January 11, 2005
A Scanner Darkly Starring Keanu Reeves Looks Awesome!
I cannot believe I have never heard of this before, but after seeing this story at Ain't It Cool News, I am very, very stoked.
Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, the IMDB sums up the plot as:
Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, undercover cop Fred (Keanu Reeves) is one of many agents hooked on the popular drug Substance D, which causes its users to develop split personalities. Fred, for instance, is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, Fred sets up an elaborate scheme to catch Bob and tear down his operation.
Sounds great to me, but the real kick is what it looks like: WOW! They have taken live film, and graphic novel artists are animating over it and it just looks great, check out the pics at the bottom of the page!
Neat!
Posted by miles at January 11, 2005 01:53 PM
Comments
Posted by: Mark at January 11, 2005 04:41 PM
Miles is new... he'll learn. ;)
Posted by: John Campea at January 11, 2005 04:58 PM
I dont know about Keanu Reeves though.
Posted by: Simone at January 11, 2005 05:58 PM
Vector Art is beautiful. But this might be pushing it a bit.
I hope they don't go all minimalist like the Reeves shot. Detailed Backgrounds will make me happy.
Posted by: OwlBoy at January 12, 2005 04:02 AM
Good one Miles! That other really good looking and intelligent bloke on the Movie Blog wrote that up I believe. Did a nice graphic montage too! ;)
http://www.judymoodymovie.com/archives/2005/01/pictures_released_from_a_scanner_darkly.html
I did this before too Miles - not to worry.
Posted by: Richard Brunton at January 12, 2005 05:09 AM
What do we do without our alpha males here in The Movie Blog eh?
I'm obviously talking about John, Richard and
Miles. *winks*
Posted by: Simone at January 12, 2005 06:17 AM
in my defense:
You can all shut up and go to hell!
Posted by: miles at January 12, 2005 08:47 AM
HAHAHA...Nice comeback.
Posted by: John Campea at January 12, 2005 09:08 AM
haha, i thought so.
i worked long and hard on that one....
what is funny is that rich and my stories are s similar.
/great minds, eh?
Posted by: miles at January 12, 2005 09:41 AM
To add something new to comment on: What is it with Keanu Reaves helping to support these geeky cool movie ideas (Constantine and Scanner Darkly)? Why is it that Hollywood is interested in these projects only when he's (questionably cast) in them? I have this feeling that neither studio behind each film would have been interested in funding these productions unless Keanu came to the rescue.
Posted by: Mark at January 12, 2005 01:56 PM
i guess old reeves has drawing power, I mean, I think he is awesome.
do they give an oscar for being awesome?
Posted by: miles at January 12, 2005 02:00 PM
It just seems like both films would have been served better with other actors in the leading role. As an actor, Keanu just kind of--well, frankly--sucks.
Posted by: Mark at January 12, 2005 05:31 PM
Reeves has the mutant ability of finding the only movie roles that he can actually fill. He's a stiff of an actor... but he always finds these roles that require stiffs... so he looks good in them (well... some of them anyway).
Posted by: John Campea at January 12, 2005 10:57 PM
i guess he does have a screen persona, but it is a screen persona i like.
sort of like how when i was young, i read like 50 DragonLance books, not great books, but they had a fun formula.
Posted by: miles at January 13, 2005 07:43 AM
hey
Posted by: samantha at May 13, 2005 03:17 PM
Yeah, I read about this too, Miles. On a movie blog site called... The Movie Blog.