Newsgroup: it.cultura.fantascienza
Titolo: [Fwd: quick update from jms]


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Back from London, and gradually working my way out of jet-lag to catch
up with writing.  As I'd anticipated, the BAFTA went to "In Bruges,"
and deservedly so.  Overall, it was a great experience, and I'm
perfectly content with the resolution.  One can't expect a home run in
one's first kick at the cat, as they say in places where apparently
cats are not terribly popular.
(And to a query upstream, yes, I have a theramin.  No, I don't use it
to make strange noises in the middle of the night.  I have a cat for
that.)
In other mews...I mean, news....
I'm on draft two of Forbidden Planet, and the process is going well,
very exciting stuff, and I hope I can talk about some of that in more
detail soonish.
About to make the final touches to World War Z, then with any luck we
can get this thing into pre-productoin also soonish.
Draft One of Lensman is in, now working on draft two.
There have been a couple of previews for Ninja Assassin, and the
audience scores have been just terrific.  I have a suspicion that this
is going to do very well.
The pilot script for Last Words has gone in to Dreamworks, and they're
very very pleased with the script.  So we'll see where this goes.
Interestingly, due to all the writing work, I've lately begun to be
offered directing gigs, most of it in the SF genre (natch).  Nothing
has grabbed me enough yet to want to tackle it, but we'll see what the
future holds.  A couple of studios have extended the offer for me to
write and direct my own stuff, which is pretty cool.
My agent has forbidden me to take on any other screenplay assignments
until March/April, but some projects have begun to circle Casa
Straczynski of late, looking for an open place to land when an opening
comes.  Some very cool stuff on the horizon.
The interesting times continue.
jms
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+--[Luigi Rosa]--
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Il primo hacker della storia: Ali` Baba. Rubo` la password ai quaranta ladroni.

 JMS si sta dando un bel po' da fare....
Non ci credo che e' contento per il BAFTA.
Comunque son contento io che stia scrivendo tanta fantascienza.
What about B5?
-- 
Yatta!,
As usual, FreeBSD proved to be a rock-solid platform enabling us to
deliver content without incident.
(Peter Losher)

 What about B5?
Ha detto tempo fa che o e' una produzione di alto livello (con lui che
stabilisce il livello) o senno' non se ne fa piu' nulla perche' non vuole (piu')
rovinare B5 con produzioni al ribasso.
Ciao,
luigi
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Ahh, a great warrior! Wars not make one great!
    --Yoda, The Return of The Jedi

 rovinare B5 con produzioni al ribasso.
Ma da un tuo post - mi pare almeno - avevo capito si ventilasse
l'ipotesi di una produzione di questo tipo.
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Yatta!,
It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum.

 l'ipotesi di una produzione di questo tipo.
Se e solamente se sarebbero state soddisfatte le sue richieste, a quanto ricordo.
Ciao,
luigi
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+--[Luigi Rosa]--
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The last time somebody said, "I find I can write much better with a word
processor.",
I replied, "They used to say the same thing about drugs."
    --Roy Blount, Jr.

 can get this thing into pre-productoin also soonish.
Ho preso il libro dopo aver letto la demo, penso di leggerlo
prossimamente. Nel senso che l'ho fatto passere in testa alla lista del
"da leggere". :)
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Yatta!,
Kosh     : If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die.
Sheridan : Then I die. But I will not go down easily, and I will not go
down alone.

 "da leggere". :)
Che balle non avere mai tempo.
Comunque, pian piano, lo sto leggendo. Non e' come me lo aspettavo, ma
e' molto intrippante. Inglese piuttosto semplice, non al livello di
"Autumn" di Moody ma nemmeno roba alla "War of the Worlds", ecco.
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Yatta!,
Watch your six!