voyage to mars

Tuesday, February 12, 2002

This year's Academy Awards nominations were just announced, and The Lord of the Rings came away with the most nods, 13 in total. Yay for LOTR! It deserves 'em all, God bless it. Hopefully this translates into more box-office, which again would give Peter Jackson a bigger budget for effects, pickups, and post on The Two Towers, due next Christmas.

Most importantly, though, this means that fantasy has finally become a genre to be reckoned with in Hollywood. About bloody time. Fantasy novels have dominated the charts for decades, and yet there have been few fantasy flicks (and almost no good fantasy flicks). Problem is, everyone will now try to copy the success of Harry Potter and LOTR, and that usually results in a lot of crap being spewed out by the movie-making machinery. But we can hope. After all, there are dozens of great, great fantasy novels and comic-books just waiting to be adapted as respectfully and lovingly as Peter Jackson's ring-saga. And, of course, a bunch of great original screenplays. Including mine. Of course. ¶ 16:17

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