Which actor/ess should play you in a movie? - based on a thread-jack from philosophy page. (Feb/21/2008 )
Hello,
If there were a movie based on the BioForum... which actor or actress should play you?
V
I don't know, I would have liked to have Marlon Brando, but he is dead. Tom Sellack would be pretty cool, but then I am just basing my choices on actors who have had great roles in the past.
Well this depends on the type of movie "BioForum:the movie" would be.....
As a non-major character in a quirky independent movie, I'd love to be the funny sidekick, as a Brit- Dawn French could play me, wouldn't say no to Emma Thompson either or Kate Winslet doing a comedy turn.
This could work for the BioForum: the action movie- as the funny sidekick, I can die heroically saving those moderators being pursued by those Viagra pill advert people (though its all a government conspiracy of course). Kate Winslet could do fine here, or Sandra Bullock
If we're going for the fantasy (Lord of the rings style) BioForum movie- can I be the hobbit or that actress who plays Eowyn?
We could be an excellent horror- Bioterrorism film, with our combined knowledge we could destroy.... sorry save the world.
bob1- Tom Sellack? mmmmm like the mustache!
Vetticus3- you've got a good choice of Australian actress's to choose from- who would you have?
I'm very curious to see who Casandra would be! 
Lost in the lab
now hand me that pipette so I can practice my oscar acceptance speach 
OK, the movie:
There is an intricate and elaborate machine designed for the simple purpose of amplifying bits of DNA… called a PCR machine.
Set in a stylized modern laboratory world of dueling researchers and diabolically clever scientists, we zip around in time and scatter clues throughout the busy frames.
This will be a story of triumph of gimmickry, a movie generous enough with showmanship, slight of hand, and fast typing!
Someone, named Anonymous (dan-dan-DANNNHHHHH) has tried to use the elaborate DNA amplifying machine… only to find that the experiment hasn’t worked (high pitched scream).
This secret person, Anonymous, posts their troubles on the interwebs.
We all race against the clock in order to solve this problem.
The movie begins with the blank agarose gel (stained with ethidium bromide) and then proceeds through the typing of the initial post. Then we will use flashbacks within flashbacks to deepen the mystery it promises to solve and changing points of view to misdirect our attention. There are no main characters, but multiple personalities. Some are friends, fellow apprentices, and bitter personal and professional rivals. Soon, it’s hard to disentangle them, and their desire to solve this complex problem.
Some of these characters post competing versions of the same tricks to solve the problem, sometimes secrets are stolen, and perhaps there is sabotage in order to cause embarrassment.
Then there are the molecular gods and their minions (elves, faeries, and chipmunks). As a new poster arrives on the scene, it turns out that none of us are alone. There are a number of odd events, ie westerns that don’t work, x-ray film already exposed (dan-dan-DANNHHHHH). Several posters scold the poster for nonsense about molecular gods, until they experience the power themselves. Bizarre rituals take place late at night.
Then the twist… Anonymous is actually a bioterrorist trying to create a virus that will kill the entire human race! (dan-dan-DANNHHHHH)
Luckily, two posters are able to track Anonymous down, and beat the person with a rubber chicken, thus saving the world in a very funny way.
Yup, practice your academy award acceptance speech… this is a winner.
Now this my problem… I would like Cate Blanchett (family resemblance, or so I thought)… but yesterday was the second time I’ve been told I look like Kirsten Dunst (by my dentist!!).
V
There is an intricate and elaborate machine designed for the simple purpose of amplifying bits of DNA… called a PCR machine.
Set in a stylized modern laboratory world of dueling researchers and diabolically clever scientists, we zip around in time and scatter clues throughout the busy frames.
This will be a story of triumph of gimmickry, a movie generous enough with showmanship, slight of hand, and fast typing!
Someone, named Anonymous (dan-dan-DANNNHHHHH) has tried to use the elaborate DNA amplifying machine… only to find that the experiment hasn’t worked (high pitched scream).
This secret person, Anonymous, posts their troubles on the interwebs.
We all race against the clock in order to solve this problem.
The movie begins with the blank agarose gel (stained with ethidium bromide) and then proceeds through the typing of the initial post. Then we will use flashbacks within flashbacks to deepen the mystery it promises to solve and changing points of view to misdirect our attention. There are no main characters, but multiple personalities. Some are friends, fellow apprentices, and bitter personal and professional rivals. Soon, it’s hard to disentangle them, and their desire to solve this complex problem.
Some of these characters post competing versions of the same tricks to solve the problem, sometimes secrets are stolen, and perhaps there is sabotage in order to cause embarrassment.
Then there are the molecular gods and their minions (elves, faeries, and chipmunks). As a new poster arrives on the scene, it turns out that none of us are alone. There are a number of odd events, ie westerns that don’t work, x-ray film already exposed (dan-dan-DANNHHHHH). Several posters scold the poster for nonsense about molecular gods, until they experience the power themselves. Bizarre rituals take place late at night.
Then the twist… Anonymous is actually a bioterrorist trying to create a virus that will kill the entire human race! (dan-dan-DANNHHHHH)
Luckily, two posters are able to track Anonymous down, and beat the person with a rubber chicken, thus saving the world in a very funny way.
Yup, practice your academy award acceptance speech… this is a winner.
Now this my problem… I would like Cate Blanchett (family resemblance, or so I thought)… but yesterday was the second time I’ve been told I look like Kirsten Dunst (by my dentist!!).
V
I was rolling on the floor with a sore bum and a cracked jaw and a hoarse voice from laughing out really loud.
This is much better than any children's play I've written. If I could just give some "helpful" comments.
The plot has a few holes, the script definitely needs more polishing..I got a bit lost in its midst.. but whatever weakness it has we can still deliver if we have a strong stellar cast.
Can I then suggest myself to play the chief protagonist? I'm a fairly good actress with 15 yrs onstage.
I am so good that I can pretend to understand all that technical and scientific stuff. How about it V?
If I can't play myself then I want that Canadian actress who played Trinity in The Matrix movies? I look a bit like her only prettier, taller and maybe more talented. She's so cool but.... I can't remember her name
Huh...my memory is failing me..how can I memorise the script...OMG...this can't be happening...not now when I'm so close....oh shooot..... Casandra: Carrie-Anne Moss
Vetticus3: Cate Blanchett
Lost in the Lab: Kate Winslet (or Liv Tyler)
Bob1: Tom Sellack
plot holes??? ok, we'll have a scene involving the buying of the rubber chicken.
V
I don't know which one I want to be...
nice story line...
nomination for Oscar, maybe???
Vetticus3: Cate Blanchett
Lost in the Lab: Kate Winslet (or Liv Tyler)
Bob1: Tom Sellack
plot holes??? ok, we'll have a scene involving the buying of the rubber chicken.
V
bioforum is the bioterrorist, or did I misunderstand something? Peter Sellers (aka Dr Strangelove) would be a good choice, if he were not dead.
Me: Steve Buscemi (please don't deduce that I resemble him
) Actually I wanted to write Woody Allan, but this is too strong (though I like his films) christopher lloyd (see my avatar), but add a beard (and a little more weight), in his role of professor brown (the know-it-all).