With all of the documentary activity going on in the Squid Cave (Steve and Kat's laboratory), and the promise of yet more exciting discoveries to come, perhaps Hollywood will finally get around to developing a property or two about big teuthids and the men and women who love them. If that happens, who should play Steve O'Shea, and who should play Kat Bolstad?

:roll:

Clem

You're waaaay off. I'd say John C. Reilly and Mandy Moore.

:P

You're waaaay off. I'd say John C. Reilly and Mandy Moore.

Ladies & Gentlemen,

This is the end. This is the end of poll-taking.

:roflmao:

Clem

ps: "joelozito," we all know your real name is Paul Thomas Anderson, so just stop it.

alan cumming (he came close with the look in goldeneye) and any actress who has an agent terrible enough to let her sort whale guts....


:popcorn:

WK,

Alan Cumming is an inspired choice, and certainly has the vocal chops to pull off "Song Sung Blue."

:wink:

Clem

OK, first of all, if Johnny Depp's involved, I'm playing my own sweet self.
But I have to say, it would be cool if Julia Stiles would do the honors, since her film career seems to be tracking my life anyway (with a few exceptions) - first Kat in 10 Things I Hate About You and now a student at Wellesley, in Mona Lisa Smile. People keep telling me I look like her, but for the record, I'm older, so she looks like me. She's my stunt-double, you know. :P
And we did come up with someone for Steve not too long ago... there have been suggestions of Tom Cruise, but I'm sure someone much more suitable has also been mentioned...

OK, first of all, if Johnny Depp's involved, I'm playing my own sweet self.

But of course.

But I have to say, it would be cool if Julia Stiles would do the honors...She's my stunt-double, you know. :P

For those really dangerous jobs, like crossing the office to remove certain articles featuring certain entertainers from certain bulletin boards.

And we did come up with someone for Steve not too long ago... there have been suggestions of Tom Cruise, but I'm sure someone much more suitable has also been mentioned...

Steve: You...complete...me.
Kat: You had me from "Sort through these stomach contents."

I'll update the poll as suggestions come in.

Clem

Can I play with Reese....
..... ooops, is Reese playing me
Who is Johny Depp?
Where is Neil?
.... anyone seen my marbles?

If we could travel back in time 15 years (or so), Kathleen Turner (think Romancing the Stone) and Richard Dreyfus.

other, ah, why not adam sandler and whoopie goldberg? :lol:

I'm not sure who that Emily person is (out of touch), but I like the idea of Bill Murray as Steve.

:oshea:, chasing squid instead of groundhogs...

Emily Watson is FAAAABULOUS! My favourite actress, actually. Amazingly talented. She's been in Breaking the waves, The boxer, Hilary and Jackie, Red Dragon, Punch drunk love, and others I can't remember right now. She hasn't done anything hugely mainstream, so its easy not to have heard of her.

Windsor Davies and Gillian Anderson.

"I will not have gossip in this bathyscape". Ask Steve.

Windsor Davies and Gillian Anderson.

Phil, who is Windsor Davies?

Steve, Johhny Depp would do you proud; he incarnated Hunter S. Thompson in Terry Gilliam's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," Ed Wood in Tim Burton's "Ed Wood" and a polymorphously perverse pirate in Gore Verbinski's "Pirates of the Carrribean."

I just hope the parts aren't taken by some irksome real-life couple eager to blur the work/home boundaries. Ford and Flockhart, Affleck and -Lo, I'm looking in your direction.

I've made a few adjustments to the poll, and removed my own bit of perversity, the Benigni & Paltrow pairing. Don't want to give Harvey Weinstein any ideas.

:roll:

Clem

Phil, who is Windsor Davies?

That's a truly stunning photo. You don't see moustaches like that much any more. You could put somebody's eye out with them.

Steve should be played by Bruce Campbell.

Compare:
http://www.tonmo.com/images/content/steve_sm.jpg


http://www.bruce-campbell.com/images/filmography/army-of-darkness-04.jpg

Steve should be played by Bruce Campbell.

Groovy!

Steve should be played by Bruce Campbell.

Scarmig,

In place of one arm, would he attach a small net? Or a gas-powered ceramic peanut?

With Campbell on board, Sam Raimi might be interested in directing.

:roll:

Clem

I'm thinking underwater welding torch....

I'm not sure exactly why, but Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman are my picks...

I'm not sure exactly why, but Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman are my picks...

Headfoot,

Jackman, yes, yes, I can see it. I'm sure Steve would appreciate having integrated adamantium claws, especially during those grueling colossal squid necroscopies. No more heartbreak over dropped scalpels. As for Kidman, well...I can't easily imagine her elbow-deep in a sperm whale's lunch; then again, she has worked with Lars von Trier, which I hear is pretty much the same thing.

:heee:

Clem

here we go :)

here we go :)
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sorry for the smiley inflation but it was so hilarous, whitekibobo, roflmao!!!!!!!

:shock:

...... you know that Reese is an extremely intelligent and talented young woman. Watched her on an E-TV interview and was, like completely and utterly blown away and impressed even.

Sincerely though, she is a very talented actress and I hope doesn't typecast herself as the ditz. She could have me if she played her cards right (cough) :madsci: /:jester:

So, if Reese is playing me, who is going to play Kat? Can I suggest either Jack Nicholson or Samuel Jackson?

here we go :)

:roflmao:

...... you know that Reese is an extremely intelligent and talented young woman. Watched her on an E-TV interview and was, like completely and utterly blown away and impressed even.

And well you should be. Very few women are capable of accurately calibrating 90º angles with their chins.

So, if Reese is playing me, who is going to play Kat? Can I suggest either Jack Nicholson or Samuel Jackson?

Well, that depends. Does her wallet say "One Bad Mesonychoteuthis" on it?

:wink:

Clem

this get's better and better evrytime lol. :lol:

She could have me if she played her cards right (cough) :madsci: /:jester:
I think she is engaged, no way you could get close to her anyway's, I heard she carries a stun gun just in case, you know how tv actor stalker's are lol.
p.s. I hope you're not one of them, j\k.

Ney, afraid she's safe, but a lad can dream. If she's not available might I suggest Cher (and can I play Kat????)

...If she's not available might I suggest Cher (and can I play Kat????)
:lol: hahaha, cher, are you serious, hehe. :yinyang:

Steve should be played by Bruce Campbell.

HAIL TO THE KING, BABY!

That would rule! I've met Bruce Campbell... nice guy, btw... and I think he could do it.

As long as Steve gets to scream, "ALL RIGHT YOU PRIMITIVE SCREWHEADS, LISTEN UP! THIS..." (brandishing a shotgun) "IS MY BOOMSTICK!

Shop smart... Shop S-MART!

Sushi and Evil Sake (Klatuu, barada.... Ni.. ni... *cough*... uh-oh...)

John

Or better yet.... Steve and Kat versus ZOMBIE SQUID!

At the end, they would end up in a pub with Spongebob Squarepants and Tako the Octopus.

"O'Shea of the Dead"

Hmm... Well, I'm off to Hollywood...

John

an idea for an actress to portray kat popped into my head the other day.....

Anna-Louise Plowman

especially if youe seen her in Stargate:SG-1.... snip the hair a bit, modify the accent to taste and BINGO.... plus she already has proven she can act in a :twisted: way....

Mmmm.... Osiris....

Johnny Depp and Kate Winslett. Just saw Finding Neverland - they had great chemisty together.

the only problem with that is i dont think Depp is the right kind of weird to play steve and steve isnt that (for lack of a better word at the moment) fruity enough to be played by depp.....

not that either would be picked up outside a pool of maybe 500 (probably mostly TONMOers) worldwide..... :hmm:

:shock:

What happened here today?

Why can't Steve play Steve & Kat play Kat? Couldn't get any more real than that! Mind you, what makes you think that there's a story worth telling?

There's something we're going to try and do this year that'll knock your socks off. If we can pull this off then there's a story worth telling, but not a movie (a movie would have to have a sad ending). We'd have to achieve something pretty mighty to warrant a movie. Right now all I seem to do is spend an inordinate amount of time dreaming about what we could do ... if only .... If ...).

Isn't Roger Whittaker great! He'd have to feature in the movie ... along with Neil.

Off to buy Lotto ticket.

Have they made a movie about John Denver (probably a ton of documentaries). That's a life that would make a great movie.

John Denver? it seems youve finally found someone worse than N--- D------........ :yuck:

pretty mighty eh? starting teasers awfully early arent we?

JD is playing loud and strong this very second - a live concert, double album "An evening with John Denver" ... and that's exactly what I am doing. WK - you're as positively dark and dastardly as dear :twisted: sometimes.

Thou art too kind....

:twisted:

:cthulhu: :heart: :beer:

Thou art too kind....


Thou art most wretched.

Ooopps - gotta dash - burning my beans and sausages.

Thou art most wretched.


This is new?

:cthulhu: :heart: :beer:

Ooopps - gotta dash - burning my beans and sausages.

:yuck: :yuck:

John Denver's last words : "I wonder what this button does..."

Are you still eating that horrific blob stuff ??? Steve, that is going to be the death of you !!!!

Btw...Monty Python did a wonderful song titled "the sound of john denver being strangled to death". I recommend it highly. (and I even have a few denver albums...)

greg

That's a terrific Python album! Also includes a song who's title can't be posted here due to this being a family-friendly site (for the most part) that is fall-down funny. Plus the parody of All Things Bright and Beautiful that, if I recall, includes the line "each beastly little squid".

Back to the thread, how about Jude Law and Cate Blanchett, as they appear to be in every film currently being released anyway. Incidentally, how about a "Young Steve" adventure where he's portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe? The hair is similar at the moment...

Erich

Monty Python did a wonderful song titled "the sound of john denver being strangled to death". I recommend it highly.


probably where adam sandler got the idea for his "severe beating of a..." bits

mmmm Osiris. :wink:

(For SG1 fans - This more recent series has been great so far... Col O'neil as General T'ilk with hair??!! etc ........ what about atlantis though? Still getting into that)


Erich, you can post it in the Supporter's forum though :grin:

sorry i'm late on this one but strange things appear to have happened while Tony is revamping;

Steve O'Shea - Stephen Fry as also has great knowledge of big words
Kat - Floella Benjamin, who else

Keef

Kat - Floella Benjamin, who else
:roflmao:

Steve O'Shea - Stephen Fry

:shock:

Hmmmmmm. Let me count the ways we differ. 1, 2, 3, 4 .... 1,000,001, 1,000,002, 1,000,003 ..... 10,000,001, 10,000,002, 10,000,003.

And he's tall, has black hair, and is Brittish (is that with 1 t or 2?). British, Brittish. Hmmmm. Stephen Fry would know (so make that 10,000,004). He's a fantastic actor for sure, but not quite the right person for this cast.

I say we do the movie but crystal-ball gaze - make a movie based on hypotheticals 30 years down the track. That way we can get Lauren Bacal and Robert Redford doing it, and we could make it exciting, let our imaginations run wild, and at the same time, have a sad and fitting ending (O passes away; assuming the blood pressure, cholesterol & smokes don't get him earlier); TTF on the other hand will still be chasing GS when she's 120.

TTF on the other hand will still be chasing GS when she's 120.


Old Kat and the Sea?

Perfect idea for the cast poll! How about they are played by two squid who study humans? Man, I have way too much time on my hands.

Coffee...
Squidman

Wow. My cast poll post is either pure genius or a complete lapse of judgement. :hmm: hmmm...

And he's tall, has black hair, and is Brittish (is that with 1 t or 2?). British, Brittish. Hmmmm. Stephen Fry would know (so make that 10,000,004). He's a fantastic actor for sure, but not quite the right person for this cast.

just the 1 "t"

Uncle Steve, you're forgetting that casting has nothing to do with matching like for like.
William Wallace was as pale as Casper, had ginger hair, freckles & wore no shreds but was played by Mel Gibson !

Just before the end credits roll our hero :oshea: bursts from the rolling swell of the deep, a live Architeuthis :archi: & an Embassy No.6 :smoke: clamped between his teeth with all the members of TONMO cheering him on from Kat's own marine research vessel :boat: called the "Phil's Down't Pub"

lights, camera, action !

Keef

I still think the roles should go to a couple of muppets. Everybody loves muppets.

I still think the roles should go to a couple of muppets. Everybody loves muppets.


Can we borrow your Kat doll??? That should work out well...

Uh, she's not really very muppetish. She floats, though, which might come in handy.

:shock:
[O'Shea ducks for cover]

TTF will be back online shortly

Say, don't we need to find actors to play Matt and Pierre?

Spongepants & Squarebob would do ...

Spongepants & Squarebob would do ...

I'm calling Squarebob! although sponge pants do have a certain appeal... :bugout:

We can always give a call to Peter Jeckson :razz:

TPOTH

I R Baboon & I am Weasel ?

Keef

With all of the documentary activity going on in the Squid Cave (Steve and Kat's laboratory), and the promise of yet more exciting discoveries to come, perhaps Hollywood will finally get around to developing a property or two about big teuthids and the men and women who love them. If that happens, who should play Steve O'Shea, and who should play Kat Bolstad?

:roll:

Clem

We're actually working on something right now where Steve plays Steve and Kat plays Kat, but only small screen :wink: .

We're actually working on something right now where Steve plays Steve and Kat plays Kat, but only small screen :wink: .

Nobody's going to buy something that cliched!

Is it the Steve, Kat and Ranger Rick Show?

at the very least you need a muppet or something running around.... maybe you guys can pick up Jar Jar off Lucasfilm pretty cheap...

I'm hoping that by the end of this next film, Jar Jar is in any large number of pieces, so no.

Contenders for the role of Steve and Kat's side-kick:

Butters
Tugger
Lambchop
Froggy the Gremlin
Gleep
Sigmund the Sea Monster
Chaka
A Sleestak
Brak
Zorak
Crow T. Robot
Tom Servo
Towelie
That hapless Indian boy who hung out with Johnny Quest
Mr. Slave
Nicole Ritchie

Tuggers!

Now about Haji from Johnny Quest; whaddaya mean hapless? He knew all those great magic tricks!

I would nominate Chim Chim from Speed Racer.

Contenders for the role of Steve and Kat's side-kick:

Butters
Tugger
Lambchop
Froggy the Gremlin
Gleep
Sigmund the Sea Monster
Chaka
A Sleestak
Brak
Zorak
Crow T. Robot
Tom Servo
Towelie
That hapless Indian boy who hung out with Johnny Quest
Mr. Slave
Nicole Ritchie

You forgot:
That stoo-pid French guy
Rotten Head
Smell-O
TPOTH
Psychofishbrainz

TPOTH

Ryan Stiles and Tracey Ullman.... :mrgreen:

How about Robert Carlyle and Reese Witherspoon?

... I don't care who plays steve and kat... or their sidekicks.... I just want to be "young scientist dismantled by squid"! That would look great on the credits! Some one has to die, or else it's not a good movie!

I suggest Robert Culp and Teri Garr.

Duuude! They both RULE!

Fan of both, actually, but not sure if - well heck, Monty, they're both too old by now!

... I don't care who plays steve and kat... or their sidekicks.... I just want to be "young scientist dismantled by squid"! That would look great on the credits! Some one has to die, or else it's not a good movie!

You have to wear a red uniform, remember. Hey, doesn't Lady T have one of those? :)

You have to wear a red uniform, remember. Hey, doesn't Lady T have one of those? :)

You'd think the red shirt guys would catch on eventually. An away mission? :goofysca:

... no problem, I look good in red! As for the away mission... beam me up scotty...

You'd think the red shirt guys would catch on eventually. An away mission? :goofysca:

They don't live long enough to catch on. But eventually, you'd think evolutionary pressure would eliminate red shirts from the federation's gene pool (or wardrobe, or something)....

And we did come up with someone for Steve not too long ago... there have been suggestions of Tom Cruise, but I'm sure someone much more suitable has also been mentioned...

I know Steve's crazy, but Tom Cruise is a whole 'nother kind of nuts!

I can see Steve now. "Kat, me and those three security guys in the red shirts will go swimming with the messie."




(red shirts die first)

I picked Johnny Depp & Reese Witherspoon because Johnny Depp is just about insane enough to try and emulate Steve O'(Hell Yeah!)Shea. And I like Reese Witherspoon, but she's not nearly as hot as Kat! :D

Aw, shucks. :oops:
But if Johnny's playing Steve-O, then I'm playing me!! :twisted: