Ok, for all you who wanted me to fix the computer, I'm actually almost done getting it all back in. The one smart thing I did was to print out the first completed draft. All I really had to do was remember some restructuring and I was there.

On the "throw out your first three scripts" thing I say nay! I've got a bunch of other ideas to start hammering into some shape of script, sure, but I wrote this one first because I LOVE THIS STORY. Whether I get it right out of the gate or have to redo the whole damn thing later, I will tell this story.

Saw the Equity tour of Chicago last night. Wow. It isn't my absolute favorite show but I'll watch it given the opportunity, especially if it's going to be done well. Man, was it done well. I'll have to check my program for some but I know Christopher McDonald played Billy Flynn and Ron Orbach played Amos. The rest had equally amazing pedigrees. Super well done. I really enjoyed Roxie. She had this bubbly, giggly thing going on that was way different than the soulless, evil that so many others try to portray her with. Really happy I saw it.

There's another one of those teaser trailers here. Under "selected works" there's a second teaser for Cillian. With my snazzy English accent.

Ok, I'm really not happy with this. The Hitcher is being remade. (That's the link to the REAL movie.) Why would you do that? The Hitcher is one of the best road/suspense movies ever made. You have no chance of doing better. None. It doesn't matter that I like Sean Bean, and would like to see him play more "good guys" every now and then (he always gets portrayed as the slug), it just won't work.

Why must Hollywood do this? Look what's been done to every remake, with the notable exception of the remake of Dawn of the Dead. That was awesome. Every single one has flopped. Every single one has been skewered by critics and fans alike. Sure, they got some teenagers money for a couple weekends, but they didn't really DO anything.

Grrr. I gotta go. I'm gonna re-write Red Dawn before anyone else gets to it.