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On that note, which celebrity fans of The Room do you all think will get involved in The Disaster Artist? I'm guessing at least Kristen Bell as either Robyn Paris/Michelle or Juliette Danielle/Lisa. edit: Prior to Franco announcing that he'd be playing Tommy, I would've killed to see Alec Baldwin in the role. Ensign_Ricky fucked around with this message at 08:59 on May 10, 2014 |
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Ensign_Ricky posted:On that note, which celebrity fans of The Room do you all think will get involved in The Disaster Artist? I'm guessing at least Kristen Bell as either Robyn Paris/Michelle or Juliette Danielle/Lisa. 
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But who will be playing as Doggie? This I need to know!
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battlepigeon posted:But who will be playing as Doggie? This I need to know! Alec Baldwin.
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I got the book recently, too good.  Just stuff like this forever. Most of it is amazing even if you never saw the movie. I do wish Tommy got them to film that roof scene the way he originally intended though with his car driving off the roof and then flying off. When he was asked about this his explanation was "It just simple side plot. Maybe Johnny is Vampire?"
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Ensign_Ricky posted:The thing about Space Mutiny compared to The Room, is that Space Mutiny...I don't want to say it's trying harder to be good, but it seems to have more of an idea about what a movie is supposed to be, if that makes any sense at all. I mean, when you cast Reb Brown, you're kind of asking for a total schlock-fest as the guy has exactly 2 settings: scream and shoot. But aside from the rusting basement of the ship, you could almost, almost buy that it was a large spaceship. I agree with you; I view them as the peak of two different "types" of bad excellence. The Room for being so ridiculously impossible to figure out due to the person who created it; Space Mutiny for being so ridiculously B level that every single person involved in the production was ridiculous in many different ways. Space Mutiny is the peak of schlock, The Room of cinematic insanity.
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I've always wondered where Starcrash falls. A movie that's not "good," but is so much fun that you don't give a poo poo about all it's failings.
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How do you play a movie like this? Playing it straight, you'll always fail to capture Tommy Wiseau's alien-ness and just create a superficial parody. But making it parody, like for instance the Stiller/Wilson version of Starsky & Hutch, you'll probably make something far less funny than the real thing.
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davidspackage posted:How do you play a movie like this? Playing it straight, you'll always fail to capture Tommy Wiseau's alien-ness and just create a superficial parody. But making it parody, like for instance the Stiller/Wilson version of Starsky & Hutch, you'll probably make something far less funny than the real thing. I think that the key is that the movie/book isn't really about Tommy, it's about Greg. Tommy is this bizarre character who flits in and out of his life for a long time before becoming a quasi-permanent fixture when he starts writing The Room. But a key point is how Greg describes the book in the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh9lC7IBJvI This isn't a story about a weird alien man, it's a story about friendship. Despite being so fed up with Tommy at points that Greg was ready to shut him completely out, he stuck by him because he was literally Tommy's only friend in the world. In that sense it's an incredibly touching story. That being said, I would murder to see the entire commercial with Tommy reading Shakespeare.
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I love how even Carolyn Minnott noticed that all of her scenes in The Room were exactly the same. She summarized them as "You should marry Johnny, he's the perfect man. Also, I hate this person and that person. And now I have to go home." Another thing that took me a little too long to notice is how hilariously sexist the writing in the movie is. All the female characters ever do is sit around, drink wine, gossip and have sex. It's also weird how Mark doesn't get any blame for sleeping with Lisa and acts totally dumbfounded whenever she hits on him. Even when he had just had sex with her the day before.
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Celery Face posted:I love how even Carolyn Minnott noticed that all of her scenes in The Room were exactly the same. She summarized them as "You should marry Johnny, he's the perfect man. Also, I hate this person and that person. And now I have to go home." Greg Sestero did a pretty great parody of the whole "What's going on?" thing for Doug Walker over on ThatGuyWiththeGlasses.com (Yeah I know a lot of people don't think he's funny, but the scene is pretty goddamned funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4EeR2Tivu4 edit: It's at 30:12.
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One neat thing about The Room is that it would be a much worse film if it were competently made.
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Robotnik Nudes posted:One neat thing about The Room is that it would be a much worse film if it were competently made. I don't know about worse, but it would definitely be more boring.
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Edit: Oh never mind. Though, I'm not the one who uploaded it.
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Celery Face posted:If anyone wants to see the rifftrax, here it is. Unless you are Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, or Bill Corbett, I'll thank you to remove that link.  If people want to watch the Rifftrax, they can drat well pay the 3.99 like the rest of us did. Also, that's pretty clearly  and you risk being banned.
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I haven't read the book but I've seen the Room in Seattle. Tommy and Greg were there and Tommy and kinda shoved me to play football so I'm kind of a big deal. I got a poster autographed by the both of them too. I remember there being a Q&A but they were mostly stupid poo poo like "Were you on DRRRUUUUUUGS???" The two good things to come from that Q&A were Tommy just not getting what this one girl wanted to do (it was like, some weird Fresh Prince handshake or something) which led to everyone booing her off the stage, and the announcement of the 3D Bluray that would come out "soon". Only it came out like, almost three years later and wasn't 3D. I told them I was a big fan and had ordered the soundtrack. Tommy had no idea what I was talking about and said there was no soundtrack. Which well, maybe he forgot? It was a good time. I'll leave you with this rap song about The Room. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx-Fc0iVF2A edit: Oh yeah, and Tommy has no idea how to dress himself. He wore like, leather pants, five belts (all of them around his thighs) and sunglasses. You don't need to wear sunglasses in Seattle at midnight. Not unless you're Corey Hart. Squallege fucked around with this message at 06:00 on May 12, 2014 |
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To those who recommended the book, thank you. That's one of the funniest things I've read, and strangely moving too. It just occured to me that if a writer came up with someone as bizarre as Wiseau in a book or film, if they invented him, you'd never believe it. He's a living, breathing cartoon character.
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The flower shop scene is my favorite part of The Room, and reading about how it was filmed in Disaster Artist was incredible. Tommy just randomly selected a flower shop, walked in, and offered the owners twenty bucks if he could film a scene there. Also he didn't realize the dog was real at first. I think it was also the last scene shot for the movie. Also, I don't know how real it is since Sestero qualifies it, but the background he gives for Tommy was pretty depressing. That more than anything gave me a window into what makes Tommy tick. Again, assuming there is at least a grain of truth to it.
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Squallege posted:I haven't read the book but I've seen the Room in Seattle. Tommy and Greg were there and Tommy and kinda shoved me to play football so I'm kind of a big deal. I got a poster autographed by the both of them too. I remember there being a Q&A but they were mostly stupid poo poo like "Were you on DRRRUUUUUUGS???" The two good things to come from that Q&A were Tommy just not getting what this one girl wanted to do (it was like, some weird Fresh Prince handshake or something) which led to everyone booing her off the stage, and the announcement of the 3D Bluray that would come out "soon". Only it came out like, almost three years later and wasn't 3D. I told them I was a big fan and had ordered the soundtrack. Tommy had no idea what I was talking about and said there was no soundtrack. Which well, maybe he forgot? It was a good time. I'll leave you with this rap song about The Room. Enjoy. I was at that showing and had to leave halfway through the third sex scene because I vomited on the nice people in front of me. Too much scotchka. Tommy seemed so excited for his fame! It seemed like he was really embracing the whole thing. Like he thinks people legitimately love his art (some absolutwly do, but the majority are just mocking something they see as 'so bad it's good,' which is a silly concept) Greg Sestero on the other hand seemed more obligated to be there. Like he didn't want his life to end up being midnight The Room screenings. Though now that I know he's been friends with Tommy forever, through some ridiculous poo poo, it all makes more sense.
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davidspackage posted:How do you play a movie like this? Playing it straight, you'll always fail to capture Tommy Wiseau's alien-ness and just create a superficial parody. But making it parody, like for instance the Stiller/Wilson version of Starsky & Hutch, you'll probably make something far less funny than the real thing. Ed Wood worked.
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Celery Face posted:Edit: Oh never mind. Though, I'm not the one who uploaded it. That's as maybe, but Mike and Kevin both post here along with writer/voice of Disembaudio Conor Lastowka. Just in poor taste to post something like that.
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massive spider posted:Ed Wood worked. Good point. Ed Wood is a wonderful movie. On the other hand, Ed Wood, outside of his own time, seems easier to understand. Wiseau seems hellbent on hiding his real personality behind a haphazardly fabricated character only he believes in. Though I say this not having seen the entire movie, which I will, and not having read the book, which I most definitely will.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:That's as maybe, but Mike and Kevin both post here along with writer/voice of Disembaudio Conor Lastowka. Just in poor taste to post something like that. I still can't believe that Tommy forked out hundreds of thousands of dollars for completely unnecessary poo poo but wouldn't pay the guy who played Chris-R 80 bucks for his ruined shoes.
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One day I would love some to do a biography about Tommy, but have it be completely fictionalized. Tommy is very very quiet about his private life, with no-one knowing quite where his accent is from, where he grew up, what his childhood was like, how he managed to finance the movie etc. I haven't read the book but I assume that Greg doesn't go too much into Tommy's life, so I would love a movie based on this guy named Tommy Wiseau but have it be completely over the top in every aspect of his life.
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There's 4 or 5 chapters dedicated to a possible Tommy origin.
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A Reddit poster figured out that Tommy is originally from Poland.quote:I was just about to post a detailed 2 page analysis speculating as to Tommy's nationality when I discovered what may be the key to Tommy's nationality. http://www.reddit.com/r/theroom/comments/1vklp3/i_think_i_have_found_tommys_nationality_new/
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Well thread, you got me, I ordered a copy of The Disaster Artist. This book better be as great a read as you've all made it sound. 
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Xoidanor posted:Well thread, you got me, I ordered a copy of The Disaster Artist. This book better be as great a read as you've all made it sound. It's amazing. Best book by a celebrity since If Chins Could Kill.
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The Monkey Man posted:A Reddit poster figured out that Tommy is originally from Poland. I suspected he was from Poland given the fact that he originally emigrated to France when leaving Eastern Europe, and throughout the twentieth century there were very close patterns of emigration from Poland to France which the Cold War just added an extra dimension to.
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I brought this up to my fellow Room loving friend who was born and raised in Poland and this blew his mind because he said he's never, ever heard an accent like that.
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weekly font posted:I brought this up to my fellow Room loving friend who was born and raised in Poland and this blew his mind because he said he's never, ever heard an accent like that. It's probably a combination of Polish/French/German/attempts to sound like an American all mixing into an accent blender.
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I read one possible account of his life wherein he traveled to and from the US very often which would also confuse his accent. The most shocking thing about him is that he was somehow not a villain in a Highlander sequel. Somehow this baron of hell or whatever has better, less craggy skin than Tommy Wiseau. Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 21:51 on May 15, 2014 |
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Neo Rasa posted:Somehow this baron of hell or whatever has better, less craggy skin than Tommy Wiseau. I bet his butt muscles clench the exact same way during sex, though.
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^^ shudderNeo Rasa posted:I read one possible account of his life wherein he traveled to and from the US very often which would also confuse his accent. One of the best parts of the Highlander Rifftrax is when they start comparing Christopher Lambert's accent to Tommy's. "Oh hai, Lander!"
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Ensign_Ricky posted:^^ There's a Rifftrax for Highlander? How did I miss that? If there was ever a Highlander movie that deserves a Rifftrax though, it's The Source.
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raditts posted:There's a Rifftrax for Highlander? How did I miss that? Dude, that's one of those movies that not even a riffing could save. On a side note, who's going to pick up the audiobook version of The Disaster Artist? I'm not usually one for those, but Greg's doing his best Tommy-accent in it, so... Ensign_Ricky fucked around with this message at 03:24 on May 16, 2014 |
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I just watched The Room after reading this thread, and did anyone get the feeling like watching the dayman play from It's Always Sunny, as in its a true story? Or maybe its like a partly true story like at the party he knows something is up with Lisa and Mark in a "haha, I totally know you fuckers. In fact I knew all along" way.
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Tenzarin posted:I just watched The Room after reading this thread, and did anyone get the feeling like watching the dayman play from It's Always Sunny, as in its a true story? Or maybe its like a partly true story like at the party he knows something is up with Lisa and Mark in a "haha, I totally know you fuckers. In fact I knew all along" way. Oh there is no doubt whatsoever that there was a "Lisa" in Tommy's life at some point.
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The movie goes way out of its way to show Johnny is such a great guy adopted a drug using college student, out going all the vendors make him out to be a big customer. How much drugs did he get from that drug dealer, we will never know because he was citizen's arrested to jail.
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