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Who Will Be The Victor When EARTH VS. MOON??
Merrick here...
How much more Geeky-promising can a title be?
plot details for what is being described as a sci-fi epic are being kept under wraps
...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
Universal has picked up this pitch after a bidding war. The idea comes from Paul Wernick (Executive Producer of THE JOE SCHMO SHOW and once a producer of BIG BROTHER...both on TV), and Rhett Reese (a writer on MONSTERS, INC.)
The duo will Executive Produce EvM, which Scott Stuber (THE KINGDOM, the forthcoming WOLFMAN) will produce.
Know more? TELL ME!
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FINALLY FIRST!
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I'm having a hard time figuring out what the plot would be.
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Is this a Snakes on a Plane kind of deal?
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This is like telling us a movie is going to be released but we don't know anything about it. Thanks, but no thanks.
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You all know it.
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Seriously. If earth gets destroyed we are fucked, and if the moon gets destroyed we are fucked too, because of its influence on gravity and flood and shit like that.
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That's what they meant to say...
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April 9, 2008, 8:43 a.m. CST
the Earth by two...the Moon is shaky from the free throw line
by just pillow talk
Memphis knows what I'm talking about...
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DAMN I SUCK ASS.
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If they want to be high-concept.
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...shoot a picture in the 60's about the moon and people being on it and stuff? Had some actor named Buzz Alderon or Lightyear or something? heheh
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Dats wha' I call a close encounter!<p>
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It'll be renamed to Moon 45...<p>Oh man, that was lame...
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Heheheheh!
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EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!! EvMINO!!!
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I just wonder which space ball will lose...
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...we lose!
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Der Langhaarige already did that! Now I feel even worse...
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Separatists moon colonists anyone?...how retro...;-p
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you know it.
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I predict Moon wins after being handed a pair of brass knuckles by Pluto, setting up the Earth Vs. Pluto grudge match.
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Using mass drivers. BOOM! Hello, tidal wave!
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I'd imagine.
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This post is about a file title with absolutely no detail whatsoever on the movie with a quote of things completely "under wraps", and then asks for more info? I thought this site is about "cool news"?
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they want there movie title back.
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cool
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cool!
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Yeah, I'd imagine it would be something like this. The Moon, now with people on it, want to secede from Earth rule and a revolutianry type war starts. BTW, if that is the plot, Heinlien's Estate should sue.
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It will actually be a reality series set in the future with a group of Earth rednecks living and trying to get along in the same bio-sphere on the moon with little grey aliens. Plenty of wacky hi-jinks galore as they compete in light-gravity obstacle courses, mentally-challenging puzzles, and strive to rise above obvious cultural differences. (See local channels for listings)
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It's the working title for a biopic of Keith Moon, actually just a reenactment of his 108-minute drum solo competition in 1971 with the band Rare Earth
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is a better title
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I hate that fucking Earth.
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I wonder if this is a deal where the winning studio had already optioned Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" (there was an AICN story about that deal recently, Harry?) and is going to merge this script/story? Something like this was done with I Robot and Hard Wired (a spec).
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sigh
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seriously... EVERYONE knows that the earth has a glass jaw, and a good right cross from the moon would drop it in an instant. and you also know that if the earth didn't just lay there and cry, it would probably sue the moon rather than getting up and jumping into an all out fray.
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We've got fire power, intelligence (debatable I know), and a long history of war. What the hell does the moon have? Rocks? Psh.
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Y'know, for the gays.
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We want a SPACE:1999 Sci-Fi series. Remake/reimagine it as SPACE:2099. Get rid of the psychadelic stuff, put in more action, and you got a helluva show.
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I bet they are still working on the story. Shia Labouff as the Moon!
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Isn't that what this site is for?
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immense asteroid/planetoid, how the moon was formed?
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It's a space station!
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So that leaves the Moon Women to be spanked this time around. Severely spanked. Spankedy spank spank spank those naughty naughty Moon Women.
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I don't expect much, I just hope it isn't like my idea because I ripped mine off fair and square.
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or at least that's what i learned from countless hours of watching tom and jerry cartoons as a kid.
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April 9, 2008, 1:31 p.m. CST
I'm thinking the cow is going to play an integral part
by just pillow talk
in this, jumping over the moon and whatnot.
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Cheeeeeeeeese!
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but what of the cat and the fiddle? certainly it will be the igniting spark that triggers this unholy celestial/planetary blood bath!
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If it is, then I suspect Heinlein's estate might sue ... to have his name removed from any part of it. Especially if they make as bad a hash of it as they did with Starship Troopers. And, let's face it, the novel would take at LEAST three hours to be suitably developed on screen. No way they'd turn out a film that long. Feh.
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It's been a debate for the ages, who's to blame more? Me, I've always thought that fiddle was a bit shady...
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Original SciFi w/o a number after it? Good. But what a travesty it would be to lift his work on the 100th anniversary of his birth. TREK already stole his tribbles (flat cats) with not so much a mention of him as a 20th Century literary icon in 5 TREK TV series. BTW, so all the Moon has to fight with is rocks? Precisely!
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April 9, 2008, 4:33 p.m. CST
Is this going to be anything like Santa Clause Conquers the Mart
by Jak0lantern01
I hope so.
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10:1 says it's Braffed making like he was aiming for his Dad's backside.
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Zombie, for crimes against the acting community.
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And for marrying a fucktard.
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the moon. If the solar system was allowed to exist long enough, eventually the moon would slingshot out into space. But of course the sun will turn red giant before that can happen.<br><br>So in conclusion, in the battle of Earth vs. Moon -- advantage, Sun.
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After all, she says she's from the moon.
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Best. Talkback. Ever.
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I hope it's that. I really, really, really do.
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May not be a cheap substitute if Heinlein's estate get wind of it. Of course, Hollywood hasn't been shy about stealing ideas and re-packaging them...greed is good.
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Stargate lives on!
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Because i'm doing it as hard as i can....... gotta love the Moononites
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Blahhhh, Blah Blah Blah-Blah...
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What movie and whose in it and what it is about to come in a few years...or not. Anyway, our sources DO indicate a movie is being made RIGHT FUCKING NOW.
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I think I played that Zelda game called Majora's Mask that had this exact same essence.
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Like in Majora's Mask?
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... to some degree in Philip K Dick's "Time Out of Joint" and Samuel R Delany's "Triton" did have part of its plot to do with luna colonies vs Earth.
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"Dumb fun" is the new motto.
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Man, I started a blog on Moon Colonization a week and a half ago (http://luna-ci.blogspot.com), and now all of a sudden all my usual news sites have been raining stuff about the very topic. First a fat thing on Yahoo about a 60 minutes feature, now this, among others. Good timing, I guess, haha
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I bet it's more to down with evolution, and the Moon folk have evolved into strange inhumans with really wierd powers, and of course they, like all good B Movie aliens, want to invade our beloved globe...
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They can't have it both ways, living on Earth but calling their show Moonlighting. Fucking pick a side!
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that's real slick residing here, yet calling your show The Honeymooners. there's no having your cake AND eating it too. or would that be moon cheese? pick a god damned side, you moonie bastards!
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They were in black and white, so they didn't know any better.
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He's been doing stuff like this a lot lately. He's trying to stir up title-spamming frenzies to up the hit count. Check out the recent muppet movie article and TB to see what I mean.
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Yeah, about as "Geeky-promising" as SNAKES ON A PLANE...
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i dont think the moon would fight anyone
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Whose side will Unicron be on? I gotta think that would give someone a real advantage.
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Moriarty's script reviews for THE FOUNTAIN and WORLD OF TOMORROW from 2002 are all time greats and belong in the AICN Hall of Fame. It'd be great to have a EARTH VS. MOON review similar to those.<p>Without it, TBers' imaginations will run wild -- as in thinking Earth Vs. Moon is a dance contest film about Earth Dancers (http://tinyurl.com/59qpal) vs. Moonwalkers (http://tinyurl.com/5uprkl). See, I got weak. :)
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im sure transformers fans that actually liked the whole UNICRON crap ...may think the moon transforms into a giant robot that wants to destroy the earth for being so pretty and hogging all the sunlight...lol.....
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... sounds more interesting.
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To get to its Dark Side.
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check it
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Then as long as they don't use specific images or phrases from the book, Heinlein's estate has no claim. I've always wanted an adaptation of that book, and at the same time there's a lot about it that's tricky, cinematically. The character of "Mike" and the familiar ways Heinlein characters interact in general works a lot better on the page than on screen, because on screen there's not enough conflict to keep the actors busy. In Heinlein, people tend to agree with one another A LOT, and agreeing with people isn't all that dramatic. Beyond that, the third act relies hevaily on random help from other dimensions, which is only placed in context at the end of entirely different novels, like The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. Simply taking the idea and running with it might be the simpler solution... although I think if one can find a way to embrace the tone and the challenges, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress could be incredible.
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The studio would much rather take the content from a pre-existing novel if they can - they want the pre-built in recognition. My guess is that someone spent money on that production of "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" we were hearing about a few years back, and they could't nail the script. Now they want to make use of what they have... It's just a hypothesis.
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In a war between celestial bodies, having a huge gavity well is a lot like having the low ground, mate. The Earth has to shoot rockets at the Moon, and rockets are expensive. At 1/6 Earth gravity, the moon can hurl basically anything at the earth. Their need for thrust drops on a huge order of magnitude. Remember how tiny the rocket on the Lunar lander was? And as it happens, the moon is made of huge, huge rocks. No, gravity does not win.
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...for hurling big rocks at inhabited worlds, didn't he? He's got a point. There's so much destructive force available in nature, why build weapons?
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