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Rants and Stuff / Re: Revenge of Grumpy Bear
« on: June 03, 2008, 11:17:43 PM »
WHA--??  :o

Oh, Ookla, that's crappy. No warning signs at all?

My friend in the college division at Houghton barely survived the "culling" done by their new owner, Cengage. Over half the people she worked with were fired, and some who have been in the company for 20+ years are now having to "interview" for their jobs. :( BUT they knew in advance that their jobs might be forfeit, what w/ the corporate buy out.

 Sorry to hear you got laid off, Ookla.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hollywood Speculation
« on: May 30, 2008, 05:19:49 AM »
I shall keep a weather eye on this thread and EUOL's blog, that's all I can say.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hollywood Speculation
« on: May 30, 2008, 02:44:09 AM »
Quote from: Ookla The Mok on May 30, 2008, 01:53:21 AM
I just got done having lunch with Brandon, and he was telling me about his studio tour yesterday and how great the Centrifugal storyboards looked. They've really done a lot to improve the story during the adaptation process!
Hmm. So does this mean that the movie deal is for the Centrifugal story then?? Wow, didn't see that one coming, despite Not Bookstore Guy's link. I mean, that blog didn't mention anything about a movie deal. Also, I wouldn't have guessed that the piece in question was a short story rather than a novel. Verrrry interesting.

I just started reading WARBREAKER 4.2 and I think I'll take a time out to read Centrifugal.  :D

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hollywood Speculation
« on: May 29, 2008, 10:26:49 PM »
Hmm. I don't see anything in that post where he says this story was being considered for a movie deal. So for me it doesn't really "confirm" anything.  ???

After chatting w/ the savvy Nessa, though, I've changed my mind. I'm betting that ALCATRAZ is the book under consideration for the Hollywood deal, not ELANTRIS. I'm itching to find out, one way or another.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hollywood Speculation
« on: May 29, 2008, 05:48:30 PM »
Quote from: Sigyn on May 29, 2008, 04:03:05 PM
I know the answer, but I don't know if I should say.  This is so frustrating!
That's easy: you shouldn't. Legally a bad idea to say anything. Besides, I don't think Brandon would be happy if you spilled the beans prematurely.

But what I wanna know is *how* you know this!! Do you have a reliable crystal ball or something? If so, could I rent it for a while?

Speaking of predictions, I wouldn't mind having a few Fell points to look forward to for picking the right book. ;) I think I'll stick by ELANTRIS since I'm fairly sure that MISTBORN has to be ruled out (sadly). My second guess would be ALCATRAZ. Yep.

I'm so curious to know for sure, dang it!! I was telling my family last night and we were discussing which book would be most likely.

On a related note, I just bought ALCATRAZ for my fifteen-year-old cousin--been meaning to for a while. We read a few chs together and she was suitably eager to read more. :)

 

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hollywood Speculation
« on: May 29, 2008, 06:15:24 AM »
How AWESOME!! Where do I sign up to be an extra? ;)

I would LOVE to see MISTBORN on the big screen. Yet, alas, I think this is the series most people would expect, and therefore not be the right one in light of Brandon's comment. (sigh)

ALCATRAZ may seem a bit of  a stretch since only the first novel has come out, and there are, what, six more? That's a big commitment too, when it comes down to it. Unless they just do the option for one movie. Besides, this YA series hasn't built such a huge fan base as HP. Not that it couldn't, of course...

And who's to say that the contract isn't for a stand-alone like ELANTRIS or WARBREAKER? After all, Brandon says he was offered a "movie deal" and that "this doesn't mean that the movie is sure to get made." Note the singular "deal" and "movie" yet I could be reading too much into the grammar. So I think the likelihood is high that this project is for a solitary movie not a series--esp. since Brandon says it's not for the series we're thinking of.

I say, if it can't be MISTBORN, I'd definitely like to see ELANTRIS.

Honestly, I don't remember how long it took for the WoT deal to be set up. So the movie deal could've come in after that time. BUT, it seems to me that, despite the popularity of WoT, it would be really tough to get Hollywood to commit to over ten movies. Unless the scripts combined several novels at once. And wouldn't that get all the WoT fans really, really riled up?

As for DRAGONSTEEL, I admit that could be possible, though the market hasn't even been tested for those novels. One would think that it would be more profitable all the way around to offer an option on a book that's already been published. Then the book and movie would  build off of each other nicely. Just like all the other well-done book-film pairings. 

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: CONduit and magic systems
« on: May 27, 2008, 10:28:29 PM »
Hey, so how did CONduit turn out? Since I was in town, I thought I'd go up to SLC for one of the days. But then my time just filled up with family and friend stuff and I just didn't make it up there. :(

Hope you all had a good time. How did your discussion panels go, EUOL?

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Revenge of Grumpy Bear
« on: May 27, 2008, 10:19:54 PM »
How nasty! Poor Nessa. :( 

(I just got your email too, by the way.) We should definitely get together. So I'll give you a call or an email. Hope you are feeling much better!

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Site News / Re: Happy Birthday
« on: May 27, 2008, 09:53:34 PM »
Aww. Thanks, Ness.  :D

And, yes, it is one of those "milestone" b-days. Of course, according to my license, I'm only turning 29 today. hahaha. I think I shall keep it that way... ;)

Oh, that reminds me, I need to update my bio on the welcome thread now that I've graduated. Yay!

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Writing Group / Re: Type & Gripe, Ink Meeting Coordination
« on: May 12, 2008, 09:40:11 PM »
That would be fine with me. Work has been brutal today. And my bro needs help writing some kind of grant proposal.

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Writing Group / Re: Type & Gripe, Ink Meeting Coordination
« on: May 12, 2008, 06:58:33 PM »
Just got an email from Jena w/ two short pieces. So I guess we are meeting tonight.

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Writing Group / Re: Type & Gripe, Ink Meeting Coordination
« on: May 10, 2008, 02:08:55 AM »
Hey, Ness, weren't you going to fix the schedule a little? I'll be flying cross-country on June 2nd. So let's just say it'd be pretty tough for me to attend. Much less be the one whose work is under scrutiny. ;)

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Rants and Stuff / Re: Revenge of Grumpy Bear
« on: May 10, 2008, 02:03:16 AM »
$312 in car repairs. waaaaaaaah.

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Movies and TV / Re: review: Iron Man
« on: May 06, 2008, 08:03:39 PM »
bwahahah! "Hello, I'm D.C. And I'm Marvel." That rocked. I watched some of the others by the same guy. Quite amusing. I know it's sort of off topic, but I posted some others below (with my own titles because they were more descriptive)

Battle of the Theme Songs: Superman & Spidey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGC1R6q6JuE
 

Uncle Ben vs. Jor-El

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohZB8ef0nVg

 
But what do Spiderman and Batman really have in common?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGhHh9mV_Q


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Writing Group / Re: Type & Gripe, Ink Meeting Coordination
« on: May 02, 2008, 10:15:56 PM »
but how can we be "gentle" if it is "rough?"   ;D

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