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post #121 of 138
11/19/11 at 7:39am
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Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum View Post

Ha!

If Clooney gets the role...

A natural to play Steve's early girlfriend Lisa is Nadia Giosia from Bitchin' Kitchen...





Bitchin' Cook Nadia Giosia Sexes Up the Kitchen

Is this AppleInsider or Food Network Humor?
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post #122 of 138
11/19/11 at 9:33am
Any movie will have to compress characters and events to fit within a reasonable time frame. My suggestion is a 3 part epic ... sort of like Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Apple - Fellowship of the apple
Steve and Steve, the early years, on the quest to build a computer and found a company.

Lord of the Apple - The Two OSs
Steve & Steve continue the quest and battle Microsofts legions - leads to Steve J being ousted by Scully.

Lord of the Apple - The return of the King
Begins with Steve J returning from the wilderness to Apple to remove the false king.

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post #123 of 138
11/19/11 at 9:39am
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Originally Posted by Maverik234 View Post

Any movie will have to compress characters and events to fit within a reasonable time frame. My suggestion is a 3 part epic ... sort of like Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Apple - Fellowship of the apple
Steve and Steve, the early years, on the quest to build a computer and found a company.

Lord of the Apple - The Two OSs
Steve & Steve continue the quest and battle Microsofts legions - leads to Steve J being ousted by Scully.

Lord of the Apple - The return of the King
Begins with Steve J returns from the wilderness and returns to Apple to remove the false king.


You need to sell that to Hollywood.
Dick Applebaum on whether the iPad is a personal computer: "BTW, I am posting this from my iPad pc while sitting on the throne... personal enough for you?"
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Dick Applebaum on whether the iPad is a personal computer: "BTW, I am posting this from my iPad pc while sitting on the throne... personal enough for you?"
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post #124 of 138
11/19/11 at 10:15am
Aaron Sorkin is one of my favorite writers. Sports Night, West Wing, Studio 60, Social Network. The guy writes great dialog and would honor Steve's memory while making it entertaining.
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post #125 of 138
11/19/11 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by elroth View Post

Tom Cruise would be the worst choice ever. Besides, he's way too short.

I dunno. I can think of worse choices. William Shatner. "Schmidt you... dirty bastard I'm... going thermonuclear... if you... don't stop copying us."

"Can't innovate anymore my ass!" -- Phil Schiller

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post #126 of 138
11/19/11 at 10:40am
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton View Post

I dunno. I can think of worse choices. William Shatner. "Schmidt you... dirty bastard I'm... going thermonuclear... if you... don't stop copying us."



Instead of 'KAHNNNNNNNN!'

'SCULLYYYYYYYYYY!'
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post #127 of 138
11/19/11 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by anonymouse View Post

Is this AppleInsider or Food Network Humor?

Actually... Both.
"So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world."
– Alan Kay –
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"So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world."
– Alan Kay –
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post #128 of 138
11/19/11 at 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by Maverik234 View Post

Any movie will have to compress characters and events to fit within a reasonable time frame. My suggestion is a 3 part epic ... sort of like Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Apple - Fellowship of the apple
Steve and Steve, the early years, on the quest to build a computer and found a company.

Lord of the Apple - The Two OSs
Steve & Steve continue the quest and battle Microsofts legions - leads to Steve J being ousted by Scully.

Lord of the Apple - The return of the King
Begins with Steve J returning from the wilderness to Apple to remove the false king.


Ha! How about TABA... There And Back Again

With Clint Eastwood as Treebeard (AKA Join Draper)... who was sent Waltzing Off to Withywindle.

"So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world."
– Alan Kay –
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"So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world."
– Alan Kay –
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post #129 of 138
11/19/11 at 5:54pm
I'm going on a limb here and put Barry Pepper's name on the list. His transformation into RFK for "The Kennedys" mini series was jaw dropping.

The best actor portrayals are usually by actors that don't look exactly like their real-life counterpart.

The less obvious the actor, the better performance the movie gets (imho).

I don't think Clooney or Wylie are going to give us anything we haven't seen before.
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post #130 of 138
11/19/11 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by Unicron View Post

I'm going on a limb here and put Barry Pepper's name on the list.

Oh, no. This won't be happening.

Suddenly Newton
I actually use my phone. It's not some self-esteem crutch.
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post #131 of 138
11/19/11 at 9:05pm
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

Oh, no. This won't be happening.

<scary close up of Ballmer's smug mug removed/>

+2. Creative.

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post #132 of 138
11/20/11 at 6:02am
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Originally Posted by AdonisSMU View Post

I don't get all the hate for George Clooney.

We'll got a bad love movie with Angelina Jolie playing the role of one of his gf...

Social Capitalist, dreamer and wise enough to know I'm never going to grow up anyway... so not trying anymore.

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post #133 of 138
11/20/11 at 6:03am
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

Oh, no. This won't be happening.


WOW

Can I preorder?

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post #134 of 138
11/20/11 at 6:07am
I'd like Tarantino to be Director and Uma Thurman to play The Steve...

"Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the fucking time! [Pause] I didn't think so. You didn't think it was gonna be that easy, did you?"

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post #135 of 138
11/20/11 at 7:26pm
Since Steve's death, I've felt that Patrick Dempsey would be a good fit for the role.
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post #136 of 138
11/21/11 at 2:05am
OK, let's solve this in a civilized way. Gentlemen, choose your weapons!
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post #137 of 138
11/21/11 at 9:25am
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton View Post

Wylie for the under 40 Jobs (hippie Jobs), Christian Bale for over 40 Jobs (business icon Jobs). Plus, Bale can handle all the swearing scenes. Sorry, Clooney. I think your phone is ringing...Soderberg wants to make another Oceans movie.

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get Edward Norton!

Between Clooney and Wyle I'd give the nod towards Clooney because he can be more intimidating. Wyle just seems like too much of a nice guy, which Jobs was not always.

However, if we can have anyone then Christian Bale is definitely perfect. Norton would be a close runner up. Bale can be very likeable in one scene and then very intense in another. Perfect for Jobs. He also throws himself into the role and would probably slim down for the later years.

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post #138 of 138
11/22/11 at 7:25am
Jim Caviezel is my choice. Makeup can do anything, so this push for a lookalike (Aston Kutcher? Really?) is offbase. Using a "Tom Cruise" caliber A-lister is also offbase IMO.

Jim Caviezel last big role was Jesus, and with that role in mind I think he would do Mr. Jobs' story well--especially his later years--post 97.

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