Comments on: LEMME FINISH

By: JUH

JUH — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:36:50 +0000

Eh, now that I think about it, if I was confronted with the scenario, I could make as much money not pushing the button than pushing the button. I’d just go to the media and then the authorities in that order. I mean, the public would definitely get a kick out of the story and I could probably milk a few interviews, and a book deal out of it. Bam, instant money and no one dead.

By: Danny Smooth

Danny Smooth — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:52:48 +0000

I like how Joe’s post seems to descend into madness.

I wonder what he meant by his space travel comment. It could be they were using the those events to further embed the film in that era, not the other way round.

I don’t think it would matter if it’s the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, because terror should be terror if you can blog about it or not. In my mind it’s worse if you have these conveniences and are still being pursued. Also, if someone made a tweet about being chased by a guy with half a face, would you do anything about it? Probably not, and as the victim, shouldn’t you focus on cheesing it and not updating your facebook status? Sorry, I’m not into the social networking thing.

When I imagine the ending of the story, it wouldn’t be all that visually striking, so i hope they figure out a decent way to finish it off. A t-rex or two would certainly spice it up.

By: Kira

Kira — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:00 +0000

I actually enjoyed the short story. Many of his short stories are in a horror/suspense vein. But my concern lies more in the fact that how someone turns an eight page short story to a 90 minute movie is a little odd to me. A 30 minute show, I can buy that.

By: John Eddy

John Eddy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:22:52 +0000

Semi-Pro, Anchorman, Black Dynamite…. all 70s.

And in order of bad to good =)

By: Gray

Gray — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:09:16 +0000

It’s interesting how the discussion here has moved to the impact technology has had on storytelling. I remember reading an article lately where the writer blasted the Internet for negatively affecting how stories are told. His argument was that the current ‘blip’ culture proliferated via YouTube, etc. has effectively ruined an entire generation’s ability to concentrate and appreciate in-depth storytelling of any kind.

By: fiberoptic

fiberoptic — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:40 +0000

Lymelife was set mid-seventies (and a pretty decent flick)

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:19:32 +0000

Technology has affected storytelling in huge ways. It’s the mark of a good storyteller that can use it to compliment their story without writing around it. Kellys approach is an acceptable one though as the era creates nostalgia and a less than obvious separation.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:56:27 +0000

They filmed a lot of The Box where I work, which is a large public library. So I feel obligated to see it. Otherwise I’d have zero interest, although I am curious to see the full extent of how they messed up Frank Langella’s face.

By: Cat Rocketship

Cat Rocketship — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:32:04 +0000

Every time this commercial comes on, Scott and I laugh at it. It’s the most mockable film concept I can imagine. I still can’t believe it’s a real flick and not a joke preview.

And the Futurama line is exactly what I thought of too. Granted, I yell “IT TURNS OUT IT’S MAN” at just about anything nowadays.

By: UTSquishy

UTSquishy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:51:47 +0000

If you set it in the 70’s there are no Cell Phones, or Texting, or Internet. Mostly you have to rely on Land Lines for Distance Communication of any kind, but it’s still modern enough to be familiar. Somehow, I think we’ll see suspense and horror set in the 70’s for that very reason.

Then I looked at the comments above mine and noticed that this has already been mentioned…