Why will this movie suck?

tmidgett wrote:charlie kaufman wrote a treatment of _a scanner darkly_?

wow. i hope that gets made.

i did too...unfortunately it won't, as Richard Linklater rewrote the script when he took over the project (as he's directing it...) and to add insult to injury Keanu Reeves is the star...

robert thefamilyghost wrote:

tmidgett wrote:charlie kaufman wrote a treatment of _a scanner darkly_?

wow. i hope that gets made.

i did too...unfortunately it won't, as Richard Linklater rewrote the script when he took over the project (as he's directing it...) and to add insult to injury Keanu Reeves is the star...

I think Keanu might do well as Bob/Fred except for in the beginning when he doesn't have to portray a character whose mind is mush. Robert downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson as his fuck up roommates are perfectly cast.

robert thefamilyghost wrote:Richard Linklater rewrote the script when he took over the project (as he's directing it...) and to add insult to injury Keanu Reeves is the star...

My metric with Linklater is that if Ethan Hawke's in it--even as a cameo--it's going to suck. (It was true of Before Sunrise and Waking Life, anyway.)

Here's the Charlie Kauffman Scanner Darkly script:
http://www.beingcharliekaufman.com/scanner.pdf

And Linklater has pretty much sucked ever since Dazed and Confused but I'm holding out some hopes for Scanner Darkly as the animation promises to be pretty cool.

The upcoming Linklater "Scanner Darkly" movie was also discussed here.

PKD is fucking brilliant. Anyone else here read the Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich? That'll mess with your mind.

Not Crap.

Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch was fantastic. Also his short story collections always provide an iteresting read.

Whenever I am spiraling down into a neurotic obsesive-compulsive driven paranoia, I read one of his books and snap right the hell out of it. You can fight fire with fire.

A huge fav.

The Valis Trilogy (including Radio Free Albemuth) are great. I haven't delved too much into his early work, but everything I've read from the 70s is great.

I'm fairly stoked for Linklater A Scanner Darkly. Anyone who saw Waking Life would realise he knows his Dick.