The Starks of Winterfell

"Ride now! Ride now!"

Well, when you put it that way...

I'll take a dozen!

Well, you have a fair point and it is an interesting thought experiment. However, given the contingency plans the company I work for has in place for things that are implausible, I would say that many companies have similar polices.

However, almost everything nowadays is open to suit so it is possible

Maybe because he wants to. I mean, in all honesty, planning Batman is still a bit of an iconic role, regardless of the ups and downs of various films. Keaton was not exactly known for his dramatic roles, yet presented a pretty solid performance. Christian Bale nailed the brooding but honestly was more memorable for his action pieces and voice than being a well rounded character. Honestly, I felt his Bruce Wayne parts to be somewhat...lacking, or not as commanding as his Batman routine.

Affleck could honestly be wanting to do this role because he wants to try it out and see what he can do with it. Personally, the fact that he is an A list director means that it probably isn't for the money. It is for the challenge of the role or the fun of it. He might just want to have fun. And why not?

Honestly, it would be nice to see an actor who can present a Batman who is slightly more balanced and able to be both Bruce Wayne and Batman.

Well, pretty interesting.
I'm guessing Afleck always wanted to play Batman...

I get where he is coming from because I often feel that way regarding "Star Wars" or "Star Trek" or any other film that i have read the behind the scenes on. I think Lord of the Rings is the one that still creates that sense of "Whoah" for me, that this is a world and it is amazing. Might also relate to the endurance of "Game of Thrones" too.

Regarding science fiction, I think there is almost a nostalgic part of me that wishes space travel was like sci-fi movies and you travel fast, and easy in ships. Calculating reaction mass and astrogation is not that interesting all the time, and space is actually quite large and takes time to get to places.

Now, I grew up reading Heinlein, and he was a hard scifi guy, doing calculations for starships for his novels and really taking the time to create harder details.

One of the reasons that I have a hard time writing my own science fiction is the struggle between being harder and more realistic, which requires a TON of research and mathematical understanding that I lack, or more space opera, which then removes the idea of creating a future Earth 

So, I get where he is coming from, but there is a point were I can be drawn in and enjoy the world as a world and not a film production.

Hopefully, that makes sense.

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I'd watch it.

I would also watch a film about the making of reality TV show.

Well, there is potential there if they go more with Ender's point of view in that Ender never knows that he killed the kid, or the extent of the damage that he had done. So really, the could just paint the commanding officers as complete and total psychotic people using this kid.

Yes, I'm sure they will reduce the really nasty stuff but there are ways to have it there but more as subtext, which is something the book does.

I'm sure this has been posted before but it's fun:

I am a huge history fan so a movie like this is normally right up my alley. However, it took some persuasion from my wife to let me know that this was closer to history (not precisely but close) that "The King and I" which I was more familiar with.

The quick run down (for those unfamiliar with any incarnation) is a British school teacher has been hired by the King of Siam to tutor his eldest son and eventually the entire royal family (some 72 children and wives and concubines). In the process, Anna becomes an ambassador of English culture and knowledge, while also developing a great respect for the king of Siam, King Monkut. In the process, she becomes enamored with this man, even as she mourns the loss of her husband.

This is a great film, with some amazing scenery, all shot on location in Malaysia with some amazing sets. It also has a very multilayered story, where you have the cultural clash, the political pressure, the personal struggles and tragedies of the different characters. The movie seems to teeter on the edge of movie expectation rules, then subverts some tropes, while embracing others.

Despite being over 10 years old (now) the film holds up, but is very, very long. I told my wife that it's two and a half hours long and she's like "There's credits." When all was done, it was maybe six minutes of credits. So, it is a long, long film, that has many expository scenes, varying plot lines rather than a through line of one person, aspect of Siamese culture on display and interesting twists and turns.

Good film, especially if you like historical drama, but please be aware, it is very long.

I heard more about him in the news than anything else.

Sorry, past ten years have been in school and such