Comments on: Signs

By: shellshear

shellshear — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:48:39 +0000

Well, I think it’s entirely in the spirit of the film to translate from a completely different story – say, Solaris. But I suppose I’d go from the original short story in a pinch.

By: Dr Clam

Dr Clam — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:23:29 +0000

What, didn’t you get my telepathic message? Damn.
Anyways, you know now!
I like the claw idea! Would you rather do your translation from the Tsilokovsian or from the original short story in English?

By: shellshear

shellshear — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:08:27 +0000

Well, it’s true, though I wasn’t aware that I was making up a language for the subtitles. I suppose I can manage that: I was talking about scripts the other day with James V. and we brought up the idea of a script written by an intelligent species with claws. James had already started on a language using something that looked a little like that, but I thought it would be interesting… each finger would have a particular meaning – five of them being for the various arts, and the little finger representing war, due to its use in battlefield executions (it’s the right size to fit into the ear and curl around to poke up into the brain).

Anyway. Yeah. I can do this.

By: Dr Clam

Dr Clam — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:01:48 +0000

I hope the fact that Evil Mr Mel has well and truly gone the way of his character in ‘Conspiracy Theory’ will not derail the release of ‘Apocalypto’, which is an endearingl;y wacky project I am keen to see.

(Memo to self: Do not make a movie whose title starts with ‘Apocalyp-’. At least, not on location in a jungle. Though they do say third time is the charm…)

Now I need to get back to the screenplay for ‘The Pike’, in which all the characters will speak a language I made up myself, and the subtitles will be in another language Shellshear will make up for me.

I’m not joking.

And stop calling me Shirley.

By: shellshear

shellshear — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:03:37 +0000

It’s odd looking at Mel’s opus nowadays, though I suppose it’s been odd ever since “The Passion Of The Christ”.

Both he and Joaquin seem very passionate and forthright people, with some odd beliefs. I can’t help wandering what their political discussions would have been like (as, I believe, they are politically near-opposites), which I suppose puts me in the realm of a celebrity-watcher.

I haven’t seen “Scary Movie 3″. I used to like that style of film – “Flying High” a.k.a. “Airplane!” is one of my favorite films, and I liked a lot of the sequels, but that style has migrated to be more about movie references and rude jokes, with not so much of the oddball humour that I really like.

By: Annav

Annav — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:10:04 +0000

I would have never see Joaquin Phoenix and Mel Gibson in the same movie.
And Scary Movie 3 was made to make fun of Sings.