Comments on: David Slade & Duncan Jones In The Mix To Direct ‘The Wolverine’? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Connor https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100623 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100623 David Slade was there first, its only fair he takes it. Jones doesn\’t need a franchise

]]> By: gonad https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100624 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100624 Jones has already done his job-for-hire with Source Code. Wolverine would be two jobs-for-hire in a row. Which would turn him from a promising director into a hack. So hopefully he avoids that route and develops Mute or the untilted Sci fi instead.

]]> By: The Playlist https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100625 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100625 Hey OMG (aka frank2@yahoo.com), You\’ve been warned, \’aight? Now, let\’s move forward amicably.

]]> By: OMG GOSLING https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100626 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100626 @thePlaylist Have you heard about Duncan Jones SUPER AMBITIOUS FUTURISTIC SCI FI EPIC ABOUT A GUY WHO IS MUTE, IT\’S TOTALLY HIGH CONCEPT BUT POOR JONES CANT GET IT MADE BECAUSE ITS TOO AMBITIOUS FOR HOLLYWOOD! AND ITS ALL CARS 2\’S FAULT!

]]> By: hmm https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100627 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100627 I happily stand corrected. Maybe it was just the volume of The Thin White Duke the Younger stories that skewed my POV. Which I guess is inevitable in the 24/7 movie coverage world we live in now. And that I\’m addicted to the Internet.

]]> By: The Playlist https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100628 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100628 Well, ‘aight, check this out, dawg. First of all, you throwin’ too many big words at me, and because I don’t understand them, I’m gonna take ‘em as disrespect….

Just kidding. ok, slow down hoss (meaning @hmm)

It\’s all about perspective I guess.

maybe you remember 2008 when we said, \”yeah, Moon is good, but slow down a bit geek crowd that is freaking out.\”

Maybe you remember when we said, \”Yeah, Source Code, a\’ight, but it\’s not like a game changer and we gave it a B-.

So i\’m not sure where you think we\’ve got religion. Yes, we were offered interviews with him twice and the rest of the cast and we took them — it would be dumb not too — so maybe that\’s where you though there was a lot of coverage of Mr. Bowie Jr. but anybody in this business will tell you they will also take those opportunities.

So yeah, it\’s all about perspective i guess.

So now, help me with the sale.

(Btw, not everyone loves Greta, she was good in the not-so-great Baumbach film, but haven\’t been bowled over personally by anything else).

]]> By: hmm https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100629 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100629 @marko: Fair point–I was referring to the Playlist\’s more general body of journalistic coverage of Mr. Bowie, Jr.

For the record, I don\’t really blame them for playing favorites on the site–I have favorites, too, and would probably do the same thing. It just gets a little religious at times….

]]> By: Marko https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100630 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100630 @hmmm

Except I don\’t Duncan Jones being heaped with tons of praise in this article. Or at least not in the saem way they would to Ryan Gosling of Greta Gerwig.

]]> By: carrie https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100631 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100631 @chance @hmm :agreed with you

]]> By: hmm https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100632 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100632 @chance: agreed.

Crowning Duncan Jones the greatest director since David Gordon Green (<--irony) feels a wee premature to me. \"Source Code\" had a decent script--at least for the first two acts--but I thought Jones exhibited ZERO imagination in translating that script into a visually interesting movie. The \"pod\" that Gyllenhaaeaalal was in, which turns out to be more than just a pod? That was a chance for a good director to really stretch out and come up with something we haven\'t seen before, to go beyond the page...but Jones pretty much just translated exactly what was written in the most literal manner possible. I\'m not sure how much \"directing\" he actually did--it\'s a totally faithful translation of the script, shot in a straight-forward, unimaginative way.(And frankly, with the power directors have, it\'s on Jones to fix the 3rd Act problems.) I like this site, but I just don\'t get why the writers here convulse into multiple involuntary ejaculations at the mention of his name.

]]> By: chance https://staging2.theplaylist.net/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-20110406/#comment-100633 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/david-slade-duncan-jones-in-the-mix-to-direct-the-wolverine-119350/#comment-100633 Duncan Jones is a good director, but he needs a good script. Because \”Source Code\” was beyond awful, though I didn\’t really see that as any flaw of the direction, rather the story/writing.

\”Moon\” was solid, but again, I think Rockwell along with the direction were the high points of the movie rather the writing.

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