February 9th, 2010
I’m sure we all remember long ago (2004-ish) when Jurassic Park IV was proposed to involve Commandos and “Super Solider” dinosaurs. For the sake of better judgement, the draft by William Monahan and John Sayles has been scrapped. Now, 2010… many years later… Drew McWeeny from HitFix.com sat down with Joe Johnston to comment about the possibility of Jurassic Park IV and it’s potential new trilogy. While it is nothing “new”, it just goes to show you the movie(s) is(are) still on the table. Enjoy!
Drew: Is that still in the offing, or have you moved on now to a new idea?
Joe: We have. There is an idea now for number four that is different from the first three, and that is more or less the beginning of a new trilogy, in that it sends the whole franchise off in a new direction. It’s not about the dinosaur park anymore. It’s about all-new characters. So Steven’s busy right now with the stuff he’s doing and I’ve got to do “Captain America,” but hopefully afterwards, we’ll find time to develop it. And really… it’s something different that we haven’t seen before in the “Jurassic Park” world.
Drew: I’m sorry we won’t see the Sayles/Monahan idea.
Joe: Well, you know, Universal and Steven will want to keep making these movies as long as they’re successful, and who knows? We may see the Monahan/Sayles version come back.
Drew: Is that still in the offing, or have you moved on now to a new idea?
Joe: We have. There is an idea now for number four that is different from the first three, and that is more or less the beginning of a new trilogy, in that it sends the whole franchise off in a new direction. It’s not about the dinosaur park anymore. It’s about all-new characters. So Steven’s busy right now with the stuff he’s doing and I’ve got to do “Captain America,” but hopefully afterwards, we’ll find time to develop it. And really… it’s something different that we haven’t seen before in the “Jurassic Park” world.
Drew: I’m sorry we won’t see the Sayles/Monahan idea.
Joe: Well, you know, Universal and Steven will want to keep making these movies as long as they’re successful, and who knows? We may see the Monahan/Sayles version come back.
December 17th, 2009
(04:44:19 PM) jon.sattelberger/0C9F6997: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8410qUT4QtA
(04:45:40 PM) nikow: you’re bizzare
(04:45:50 PM) nikow: BIZZZAAAAARRRROOOO
16:45
(04:54:37 PM) jon.sattelberger/0C9F6997: chicken dance!
(04:55:07 PM) nikow: you need a girlfriend
(04:55:11 PM) jon.sattelberger/0C9F6997: I know.
(04:55:12 PM) nikow: or a boyfriend
(04:55:18 PM) nikow: i don’t know anymore
(04:55:20 PM) jon.sattelberger/0C9F6997: I’m ugly. Wont be able to get one.
(04:56:06 PM) nikow: im just going to stop right here… This is what physcotherapists get paid money to do.
(04:56:28 PM) jon.sattelberger/0C9F6997: here or there?
(04:56:36 PM) nikow: stop!!!!
(04:56:45 PM) nikow: @#%!@#%
(04:57:08 PM) nikow: damn philisphoical musings
(04:57:36 PM) jon.sattelberger: I am already here, so to proceed forward would bring me there.
(04:58:10 PM) nikow: But your actual fuel mileage may vary right?
(04:58:45 PM) jon.sattelberger/0C9F6997: Varies upon mental states
(04:58:53 PM) nikow: when will then be now?
(04:58:55 PM) nikow: soon
(04:59:05 PM) nikow: go back to then
(04:59:10 PM) nikow: can’t we just missed it
(04:59:13 PM) jon.sattelberger: We must go back to the future!
(04:59:28 PM) nikow: i got a flux capacitor in my deskt
(04:59:39 PM) nikow: I think we can get the mustang up to 88 in the lot
(04:59:54 PM) jon.sattelberger/0C9F6997: Nope. Those are only Pentium Chips. Everyone knows if you wanna go back in time you need an AMD Processor.
(05:00:12 PM) nikow: yeah to the stone age
(05:00:20 PM) nikow: allright take five i gotta poop
October 19th, 2009
The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week and it could be a very good show, as previous years has shown. The best time to look is before sunrise on Wednesday, October 21st. This is when the Earth encounters the densest part of Halley’s debris stream. The Orionids appear every year around this time when the Earth orbits through an area of space littered with debris from the comet. I wonder if I will be able to observe this with all the crappy weather New Jersey has been receiving.
On a side note: President Obama will be visiting Fairleigh Dickinson University on Wednesday, October 21st, to endorse Corzine’s re-election campaign. Getting to work on Wednesday will be a bitch-and-a-half. Management has yet to decide if we’re essential personnel. If we aren’t essential to the University, then, I get another unpaid day-off.
October 18th, 2009
I made another round at finally upgrading to the latest version of Wordpress. I am staggered at the amount of work the developers put into this product. Now I have to tinker with all these new features to see what they do. Maybe I can incorporate it into the next design of JPdb. Yes, I’m still working on it. However, I’ve gotten nowhere with the new design since I’ve completed the new header back in 2007.
Until then, enjoy the following video featuring Carl Sagan: