Sunday, May 07, 2006
Deperately avoiding a vampire bite
The good news is that I know how to fix my chapter 5. It involves a possible possession and a certain vampire bite. Details are vague as I have not written this yet. Why? Because today I have engaged in avoidance behavior on a massive scale. Some non-writing things I did include forcing my pouting son to get in the car with me to get his hair cut. Ultimately, the hair cut did not occur, but I am a fiendishly wicked mother nonetheless. With pouting child in tow, I went to many stores in search of what ought to be a readily available product but apparently is not. Then we went to breakfast and fished through the Sunday advertisements for the paper and not-so-funnies.
Then we went to see Mission Impossible 3. Not having seen 1 or 2 I have no way to compare it to its predecessors. I enjoyed myself. I was entertained. It was not a waste of money, despite all the stuff blowing up and the poor shots of Tom Cruise without his shirt. Is he shy or is there something to hide? Still, I kept thinking, this would be a MUCH better movie if it were based on a Suzanne Brockmann SEALs novel, because then there would be 1) more cool covert stuff and less gratuitous blowing up of everying under the freaking sun and 2) a better plot and 3) more romance. I mean really, how secret can your mission be if your basic plan involves going in, blowing up everything on the way in AND the way out? Somebody's going to notice. But maybe that's just me. If the Hollywood types are too chicken to admit they read Brockmann, and it was clear to me from the dialogue that somebody out there has, can't they read McRaven and arrive at nearly the same place, (except maybe without a plot)? At least that would be in the grand tradition of failing to recognize a woman has already written novels crying out for an action movie.
HOWEVER! MI3 was worth the price of admissison for this scene: Lawrence Fishburn is ranting about the villain being the Invisible Man. "That's Wells not Ellison." villian rant continues. Yes! Score one for the intellectuals!
So, Hollywood, contact Suzanne Brockmann's agent, option a bunch of her SEALs books, send them off to Tom Cruise to read so he can pick which SEAL he wants to be to start off. Then make the damn movie. Women, a much more realiable and steady demographic, trust me, will flock to the movie and they will brings their friends of all genders. Do NOT forget the action. Do NOT forget the love scene(s). Money will flow again.
You're welcome.
P.S. My agent has some bitching proposals of mine. Option those, too, just for kicks.
Question: What's better than garlic to ward off a vampire bite?
Answer: Avoidance behavior.
Works for me.
