Sorry
me, for my broken English.
Some
questions to Mr. Harry Knowles
Joaquin
Ortega. Newsweek Venezuela
JO:
What do you think is the most sci fi city in USA?
HK: I’d say Seattle, though I’m
hoping to see Austin, TX to take its throne.
JO: Is any possibility to live after death using technology…it
really matters to keep a human life beyond the biological time?
HK: Not yet, but soon we’ll be able
to upload consciousness to Data servers and live digitally. Also, soon -
there’s been a lot of work in nanotech for preserving the human form, which
could lead to de-aging and eternal life. Of course - this would probably
lead to grotesque overpopulation or a two tiered society of the one-lifers and
the eternals. But that’s all guess work.
JO: In the sense of self consciousness, do you
think the humans are in the edge to be obsolete?
HK: We haven’t even begun to live
correctly yet, I believe we’re on the cusp of a true futuristic renaissance.
JO: Is the “It Aint Cool News” site an extension
of your very own interest… or you’re trying to connect to kindred spirits?
HK:
Ain’t it Cool is a philosophy of loving life, film, television, comics,
toys, music, etc. I believe we live in the coolest era of all time for
film, simply because we have access to such a large volume of film history to
enjoy, everywhere. And I wish to share it with everyone.
JO: Sometimes we can see you as a spiritual leader;
you represent some kind of lifetime commitment to the fiction’s mission… when
exactly do you feel your call?
HK: A spiritual leader, really? Wow.
Well, I have performed marriage ceremonies for a few folks. But my
commitment to film is more about trying to understand humanity through its art.
To imagine its past, present & future - you need only look to
cinema, literature, music and art. To culturally reach through the
propaganda about other countries, by looking at their native contributions to
these mediums and coming to love everyone, without seeing borders or the issues
that drive us away from working towards a better future for us all.
JO: Who is the author you read over and over
through time?
HK: Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison,
Stan Lee, Plato, Aristotle
JO: Is any relevant difference these days between
fantasy and sci fi?
HK: Sci-Fi / Fantasy are often grouped together.
But I see them as 3 genres. Sci Fi or SCIENCE FICTION
would be the serious sci-fi stories that adhere to science directly for their
inspiration. DESTINATION MOON, INTERSTELLAR, TIME MACHINE, etc.
Then there’s FANTASY - which is filled with magic and the impossible to conceive
actions of its characters. These stories need not pay attention to the
restraints of reality. LORD OF THE RINGS. Lastly there is SCI FI
FANTASY - which looks like science fiction, but is very light on science and is
more about presenting a visual aesthetic of whimsy - like STAR WARS
JO: Who is your ultimate hero in fiction?
HK: Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood from THE ADVENTURES
OF ROBIN HOOD
JO: Who is your ultimate hero in real life?
HK: My father, Jay Knowles
JO: Please, recommend us three cult movies, which
everyone has to watch…
HK: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE - BRAINDEAD/DEAD ALIVE
- FREAKS
JO: Is any underdog writer you would recommend to
be adapted to film in this decade or next?
HK: Paul Dini
JO: In the Asian action movies
–directors, actors, producers, writers- is there any name that we have to be
aware of? So, who’s the next John Woo, the next Chow YunFat?
HK: I would say, Gareth Evans is the director to
watch and his star, Iko Uwais is the most stunning to watch Asian actor of our
day.
JO: What was the most important learning from your
boy scouts years?
HK: DO A GOOD TURN DAILY, BE PREPARED and to Help
Other People At All Times. Oh and to LEAD.
JO: The most relief or bizarre
experience in a Butt-Numb-A-Thon
HK: FAREWELL UNCLE TOM was the most bizarre
experience I’ve had at BNAT.
JO: What we have to expect, in the next years
about some franchises like Star Wars and Terminator or in another franchise you
want to see extended? …
HK: STAR WARS will continue till our dying day now
that it is at Disney. They will simply keep it that way.
TERMINATOR - I’m a tad exhausted with. If I could extend another
franchise, it would be to personally take the Sci-fi Fantasy stories of Edgar
Rice Burroughs to their glorious ends.
JO: This “Transmedia” concept, this multilayer and
multiplatform experience has something new to give in next years?
HK: I think we will see astonishing things from
the VR or OCULUS RIFT technologies, but also the enhanced reality features will
bring fictional characters to life around us. Though, I won’t be
satisfied till I can ride a Taun Taun in Antarctica
JO: Tell us if you love any one hit
wonder in horror movies…
HK: BUTCHER BAKER NIGHTMARE MAKER leaps instantly
to mind. THE BLACK ROOM with Karloff is amazing. FALL OF THE
HOUSE OF USHER by Corman is genius. And frankly there’s a few hundred
more.
JO: What is the most important advice that you
would give to a comic book writer?
HK: Stop having the characters fights all the time
- and try to fix things through other means.
JO: Please, describe us a day in the life of Aint
Cool News routine?
HK: Wake up, go through email, return emails,
calls…. Post stories, watch movies, think about the state of awesome in
the world. Read tech and science blogs. Read scripts, books and
other peoples’ reviews. Play with toys. My puppy.
Love my wife, chat with my dad. Eat 3 meals a day.
Sleep when it is boring. Then shake and repeat for the past 19 years.
JO: What is the best action film of all times?
HK: KING KONG (1933)
JO: If you have to pick one guitar riff or a song
that represents your own life, which will you choose?
HK: The song that Betty Boop and Bimbo sing at the
beginning of CRAZY TOWN --à https://youtu.be/lysQzfqeED8
As for a guitar riff….
FRANKENSTEIN from THE EDGAR WINTER
GROUP
JO: Thank you so much
HK: Thank you
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