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THE OFFICE’s B.J. Novak Says He’s Officially One Of Tarantino’s BASTARDS!!

possibly 17th by colinjbooth	Aug 25th, 2008 12:41:21 PM
Mike Myers in career resurrection anyone?
JonnyDixon Rocks by colinjbooth	Aug 25th, 2008 12:42:30 PM
Now all we need is eddie Murphy...please...
Original recipe by skimn	Aug 25th, 2008 12:42:46 PM
and extra crispy.
B.J. Novak? by LordPorkington	Aug 25th, 2008 12:42:51 PM
His first names are Blow Job? Sweet!
Novak by skimn	Aug 25th, 2008 12:45:09 PM
Wasn't he gyno #3 in Knocked Up? Novak's a talented guy (written some of the best Office's), nice to see him do well.
Yawn by chuffsterUK	Aug 25th, 2008 12:46:12 PM
And Yawn again...
Battered women by ElGiante	Aug 25th, 2008 12:47:21 PM
I've been using that joke for years. "I like my fish the way I like my women..."
So, any speaking role will be treated with a TalkBack? by Heckles	Aug 25th, 2008 12:47:52 PM
Whoooooooooooooooooo gives a sideways fuck about every little casting detail of this movie? Other than QT and his rosey smart smellers, of course.
Another pussy joins Brad Pitt's crew to replace the pussies that by harosa	Aug 25th, 2008 12:49:58 PM
Like I said before, where are these supposed bad asses that are going to be killing Nazis?
I like my women the way I like my coffee... by Wolfman Nards	Aug 25th, 2008 12:51:07 PM
Ground up and in the freezer.
Tarantino by kwisatzhaderach	Aug 25th, 2008 12:52:51 PM
1. Reservoir Dogs 2. Pulp Fiction 3. Jackie Brown 4. Kill Bill 2 5. Kill Bill 6. Death Proof. So he's pretty much getting worse with every movie. Death Proof is the only real below-par movie he's made though, despite Kurt Russell being cool.
OFFICIAL: Carrot Top, Dustin Diamond added to BASTARDS list! by NiceGuyEddie19	Aug 25th, 2008 12:58:16 PM

B.J. by p0llk4t	Aug 25th, 2008 01:01:10 PM
Bet that name didn't haunt him in school. His dream project is probably a remake of B.J. and the Bear...Rimshot!
Mike Meyers?? by RedwingsHoolihan	Aug 25th, 2008 01:02:45 PM
When the hell did he get cast?
Battered Women by Alf Fan	Aug 25th, 2008 01:04:30 PM
I remember another stand up comedian doing that joke like 4 years ago. It was on a comedy central special. Anyone remember who?
The Real Question by QuandraX	Aug 25th, 2008 01:12:17 PM
Will AICN sponsor Vern on a trip to the Miley Cyrus birthday bash? We need someone like him there, to give us all the gory details of her birthday bukkake!
Jackie Brown=QT's best film. by colinjbooth	Aug 25th, 2008 01:15:29 PM

All QT, All the Time.... by conspiracy	Aug 25th, 2008 01:30:14 PM
it's like some pathetic guy who finally finds a woman who will talk to him; who then proceeds to drive everyone nuts talking about her nonstop. How about one big talkback when everything is finalized and production begins?
how can this guy act with his medical condition? by ArcadianDS	Aug 25th, 2008 01:33:22 PM
Didn't I see an item on Foxnews reporting that he had an inoperable brain tumor?
Yes Herc, we know... by theredtoad	Aug 25th, 2008 01:33:22 PM
Will you let us know when every other news source confirms what we already know?
Nothing to see here, move along... by Cannabis Holocaust	Aug 25th, 2008 01:33:41 PM
And the script is utter shit.
Jackie Brown was definitely his best work. by The Eskimo	Aug 25th, 2008 01:34:11 PM
Also, I thought Brad Pitt insisted on a "no Mike Meyers" clause in his contracts.
Alf Fan: I believe it was Jim Gaffigan by Cannabis Holocaust	Aug 25th, 2008 01:36:23 PM
Novak's stand up routine sounds about as interesting as this film...
I Liked THE OFFICE When It Was Funny & British by LaserPants	Aug 25th, 2008 01:36:56 PM
When it became Americanized, it was still kinda funny... at first. Now its just bad. Tired, wrong, bad, too obvious, essentially slapstick.
harosa...Hollywood has no BADASSES left... by conspiracy	Aug 25th, 2008 01:38:22 PM
Guys like Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson...ya know guys that actually COULD kick your ass during their prime, who actually had done something daring or potentially fatal prior to becoming an actor. Pitt as about as meanacing as a Teacup Poodle guard dog.
It Should Be Retitled REVENGE OF JEW SQUAD SEVEN! by LaserPants	Aug 25th, 2008 01:38:48 PM
Firstly, because its about Jews kicking the crap outta Nazi scum. Secondly because there is already a movie called Inglorious Bastards. Third because it would be an awesome title.
To those who have read the script... by Shepard Wong	Aug 25th, 2008 01:58:02 PM
Is there any part of the original film in this remake or is QT just using the name?
BLACK BOOK vs. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS by Jackson Healy	Aug 25th, 2008 02:13:22 PM
True, there are similarities. But that's always been what Tarantino does. I haven't seen Blackbook, but you've inspired me to rent it, now. As far as QT's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS script, I think it's his best script since Pulp Fiction. Tarantino has the gift of taking old and worn cinematic tropes and making them fresh and relevant again, just as he did with Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction. Not to mention the exhilaration and invention he brings to the screen with his brilliant, brilliant voice. How do you not fall in love with the opening scene where Landa grills the French farmer on the whereabouts of the missing Dreyfuss family, who happen to be hiding beneath the farmer's floorboards? I honestly think it's the best opening of any script I've read in the last five years. How do you not love (and loathe) Landa at the end of this scene, when he muses to his quizzical driver that perhaps Shosanna, who's just managed to escape by a hair's breadth, will somehow find her way to America where she will eventually rise up to be elected president of the United States. Just imagine the kind of synaptic firing it took to reach that moment and line of dialogue after opening on a lonely dairy farm in Nazi-occupied France. Give credit to where credit is due: Quentin Tarantino has one of the most unique voices in the history of cinema. Btw, I think QT's three best films are Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill & Reservoir Dogs. I think one of his best scripts is True Romance.
It seems Tarantino may be a complete failure by bottombrick	Aug 25th, 2008 02:31:09 PM
In what could have been a return to form to the likes of Reservoir Dogs (his best in my opinion) I'm beginning to get the drift that the concept of his men on a mission movie has been completely ass raped and the focus will instead be on some terrible female actress's performance reading some of Quentin's shitty girl dialogue. I'm sure he had the best intentions when he started writing the script, but if there was ever an excuse to focus on badasses doing bad ass shit this was it and Tarantino apparently couldn't hack it. I haven't read the script and I won't because I can't expect genius from the man anymore, the best I could hope for is an entertaining one shot at the theatre, but if someone who has read the script and also cringes at the dialogue and soul of the "characters" in Death Proof and the female dialogue in Kill Bill could please confirm my worst nightmares, has Quentin's drift continued and will his bitch fixation ruin this movie and will I puke when I see it?
Jackson Healy's comment by desmond	Aug 25th, 2008 02:47:42 PM
"Tarantino has the gift of taking old and worn cinematic tropes and making them fresh and relevant again" sounds like a nice way of borrowing ideas. Black Book is from 2 years ago so not exactly old and worn. And even "with his brilliant, brilliant voice" it still doesn't sound like anything fresh. Not saying I won't enjoy it, but you make it sound like the film and the earth itself were created with the sole purpose of giving QT a forum to bless us with his inhuman talents...
Why don't they just use the Jew Claw? by Banzai Rootskibango	Aug 25th, 2008 02:54:36 PM

desmond...Agreed. by conspiracy	Aug 25th, 2008 02:56:43 PM
STEALING two year old ideas under the guise of artistic "borrowing" isn't "brilliant", it is plagiarism.
Cher is the new Catwoman? by crashbarbarian	Aug 25th, 2008 03:10:48 PM
This is being reported on Rotten Tomatoes and we need some real geek journalists to find out the real scoop... AICN?
all the badasses went to badass rehab by irrelevntelefant	Aug 25th, 2008 03:11:53 PM
now they make shit like "p.s. I love you" as a follow up to 300...
Just read the opening, Jackson... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 25th, 2008 03:24:34 PM
And there's not really any brilliance there. Just a lot of misspelling and a lot of misuse of words. I neither love or loathe Landa, as it seems he's full of shit. He's not ruthless, he's not benevolent, he's just kind of a witlessly verbose quasi-philosopher. He's apparently ambivalent in his mission, where [SPOILER] he lets Shoshana escape into the woods, claiming there's a difference between letting a fifteen year old girl escape and shooting said girl in the back. I mean, cold blooded is cold blooded, isn't it? He has his soldiers mow down Shoshana's family after making a big show of surprising them, but then balks at the prospect of shooting the girl in the back?
I read the Cher thing too by santi01	Aug 25th, 2008 03:35:57 PM
But more importantly! Is Dolly Parton or not?!?
*Dead?!? by santi01	Aug 25th, 2008 03:37:11 PM

Isn't Eli Roth a little shrimpy... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 25th, 2008 03:40:11 PM
to play a character nicknamed "The Bear Jew?"
Pegg hasn't confirmed he is in. does that mean hes out? by hegele	Aug 25th, 2008 03:41:36 PM
'd love to see him in it
Pegg's said he's out... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 25th, 2008 03:45:27 PM
conflicting schedules with another film he's making.
QT's 'clever' violence now overly blatant? by Heckles	Aug 25th, 2008 03:50:40 PM
Reservoir Dogs had the ear scene and random gunshotw wounds, it worked. Pulp Fiction had the classic Marvin face shot scene and random gunshot wounds. Kill Bill and Death Proof were modern renditions of their particular genres, but can we expect more of this blatant graphic violence peppered with tired dialogue from a once great screenwriter? I'm not impressed.
Yeah, but what does Kevin Smith think? by Captain_Pigphucker	Aug 25th, 2008 04:04:48 PM
Or is he in too. Fat German maybe?
Too bad American Office is more highly regarded... by IAmJack'sUserID	Aug 25th, 2008 04:12:47 PM
I didn't like the British version because it was too British. And not nearly as funny. British people doing decidely British "funny" things = unfunny.
The LITERARY NARRATOR has got to go... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 25th, 2008 04:15:03 PM
What is this, Princess Bride? It's a sucky device in this instance.
Kevin Smith's reaction to Inglorious Bastards by harosa	Aug 25th, 2008 04:17:54 PM
Q- So have you seen Inglorious Bastards? A- I can't say if I did or didn't see it but let me say what I may or may not have seen will blow your balls away, but I can't say so yet but be prepared to hold your balls tightly when the movie comes out.
Chapter 3 is boring... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 25th, 2008 04:19:58 PM
Lots of exposition. I thought this film was going to be about the Bastards? It was a struggle to get through this...
ok...so an article when he's rumored, one more... by Executor	Aug 25th, 2008 04:22:58 PM
...when he's officially announced... AND IT'S BJ NOVAK!!!!! This isn't Pitt or Cruise or Carell or even Rainn Wilson. BJ FUCKING NOVAK. Seriously. Overkill.
"Hollywood has no BADASSES left" by Alonzo Mosely	Aug 25th, 2008 04:33:19 PM
You could have just used the cast of Deadwood...
Ninety pages in... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 25th, 2008 04:36:12 PM
and it's mostly talking. Now, I know Tarantino is supposed to be known for his dialogue, none of it especially crackles. Ninety pages roughly equals ninety minutes, so we're going to get ninety minutes of setup? Where's Roger Avary when you need him?
Well, I'm off to work... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 25th, 2008 04:42:53 PM
Seventy five pages left to go. Almost three hours? Groan. I'll finish it tonight after work and post my thoughts. Sure, I'm only a little halfway through, so it might pick up in the end of the second and in the third acts, but so far, it's a little boring. I don't get why so much of the second act is going to be "French New Wave Black and White." It seems to me that it's already boring with a lot of telling instead of showing and making this section B&W will only accentuate the tedium. Unless it's shot with some deep, interesting blacks and good use of grays and whites, I just don't know. Anyone know what Tarantino is going for, aside from some kind of ham-handed tribute to French New Wave?
Woody Allen to play an Inglorious Bastard!! by Kurzinski Valentine	Aug 25th, 2008 04:51:40 PM
He's taking over Brad Pitt's role.
C'mon... MICHAEL IRONSIDE! by OgieOglethorpe	Aug 25th, 2008 05:27:07 PM
"Force", my friends, is violence: The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived!
Tough Jews! by worldofwarcraft	Aug 25th, 2008 05:27:30 PM
A much better title.
The final casting is just in!!! by harosa	Aug 25th, 2008 05:42:52 PM
Just announced-Woody Allen, Jackie Mason,Billy Crystal and Fyvush Finkel. Man, this movie will kick ass!!!
Theres not too much BASTARDS in Ing.Bastards by wilsonfisk89	Aug 25th, 2008 05:44:58 PM
They are hardly the focus of the film, for better or worse. And Pitt's Aldo seems like he has minimal screen time. I loved the script, but was surprised with the apparent lack of Bastards.
whats with all these visonaries and their script reviews by slappy jones	Aug 25th, 2008 06:10:57 PM
fuck I hate script reviews. Let the film makers make their film you unimaginative bastards.
Shame he can't act by Prior Walter	Aug 25th, 2008 06:13:15 PM
Great writer, though. Love The Office. But again, dude can barely act.
*Question Re: Scripts Online* by wilsonfisk89	Aug 25th, 2008 06:49:40 PM
Wondering if someone can help me out: Do you know of any other online script resources besides IMSDB.COM? While that's a decent collection, it doesn't include foreign films, or many indie films, etc. Can anyone recommend another site or anything? Thanks!
octagonproplex by Thrillho77	Aug 25th, 2008 08:13:40 PM
You're right. I just found out literally 10 minutes ago that I am in this movie too!
shit, wrong guy by Thrillho77	Aug 25th, 2008 08:16:40 PM
I meant "Kingdom, yadda yadda, skullfuck"
but octagon is also right by Thrillho77	Aug 25th, 2008 08:17:09 PM
just so you know.
WHOA WHOA WHOA by BurgerKing	Aug 25th, 2008 08:40:53 PM
mike myers/?!!??! THE FUCK
so it went from Arnie, Sly, Bruce and Sandler to this? by johnnyg korrupt	Aug 25th, 2008 08:58:12 PM
It went from the biggest fanboy pic of all time starring Arnie, Sly, Bruce, Sandler, Madsen, Roth to this? It got none of those guys....thats what made the pic legendary before its even shot. I can go with Pitt, coulda gone with Leo....but fucking BJ "blowjob" Novak? And he wanted Simon Pegg? fuck Pegg is up there on the annoying wanna smash his face in level with Seth Rogen
What the FUCK was I thinking, Lord John??? by Jackson Healy	Aug 25th, 2008 10:29:20 PM
I guess the script sucks ass if you say it does. Damn, I'm burning my copy tonight. I hope Quentin reads AICN, so he'll know how much his script sucks.
Jackson, what are you, 12? by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 26th, 2008 12:43:39 AM
I offer my own evaluation of the script and you shit the bed? What's wrong with you? What a little baby!
Script by Bad LT	Aug 26th, 2008 12:52:59 AM
Can anyone out there, a kind soul, point me in the direction of the script or otherwise advise me on hows I can get it?
Google... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 26th, 2008 12:55:04 AM
is a wonderful thing.
I just made the mistake... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 26th, 2008 01:09:39 AM
of imagining Tarantino's voice speaking the words I'm reading. Now I can't stop.
A THINK BUBBLE? by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 26th, 2008 01:13:11 AM
Really?
[SPOILER] by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 26th, 2008 01:27:35 AM
The interrogation scene near the end is pretty good.
The ending's bullshit. by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 26th, 2008 03:31:16 AM
I wonder if this script is even real.
Fuck All Tarantino Haters!!!! by Ezekiel 2517	Aug 26th, 2008 03:45:49 AM
There. I had to get it out of my system...
All You Fuckers by Ezekiel 2517	Aug 26th, 2008 03:50:25 AM
go to some of the faggy Batman/ Iron Man/Superman forums bulshit and fucking stay there.
Bad LT by Ezekiel 2517	Aug 26th, 2008 04:12:23 AM
go to the IB forum on IMDB. You'll get it there in a sec.
I heard that Stallone is being courted now... by OgreYouAsshole	Aug 26th, 2008 06:17:17 AM
only it's Frank.
BJ by The Brains	Aug 26th, 2008 08:10:40 AM
I know you've been cheatin' on me.
Frank Stallone... by Thrillho77	Aug 26th, 2008 09:06:38 AM
ordered a crack whore. And Germans love David Hasselhoff.
Throw the jews down the well by masteryoda007	Aug 26th, 2008 09:09:56 AM
I was initailly excited for this flick but now I am losing interest fast with each new actor that has been announced. I will give QT a chance, it is just that I am not that excited as I thought I would be.
ARE YOU SURE SLY, BRUCE AND ARNOLD WERE ATTACHED TO THIS AT ON by BringingSexyBack	Aug 26th, 2008 09:22:32 AM
This is like being promised Prime Rib and getting a McRib instead. Or groping the girl of your wet dreams and finding a cock in your hand. You get the picture!!!!
BSB by The Brains	Aug 26th, 2008 12:51:24 PM
Dude, I've been there. But that's because she brought her boyfriend.
Mike Myers=Jack Black by flashlyrics	Aug 26th, 2008 01:21:26 PM
Anybody realize the resemblance between Mike Myers joining the cast of Inglorious Bastards relating almost directly to the character Jack Black plays in Tropic Thunder? Good luck trying to resurrect your career Mike...
I don't see... by Lord John Whorfin	Aug 26th, 2008 02:41:21 PM
any roles in this film, besides very short cameos, for Sly, Bruce or Arnold. I think people are really going to be disappointed in this film if they think they're getting some machinegun-toting, testoterone-filled Tarantino WW2 film. There's really not that much action.
American Office = shit by TheWaqman	Aug 26th, 2008 03:01:59 PM
oh and also Tarantino's recent filmography = shit. This movie is being set up for disaster, the script was just laughably bad aswell. Bear Jew flinging a baseball bat = Tarantino at his most excessive. Brad Pitt should get smart and drop out of this turd. He has much better films coming out this year, he doesn't want that rep stained by this skid mark next year.
Hey, I have an uncle who is a bastard. by mrfan	Aug 26th, 2008 05:11:17 PM
How do I get him on this movie?
Who? by WhinyNegativeBitch	Aug 26th, 2008 09:37:49 PM
Some douche from some shitty knockoff television show? Whoopie de do.
I've been saying it in most IB talkbacks... by WhinyNegativeBitch	Aug 26th, 2008 10:03:41 PM
...It really is black book lite. It's like the Fox network version of Black Book. I'll give credit where credit is due. Tarantino sat his ass down and watched a bucketload of movies while taking notes and had the audacity to steal whatever the fuck he liked. Most guys don't have the balls to be plagarists. QT, the Vanilla Ice of cinema. Except I like QT publically, not privately like Vanilla Ice.
Should clarify... by WhinyNegativeBitch	Aug 26th, 2008 10:10:20 PM
...That the script reads like black book lite. The finished films may be entirely different. Remember the Kill Bill script was an amazing piece of writing, that through the filming process became a pretty good/average set of films. This could be the exact opposite for all I know. Avergage piece of writing, somehow strained through filming into something fantastic. His rumoured casting wish list so directly contrasts the characters as written that this may be the case.
Er, contradicts, not contrasts. by WhinyNegativeBitch	Aug 26th, 2008 10:10:40 PM

Vanila Ice??? by Ezekiel 2517	Aug 27th, 2008 02:57:37 AM
In your whiny ass you fucking bitch. QT is More like Notorious B.I.G, the greatest rapper who ever done it, who proclaimed himself once as "The Hip Hop version of Nicky Tarantino".

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