Well, it's still good you're getting out, and I think it's great to involve
kids in the whole movie going experience.
It's funny: my dad took me and my brothers to movies a lot when I was a kid,
and none of them were strictly kiddie fare. Usually it was the latest Godzilla
or King Kong movie. You haven't lived until you've sat in a car munching
popcorn, staring at Mothra, Monster Zero, or the Gargantuans on the big screen!
Some of the movies were funny, such as the Godzilla movies that got more camp
over time. Some were less so, such as the evil Gargantuan that ate people adn
then spit out their bloodied clothing. I remembe all this clearly as a kid, and
it never bothered me. Dad even took us to see "Night of the Living Dead". I was
four at the time, remember it clearly. It didn't bother me. My oldest brother
was fourteen, and he was cool too. But the middle boy--ten at the time--had
nightmares after that and had to be prescribed tranquilizers to sleep for a
time. But even did, if it was a action, monster, or crime movie , Dad would
take all of us to see it.
My parents rarely monitored what I watched on TV. Of course, back then, there
wasn't a really anything inappropriate in the pre-cable years. The most I can
remember arent moments of brief nudity here and there, once on Monty Python
("The Dull Life of a Stockbroker" skit), and once in the play "Steambath" in
which Valerie Perine dropped her towel, to Bill Bixby's amazement. But other
than that, nada. All the monster, slasher, and war movies and stuff, i watched
from infancy on.
Obviously TV and the regular movies are a lot gorier, explicit, and adult now
than in times past, but do you think parents nowadays are more cautious even
with fare like I grew up on? To most parents make sure their tiny tots only
watch Disney and stuff? (I watched that too, by the way!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:36:27 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay Explains Why You Don't Need A Script To
Start Making An Awesome Movie
Before I became Matinee mom, I averaged 3 a year, now I do about one or two a
month. But just the kids stuff.
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Keith Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:21 PM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay Explains Why You Don't Need A Script To
Start Making An Awesome Movie
Dang, I average 3 - 5 movies a month at the theatre!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:06:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay Explains Why You Don't Need A Script To
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I feel ya on that. I am averaging one trip to the theater a year now. Netflix
and cable are my friends. :)
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker...@hotmail.com >
wrote:
Reading things like that are probably why I'm so reticent to commit to seeing
movies at the theaters.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:38:36 -0700
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay Explains Why You Don't Need A Script To
Start Making An Awesome Movie
When I first saw this I thought it was a parody. Since most of us complain
about the lack of story. The fact that he admits it and feels no shame is a
amazing
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ] On
Behalf Of Martin Baxter
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 1:16 PM
To: SciFiNoir2; ggs...@yahoo.com ; cinque3...@verizon.net
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay Explains Why You Don't Need A Script To
Start Making An Awesome Movie
Tracey... you mean that Bay once *used* scripts? 8-O
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ; ggs...@yahoo.com ; cinque3...@verizon.net
From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:52:35 -0700
Subject: [scifinoir2] Michael Bay Explains Why You Don't Need A Script To Start
Making An Awesome Movie
atch some great Decepticon-on-military-satellite action from Transformers 2 ,
while director Michael Bay explains why you don't need to have a script when
you start creating cool robot action, in this exclusive commentary clip from
the Revenge Of The Fallen DVD.
As you might know, the writers' strike forced Bay to start work on TF2 without
an actual script — all he had was an outline by writers Roberto Orci and Alex
Kurtzman. So a lot of the movie's early designs and ideas came about without a
real script, and when Orci and Kurtzman came back to work after the strike, Bay
was able to tell them which robots he wanted in the movie. As he says in this
clip, all of that pre-visualization work and brainstorming with artists
actually informed the movie's script, once it finally had one. You probably
have your own ideas about whether that was a good thing.
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen comes out on DVD tomorrow, October 20, on
Blu-Ray and DVD, wherever awesomeness is available.
Here's what the press release says about the two-disc DVD/Blu-Ray edition:
Two-Disc Special Edition DVD & Blu-ray:
The TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen two-disc Special Edition DVD is
presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital
English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround with
English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray will be presented in 1080p
high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital
and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and
Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. The disc breakdown is as follows:
Disc 1:
• Commentary by Michael Bay, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Disc 2:
• The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen-This multi-chapter
documentary chronicles the entire creation of the film and includes interviews
with the cast and crew:
o Seeds of Vengeance - Development and Design - After the overwhelming success
of 2007's Transformers, how do the filmmakers top themselves for the sequel?
o Domestic Destruction – Production: United States - Michael Bay believes in
going big: Big action and big explosions. Cast and crew are pushed to the limit
as they traverse the U.S. from New Mexico to Pennsylvania.
o Joint Operations – Production: Military - No other filmmaker in the world
enjoys the kind of military access and cooperation Michael Bay has. Here we see
just how efficient our armed forces are and the awe and respect shown by the
cast.
o Wonders of the World – Production: Middle East - You can't really reproduce
Egypt anywhere but Egypt so off we go to Giza and Luxor.
o Start Making Sense - Editing - In order to turn over the massive amount of
film as quickly as possible to VFX, four editors work tirelessly in a unique
tag-team approach to shape the film.
o Under the Gun – Visual Effects – Revenge of the Fallen features the most
complicated VFX in film history. So complicated in fact that the filmmakers
were unsure they would make the deadline. The DEVASTATOR VFX alone required 83%
of ILM's total render farm capacity.
o Running the Gauntlet – Post-Production and Release - Working seven days a
week, Michael Bay and company usher the film through sound design, Digital
Intermediate color-timing and a globe-trotting whirlwind of premieres.
• A Day with Bay: Tokyo-An intimate and fun all-access journey with Michael Bay
as he travels to Tokyo, Japan tor the world premiere of the biggest film of the
year.
• 25 Years of TRANSFORMERS-Access an all-new featurette celebrating a
monumental milestone for one of Hasbro's most successful and popular
franchises.
• NEST: Transformer Data-Hub-Explore conceptual artwork created by the
production for 12 of the most popular AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from the film.
• Deconstructing Visual Bayhem with Commentary by Pre-Vis Supervisor
Steve Yamamoto- A series of multi-angle pre-visualization sequences allowing
viewers to learn how some of the film's most spectacular scenes were created
with an introduction by Michael Bay.
• Extended Scenes
• Music Video: Linkin Park's "New Divide"
BLU-RAY EXCLUSIVE:
• The ALLSPARK Experiment-Viewers get their chance to unleash the power of the
recently recovered ALLSPARK shard on Earth vehicles. Begin by selecting and
customizing a vehicle with a selection of parts and accessories. Then apply the
ALLSPARK to this creation and watch what happens. Applying the ALLSPARK to
certain custom combinations enables four new robot characters with special
powers. If viewers discover all four, they unlock a fifth vehicle, which
reveals a top secret message about the future of the TRANSFORMERS movie
franchise.
• NEST: Transformer Data-Hub-A database of some of the TRANSFORMERS characters
that appear in the new film, offering users access to each robot's confidential
file including:
o Innovative 3D spin galleries of each robot
o A timeline for each TRANSFORMERS character charting its origins, back story
and design evolution from toys to animated series to comics and finally feature
films
• Giant Effing Movie – A very personal look at the making of the movie.
• The Matrix of Marketing-An archive of the film's promotional media including
trailers, posters and television spots.
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