Slog - Comments on "I Want This Motherfucking Whale Off This Motherfucking Boat!" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this Ain't It Cool News points to this article in Variety. The director of Night Watch and Wanted is filming a re-imagination of Moby Dick. The writers revere Melville’s original text, but their graphic novel-style version will change the structure. Gone is the first-person narration by the young seaman Ishmael...This change will allow them to depict the whale’s decimation of other ships prior to its encounter with Ahab’s Pequod, and Ahab will be depicted more as a charismatic leader than a brooding obsessive..."Our vision isn’t your grandfather’s ‘Moby Dick,’ " Cooper said. "This is an opportunity to...tell what at its core... Copyright 2008 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00:00 -0800 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:25:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Lindy West AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!

]]> Lindy West http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148582 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148582 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:19:43 -0800 Comment by monkey BALEEN

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148586 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:22:40 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave if ahab is a fucking charismaitc leader then moby dick loses a lot of its meaning.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148593 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:25:29 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 Just because he was a leader and charismatic, doesn't make that the dominant theme.

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148595 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:27:22 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 also, "Action-adventure revenge story" what the fuck is this? Payback 2: now the Whale gets it?

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148601 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:29:44 -0800 Comment by ay1ene NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I'd rather see them remake it as an interspecies romantic comedy. Now that has potential!

]]> ay1ene http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148691 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:08:01 -0800 Comment by inkweary It sounds as if it is going to be a tale of whale payback. Who today, could sell a story in which whale hunting per se, is seen as a public good? In Melville's time it was. Ahab was rather charismatic, when Starbuck tried to rally the men to leave off looking for Moby and get down to making money, Ahab turned the crew in his own favor. All in all it sounds really horrible. I wonder if Moby will have an Orca sidekick from the 'hood?

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148727 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:27:15 -0800 Comment by Michael This movie was already made. It was called "Orca: The Killer Whale" and it starred Bo Derrick. Also, the whale was able to blow up a factory from the motherfucking water. Beat that modern cinema.

]]> Michael http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148940 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0800 Comment by Tiktok Maybe a "re-imagined" version of "A Tale Of Two Cities" is needed, where Carton doesn't go to the guillotine?

]]> Tiktok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1148954 Books Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:44:05 -0800 Comment by kebabs I just hope they keep all the ultra-obsessive, scientifically accurate chapters about making candles out of whale fat, dimensions of a whaling vessel, population of Queequeg's African village, and the like.

]]> kebabs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1149016 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/i_want_this_motherfucking_whale_off_this#c1149016 Books Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:28:46 -0800 Comment by rain Why do they blame this desecrating dump of whale dung on graphic novels?

Did graphic novels take their leg or something?

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