Rolled Out On: 9/13/2005 10:14 PM

The Specials. Great movie. I'll send you a copy, strictly for home use...

It's hilarious, but make sure your kids are in bed before you watch it. It's got a few moments of obscenities.

Rolled Out On: 9/13/2005 10:25 PM

This is definitely my area of interest. Once you've had a chance to see it, can you e-mail me and let me know what you think? I'm an unrepentant movie geek and I was raised on comic books. I wouldl love to get some feedback on this, which is a film I've strangely never heard of.

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 3:07 AM

I have been remiss:

The IMDB info on the film.

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 3:09 AM

Also, I'm convinced that the Interview Segment that opens "The Incredibles" is based on the interviews in "The Specials".

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 11:33 AM

As an extra added bonus, Craig's site is here: The Artful Writer

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 12:59 PM

Ahh.. What a great site. Thanks Stacy.

I guess the 'Site Design By' blurb in the bottom right tells me how you knew about it ;)

Of course, reading the site really makes me sad. I'm trying to write a screenplay with zero experience, and what I envision happening (I walk into an office, some guy reads the script, offers me a trillion dollars, and I leave) just doesn't fit with reality.

Oh well....

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 1:25 PM

It's now at the top of my Netflix queue.

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 1:35 PM

"The Specials" actually showed them using their powers, it was just the last shot, IIRC (Maybe after the credits). But basically for the entire movie they didn't use them, not even using them out of the shot or anything like that. They just talked about them.

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 2:10 PM

dorkafork, that is exactly why I want to see it. A superhero flick that doesn't rely on the superhero's powers themselves to tell the story.

It would almost be like a porno with no sex.

Rolled Out On: 9/14/2005 8:07 PM

Yeah, I forgot about the closing shot. But, jeez, the special effects are intentionally so cheesy as to be pretty much non-existent.

...and there is one moment when a side character uses his superpower...although you don't actually see it. But I remember from the first time I watched the movie that it was useful in keeping my disbelief willfully suspended...I was beginning to wonder if anyone had any actual abilities at all, yanno?

Still, dangfine movie, dangfine. I'll probably watch it again tonight.