Comments on: Saturn Award nomination

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:22:25 +0000

Hi – I watched ‘The Nines’ last night and just want to say that I really enjoyed it.

By: Matt Hader

Matt Hader — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:39:43 +0000

John — We watched the DVD of “The Movie” tonight. Excellent work all around. Congratulations!

By: MarkP

MarkP — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:40:06 +0000

Brad, I agree with everything you said! I’m really a big fan of his work and the fact that John from time to times emphasizes that he’s an A-list writer destroys my whole picture of him. We know that, John, you don’t have to repeat it in every post!

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:27:01 +0000

Mark P, Normally I hate when celebrities feign a connection with fans simply to shill their movies, but in this case I believe JA deserves a pass. He obviously cares about connecting with his readers and introducing them to his life.

Given that he was the writer and first-time director of this film, which probably was a struggle to get greenlit in the first place, you can only imagine how much of that life has been devoted to the Nines over the last few years. For him to act like he does not care about its success would be insincere. So for me, the "agenda pushing" is merely an extension of that sincere relationship he has with his readership.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:42:20 +0000

Yo John,

Congrats on the Saturn nomination. Hope "The Nines" gets picked. Thanks also for the storyboards link - those are always cool to look at and helpful for us aspiring board artists out there.

Rock on.

By: AAA

AAA — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:58:24 +0000

Thanks for putting the storyboards on the web – much appreciated.

By: Mark P.

Mark P. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:19:18 +0000

I cannot wait for your next screenplay to get produced because you’ve really exaggerated this agenda pushing with The Nines. It’s just plain boring, annoying and is hurting you in many ways.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:21:15 +0000

Much congratulations, John. It’s deserved… I finally got my copy earlier in the week and watched it, and was thoroughly entertained. Even after all the reading about the film here (assiduously avoiding spoilers the whole way through), I was actually surprised by the resolution. I can see the science-fiction classification, though: it sort of falls into the same vein as a lot of author Spider Robinson’s early stories – set in a mundane, everyday setting (in his case, a bar), but with just enough of something going on to slide into the SF genre. (And in his case as well, you find out the SF connection towards the end of the first cycle.) It really works for The Nines, though, so great to hear of the nomination!

By: Tom Corwine

Tom Corwine — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:50:06 +0000

Great. Now, if the Virgin Megastore on Hollywood would stock it, I could go buy it.

By: John August

John August — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:29:23 +0000

@Scott from Australia:

I don't know what the criteria are for the category, but at least one of the other contenders (BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON) came out in theaters this year.

By: annabel

annabel — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:41:23 +0000

Congratulations!