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Go, Dave, Go!

July 11th, 2008 by Mike Nelson · 43 Comments

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Bill, from all of us here at RiffTrax, congratulations, and well done! I don’t know what it is, but I offer you the cinematic equivalent of “break a leg”, and here’s hoping we toast a huge opening weekend.

Go, Dave, Go!

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43 responses so far ↓

  • 1 RiffNotes on Jul 11, 2008 at 9:25 am

    “Break a leg” = “burn out a projector bulb”???

  • 2 Courtney on Jul 11, 2008 at 9:32 am

    I think the cinematic equivalent is “get your shoe stuck in some spilled soda and fall over the seats in front of everyone.”

    Bill, cheers. And even if it’s not what you hoped or expected, your script got turned into a Hollywood movie and jeepers is that ever an accomplishment. To we lowly writers writing for tuppins while working sellout jobs, you are a hero. :)

  • 3 Neb on Jul 11, 2008 at 9:57 am

    Golly, I’d be happy even for tuppence…*sigh*. :-)

  • 4 RiffNotes on Jul 11, 2008 at 10:02 am

    I got tuppence for writing a script once, but I ended up using it to feed some birds for a day. I don’t know what I was thinking. I should have invested it, frugally, even fruitfully, in a fiduciary bank.

  • 5 Mario "Asteroid" Panighetti on Jul 11, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Bill, I’ll go see the movie this weekend. Don’t say I never did anything for you.

  • 6 Walter on Jul 11, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Blowout the speakers?

  • 7 Onil on Jul 11, 2008 at 11:17 am

    That fake giant Eddie Murphy head is so life like.

  • 8 karen on Jul 11, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    i dont think i’d want to THINK about having little people live up my nose in a ship. I have a feeling the “big dave” wouldnt like it so much and try to remove them from his system, so to speak.

  • 9 Tv Miller on Jul 11, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    All this film needs is a quick fix to the title…

    Quentin Tarrentino Presents
    Meet Dave

    That’s another 1.5 mil in the box. I mean, he’s seen it right? I think that qualifies for more than enough.

    Alternatives:

    Doc Sevrenson Present
    Meet Dave

    Johnny Knoxville Presents
    Meet Dave

    Cloris Leachman Presents
    Meet Dave

    Good luck Bill! Wish I could see you guys at the con but SOLD OUT. B.S.! I live 2 hours north and I can’t even get in.

    And break a leg is: Meet Dave II

  • 10 RemmieBarrow on Jul 11, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    Here’s hoping that your movie is better that Sex in the City, Speed Racer, Hancock, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Mamma Mia……..I could go on but you get the point.

  • 11 evilash on Jul 11, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Good luck, Bill! I really hope this works out to be a good piece of cinema!

  • 12 Kyle on Jul 11, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    With some tuppence for paper and strings, you can have your own set of wings.

  • 13 Ryan on Jul 11, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    More title fixes:

    Bram Stroker’s Meet Dave

    William Shakespeare’s Meet Dave

    The Importance of Meeting Dave

  • 14 Pak-Man on Jul 11, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    Best of luck, Bill! Be glad they didn’t wait one more week to release it! Wouldn’t want to be ANY movie going up against the Bat. :^)

  • 15 doggans on Jul 11, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    Feed the birds, what do you get? Fat birds!

  • 16 CinemaslaveJoe on Jul 11, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    Congratulations, Bill! I look forward to seeing the film… and that’s something I haven’t said about an Eddie Murphy movie in years.

    -CSJ

  • 17 NanoBots on Jul 11, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    For the sequel:

    Meet Dave II: The Wraith of Casper

  • 18 MikeP on Jul 11, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    The rating on Rotten Tomatoes is not very encouraging, regrettably. But hey, as long as it gives Bill some squat to buy another solid gold cocaine straw, it’s all good.

    (Congrats Bill. I don’t care what the critics say; you wrote a freakin’ major studio motion picture! That’s awesome.)

  • 19 Michaela on Jul 11, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    I was quite happy to see that the review of “Meet Dave” in my area’s newspaper acknowledged both that the script had been greatly modified from your original idea, and that the title change was also not your doing.

    I’m glad that whatever flack the movie catches, you and your reputation won’t be caught in the crossfire.

  • 20 Brian O. on Jul 11, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    They put on a better movie by accident but credit you anyway?

  • 21 Brian O. on Jul 11, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    I have the overwhelming urge to clean out its ears with a gigantic Q-tip.

  • 22 Mr. Slick on Jul 11, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    I wish I could read the unaltered the script cause the previews look weird and I doubt I will watch it BUT since Bill co-wrote it I will see it eventually!

  • 23 STIGMA on Jul 11, 2008 at 11:34 pm

    Godspeed, ‘Meet Dave’ ticketholders! There but for $4/gal gas, $9 admission, $7 popcorn go I. Oh, and Hellboy II.

  • 24 theSkintcomposer on Jul 12, 2008 at 1:50 am

    Well, I’m just off to go see a preview of it over here in Glasgow, Scotland. And as I see about 4 movies a year in the cinema, this is a somewhat great and momentous occaision. And if, perchance, I should happen to dislike elements of said film, I shall lay the blame entirely at the door of Hollywood.
    Yes, we all talk like that in Scotland.

  • 25 theSkintcomposer on Jul 12, 2008 at 5:05 am

    Prithee, an most excellent piece of entertainment. Yo, Respect, man.

  • 26 R.A. Roth on Jul 12, 2008 at 9:45 am

    Bill:

    I thought this would cheer you up:

    “Screenwriters Rob Greenberg and Bill Corbett are not helped by director Brian Robbins, who guided Murphy in Norbit.”

    - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

    See, the movie’s shortcomings ain’t your doing, as I suspected.

    And how does one direct and star in a POS like Norbit and ever work again? That is the real question at hand.

    Randy

  • 27 doggans on Jul 12, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    If you do that, will it’s mouth open revealing the gateway to Hell, where the Ghost Pirate LeChuck’s ship is docked?

  • 28 Queen Shadowrama on Jul 12, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Y’know, it’s funny because every time someone mentions what crap Norbit is, I can’t help but be reminded of the fact that it was nominated for an Academy Award. Granted, it was for makeup, but just think, they can actually get away with saying “Academy Award Nominated Film Norbit”.

    That, is truly frightening.

  • 29 Courtney on Jul 13, 2008 at 5:07 am

    You know what I’ve learned from this? How to spell “tuppence”.

  • 30 The Tingler on Jul 13, 2008 at 6:18 am

    Kudos to anyone who mentions Monkey Island!!

  • 31 Onil on Jul 13, 2008 at 10:33 am

    More frightening than Academy Award Winner Ben Affleck?

  • 32 RemmieBarrow on Jul 13, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    Or Acadamy Award winner Celine Dion,… or Phil Collins.

  • 33 Brian O. on Jul 13, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    There’s one thing I doubt they put into the film and I pray I’m right:

    Any scenes with tiny people with scrub brushes washing Eddie Murphy’s junk in the shower.

    You know you don’t want to see that either.

  • 34 Leslie on Jul 13, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    Be proud, Bill! Congrats!

  • 35 Brooke! on Jul 13, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Monkey Island!! I have been looking for that game and/or Full Throttle! Off topic yes, but if you happen to have info on workable games? I’d give you a hug!

  • 36 doggans on Jul 14, 2008 at 8:03 am

    If you download ScummVM (http://www.scummvm.org/), you can run pretty much all of the old LucasArts adventure games, as well as a few early Sierra titles, on Mac or Windows. Tracking down the games themselves is up to you, but they usually aren’t hard to find.

    Also, I accidentally typed “it’s” instead of “its” in my previous post. I apologize profusely and request that my Grammar Punishment be swift and merciful.

  • 37 Queen Shadowrama on Jul 14, 2008 at 8:38 am

    How twisted do you have to be to even think that up? LOL :-P

  • 38 R.A. Roth on Jul 14, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Which proves one thing:

    The Academy Awards are a popularity contest, an industry’s vein attempt to break an arm patting itself on the back. While some of the recent Best Picture awards were a pleasant surprise (LOTR: The Return of the King and Silence of the Lambs come to mind), most of the time I’m left thinking, “Huh? How did Jack Palance win for playing a leathery old cowboy but not for Shane or Angel’s Revenge?”

    Randy

  • 39 karen on Jul 14, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    re: MI.
    I have #3. I had #1 & 2 but me, not realizing what the legacy of it was, chucked it. als…..

    the currnet copy of #3 I think I bought @ amazon or best buy on a cheapy jewel cased whim. now you are stuck with ebay or amazon zshops, and the like.

    i do know that with #3 there is scumm technology that you can actually play the game w/o the disc(super duper cool) the one after was more meant to be a console thing, a little bit disappointed i was. and still waiting for #5 to be released. (or not…)

  • 40 Mario "Asteroid" Panighetti on Jul 15, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    There are multiple tongue-scrubbing scenes in the film. Thankfully, that’s about as far as they go.

  • 41 Brian O. on Jul 15, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    Well, it’s assumed if he’s a spaceship, then he also has to have a maintenance crew.

    And on the other hand, could you imagine the poor bastards who have to clean on the other side?
    *shudder*

  • 42 Jenna on Jul 16, 2008 at 10:11 am

    While the thought of tiny people working in certain parts of the body greatly disturbs me, great job. :D I actually liked the movie…

  • 43 fanboy3445 on Jul 18, 2008 at 7:51 pm

    I agree with Jenna.

    My family and I just peeped out your movie Sir, and while there were a few scenes that clearly weren’t “Corbett” material, we had a great time. Thanks for the film Bill!

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