I know I’ve yet to make good on my last great film idea — a shot-for-shot remake of the Hall and Oates video for the song “She’s Gone,” starring me and Dr. Pete Larson in the roles of Hall and Oats respectively — but, laying here in my sickbed tonight, I think I’ve got an […]
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Casting myself in a reboot of The Swimmer
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged Burt Lancaster, Hall and Oates, Mark's big ideas, music video, Otto Warmbier, Pete Larson, She's Gone, The Swimmer 8 Comments
Start Wars: The Force Awakens… don’t call it a sequel, when it’s a remake
I liked the new Star Wars movie. As a fan of the original, I didn’t really have much of a choice about it. I mean, it’s pretty much the same film. I don’t fault Disney and J.J. Abrams for approaching it this way. In their shoes, I would have done the same thing. They essentially […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Observations, Uncategorized Also tagged Darth Vader, Disney, J.J. Abrams, Poe Dameron, reboots, sequels, Star Wars, Starkiller Base, sun, The Force Awakes 11 Comments