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SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Duo Steven Spielberg & Robert Rodat Developing Alien Invasion Sci-Fi Drama For TNT!!

Boy, Spielberg sure loves his aliens by Aloy	May 20th, 2009 01:54:43 PM
At least the budget will be there.
First by Lando Griffin	May 20th, 2009 01:55:42 PM
to ask if anyone remembers Spielbergs "Taken"? I had high hopes for that one but was bored to death halfway through part one
Worst! by StatelyWayneManor	May 20th, 2009 01:56:42 PM
In case I'm not first... So "Proof" is ripping off "Lie to Me" which is ripping off "Psych".
Could be okay... by H_woodExecMakingStupidDecisions	May 20th, 2009 01:59:37 PM
if it is awesome, it'll be canceled anyway!
is Spielberg still considered a great director? by Titus05	May 20th, 2009 02:21:48 PM
guy hasn't made an innovative movie in years...I'd rather see Spielberg make another war movie
Bring back Alien Nation! by Shut the Fuck up Donny	May 20th, 2009 02:34:44 PM
That show never got the love it deserved, and at least it's a less-ripped-off concept as far as alien "invasions" go.
TV SERIES? SPIELBERG? TNT? IT'LL BE SHIT... by digital8	May 20th, 2009 02:58:03 PM

TNT sucks by Titus05	May 20th, 2009 03:16:19 PM
it's gonna be average at best since it's on TNT...it really could have been amazing if it was on HBO...alien sex, violence and Deadwood style cursing would have been fun to watch
Spielberg was once a genuis... by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester	May 20th, 2009 03:54:34 PM
and I love "Schindler's List", but really, there's a part of me that wishes he'd never made it...because that film seemed to change Spielberg on a profound level, (he even stated, "I feel like my inner child has died"), and the incomparable energy and wonder that made his films so great left him...he's never been the same since. His mix of euphoria and slight subversiveness is gone, replaced by bland, but capable, workmanship, (IMO, everything he's been involved with since SPR, excluding "Minority Report" and "Letters from Iwo Jima", has been mediocre at best and crap at worst). And as we saw with Crystal Skullfuck, when Spielberg tried to recapture his youthful verve, it didn't work, with painful results. Granted, most artists probably do their best work when they're young and eager and want to prove themselves to the world, but there's one example that shits all over that: The Beatles! I love all their albums, but their really transformative stuff, their really deep work, came in the later years of their time as a group. If they can do it, others can do it; I don't mind Spielberg changing as an artist, but I wish his new work was was great as his previous efforts. I'd like Spielberg to surprise everyone and give us two really great movies in one year with "Lincoln" and "Interstallar", but both of those projects seem to be stuck in Development Hell, unfortunately...so what I guess I'm saying is Spielberg and me, we're fucking done professionally. Fucking ass trashed his own lights. Enjoy hanging with Michael Bay and Shia, Spielly...
Also by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester	May 20th, 2009 04:04:28 PM
So this is like a weekly dose of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds", or what?
Titus05 by kwisatzhaderach	May 20th, 2009 04:13:09 PM
Yes. Spielberg is still considered a great director. Especially when compared against todays generation of McFuck blockbuster directors.
Bring back Invasion by Mr.Meanie	May 20th, 2009 04:44:00 PM
that show rocked
Zapata, Texas is a shitty boring town to live in. by Greenlee	May 20th, 2009 04:59:09 PM
I've been there and it's nothing to brag about. very quiet and mostly mexicans live there.
Heroes rise to fight the aliens? by SylarTheCylon	May 20th, 2009 06:34:04 PM
Let me guess, the heroes where "modified" by another, benevolent, alien race.
what about Mark? by walrusholder	May 20th, 2009 06:38:59 PM

Oh shit! I was just glancing through the rest of the article by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester	May 20th, 2009 07:45:46 PM
and saw: "UNTITLED MATT WILLIAMS FAMILY DRAMA"...and for a split second I thought it said "Mutt Williams". Jesus, that scared me...
DinoMolester by TheMandrakeRoot	May 20th, 2009 07:47:23 PM
I agree the Beatles work continued to get better and better, but you also have to remember that The Beatles were around from about 1963 - 1970. Thats only seven years, so they were still relatively close to the age which their first albums were released when their masterpieces came out. Now imagine if the Beatles had lasted into the 90's, most likely some of that genius would have gone out the window. Speilberg had a great span of movies for several decades, but maybe it is just extremely hard for one to put out genius product their whole life. Very few, if any, have successfully done it.
TheMandrakeRoot, good point by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester	May 20th, 2009 07:50:59 PM
Perhaps Spielberg's best days are actually over...Too bad, really...
Isn't it already on ABC, titled V? by onezeroone	May 20th, 2009 11:05:15 PM

INVASION AMERICA was wonderful by beamish13	May 20th, 2009 11:11:11 PM
You'd think that a network would finally try a primetime, hour-long animated drama finally. Sigh...
INVASION AMERICA was wonderful by beamish13	May 20th, 2009 11:11:20 PM
You'd think that a network would finally try a primetime, hour-long animated drama finally. Sigh...
MandrakeRoot, you said what I was going to wrt Beatles. by onezeroone	May 20th, 2009 11:22:08 PM

TNT originals? by The McPoyle Clan	May 21st, 2009 03:50:49 AM
...crickets...
I hope "UNTITLED ALIEN INVASION PROJECT" uses that title. by Fareal	May 21st, 2009 08:42:33 AM
Just call it the UNTITLED ALIEN INVASION PROJECT TV show. The geeks would just call it "Untitled" and it will feature a new, wacky alien every week. I can't wait.
Jesse Ventura for President in 2016. by HoboCode	May 21st, 2009 10:40:50 AM
That is all.
Robert Rodat? Really? by Bones	May 21st, 2009 02:05:59 PM
The writer of: The Comrades of Summer, Tall Tale, Fly Away Home, Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot? Outside of "Fly Away Home" which mostly worked due to Anna Paquin's preformance and Carol Ballard's direction, his films are all pretty bad. His sense history is atrocious--and he is a history teacher. Saving Private Ryan, outside of the opening Normandy invasion, was a horrible collection of cliches and Horror movie beats and The Patriot was such a whitwashing of the Americans and shelacking of The British it was pretty intolerable. So, I guess I am not expecting much from this.
Did I mention I can't spell or type? by Bones	May 21st, 2009 02:06:47 PM

TNT DAMMIT!! Whatever happened to your by skimn	May 21st, 2009 02:38:58 PM
announced adaptation of The Talisman? I know Stephen King doesn't guarantee an audience like he once did, but that book deserves a multi night mini series. I thought you did well by Nightmares and Dreamscapes...
Spielberg ripping off... by Kid Z	May 21st, 2009 03:30:53 PM
... the ripoff revamp of V? Damn. How the mighty have fallen. Old age'll getcha every time.
Not to PIck on TNT by RaRoMo	May 21st, 2009 05:35:30 PM
But whenever a network issues a press release that describes its new series, don't those descriptions sound incredibly dreary and lacking in energy? Like whoever the writer is, he's going to use this press release as his suicide note? Maybe the networks just need to hire even dumber press release writers, who actually believe all this retreaded crap is the bee's knees.
by MikeTheSpike	May 21st, 2009 07:39:25 PM
Fuck it. Where's my Band of Brothers in the Pacific?
titus05 by Juror Number 8	May 21st, 2009 09:36:44 PM
minority report, war of the worlds, munich. rent 'em if you haven't seen them in a while. some of the best big budget american flix of the decade.
This is Agent Smythe, and If you can read my words, then you are by DreamSeasonBobby	May 21st, 2009 09:51:48 PM
Oops, wrong room. Anyway, as far the the TNT SciFi series is concerned? Safe money bets that: with his previous creds Taken and the film War of the Worlds, with V coming back, with the more serious genre fare taking a break circa 2010, with ABC trying to channel a TP homage out of Happy Town, and retro chic being very much in the zeitgeist, [GEHZUNHEIT!] genre TV may very well find itself in a late 80s/early 90s phase over the next 24-36 months or so, probably waiting for a web-based explosion of cgi innovation. All that in mind? The "powers that be" might re-adapt the late 80s/early 90s syndicated TV version of War of the Worlds as a TNT show. Unfortunately WotW only lasted two seasons, just like Witchblade...I'm sensing a pattern here...
the Virus... by DreamSeasonBobby	May 21st, 2009 09:52:24 PM
Sorry 'bout that.
"I feel like my inner child has died" by The Amazing G	May 22nd, 2009 12:14:21 AM
Jesus, Spielberg really said that? that's fucking depressing as all hell....
How boring will this be? by kabong	May 22nd, 2009 11:13:14 AM
But with great camera work.
my parents once drove through by emeraldboy	May 22nd, 2009 11:39:35 AM
texas. some parts are beautiful. others not so. they couldnt wait to leave.
A note to future directors and filmmakers... by emeraldboy	May 22nd, 2009 11:51:05 AM
never think you can run your own film studio, do not name it after yourself. or your friends especially the one (that is you mister geffen) who contributes very little. The dreamworks debacle has ended with the berg making that studio independent.
The Amazing G, unfortunatly, yes... by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester	May 22nd, 2009 02:38:06 PM
I believe it was a few years after "Schindler's"...and I agree, it is quite depressing, given the source.
Not to pick on Sy Fy but by Larry of Arabia	May 22nd, 2009 03:27:26 PM
Wouldn't that be basically the ideal place for them? So much suck over there, so much potential wasted.
I want a new Librarian movie... by Manos	May 24th, 2009 06:31:41 PM
Goofy fun, especially with Newhart.
Spielberg by Tin Snoman	May 26th, 2009 12:57:46 PM
needs to put down the crack pipe. Seriously.

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