I just want to know when the hell David Gerrold’s going to finish The War Against the Chtorr, dammit.
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Because, of course, you are the sole arbiter of what is in Good Taste and Funny. I must have missed that memo. I usually get all the “raving loon” memos, too.
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I send those to you in triplicate now because I know how apt you are to misplace the raving loon memos. 
Yeah-- I admit it-- I certainly overreact when it comes to the subject of the ground-breaking artist, Mr. Smith. And, I was certainly only speaking for myself when I trashed his crap. You, and everyone else, are certainly free to enjoy his efforts. Some people think Britney Spears can sing. There’s no accounting for taste–to each, his own.
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Wit is one way to be funny - although it’s my favorite - but it’s not the only way. Smith’s not witty when he’s making dick jokes, and I think he overuses them, but he can be witty other times.
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Fair enough. I have only sufferred through a couple of his films. Really, *Clerks *was enough to make it clear (to me) that he is a hack. Maybe I’m missing some stuff of his that is okay. I admit I have a blind spot when it comes to his work.
Try Chasing Amy. Semi-atypical, with only a smidgen of Jay and Silent Bob. By far his most mature work.
For those of you waiting for long-delayed sequels, don’t give up hope.
Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America–Vol. 1: The Early Years (1961)
Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America–Vol. 2: The Middle Years (1996)
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For those who don’t like Buckaroo Banzai, how many times have you seen it? I saw it in the theater when it first came out, and I left not knowing what to think of it. This movie feels like a sequel; in fact, it feels like the 14th movie in a series.
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I read the novelization before I saw the movie. The movie makes a lot more sense that way. For example, the Blue Blaze Irregulars come out of nowhere in the movie and are never explained, but the book tells you what the deal is with them. Of course, a film should stand on its own, but I’m not sure Buckaroo Banzai does, and the book fills in the gaps nicely. It expounds on a lot of the details that get thrown at you in the film, which tends to reveal that what the film tried and perhaps failed to do was fairly ambitious in terms of a rich back story.
Not only does the book enjoy an unusually good reputation for a novelization, it was recently back in print, which I believe is otherwise unheard of. It gets better: there is a sequel to the book in the works.
Not really. Asimov’s novelization of Fantastic Voyage stayed in print forever, it seems. And the novelization of Forbidden Planet was reprinted many years after the movie’s release, to name just one example. Lucas’ bunch has been keeping the various Star Wars novelizations in print for years.
I didn’t know about the novelization of BB – I’ll have to look into it.
I’m still waiting for Kung Pow II: Tongue Of Fury. I can’t see how it could be as funny as the original, but I’d still like to see it all the same.
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Not really. Asimov’s novelization of Fantastic Voyage stayed in print forever, it seems. And the novelization of Forbidden Planet was reprinted many years after the movie’s release, to name just one example. .
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also :
Arthur C Clarke’s novelization of his film, 2001.
JM Barrie’s novelization of his play, Peter Pan.
[QUOTE=El Perro Fumando]
I’m still waiting on Harold and Kumar go to Amsterdam, which has been “in production” for a few years now, and was hinted at the end of the original movie.
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It’s in test screenings.
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Fair enough. I have only sufferred through a couple of his films. Really, *Clerks *was enough to make it clear (to me) that he is a hack. Maybe I’m missing some stuff of his that is okay. I admit I have a blind spot when it comes to his work.
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You should post to the "Art confessions–“I don’t see what’s so great about…” thread. 
Not to make this a Kevin Smith thread, but I think Clerks is the only one of his movies (and I’ve seen them all… repeatedly in most cases) that has any real insight. But even when he overuses dick jokes, there is usually a healthy amount of amusing and quotable dialogue.
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Am I the only person on the planet that liked Van Helsing?
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Hugh Jackman in tight leather. Mmm…
Hugh Jackman shirtless. Mmm…
What’s not to like?
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Not really. Asimov’s novelization of Fantastic Voyage stayed in print forever, it seems. And the novelization of Forbidden Planet was reprinted many years after the movie’s release, to name just one example. Lucas’ bunch has been keeping the various Star Wars novelizations in print for years.
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D’oh! When will I learn to seed my sweeping generalizations with more qualifiers?
[QUOTE=silenus]
Then there is always the remainder of the “Starship Troupers” series that Christopher Stasheff promised us. He just abandoned the series after Book 3.
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I’m still holding out hope on this one. I just finished a Stasheff re-reading binge, staring with The Warlock’s Last Ride (written in 2004) and Saint Vidicon to the Rescue (written in 2005), both of which are in the same universe as the Starship Troupers novels. Both also gave me the feeling that he is tying up loose ends. All he needs to do is write one more, to get Charles Publican to Wolmar to fill his role as Cholly Barman and I’ll be happy.
Besides, Stasheff is only 63. He’s got loads of books left in him!
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Still waiting for the next book in the “War against the Chtorr” series…
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Yep. Me, too. Its going on 15 years now for him to finish this damn series. And according to his website, it might be out “sometime this year”.
Yeah, right.
There was supposed to be a Loaded Weapon II. I sorta liked the first; it had its funny moments - certainly more so than most of the recent similar parody films. Shame.
In the game arena, the sequel to the popular 80’s computer game The Fool’s Errand has been delayed over a year. Cliff Johnson has, so far, written significant amounts of the game, then completely abandoned everything he had for a new approach three times, and is currently combing over literally hundreds of Flash files writing out a fatal memory error.
Perhaps that doesn’t count, since you can “see” progress, but many of those who preordered this game for fifty bucks in 2006 ARE wondering if this thing’ll ever see the light of day…
Hell, in terms of video games, I started pining for the Planescape Torment 2 as soon as the final sequence scrolled by.
[QUOTE=Leaper]
the sequel to the popular 80’s computer game The Fool’s Errand
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Holy crap, I LOVED that game. Where can I pre-order this vaporware sequel for myself? 
I can’t believe this thread has gone so far without a mention of the ultimate no-show sequel: Duke Nukem Forever (which apparently referred to how long you’d have to wait for it to come out).
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I can’t believe this thread has gone so far without a mention of the ultimate no-show sequel: Duke Nukem Forever (which apparently referred to how long you’d have to wait for it to come out).
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I think it hasn’t gotten a mention because I don’t know anyone who honestly believes it will ever see the light of day.