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2a) Fiasco, by Stanislaw Lem, just so I can see a priest and a supercomputer talking about blowing up a moon
2b) There Is No Antimemetics Divison, for the brain breaking horrors
Sunshine, because of its wildly different parts and how they clash and how it plays with light
Dune, to further round out the wildly different interpretations
JPod diverged enough from the novel that it would have ended really differently if it could have ran for a while.
Jo Walton's Thessaly series is kind-of-sort-of isekai and could have a good ensemble cast, Greek gods, fantasy and robots. And anime Socrates would be rad.
Mulholland Drive, for its craft and for its critique of Hollywood.
Also Mulholland Drive !?
(1) A lot of the stuff Netflix axed as soon as they hit three seasons instead of paying the guild mandated raises, like Santa Clarita Diet. Also on the subject of Netflix, the cancellation of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance after one season was completely unforgivable, a really high quality labor of love that didn't deserve to be done in like this.
(2) Recency bias but Redliners by David Drake, I guess, military sci-fi should fit the style. It's the story of a mid-alien-war settler expedition in non-enemy territory that on the dl was supposed to work as a more active means of reintegrating it's guard detachment of ptsd'ed out veterans (the titular redliners) back into society, that goes immediately, terribly, awry.
(3) Matrix and Oldboy for perfecting various aspects of modern film-making into cultural milestonehood, but realistically any aspirant would probably be far better served by binging MST3K and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
(4) Star Trek, probably. Its parodies already seem more in the spirit of the original than the current series anyway.
Now I'm imagining a Muppets adaptation of Redshirts and want to change my answer. I'm imagining that we go through the whole first act of a normal episode with Captain Kermit and the all-muppet bridge crew only to get introduced to our one human, Ensign Ricky, right before the transporter sends them down to the danger zone.
No, there is nothing artistic or educated about my taste in film. I survive on the worst kind of commercial drivel.
Rome was so good. At least they managed to give it a finale of sorts, but, like, they were supposed to be setting up Atia's jewish Oddjob to eventually become The Jesus and I'd love to have seen how that would have gone over.
At least Deadwood eventually got a wrap-up movie
Shadow and Bone fell into the Netflix trap of not becoming a culture-dominating mega-hit to justify getting a third season where the various "pay me pls" clauses of everyone's contract would come due and I'm still low-key mad about it. But that show was better than it needed to be and they were just on the cusp of main love interest Mal becoming the slightest bit interesting.
God, when was the last time I read a book that wasn't to a child? Uh... I think Lies of Locke Lamora could be pretty fun to adapt, and might encourage the next book to get published in a more timely fashion. But let's lean hard into anime specifically and spotlight the webnovel Sunspot. It's already rolling around in magical girl (plus magical enby) territory, but the way the magic system is described as like a combination of knitting, weaving, lasers and integrated circuit design seems like it would translate into aniqmation to be really goddamn cool.
I feel like the film school set watches enough good movies. What's a movie that's terrible in an interesting way that could teach aspiring filmmakers something about the craft beyond just "don't do that"? I've been thinking and can't come up with one, so I'm just gonna say Plan 9 from Outer Space so all the aspiring film guys can have a little bit of fun.
And it's not a movie, but if I can submit a TV show I'm really tickled by the idea of The Muppets Get Leverage. Same premise, team of crooks taking one back for the little guy by conning the 1%. But while all the targets and their associates are the actual people (rotating cast of guest stars?) the crew are all muppets. Kermit as the mastermind, Miss Piggy as the grifter, Animal as the hitter, Gonzo's your hacker, and let's bring in Abby Kadabby as the thief. Sam the Eagle has a recurring role as the insurance agent turned interpol officer trying to chase them down.
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What’s a movie that’s terrible in an interesting way that could teach aspiring filmmakers something about the craft beyond just “don’t do that”?
they're legitimately great movies if you're into the possibilities of cinema imo but if you want well regarded movies that do similar things go with:
they're all very fun and very free in form
also Céline & Julie would make a great muppet film i'm sure
I think the Master and Commander series would work as an anime. I'd accept CGI for the technical aspects of the ships - in fact, I'm sure that's the only realistic way to portray all the vessels in the books.
There's a ton of nuance in the books that can be used as voiceover filler too. Perfect fit.
The VA who portrays Major Kusanagi can be the one behind Diana Villiers. EDIT sadly she passed away in 2024 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsuko_Tanaka.
Master And Commander would probably be great with muppets too.
Muppet and Commander: the Felt Side of the World
I haven't been to awful in a minute, been busy with a combination of life, work, and Hades II. Here are my answers:
I'm picturing Muppet Joker having the gimmick that the cast varies shot to shot. If it's from Joker's perspective he's the one human in a world of increasingly cruel muppets. If it's from anyone else's perspective then he's the one single muppet, probably played by Beaker.
Let's go with (3). I have a list of films and other media based on the idea that the highest form of storytelling is when the story is an analogy for the process of telling the story, as in Hotel California or House of Leaves or Myst. I think that I would require students to consider one of the top three films from my list: The Matrix, Inception, or Shrek, viewer's choice.
I was just thinking about Alien Nation the other day.