GOES BACK TO BEING WHAT IT USED TO BE, AND ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE, THE MAXX, INVADER ZIM, AND PETE AND PETE EITHER GET REAIRED OR RELEASED ON DVD!
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1) George Romero given a big budget zombie movie. 2) Miramax says when Kill Bill vol. 2 is released, if you saved your ticket stub from the first film, you can use it as a half-off coupon for vol. 2 at the same theater. 3) There will be a Hellboy announcement of some kind. 4) Rodriguez makes up for the lackluster Once Upon a Time with a film based on the exploits of the the "Blind Gunfighter" from the film. 5) Official Word from Lucasfilm: JAR JAR WILL DIE! 6) Fantastic Four Movie greenlit. 7) Kingdom Come film to be made. 8) Doc Savage film to be made. Vin Diesel is Doc Savage. 9) Harry announces NO MORE FLASH OR ANIMATION ADS OF ANY KIND ON HIS SITE! 10) Newer, better, Talkback system that allows for threads. 11) Those Chinese Taikonauts were bombarded with Cosmic Rays and are now going to kick some ass atomic kung-fu superheroing! 12) Rising Stars gets made into a high quality TV miniseries. 13) Invader ZIM ANIMATED MOVIE IS TO MADE AND RATED PG-13 OR R! and 14) ALL THE A-HOLES WHO KILLED MTV GET FIRED, AND MTV2 GETS ADDED TO EVERY CABLE SYSTEM IN THE NATION, VH1 GOES BACK TO BEING WHAT IT USED TO BE, AND ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE, THE MAXX, INVADER ZIM, AND PETE AND PETE EITHER GET REAIRED OR RELEASED ON DVD!
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sorry about the double posting... I got an error the first time and assumed it didnt' go through
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new OC two weeks...BOO-YAH!
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It'll be great. It'll star Hulk Hogan as the baddie, as Bennifier tries to rescue the Sexiest Tomboy Benpole on the planet from the Zen Chicken 'Kill Bill' fans.
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Oct 15, 2003 11:25:18 PM CDT
Click the third exclamation point after "spot", it's a link to a
by magyarman
ok just kidding
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This has just gone on for way too long. I think the announcement might very well be that something terrible has happened to Harry. And this talkback is sort of like a final farewell. Only we haven't realized it yet. Really hope I'm wrong, though.
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http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/dfnews.html#freddy101503
I am not buying it yet, as Fangoria ain't exactly the most reilable source... but if it is true, then like the youngsters like to say nowadays "W00t!1!!" -
Oct 15, 2003 11:46:05 PM CDT
CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!! Wait. . . They lost? Again? Shit. . .
by han ol' buddy
Get that fucking goat outta here! And I want that foul ball fan's head on a stick on Addison. NOW!!!!
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Oct 15, 2003 11:48:19 PM CDT
Harry loses 50 pounds, Earth tilts 3 degrees north, earthquake e
by zombie vig
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PUT UP OR SHUT UP YOU DISGUSTING FAT FUCK
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The funny thing is, it was an immaculate conception ushered in by the angel Moriarty with a turkey baster, so Harry's still a virgin. Anyone got a manger where I can squirt out the Antichrist?
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Oct 16, 2003 12:33:24 AM CDT
Why is it that only two of you have guessed that it's about BUTT
by film_chic
Come on people! Wake up! By the way, I live in Austin and can hear Harry laughing at all of you guys from across town....
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Oct 16, 2003 1:16:59 AM CDT
Perhaps Harry is trying to get into the "Guiness book of records
by wavydavy
Or maybe he's going to join David Blaine in his box for the last 3 days & keep him company. They'll be the terrible body odour & soiled undercrackers to contend with of course, but I'm sure David will get used to it. Eventually.
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Previously Young Harry's used such statements to announce news about his family, site re-design (not a bad thing the way it runs sometimes), the goss on 'Chicken Run' and the line up for some film event at the Alamo Drafthouse. Or else just use the opportunity to announce some dud film for which he thinks 'earth shattering' is ironic and that we'll all join in with laughter at his clever ruse. At a pinch I might go for 'Original Star Wars trilogy on DVD' or that he is signed up for his own TV program. But frankly I am hardly holding my breath over this one ...
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Harry, good luck on your project and congratulations. Yours sincerely, emmy
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Maybe the big Announcement is.....That the Govinator mistaken Harry as Senator Ted Kennedy and Groped him...
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Probably won't read this Harry, But for all us geeks out here, I wish ya da best. One request.
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Don't go all Hollywood on us...(LMAO).
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...sort of. How the hell are they going to get Harry into one of those collapsible chairs?
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LOL, maybe he can use 2 or 3 sewn together? Just Kidding, We all know he's gonna be Kneeling the whole time anyways...
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It's the title they give to writers on a tv show after they've done enough time on whatever dumb ass show they're doing("here ya go...fatten up the resume, shitty sitcom writer guy!").
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I'm sure somebody already pointed this out in talkback but I'm too lazy to read all of them.
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I already want to read Du Pont's review of Ghost Town.
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Whatever you do, don't pull an Ebert!!
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Someone with as much appreciation for film as Mr. Knowles couldn't possibly make a terrible movie so count me in as interested.
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Congrats Harry, truely a movie geeks dream come true.
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Congratulations, Harry, you've proven that anyone with enough willpower can accomplish anything they want just by making a website!
Also...I'm glad the wait for the news is over ;)
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...on my worst enemy, but you go for it big guy. Well, maybe I would wish it on my worst enemy. You're going to have to make lots and lots of really hard choices soon, and they will all have to do with compromise. It's so easy as film fans to armchair quarterback a movie's production, but until you've made one you really cannot appreciate that it's one of the hardest things in the world to do well. It takes a rare mix of alchemy and dumb luck. Make or break, I predict you will come through the experience a changed man. All the best to you.
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that's the sound that a firetruck makes. also, i have been a movie producer (8), and confidential to harry, don't trust the guy in the coat.
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I swear to you guys, I just tried to post about how the big news was going to be the sequel to big trouble in little china because I saw that movie today on tv and it was on my mind. Well, My post didnt go through, but I checked back and Harry had updated the site with his big announcement and the last line is from that freakin movie. Thats some weird shit. I just wish my fucking post has gone through, otherwise this is pretty pointless. Congrats Harry, but Fuck you, That news really aint so cool to me. But as old Jack Burton always says, oh what the hell.
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Wow, not exactly the earth-shattering news I was speculating, but Congrats and Good Luck, Harry. About time one of our guys gained some power in Hollywood.
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STAN & RONNIE are coming!Mark my words.They are coming.
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GOOD LUCK.
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That should be quite a project. Just please don't compromise and end up putting out bullshit like 90% of Holywood!
Now... Can we get some inside scoops on Pulp Fiction 2, Matrix 4-6, Kill Bill Vol. 3 and other cool shit? We're needing some "Cool News" to make up for the lost time hitting the goddamned refresh button every five minutes on this site. By the way, why in the hell did it take you over 24 hours to post that story?? Were you just trying to hype it up? -
...Famous last words. lol. Harry, congradufuckinglations. It's about time tinsletown gave you a crack at this crazy biz. Good luck, and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us. Just as long as it doesn't suck! You better work your fat ass off to make some cool fucking films! I'll say a prayer for you tonight to all of the fim gods. Make us geeks proud. MacGuffin
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as having Harry caught in a public bathroom with Pee-Wee.
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. . . realizing the complete fallibility of your lifelong stories? i mean, you're not writing it - that's cool. even cooler that you're humble about it. but say you've got the PERFECT writer hired to flesh out your story . . . and he just doesn't quite get it right. you beg for a minor rewrite - and even then it's still not there. eventually you cave in a bit and a draft you're not completely satisfied with gets greenlit. now during production, there are millions of moments that have to allign perfectly for the story and style in your head to land on film. doesn't that worry you? i mean, picture it. say you have this wild dreams about spooky things your ENTIRE life. in certain moods, these feelings tickle you in a strange, haunting way. you get older, and thinking about those things and feelings become almost nostalgic. warm, even. then one day somebody gets hired to write about those spooky things, WHAM - a movie gets made, you see it - and it turns out as something like "fear-dot-com." you have thereby raped your own childhood! i don't know. i'm a bit defensive about selling stories to Hollywood. good luck. and have fun worrying more about money than your original story.
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Welcome to the big leagues, sleep well, and dream of large women. Man, I have been coming here for waaaay too long. I remember when this was just some wanker start-up I heard about from a friend. 97, I think. It was just text over the everlasting "Kong" frame or a collage of pics or something. What a long strange trip it has been for both of us. When I first started coming here, I was a minimum wage-earning college drop-out. You were approximately the same. Now I'm half-way through UT medical school and you are a bona fide producer of feature films. OH SHIT! What if we turn into (shudder) YUPPIES?
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I'll be able to look back in the years to come and say, "And I knew him when he was just some aesthetically unpleasant chap who spent hours on the internet".
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Well done, Harry. I know you'll be thinking of us when you lose your virginity (I know I was thinking of you when I lost mine).
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Just kidding Harry, congratulations.
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Oct 16, 2003 2:03:15 AM CDT
holy hell Tiggr, that was the funniest post I have ever read
by magyarman
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This is good news. Now the geek voice will be heard, especially when Harry get's to adapt projects. He's someone who actually cares about the material. Harry's the guy who would insist on making "walking skeletons" walk the way Harryhausen made them walk! He's the guy who demands a man in a rubber suit for Godzilla! Harry's now in a position where he no longer has to complain about "the way things should be", now he can make it that way. Go Harry, Go! I just hope AICN will create a sub-section for details and up dates on each prodution. Harry you should keep a web journal. Truly let us all in on the process.
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While I don't care for many things about this site one thing we as fans need a lot more of is production from people who both care about good movie making (which i asssume you do based on your book) and have the common sense to avoid involving themselves when they shouldn't.
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So were do I send my movie ideas to? pitches@aintitcool.com?
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It's really a deal with Retribution Studios to make the most horrible movie ever. Harry plans on pounding us into submission once it's released to 3,000 theaters nationwide. We will all become his army of zombie slaves. Let the assault begin!!! Congrats, Harry!!! :p
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I waited more than 12 hours for THAT? Tell someone who gives a shit.
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It doesn't surprise me you'd end up producing something, I kind of figured at some point you might think about something of the sort. But producing an idea of yours is gotta be very exciting for you, so I wish you the best of luck.
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I hope you'll be able to bottle up all of that enthusiasm and passion for cinema and just focus it entirely on this project. Do us all a favor and deliver a cool movie.
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Hopefully we can get more people like you in the movie industry Harry. You like vampires and werewolves? Here's an idea: CASTLEVANIA - the first video game adaptation that doesn't suck. Just imagine it... the stylish flare of the Belmont whip cutting zombies left and right in two slo-mo style... the glowing darkness of Dracula's castle pulsing all around... the idea of a CGI recreation of Death battling our hero to the.. um.. death. Ghost Town sounds sweet, but just imagine it: CASTLEVANIA.
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Show 'em how its done my man! Breath some life back into that ghost town Hollywood! Oh yeah, and get Paul Anderson to direct. Bwaahaahaaa. M
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it was reported here a while ago, as well as other sites that DISNEY has gone along with an anime being made of "KINGDOM COME" so there goes on of those being true. (rawk!) on the other hand, harry your flick better kick ass, as well as mori's man oh man, revolution has gotten out of getting bad mouthed from this site (well at least from harry and mori)
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Good job man!
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And GOOD LUCK!!!
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We want pictures of you smoking cigars behind a huge desk. "The Man in Suit stays in the picture!"
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That sounds very exciting for you and I hope it turns out to be a good and positive experience. It's weird that you just changed your little animation up there because I was just watching Resevoir Dogs today after not seeing it for a year. I just watched the same scene and now I see you doing the "surgery" on Marvin Nash...too weird. But back to your news, I hope you enjoy the process and I hope the end product is close to what you invision.
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Harry's putting his money where his mouth is, and of course if his project ever gets produced it's going to get royally skewered by legitimate critics who resent Harry's being able to make a movie and talk backers who resent Harry's being able to make a movie. It's a lose-lose situation as far as it's reception goes, but if Harry can parlay the "influence" of this little site into him making a moving picture - more power to him. I feel an explosion of a lifetime saturated with cheese culture coming on, which could make for an enjoyable flick. As far as his writer - considering it's a bound-to-be-surreal project called GHOST TOWN, and the "his/her" thing he used -- I'm going to go out on a limb and say Caroline Thompson. I seem to recall Harry throwing her name around when doing a fantasy producing thing and talking about who he'd like to see on certain projects in the pipeline. And she's taken a couple of Burton's pretty thin stories and made masterpieces of them, so that's an iota of hope right there. I for one hope GHOST TOWN happens, because the talk backs here are going to get gruesome. I don't want to be a jealous prick - so best of luck you son of a bitch.
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Captain First is very proud of you. I hope this works out to be an absolute smash.
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The future of AICN is on your shoulders on this project. Fuck this up and you'll lose your credibility and half your readers. No other so-called "critic" has done this before. Best of luck to you.
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But congrats and good luck Harry, we're all pulling for ya!
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Way to go Harry...I'm looking forward to seeing your movie.
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Oct 16, 2003 4:56:10 AM CDT
You can make it kick ass, right? That's a mighty big title to li
by swithin
Well, I'm sure we'll get some info and a review or two eventually... I think we can all admit to being jealous, but damn man, you know what to do so do it right! Really happy for ya Harry, all the best working on the flick! If you need an extra drop me a line!
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As I pick pieces of broken glass out of my hair and stagger through the wreckage of the burned and ruined city in the wake of the Earth-Shattering Announcement, I pause by the small band of emergency aid workers handing out coffee to the shell-shocked survivors, and think quietly to myself, "Producing, huh? Hope it works out for you, big guy."
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Just make sure to have everything wrapped up before January 7, 2004 at 5:10PM, when that Stupendous Earth-Shattering asteroid hits, knocking the earh off its axis amd plunging the world into darkness, killing 98 per cent of all life.
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Are you ready to see Del Toro expertly going down on an audience?
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I thought Harry was gay. I don't mean like, "dude you're a fag for liking that movie." I mean I thought Harry was born with the desire for man love. Oh well, live and learn.
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Congrats Harry. You deserve it man. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us!
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...is that this comes less than a week after Harry publicly announces that everybody in the business should just STOP WORKING, so that people can have free DVD screeners before the Oscars roll around. How can anybody be sure Harry will make the right decisions, that he won't run this operation into the ground before this shit - and given its progenitor, I'm certain it WILL be typical fanboy shit - even gets made?
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Bad idea!!
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We have to support you and we will.
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And the playa hatas at those rival sites (*looks at hollywoodbitchslap.com*) which have ripped on you over the years with "exposes" and such are gonna be so. so. Soooooo jealous! Don't playa hate, congratulate! Like others have said though, I hope this job doesn't break you: it's so much easier to be the clown when you don't have to help *run* the circus. Toppu o Nerae!
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Admittedly it was only three and a half minutes long and was about Stoke on Trent, featuring no werewolves, vampires or zombies, but still... Good luck! I hope for your sake it doesn't suck!
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Oct 16, 2003 5:32:10 AM CDT
Please hire both Christopher Walken and William Shatner for GHOS
by spacesheik
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... and best of luck with all the endevours ...
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congratulations harry... now dont mess up!... no prerssure or anything
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Harry, this is absolutely fucking brilliant news. I am so delighted for you big fella!!
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All time making fun of Harry and it turns out we've offended'm... he's gonna sue our asses!
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Oct 16, 2003 6:12:24 AM CDT
i just checked the date, and shit, it isn't april 1st!!!!!!!
by billyhitchcock
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i think that is great news!
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That is all.
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I hope that virginity reference wasn't a nod to my joke.
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Harry....wonderful news....I hope all becomes a wild success with wild women and wild song...as well as obscene amounts of cash....so, just for you.....I WILL PRAY TO THE SPOT AND ASK THE SPOT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL THAT IS GOOD AND SPOTINESS! FOR IT IS THE SPOT THAT PROVIDES US WITH GOOD LUCK AND IT IS THE SPOT THAT GIVES US GOOD FORTUNE...ALL PRAISE THE SPOT! WUNNA WUNNA WOOOOOOO!!!!!....And thus, the SPOT has provided! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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Both for making every film geek's dream come true for yourself, and also for further infuriating the trolls in the TBs who have no hobby other than trying to bring you down. No matter how it turns out, you can look yourself in the mirror when it's all over and say "I MADE A GODDAMN MOVIE!"
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Congrats Harry, I'm happy for you. Just don't put a man in a werewolf suit or something, gives us the CGI shit. So we can comment on how crappy it all looks. Honestly, don't make us work to find something negative in this film, just hand it to us, on a platter, silver is optional.
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Oct 16, 2003 6:38:47 AM CDT
WELL DONE HARRY!!!!! FUCK THE NAY-SAYERS HARRY!!! yOU THE MAN!!!
by silentbobafett2
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Good luck with all the shitheads who come to this site just to here themselves talk. The ungrateful bastards who never have anything good to say. You are a target now. I hope you make the coolest fucking movies around. Good luck.
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Shit. This site's gonna be a ghost town now, ain't it? Eh well.
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And try not to sell out to The Man!
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do your thing baby!
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All I can think of is Goodfellas and how DeNiro and Liotta couldn't be made because their father's weren't Geeks... I mean Italian. And then Joe Pesci, who's father was a Geek, goes to be Made. But he pissed everyone off by killing their box office... I mean killing another Made man. SO THEY SHOT HIM IN THE FACE!!!
HARRY! DON'T DO IT! THEY'RE GONNA SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE!
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How can he compare 'Blade 2' to eating eating pussy? Word to the wise it ain't!
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Congratulations sir. While I'm sure many naysayers will say that it's "put up or shut up" time for you, I prefer to think that it's "No here's how you do it" time. (But still, think about my DVD releasing label idea above.)
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Good luck Harry. I know you will pour your heart and soul into it and you will certainly get my $8.
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Oct 16, 2003 7:37:31 AM CDT
Why yes, Harry, that is stupendous earth-shattering news. FOR Y
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And it wasn't Venkman, it was Winston Zeddemore.
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I just feel bad for all the decent young film makers that frequent your site who are adept in all fields of film making. They get to see you bag a movie deal through association. You are another bullet aimed towards independents, and furthermore, are you not just a glorified creative consultant? You too can now watch all your dreams shat on by execs, time constraints, budget and audience demographic. And then we can absolutely rip your movie apart in true AICN fashion, replete with awful metaphor, allegory, anecdote and grammar. Can't wait. No seriously, good luck.
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Lets face it folks its the only way we have to save AICN, Harr
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I'm happy for you Harry! You deserve it -- make us proud!
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Oct 16, 2003 8:32:01 AM CDT
At long last, Harry gets to see the vampires and werewolves he's
by spyguy
And would someone please tell me why it's practically impossible to get this site to load up between the hours of 11 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST? Surely there can't be THAT many people bored at work...
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JLG2K4 Here...
Harry, that is some earth shattering stuff man!! Here's to a rewarding experience being a producer. May the gods help you to bring geek-dum and fan-dom back into multi-plexes around the world!!
On a related post note... I have heard they are in serious talks with a unknown "British" actor to be the next Superman?! What is the man's name?! British? Superman? That is like oil and water, it doesn't mix. I am all for an unknown actor to get the part but a British actor? -
Well, like all fads, once the film is made, the fad ceases to be....if this flick actually gets made, (there is no guarentee)...Something tells me if Post-Human ever sees life before a lens, that better do quite well, or Knowles' talkie will sit on a shelf.
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If you have all these great ideas that just need someone with knowledge of the craft to bring them to life, where are the Harry / Moriarty collaborations? Drew just became the 6th Beatle.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ON DVD!!!!!!!
Just because GL sends out an invitation with an action figure you wet your pants.HEY MORON A STARWARS CARTOON WILL DEBUT THAT WEEKEND!!!
No wonder GL has contempt for you.
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But this wouldn't happen to be the Kaufman/Jonze horror project, would it? Nahh.... Please tell me it isn't. *** To Alcamaeon: The precedent for critics making the transition to filmmakers was set over forty years ago with the staff of the Cahiers du Cin
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Good going man and good luck. Show those people in Hollywood how to make some fucking movies.
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Oct 16, 2003 9:48:16 AM CDT
Congrats on becoming a real and important part of the film busin
by regicidal_maniac
You are now a player, and as such you now matter. I can think of no 'occupation' more worthless than that of reviewer. Being a reviewer who switched sides I know what I'm talking about. Seriously if you're not part of the creative process, you're nothing. Seeing your work performed on stage or screen is a true joy, akin to giving birth I guess, although without the vaginal tearing, hemorrhoids, morning sickness, incontinence, leaky nipples, backpain and the whole 'pushing a watermelon out through a keyhole' thing. Eww. Thankfully biology has seen fit to allow males to be a part of only the best few seconds of that creative process. Make us proud and for goodness sake don't rape out collective childhood.
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Oct 16, 2003 9:55:59 AM CDT
This TB jumped the shark when Harry revealed his earth-shatterin
by gypsytrobot
but congrats anyway. thanks for not deleting the preceding TB.
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...in my pants.
Who wants to join me?
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Something is a miss here
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You know that french guy from Close Encounters of the Third Kind? That guy, Francois Truffaut is one of the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. But he didn't start out a filmmaker. He started out as a critic. He was one of a group of critics who wrote for the influential Cahiers Du Cinema, and introduced the Auteur Theory- that is, the director as author. When people talk about Spielberg Movies, Hitchcock movies, Scorsese movies, they are working off of that idea of things. Another critic from Cahiers Du Cinema who made the transition is none other than Jean Luc Godard. He was a pioneer in the intentional use of Jump cuts in editing. Altogether, the French New Wave, brought a great deal of the style we regard as realism to our screen- the use of long lenses, handheld cameras, intentional jump cuts and social subject matter. There are others. Rod Lurie, director of The Contender. Peter Bogdanovich, director of The Last Picture Show. Point is, many critics have made the transition, and done so well. Good luck Harry.
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Best of luck.
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Oct 16, 2003 11:08:52 AM CDT
COOL NEWS!!! - here's to a new era of vampires and werewolves!
by blacklist
Major congrats, Harry. Seeing as how much clout you have now, you better be responsible for bringing us some great movies. Best of luck in new frontiers, and here's to Ghost Town rocking!
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Way to go!!!!. I doubt your movie will get this far (Chile, South America), but i'll see it someday, be sure about that. Although you're right, these ain't earth-shattering news, they sure are for you, and they're still amazing for all of us who love this site. I can't wait to see what you can pull. Go! Make us proud or something!
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Oct 16, 2003 11:13:29 AM CDT
Harrry should do a work stoppage cause of that screener issue th
by jackdonkey
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Oct 16, 2003 12:06:26 PM CDT
Congrats big guy but, holy shit are you in for a flood of screen
by big bad clone
Way to go. I haven't been a fan of Revolution productions thus far. However, I 'm sure you will get plenty of kewl werewolf and vampire stuff going. I sure that you won't have the last say on any of your movies but it nice to have you as one of the many cooks that bring movies to us, to dweeby masses. Again, congradulations.
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Oct 16, 2003 12:12:28 PM CDT
Congrats big guy but, holy shit are you in for a flood of screen
by big bad clone
Way to go. I haven't been a fan of Revolution productions thus far. However, I 'm sure you will get plenty of kewl werewolf and vampire stuff going. I sure that you won't have the last say on any of your movies but it nice to have you as one of the many cooks that bring movies to us, to dweeby masses. Again, congradulations.
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Oct 16, 2003 12:44:44 PM CDT
THIS IS LIKE ASKING A HILTON SISTER WHAT KIND OF MOVIE SHE'D LIK
by trite
(well if the hilton sister was not very pretty.)____7 years ago AICN becomes one of the first sites to start posting behind the scenes movie news online which IS THE SINGLE, ONE REASON IT'S WAS POPULAR, got a fan following for being the first to do it which is the single, one reason it's STILL POPULAR, geeks mistook a couple of wanna be couch potatoes for intelligent movie-goers, and now SOME EXEC IS GONNA MAKE THIS WORDY DUMBASS HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT A PRODUCER?!?! THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF STICKING CINDY CRAWFORD IN A BIG BUDGET ACTION MOVIE!!!!! TALK ABOUT A FUCKING LOTTERY TICKET!!!
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no more remakes please...... :::))))))) best of luck !!!!!!!! you lucky lucky bastard!!!!!
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Oct 16, 2003 12:48:11 PM CDT
Way to go Harry, but watch your back. Cause now your on the oth
by huevo
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This means you're now "One of them". How will anyone take any of your reviews seriously now?
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Oct 16, 2003 12:52:25 PM CDT
As much as Talkbackers think Harry is a feeb, everyone will stil
by sexybeast
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To Harry:
Congratulations. You are only on this earth for a short while: so why not give it a shot, potential conflict of interest or not? Best of luck. Actually, at the risk of being over-blow-jobby, I thought your book would be a perfect HBO-film. -
Oct 16, 2003 1:04:29 PM CDT
With that SCREENER Complaint You Made I Guess You'll Be STRIKING
by zuzupetals
nope, probably not. the hipocracy of AICN continues... the only thing consistent are their inconsistencies.
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Oct 16, 2003 1:11:52 PM CDT
Remember, Harry, If You Want To Hire Me To Write GHOST TOWN For
by buzz maverik
...my non-negotiable fee is one million dollars salary, a new H2 Hummer (yellow) packed full of Cuban cigars (I like Romeo y Julietta Double Coronas) and a custom made Purdy shotgun. I'll need 24 hours from the time I get the shotgun until I start writing. My agent, Dan the Man or Vortex Tours, Sedona, AZ (for $20 you get a ride in an old school bus to look at the vortex and a peyote button). So lemme know but don't take too long.
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Now I can say "I knew him when," except that I don't actually know you, but still ... Anyway, best of luck, and be sure to find a role for Bruce Campbell!
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Oct 16, 2003 1:38:28 PM CDT
Way to go! It's only a matter of time now before a regular talkb
by salem hanna
Wonder which one of us it'll be? :)
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That`s cool news is it?I,frankly,don`t give a fuck.Still,let`s see everyone rip the shit out of your"work"now then,shall we?Are they going to wheel or crane you onto the set?Please,please don`t do a Hitchcock style cameo,we haven`t got a screen big enough.....unless it`s on IMAX....
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I understand that this must be a big deal for you Harry, but you long ago lost any sense of humility. My friends and I have watched this site fall from its glory days as a true forum for movie geeks to the ego fest it has become today. This is just the icing on the cake. You are supposed to be the f-ing headgeek, Harry, and now you've become what we all hate. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying your a sellout because you're making a movie. On the contrary, I wish we were all making movies. I even have some faith that your movie might be good. But you are a sellout. You've become another hollywood ego, having lost touch with the spirit that created this once great site. I will continue to come to your site because there still are some decent reviewers left (I never took yours seriously and Moriarty's used to be the best until his ego kicked in) and there is some good news on occassion. But severity to which you have lost touch with those you created this site for is very disturbing to me and this self-congratulatory bullshit is just the latest. Congratulations.
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It seems nothing is so inflammatory as a geek who actually rises to the occasion. You've seized the moment, Harry. Don't stop pushing for even one moment, and every morning, before you do anything else, remind yourself that you're a goddamned motion picture producer. People will always tell people like you that you're wasting your time, but you'll never again need worry that maybe they're right.
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What a great flick to be in - as long as Harry doesn't go psycho controlling on me.
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(but don't forget about us)... we love you and love to tease you but no matter what we say we're always coming back to your site because we're your little suckers!!!
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(but don't forget about us)... we love you and love to tease you but no matter what we say we're always coming back to your site because we're your little suckers!!!
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Live all our dreams.
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Live all our dreams.
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Congratulations! Can't wait to see what you come up with
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DON'T FORGET TO PUT THE STAR WARS KID INTO YOUR NEW MOVIE... ONLY THAT WOULD COMPLETE IT!!!!!
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there is bigger news out there like the Pirates of the Caribean sequel that is upcoming. Including Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley they are all returning.
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Conga-RAT-ulations, Mr. Knowles... I wish you the best of luck with your inaugural film. As a long-time reader of this site, I have to say that the more reviews I read from you, the more I realize that we share a lot of similarities with respect to what we like and don't like in movies. That being said, I can't wait to have my ass kicked, and I await Ghost Town with a hearty "Thank you sir may I have another"!
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Oct 16, 2003 2:56:19 PM CDT
So how many dead raped deer can we expect to see in this thing?
by 007-11
I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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Good god, what did you losers do before the internet? You stay up all night because a "film critic" promises an announcement that clearly will only benefit him and can't possibly have any bearing on your own small lives? Do you people realise that now, because for years you had nothing better to do than hang aound internet message boards, Harry is actually able to produce films? Fate is a funny thing indeed. In the grand scheme of things, he should have had a low paying job and he should have spent his free time sitting in a dark apartment with his blow up dolls, potato chips and old VCR while watching movies all day and staring at a phone that never rings. While you fools have been screaming out "first" and flocking here like mindless, friendless sheep, the site owner has seized the opportunity to actually turn himself into "someone", as incongruous as it may seem.
Congrats to you Harry, I don't blame you for using these sheep to escape the life fate intended you to lead. As for the rest of you, learn something from this. All you have done is isolate yourselves even further from real life, while enabling another to live a life you losers can only dream of. You all deserve the true congratulations here. -
Oct 16, 2003 3:13:31 PM CDT
I just want to say that I am completely shocked and amazed at th
by film_chic
It's so nice to actually hear words of encouragement coming from the talk-back! It seems that Harry's move has made most of you grow up a bit too. Yea! One thing, though, Harry, PLEASE remember that women also read your site and respect you...so PLEASE don't make it a "little boy's movie." Understand that women don't have to be objects to be appreciated. But if you want to put some swirling Johnny Depp ass in your movie, more power to you. :-)
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Good luck Harry, there's gonna be a gazillion wolves at your door.
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Congrats Harry.
I'm certain that this will be a wonderful experience for you.
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Harry is now the proud owner of a casting couch
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Hulk Hogan has a cameo and says, "Ain't it cool, brother!" Best... inside... joke... ever...
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Hell yeah! I'm proud of you. Good job.
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Congratulations Harry- by the way, this article is the Special Edition; when it first went up it said 'Venkman' on the Ghostbusters reference. Now it says Zeddemore. I liked it better with Venkman! When can we get the Original version back! I don't like this special edition! Lets start a petition 'Get Venkman back!'
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"let's all go to the lobby and by ourselves a snack" THE MOVIE
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1. I guess this means we aren't going to be seeing any radical improvments (such as actual date sorting) in the talkback interface anytime soon -and- 2. Great news, Harry - make us proud. Oh, and if there's some way to cast Katie Holmes and Jessica Alba in the flick and have them engage in a 15 minute, graphic, totally nude 69 scene, I'll buy 2 tickets... one for me and one for mah bonah.
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in all truth, to me this is way cooler than some lame ass star wars or matrix news, or even than cool ass LOTR or QT news. This gives hopes to every true lover of film, and aspiring film maker that you can fulfill your dreams without following the traditional (and not very effective) paths. it is people like you and Robert Rodriguez who achieve the dream of bringing your ideas to the screen without having to spend your entire youth as a PA or personal assistant, that gives me hope that someday the studio system will collapse and everyone who is lucky enough to get paid to make films, does it because they love making films for people who love watching films and not because they're getting paid. fuck the cynics. filmmaking is about love. congrats. and good luck.
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I swear in my mind's eye I see Bill Murry saying that line, I'll have to watch the movie again I guess.
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I someday hope to make a major film of my own, but in the meantime, look for my short film, "After Midnight" to be in some film festivals, hopefully starting with the Pacific NW Film Festival. All I'm wondering is...who gets to screen and review your movie first when it's done? FIRST DIBS!
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It takes no guts whatsoever to sit back and do nothing but criticize and snipe from your little holes. What Harry has done and is doing takes guts! It's what Teddy Roosevelt talked about when he spoke of the man "In The Arena." Harry opens himself up for criticism every day on this site. He's not some elitist movie critic hiding behind a by-line. And now that Harry is truly stepping into the creative arena and opening himself up to the possibility of a real public failure (but I doubt it) he deserves real credit for having guts. The people in Hollywood that Harry has criticzed are sharpening their knives. the critics jealous of his scoops and influence (and this deal) will be sharpening their knives. To put yourself out there creatively takes courage because you're naked and exposed. It's a frightening thing to have your sweat and blood and everything you believe in thrust in front of everyone and at the mercy of their judgement. I wish Harry luck and my only advice to him is that he watch his back. He's worked hard for this and earned it. Anyone not happy for him should look at their own lives. Harry's over the wall and on the inside. Go Harry!
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Two things: ==>CreepyThinMan has some issues and I suggest he works them out before entering society a second time, and ==>for all those posters that keep on saying "I don't care"- if you don't care so much then why are you posting? Go back to whatever form of masturbation takes your fancy and leave the real banter to the rest of us.
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For real. Anyone who uses Ghostbusters as a guiding light is OK by me.
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Go Harry!
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Congrats to Harry - you've worked hard, and now you'll get your shot. Just be warned, many other notable critics have gotten their shot and what they made was widely panned. My other note was who in the world would refer to Todd Garner as a visionary exec. I would refrain from kissing Revolution's ass repeatedly, because that does in fact make you sound like a sellout. Revolution has largely made crap films since they've been in business, so to call their execs visionary is a bit laughable. Congrats all the same, here's hoping you churn out something better than Revolution's garbage list from the last couple of years.
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May I touch your garment, Harry?
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Oct 16, 2003 5:46:20 PM CDT
I'm confused; Is harry is making a movie based on the song "Ghos
by wavydavy
At least harry won't have to change his mid 80's wardrobe to fit in. Only joshing; Good luck old man!!
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...because that was the studios' reason behind giving Kael a chance at tinseltown - a way to discredit her. I think all of you film geeks out there are going to find out that it takes alot more than "someone who likes movies" to make a good movie. Most producers, actors, etc. do in fact love movies. But the stars have really got to align themselves for a special film to be made.
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It's based on "Ghost Town" by Cheap Trick. sk
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It makes me laugh whenever I read post from site patrons who WANT to see Harry and Moriarty fall on their asses during their stints in Hollywood. I'm a bit skeptical as to how well they'll fare at plucking that feather from the golden goose and putting it in our collective caps, and I think everybody who remembers Pauline Kael (and anybody who's read a small-town critic's review of a Rod Lurie movie) are making a dangerous amount of sense, but those pleasant little exhibits of schadenfreude should be kept off this message board. Put yourself in his shoes: imagine you love movies as much as he does. Imagine you have as much confidence in your competence of the history of cinema as he does. Imagine you run AICN, like he does. Imagine you were frustrated by the state of Hollywood (as you are). Now imagine Hollywood offered you a ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to make a studio-sanctioned movie; that they would recruit a good writer to collaborate with you. That, if your movie actually was good, you'd flip the switch on studio scheming. Your influence would INCREASE, you'd help get your friends' projects off the ground and possibly even work with some of them on your own. AND you might actually get your quotes in the newspaper every now and then. Oh, but wait. This is supposed to be a renegade site. Even if you maintain the same policy, it still won't FEEL the same. What if you fall on your ass? The studios would finally quash your influence on Hollywood once and for all. Well, better not do it then. Could have made a movie, but I guess I'll just have to live with liking 'em a whole lot. Are you nuts?? I DO think that Harry will gain a bit more appreciation for why those "frustrating" moments make it onscreen. I know that, despite his ostentatious attempts at self-effacement, he feels like he can do a good job at this. To this, I wish him all the best. Not only does he win, but I get a good movie in the process. Still, putting a good movie together is harder than it seems on the couch, and putting a completely satisfying Hollywood movie together (which implies huge collaborative effort) is, I imagine, even harder.
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..but all of you schmucks are telling me that, if you were hired to produce a movie, you wouldn't write about it on your OWN website? Okay.
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Is a jealous creepy thin man...
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Sorry Harry, but the almighty $ calls the shots.
"Harry, look, the tap-dance number has to be in. Tap dance is very 'now', we'll work it into the zombie film - somehow..."
Let's see if you can walk away from 10% of the gross. -
Oct 16, 2003 6:48:56 PM CDT
diD u guys see the whole "werewolf" "vampire" thing coming from
by louis p.
Man, I hope they get a good writer because I smell an Ed Wood style flick just around the corner.
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Oct 16, 2003 6:52:46 PM CDT
How can anyone be hoping and cheering that Harry fails? Why can'
by jjmnolte
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Can't wait to see it.
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Sure, I am happy for Harry. But it does kind of present something "problematic" as my old medieval lit professor used to say. Built in adverstising. Built in "geek" cred. It's basically the equivalent of putting a pop star in front of the camera. And it is almost a way, if it fails, to rob Harry of power and influenece. And whatever review he writes will be judged against the standard of that movie. You can just see the one line TB's now:"yeah Harry it was no Ghost Town HUH?". Hopefully it's a way to influence the system from the inside. That was Soderbergh's argument for making Out of Sight. Of course after the Limey, his movies haven't been as complex or interesting or entertaining (I don't care what anyone says!). Still he has been able to get some interesting films made as a producer so there you go. But it does smell a tad insidious. Also, just because Harry is attached doesn't mean it will ever get made. And his influence on the final product could be scant after Hollywood gets done. Film is always a compromise as Godard said. Best of luck, big guy. Just don't forget which side your bread is buttered on. And on an optmistic note, the real power of AICN is the TB's. It's a forum for film fans (like Mr. Knowles himself) and that's what really counts. They can't fuck with that. Unless we ALL get producing deals. Final note: I think Buzz Maverik should write it. No, for real. Plus, his asking price seems reasonable!
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who has never written, directed, or produced a movie, and has absolutely no experience in the industry whatsoever, gets a production deal at Revolution? What's so unusual about that?
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Our lives depends on it!
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Good God, it's Harry Knowles! Congratulations, sir, and best of luck to you. I beleive you'll do a grand job. However, I dein to make one very sound suggestion: as a writer who has worked many a year in the media, I strongly recommend that AICN no longer carry reviews, news, etc. of Revolution product. Continuing to do so, with two of this site's editors on Revolutions payroll, would be very unethical. Indeed, I thought the overkill on the aforementioned rotten "Radio" review and the highly-suspicious "Peter Pan" review were extraordinarily timed. Intended or not, these nega-reviews oddly coincided with your announcement. Rather a case of "protesting too much?" Perhaps. Perhaps not. At any rate, please consider this as heartfelt advice from one who enjoys this site and genuinely cares for the new Man in Suit and his mottly crew. Good luck and blessings to you, Kate out.
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well done, harry. i will surely see this to support you. you deserve this break. do us proud: dead deer, hulk hogan cameos, gratuitous werewolve and vampire segments, chaffro role, etc. you deserve this chance, harry! opportunity well earned! jack
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"Hey, Creepythinman ...... in the future could you do us all a favor and condense your bullshit into just one post so it's easier to skip over them?" -Funny shit.
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Do us all a favour and block Creepythinman. he's starting to piss a lot of people off and he never says *anything* worthwhile..
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Oct 16, 2003 9:19:48 PM CDT
Harry being a producer means he'll Joel Silver us with film hype
by kampbell-kid
Congrats big red! =) Tho now I picture you as another Joel Silver with however more obvious insight into film. Don't change who you are... change and evolve the film industry as you have!!
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Oct 16, 2003 9:25:56 PM CDT
Harry being a producer means he'll Joel Silver us with film hype
by kampbell-kid
Congrats big red! =) Tho now I picture you as another Joel Silver with however more obvious insight into film. Don't change who you are... change and evolve the film industry as you have!!
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Congrats and good luck Harry. This is obviously a huge thing, so enjoy it and make not only all of us talkbackers, but yourself as well, proud.
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If you do a little searching on the net, you'll find out that Kevin James plans on doing a movie with Revolution based on the incident at the playoffs the other night featuring Mr. Bartman and the catch missed round the world.
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...of course I don't know what the story is about yet, so the name might be a perfect fit, but most likely a better name could be found. Ghost Town is a little boring. Kind of like Ghost Ship, and I think we all know how that movie turned out.
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or is that what they call a press release?
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On finally being able to let the cat out of the bag in addition to being able to have the opportunity to turn your intense love of movies into a creative outlet where you get to be involved in the actual movie making process, too. Good luck!____Bee
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Oct 16, 2003 11:55:55 PM CDT
Congrats Harry - but you should really turn editorial control of
by movietool
You know the reasons why. Otherwise, good luck! I hope the flick turns out!
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If Harry is a big GB fan, does this mean that "Ghost Town" is gonna have GB references???
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I hope to God that you and your team of multi-award winning writers manage to royally Fuck up the film industry as we know it.
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Remember Harry, you cant go wrong with werewolves and vampires. And beanpoles. And Hulk Hogan.
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Well you had me fooled - I thought it was just a BNAT announcement.
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im just wondering how harry will feel when the script shows up on the net or someone gives a play by play of what they saw at some top secret screening and everyones criticizing his movie a year before its out.
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Oct 17, 2003 2:22:31 AM CDT
Harry should direct Dorm Daze 2, starring Rob Schneider, and Hul
by jules windex
It'll make millions!
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Oct 17, 2003 2:25:09 AM CDT
Harry should direct Kill Moriarty, with David Hyde Pierce as Mor
by jules windex
It'll make millions!
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Oct 17, 2003 2:27:37 AM CDT
Harry should direct From Ruben To Clay, starring the AI guys as
by jules windex
It'll make millions!
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Oct 17, 2003 2:33:00 AM CDT
Harry should direct Major League 4: Curse Of The Ham Sandwhich,
by jules windex
It'll make millions!
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What a chance, Harry! Don't listen to those who are simlply jealous of your opportunity. Who of the talk-backers wouldn't love to get a movie deal? Go for it Harry! And if you need some astonishing ideas just do an open talk back.
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You rock, sir. As usual. (Blows kisses)
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cause you can be sure, that if it turns out to be anything less than movie of the year, talkbackers will bitch about it as long as aintitcool lives.
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I'm just surprised it didn't happen sooner. But on a more serious note, what the fuck is up with LFC this year???
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I can't believe Harry's going to be getting more and better trim than me. What a world.
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But don't forget about your first child. Y'know, when I came here days ago and checked out your announcement, I figured whatever it was, it could wait. I look in on it today, and, holy shit!! With all these posts, you'd think it was a Star Wars talkback or something! It never ceases to how amaze me how obnoxious, petty, and pretensious some of these freaks can get. I constantly have to remind myself they have more going on than the juvenile concept of "I-told-you-so". I guess this is where the harcore cyber-geeks say (LOL)!!
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Oct 17, 2003 9:50:29 AM CDT
While on the subject of stupendous, earth-shattering announcemen
by devil'sown
Anybody who comes up with a cure for CreepyThinMan is an instant candidate for sainthood in my book.
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Place your bets ladies and gents, fresh or rotten??
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Oct 17, 2003 10:43:49 AM CDT
Point of order: Bruce Campbell *can* actually play every part a
by frankcobretti
That is all.
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Oct 17, 2003 10:57:52 AM CDT
So you'll start production as soon as Valenti does away with the
by chet hudson
Seriously, congrats, Harry. I'm looking forward to pirating your flick.
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Oct 17, 2003 10:58:18 AM CDT
Good job, big man. Don't let a handful of jealous pieces-of-sh*
by ted healy
This is awesome. I've been visiting this site regularly for the last seven years and I wish you nothing but the best. Althought we've never met, I feel as ecstatic as if this had happened to a close friend.
My advice: hope for the best, expect the worst (regarding Hollywood politics), and whenever you schedule an orgy with a bunch of overeager, hot young wannabe actresses, drop me a line.
(BTW, I have never seen so many talkbackers be happy for you all at once. Surreal.)
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... that with the library of movies that Harry has to draw from and his encyclopedic detailed knowledge of all that is film from 'Citizen Kane' to 'Lord Of The Rings', he's extracting that wealth of information to make a 'zombie movie'. In all honesty, I am actually very happy for you Harry. You've been given the opportunity of a lifetime..... now these said 'ghosts' in aforementioned 'town' better be worth it!
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I wish you good luck and I will pay to see Ghost town at least once... :)
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I think I'd be more impressed and less sick to my stomach if you hadn't made us wait twelve hours in nervous anticipation of what was little more than a public self-pat-on-the-back.
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Will Harry put his money where his AICN mouth is and cast Bruce Campbell in his movie? One would think ... ___ It'll be interesting to see who he casts in his film.
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Perhaps not, but Harry seems to have located one, and good luck with it. The people gettin' angry? Of course they are, it's a Talkback.
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Oct 17, 2003 1:26:56 PM CDT
I think Harry should produce The Jared Fogle Story starring hims
by lord shatner
"He ain't heavy, he's my brother, brother"
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Well Harry, I want to add my congratulations to the growing pile. I don't always like what you have to say but anyone can see that you're passionate about movies. To get a chance like this must be a dream come true for you. Go after it man, never look back. I'm happy for you and somewhat inspired as a man who is following a dream of his own. To those condemning Harry as a sell out: I don't think Harry ever said as a child "I really want to be a movie critic when I grow up". I imagine Harry wanted to be involved in the making of movies. And he's getting that chance now.
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You deserve this.
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Hearty congratulations, sir. I implore you to post a diary on your site of this experience, for many reasons:
1. It will be geekishly fascinating. We can experience producer-hood vicariously through you.
2. It will be very popular as a tell-all, while it is happening, on Hollywood and its politics. It will likely draw many more visitors to this site as a result.
3. Your fans, and critics, will be able to track exactly where your ideas got to. Did they make it in the film? If not, why? How do you feel about the result, etc. Film-geek deconstruction is a big motivation for this site and its visitors.
4. I really really want to read it (reason enough, right?)
Please post every meeting, every discussion, every thought. Tell it all. Start by fleshing out the details you've already mentioned in your announcement (the meetings, etc.) Do it, man, it'll be worth the effort.
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my account just isn't working
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it worked THAT time...ok...here's the message I wanted to give you Harry...Clap*Clap*Clap...I can't wait for the movie deal to unfold...this is exciting news!!! BRAVO
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Longtime reader, first time poster here.
You obviously have a great love of film, and I have enjoyed the rhapsodic reviews you have written. Often times, when you have pointed out how a film should've gone, and have gone on to "re-write" the entire plot in your reviews, I have thought "This dude should be making films!" Now you are! Fuckin' A and GOOD LUCK!
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this is the second time since AICN has been online that i have joined in the talkback. mostly i just read it for current media events and chuckle at all the typos and mispellings that these so-called geeks offer to demonstrate their lack of brain cells. harry, ignore all the bashing from the assholes in here--they are just insanely jealous, the ignorant fucks. i agree with MONORAIL77--keep a day-to-day journal on AICN of your first-hand experiences--it would a rewarding and telling read. go ahead, "geeks," flame me. i don't really care. get a g.e.d., then consider a life.
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It will star Hulk Hogan as the baddie while Hullary Duff fights for animal rights to provent cosmetic testings.
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...and by the way, if in any of your upcoming movies you require a 20-something, over 6 ft., goatee sporting guy with a big ass and a fat gut to fill a spot in your cast, look me up!
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Is it a sequel to "Ghost Ship?"
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It just goes to prove that you don't need talent to make a film in Hollywood, then again, its been that way for years. What exactly has Harry done to deserve this shot? And if you think its because he's some sort of "uber-geek" fighting for "geek rights" go back to fisting yourself....
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There's a lot of work that lies ahead. This is me, shaking your hand, buying you a drink and congradulating you when you're done and the lights dim. In that second between the last trailer and the beginning of your film you can relax and tell yourself you've made it. You deserve it, Harry. Make us proud.
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Congratulations and good luck.
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You'll have to get the rights first.
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Make us proud man! I would love to be in your shoes (minus the weight)right now. A lot of us want to have that chance and you got it. You make me want to hold on to my dream. KICK SOME ASS MAN!
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hey man, I'm actually pretty excited for you. this is one of those once and a lifetime events that CANNOT be passed up. All of us nerds have always wished we could make a perfect movie ourselves, to show hollywood how not to fuck up, and it looks to me you might actually realize this dream. Well, I wish you the best of luck, I hope Ghost town kicks ass. What is it about though? Anyway, have fun.
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Oct 18, 2003 6:44:22 PM CDT
Lapin Agile: Sentences always begin with capital letters.
by mosquito march
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We can all sit back and be armchair quarterbacks, now you get to be in the drivers seat. And given all the talentless hacks that have climbed up the studio ranks and churned out shitty movie after shitty movie, well hell, Harry, KICK SOME ASS, man! I'm a screenwriter who's taken meeting after meeting with too many slicksters and d-girls in Hollywood, and I'd much rather have a full-fledged flaming movie geek at the helm of a horror movie than half the posers who are in charge out in L.A. Do it up, Harry. Now's your chance to make the geek movie to end all geek movies. And yes, you must cast Bruce.
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Producing a movie isn't exactly rocket science. Just take all the credit for a film that was made by dozens of people (no, the director isn't one of them nowadays). Hell, a 14-year-old produced, wrote, and directed a film in Japan called LEX, THE WONDER DOG in the 70's.
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I don't want to sound too much like a cynic here, but there'll probably be too many corks popping on AICN and too much jealous seething and/or general contempt on Film Jerk, Film Freak, and a couple of the more obscure sites to get a reading on the quality of this movie, if and when it's released. In case Revolution IS trying to buy itself a fanboy/cult niche, I would try to do as much research on Harry's film as possible, lest we inadvertently transform Harry into an agent of the man.
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I can't wait for another site to get ahold of the Ghost Town script. They'll review it, and expose it's flaws with lots of spoilers. Then Big Red will finally see what it's like to be a filmmaker who has his work torn apart on the internet before its ready to be seen by the general public. I'll stand in line for that baby!
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...people realize "Big Red" isn't writing the script. Stop talking about his poor writing skills like they mean anything.
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Oct 19, 2003 9:57:22 PM CDT
I hope Harry has a career along the lines of the aging Walken
by son of batboy
If Drew Barrymore can produce, anyone can.
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Oct 20, 2003 12:31:47 AM CDT
I hope any nudity in the movie is not done with Low Lighting
by sexybeast
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Its about time the ask you to step up to the plate! I'm happy for you, man. I've been following this site since near the beginning and I'm proud every time one of us gets the chance to do something like that, be the end result bad or good.
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If this project ends up LAME, them I think Harry loses ALL rights to comment on any OTHER films, writers, directors, producers, etc.
Harry's talking about making this SO great - and his need of a screenwriter - but he (apparently at this point) overlooks his "most trusted" associate in Drew. Makes one wonder about his "true" character. Like the saying goes - those who can, DO - those who can't, criticize (or teach).
I'm anxious to see whether this film has any (or all) the problems that Harry likes to point out in other films. Being a screenwriter myself, I'm pulling for Harry to do an admirable job - it's a case of being in the right place, at the right time, with the right person - something we'd ALL like the chance to have. If he succeeds, then that gives EVERY "unknown" or "untried" person that much greater of a chance of being considered (or so we can hope at least).
But if he screws it up, he screws it up for all of us!
--- DeathStalker77
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With Greg Kinnear? Seems like 5 years is a long time to get such a thing off the ground.
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