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December 11, 2004
What if they'd turned "Independence Day" into a movie?
Overheard conversation between Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise as they discussed their new film, WAR OF THE WORLDS:
"More orange juice?"
"No, thanks. More L. Ron Hubbard?"
"No, I'm good... Tom, what I'd like to do is make Independence Day, but not have it suck."
"Uh-huh... uh-huh..."
"I mean, man... did that film suck or was it just me? I'm thinking of that scene where everybody comes out on their front lawn, during the middle of the day, and looks at the ships... you know they're right there and everybody just stares..."
"Uh-huh... Uh-huh..."
"Well... I'm thinking that sucked for a couple of reasons... It lacked any tension or mystery, or ... ummm..."
"Believability?"
"Yeah, Tom... believability! It's the middle of the friggin' day! Talk about shooting your whole load!"
"So what if we made that scene, like... really creepy... and scary... and, just thinking off the top of my head here Steven... AT NIGHT!!"
"You're scaring me, Tom"
"AT NIGHT, STEVEN!!"
"YOU'RE SCARING ME, TOM!!"
Posted by sferrell at December 11, 2004 11:31 PM
