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Dear Alan Rickman... Re: Conan O'Brien Misquote of ME about GALAXY QUEST!
Alright, so I'm sitting here in my room minding my own affairs... talking with Father Geek about the -30 windchill in Chicago, my magic shoes, sewer covers really do have steam coming out, cabbies, Carson's Ribs and more, when suddenly from the living room comes the voice of Alan Rickman saying my name. Dad hushes me... THen says something along linest that Alan Rickman said that I said that GALAXY QUEST was the greatest movie ever made.
AHEM...
Now, I really adore GALAXY QUEST. I think that it is to Star Trek, what BLAZING SADDLES was to DESTRY RIDES AGAIN and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was to FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN and SON OF FRANKENSTEIN.... HOWEVER... I like BLAZING SADDLES and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN more.
GALAXY QUEST is smarter and far funnier and cooler than MEN IN BLACK (which is a film I don't enjoy all that much) and the cast is note perfect. BUT... This is a parody of STAR TREK... Not DESTRY RIDES AGAIN or FRANKENSTEIN. It's about source material. I love Star Trek... but they've kinda been parodying themselves for the last decade as it is.... It's just GALAXY QUEST does a better job of making loving fun of and with Star Trek, than Star Trek does.
As a kid brought up on STAR TREK, this movie is REAL FUCKING COOL.... HOWEVER... IT IS NOT THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE... sorry Alan... that quote is reserved (in my mind) for KING KONG (1933) and THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD and TREASURE OF SIERRE MADRE and SINGING IN THE RAIN and FOOTLIGHT PARADE and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and .... well... as you can see I have no DEFINITE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE.... It's sorta like comparing GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE done perfect with LASAGNA done perfect.... Given your mood... you may choose one over the other.... But I would never choose to say that a Pop Tart is the greatest food ever made... and GALAXY QUEST is a nice warm tasty Pop Tart while watching Saturday Morning Cartoons... It rocks... but it is... just a Pop Tart.
Harry Knowles
P.S. Having Hans Gruber say my name is like so fucking cool! You rock, Alan!
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Yeah, I know the millenium doesnt officially end until 2001.
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It seems I maybe wrong about this movie. I was planing on saving it for video, but if Harry says it's not bad I may check it out Sunday afternoon or something. Until later I'm the BIGBODY
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Having Alan Rickman misquote you is better than Alan Rickman not quoting you at all -- It was cool. I saw it, and he seemed a little confused about the quote; as if the studio called him up that morning and 'suggested' he let that bit of misinformation 'slip' on his appearance that evening, and he barely managed to remembered it. Those of us who frequent your site and read your reviews know you didn't say that -- that's the first thing I thought. Again, it's not really a lame, embarassing mistake, like being quoted on a poster as saying: "It Rocked! I can't wait to take my girlfriend." This is different -- it was cool.
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according to the statesman it is good fellas.
come on?
goodfellas?
good flick but not the best. everything in there was stock charachterizations that had been created years before, on the waterfront and pescis character is plucked almost directly out of raging bull
Blah blah blah
it is all so subjective
harry I will leave some copies of austin daze at the alamo for you. I wrote a piece on the buttnumbathon. allan rickman rocks
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Hey Harry, I live in Ohio and we have steam coming out of our man holes. Seriously though, Galaxy Quest looks very interesting, I think I will go see it at after the holidays. German Chocolate cake yum yum :)
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...and yes, I know you know that already :)
But yes, you're right, having Hans "I read about it in Forbes" Gruber mention you is WAY FRIGGIN' COOL BEANS!!
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Dec 22, 1999 2:51:14 AM CST
Lasagna and German Chocolate Cake are fine, but I'm waiting for
by uncapie
Snootches Bootches!
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As any world traveler will tell you, for steam with the best aroma, consistency, and vim you just can't beat the manhole covers of San Francisco.
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Alan Rickman rules. Alan, you should be in Matrix2&3 as an agent. Send in your headshot!
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it must feel cool to be able to go on someone's website and throw grade-school epithets at the webmaster and his father. That is so cool. So is it, OBEsity Rules, like Cider House Rules, or Obesity RULES? They mean different things. Now here's a contructive Harry dig: God forbid people think that you really, really love Galaxy Quest. I mean Harry, that's like you being misquoted as saying Armageddon was a great film. Don't want anyone thinking that.
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I'm in central time, so I may catch it to see what he says and notice the facial expression.
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I know Alan misquoted you but it is still fucking cool to have the free publicity even if he did get the web address wrong.
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He sounded like he had no clue who Harry is or what Harry really said. It was just a "good sound bite" of sorts. At least you were on Conan, in a way, Harry!
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As long as were are nit-picking quotes, Rickman mispronounced your name on Conan. He said something like "Henry or Harvey Wells on his 'Aint it cool' website said it was the greatest movie of all time." Doesn't matter though, it was still cool and it was a nice shout out from a nifty actor. By the way, Mr. Wells, you doing Conan any time soon?
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to have a guy like Alan Rickman do you the FAVOR of quoting your site and then to turn around and bite him on the back for it. I like this site a lot, but I HATE your thinly-vieled bragging about your pseudo-celebrity status. Please stop.
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Re-reading the other posts...I would like to clarify. Just beacuse I didn't really dig this article, don't think I'm siding with the "I HATE HARRY" people. I just feel that this site needs to tip the scales back to more news and less about the adventures of "Hollywood Harry", you dig? BUT...I think that the anti-Harry talk and name-calling is way out of place and not cool. So, my last post was so brief it could be interpreted as a slam and slam only. BUT...it was more just a "check yourself" kind of thing. No hard feelings, I hope and, this Holiday season, please... watch out for snakes.
P.S. For the people saying that when Harry doesn't like a movie, it must be good...He didn't like "Beloved", "Mod Squad" and "Wild America". This is intended to provoke discussion, not flames. -
Hey Harry, Carson's kicks ass don't they? I live in chicago and we go there about once a month.
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I've lived in old Chi-town and I've lived in "The City" (San Francisco to locals), but there's nothin' quite like the steam here in New York city, as bilious and thick as if smoke curled from the bowls of Hell itself, yet a comforting blanket of heat, the life support system of the city itself, and darn cinematic at that.
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Graham Yost is scripting and producing, while Dwight Little has signed on to direct. The story concerns a rash of steam related deaths that seem more than a bit suspicious. Franklin Ajaye is set to star as the world-weary NYC detective assigned to the case, which ultimately leads him to the most horrific steam known to man: Chinatown steam. Slated for a Summer 2000 release.
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mean wordz no hurt
mean words cum wen you feel little inside
me hope you feel big soon
merry christmas
me like harry
harry big
harry big inside too
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ALAN RICKMAN gives **YOU** honorable mention on Conan O`Brian and you CALL HIM on a stupid MISQUOTE??? You praised Galaxy Quest, you LIKED Galaxy Quest, So WHAT if he misquoted you??? ITS NOT like he quoted you as saying "it was the worst damn movie ever commited to the screen!!" he got the part that you liked the movie, so SHADDAP you whiney git! --McK
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He is just misquoting Harry, because he was banned.
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Harry, I know that Busby Berkley directed it, but my god, it's terrible. The most ridiculous premise for a movie ever. Don't get me wrong, I watch it every time it's on AMC, but it's the same vibe I get from OCEAN'S 11. It's so bad it's good. I used to work at "The Great Movie Ride" at Walt Disney World. They have a scene from that movie in the ride, and played the trailer for the film over and over in the lobby waiting area. "People ain't payin' for shows no more. Talkin' pictures-that's what they want." "It's a fad. I've staged fifty musical comedies, I'll stage fifty more."
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I'm a little worried that the era of the post-modern, self-aware, oh-so-precious urban infrastructure flick may be coming to a close. Assuming that New Line wants to make a franchise out of this (and why wouldn't they?), how about just playing it straight? I'm talking about a full-on, balls to the walls, old school treatment. Hell, maybe even go all the way back to Muni Noir--filmgoers are definitely ready for it.
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All indications are that the era of the post-modern urban infrastructure flick is over. Assuming that New Line wants to make a franchise out of this (and why wouldn't they?), I think they should play it straight. I'm talking about a full-on, old school, balls to the walls treatment. Hell, we haven't had a good Muni Noir film in *decades*. The market is ready for it; the question is whether New Line can see that.
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Woah, Coop, don't hold Disney World against FP - yes the plot's terrible and hokey as hell, but it's also one of the most imaginative, surreal, and hilariously self-aware films of all time. One of Busby's masterpieces. Keep in mind, Berkely came up with most of his ideas while drunk in he bathtub. No joke, he'd come into the studio brimming with ideas (just like Jimmy Cagney's character) and they'd go, Oh gawd, he's been in the bathtub again. Footlight Parade was also one of Hitler's favorite films, but I'm not going to hold that against the film or Busby Berkeley, a master of choregraphy, of camp and some of the beautiful images in film of the 20th Century
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...feeling slow and old? Its okay, JUST DONT PULL MY POSTS BECAUSE OF IT!!!
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Woah, Coop, don't hold Disney World against FP - of course the plot is terrible and ridiculous, but it's also one of the most imaginative, surreal and hilariously self-aware films of all time. It was also one of Hitler's favorite films, but I'm not going to hold that against it either. Busby Berkeley was a master of choreography, of camp and one of the few American Expressionists to work in film. Keep in mind, Busby came up with most of his best ideas while drunk in the bathtub. No joke, he'd come into the studio brimming ideas, just like Cagney in Footlight, and they'd say, oh god, he's been in the bathtub again. But Berekely was responsible for some of the most bizarre and beautiful images of the 20th Century. Imitations and homages pale in comparison to the master, and FOOTLIGHT PARADE is one of his masterpieces.
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The thing is, it's been a helluva long time since anyone's made a good movie about Steam, some of my favorites include: Steam Hammer (1904), Steam Launch of Olympia (1898), A Giant Steam-Shovel (1897), and Steam Whistle (1904) Hopefully, Newline's STEAM! will pay proper homage to these classics.
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Imagine that. Harry was raised on Star Trek. I would have never guessed.......
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And what a letdown 1978's THE MIGHTY STEAM CALLIOPE was. Completely uninspired! Look, I'm not exactly thrilled with the duo of Yost and Little, but the casting of Ajaye against type is intriguing. Assuming that Joss Whedon and Bill Goldman are brought in to punch up the script, and the delectable Lucy Liu is cast as the Chinatown hooker with a heart of gold (and a secret!), this could do for steam what HARD RAIN did for a steady downpour. In any event, I've got my fingers crossed, and Michael de Luca on my speed dial.
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I was watching Conan last night too and it wasn't Galaxy Quest he was talking about when he "misquoted" you. They had moved on to talk about Dogma. He said that you said that Dogma was the greatest movie ever made (or whatever the quote was)
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Once again the golden globes fuck up. How can All About My Mother be snubbed and thrown into the "international" category? It's far and away the best film of the year. I can understand not putting Boys Don't Cry in the for best picture (even though it deserved a nomination.), but leaving out Almovodar's film was a travesty. Oh well, what else should I expect from suck lackeys.
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that Alan Rickman was making a joke about your obstentiously positive reviews, Harry, and I must say it was quite funny. He's got a very dry wit, that Brit. Take it in stride, chum. Anyone who would get the reference most likely already read your Galaxy Quest review and knows the so-called "truth."
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A man in a trenchcoat meets with Alan Rickman's publicist. "Galaxy Quest totally sucks," says the man. "I know," says the publicist. "The only ones who will see this are lifeless web surfers who own Star Trek jock straps," the man says. "I know," says the publicist. "Tell Alan Rickman to tell Conan that Harland Noel's website says it's the greatest film ever made," the man says. "You got it," the publicist says. The man in black begins to retreat into the shadows, but asks the publicist this question, "Why do San Francisco's manholes steam?" "Why?" asked the publicist. "Friction," the man said as he vanished into the alley.
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Alan Rickman Rules. BOW DOWN ON YOUR FUCKING KNEES THAT HE MENTIONED YOUR NAME OR EVEN YOUR SITE!
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It appears that STEAM will NOT receive DVD treatment. Apparently, the Powers That Be want all six STEAM films in the can before any DVD work begins. Hopefully there will be "something special."
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Is the star of MONEY TALKS and RUSH HOUR ready to sign on as the lead in STEAM!, New Line's Summer 2000 tentpole that's rumored to have a budget so high it'd make James Cameron blush? He reportedly became very interested today when he read on the AICN Talk Back that none other than Jim Carrey has all but committed to the role of the vengeful vapor. With Lucy Liu already aboard as the female lead, and Wes Bentley confirmed as the detective's partner, one would think filmdom's newest $20 million man would be hard pressed to turn this offer down.
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Didn't I see on the Steam website that Steam 2 was also in production? There's Steam in the tunnels, in the food, in my pants, on the rug, in the air, under the bed!! Steam everywhere!!! Ohhhhhh the horror!!!! The first Steam scared the sh!! out of me, I can't wait for Steam 2...
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Steam is all over the PRESS! Steam is HOT stuff! Steam is a GAS! Steam is COOKING! MR.T is back in the S-Team! I Steam of Jeannie! Field of Steams! Steams Like Old Times! It steams I'd better go now...
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Get with it, guys! When CCA starts covering the *real* event for 2000, then I'll take them seriously.
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Sadly, Lucy Liu has already backed out of STEAM 3, saying that "I have nowhere more to go with the character." Fans of S1 & S2 nearly rioted at the New Line studio when Margaret Cho was chosen as Liu's replacement. "Not since Look Who's Talking Now has a triquel been handled so badly," said Marvin Farmagian, president of the STEAM fan club. "I hate to say it, but we're STEAMED!"
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It was, like, a joke. Get your undies out of the bunch.
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...man, if the pressure for this ever-escalating project keeps building, I better draft a page to track it on CA...especially if that scoop I just received about a certain MI-2 actor is now thinking about starring in it...
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STEAM could be the biggest thing since JOHN CARPENTER's ESCAPE FROM SPICEWORLD. We have GOT to that page up TONIGHT!
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Check out this still from STEAM!!! http://www.steam.com/img/man_working.jpeg Now the question is, is the pic b&w because the flick is as well?! Holy Noir, Batman! I can't believe they'd take a chance on throwing so much moolah into a b&w project, but time will tell....
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Finally..... concept art! I can't believe how close we're getting to seeing this long anticipated classic translated to the big screen. Records will fall when STEAM! debuts this summer. Will somebody please get a script review on line?
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To dispel all the myths being perpetuated by the less than observant Talkbackers: Yes, Alan Rickman was "quoting" Harry about Galaxy Quest, NOT Dogma. And no, Rickman was not being serious. He had tongue planted firmly in cheek and was probably playing into the Galaxy Quest mythos of "fans" and the Internet. Harry, I have to say you need to lighten up. I caught you at several panels at the Heart Of Film fest in Austin a few months ago and you are just way too worked up over such stupid shit. Go fire one up and mellow the f$#k out, man.
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I'm tellin' you A.B. King, the rumors that Ahnult will be playing Steam's nemesis The Lobster in Steam II are completely false! The role is going to either Jason Alexander or Chris O'Donnel from what I heard. Though James Van Derbeek is apparantly seriously considering the role of Broccoli-Head.
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... alan rickman has THE sexiest voice around. sorry... just had to mention that. :-)
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How Kool is that? Favorite bad guy goes to favorite film site. Alan R. is one of the most underated actors in the biz but one of my favorites. Mr R is the main reason I'm going to go see GQ this afternoon.
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I don't have the patience to wade through all the talk-backs so it has probably already been discussed here, but I saw a tv ad for the movie and the announcer stated "Roger Ebert and Harry Knowles give it 2 thumbs up". It sounds like Harry is a frontrunner for replacing the famous digit of Mr. Siskel. There was another ad on TV later for a different movie, can't remember which, but the tv was muted. However, I did see the typed quote "Two thumbs up" leaving me to wonder if Harry is becoming one of the more quotable film critics. Since many talk-backers seem to believe that Harry gives approval to too many films, perhaps movie companies are eager to submit their stuff to the man who 'knowles' all. I've only been coming to this site for a couple months, but it's cool to see my habit's creator making a big name. Now, if we can only convince him to bring a camera with him when he breaks in to Fox...
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