Starship Dave

[Steve-O]

I'm just saying not to assume that because there were rewrites, that there was a draft written with Bill's involvement that was an absolute masterpiece of comedic science fiction.

Fair enough, although I don't actually recall making that assumption.

All I was saying was that it seems likely that the final movie is probably substantially different from what Bill had in mind when he was writing the script, and not for the better.  And I imagine that's probably tough to reconcile with the thrill of having your hard work end up on the silver screen.

He wrote a film for younger audiences, and the majority of critics and viewers did not take that into account in their reaction to the film.

That could be.  But if the critics were unable to discern by watching the film that it was aimed at younger audiences, then the filmmakers still failed on at least that level, and they still did the script a disservice by misrepresenting it.

I also happen to agree with you that the critics are probably savaging the film more than it deserves, but I do think it's safe to say, based simply on the volume of bad press, that we're not dealing with Citizen Kane here.

I doubt that Starship Dave would have ever produced one of the greatest comedies of all time, even if there were no rewrites.

Now who's making assumptions? 

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Watching that interview with Bill (linked on the blog) it was pretty obvious the final movie was far different from what he wrote.

He said something along the lines of recognizing "parts" of the movie as what he wrote...

[Petey Wheatstraw]

Regardless of how much of Bill's script actually wound up in the movie, I found it to be very funny.

[MontyServo]

Regardless of how much of Bill's script actually wound up in the movie, I found it to be very funny.

Same here.  Just caught a matinee this afternoon and although it had several bits that fell completely flat, I mostly found the movie quite funny. 

The theater had more people than I was expecting for a Thursday afternoon showing of a "box office flop".  Mostly families and teens.  They seemed to enjoy the movie also, as there were many bits that brought loud laughter from the crowd.

I'd be curious to hear some of sort of commentary track by Bill on this movie (unlikely for the DVD, but maybe a special Rifftrax Presents?).

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

I liked the "Welcome to Old Navy" part, okay

[Rude]

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Heh.

Forget 'Meet Dave'--'Atrapado en un Pirado' Looks Great!

I gave Eddie Murphy a lot of shit about how awful Meet Dave looked/surely was, but I have to say, it looks like he's redeemed himself with a starring role in this artistic foreign film, Atrapado en un Pirado. If I'm understanding the concept, Murphy's body is serving as a hollow vessel for smaller versions of himself--a metaphor for the ways in which man's physical form is nothing more than a shell driven by the conflicting emotions of the inner psyche, and how the fulfillment of our base desires are ultimately left in the delicate but powerful hands of womankind. Why can't America make movies like this?

-Rude

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I'm just glad that for once Eddy Murphy is on the screen and NOT wearing a fat suit!