So they're remaking The Omen

...and as with many of these remakes, I ask myself "Why?"

The original had Lee Remick, and Gregory Peck, and Billie Whitelaw. Granted I was a teenager when I saw it, but I thought it was good, and creepy, and, well, a decent entry in the Apocalyptic Horror Movie pantheon.

The new version has a few names I recognize. Mia Farrow will be playing the Billie Whitelaw role--Mrs Blaylock, Governess of the Damned. I recognized a few other names--Michael Gambon, and one other Brit actor--but just from the overall cast list it looks like a low-budget remake with a few familiar names thrown in to get US distribution.

I don't know why they remade Pink Panther, either. Granted, the names were bigger, but still, why? Planet of the Apes--why?

So they're remaking The Omen

...and as with many of these remakes, I ask myself "Why?"

The original had Lee Remick, and Gregory Peck, and Billie Whitelaw. Granted I was a teenager when I saw it, but I thought it was good, and creepy, and, well, a decent entry in the Apocalyptic Horror Movie pantheon.

The new version has a few names I recognize. Mia Farrow will be playing the Billie Whitelaw role--Mrs Blaylock, Governess of the Damned. I recognized a few other names--Michael Gambon, and one other Brit actor--but just from the overall cast list it looks like a low-budget remake with a few familiar names thrown in to get US distribution.

I don't know why they remade Pink Panther, either. Granted, the names were bigger, but still, why? Planet of the Apes--why?

Past and present

Current working on Incident, which is going well...although more slowly than I hoped. Close to 15K words now. It's definitely going to be longer than I thought. Hope editor will still want it.

Jani performed scanpack surgery today. Had to dig up the surgery scene in CODE for suitable detail. I wrote that scene in 1997? 1998? Read it now, and realized that boy, I left things out. Certain details don't seem right, but I'm rather committed at this point. I tried to bridge gaps in this new scene, add steps that I seem to have skipped in CODE, hopefully without bogging things down.

The scanpack version of meatball surgery.

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Jani plucked an antiseptic pen from its slot and activated it. The beam shone purple in the dim light, reflected strange pale blue off the surfaces of dust motes. Someday I'll do surgery in a clean room again and my 'pack will go into shock. She stuck the other end of the pen in her mouth, then removed a small bottle of nerve solder from its slot, opened it, and poured a few drops into a heat cup she'd freed from another recess. The solder looked like molasses and smelled like nothing until it hit the surface of the cup. It thinned immediately, its characteristic meaty aroma tickling her nose and making her mouth water. I should've eaten something first. Unfortunately, nothing she had in her cooler smelled as good as the solder.

Past and present

Current working on Incident, which is going well...although more slowly than I hoped. Close to 15K words now. It's definitely going to be longer than I thought. Hope editor will still want it.

Jani performed scanpack surgery today. Had to dig up the surgery scene in CODE for suitable detail. I wrote that scene in 1997? 1998? Read it now, and realized that boy, I left things out. Certain details don't seem right, but I'm rather committed at this point. I tried to bridge gaps in this new scene, add steps that I seem to have skipped in CODE, hopefully without bogging things down.

The scanpack version of meatball surgery.

***********************

Jani plucked an antiseptic pen from its slot and activated it. The beam shone purple in the dim light, reflected strange pale blue off the surfaces of dust motes. Someday I'll do surgery in a clean room again and my 'pack will go into shock. She stuck the other end of the pen in her mouth, then removed a small bottle of nerve solder from its slot, opened it, and poured a few drops into a heat cup she'd freed from another recess. The solder looked like molasses and smelled like nothing until it hit the surface of the cup. It thinned immediately, its characteristic meaty aroma tickling her nose and making her mouth water. I should've eaten something first. Unfortunately, nothing she had in her cooler smelled as good as the solder.