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Project Greenlight
Every once in awhile, a movie or tv show comes along that is clearly lightyears ahead of its time, such as Apartment 12: The Movie. Then there are those ideas that are horribly misguided yet somehow get made into movies anyway, such as this one.
But today, thanks to Bill Simmons' intern who has his own weekly column, I found a TV pilot that falls somewhere in between. Check out this plot synopsis, courtesy of IMDB:
The story of a man and his talking motorcycle. Jack Black plays Jack Austin, an ex-astronaut who got too close to the sun and, by the power of the yellow sun, becomes the smartest human being alive. Owen Wilson plays the voice of Heat Vision, the unfortunate combination of Jack Austin's former roommate and his motorcycle. Ron Silver plays Ron Silver, also an ex-astronaut and part-time actor, who's current job it is to take out Jack Austin. An alien name Paragon takes over the body of a chef (played by Vincent Schiavelli) and attempts to kill "all monkey tramps." They all get mixed together by a kindly sheriff (played by Christine Taylor) and hilarity ensues.
And this pilot didn't get picked up? Not even by UPN? For shame...
Comments
Wow. You know, back in the 60s people were taking lots of drugs. So it's understandable that they might think that talking transportation devices are funny ("My Mother the Car," "Mr. Ed"). This screenwriter is probably still on those drugs.
And I do have to say that, while not technically a transportation device, "The Flying Nun" is perhaps the best TV show title (and premise) ever.
Posted by: Eileen at July 24, 2004 9:48 AM
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