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Turning Tom Swift into Captain PlanetStudio acquires rights to the classic
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Via Ain't It Cool News comes this Variety article.
It sounded great until this bit at the end. The visual approach could be a live action-CGI combo or motion-capture, Hecht said, and the initial concept is to posit that Swift Industries is now a leading "green technology" company, giving the 20th century series a modern twist. Green technology? Somehow I don't think they will be selling spinach in the film. Or Army fatigues. Or Hunter green spray paint. AAARRRGH!! And will the story have them receiving government grants for that "green technology?" That seems to be where most of the money is today in the real world. It's a real shame too. Tom Swift was one of the very few free market heros in children's books. Yes he was an inventor, but the Swift family had their own company and laboratory. Their profits funded the research, their adventures, and the more than occasional philanthropy. This could be good, but that stress on "green technology" worries me. I suspect it will be a piece of propaganda about as far removed from effective environmentalism as Al Gore's carbon credit scam. 
Posted: Wed - November 28, 2007 at 01:41 PM
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