{"id":3203,"date":"2002-07-25T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2002-07-25T21:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3203"},"modified":"2002-07-25T16:42:54","modified_gmt":"2002-07-25T21:42:54","slug":"dont_produce_it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/25\/dont_produce_it.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t produce it!  It&#8217;s <i>evil!<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailyllama.com\/news\/2002\/images\/time_bandits_photo.jpg\" alt=\"The Originals\" align=right><i>Time Bandits II<\/i>?  A four-hour ABC mini-series?  Say it ain&#8217;t so!<\/p>\n<p>Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyllama.com\/news\/2002\/llama123.html\">it is<\/a>.  Terry Gilliam is writing (with Charles McKeown) and producing, but not directing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m of two minds here.  I&#8217;m terribly afraid of what might happen in the translation to TV &#8220;sensibilities.&#8221;  Still, the script outline here sounds good, and Gilliams&#8217;s involvement, to the extent it&#8217;s there, is all to the good.  (And, given his past, it may be a Good Thing he&#8217;s not directing, lest we not see the sequel until 2009.)<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm.  Been a while since I watched the original.  Hmmmm &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/quicklikeabunny.net\/\">Quiddity<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time Bandits II? A four-hour ABC mini-series? Say it ain&#8217;t so! Well, it is. Terry Gilliam is writing (with Charles McKeown) and producing, but not directing. 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