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inmyriadbits) wrote2010-02-13 06:23 pm
inmyriadbits) wrote2010-02-13 06:23 pm
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James Ransone; The Last Airbender
Wow, I am just spamming LJ today, aren't I? A few links and some blather:
- I loved this article, which was written by James Ransone (actor who played Ray Person in Generation Kill, and perhaps I should mention again my deep and abiding love for that miniseries). Even if you haven't seen GK, you will probably find something interesting in it for you, as he discusses addiction, bad choices, the difference one good decision can make, life imitating art imitating life, and the effect that friends, roadtrips, and constructively brutal mocking can have on a life.
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On a totally different tonal note, has everyone seen the gorgeous banners for The Last Airbender? Because they are gorgeous. (I may be making an icon of movie-Zuko's hand in another program as I type this.) Also, there are trailers! New ones! Which I somehow had missed, because I am oblivious, but are making me really excited about the movie. Katie pointed out to me that a lot of the shots use identical composition to certain scenes in the animated series, which is both really smart (because the original show is gorgeously done) and encouragingly faithful.
Don't get me wrong; I still have some reservations about how well the adaptation will work (trying to fit an entire season into one film, especially a season with some rather surprisingly subtle character development for an animated series? Uh...good luck with that? Thank goodness you cast someone with Dev Patel's acting ability as Zuko?), and I'm still pissed as hell that they passed up the opportunity – and, I would argue, the imperative – to cast Asian actors. But I also feel that one of the beauties of storytelling is that a good story can have significance of its own far beyond its creators or creation, and that casting process (and my knowledge about casting process) are only one part of that. I mean, just look at Casablanca, one of my very favorite movies ever, which had a totally bonkers production that included things like, oh, the script not having an ending. But the film, well...the film transcends.
Basically, I'm going to give the thing a chance, and hope really hard that they don't mess it up. Why? Because that story has enormous potential, far beyond any one (incredibly dumb-ass) production decision.
If they do fuck it up, though? There will be words. And if they fuck up Toph's character? EXPLOSIONS.
- I loved this article, which was written by James Ransone (actor who played Ray Person in Generation Kill, and perhaps I should mention again my deep and abiding love for that miniseries). Even if you haven't seen GK, you will probably find something interesting in it for you, as he discusses addiction, bad choices, the difference one good decision can make, life imitating art imitating life, and the effect that friends, roadtrips, and constructively brutal mocking can have on a life.
***
On a totally different tonal note, has everyone seen the gorgeous banners for The Last Airbender? Because they are gorgeous. (I may be making an icon of movie-Zuko's hand in another program as I type this.) Also, there are trailers! New ones! Which I somehow had missed, because I am oblivious, but are making me really excited about the movie. Katie pointed out to me that a lot of the shots use identical composition to certain scenes in the animated series, which is both really smart (because the original show is gorgeously done) and encouragingly faithful.
Don't get me wrong; I still have some reservations about how well the adaptation will work (trying to fit an entire season into one film, especially a season with some rather surprisingly subtle character development for an animated series? Uh...good luck with that? Thank goodness you cast someone with Dev Patel's acting ability as Zuko?), and I'm still pissed as hell that they passed up the opportunity – and, I would argue, the imperative – to cast Asian actors. But I also feel that one of the beauties of storytelling is that a good story can have significance of its own far beyond its creators or creation, and that casting process (and my knowledge about casting process) are only one part of that. I mean, just look at Casablanca, one of my very favorite movies ever, which had a totally bonkers production that included things like, oh, the script not having an ending. But the film, well...the film transcends.
Basically, I'm going to give the thing a chance, and hope really hard that they don't mess it up. Why? Because that story has enormous potential, far beyond any one (incredibly dumb-ass) production decision.
If they do fuck it up, though? There will be words. And if they fuck up Toph's character? EXPLOSIONS.
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