Friday, January 16, 2009

Public Enemies - Trying To Put It All Together

Woke up this morning and my weather station read -20.8F. YEA BABY!!!

Blake, our dog got stuck on his poop. We let him out on his leash and he wrapped it around some dogie doodoo which froze to the ground and he knows that when the leash is taught he must stop. So I looked out the window and he is facing the door with a big shit eating grin on his face (I use that term loosely as no shit was eaten on this instance). I let him in and he was happy.
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The Columbus Pioneer came out and I am very happy. Great looking newspaper and the editor is not Perry White as I had assumed. He is Joe Morey, also known as MR. INCREDIBLE. Yea - you have been outed dude!! On the bright side Columbus is now much safer.

Speaking of the paper - huge article about our good friends Kris and Rianna on the front page. From what I have heard they are in NY. Yesterday they visited all sorts of agency's and both were stuck in an elevator for an hour and a half.

Maybe Jenny can fill in the details in the comment section.

One more thing that has been brought to my attention is this website called TRUTH IN COLUMBUS POLITICS which is written by someone who seems to want to hide and not tell anyone who he is (yet we all know). I'm all for truthiness (that which one holds to be true regardless of what is supported by fact) but you have to have some sort of responsibility yourself and you can not fight ALL the fights at once. Pick your battles . You can't just hide and shout out thousands of accusations and expect anybody to listen.

OK - enough of that.

Public Enemies.

Back in October or November, Herenotthere, my good friend over at IMDB who I believe worked on sets, posted that Universal was going to have to reshoot some scenes in Columbus in January. His posts mysteriously vanished soon after and all was quite. Then in early December I got word (from someone higher then Herenotthere) that something "BIG" was in the works concerning PE. All was quiet until a few days ago when once again the "BIG" thing popped up and this time it was followed with a warning that this "BIG" thing MIGHT impact the July 1st date.

We all know that the test screenings have not had steller results but that is why they DO test screenings - to find out what is working and what is not.

As one anon said:

"I think the reshoot theory is possible. Also remember there has been test screenings. Maybe something came out of the test screenings that needs to be corrected. I think maybe they found people did not know the story of Dillinger or the FBI as was expected and they need to add explanatory scenes or maybe they are removing some characters that people didn't recognize anyway." (that would be Todd F in the background waving).

Sounds good but I wonder if Universal wants to educate the public that much on Dillinger, that the main character dies??? hmmmmmmmm

My gut feeling is that there needs be some more filming to fill in a gap. You KNOW Michael Mann is a perfectionist. I also believe (correct me if I am wrong) that JD has wrapped up Alice in Wonderland???

It's a theory at least.

BTW - the 32 Nash that I believe JD drove is in the shop getting an $80K restoration, Graham Man is checking on how that is going.

On a side note I was in contact with some people that were in Little Bohemia and a few things I did not know.

We all know about the small fire that that could have destroyed Little Bo but I did not know that some Little Bo scenes were reshot at Mirror Lake. It was too cold at Little Bo and some tommy guns and 45s were not firing correctly. Thus the need to move south to Mirror Lake. Also something about the lake being frozen up there.
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WARMER WEATHER IS COMING - has anyone ever stuck their hand out of their car when the temp is -20F when you are going 70mph? I was disappointed when I found that the Wind Chill would ONLY be like -64F, but the OLD Wind Chill would have been -84F - MUCH better.

If you try it let know know how it feels.

Rod

36 comments:

Jenny said...

Yesterday Rianna met with the modeling agency, today is spost to be the photo shoot.

On their way back to their hotel room, they got in the elevator and nothing happened. They sounded the alarms and everything. Rianna, Krisx, and Sparkles ended up being stuck in the elevator for an hour and a half, but got a complementary dinner from the hotel once they finally were let out.

Todd Frey said...

Bro

TICP wouldn't be so bad if it was more about truth and less about personal agenda. The group is extremely partisan and is more than happy to leave the "truth" by the wayside if it helps their personal agenda. Just went through a situation with them regarding a post on their site. To their credit they did remove the completely fabricated, 100% inaccurate post from their site but of course no retraction. So the damage is done but who cares. No one has to take responsibility for the action if you don't show your face.

who'sinmybasement? said...

So...whose (Who's) going to be at the Brewery tonight and when?

Grinder said...

We will be there 6:30ish to 7ish. Jenny, Left Hand Louie is picking up Krisx and Rianna at 10 so he might be there. Shakes and friend might make an appearance. Mr. Incredible and the Galactic Hero's of the Columbus Pioneer say they might show up

Osh said...

Again, we have to miss tonight...Evan's social life is picking up.

Jenny said...

Conner has a basketball game tonight though.

Jenny said...

Actually, it's probably cancelled because of the cold...

Left Hand Louie said...

Yeah, I'll be there for a while.

I agree with Todd about the TCIP. Honestly I think they go looking for trouble.

A while back they made a HUGE deal about the Canadian flag being flown above the American flag at her house. They correctly noted that another countries flag should not fly on the same pole as the US flag much less fly above it. I've driven by her house literally hundreds of times and have noted, with curiosity, the Canadian flag flying BELOW the American flag. How long did the TCIP trolls have to camp out waiting for her to make a gross mistake?

Personally I like Nancy but I'm not a fan of her politics. Still, I think the TCIP witch hunt has gone on long enough.

Left Hand Louie said...

Oops. Before the trolls start flaming me those TCIP's should be TICP's.

Grinder said...

Guess you are not at work Louie!!

Left Hand Louie said...

Nope, I'm sunbathing today!

Elizabeth A said...

Do you think if they might reshoot any scenes, the casting company might need extras?

Robbi said...

Great Blog!!
As Usual!!!LOL!

I am planning on showing up tonight.
That is if my Headache goes away.Darn thing!

Sorry to hear Kris and Rianna were stuck in a elevator. Yuck!
At least they got dinner out of it.

I hope for the best with the PE Movie..
I will just sit here and wait.

Hope everyone is having a great Friday!

Ashley said...

I don't remember where I heard it, but I believe you are right Rod in thinking that Johnny just wrapped up filming for the other movie...

Anonymous said...

wait wich scene is Mr.Mann not happy with?!?! I have some ideas but am not sure!

anon...

Grinder said...

He's not happy with the ones where the aliens came down and took Red into their craft.

wait - that was Indiana Jones - nevermind.

Grinder said...

Elizabeth A - not a clue - and what about Picture Car Drivers, extras, props - seems like it would be a big time headache.

Jenny said...

Isn't it weird to think that a year ago, we didn't even know eachother???

Anonymous said...

Hi Rod, I am callie from Rhode Island who has read your great posts on Johnny Depp Reads. I frequent alot of Johnny Depp websites (love the man)! I hope you will continue to post on JDR, don't let the sour grape people keep you away. I have found on some of these websites people are WAY to sensitive. yikes! Keep posting please!!!

Grinder said...

Hi ya Callie - I THOUGHT that was a name I recognized. Yea - I emailed Karen to see if she had ANY info and everyone got all snarky!

Like all - HOW DARE YOU COME HERE WITH CONJECTURES! and I'm just looking for attention! Good Grief.

Blaznfire911 said...

I hope everything goes great for Rianna and kris!

Sadly, I cannot make it to the Kurth tonight! The wether is preventing my car from driving LOL

Interesting theories Rod! We will have to wait and see I guess LOL

Keep warm!

Graham Man said...

I just wonder how bad it could be for Mr. Mann to reshoot at this point in time? It is an 80 million investment how long do you think Universal will wait to see that return? I think "BIG" might mean something all together different.

I could speculate…….. Like a full-blown Chicago Premier? A 3,500 seat 1930’s Theater (there are two in Chicago available, one is one block from the Biograph). Johnny Depp and Bale with the entire cast all in costume, inviting a thousand or so extras, ask them to come in costume, and over 100 1930’s picture cars, it would be a spectacular event, worthy of National news… That would be "BIG"

Blaznfire911 said...

I like the way you think Graham Man!!

:)

Anonymous said...

Reshoots do happen but, obviously, producers would rarther they don't because they cost money and imply that they didn't get it right the first time.
Michael Mann has gone over the shooting schedule in the past but with PE he did not have this option because of the real chance of an actors strike. He probably had to make some compromises to meet the June 30 deadline but now the strike hasn't happened.
Accordinig to collider.com, Wolverine is about the have reshoots and it is due for release May 1st. So there is still time for Public Enemies to add or change some scenes if they decide it is required.

Nancy Osterhaus said...

Let me comment on the Canadian flag. I was born in Canada and am a naturalized US citizen. We have flown the flags of Canada, Australia(my sister is Australian), British Columbia (a province in Canada where my brother lives) and Ontario (another Canadian province). Our "rule" for flags is that the littlest one goes on top and the biggest on the bottom. Whooops, I've learned that is not US etiquette. We're down to one flag now, just the US. The others are resting comfortably in a box in the garage.

deppfan said...

hey everyone, any "Moonlight" tv series fans out there??? just found out that Scifi channel will be showing the original 16 episodes starting Jan 23 (friday nites) CBS canelled the series and no new episodes are scheduled to be made at this point

great vampire/detective series check it out

Grinder said...

Nancy - I don't think and SANE person had a problem as long as there was no . . . . axis of evil flag flying (whoever they are now - I hope we get new ones with the new president)

Grinder said...

Just a heads up - the Weather Station is 90% operational.

www.columbusWIweather.com

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST.

Kim Bates- owner said...

Loved your column in the new paper!You can add some of your photography and it would be even better!...like frosting...

M said...

Apologize if I missed this somewhere--

but where can a person find a copy of the Columbus Pioneer?

Grinder said...

Kwik Trip - Sharrow drugs - any place that might sell newspapers EXCEPT Walgreens (at the moment) or Pic-N-Save.

Mary - do you have labels??? No rush - just keeping it out there.

Anonymous said...

I picked up mine at Julies Java along with a great lunch!

Good job with the column there Raymond. I'm sure Mom will be really proud of you, again.

Robert

shakenbsis said...

Always an interesting read!!! ;)

Glad we got the flag etiquette straightened out... (not that I'm OCD about it or anything!) LOL

Go Rianna!!!!!!! can't wait for more details! sorry I missed you all Friday. Frozen pipes were kicking my butt and ruined my weekend, grrr...

Nice to see the PE news heating up again, I don't mind the speculation at all...
*evil grin* bring it!!!

Anonymous said...

I think there should be a rule.

Over 25 posts and Rod needs to write a new blog no matter what day of the week it is.

Rod, could you have your people check into the possibility of that?

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Julie said...

Public Enemies - Trying To Put It All Together........


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