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Dan Trachtenberg To Direct Y The Last Man Movie
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Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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Sigh, like I was sayin in the comic thread, would rather see this as a cable tv series. Don't think they can get all the narrative scope into a full length feature film even if BKV says it's possible :/ I know some of you guys seem to like Danny cause of TRS, but I hope this gets trapped in development hell :l
Messofanego
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Dan is into comic books, he likes Y The Last Man, looooves Locke and Key, and then Preacher. He would put Daytripper on his obituary
polyh3dron
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Same thing I was thinking of.Trachtenberg?
Trachtenberg.
RangersFan
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fuck off!
ReturnOfTheRAT
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I'll have to go back and find the review segment for the comic to hear what he said about it.
Bobby Roberts
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Dan is into comic books, he likes Y The Last Man, looooves Locke and Key, and then Preacher. He would put Daytripper on his obituary
I know he's into comics. I wasn't saying he wasn't sufficiently nerdy, I was more arguing that he's not the kind of guy who puts his "nerdiness" above his abilities, which is often what happens when "nerds" are given projects, i.e. 99.94% of all fan-films, that Dungeons & Dragons movie, the Wing Commander movie, so on and so forth.
Basically, I meant that I don't think Dan is going to fall victim to that same fate. Or at least I hope he won't.
itwasTuesday
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Happy for him, didn't know this was a end goal of his.
PigSpeakers
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Can we just stop passing this joint around and maybe release the thing? I loved that series. I would actually be excited to see a movie based on it, unless they find a way to completely change the story (there's only one man left... and zombies! plus chicks, who are sort of half zombie.)
CrunchyFrog
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Still irritates me that so much press could be gotten by a few prosumer level special effects shots and pop culture pandering.
*sniff* i miss TRS
I think it takes far more than you give credit for to make decent looking effects shots. For a short film without dialogue, it still tells a simple story effectively. There's something to the direction that couldn't be done by Joe Portal fan #5.
Well TRS has always billed him as an aspiring director, and for most of those a big hollywood gig is usually a career goal.
Gentleman Jack
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Did either of you read the book?
There are men on the ISS during the timeline of the book and are the focus of one of the arcs
PowderedToast
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wow dude, congratulations
EleventhDoctor
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Jedeye Sniv
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Great news for Dan, I'm glad he's finally breaking in to the industry with a film, that's a massive step. Alex next!
Jedeye Sniv
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Oh man that song has only got like three chords, anyone can play it.
He had a good idea, executed well and people responded to it.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Seems like a tv show would make more sense. Especially since you could really expand on things since there is a lot of traveling around the United States, plenty of room for filler that would take away from the narrative too much.
AltogetherAndrews
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Yeah, doesn't feel like movie material
Problem being that unless it's HBO or some such, there's no security in the TV industry; shows get half a season to perform before decisions are made for flat out cancellation. I can't even begin to imagine how detrimental the current "success from day one or die" attitude must have on producers and writers.
Problem being that unless it's HBO or some such, there's no security in the TV industry; shows get half a season to perform before decisions are made for flat out cancellation. I can't even begin to imagine how detrimental the current "success from day one or die" attitude must have on producers and writers.
Jedeye Sniv
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While I think Y would make a decent TV show, it would also be a little formulaic and monster-of-the-week-y I think. I like the idea of condensing what is really quite a simple road trip story into a film, but out a lot of the fat. You miss a lot of the world building and the individual side-stories, but the essential story of the last man vs hostile female environment is fairly simple. Focus on the characters and it'll be great.
The Elite
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I haven't finished the whole thing yet but I have to agree.
This should really be on HBO or AMC.
Jedeye Sniv
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Do you guys not think that a TV show would just be "Yorick and co arrive at town. They make a freind but it turns out she's not what they expect. They discover Yorick is a man. Action scene. Moral. end"? I could see this working perhaps as a single season show, but not in the long run at all. I think they should just stick to the main group of characters and explore the personal conflicts from there and not worry so much about the post-apocalyptic scenery.
Femmeworth
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That was such bullshit.
TOP SHOTTA
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I am kind of surprised to see how many people loved Totally Rad Show. The three of them bugged me, I didn't find much charisma evident in the way Dan presented himself. I am clearly in the minority here, as you all seem to think he & TRS were excellent. I don't agree. That's life!
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