anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 21:07:16 -0600, David Johnston
>> <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2022-07-27 1:27 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-07-24 8:39 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2022-07-23 8:58 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-22 10:53 p.m., RichA wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> INVENT your own characters, if you want coloured ones.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As an actor she doesn't invent characters. She just plays them.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> What overpaid tool of an actor doesn't have his own production company?
>>>>
>>>>>>> Lots of them. Jessica Alba's decently rich, but making a blockbuster
>>>>>>> flop would wipe her out.
>>>>
>>>>>> Who is talking about a blockbuster? Why can't she produce a smaller
>>>>>> budget movie with characters that she'd like to see in it?
>>>>
>>>>> A smaller budget superhero movie would suck.
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever seen a movie, Johnston? The size of the movie's budget has
>>>> nothing to do with the quality of the movie.
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't have to be a superhero movie.
>>>
>>>
>>> Read the bloody subject line.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> She doesn't get to tell someone else how to exploit their own property.
>>>>
>>>>>> Rich is right. If she wants a different character, then she has to
>>>>>> create the character herself. Then she has control.
>>
>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>> neighborhood.
>
>The Meteor Man (1993)
>
>
>Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>> really wants it.
>>
>
>SKY HIGH was good.
>
>Of course some people would say that about Howard the duck.

Are any of them sober?

On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>>Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>$30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>really wants it.
>
>I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>never made it past a half hour.

I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
successful at making a super hero movie.

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>:
>>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

>>>Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>$30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>really wants it.

>>I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>>never made it past a half hour.

>I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
>seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
>super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
>Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
>successful at making a super hero movie.

Yes, I agree. It's possible to make an independent superhero movie,
which was Rich's original point. It's possible to make a good movie
starting with a really good script.

But that movie is an example of what not to do.

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 21:07:16 -0600, David Johnston
>>> <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2022-07-27 1:27 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2022-07-24 8:39 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-23 8:58 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-22 10:53 p.m., RichA wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> INVENT your own characters, if you want coloured ones.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As an actor she doesn't invent characters. She just plays them.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What overpaid tool of an actor doesn't have his own production company?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lots of them. Jessica Alba's decently rich, but making a blockbuster
>>>>>>>> flop would wipe her out.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who is talking about a blockbuster? Why can't she produce a smaller
>>>>>>> budget movie with characters that she'd like to see in it?
>>>>>
>>>>>> A smaller budget superhero movie would suck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you ever seen a movie, Johnston? The size of the movie's budget has
>>>>> nothing to do with the quality of the movie.
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't have to be a superhero movie.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Read the bloody subject line.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> She doesn't get to tell someone else how to exploit their own property.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rich is right. If she wants a different character, then she has to
>>>>>>> create the character herself. Then she has control.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>> neighborhood.
>>
>> The Meteor Man (1993)
>>
>>
>> Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>> really wants it.
>>>
>>
>> SKY HIGH was good.
>>
>> Of course some people would say that about Howard the duck.
>
> Are any of them sober?
>

Lol

Yeah, I have never gotten the duck love

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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>> neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>> really wants it.
>>
>> I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>> never made it past a half hour.
>
> I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
> seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
> super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
> Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
> successful at making a super hero movie.
>

If you include TV there’s always

The middleman

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anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>> neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>> really wants it.
>>>
>>> I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>>> never made it past a half hour.
>>
>> I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
>> seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
>> super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
>> Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
>> successful at making a super hero movie.
>>
>
>If you include TV there's always

>The middleman

Middleman!

Huh. Inexpensive AND a good script adapted from a witty comic book
series. They managed to cast an actress of Cuban descent!

On 8/3/2022 8:32 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 21:07:16 -0600, David Johnston
>>>> <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2022-07-27 1:27 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2022-07-24 8:39 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-23 8:58 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-22 10:53 p.m., RichA wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> INVENT your own characters, if you want coloured ones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> As an actor she doesn't invent characters. She just plays them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What overpaid tool of an actor doesn't have his own production company?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Lots of them. Jessica Alba's decently rich, but making a blockbuster
>>>>>>>>> flop would wipe her out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Who is talking about a blockbuster? Why can't she produce a smaller
>>>>>>>> budget movie with characters that she'd like to see in it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A smaller budget superhero movie would suck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you ever seen a movie, Johnston? The size of the movie's budget has
>>>>>> nothing to do with the quality of the movie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It doesn't have to be a superhero movie.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Read the bloody subject line.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> She doesn't get to tell someone else how to exploit their own property.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rich is right. If she wants a different character, then she has to
>>>>>>>> create the character herself. Then she has control.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>> neighborhood.
>>>
>>> The Meteor Man (1993)
>>>
>>>
>>> Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>> really wants it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> SKY HIGH was good.
>>>
>>> Of course some people would say that about Howard the duck.
>>
>> Are any of them sober?
>>
>
> Lol
>
> Yeah, I have never gotten the duck love
>
Lea Thompson apparently did. O_o

But at least Howard the Duck ended up in a glass canister in Guardians
of the Galaxy.... :)

--
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dirty old man.

On 8/3/2022 8:32 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>> neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>> really wants it.
>>>
>>> I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>>> never made it past a half hour.
>>
>> I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
>> seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
>> super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
>> Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
>> successful at making a super hero movie.
>>
>
> If you include TV there’s always
>
>
>
>
> The middleman
>
MIDDLEMAN!

--
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dirty old man.

On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 04:09:16 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>>> neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>>> really wants it.
>>>>
>>>> I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>>>> never made it past a half hour.
>>>
>>> I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
>>> seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
>>> super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
>>> Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
>>> successful at making a super hero movie.
>>>
>>
>>If you include TV there's always
>
>>The middleman
>
>Middleman!
>
>Huh. Inexpensive AND a good script adapted from a witty comic book
>series. They managed to cast an actress of Cuban descent!

Also THE TICK!

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>>> neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>>> really wants it.
>>>>
>>>> I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>>>> never made it past a half hour.
>>>
>>> I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
>>> seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
>>> super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
>>> Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
>>> successful at making a super hero movie.
>>>
>>
>> If you include TV there's always
>
>> The middleman
>
> Middleman!
>
> Huh. Inexpensive AND a good script adapted from a witty comic book
> series. They managed to cast an actress of Cuban descent!
>

Of course in the comics she was more like a red haired Amber Benson.

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 8/3/2022 8:32 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 21:07:16 -0600, David Johnston
>>>>> <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2022-07-27 1:27 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-24 8:39 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-23 8:58 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2022-07-22 10:53 p.m., RichA wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> INVENT your own characters, if you want coloured ones.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> As an actor she doesn't invent characters. She just plays them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What overpaid tool of an actor doesn't have his own production company?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Lots of them. Jessica Alba's decently rich, but making a blockbuster
>>>>>>>>>> flop would wipe her out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Who is talking about a blockbuster? Why can't she produce a smaller
>>>>>>>>> budget movie with characters that she'd like to see in it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A smaller budget superhero movie would suck.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you ever seen a movie, Johnston? The size of the movie's budget has
>>>>>>> nothing to do with the quality of the movie.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It doesn't have to be a superhero movie.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Read the bloody subject line.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> She doesn't get to tell someone else how to exploit their own property.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rich is right. If she wants a different character, then she has to
>>>>>>>>> create the character herself. Then she has control.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>>> neighborhood.
>>>>
>>>> The Meteor Man (1993)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>>> really wants it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SKY HIGH was good.
>>>>
>>>> Of course some people would say that about Howard the duck.
>>>
>>> Are any of them sober?
>>>
>>
>> Lol
>>
>> Yeah, I have never gotten the duck love
>>
> Lea Thompson apparently did. O_o

:)

>
> But at least Howard the Duck ended up in a glass canister in Guardians
> of the Galaxy.... :)
>

And is inexplicably entertaining in those cameos.

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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 8/3/2022 8:32 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 20:36:01 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I was just thinking about this and haven't there been a couple
>>>>> of comedies that were based around Super heroes. Not necessarily great
>>>>> movies but low budget and easily produced by someone like her. I
>>>>> remember one but can't remember the name or the actor, but it was a
>>>>> black comedian that gained super powers and worked to clean up his
>>>>> neighborhood. Then there is MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND which was made for
>>>>> $30 million and had Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson and Anna Faris. So
>>>>> there's no excuse for Alba to not go out and make her own movie if she
>>>>> really wants it.
>>>>
>>>> I despise My Super Ex-Girlfriend. It's a mean-spirited movie and I've
>>>> never made it past a half hour.
>>>
>>> I have no feelings one way or the other on the movie as I've never
>>> seen it. It's just an example of how it is possible to make a
>>> super-hero movie without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
>>> Alba never had to compete head on with the Marvel/DC movies to be
>>> successful at making a super hero movie.
>>>
>>
>> If you include TV there’s always
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The middleman
>>
> MIDDLEMAN!
>

Ahhhhhhh…

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