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Quint interviews Peter Jackson about his next Fantasy Epic: Naomi Novik's TEMERAIRE series!!!

WAAAH First by cooke	Sep 12th, 2006 01:37:50 AM
love me
Hi by Orionpdx	Sep 12th, 2006 01:38:13 AM
Sounds Rad, Go Peter!
First! by Aragorn II	Sep 12th, 2006 01:38:22 AM
Bitches.
Only... by Flummage	Sep 12th, 2006 01:38:33 AM
...fascists cry first. Now to fetch my reading specs...
Only... by Flummage	Sep 12th, 2006 01:39:17 AM
..fascists cry first. Or so they say... Now to fetch my reading specs.
Or maybe I'm the bitch. by Aragorn II	Sep 12th, 2006 01:39:19 AM
I hate this new system where I post, but it doesn't show up right away. Fucking technological progress.
Great interview. by buddickman	Sep 12th, 2006 01:39:39 AM
Nice interview as always Quint.
WAAAH First by cooke	Sep 12th, 2006 01:40:08 AM
love me
Is anything made in Hollywood any more? by KiwiMetal	Sep 12th, 2006 01:40:45 AM
Guess you've got to go where the talent is and where you get more bang for your buck!!
Dragonriders of France? by cerebulon	Sep 12th, 2006 01:40:57 AM
Sounds interesting...
____________= Nipples on Batman by DerLanghaarige	Sep 12th, 2006 01:56:19 AM
I just got up. Good morning everybody!
This sounds amazing by mattyholmes	Sep 12th, 2006 02:02:48 AM
I love Master and Commander and Hornblower. The thought of that type of movie with Dragons!! and directed by Peter Jackson sounds amazing. Please do this over The Hobbit. www.obsessedwithfilm.com
rrrroowwwwrrrr, Quint! by BadMrWonka	Sep 12th, 2006 02:05:10 AM
Quint, you forgot to mention that Naomi Novik is a stone cold fox! http://tinyurl.com/r39bl
I like the interactive entertainment comment by antonphd	Sep 12th, 2006 02:06:52 AM
I make games for a living and I am looking forward to and working slowly toward understanding how to make games more than just... games. For me... that place somewhere between games and movie and books is why I am in games in the first place.
Might have to read these by Happyfat73	Sep 12th, 2006 02:13:20 AM
Although there's nothing worse than getting invested in a fantasy series that's only half complete and havig to wait years between installments. George RR Martin I'm looking at you.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Sep 12th, 2006 02:47:13 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
Sounds great by DonnieDorko	Sep 12th, 2006 02:54:07 AM
although I did'nt like the comments about the "expanding" world when you think about all the 217 versions of LOTR all with different behind the scenes etc. It could be great or it could be a cheeky way to dig like hell in my wallet. Damn walletdiggers. It could be good though, or you could be bying all the games, videos, books, posters, hallmarkcards, figurines, theatre shows etc just to get the whole story.
Love Master and Commander. Love fantasy movies. by kwisatzhaderach	Sep 12th, 2006 02:54:32 AM
I'm there.
didnt read it... by s0nicdeathmonkey	Sep 12th, 2006 03:10:13 AM
i hate fantasy. really, never got into those books. i liked LotR's but, i almost didnt even bother with them.
Quint, by Donvittofalcone	Sep 12th, 2006 04:05:43 AM
Quint, you're a god! Can't wait for tomorrow's interview! Pity I can't read those books, since they're not available yet in my country... Perheaps I'll hold before I buy them at Amazon, to see the films as they are, not as adaptations.
Sounds pretty great... by Brendon	Sep 12th, 2006 04:51:06 AM
...if he's keen on it, he'll hit it out of the park. Can't wait for The Lovely Bones. Here's a very short short film with a sting in the tail: http://tinyurl.com/g3op3 I'm trying to get a piece of info re: The Hobbit confirmed. I bet AICN beat me to it... but there's an interesting fact about that "diary date" story from last week about to appear, I hear...
Bashing King Kong = Nipples on Optimus by brolly	Sep 12th, 2006 04:52:19 AM
King Kong was a hell of a great movie, unlike most blockbusters today it felt like there was a vision behind it rather than a bunch of suits, some coffee and a whiteboard.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by segundus	Sep 12th, 2006 05:07:16 AM
I wonder which project will come out first - New Line's JS&MN or PJ's Temeraire? Would New Line even consider distributing Temeraire? Either way, there seems to be great interest within Hollywood for historical fantasy.. M.
AICN lessons in grammar #34545 by tehDude	Sep 12th, 2006 05:36:43 AM
"It's very unique." Unique can not be qualified. Something is either unique or it is not.
I'm a Derek and Dereks don't run! by TraumReiter	Sep 12th, 2006 05:44:10 AM
I love the LOTR movies but I don't want another fantasy movie from you Peter. I want realism! Bring on BAD TASTE 2: Derek vs. the bastard planet
Traumreiter by Lost Prophet	Sep 12th, 2006 06:19:11 AM
That is a cracking idea. "l'll give you an eye-witness description of this inter-galactic wanker."
WELL by THE KNIGHT	Sep 12th, 2006 06:34:56 AM
I haven't read the books but the thought of a new Peter Jackson Epic has me extremely excited... You better Direct this movie PJ! :)
"Naomi Novik is a stone cold" by El Borak	Sep 12th, 2006 06:54:02 AM
uummmmmmmm... ok.
I'd take this over The Hobbit by performingmonkey	Sep 12th, 2006 07:07:15 AM
OK, so The Hobbit directed by him would be VERY cool, but if he had to sacrifice doing that to do THIS then I'd be most pleased. What might be good is if he just produced The Hobbit and let someone else direct (someone good, of course), that way it could be shot next year alongside one of the lower-budget flicks he has planned, then he could throw himself into directing this Temeraire trilogy (it seems a bit of a stretch to assume he'd direct all 6 movies, if there ends up being 6). His Lucas comments are regarding the expanded universe.
that sounds more exciting than "the hobbit" by mikey mike	Sep 12th, 2006 07:15:10 AM
the thing that sold me about "two towers" was the shot of the two trolls opening the black gates and that whole nature of great beast doing manual labor just appealed to me so if he can go back to doing stuff like that it will be great
MCMLXXVI, we get the point by ephor	Sep 12th, 2006 07:31:36 AM
Why are you posting in EVERY talkback about Michael Bay? Keep it to the many transformers forums would ya? As for PJ. when is the man going to get time to do any of this? Seriously. This sounds like the most interesting project yet. Halo seems meh and a Dam Busters remake is hardly necessary. it will be good to see him do a small story again with Lovely Bones.
old overused analogy joke = by lzplin	Sep 12th, 2006 07:52:25 AM
pathetic nerds with no sense of humor. Enough with the same stupid jokes already. Same goes for FIRST!!! and TOO SOON!! Be creative people.
The Hobbit by DonnieDorko	Sep 12th, 2006 08:18:48 AM
Would that star Ian Holm in that freaky makeup and look he had in the gollum-bilbo-flashback from LOTR? I really hope not.
Yes! by Windfola	Sep 12th, 2006 08:20:43 AM
fuck yeah! After after that - BAD TASTE 2. Well... I can hope.
Jackson transfered his physical bloat to his films by Behemoth	Sep 12th, 2006 08:26:18 AM
King Kong was an abomination of terrible editing and awful (at times) special effects. The Flintstone-like "running in place for 10 minutes while a stampede of Brontosauruses chase us" segment was a particularly gas-inducing hodge-podge of crap-sagna. It's like Jackson is determined to take Lucas's path into self-absorbed artistic oblivion, but via a shortcut he discovered. "Fellowship" was about perfect. "Two Towers," with its awful "Warg" scene and dwarf tossing hinted at what was to come (though it was still great overall), and "King," as much as I loved parts of it, was unnecessarily long and featured a scene I will never forgive Jackson for: the cliche of cliches: hero hanging from cliff by A FINGER (absolutely impossible, even in Middle Earth), only to be pulled to safety at the last second. H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E decision that truly mars what could've been a much better ending. Then King Kong takes a dump for three hours in one of the most over-hyped, under-edited sasquatches of film ever released. I truly like Jackson. Seems like a good guy, and he's quite gifted. But PLEASE, for the love of Galadriel, FIND YOUR WAY OUT OF YOUR OWN ASS, YOU ONCE-BLOATED AUSSIE!!!!
Not said it much in the past but nice interview Quint. by brycemonkey	Sep 12th, 2006 08:40:30 AM
Giving us some actual cool news. Kudos. I've never read the books but will try to pick them up. I like the idea of PJ doing a literary fantasy trilogy. Wieid, deja vu...
Behemoth by DonnieDorko	Sep 12th, 2006 08:42:00 AM
Wow, I couldn't agree more!
You Want Great ADULT Fantasy? by Sean38	Sep 12th, 2006 08:46:23 AM
The Song of Fire & Ice series by George R. R. Martin. Blow ALL other current fantasy completely out of the water.
Hobbit by Olowyn	Sep 12th, 2006 08:46:47 AM
Making this over the Hobbit would be a blunder. The Hobbit is a well loved story read by people all over the world. This might be interesting, but I have never heard of these novels and I do read quite a bit of fantasy. Others have pointed out that it is just a rehash of Pern which if true is to bad. I would hope that it is not on the same level as Eragon (which was just bad, but it is amazing what having connections in the right place will do). If you want to read something good take a shot at the Fire and Ice series by George RR Martin or Brother Initiate and Gatherer of Clouds by Sean Russell.
Interactive entertainment comment & Eric Flint by turk128	Sep 12th, 2006 08:54:49 AM
I think PJ partly wants to capture how Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series has incorporated fan inpute. Also set in a historical fiction world, fans would summit how a existing/new tech, people, or even idea would be effected by the new element (the fictional part of the historical fiction). *** Wonder if anyone will finally pick up Gregory Keyes' Age of Unreason for adaptation....
The Books by MJAYACE	Sep 12th, 2006 09:02:13 AM
I read these. They are great books. Excellent depth and masterful storytelling.If you haven't heard Sam Raimi acquired the rights to the Sword of Truth series which is comparable. Bad news is that he is adapting for mini-series. Back to Temaraire...I would love to see the Napoleonic era China described in the books realized on screen. Agree with other posters that this would be better then the Hobbit. The Hobbit would be a step backwards for me from the overall huge story of Lord of the Rings. Temaraire would be comparable but completely different.
A Song of Ice and Fire by scrivener	Sep 12th, 2006 09:40:56 AM
I would have been enthralled if PJ had announced that he was doing George RR Martins A Song of Ice and Fire. Temeraire is a decent series of pseudo-historical books, but Ice and Fire is easily the great fantasy work of our time... and I'd trust few to do it justice.
Fucking dragons and witches and shit... by Flim_	Sep 12th, 2006 09:56:00 AM
I hate fantasy. Having said that, someone please flaming well make the Wheel of Time into a proper series, for the love of God, before I am forced to do it and fuck it up royally!
After a Fantasy Hit, there's soulless Fantasy Rip offs. by Ringwearer9	Sep 12th, 2006 09:56:48 AM
... and look who had the bright idea to join the throng! That's right, Mr. Petey Hackson, showing his true, hack, greedy small-minded soul. I knew his heart wasn't in "The Lovely Bones", he wants another mega-million blockbster HIT! King Kong didn't work? Why, we'll just go back to FANTASY! I mean, Tolkien, Shomlkien, as long as it's got dragons and shit in it, it'll smoke at the box office, right? Fucking Hack Jackson. Hope this sinks his stupid studio once and for all.
Behemoth by Giant Ape Balls	Sep 12th, 2006 10:06:28 AM
I thought all the Rings films were superb (even though the Wargs seemed a little pointless). I actually thought the climax of Frodo and Gollum diving over the cliff was far better than the ending in the book. Oh and he's a Kiwi, not an Aussie. He'd probably be more upset about that than anything else!!
I Love how Jackson focuses on the TIE INS! by Ringwearer9	Sep 12th, 2006 10:17:20 AM
Toys! Comics! Games! Inspired by the brilliant Matrix marketing? This is the sould of Peter Jackson, not in the storytelling. Which tells us that the chances of this fantasy series being anything but a hollow piece of eye candy are close to nil. And given the ugliness of Weta's designs so far, even that has very little chance.
Master and Commander by Stollentroll	Sep 12th, 2006 10:28:08 AM
See how they talk about Master and Commander? Even more evidence that Peter Weir will make The Hobbit. Fuck yeah!
Peter Weir's Hobbit by blackwood	Sep 12th, 2006 10:38:01 AM
Hell ya. Ringwearer - I thought you were dead? Or maybe that was hoped. But thanks for coming out just the same.
AWESOME! by Evil Hobbit	Sep 12th, 2006 11:35:59 AM
I read the first book, and that one rocked. Now what shall I do, read the next once or wait for the film and be totally surprised...
Flim by MJAYACE	Sep 12th, 2006 12:33:35 PM
Sorry my friend. As much as I would like to see the Wheel of Time done as well, it has become far too convuluted, with too many characters to undertake on film. What once started out as the great modern fantasy series has become buried in its own complexity... Whenever a new one comes out I can barely remember who is who beyond the original main characters. I will have to read the Songs of Fire and Ice now that a few people have mentioned it. Temaraire is doable in a feature film format.
Mr. Jackson by Mr.Nelson	Sep 12th, 2006 12:34:50 PM
Wait untill you read The Wall of the Crow. Now that's a story!
When I met up with PJ by XoanonTORN	Sep 12th, 2006 12:41:19 PM
I gave him some maple syrup..no joke..I think he liked the thought. Anyways, we had lunch at Park Road Post and spoke about a ton of things. No formal interview or anything...that's why it's not on any of my sites. This was back in April before anything regarding this new purchase was in the air. I also spoke recently with his assistant and yes, he has not heard anything about the Hobbit..but then again MGM never said they spoke with him either... More news as it comes along, I expect we will most likely be doing something big for The Hobbit as well...I'd love to go back to NZ when they are filming and get to do a scene..that would rock. Michael Regina Editor in Chief/Segment Producer PH: 514.947.5221 http://www.TheOneRing.net http://www.KongisKing.net http://www.TheOneLion.net http://whatisthedavincicode.bl ogspot.com/
A Peter Weir 'Hobbit'? I'd be so there. by Orbots Commander	Sep 12th, 2006 01:12:30 PM
Count me in for that puppy. Would be great to see what the guy can do with epic fantasy adventure.
Dragonlance! by Darth Thoth	Sep 12th, 2006 01:49:51 PM
PJ will always get props from me. Period. But all you people need to know is this: Dragonlance animated movie coming next year. It's on.
I know you read these Mr. J., so... by Rakafraker	Sep 12th, 2006 01:55:02 PM
How about releasing a proper DVD with extras and what-not of Meet the Feebles? Or some of your other films? I don't live in a major urban area, so unless a film has large distribution (so that it shows at the local theatre, or can be rented at the local video store), I have to resort to other means to watch it.
I'm Stoked by The Ender	Sep 12th, 2006 02:03:07 PM
More fantasy movies with a lot of good background and an amazing team like weta. I'm a happy man
The Emperor Has No Clothes by NeotheLessar	Sep 12th, 2006 02:50:39 PM
Anyone who has read "The Return of the King" knows what a clusterfuck Peter Jackson's attempt at it really was. Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens need to remove their egos from the writing process and just allow the work they are ADAPTING to live on the screen. It's not their place to add subtext to the work, its their job to draw the subtext from the work and not force meaning upon it. They are not greater than the work they are adapting; and certainly not above it. My advice to Peter Jackson and Co. : Pull you Kiwi heads out of your asses. Thank you.
blackwood by Mr. Nice Gaius	Sep 12th, 2006 03:05:51 PM
Ringb(w)earer9 is dead. He only comes out at the light of the full moon. In this case, the full moon is Peter Jackson. It's really quite comical; Ringodangdoodle only seems to post on PJ related TBs...and it's nothing but hate. I would love to see PJ chime in just to give Ringy a damn good thrashing. But I fear that would embolden him with false pride and notoriety that he doesn't deserve. (Do it anyway Pete!)
I sure hope you asked him about Howard Shore by mikey mike	Sep 12th, 2006 03:58:08 PM
really want to know if they will work together again
James Newton Howard or Howard Shore by readingwriter	Sep 12th, 2006 04:03:14 PM
That's a damned tough choice to make. Of course Shore should and no doubt will get first dibs here, and I can't wait for the rest of the complete score CDs. But JNH has a more supple, "prettier" quality to his work which makes his stuff perfect for fantasy. If there is a more beautiful piece of film music than his end title for "Flatliners" I haven't heard it. Oh, and whoever called Jackson a hack, it seems mighty strange Jackson would slave away making another trilogy just for "another hit"--the man is financially set, and if you knew what it took to make any movie, let alone a huge fantasy, you'd never have written that.
MJAYACE+Sam Raimi+Sword Of Truth by Wyrdy the Gerbil	Sep 12th, 2006 04:26:22 PM
The only problem with making SOT into a mini-series is that no matter what they do its still going to be based on a complet pile of shit....Now if we were talking ASOIAF it would be a different story
Happyfat73 by antonphd	Sep 12th, 2006 05:49:21 PM
George R R Martin. LOL. Yeah. I remember the pissed off customers that would buy the next book and tell me how it was going to get them all excited and then it would be another half decade to the next one.
Happyfat73 by antonphd	Sep 12th, 2006 05:50:00 PM
George R R Martin. LOL. Yeah. I used to work at a bookstore remember the pissed off customers that would buy the next book and tell me how it was going to get them all excited and then it would be another half decade to the next one.
sounds awesome by waggy	Sep 12th, 2006 05:54:09 PM
i'd definitely prefer to see PJ direct this over the hobbit (been there, done that). this sounds like it could something completely unique at the theater.
George R R Martin by antonphd	Sep 12th, 2006 06:06:58 PM
These books would be great for an HBO series with a large budget... but come on, no way you could make these for film. Not without an NC17 rating. These books are filled with hard core sex mixed with violence. And while I'd say they are the best character written fantasy books I've read(modern) I wouldn't call them the best fantasy(modern). I have to go with The Sword of Truth series for that. I liked where The Wheel of Time was going... but damn it gets boring.
Waaaaaaait a second by Mechasheeva	Sep 12th, 2006 06:53:33 PM
someone way up there said the the rights to Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell have been optioned. Is this true? Because I need that movie.
I hope he shoots it in HD 3D by dirtsandwich	Sep 12th, 2006 07:20:31 PM
Since he's considering re-releasing LOTR and Kong in the new 3D, I hope he shoots The Hobbit and Temeraire in HD 3D like Avatar and Journey to the Center of the Earth. And soon many others. Great on IMAX 3D.
Can we start speculating... by Temeraire	Sep 12th, 2006 07:24:55 PM
...vis a vis who's gonna play Lawrence? How's about Hugh Jackman?
Do we need another movie franchise about DRAGONS? by acroyear77	Sep 12th, 2006 07:52:22 PM
???
When is PJ gonna do a space flic? by dirtsandwich	Sep 12th, 2006 08:13:37 PM
Again PJ is basing his movies on prior art. Adaptations and remakes. He should hire a team of killer writers.
"You Want Great ADULT Fantasy?" by 'Cholera's Ghost	Sep 12th, 2006 08:37:34 PM
Me. Natalie Portman. A hotel room. A whole lotta booze.
The thing that pissed me off about Sword of Truth by Happyfat73	Sep 12th, 2006 09:54:32 PM
Is how the ending of every book is resolved when the protagonist suddenly realises he has some kick-arse magic power that just so happens to do the job (ie macguffin). That's why Song of Ice and Fire is so good - doesn't use magic as a crutch to come up with a resolution... if there ever will be a resolution.
Sounds like a bad '80s PC game by McGsStepson	Sep 12th, 2006 10:07:27 PM
That looked better on the box or the ad than whatever it produced on my Apple IIgs. I'm thinking Bard's Tale meets Battle of Britain. Good Luck Peter Jackson.
i had no idea of the LOTR backlash by Buzzsawlenny	Sep 12th, 2006 11:22:25 PM
i am really surprised so many disliked and/or found so much flaw in the LOTR trilogy since it won like 20 oscars,made a billion dollars,and launched peter jacksons studio/fx house
SICK AND TIRED! by Catalyst007	Sep 12th, 2006 11:33:05 PM
I agree, i too would like to barf everytime i see these fantasy novel covers. it's always either a dragon, a sword, or a combination of the 2. F all the fantasy novels of the last 20 yrs...giggity
Buzzsawlenny: LOTR hate by Jack Colby	Sep 13th, 2006 12:51:39 AM
I think it's just that because PJ had a perfect blueprint and deviated in some strange and unnecessary ways, to let him use his own weird ideas that had no basis in Tolkien's story. The movies don't suck, but the flaws are exaggerated because there was no excuse for them, and the unflawed parts were so good that people wish the rest had followed suit. It's a missed opportunity that no director will likely have again.
Where’s my Library Card? by Evil Chicken	Sep 13th, 2006 06:16:56 AM
Forget it - for $8.00 I'll buy 'em. I’ve got to catch up on my reading. Temeraire looks like a good place to start. I love the fact that Peter Jackson has Weta doing preliminary designs. This sounds like a world I’d like to explore.
Jack Colby - EXACTLY! by Behemoth	Sep 13th, 2006 09:11:09 AM
Look, I love the LOTR trilogy quite a bit. But I have some real problems with some elements that could've EASILY been fixed, things that really detract from the films for me. One device I DESPISE in these films - because of how overused it is - is the whole thing with the Goblin/Orc/Whatever just about ready to kill Hobbit/Hero/whatever, but before delivering death blow says something insulting, and then, like clockwork, a blade comes from behind, foe screams, falls vanquished. Once is fine. MAYBE do it twice spread out across all three films. But Jackson does it way, way too much and it gets silly. The worst culprit is the orc about ready to stab Merry in the forest. The shot looks like the orc is right on top of Merry when he says, "I'm going to put a maggot hole in you" or something, then cut to a top view when Treebeard's about to squash him, and the orc is barely at Merry's feet (otherwise, Treebeard would've crushed both of them). Completely out of synch editing there, a detail that could've easily been avoided. As for the end of "King," I don't mind that Frodo and Gollem fight and fall over the cliff, but to have Frodo doing the pathetic "hanging by one finger" thing is so pitiful and unnecessary. Have him hit a small ledge on his way down. Have him AT LEAST hanging by both hands to preserve SOME sense of realism (even fantasy films need realism in these cases). It's just a completely moronic, hackneyed approach in a movie full of beautiful, visionary moments, and I don't get it. But at least my childhood wasn't raped.
Quint: Please refute these claims!! by Rollover Tomasi	Sep 13th, 2006 09:46:46 AM
Quint, I think you have a responsibility to tell us whether you really interviewed PJ directly. I hope that you did, because every good journalist knows that you can't pretend to be having a direct conversation with the person whom the quotes come from if you haven't actually interviewed them directly. It's implied from the intro that you sat down and talked with him, or talked on the phone maybe? If that's not the case, it needs to be said in the intro paragraphs.
RonWellsFilmThreat is an Idiot - And Flamebaiter by HEADGEEK	Sep 13th, 2006 02:43:57 PM
Not for anything except being a lying toad. First off - Quint and Peter have been talking by phone on multiple occassions recently. Quint RECORDED the conversations for Transcribing Purposes. Quint just recently returned from New Zealand where he spent 2 months - some of that was spent visiting privately with Peter. The recent interviews are via Telephone - I know this, because Peter refered to the upcoming interviews in an Email to me when I was checking out the validity of an IMDB casting rumor on LOVELY BONES, which btw - was untrue.
Interacative Entertainment?! by Kampbell-Kid	Sep 13th, 2006 06:23:25 PM
The game industry has attempted this already with defunct game studio Digital Pictures. They made Night Trap, Ground Zero Texas, Supreme Warrior, etc for the Sega CD & 3DO. Night Trap (starred r.i.p. Dana Plato) was the most successful title. I loved how when you beat the game your given the option to kill the main character and see the bad ending. I sadly was a huge fan of the concept for these games. Something about a interactive movie that plsys out like a choose your own adventure book sounds kick ass. If anyone is to reinvent that medium, it definitely would be Peter Jackson.
Totally untrue by Quint	Sep 13th, 2006 07:34:59 PM
I spent 90 minutes on the phone with Peter Jackson last weekend, doing this interview you're seeing hit the site. I don't know what this Ron Wells guy thinks he knows, but I have the entire 90 minutes on microcassette tape should anyone want proof. And as for fucking Peter over with the release, I promised to hold the Temeraire talk until it broke with the trades. Hollywood Reporter ran with the story and an hour later I posted the section of our interview focusing on Temeraire. I really hope this guy isn't the real Ron Wells because these accusations are very serious and libelously untrue.
backing up Quint by dimnix	Sep 13th, 2006 09:14:33 PM
I can confirm that Quint and Peter Jackson most definetely know each other well. This Ronwellsfilmthreat fella is pathetic - either he honestly believes what he's saying (which would be pretty funny when he realises he's wrong) or he's just a grade-A douchebag troll looking for a bit of attention. Nevermind his shit Quint - get your ass back to transcribing the rest of the interview, mahfah! ;)
Wells has oodles of Harry stories. by TomBodet	Sep 13th, 2006 09:42:47 PM
Trust me. These two guys are not pals. Or was it Chris Gore who I was thinking of? Can't imagine Quint needing to make up a Petey interview; seems to be always down there in Kiwi-land visiting Jax etc. What's the big deal?
obviuosly a fake by jonboy83	Sep 14th, 2006 06:28:35 PM
but still the accusations amuse me.
Peter Jackson is awesome but... by Trappergold	Sep 15th, 2006 03:19:54 AM
This movie sounds kinda fucking stupid. Dragons during the Napolianic Wars? Why not just make a movie about the Napolionic Wars? That would sound a shitload cooler, or a movie about the 7 Years War or the War of Spanish Sucession or fucking World War I. I know Peter Jackson wants to eventually make a World War I epic - he's alluded to that in his LOTR DVD talk-over-the-movie-shit-that- I-can't-recall-the-right-word- for-right-now. So why not make one the way he wants to make one since studios are giving him carte blanche right now. Anyway this dragons-in-the-Napolionic-wars sounds about as cool as a movie about people riding unicorns during the American Civil War - maybe they could make a movie about how the Confederacy rode black unicorns that were enslaved while the Union rode white unicorns with red manes that drank a lot that they inported from Ireland.
Peter Jackson is awesome but... by Trappergold	Sep 15th, 2006 03:20:11 AM
This movie sounds kinda fucking stupid. Dragons during the Napolianic Wars? Why not just make a movie about the Napolionic Wars? That would sound a shitload cooler, or a movie about the 7 Years War or the War of Spanish Sucession or fucking World War I. I know Peter Jackson wants to eventually make a World War I epic - he's alluded to that in his LOTR DVD talk-over-the-movie-shit-that- I-can't-recall-the-right-word- for-right-now. So why not make one the way he wants to make one since studios are giving him carte blanche right now. Anyway this dragons-in-the-Napolionic-wars sounds about as cool as a movie about people riding unicorns during the American Civil War - maybe they could make a movie about how the Confederacy rode black unicorns that were enslaved while the Union rode white unicorns with red manes that drank a lot that they inported from Ireland.
Looking Good. by RowanM	Sep 16th, 2006 04:42:41 PM
I bought the first book here in lovely New Zealand (Taupo) and got through it suprisingly quickly. I'm big into the whole dragon scene. I'm always critical of how they're drawn on other book covers (Temeraire included) but the concept of having various breeds of dragon in a single movie really gets me excited. The coolest dragon design I've seen anywhere is the Reign of Fire one. Badass!!! Anyway, loved the book. It's inspired me to do some sketches when I get back to lovely Ireland...in a few weeks. Go Peter. Good call.
Looking Good. by RowanM	Sep 16th, 2006 04:43:27 PM
I bought the first book here in lovely New Zealand (Taupo) and got through it suprisingly quickly. I'm big into the whole dragon scene. I'm always critical of how they're drawn on other book covers (Temeraire included) but the concept of having various breeds of dragon in a single movie really gets me excited. The coolest dragon design I've seen anywhere is the Reign of Fire one. Badass!!! Anyway, loved the book. It's inspired me to do some sketches when I get back to lovely Ireland...in a few weeks. Go Peter. Good call.
Jackson and Elvis... by NightArrows	Sep 18th, 2006 08:25:47 AM
Why those two? Because near the end, it took the King about an hour just to take a shit, because his colon was so abused due to his monstrous daily intake of food (20,000 calories on average near the end). How does that relate to Jackson, you might ask? It's easy, Jackson's cinematic colon takes 3 hours to squeeze out a story. The only difference is that Elvis knew how to flush his unneeded Kingly evidence, and Jackson doesn't. I refuse to trust him anymore until I can see he knows how to edit and be succinct...
Interview With Naomi Novik by trashotron	Sep 18th, 2006 03:38:05 PM
For those who might want to hear what the author has to say about her books, you can hear this interview: http://tinyurl.com/joaku I'm RIck Kleffel, the gent who did the interview, and it turned out quite fascinating. Before you judge the worthiness of the material, might help to familiarizxe yourself with the material. Naomi does both halves of Jackson's equation; she writes outstanding visual scenes and she creates engaging emotional arcs. -- Rickk
I'm pretty lukewarm on this whole idea by The_Jack_Sack	Feb 4th, 2007 06:24:39 PM
But Jackson has earned the benefit of the doubt... fo now...
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WTF??? by The_Jack_Sack	Feb 8th, 2007 12:15:12 PM
I probably don't even want to know...
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