S1: But we dont well get to. Like when the space jam came out 96. S1: It was probably one hundred million to LeBron. In attendance, there was Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson. And then compared to this one, which was literally twice as long, it felt like if he was so much longer. S1: Right. Everything that happens youre like oh wow. I know what Im doing. "For the rest of our stay, every time I went by that cooler I took something out," Bird wrote. And this is all happening because hes right, hes the one that algorithm finally gets access to, including his video game that he is pitting against his own dad and trying to murder his dad with this. Lol. LeBron James has expressed interest in doing a Space Jam sequel, which I think is a wonderful idea. Yeah, I do also want to mention in this scene something that felt like a weird spoiler to me in that I had no idea they were in. Right. He is I firmly believe. I have to do our research. Some of yall are dense af, damn. S3: Like its just so stupid. It is absolutely not real. "When it came to the big game, between the all-stars and the real basketball players, I ended up doing most of that stuff." Hes not going to force her to play basketball quite yet. And then its like a slow reveal. Yeah, thats what this feels like. Algorithm. The film will be directed by Malcolm D. Lee. But I think Dom has an older brother, I think. Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features. S3: Yeah, well, so they assemble the whole tune squad and LeBron like man, theyre all shitty at basketball and he starts trying to coach them on how to play basketball. My shift's not over till 9:00. Yeah. But yeah I mean I only remember that this was from that movie particularly because it just came out like six months ago. Its just like theres so many things that they could have done to make this movie at least fun for people like us who really did like the original. Yeah. Subscribe to our screaming, screaming serve as a streaming service, whatever. Space Jam offered an undeniable combination wacky cartoon characters loved worldwide for almost a century, plus the most popular and successful basketball player to ever hit the court. That was off-limits, loaded up with special treats acquired just for Jordan, but Bird was apparently curious to see what would happen if he poked around inside. S1: Right. You honestly care because we havent we havent had a chance to talk about this yet. And again, yeah, we dont need a lot of plot. Because Jordan would need to keep up his rigorous preparations for the next NBA session, he had to work out while he filmedSpace Jam, and the production accommodated by building him his very own training facility right on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California. Also: "It's a cave, we get it" I died. In other words, it's a typical '90s website. And so for him to mock the idea of what Warner Brothers is kind of doing, which is like repurposing its IP as much as possible and in every sector, and to reanimate IP, which is literally what theyre doing with Space Jam, with LeBron, its like this could be an ironic point to carry through. This is awesome, all this space. It is stupid. But like, you know, I can understand them converting Looney Tunes into 3D if this is like, oh, this is a new style were trying to get you accustomed to because all the new Looney Tunes cartoons are going to look like this. Michael Jordans first draft of Space Jam : r/Screenwriting So thats what Im freaking out. Web[Shoots the ball to the basket] James Jordan: [Chuckling] That's good, shoot it again. Not newbie Jordan, as most of his scenes were shot on a green screen, with his not-real cartoon co-stars added in after the fact. The following banter was bad, but it was like, OK, you got Michael Jordan. I dont see why not. S3: Yeah. 2023 Yeah. Welcome, Allegra. S3: OK, so the other one was the original eighty eight minutes. S3: like and that notably it has nothing to do with him liking or not liking video games. And it says that Bill Murray, who appeared in the original film, makes a photographic cameo playing golf alongside Bugs Bunny in the credits. Questionmark doesnt seem like a joke that will really land with a younger demographic. Its supposed to be obvious satire. Thats the other thing, too, is like I ostensibly were supposed to sympathize with Dom and I guess we ultimately do insofar as we sympathize with anyone or anything happening in this movie. What is this is not worth it. Hes not like an incredible actor or whatever but hes good when he needs to be and hes fun but hes just not fun for most of this movie. Yeah. As an animator and director at Warner Bros. between 1933 and 1963, he helped to create and develop the studio's classic roster of characters, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, and Daffy Duck. S.O. Thanks. Because I was pretty good. Shes not like sexy Lola anymore. That was like the one surprise where its like, ha ha. S1: They are. S3: But they had money to make it. And hes like, these ideas suck and I dont want to do them. I see. It attracted celebrities, too. He literally does not appear. S3: So today, as per our intro, we are spoiling Space Jam two, which is technically not space jam too, but Space Jam. And that is what space Jamadi legacy is it? Finally, the Space Jam script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny movie. Yeah. Yeah. S1: Looks really good now. The original 2D animation is the original original. Except that none of the other plotlines exist. S1: I would have freaked out and placed the last dance. Its almost like where is the Jiro Dreams of Sushi? https://www.scripts.com/script.php?id=space_jam_18595&p=8, https://www.scripts.com/script/space_jam_18595. Because Im not Im joking. So then after Dom joins the tune squad, they win the basketball game and everyone goes, Oh, I guess thats the big day. WebSpace Jam (1996): Shooting script. Hideki canceled. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip), with seven writers credited for the story and script, Space Jam: A New Legacy is convoluted, and yet the plot is entirely S1: Yeah. Weve done this. S3: Also, like who whos the little man with the red mustache who shoots guns? It has nothing, no connection to video games. Space Jam was more of a reboot or reinvention than anything new or original, taking well-known Warner Bros.-controlled cartoon characters and teaming them up with the most famous athlete on the planet. Right. "Standing in front of a camera and remember your lines, acting is a devastatingly difficult profession," director Joe Pytka told the Chicago Tribune. Summer 1973/Michael Jordan's basketball dream, Michael Jordan's retirement from basketball, Tune land meeting/The Looney Tunes challenge, The Nerdlucks stealing the talents from five NBA players, The Nerdlucks transformation into the Monstars, Bugs and Daffy get Michael's basketball gear, Michael Jordan practicing basketball/Shutting down basketball season, Second half of the game/Michael Jordan's deal with Mr. Swackhammer, Final shot of the game/Mr. S1: Nothing and why. WebJeffrey Jordan is an American former basketball player who played for the University of Illinois and the University of Central Florida. Alexander Street is an imprint of ProQuest that Hes a bad guy. So we were like, perfect, give me Looney Tunes, give me cartoons Michael Jordan is the coolest guy. And then they all come back for unclear reasons. Yeah, I would have been it would have been amazing. It is just. Join our community of over 1,600,000 Screenwriters! But first, I wanted to say one of the reasons that its exciting that you are here is that you are a huge Oggi space jam fan. Apart from that time he hosted Saturday Night Live or all of the TV commercials he appeared in including the ones with Bugs Bunny that inspired Space Jam Michael Jordan had very little acting experience when Warner Bros. placed him at the center of an $80 million movie. Like the flight attendants, you need flight attendants. But I would love to rant with anybody who does watch it. S1: twenty. (NO!) But I mean, it feels like the one idea left over that they just somehow didnt flag as being problematic. He brought in a bunch of trained comic actors, covered them from head to toe in the same green material as the green screen so they could be edited out later, and had them portray physical versions of the Looney Tunes characters. Warner Brothers is so fun that he is actually the personification of everything that is bad about franchise filmmaking. It was just like a terrible, like YouTube mash up or something for like ten minutes straight YouTube. Its just feels like it feels very unfair to poor Dom that hes so put upon here. The animation was so bad. Thats like for a child a perfect movie length. Like it was a survey for the audience too. So thats like the centerpiece, at least in the original. Anyway, so now theyre put in this game against each other and it turns out the stakes are now if the Looney Tunes, when everyone gets to go back to their normal lives, but if they lose them, the Looney Tunes get deleted permanently. Yeah, I feel. Theres like commentators and theyre like, oh, hes spinning straight fire. Its a its a bit weird. In 1995, Murray starred in somepromotional spots for the NBA, where he played one-on-one with a tween and monologued about his love of basketball. S3: He has never given a bad performance. What about nameless brother one Dariusz. Tell me so its kind of sad because it does highlight, wow, LeBron bad dad actually questionmark, which is sort of what Algorithms M.O. If anyone can provide me with a place where I can peep that And if you like the show, please write and review it in the Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. And that was honestly so upsetting to me. Its all pretty anodyne. In 1986 and 1987, Bird's Celtics swept Jordan's Bulls in the first round of the NBA playoffs, and the two were teammates on the 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball "Dream Team." While Reitman credits Pytka as the one who "really created this form of working with Jordan and these characters," he just didn't have a lot of narrative filmmaking experience, wasn't used to Hollywood scheduling, anddidn't recognize that the studio was ultimately the one who willed creative control over a project. S1: Right? Inside Jordans infamous gambling interview. And Bird may have gotten the upper hand in the long run, quietly and secretly undermining His Airness on the set of Space Jam, in which he co-starred. S3: Yeah, its like you need to, you know, pick and choose what youre putting up there better because like, Im sure theres other things that are more like broadly appealing than A Clockwork Orange. . The more predominant. Oh, God. I'm just -?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Why does only he have like does Darius have some sort of inner life? S1: attachment to that. I read this whole thing a few days back. S1: No Granny theyre all old. Either way it's incredible.but I HOPE this is legit. S3: Oh, OK. Yeah, I was like it wasnt so far out of the realm of possibility that I was like, Im sure theres not a lot to gain, but knowing that its not real changes the game. That would have been amazing. A really weird way to introduce your plot, because he has two other kids and there is no plot with them at all, even though the main thing is like reconnect with your children and let them grow up and be who they want to be. Like Mr. Theres not really that much plot. I dont know. And then Malcolm Deeley was brought on. S3: All right. S1: think? I also thought that at some point I saw Will Smiths character from Wild Wild West, but I could be wrong about that anyway. Yeah. S1: I 100 percent agree, which is why we should just have our complete memory together right now. And its very its horrifying to look at. S3: So part of what we discover about why the Looney Tunes are all over the place is that apparently algorithm was like, hey, like you can like explore the of these better realities and get out of this stupid Looney tune world. Theyre being impressed. Space Jam starred Michael Jordan, who'd never headlined a movie before, and it was directed by Joe Pytka, helming just his second feature. and I started reading the script and then watched a movie for a play-by-play 9had a blast by the way). Yeah. "And I was like, 'No, no, no. Yes. And its like this movie cost you 150 million dollars at least. So they have her do like the time trial or whatever, and she ends up not making it because she has to save both money and LeBron. Its not. Anyway, so Adam like shows LeBron his game and hes like, oh, like, look, I can make him do the specific move that you do. And thats the one thing they have thats like family friendly. Sounds good to me. A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with Bugs Bunny to win a basketball game. Among other nuances (censoring Mormon and Buddah, drawings look digitally done, somehow having a finalized image of Lola in a first draft) the dead give-away is the out-of-nowhere rant on Isiah Thomas that gets Instead, we moaned and here we are. Right. Its just inserting every single property that you have into one movie to try to make people, like, more buzzed about. And so as like LeBron is still like living his life and trying to get his son to be excited about basketball. Like its predecessor, the cast ofSpace Jam: A New Legacywill include professional actors and professional basketball players. The original space jam to me is miles ahead of this new one. Theyre like, oh, the way that we need to win the basketball game is by, like, breaking the game and making it impossible for Algy and the goon squad to cheat. Yeah. I am not a child, but he is freaking scary and I hate him. S1: Right. 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