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@directorik, I understand there're wild fires in LA - please stay safe.

@indietalk, he has emailed me back, asking for specifics.

@indietalk, the humor is certainly a welcome change of today's tone - I was beginning to think I wasn't welcome here. Anyway, I have emailed a request to @directorik, and I await his response with breathless anticipation.

@indietalk, our captions would still be the same - has anything changed in the last bit, never mind 15 years?

I think it's a question of definition - perhaps what I think of "respect" is what you think of "tolerance".

I don't have to earn your respect; in this day and age, I'm entitled to it, because there are lines people better not cross. But think as you see fit. Perhaps I should sit back, wait another 15 years, and see what happens - are you tempting me?

One other thing. The famous philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, said I have learned NOT to laugh at others, no matter how idiotic they may sound; I take all in information with a limited skepticism. and I make my decision as to what is true or not true. Perhaps you should do the same - that is...

@directorik, I sent you an email and suggested we talk. Let's break the project into small pieces - I would like 3 actors for the day, who can read scripts from at least two different stories; I will also need a professional camera man. That's the first step. If I come to LA on February, can...

But I do this every 3 months, so who's procrastinating now?

Why?

So movies are being made, except they're produced by you, not me. In some way, shape, or form, films get made because of me.

There you go - this forum has been accusing me of going in infinite loops, so I'm in good company.

By the way, one suggestion was to film the scenes. at a hotel But I think that, if a bunch of guys with cameras were to rent a hotel room for the day, they may be giving the wrong impression.

Rik, Was "Life of Brian" a TV series or movie? The producers were from their "Monty Python Flying Circus", but Circus was NOT a version of the movie, so I'm not sure if there was an adaptation. But I agree "Life of Brian" is one of the greatest comedy movies of all time. Muppet Movie may qualify.

I agree. I think a good example, which is not a straight-forward adaptation, would be taking Star Trek from the TV series to the movies. Of course, I'm a trekkie.

I don't need to blame anyone to procrastinate.

Actually, I have. I studied law in Montreal, which is a part of French-speaking Canada, and I knew many French citizens who immigrated to my vicinity and started restaurants. As I write this, I'm thinking of someone who did that in Ottawa, the capital of Canada where I trained to be a lawyer...

@sfoster, a professional sound guy would be critical, but I'm just starting. I think the read throughs and so on would take a hour, but, in terms of actual filming, I have no idea - it takes several hours to prepare a good meal and 30 minutes to finish it.

I haven't been doing this for 13 years; I've been doing it for 15. 😁

As discussed, I'm a pantser, so I write bits and pieces and put them together - I understand Stephen King and Mark Twain are pantsers. So these scenes will be odds and ends, but I presume that, the cast can be versatile enough to do these simple scenes and read throughs.