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03-22-2003, 12:35 AM
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Add me to the "Excited about it" list. I loved Bloom County in college. It is still the funniest strip I've ever read, and I find myself quoting things from it still to this day. (My dog is named Binkley)
However, I wish BB would simply write one more comic book rather than doing a movie. When I heard Opus' voice in the original cartoon, I was deeply disappointed. It wasn't him.
Let's hope Steve Dallas and the rest of the gang are included!
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03-22-2003, 09:59 AM
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Well, I guess that's part of the reason that Breathed is less than satisfied with "A Wish For Wings That Work". IIRC, they tried just about every voice actor there was for Opus, right down to the last minute - the one listed in TV Guide wasn't even the one who eventually was used.
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03-19-2004, 10:59 PM
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so what happened to this project
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03-20-2004, 12:34 AM
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It would seem that it will be at least a few more years. From a Novemeber 2003 chat in the Washington Post:
I heard that the launching of a new strip was done to attract interest for a possible movie. True/False? They're already making a bloated budget movie based on the comic strip "Over the Hedge" by Michael Fry and T. Lewis.
Berkeley Breathed: Happy to shoot this one down. An Opus movie is years away. If I was out to promote that with the new strip, i could improve my timing. I'm out to have some fun for once. ... something i can't say I did in all the years i worked in the past. It was simply...deadlines. A single big strip a week is now a joy. Lets hope you can tell I'm having fun. Lord knows, you can tell many of the antique creakers on the page today betray the secret that their creators--if breathing-- would rather by sitting by the pool.
I should add that many do not... and they'll be the page's salvation. Let's just clean the house of the former. |
Complete transcript of the chat here: http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=4443
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03-20-2004, 09:37 AM
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Bloom County is my favorite comic strip, ever. You can tell Breathed was getting burned out by the end of it, though. His strips - up until 1988 or so - usually featured incredibly detailed backgrounds, and solid charcaters. By the time of "Mary Kay Commandos", his backgrounds were sometimes just swooshes of ink strokes, with a rushed character in the foreground.
I'm reserved in my enthusiasm for a new once-a-week strip from him. I thought Outland was pretty weak, both in terms of graphics and writing. The concept of "Opus in Wonderland" didn't work for me, and "Reagan Ann" just wasn't funny, either as social satire or as a character.
If his batteries have been recharged, great. If he's still struggling, I say leave it alone.
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03-20-2004, 10:46 AM
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for the true BREATHED fans i recommend SECOND HAND LIONS.
the characters seemed to be right out of bloom county and the artwork drawn by the main character was drawn by breathed.
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03-20-2004, 07:22 PM
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Let's not forget the Christmas Carols:
"Rudolph The Head Banging Reindeer"
and
"I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, so I blew him away."
Gary
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03-20-2004, 11:36 PM
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Bloom County is my all-time favourite comic strip.....it has brought me many laughs throughout it's run in the '80s and I was saddened when Breathed ended it. Coming across this thread has just given me the urge to start revisiting the collections again....I'll have to also search out the Outland collections as well. 
In the meantime....*ahem*
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