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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 11:10 pm
Any watch the premiere this week? It seems like it might be another train wreck...
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 6:39 am
Yes!! and YES!! thought it was interesting how involved the studio is this time and how Chris Moore acknowledged that they have bombed in the past. Loved Matt Damon joking in the opening about losing all that money. Do have to wonder why they picked the hardest script and the weirdest director (doesn't he remind you of Hitchcock?) AND didn't even listen to Wes Craven! (is he going to be involved in the whole show? how?)
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 6:58 am
I watched, too. I was fascinated! Shocked by the lack of planning for forecasted bad weather (no wonder that guy got fired), and then the decision to go ahead and film in the rain anyway (I know the budget forced that, but . . .) What a learning experience for the writer. He was told to take charge, but in doing so he acted like an idiot a time or two. I didn't think much of the guy from Miramax--had an attitude, IMO.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 7:10 am
HP, I must have missed that episode? I have only seen the one where they picked the winners...what happened?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 10:49 am
I liked how Matt said that at least it told how it is in real-life - where they tell the studio their vision and the studio says no you're doing it this way! Yes, very Hitchcock! Although I agree he was by far the most talented, he looked like he could be very temperamental, and when they've got so little time that just seems like a silly idea. And why do a special effects movie with such a low budget!? I don't know how Wes Craven is going to be involved, or even if he will be, as he had such reservations about the script. Perhaps they're trying to avoid the director problems of last season by having them overseen by someone who knows what they're doing. HP, I think you're watching last season, I noticed they were showing that season too. Is it the one with Kyle and Ephram directing? That was quite something! The new season has just started, episode 1 was this week, new episodes I think are Mondays at 6pm.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 11:03 am
Oh, I wondered. I knew Wes Craven was going to be involved in a scary movie--and this wasn't it. I honestly don't remember names but I watched this for a couple of hours on Sunday. This story was a reminiscence of childhood--with 2 boys as the main characters. One of the scenes was a baseball game--and it poured all over everybody, including the camera people who worked under umbrellas and were not happy, to say the least. I never saw the very beginning or the end, though. (Couldn't watch tv ALL day!) Thanks, Kitt. I'll have to check into when the newer one is playing here.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 11:25 am
Oh, that was the first one. Loved them trying to shoot underneath the L! LOL
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 7:14 pm
I only saw the last episode of the first season. One guy who made a really bad impression on me was the ginger haired guy, not Chris but the other one. He didn't redeem himself in the second season either!
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Friday, March 18, 2005 - 8:37 pm
I loved when Ben called the director and told him he was getting married again and wanted him to video it, and the director just growled It was also great his junky car wouldnt start for the valet and his credit cards rejected. For some reason surprised he was married. It was sweet his dad kissed him and seemed really happy for him I was surprised to see Pete Jones at the beginning and said something that implied he made it in the business. Cant stand this over reacting writer guy. He will get on my nerves , fast
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, March 18, 2005 - 8:39 pm
Yes, and what's with his almost mute sidekick!? I wonder if the quiet guy is the talent and the loud guy is the enthusiasm. It will be interesting to see the dynamic - if there is a dynamic and the loud one doesn't just walk all over the quiet one - as the season goes on.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, March 21, 2005 - 10:23 pm
I was surprised to see that the director they picked was the son of long time actor, Clu Gulager! There was a brief shot of Clu bending over to kiss his son on the head at that gathering where they revealed who won the director slot. Did anyone else catch that? I liked Clu Gulager in "Return of the living Dead"....he was the warehouse owner that got caught up in the whole punkrock-zombies-are-attacking-us situation. He's been in a million different things....looks like he was in almost every single popular tv show of the 1970s! (see link above)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 6:26 am
Thank you Josh!! I saw them make a big point of his dad kissing him and inferring he was 'somebody' but I didn't know who!!!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 9:47 am
I didn't recognise the dad. The director has disappointed me a bit, I was ready (looking forward to it actually!) for him to be eccentric but his stubborness over getting his family onto the movie is just so counterproductive. It's hard to believe he thought he would get his way on that. I know this happened other years as well but when will the studio/prodiction team get some realistic expectations of how rookie writers/directors will react? They hire people they know have no real experience then expect them to take charge over a room full of professionals with years in the business. It just isn't going to happen and if they realised that it would make everybody's life easier (including the viewer's)!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 1:21 pm
Looks like Project Greenlight has moved to Thursdays. Here is the schedule (There was also a notice on the front page of bravotv.com that it has moved to Thursdays at 10pm) And for what it's worth, it appears that the first three episodes will re-air this Thursday AFTERNOON! If you've missed any episodes, set your vcr or TIVO! (I think this is the best season yet...the fact that it's a horror film and they have Wes Craven makes it more fun than those mostly serious, coming-of-age films they did in seasons one and two....IMHO) GREENLIGHT SCHEDULE ON BRAVOTV.COM Thu, Apr 7 1:00 PM Project Greenlight 301 Thu, Apr 7 2:00 PM Project Greenlight 302 Thu, Apr 7 3:00 PM Project Greenlight 303 Thu, Apr 7 10:00 PM Project Greenlight 304
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 7:39 pm
OK, I need to ask... Why is it OK for Michelle to push to get a friend cast in this movie to the point of going behind the director and producers' backs, but it isn't OK, for John to be upfront about wanting his friends and family in it? Seriously, I think I'd have to b!tchslap that girl into next week.
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Friday, April 08, 2005 - 10:37 am
EXACTLY!!! I was thinking the same thing Prisioner, that was so wrong. I hope people in the biz saw that and she looses work over it. Plus, I didnt think the girl was so great as a Heroine. I felt all along that she was just being difficult and trying to run over John. She accused him of being passive agressive but she is the champ. I thought it was bad how the writers get the cars and then have no time for rewrites and put it off on others then get po"d over the rewrites
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, April 08, 2005 - 9:48 pm
Yes! I thought exactly the same, she was doing precisely what she was so upset at Jon for. That was very sneaky, it shows her character, I think it will put off potential clients. It also annoyed me how she has this way of apologising while turning it round to be the other person's fault. I didn't think the actress was right for Heroine either.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, April 15, 2005 - 10:25 am
Anyone else watching? I still think they're putting too much blame and burden on the John. You hire a new director, you get an inexperienced director. They should be telling him what needs to be done, not just talking about it behind his back then giving him vague hints about what's wrong. I feel sorry for the guy. Did you notice the blonde casting woman messed up again by offering Eric Dane(?) the role before they'd okayed it? I hope she came cheap!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, April 15, 2005 - 12:13 pm
I noticed that, too, Kitt. He must have been a "good friend" of hers... I agree that they're putting too much of the burden on John. *They* are the professionals, after all, not him, so they should be teaching him how to do better, not pull this passive agressive nonsense over and over. I just wish they'd put their rulers and their penises away and get to making the movie. What we've seen of his camera shots look interesting to me. And John had a very good point -- if they'd stop arguing with him about what he wants to do and just do it, they'd save a lot of time.
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Friday, April 15, 2005 - 10:24 pm
I agree over the casting/Dane Cook situation. She really is sneaky or something. She needs o ut her penis & ruler away too Prisoner Did you catch John saying in the meeting when they are telling him about how screwed up it is that they are setting up and dont know why and John says I guess those story boards I worked on are for nothing. So seems like he is being ignored or set up to fail. I strongly feel it isnt right for these people to cut John down to the director , his dad was right when he blasted them I also agree that the shots he is doing looks good, the gross maggot bugger scene I thought was pretty good
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, April 15, 2005 - 10:33 pm
Yes, I wondered about the storyboard comment too, it sounded like he'd planned it all out and they'd ignored it. I agree with you both, the shots he's taken look very unusual. If they worked with him instead of against him they might have something pretty special on their hands.
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Lurkin
Member
02-15-2002
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 11:03 am
Really bugs me how they are all running over John. Yes, he needs to step up to him , but these producers imo need to tell the hired hands who are overstepping to back off. Seems like there is no real boss keeping an eye on stuff, and a lot of passive aggressive behavior.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 11:49 am
I actually think they are being more than fair to John, who seems incapable of plotting out his shots or staying on the timeline of the shoot. The constant changes he makes, without talking to the DP, the First AD, or the script supervisor, is passive aggressiveness par excellence. It does no good for him to have story-boarded his shoot if he doesn't stick to it and, if he has such poor communication skills with his DP that he walks away semi-muttering "Mr. Smarty Pants," I think that tells us all we need to know. Tis film might--might--turn out OK. But if it does, it will be because the First AD, the DP, the Producers and the Exec. Producers kept on him throughout. I thought way the whole casting situation was handled was foolish, but now I'm glad he didn't get more of his circle on the film with John. They seem to enable his non-communicative personality to the significant detriment of the film. JMHO.
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 8:33 pm
No way will I get sucked into this dopey show again! I watched last year about the movie with the kid named something like Shai LeBuff and was so curious about the finished movie that I ordered it up on Pay-per-View at $3.99. It was a real stinker! Never again!
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Monday, April 25, 2005 - 8:38 pm
I noticed a reference above to Clu Gulager. He was such a hunk when he was young. I recently saw "Last Picture Show" again on one of the cable channels and remembered him from that. I also remember him from the old Billy the Kid TV show. He must be about 70 now.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 10:35 am
I really enjoyed the finale. It's strange that we now have to wait until December for the movie, usually it's released at the end of the show. I liked how they showed John Gulager's talent. He might have been inexperienced and hard to work with at first, but he showed he really has the stuff to direct a real movie. I hope this opened doors for him. Apparently this is most likely the last season of Project Greenlight. Although they predict the movie will go down well, no one (but us few, I suppose) watched the show.
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Robok
Member
10-28-2003
| Friday, May 13, 2005 - 1:04 pm
Kitt, I agree with you about John. I really found him endearing. I think he has a lot of talent.My whole family watched. Can't wait until Dec.
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