Comments | greygirlbeast: Howard Hughes Considers the Alternative.

greygirlbeast

Howard Hughes Considers the Alternative.

Apr 04, 2007 12:40

Cause and effect. I was still up and online at 3 a.m., trying to figure out if King Kong is in the public domain, both the 1933 film and the basic scenario. That's cause. The effect is that I did not wake until 11 a.m. and am now very behind. But I believe that I managed to answer the question about Kong, via the case of Universal City Studios, Inc ( Read more... )

not writing, public domain, sirenia, silk, dry spells, procrastination, king kong

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rkbwrites April 4 2007, 17:54:09 UTC

The idea is great, just need to replace Kong with a giant something else. Shouldn't be so hard, why not a giant platypus or another animal...

sclerotic_rings April 4 2007, 19:49:35 UTC

Or you could go with something even stranger. Nobody ever works with tritylodonts in fiction any more.

nykolus April 4 2007, 17:55:44 UTC

i think the 'kong' idea is brilliant. i would love to see more in that regard.

and no offense, but your head/tree limb encounter made me chuckle aloud here at work.

and OT, i received my subterranean magazine #6 and can't wait to dive into 'zero summer'. the accompanying artwork to the story is awesome; the second piece with the print on it especially.

greygirlbeast April 4 2007, 21:20:46 UTC

and OT, i received my subterranean magazine #6 and can't wait to dive into 'zero summer'. the accompanying artwork to the story is awesome; the second piece with the print on it especially.

I've yet to see a copy for myself. Glad you like the illos. I'm always nervous with that sort of thing.

ladyeuthanasia April 4 2007, 18:09:17 UTC

Well, what I did with "Black Roses and Hail Marys" and then what Neil did two years later with "The Problem With Susan" might actually be an approach to consider for the "Ann Darrow" story. I have no idea if it would work for what you have in mind, but I've not been sued by Disney (I worked for them as a writer and they knew about the short story) and Neil's not been sued by whoever owns the rights to the Narnia crap (at least, not that I know of).

BTW, loving DoH so far. I'll write a review when I'm done.

greygirlbeast April 4 2007, 21:17:34 UTC

BTW, loving DoH so far. I'll write a review when I'm done.

Glad to hear that you're enjoying the book! I look forward to your comments.

sclerotic_rings April 4 2007, 19:47:58 UTC

Is it just me, or did anyone else start screaming toward the end, "Forget the New York crap! More Skull Island!" In my house, this usually ends with fevered dreams of trapping an adult Vastatosaurus, looking right at the video camera taping the whole event, and exclaiming "And now, I'm gonna take my thumb and put it up his butthole. This'll really piss him orf." This is the reason why I'm not encouraged to come back to the Royal Tyrrell Museum.

serizawa3000 April 4 2007, 21:17:10 UTC

Whenever I see a convincing dinosaur (especially a carnivore) in a movie these days... all I can think is "Gimme a saddle!"

greygirlbeast April 4 2007, 21:19:50 UTC

Is it just me, or did anyone else start screaming toward the end, "Forget the New York crap! More Skull Island!"

*raises hand*

Which is one thing that makes the extended version so cool. More Skull Island.

hangedwoman April 4 2007, 22:32:29 UTC

And this is another fine example of why I should stay off the web at work. Thankfully I was in mid-sip so I just spit back into the glass.

serizawa3000 April 4 2007, 21:13:59 UTC

One of the ideas I had knocked around a bit only to discard it due to copyright concern was a story from the point of view of one of the pilots who have to take out Kong... and how he had nightmares ever since...

I think John Varley's Wizard (book two of the Titan trilogy) had an anecdotal passage about "Kong," the giant ape creature created by Gaea on a whim (also on a whim, she created a giant sandworm)...