When I saw this in the theater, I just went, "What? Is that all there is?" It's a film that just went nowhere and seemed take forever to get there. I look forward to listening to your disassembly of it.

The law of supply and demand describes a curve, the end of which is zero demand for zero supply. The area under the curve, however, is filled with money. Giovanni Ribisi wants that money.

There are plenty of things that make no goddamn sense in Avatar. A corporation wanting a scarce material to sell it for profit is not one of them.

It kind of amazes me that the Noah story has never been given the serious treatment that other biblical stuff was given in the 1950s and the Jesus story was given more recently. There was just a TV movie in 1999 (with Jon Voight!). There's a huge amount of drama potential, and seeing the logistics worked out could be fascinating. Plus, there would be some really bizarre, non-intuitive stuff....

You do it like this: animals cross the world on their own to come to Noah, helping to finish the ark after years of his being ridiculed. (awe!) When they finish, they birth their young and then go away to die in the flood. (tears!) Noah and family stick the newborn animals on shelves, where they go comotose. (gush!) Contrary to popular belief, there are two PAIRS of most animals; seven PAIRS for "clean" (farm) animals-- twice as many as commonly depicted. Insects, birds, reptiles, and dinosaurs (yes, many creationists believe there were dinosaurs on the ark) just leave eggs--basket after basket of them stacked up. (amazement!) It could really be cool. None of this crap about pens of big, active, adult animals that require feeding and mucking; or dogs, wolves, and coyotes all being one "type" of animal.

If dinosaurs just seem too ridiculous, you could leave them out and say they had already died out between creation and the flood, but that kind of craziness is half the fun, in my opinion.

Pulp Fiction was a lot fun, guys. Thanks!

Serenity was great fun, guys! Thanks!