| Fletch Gets Star; I Vomit a Little |
| Tuesday, 12 June 2007 | |
 Dear Lord, why do you hate me?After everything I've done for you, all the times I've encouraged my girlfriends to shout your name repeatedly, and this is the thanks I get? We have some news about the ever "in-the-works" Fletch Won adaptation that may not sit well with you. Speaking of which, you may want to sit down for this one.  I'm like, totally Fletch. I swear. Yes, that Joshua Jackson. Dawson's Creek Joshua Jackson. Mighty Ducks Joshua Jackson. "I can't act my way out of a paper bag" Joshua Jackson. "Teen Beat Cover Queen" Joshua Jackson. When I heard the news, I first vomited a little in my mouth. Then I believe I shouted profanities for about 35 minutes, fired off a few angry fan letters, lit an orphanage on fire, and then drank myself sober. Why? You were on a good path there by choosing Steve Pink! He wrote the screenplays for both Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity, which proves that he can write a good adaptation, as well as having a knack for the kind of dialog that Gregory McDonald(writer of the Fletch books) was famous for. Since Kevin Smith is busy, I can understand why you would choose Pink. Good call. But Jackson? You really think that Charlie from Mighty Ducks is going to be able to portray a young Chevy Chase (who mastered the role of Fletch in "Fletch" and "Fletch Lives")? I have doubt. Serious, serious doubt.  Now, THAT'S Fletch. Plus, no one that they cast will ever be more perfect in my mind than Jason Lee, who was previously attached to the project during the glorious Kevin Smith days. But alas, network TV came calling and now because of "My Name is Earl" and that Burt Reynolds moustache, we may not see Jason Lee in a full length motion picture for some time, which is a shame. He had the dry wit, the punchy delivery. He is a young Chevy Chase. Thankfully for us, Jason Lee probably won't sabotage his career with lame movie after lame movie until finally the only work he can get is bit parts on Nickelodeon Movies, like the real Chevy Chase. :) Bad film studio! No biscuit! Do you want to punch Joshua Jackson in the face? Me too! Leave me a comment and we'll talk about it. Comments (4)
  patty wrote...
Somebody REALLY needs to get a life and stop worrying about the most smallest crap imaginable. its just a damn movie.
|| June 13, 2007
patty wrote...
BTW, why do you want to punch Josh in the face? Are you THAT childish?
|| June 13, 2007
Administrator wrote...
...it's an incredibly well written and humorous book that is going to be chewed up, disfigured, and spit back out in a sterilized and pointless fashion.
This isn't small crap to me. I take the collective "dumbing down" of our cinema very seriously. More people should. If more people cared about good writing and good acting instead of "oooh, that guys cute" or "more explosions!" or "teehee, he made a joke about farting" the world would be a better place. I'm sorry you feel the need to point out my many flaws (oh, there are soooo many). One of my flaws is taking serious offense to the fact that Hollywood makes hundreds of terrible films each year and audiences just eat them up. I would punch Josh in the face because if he honestly believes that he should be in a film based on a Gregory McDonald book, he deserves it. This is out of his league, and they shouldn't have to bring it down to his level. At this point, they should just stop production. It's OK not to make a bad film.
http://www.bleepinggeek.com || June 13, 2007
Administrator wrote...
...Also, patty: thank you for your comment.
 Please don't take anything on this site that seriously. Everything here is done tongue-in-cheek, even if it doesn't translate well to this medium.
|| June 13, 2007
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