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Hello everyone, I was just told that "Rear Window" cannot be done professionally for $100,00.00, and such movies would cost $2 million. My contact then told me that post-production alone can cost $100,000.00 Why the discrepancy?

@directorik, thanks. I'm thinking of making feature films. Of course, if it's non-union, then I can add some extras like voice overs, combatants calling out as they engage in battle. And, as a hard-core conservative, I'm anti-union anyway. I will send my memo to my mentor, then we'll ...

Rik, thanks for the information. These numbers are within what I can (eventually) do, and I will talk to my mentor about a plan. @indietalk, I also like the idea of two prisoners talking about the war, and I may be able to spend a bit more money to create a jail cell with the spaceship engine...

I'm bumping this thread, because I need some cost estimates. To cut a long story short, my mentor, also a lawyer, is pressuring me to move on with my life, because I have been going to the AFM and so on but not doing anything - if only he knew how I've been posting here. Anyway, I'm writing him...

@The Lone Banana, I'm also a Canadian, and I agree - a Director of the Stargate series said that we're like a factory, doing the work, but the deals are made in Hollywood.

Reboot is still dead in the water, and, since JMS is offering the franchise to buyers, the storyline may be dead. But most people, especially with that kind of money, would rather start their own franchise than do a reboot of a franchise that hasn't done much. That said, he did get an animated...

You got interest! Wow, that's impressive.

There're rumours on the internet about George Lucas buying back Lucasfilm, but he hasn't confirmed he will do that, though he did apparently say he didn't like how his franchises were being done.

Disney, by the way, has been having financial issues lately, which shows that even the biggest companies are not immune to the tides of fortune.

A decade after Disney bought the empire, the empire declines.

I just finished "The Mists of Avalon", and, while it's beautifully written, at 900 pages, it plods along, and sometimes, reading it can be a chore. I have read reviews of how it describes the lives of the ladies during the reign of King Arthur, but a better example of such works would be Vonda...

Sounds interesting - you should start your blog post on this forum and ask for feedback.

@CelticRambler, are you saying that France has a history of satire? That would be true, especially with Asterix the Gaul, but Britain also @CelticRambler, which country? Britain or France? I'm curious because I'm wondering about your reference to that strong tradition. I'm reading Marion...

@mlesemann and @sfoster, thanks. I keep thinking of the scene in the 1980's movie, "Excalibur", where Sir Lancelot said that no one could cross the bridge unless they beat him at a jousting match. This scene was also done in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", when the knight, having his limbs...

@mlesemann, how do you suggest I turn it into satire? "Life of Brian" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" would be a good start, I guess.

I'm reading up on history, to lay a foundation for my retelling of the Arthurian legend. One of my issue is writing about the Lady of the Lake. As the Legend goes, she is the keeper of the Excalibur, giving it to Arthur and, when he dies, receiving it. But, since I'm a divorce lawyer, whenever I...