WE'RE ALL BOBS

This is a fan made video created with AI:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHFgnIzn02w

I'm currently listening to the 5th audiobook in the series.  The fans prefer the audiobooks because the narrator does such a great job performing the different characters.

Is any effort being made to make a Bobiverse movie?

ChatGPT:

Yes. There is a real Bobiverse screen adaptation in development, although it is still quite early and there is no announced release date or production schedule.

The important development is that Lord Miller Productions—Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's company, which is behind The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and the upcoming Project Hail Mary adaptation—optioned the movie rights to the Bobiverse in 2025.

Even more significantly, Dennis E. Taylor himself confirms that Lord Miller has the movie rights. In a recent author Q&A, someone asked him directly about selling the movie rights, and he answered: “Lord Miller Productions has the movie rights.”

Where things stand

• Rights: Optioned by Lord Miller Productions.
• Likely starting point: We Are Legion (We Are Bob).
• Actual movie: Not yet in production, as far as publicly announced information indicates.
• Cast/director: None announced.
• Release date: None announced.
• Taylor's involvement: He has indicated that there is more happening than merely the initial option, but he can't discuss details because of an NDA.

And there's an interesting connection for you as a Project Hail Mary fan: the same production company is involved with both. Audible's 2026 announcement specifically describes the Bobiverse as having been optioned by Lord Miller Productions, the company behind The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Project Hail Mary.

I actually think the Bobiverse is unusually well suited to a movie adaptation, but it also has a major problem: so much of what makes the books entertaining is Bob's internal commentary, the conversations among different Bobs, and the sheer number of characters. Turning that into a conventional two-hour movie would require some clever choices.

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P.S.  Due to the length and complexity, this book series might be best adapted as a streaming series.

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Tom Cruise Talks Fearing Death, Dreaming Big & Being Misunderstood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuxNGbx1qk&t=286s

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Tom Cruise movie.

However, there are reports of him being abusive inside the Scientology religion. He is reportedly a powerful figure in Scientology, and likes that power.

Some have stated that he is a psychopath, as further evidenced by this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecwh7g5GnP0&t=145s

So it is hard for me to watch Tom Cruise without thinking he is a psychopath.

Mark Hamill REVEALS The First Star Wars HATER!

The first Star Wars trailer was a bit goofy, because the movie wasn't finished yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHk5kCIiGoM

Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher snuck into a theater to watch the trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c02UBbfFqcU

How Hollywood Sells Kids Stories Parents Don’t Want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEiZ1YTy7so

Gerard Butler Explains How 'THIS IS SPARTA' Was Born

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0IGUfpTiw

COYOTE VS. ACME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg7s2ukJxqk

Did you know for ROCKY BALBOA…

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Avengers Infinity War (2018)

There have been eighteen prior Marvel Universe movies since 2008.  These have introduced a large number of characters, i.e. heroes, most of which come together in this movie to fight a single enemy named Thanos.  

Previous movies hinted at infinity stones being powerful and dangerous, and the need to keep them from evil.  It turns out Thanos is getting his hands on these stones and has an agenda that involves wiping out half the life in the galaxy.  Why?  His world collapsed due to overpopulation, so he takes it upon himself to solve this problem for everybody else.  If he gets all six stones he could kill every other person in the galaxy with just a snap of his fingers.

There have been a number of good Marvel movies in the last decade and many of the stories pick up in Avengers Infinity War from where they left off.   The action gets started early and almost never lets up.  One might think that this would be bad, but the action is done so well and the characters are so good that the movie feels like something truly special on a grand scale.  Never have we seen so many different stories and characters woven together so seamlessly.  This isn't just a movie, but an event a decade in the making.  

We see more of Thanos than we do any individual hero, making him in effect the main character.  This is as much his story as it is anybody else's, and he is played wonderfully by Josh Brolin.

With so many actors and effects, it is not surprising that the movie cost $360 million to make.  They got their money's worth.  Some have compared the film to Star Wars in terms of entertainment value, which is not a bad comparison.  It is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

Rating:  A+

Avengers Endgame (2019)

Avengers Endgame is 3 hours well spent. It is the worthy sequel to Avengers Infinity War. Both movies are the conclusion to 11 years of Marvel movies leading up to this one story. Infinity War was one of the best movies I have ever seen. Endgame is not quite as good, but it is close enough.

Rating: A-

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1917 (2020)

The movie 1917 is likely to be one of the best movies I will see this year.  It follows a pair of World War I soldiers on a time-critical mission to get a message to another unit so as to avoid an attack that will end in disaster.  This is based on a real story told to writer and director Sam Mendes by his grandfather.

The movie is filmed in such a way that it appears to be one continuous shot, except for a couple of obvious breaks.  There are continuous shots that last at least 40 minutes.  The camera follows the soldiers through long trenches, across fields, into farmhouses, rivers, underground bunkers, and troop transports.  This is like another character because I spent the whole movie wondering how on earth did they film this?  It is technically very difficult to have everything properly lit while the camera follows the actors through miles of territory. 

The movie creates a suspense that is perfect.  There is not much direct combat, but the horrible aftermath of combat is everywhere in this movie.  On the journey, the soldiers are constantly passing dead bodies and destruction.  The way the movie is filmed gives it an extra sense of realism.

The movie is rated R for war violence and a few swear words.

Rating: A+.

This might be the movie of the decade, but since it had a limited release in late 2019, I'm not sure which decade. 😀

1917 has a 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Contagion (2011)

I rewatched "Contagion" a decade after seeing it in the theater when it came out in 2011.

I have never seen a more prophetic movie in my entire life.  At least 80% of the film seems applicable to the current COVID-19 pandemic.  The biggest difference is the deadliness of the disease, which instead of being about 1% for known cases, it is around 25%.  But detail after detail comes up that I only recently learned about during the COVID crisis.

The movie has an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, although not all the critics were equally enthusiastic.  The audience score is only 63%, so I suspect that the subject matter might have turned off some people.  Rotten Tomatoes describes it as, "Tense, tightly plotted, and bolstered by a stellar cast.  Contagion is an exceptionally smart -- and scary -- disaster movie."   I agree.  It tells a fantastic story.  My favorite movie critic, Richard Roeper, gives it 5 out of 5 stating, "Contagion" is a brilliantly executed disease outbreak movie."

The film puts much emphasis on how easily disease can spread and this adds to the tension.

The ending is great, giving a nice emotional catharsis followed by a revelation about how the pandemic started.

I saw this movie for the third time in 2026, and I still love it.  However, it is starting to show its age.

So I am revising my rating from "A+" to "A".