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

[B.K. DeLong]

Why not just exploit what already exists and find a good fictional author
like an Ian Mcdonald or a Cory Doctorow and then work to get their movie
rights bought and push for the budget to be made available.

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)?
>
> SINCERELY and with Best Wishes,
>
> Jeffrey Herrlich
>
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