Run with it

Movies really suck these days. Look at the recent (2007) movie Sublime, whose high concept is obviously totally ripped from the superb movie Jacob's Ladder (1990), itself done from a much older screenplay that gathered dust in Hollywood for decades).

Sublime fumbles with similar themes but totally miscarries the ball and is just plain stupid (though I will admit it is excellent fodder for mediphobics such as myself. Yes damn right I am iatrophobic after suffering through three massive neurosurgeries (that is drilling through the skull deep into the brain three separate sites/occasions, not to mention uncounted number of spinal taps and other procedures that would make Torquemada himself weep with envy and drool with lust, during my six months hospitalization at age eight for ... what exactly?)

But I digress, I was in the process of kicking Hollywood's ass for putting out such stupid crap as Sublime. And look at the recent movie Invasion (2007) - total crap, especially compared to its own high concept precursor, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). I don't mind at all that these tools haven't got a single original thought in their heads, that's expected, but nowadays even the execution sucks.

Actually I have a great idea for a blowout cool movie. I'll give it away here for free, just to show you what a nice feline I really am, underneath all the sarcasm, arrogance, and hostility that are my blog's stock in trade.

Here ya go: somebody needs to make an animated version of Hesse's novel Siddhartha. Everybody loves this book, uncounted zillions have read it so the market is ready made just waiting to be scooped up into some smart producer's bank accuont. But the animation work would need to be really good, deep art, total psychedelic. And the soundtrack should be carefully selected greatest-hits type of chants by Deva Premal, Jai Uttal, and others of that caliber. I know there was a lousy super cheesy 1970's live action version of S but this time it needs to be done right, and with all these yoga bunnies everywhere it just couldn't miss. On second thought I take it back about giving this away free - I take my finder fees in catnip (no cheap ass streetnip, it has to be high grade Burmese Blue).