[ExI] We Need a Movie, People!! Dammit!

Russell Wallace russell.wallace at gmail.com
Sat May 5 21:19:44 UTC 2007


On 5/5/07, A B <austriaaugust at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> A while back I suggested that someone NEEDS to make a
> pro-Transhumanism, pro-Singularity fictional
> (hollywood quality) movie in order to help spread the
> memes to the masses who are less reading-inclined. I
> was a little disappointed that there apparently wasn't
> much interest in getting something started (Except by
> maybe one or two people possibly). But I still think
> this would be a great, highly-leveraged opportunity to
> do some real, tangible good. Now personally, I pretty
> much SUCK at writing fiction, I'd probably be no
> better than average. But if *no-one* else, is
> interested, I'm going to *attempt* to start writing a
> free-of-charge screenplay. But without any help, the
> result could be pretty abysmal. Would someone else
> here *please* consider taking up the reigns entirely,
> or at least collaborating if they don't want to do it
> by themselves? Heartland, might you be interested,(I
> recall that you replied to the original post)?
>

Sounds like a fine idea to me. I don't have any knowledge of or connections
in the industry to get the movie made, nor enough spare time to do any large
chunks of writing alas, but I'd be happy to look at early drafts and provide
feedback if you want.
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