tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post5184252788176073280..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Hey Gigolo Joe, what do you know?Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-28700999159353532752013-07-01T19:35:07.059-04:002013-07-01T19:35:07.059-04:00Fascinating post, Garce. I didn't realize how ...Fascinating post, Garce. I didn't realize how many movies are based on short stories. In the process, movie-makers take so many liberties that I sometimes wonder why they didn't just create something new. The answer must be that something in the short story seemed to be asking for translation into another medium.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-25529985882438747622013-06-27T18:37:00.837-04:002013-06-27T18:37:00.837-04:00Hi Fiona!
It's true what you say, for people ...Hi Fiona!<br /><br />It's true what you say, for people like Michael Jackson, Elvis, Van gogh and others death was really more of a career move than and end of any kind.<br /><br />Phillip K Dick is strange guy, I know just what you mean. I have an anthology of his stories on my shelf and they're not that easy to read. Some of them are pretty complex and you have to read them a couple of times just to follow what's going on, and he doesn;t go into much perceivable depth when it comes to characters. He's an idea man. Intensely. Someone recentable published something he wrote which is kind of like a diary of ideas and connective thought, and its huge and dense and almost unreadable. You have to be a little off the rails to write like that. He's got the ideas but maybe not a lot of empathy.<br /><br />I'm not quite denigrating my work, but like you I wish it were out there more. That's clearly my fault. I'm not very prolific, i think too slowly for that, and I've done so very little to promote my work its amazing it has any readers. Someday I have to fix that. But as you say, its wonderful to write. If God or the Universe would give you a gift like that, why wouldn;t you use it?<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-24587162988409929092013-06-27T18:27:09.797-04:002013-06-27T18:27:09.797-04:00Hi Bob!
Mercenary? Hell no. I should be so merc...Hi Bob!<br /><br />Mercenary? Hell no. I should be so mercenary. Anyone of us wishes they'd seize on one of our little dramas and blow it up into Godzilla dimensions. Not only for the money, but for the sheer ego thrill of sitting in a theater and seeing one of our dear characters up ther on the big screen played by some famous movie star. If I had a bucket list, one of the things I'd wish for would be to see Amanda Seyfried play Nixie.<br /><br />Garce<br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-10393958481748580002013-06-27T18:23:43.681-04:002013-06-27T18:23:43.681-04:00Hi Daddy X!
I guess it is capitalism, but also it...Hi Daddy X!<br /><br />I guess it is capitalism, but also it a kind of reverence, like fan fiction taken to its highest level. After all, we don;t make huge moviess about stories we hate.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-40361536592544765942013-06-27T18:22:05.201-04:002013-06-27T18:22:05.201-04:00Hi Lisabet!
Well, actually I'm not lamenting ...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />Well, actually I'm not lamenting it even if I use that expression, I ADMIRE it! It's amazing when you think about it. You give a person this little snippet of a story, barely a plot at all and they just run with it to all kinds of places. Especially Spielberg, if you read the original short story its astonishing how he fleshed that out into something huge and unique.<br /><br />I'm sorry you and your husband didn;t like it. It's always been one of my favorites, because of the interesting questions it raises about love and consciousness. And of course once it hits take off speed its a rip roaring science fiction story.<br /><br />Hang in there.<br /><br />Garce<br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-17500884359022244032013-06-26T13:48:35.501-04:002013-06-26T13:48:35.501-04:00When I was the "art-mom" for my kids'...When I was the "art-mom" for my kids' grade school, I used to ask the kids what is the best way for an artist to ensure that their works will sell for huge sums. After the kids made all kinds of guesses, I would tell them the answer: Die. That way no other pieces will ever be created by you, hence the ones already done become more valuable because they're limited.<br /><br />I was surprised at all of the good sci-fi movies that you mentioned all being based on stories by Phillip Dick. I gave a book of his short stories to my husband and he said he couldn't get into the stories because they were dull. But we've seen and enjoyed most of the movies you listed. Go figure. Maybe Dick was good at being the Ideas guy, but not a very good writer. Someone else had to take the ideas and create what he couldn't. <br /><br />As for denigrating your own work, we all do that, Garce. A good review makes me ecstatic that my work is being enjoyed, at least by ONE reader. A bad review depresses me for weeks, further convincing me that I'm a talentless hack who should be happy I have minimum wage jobs to bring in the money, since the crap I write never will, and the sooner my ego realizes that the better. Sigh.<br /><br />But writers write because it feels good to get those ideas out of our heads...because a mind filled with unwritten characters is a very noisy place, and the characters can get truly loud if you don't listen to them and write their stories so they can live in readers' heads as well. So keep on writing, and know that there are a whole lot of creative people like you who had to wait until they were gone before their genius was lauded as such. Irony reigns supreme, as someone else will make profit from your creations, and you won't be able to do anything about it! Just another cosmic joke.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-52221416402409292492013-06-26T11:31:14.781-04:002013-06-26T11:31:14.781-04:00The late Robert Parker (my freshman comp teacher),...The late Robert Parker (my freshman comp teacher), when they were shooting the "Spenser" series around Boston, was asked what he thought of the way television rendered his character. He said the series is theirs, the books are mine. Then he happily cashed his checks from the producers. I think I'd look at it the same way if someone bought a story of mine and turned it into a movie. I'd happily cash the check. Damned mercenary of me, huh?Bob Buckleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-82935132049811434642013-06-26T11:06:03.150-04:002013-06-26T11:06:03.150-04:00Ah, capitalism... The money gets made but after th...Ah, capitalism... The money gets made but after the artist is dead. Opportunism at its greatest.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-3410602293972865412013-06-26T08:53:36.760-04:002013-06-26T08:53:36.760-04:00P.S. We walked out of AI about half an hour in. Fo...P.S. We walked out of AI about half an hour in. For some reason my husband and I both hated it.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56263997479555403612013-06-26T08:52:53.647-04:002013-06-26T08:52:53.647-04:00Great post, Garce. I never really thought about th...Great post, Garce. I never really thought about the fact that so many LONG movies started life as short stories. <br /><br />You may lament the "criminal infidelity" required to turn a short story into a film. But you might just as well celebrate the way a brief, beautifully crafted snippet can trigger such an upswell of imagination.<br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com