Well, this guy looks like a perfect douchebag, that's a fact. In any case, here is the answer to his "question":
"And I need to find that event and I will. I just don't know what it is"
I do: it's the PowerBook G5.
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Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Biopic: Three 30-Minute Scenes Taking Place Before Three Product Launches
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Well, this guy looks like a perfect douchebag, that's a fact. In any case, here is the answer to his "question":
"And I need to find that event and I will. I just don't know what it is"
I do: it's the PowerBook G5.
Apparently he said.
It seems crazy to me to not have the iPhone launch in there! That was arguably Steve's most iconic product presentation ever and is when the new era he had always been working toward actually got traction and started changing all the past of wintel!
I am excited for this. I really hope it ends up being good!
I agree. Sorkin usually hits more than he misses and is probably one of the best screenwriters working today. He also knows how to write drama.
I think the idea is an interesting one. Seeing how Jobs handles the first big product launch for an up and coming Apple to the Next Cube with a new company and finally seeing him present the original iPod after his return to Apple (which was struggling mightily at the time). The rest is history. Sounds like a good idea to me.
Sounds good! But I don't get the 3 scenes thing: how those scenes, in real time, tell enough about a person? Or will there be retrospection during those scenes, like in the Social Network, where the whole thing is one scene with a bunch of "flashbacks", and the flashbacks are the dominant parts of the movie.
I mean surely 3 scenes before product launches doesn't address many important things that we probably want to see.
I mean surely 3 scenes before product launches doesn't address many important things that we probably want to see.
Absolutely Brilliant!
I've heard the story of the garage way too many times.
Looks like Sorkin has cracked it. Opens it up to be about the drama and characters, tightly focused on 3 critical eras.
I can't wait for this.
For those who want a traditional bio-pic, just go rent Pirates of Silicon Valley.
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Yeah... and make sure there are car chases and lots of explosions. Gotta make sure you pull the gamers out of their parents' basements.
I've heard the story of the garage way too many times.
Looks like Sorkin has cracked it. Opens it up to be about the drama and characters, tightly focused on 3 critical eras.
I can't wait for this.
For those who want a traditional bio-pic, just go rent Pirates of Silicon Valley.
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Yeah... and make sure there are car chases and lots of explosions. Gotta make sure you pull the gamers out of their parents' basements.
Ah, if you are referring to Isaacson's book, then no. Sorkin should stay far away from that piece of garbage.
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lol. how about:
1. toilet seat iBook
2. iPod socks
3. G5 @ 3Ghz
Jobby!
Heck, why not animate/CGI it all, and make it thru Pixar. Steven would have wanted it that way.
Heck, why not animate/CGI it all, and make it thru Pixar. Steven would have wanted it that way.
I don't doubt that Sorkin is being truthful about the three part structure. I do kind of suspect the "real time" nature of it. He's going to have to cram a lot of extraneous background information into these scenes to make it understandable to general audiences. Otherwise he's going to be relying on flashbacks to tell the story. Of course using flashbacks means it's no longer "real time".
If the movie is "based on Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography" then it is going to be inaccurate and full of crap.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Tom Cruise is the perfect choice to play Steve Jobs.
Before you go off on me saying I'm crazy, think about it. No, REALLY think about it. He's perfect.
Tom Cruise is the perfect choice to play Steve Jobs.
Before you go off on me saying I'm crazy, think about it. No, REALLY think about it. He's perfect.
Wholeheartedly agree. He has the look when he has the unshaven stubble look going. Think "Collateral" without the hair.
