{"id":177,"date":"2006-03-17T15:24:39","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T22:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:01","slug":"the-dork-report-for-march-17-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-march-17-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for March 17, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who ever said labels were misleading?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A surprisingly good article on the digital future of movies<\/a> in Time. All the right filmmakers are interviewed, with lots of interesting (and sometimes bitchy) things to say: Mann, Shyamalan, Lucas, Rodriguez, Soderberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A for Alan<\/a>, Part Two. You can cut the irony with the Ripper’s scalpel: “By asking DC to take my name off V for Vendetta<\/em> and stop giving me the money for V for Vendetta<\/em>, all I’m asking for is for them to treat me in the same way they\u2019ve been completely happy to treat hundreds of much greater comics creators than I over the decades. I’m asking them to say to me the same thing they said to Gardner Fox and Jack Kirby and to all those other guys, just say to me you are not going to see a penny for any kind of future reproductions of your work and we’re not going to put your name on them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reported on the same site is this absurdity<\/a>, which is too bizarre not to make The Dork Report. Unfortunately, it has a disappointingly rational (and capitalist) explanation [no longer online: comicon.com\/thebeat\/2006\/03\/chinas_toon_ban_explained.html].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not through with Alan yet. The Gray Lady covers the V for Vendetta dispute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saw on Neil Gaiman’s blog<\/a> that Dave McKean’s next feature film will be an adaptation of Varjak Paw<\/a> for the Jim Henson Co<\/a>. Also spotted this older profile<\/a> on Apple.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a foggy day in the cosmos<\/a> today, so be sure to use your lo-beams. (guest submission from Andrea – smart chicks are hot!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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