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Post by XerxesTheCat on Jul 19, 2007 11:56:47 GMT -5
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Post by MonsterX on Jul 19, 2007 14:52:44 GMT -5
Wow, great interview! (And long!)
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Post by Torgo on Jul 20, 2007 0:10:47 GMT -5
QS: Go on, I?ve gotta hear this?
MURPHY: Well, because Hollywood?s scared to death of God. Hollywood doesn?t know how to treat God. It sort of goes hand-in-hand with sex, which sounds like an odd combination, but Hollywood?s also scared to death of sex. They don?t mind lurid things, but they really can?t deal directly with sex. And God, it?s almost impossible for Hollywood to do any sort of movie that directly reflects divine experience. What do we get? The Passion of the Christ, which? you know, you can take it for what it is. The DaVinci Code - is this as close as we get to God? Or Constantine ? Those are odd examples. God reflected in an action film doesn?t work for me. For me, the best film about God - probably in the last 10 or 12 years - is probably Dogma. It does have action sequences, too, a couple of juicy ones.
QS: So you?re a fan of Dogma?
MURPHY: Oh, I love Dogma. It?s my favorite Kevin Smith film.
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Wow, Kevin's a Dogma fan! My respect has grown even more!
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Post by samtaco on Jul 20, 2007 6:41:41 GMT -5
Now if they can interview Frank or Joel....
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Post by FredC on Jul 20, 2007 9:09:48 GMT -5
QS: Go on, I?ve gotta hear this? MURPHY: Well, because Hollywood?s scared to death of God. Hollywood doesn?t know how to treat God. It sort of goes hand-in-hand with sex, which sounds like an odd combination, but Hollywood?s also scared to death of sex. They don?t mind lurid things, but they really can?t deal directly with sex. And God, it?s almost impossible for Hollywood to do any sort of movie that directly reflects divine experience. What do we get? The Passion of the Christ, which? you know, you can take it for what it is. The DaVinci Code - is this as close as we get to God? Or Constantine ? Those are odd examples. God reflected in an action film doesn?t work for me. For me, the best film about God - probably in the last 10 or 12 years - is probably Dogma. It does have action sequences, too, a couple of juicy ones. QS: So you?re a fan of Dogma? MURPHY: Oh, I love Dogma. It?s my favorite Kevin Smith film. ------------------------------------------ Wow, Kevin's a Dogma fan! My respect has grown even more! That's what I thought when I read it too! I will admit, Dogma is probably my favorite Kevin Smith film too (Not what I think is his funniest movie, but definitely my favorite of his movies). |
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Post by Torgo on Jul 20, 2007 9:35:17 GMT -5
I own all of Kevin's movies on DVD (even Jersey Girl), and Dogma's probably one of my all time favorite movies (would even place it in my top ten). To hear praise come from a comedian I respect (and a self proclaimed film snob) puts a smile on my face.
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Post by Satan's Jockstrap on Jul 20, 2007 11:29:14 GMT -5
Now if they can interview Frank or Joel.... .......and Josh. I bet that interviewer can fish out a lot more juicy details about the KTMA and 1st Season era. |
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Post by fanliorel on Jul 20, 2007 15:04:15 GMT -5
You know, I just don't get why Kevin (and to a lesser extent Mike and Bill) sound so darn negative when MST3K is brought up in these sorts of interviews. I mean, this is a written transcript, and even at that I can just sense and even hear the change in tone when the interviewer brings up the topic. You can almost hear Kevin muttering under his breath, "here we go again," along with a string of explatives. Frankly, it really puts me off on him. I mean, ya he's written a book (I like it btw, but it wasn't something I'm rushing out to recommend to folks), but mst3k is still far and away the biggest thing he's ever done, and he spent almost a decade working on it too. What's up with the attitude when the talk switches to it? For crying out loud, the main things he's doing right now (aside from a little writing that hasn't gone anywhere) are Rifftrax and The Film Crew, aka mst3k versions 2.0 and 2.1. How can interviewers NOT bring up mst3k at some point?
It's not my imagination, I'm guessing most of you have noticed the same thing in these interviews - patronizing tones about the show; responses get very short very quickly; etc. Often times they manage to catch themselves and sound more positive after the first few lines, but that only adds to the obviousness of their initial change in tone when it first comes up. Mike and Bill veil their discomfort a little better, but it's still there for them too.
It just offends me that they all worked hard for a long time producing a show that's won tons of die-hard fans (who alone probably bother to read such interviews, I might add, so why tick them off?), and that now while they're practically plagiarising their own work on current projects, they give a snubbing attitude to talk of the show that brought them to where they are.
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Post by GProopdog on Jul 20, 2007 22:11:27 GMT -5
He kinda brought that up in A Year At The Movies
OTOH, it was due to two fans pestering him with question after question about it while he was sitting in a theater....so take that for what it's worth.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Jul 21, 2007 1:24:47 GMT -5
I don't blame him too much. I mean, if people were constantly asking you about the same project for years after you stopped making it, and you had moved on to other similar, but still different, projects, you'd probably get tired of it, too. You can only answer the same questions so many times and, after all these years, I think he's entitled to grow a little weary of it.
Still, I've heard and read plenty of other recent interviews, and I think he and Mike generally handle those questions pretty well. We can't expect them to smile ear-to-ear, put on a tophat and tails, do a little jig, and answer with great joy, every time.
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Post by fanliorel on Jul 23, 2007 10:35:15 GMT -5
Well it still bugs me. I don't exactly think Kevin is getting interviewed on a daily or weekly basis or anything; at least he could sound positive in his semi-rare "professional" interviews - otherwise he's only serving to sour those who read this stuff (at least it really sours me on his current work). He can be negative all he wants off the record or with ravid fanboys or what have you. As it is, he's not likely to win over any new fans, whereas he could easily be driving some away.
Yeah he's sick of hearing about it. The alternative is mst3k was a total failure so he doesnt have to hear about it - in fact, he's not even being interviewed in that case! Oh, and he'd have no clout to work on projects like he's working on right now, and would probably be working some office job in Eden Prairie.
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Post by MonsterX on Jul 23, 2007 10:45:19 GMT -5
I have never noticed any negativity coming from him or any of the cast members regarding the show. What part of the interview specifically were you referring to?
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Post by GoldenTriangle on Jul 23, 2007 11:39:48 GMT -5
I have never noticed any negativity coming from him or any of the cast members regarding the show. What part of the interview specifically were you referring to? Yeah, I don't expect him to spint tales of old on demand whenever MST3k is brought up. He spoke matter-of-fact(ly) about MST, and didn't seem too fed up (though I might be if I were him). You have to remember that most professionals are eager to move on from old gigs. |
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Post by XerxesTheCat on Jul 24, 2007 0:46:27 GMT -5
You have to remember that most professionals are eager to move on from old gigs. Yeah, like Wayne Rogers from M*A*S*H, and look what happened to him. |
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Post by GoldenTriangle on Jul 24, 2007 7:28:20 GMT -5
You have to remember that most professionals are eager to move on from old gigs. Yeah, like Wayne Rogers from M*A*S*H, and look what happened to him. Ooo, low blow! |
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