Word: dt
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Just last month, when Sprint's proposed merger with WorldCom was blocked by antitrust regulators, Sommer sent a marriage proposal to Sprint, where he already has a 10% stake. No dice. The plan was immediately attacked by a group of U.S. Senators who vowed to thwart any effort by DT, which is 58% owned by the German government and not exactly renowned for being customer friendly, from taking control of Sprint. Their position has angered the European Union, which calls it a violation of a 1997 global-trade deal and is threatening to retaliate...
...nonetheless. I can dig it. The important thing is to get the info out to the masses. Without further ado, then, four "attributes of literary pomoism" from DT...
...DT: The creatures were not the focus of the movie. For me, the great fun of the movie was the danger within the group. It's what kept me going on the project-we keep mixing up the character dynamics...
...DT: I gravitate towards the kind of film that emphasizes the human dimension of the story. The studio originally just wanted big names, but I said, give me serious actors from independent films who haven't been bastardized by glossy films. We could then move the money to the visuals. We just wanted to make it entertaining, so we said, let's have some fun. We could take more chances with this type of budget. The bigger the budget, the less risks the studio is willing to take. More money usually means more people telling you how to spend...
...DT: Yeah, we cut that scene with Fry having sex with an alien...but really, we are just at the joking stage in terms of talking about a sequel...