As I mentioned in my last post, I spent part of Friday afternoon on the phone with the Uglies movie production team. It was great to go into that conversation armed with all the suggestions you guys have been making, both here and on my Twitter feed.
So thanks for all your input. Now here’s what’s going on:
Uglies is currently optioned to be a movie, or possibly a series of movies if the first one does well. To “option” a book is Hollywood-speak for buying the exclusive right to make a movie based on it. But the buyers don’t have to make a movie. Most options never go anywhere, in fact. But it certainly means that these producers are interested.
(What happens if this group doesn’t make the film(s)? In a couple of years I have the right option the book to someone else. In other words, options have time limits.)
Where are we now? Well, there’s no script, director, or actors lined up yet. So be patient and stop asking me about casting! If there are open auditions, you’ll see it here first.
So this phone call was mostly us getting to know each other and talking about what makes Uglies special to us. Most of the conversation was me talking, which was interesting. Sometimes Hollywood folks seem compelled to tell me all about my books. But these folks listened. And when I told them about my previous post, they were dying to shoot over and read your comments. So keep them coming!
Here are some of the things I told them:
Most of you guys want unknown actors for Tally and Shay, but maybe someone famous for Dr. Cable. The producers get that, and they also understand how important casting is, given that you could break the whole theme of the film by putting the World’s Most Beautiful Actress in the starring role.
I also told them how important setting is to you guys. How the world-building, tech hoverboards, etc., have to be real. This movie should look good, and more importantly, it should look right. Excellently, it turns out that one of the producers has read Bogus to Bubbly. She also sends it along to the screenwriters they’ve been approaching. That is a Good Thing.
I told them you guys want a faithful adaptation, and they said definitely, because, as one of them put it, “The book is a movie already.” In other words, the story doesn’t have to get completely reshaped to fit the screen. (I doubt there will be any of this putting-all-three-books-into-one-movie crap.)
So what are the chances of the movie happening soon? Well, movies cost tens of millions of dollars, and nothing that requires that much money plus human creativity is ever easy to predict. But the producers did say that there’s lots of support for this project at their studio, where certain execs have been known to speak in bubble-talk. This seems like a very good sign to me.
Anyway, that’s everything I know. Watch this space for further developments. So you can stop asking me about casting calls. Seriously.
(Oh, and if you’re one of the producers reading this, don’t worry, I won’t blog every darn thing you say to me. It’s just that a lot of fans have been asking about this for a long time, and I figured it was time to give them a major update. Normally I am a master of discretion, and will only twitter what you say to me.)
June 21st, 2009 04:25
Personally I think it would make a great movie.
June 21st, 2009 04:29
Sounds like you mentioned all the important stuff. Good calls! Glad they listened to YOU
June 21st, 2009 04:30
You know who would make an awesome Tally? Thora Birch. And Tilda Swinton would rock as Dr. Cable.
I know… I know…. But yeah. Even an optioning of the book has me all atwitter.
June 21st, 2009 04:31
yay this is exciting!!
June 21st, 2009 04:32
I hope they make it into a movie, but I’m definitely not going to get my hopes up. I’m glad that there is a lot of support for it in their studio, that means that, besides it having a better chance of being turned into a movie, they’re more likely to do a better job! (Or so I think.)
June 21st, 2009 04:42
My friends and I have said these books would make amazing movies since we read them! How exciting!
June 21st, 2009 04:46
This is so awesome! I can’t believe this! You need lots of people that are undiscovered or it will seem… fake. Like Twilight had Kirsten Stewart… bad move. Some of the characters like Dr.Cable could be someone famous though. Just not like you know, Miley Cyrus or something. Dont make the mistake of making everyone famous though! ( bad choices Twilight! Dont do the Jonas Bros. in your film people! )
June 21st, 2009 04:51
This is gonna be awesome! I’ve been waiting for this for sooo long! OMG I CANT BELIEVE THE PRODUCERS OF THE ACTUAL UGLIES MOVIE IS GOING TO SEE THIS!!! OMG!!! AND THE AUTHOR OF THE ACTUAL BOOK!! AHHH!!!!!1
June 21st, 2009 04:54
I can’t wait until they actually MAKE the movie!!!!!!!! I would love to see the world of Uglies outside of my mind.
June 21st, 2009 04:54
Thank you, Scott-la!
June 21st, 2009 04:57
Congratulations, Scott! You’re awesome, and the series is so great. I hope this works out!
June 21st, 2009 05:01
This is so great! I can’t wait for it to be out! Thanks for the update Scott!
June 21st, 2009 05:03
And, in my own personal opinion, I think Angelina Jolie would be a great Dr. Cable! She’s gorgeous, but still has the scary effect to the structure!
June 21st, 2009 05:10
I’d like to see Nicole Kidman as Dr. Cable. She just looks so predatory- Golden Compass, anyone?
June 21st, 2009 05:11
I am so excited! If the movie does go through, I’ll be right there the moment it comes out! I just hope it sticks to the story line, well, because in some movies that came out of books, like Twilight, they miss very important parts, but that is just in my opinion.
Good luck and I hope everything works out well.
June 21st, 2009 05:13
comment #15! whot whot!!!
June 21st, 2009 05:15
i think it will b a good movie… just make sure its not cheesy!!!
June 21st, 2009 05:32
This is very exciting! I hope everything goes well, Scott. *thinks maybe the Hollywood-people aren’t the soulless devils she thought they were…mostly*
Peace.
June 21st, 2009 05:34
WHO OPTIONED THE BOOK?!?!?!?!?! Disney? Walden Media? Summit? Warner Bros? WHO?
June 21st, 2009 05:37
That would be awesome! I can’t wait, make sure to let us know about casting before anyone else if it all works out. My cousin would be perfect for David. I think that everyone is right and there shouldn’t be a ton of famous actors. But maybe a few could have small parts to draw people’s attention to the movie.
June 21st, 2009 05:42
That’s so exciting!
June 21st, 2009 05:54
Yay Scott-la! *cheers half heartedly* I just played like the hardest soccer game ever with like no subs and in a zillion degree metal building cuz it’s indoor soccer. *passes out* I HAD to read this post though! I’ll cheer better after a shower. Adios.
June 21st, 2009 06:09
Tilda Swinton would make a phenomenal Dr. Cable, I agree.
It’s very cool to involve the fans in this. You’ll come out with a much better product. A lot of book adaptations have been disappointing to fans and lackluster to the uninitiated. Listening to what the readers look for in the movie is a big step towards remedying this, because you are infusing the movie with the same spirit that made the book so popular. The Uglies series is one I have always dreamed of seeing as a movie, because, as you said, it is a movie already. It is so easy to see it translating to the screen. The visuals alone would be worth it.
June 21st, 2009 06:20
OK!!
Here’s my one piece of input:
They practicly RUINED Twilight(dont get me started)With the line work in the trees.MAKE IT LOOK REAL!!!!!!!!
I agree,Tally and shay and Zane and David all have to be unknown actors.
Also=Make sure they use all they funny terms(happy-making,sad-making ect.) Choose a wrighter who will read the books FIRST,and try an add as many little hints as possible(AKA like in twilight the lie about the wolves decending-halarious)
Ok.Thank you.I’ve had my say.
June 21st, 2009 06:26
Oh, I’m rereading the series again RIGHT NOW and this is exciting! I definitely think there should be unknowns for Tally and Shay and David . . . and I think it’s VERY important to know that they AREN’T pretties in the beginning!! i don’t know how the casting will work from Uglies to Pretties to Specials – in terms of the changing of Tally and Shay – but Hollywood can do wonders with make-up! Still, they can’t be like, symmetrically pretty. Though Shay is pretty, I think. David has to be attractive, but a growing on you quality. He’s got to be rough and wild, but that’s the beautiful part of him.
They need to look 16!!!
I think Maddy and Dr. Cable could both be known actresses, though I don’t know who exactly . . . not Nicole Kidman, she’s already tried to do it. But someone very angular. If Helen Mirren wasn’t the age she is, I would say she would be great – voice wise, especially. I think Dr. Cable’s voice is very important.
It’s also a kind of small role, but the Boss could also be someone known . . . I always imagine a kind of heftier-gone-wild Johnny Depp. I think it’s the wild eyes and crazy hair. Or Hugh Jackman . . . though if you could get Patrick Stewart in there anywhere, I would be super happy!!!
And yeah, don’t mess with the plot! The book is an action movie already!
So excited! And I think I would make an excellent extra . . . a ranger or a special . . . heee.
June 21st, 2009 06:37
I Love nicole kidman she rocks if you could find between her and agallina you would have the perfect Dr.coble. So Mary and elle are both right yay and scott~la i realy hope the movie comes out b/c then ur book would be all the crazzzz like twilight (pucking~sound– blaaaaa).
LONG LIVE THE SMOKE!!!!! (and tally)
June 21st, 2009 07:14
Sounds good, reassuring-major!
Nice going Scott-la.
June 21st, 2009 07:17
EEEPPPP YAY!
i think the which in The Lion the Whitch and the Wardrobe is the most perfectest actress for Dr.C
i agree about the unknown thing for tally and her group? but on the IMBD comments for Uglies( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986270/ ) the ppl there totally know all the right actor for everything
and if u ned a director, soundtrack creator, actress, script writer or anything else im ssure most ppl commenting would be happy to help;D
haha
ditto~ LONG LIVE SMOKE
June 21st, 2009 07:34
I’m sooo excited…
The casting for David and his parents will be tricky, because they have to have a clear resemblence. You HAVE to have the actors at the right ages. And use the books slang in a way that’s convincing. Scenery’s going to be important, from the city to her trip to the Smoke… I’m especially looking forward to the views on her journey. Scott should work with the people when it comes to the building designs for New Pretty Town, because it has to be distinctive and unique. Having someone who’s read Bogus to Bubbly is very good. =)
As long as they cast unknowns for the main people, I hope they get famous people for people like Cable. I can see Jolie as her… though I would prefer Tilda Swinton.
June 21st, 2009 08:01
Oh my gosh, this is going to be sooooooo cool! Yay! If only all of the other books that I’ve heard are going to become movies weren’t just like being forgotten… like this was before all of a sudden finally we get some action! Now hopefully, the House of Night movie will like get started, along with the Maximum Ride one and the Warriors one…
June 21st, 2009 08:25
Sounds like the call when great. The people you talked to seem to have really understood the important parts of an adaptation to keep it like you and all us fan-freaks visioned:P Congrats on a good phone call. I hope it gets picked up and put into production soon! I can’t wait for more information:)
And thanks so much for taking the time to listen to all of us cyber-scream at you about what we wanted!
June 21st, 2009 08:36
Suggestions…
Be sure the events in the (possible) movie happen in the same order as the events in the book. Too many movies have things out of order because the directors think it’ll look better.
About casting… for sure, unknowns for all the mains, including David. Try not to have major actresses for Dr. Cable or Maddy, but not a complete unknown either.
Hope this gets off the ground!
June 21st, 2009 08:38
im gana go crazy!:)
June 21st, 2009 08:41
And as far as who could play Dr. Cable, I do like the idea of Angelina Jolie or Tilda Swinton, but I think they may be a bit… old? Like, I’m not sure, but I always imagined Dr. Cable as being younger, just being extremely intimidating (which I’m sure we all noticed). I would think that someone like Keira Knightley would work, almost. Something about her doesn’t quite fit, but that’s just my example for now.
What about Sienna Guillory? She played Arya in Eragon and Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Google her. I think she could work, though she isn’t overly famous.
June 21st, 2009 08:42
WHEN IT DOES BECOME A MOVIE! (yes i do have that much fathe in it) Im gana stand in the street screaming! and im gana dress up like a special.
i think the uglies would be one of the best moviez in the world:)
June 21st, 2009 08:44
im rotting for u scott-la! and so r tonz of other ppl i know whom ive perswaded to read your books and r now addicted:P
June 21st, 2009 08:55
This just makes me nervous. These never usually turn out well. I don’t mean to be the negative one here, but think about. Really think about it…
June 21st, 2009 08:55
WOW! Congratulations Scott! That’s so cool that their really considering it!
I hope if they end up making Uglies into a film, its as good as the book, coz the books are FANTASTIC!!
GOOD LUCK!!
June 21st, 2009 08:58
I understand what you mean, Remy. Obviously it’s going to lose something that it had from the books, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyable. I think most movies that were made from books are really good, even if they aren’t like the books. It’s ’cause their movies. Books and movies just can’t be the same. If you look at the movies just as movies, not as the books (which can be very hard), then they’re usually pretty good.
I’m pretty nervous with you, though. Even if it’s a good movie, I’d be really mad if it was ruined from the books.
June 21st, 2009 09:04
and lolz. twitter:P
June 21st, 2009 09:06
I don’t think Dr. Cable should be played by Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, or Tilda Swinton. I mean, taking the evil lady from other book-based movies is kinda lame if you ask me, and Jolie just doesn’t fit. Like Sydner, I kinda pictured Cable being a little younger than them, but not as young as Keira Knightley. I’m not very good at fantasy casting, so I don’t have anyone in mind, but I know I don’t like those four actresses for that part.
CLICK MY NAME!!!!!
June 21st, 2009 09:09
i nvr use it:( o well
June 21st, 2009 09:10
i kinda agree with dahlia-wa:)
June 21st, 2009 09:36
Thanks so much for sharing all of this info with us, Scott-la! I love how connected you are with your fans, and how you appreciate our input.
I can’t wait to see progress on this film!
June 21st, 2009 10:19
This is great news! Glad they want to make it well and seem so into it.
I’m glad they get where we’re coming from and I can’t wait to see things progress.
June 21st, 2009 10:32
!!!!!!!!!!
That’s all I have to say.
June 21st, 2009 10:37
Oh, I also want to say that, back in 06 when there were first words said on the subject of an Uglies movie, BEFORE Kristen Stewart became Isabella Swan, and when no one really did know her, I thought she would make an excellent Tally. I even remember coming across a fan made Uglies movie poster with her in the sunflower field in The Messengers. I fell in love with her as Tally. BEFORE TWILIGHT.
To be honest, I was a little bummed that Twilight got her. Because I do agree she can’t be Tally now. It just wouldn’t work. She’s not unknown anymore. But I still think she’s an amazing actress and under different circumstances, would have been perfect for Tally.
June 21st, 2009 10:52
eva-la: yeahhhh, dr cable. the witch from narnia. she gives a very good mental picture as evil. one of the few faces i remember.
colin-la: huh, well, kristen stewart…i just, she doesnt seem to hav a lot of like emotion. that sorta bothers me…
anyway, i hope that hollywood does a good job on casting.
June 21st, 2009 11:16
yay, more time to type.
sorry guys, that last comment wz a bit rushed.
as i was saying…
i think that the White Witch from Narnia would be awesome as Dr. Cable. u kno, cuz shes all, well, cold and sharp looking. i dont know, but she gives me the chills. they did an awesome makeup job.
but kristen stewart…i saw her in 2 movies: Speak and Twilight, and if you’ve seen really good actresses, like Dakota Fanning, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, etc. They have a lot of feeling and emotions that actually suit the role. Kristen just looks sort of…haunted? depressed? i dont know…cuz i read twilight several times, and bella does not seem suicidal/depressed/hating the world. in the movie, even wen shes with edward she seems sad. and even though i havent read uglies in a couple of months, i dont remember tally as, particularily gloomy. no offense to u, kristen, if ur reading this. in some moments, u captured Melinda Sordino’s solitary feeling well.
As scott said, I also hope that they dont cast someone completely gorgeous as tally or shay. and they better not switch actors for pretties, if there is a pretties movie.
i heard that one of the people from the eragon movie bought the rights? hmmmm, eragon…well, theres no dragons in uglies, so there shouldnt be a problem with that.
and have any of u ever been on the skylink in the dallas airport?
its like, fake hoverboarding. its like a metrolink, but not as many ppl, and they hav wide turns. ok, i kno, im weird, but theres the air conditioning on and it feels like wind. writing that made me want to go on a roller coaster…knott’s…
June 21st, 2009 11:42
your movie is in good hands, Scott-la. 50!
June 21st, 2009 13:17
the RIGHT AGE of the characters like the other posts said how the ACTORS in HARRY POTTER GREW UP in the film and that was sooooo AWESOME and RARE….. so PLEASE make tally,shay,david the RIGHT AGE..and NOT some twenty-year old…now the UGLIES MOVIE can UNQUIE like the books(!!) and WAY BETTER
June 21st, 2009 13:19
and… i want dr.cable actor do have a cruel..sort of cold and hard face but that can always be very nice…deceving
SOMEONE START A PETITON!
June 21st, 2009 16:45
ZOMGZOMG YAY!
:):):):)
June 21st, 2009 18:09
I love you Scott-la I love you! Your awsome! Thank you for not being discreet. I CANNOT WAIT! By the way..if there isn’t a movie Uglies fans across the world will start a riot.
June 21st, 2009 18:09
this gets me so unbelievably exited
thanks for bringin up our points! :}
and i agree with UgliesPrettiesSpecialsExtras
June 21st, 2009 18:20
Yay for movie update.
This makes me happy. I need to see them follow through with this. Seriously.
June 21st, 2009 18:29
omigosh i really hope they actually make the movie! it seems like they’re gonna!!!!!!! *does happy dance*
June 21st, 2009 19:03
Wow, im so excited !!!!
June 21st, 2009 19:58
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it’s gonna be a while from now but i just can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!! I even watch the fan made trailers on You Tube thinking about them being on tv!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 21st, 2009 20:09
i think i know the perfect actor of David
his name is Shane West
he was the main character in A walk to Remember and has been in a few others
he’s a great actor who isn’t too well known, but with his skills- he should be!
June 21st, 2009 20:23
Wow, great.
If they have listen, I agree, that’s a good thing. Good job, Scott-la. 
DD
June 21st, 2009 20:39
i definetly agree that tilda swinton would be an awesome actress for dr. cable!
i dont want the actresses that play tally, shay or david to be well known either, because that would ruin the movie for me if it was some girl from gossip girl or 90210. i also hope that they arent stick thin or almost anorexic looking, because in the book they make fun of the magazines with the skinny people in them.
June 21st, 2009 21:06
thank you so much for the update! yay! this sounds like one book that Hollywood won’t completely trash. ^_^
June 21st, 2009 21:17
Can’t wait!
June 21st, 2009 22:24
*freams out* I haven’t seen a movie in the movie theater for 6 years. If Uglies becomes a movie…I’ll be there opening day.
June 21st, 2009 22:37
oh and i no this person named rachel who would be an awesome shay
or at least an extra part 
June 21st, 2009 22:40
I’m so excited! I really hope Uglies becomes a movie!
June 21st, 2009 23:29
Omg I can not wait to see this movie in theaters!!!!!!!
I think it is going to rock, the book is the script. I hope that they dont change it too much. And they better do so auditioning in Orlando cuz I want to be apart of this amazing coming soon movie!
June 22nd, 2009 00:47
I hate cheesey movies and books so please don’t make it cheesey!
June 22nd, 2009 00:58
i’d like to be in the cast…
i wonder what they’re doing for the soundtrack.
hopefully some all american rejects, fall out boy, coldplay…?
please dont put jordin spark’s No Air…
June 22nd, 2009 00:59
maybe muse,
and plz plz plz no disney cuz that would just ruin it for me
June 22nd, 2009 03:05
#14- I totally agree with you….when I saw the golden compass I was like woa she looks special….but then I saw that Tilda person and I think she looks more special…tuff call, but those two are my top choices
June 22nd, 2009 03:40
i don’t think that DR.CABLE SHOULD BE THE SAME ACTRess as the narnia lady…i think that there is a caring part about dr cable, and no offense, but i don’t like that actress. she is a little bit tooo spooky to me. i read speak, well parts of it and never saw the movie, but it seems like that is the only role that kristen stewart is good for. i never read twilight-and i DO NOT intend to- but yeah, that’s a good point. and i really hope that the eragon ppl didn’t buy the rights!!!!! i LOVED the eragon book, but the movie was so awful that i practiclly cried!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my horse is lame, she has a HUGE cut, like half an inch deep, right on her fetlock joint. wich means that she may be unridable for the WHOLE summer!!! i know half(or more) of u don’t know what im talking about, but hey, if u do, congrats, if u dont, well then look it up(or not). im sorry, but im a little psyco tonight bacuz my best friend(boyfriend) just left for camp for 2 weeks without any phone or internet! he will miss out 3 week anniversary! what a great start to the summer.
June 22nd, 2009 03:41
im kidding.
June 22nd, 2009 03:41
OMG!!!!! I really hope its soon!!! I loved the books!! It’d be AMAzing to see on screen. I just hope the movie will stay close to the book. Because if not that’d be BOGUS!!! OMG The movie will be so bubbly!!
June 22nd, 2009 03:41
its a TERRIBLE START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can’t ride my horse, she is in constant suffering, and i can’t see my boyfriend for 2 weeks. life sucks!
June 22nd, 2009 03:42
emily-wa: yeah, i hope it will be!
June 22nd, 2009 03:59
i hope this movie actually happens. its gonna rock!
June 22nd, 2009 04:35
Pony-la, that’s so sad about your horse!!!
Injured animals =
June 22nd, 2009 05:02
Movies never turn out like the books…unless the author works closely with the director and makes the vision that was in their head come to life for the fans. But not always. Stephenie Meyer did just that and look what happend there. *shudder*
June 22nd, 2009 05:15
pony-la im so sorry about ur horse that stinks
June 22nd, 2009 05:38
THeres a big following here, I recon a movie will make it, Big Time.
WOW im soo exited!!
June 22nd, 2009 06:30
This is great. The Uglies series is just one of those sets that has me all abuzz with excitement, that kind just HAVE to be made into movies. Alot of books OUGHT to be made into movies, but sometimes to do so would be just wrong.
These ones are debatable, because Tally changes throughout the series, at least in appearance. But you’d have to keep the actor the same throughout or it would just be weird.
I agree that the major characters [Tally, Shay, David] should be the RIGHT AGE and/but NOT WELL KNOWN.
Hmm…if they do make all three, it will be interesting to see what they do to show the effects of the operations [Ugly>>Pretty>>Special (>>Pretty/Ugly)].
June 22nd, 2009 06:43
Yes, SMeyer had a big part in making Twilight, In my opinion the movie turned out better then the book, it still sucked ass but it was better then Meyers crap. The actors played the characters spot on, emotionless and boring with a tad of creeppy pedo thrown in. They didn’t have much to go with from the start. Lets just admit it. Twilight is not a good book……AAAAA HARRY POTTER!!!….sorrey comercial just came on…..anywho……what was I talking about again?……oh ya…..Twilight sucks end of story…..I so wish That Tilda person wasn’t in Narnia first she would have made a perfect Dr. Cable….Nicole Kidman would still be good though….besides Golden compass was like nothing…people wouldn’t even notice.
June 22nd, 2009 07:42
It is so cool that the producer peoples want to know what the fans “us”, want.
Can’t wait— but I will have too
June 22nd, 2009 07:49
I think that it would be great to make the whole uglies series into a movie. I just hope it is better acting and better special effects than Twilight.(no offense twilight fans but come on) i fthey can do better I will see it but if they don’t make the series into a movie no big deal besides the book is ALWAYS better than the movie………
June 22nd, 2009 08:26
Okay, so in my mind they HAVE to make this movie. I know they don’t really have to, and realistically there’s quite a chance that they won’t, but they’ve just gotten some very devoted fans’ hopes up pretty darn high–well, at least mine.
It’s awesome that they all seem so interested. All the discussions just making me feel like re-reading the series again…
Honestly, I don’t think any of us can think of much more to add to that mile-long suggestion post.
June 22nd, 2009 09:59
I have my fingers crossed for this movie! Uglies is one Of those books that just plays out like a movie In my head anyways, BUT it needs to be made with lots of time, accuracy, and care! It can NOT just be mashed up into a 1hour30min movie. That just wouldn’t do. Detail is very important, and I still have yet to see a movie that comes close to being as good, if not better, than the book itself. Let’s hope for the best
Also- Scott should play a huge role in creating the movie. What better way would there be for creating the perfect book to movie production? It would be amazing if he ended up writing the script!
June 22nd, 2009 10:48
I would watch one. Hopefully it would do well. Your books take place in a future with extreme cosmetic surgery. You would need expert makeup and costume designers along with some CG animation I’m sure. I’m looking forward to this possible movie! Good luck.
June 22nd, 2009 12:19
Congrats Scott – I just hope it doesn’t get stuck in Development Hell (I’m looking at you, Good Omens and Neon Genesis Evangelion.)
June 22nd, 2009 16:03
I hope theres an Uglies movie. Fingers and everything else crossed. Except my eyes I can’tt do that.
June 22nd, 2009 17:24
If I’m correct Fox Searchlight optioned it, no?
(I almost said Satelight as in the animation studio in Japan, I’ve been watching too much Shugo Chara Doki xD)
I just hope they don’t make it into the next Eragon (nuff said) or Golden Compass (what happened to the atheism? the ending of the book?). Or Twilight (though the book was awful to begin with…).
June 22nd, 2009 18:41
i agree with all of u on twilight! it was a terrible book, i didn’t even bother to go see the movie! i just REALLY pray that it doesn’t turn into the dark is rising(or the seeker), they just took the basic idea of the book, then changed every thing to make it more appealing to the teen audience, changed the name, and pretty much ruined it. so far, harry potter has been the closest to the books, and i think that the movies are so good becuz:
1. The actors were the right age(or about that) when they started the movies, and you get to watch them grow just like the charachters
2.the actors really portray the charachters well
3. they don’t worry too much about squashing it in(well see when it gets into some of the huge books)
4. animation is great
5. great setting
and i also know that J.K Rowling pretty much controlled the movie, scott-la, i hope that u know how to be assertive! because if you want uglies to be turned into a really good movie, i think that you are gonna have to step right in and make it happen.
also make sure that they make alot of t-shirts, bags, computer games, et cetra et cetra.
June 22nd, 2009 18:42
oh yeah, and ping-la[says hi back]: I LOVE YOUR NAME!!!!!! i have reread parts of specials so many times that i practiclly know them by heart*i know im a geek*
June 22nd, 2009 18:44
oh wait! when i was watching house yesterday there was an actress that looked like she could maybe be an extra pretty, although she may be too old…
June 22nd, 2009 21:35
I have read two of your books recently, but I would like to read more, but they are not traduce into Spanish.
Would you tell me when they will be out?
I am waiting impatient to know how does the thriologhy Uglies ends.
June 22nd, 2009 22:57
The stunts for sure have to be good. As in like amazing!!
Ping-la [says hi back] and pony-la are certainly right about some things. (although I loved Twilight… the movie did suck though) They are right about the fact that if too much is cut out of Uglies then the movie will suck. There’s no way a movie can be good if it doesn’t follow the book.
June 23rd, 2009 00:14
Ping-la [says hi back]: I read somehwre (IMDB maybe?) that they watered down Golden Compass to ease people in, and that if (not sure if they’re still doing it) they make the second one, it’s going to be more true to the book.
I think you guys are forgetting the best book-turned-movie. LORD OF THE RINGS!!! I’ve never read the books (fantasy isn’t really my thing), but my friend is a huge LOTR fan, and she said that it was *really* close to the book, and that they only cut out a few scenes for time (considering how long it was, we should thank them for that).
So, instead of saying “I hope it’s not as bad as…” let’s say, “I hope it’s as good as LOTR and Harry Potter.”
June 23rd, 2009 01:39
Yeah twilight sucked! But I have faith in these directors and Scott!
June 23rd, 2009 02:36
my friends and i are super excited about the movie and cant wait for it to happen and we will be bummed if it dont but it should!and we can tell your trying your best to make it happen !!!
June 23rd, 2009 03:05
ya but Lord of the ring is sort of lame(in my opinion…no ofence to fans)
June 23rd, 2009 03:35
yay! cant wait!
i wish that they cood make the movie EXACTLY like the book but thats like impossoblle (but i can still hope)
June 23rd, 2009 03:57
Pony-la: I know who this is….Kathryn! (Unless it’s someone who used the same name…then sorry) but if this is Kathryn, you don’t like Twilight, cause it was probably as big as Harry Potter, and you are the biggest Harry Potter fan I have ever met. Well, Sarah, likes both Harry Potter and Twilight…so do I. So, I don’t get why you can’t open up a little more. Like, maybe, stop saying stuff about it. You don’t have to like it, just don’t say stuff and I won’t say anything about Harry Potter.
Anyways, back to the real subject here: I am so glad that Scott talked to them! I am soooo thankful, because he mentioned all of my points! YAY! Now I have complete confidence that this movie will be AH-MAZING!
June 23rd, 2009 04:17
HEYYYY!!! Im back
June 23rd, 2009 04:34
Ok so the effects have to be good! (or else) The charecters need to be picked out right. Also It Scott westerfeld is reading this please email me i have a great idea for a next book!!!
June 23rd, 2009 04:34
you know just because someone says they don’t like the Twilight books doesn’t mean it’s because they are Harry Potter fans. Infact, that makes no sense at all. Some people don’t like the books because they are poorly writen. Some people hold high standards of books and Twilight just doesn’t meet them. Harry Potter, as we all know is a wonderful book that will be remembered and loved for years to come. Where as Twilight is just a fad that will die out in a few years. But I’m gald you said something. I was begining to wonder where all the Twi-hards had gone. For a while there we were all anti-Twilight. I was begining to think you all just left scott’s blog. That would have been a shame. You also give me a laugh. It’s fun arguing with Twilight fans
June 23rd, 2009 05:29
Pony-la: u watch house? awesome! i thot i wz the only one. do u mean thirteen or cameron or some1 else?
June 23rd, 2009 05:30
i dont think twilight is bad. how is it bad?
harry potter i also luv, but still, r u guys just anti perfect guys or something?
June 23rd, 2009 05:51
Thank you for mentioning what us fans want! I really appericiate it! I wrote several comments and am personally thankful for all you are trying to do for us fans. I think you did well on telling the producers what WE want and I can’t wait for the movie to come out.
(P.S. The angey mob of die-hard fans is growing so if anyone screws this up the consiquences will not be good! As the Specials say, “I don’t want to hurt you , but I will if I have to.”)
June 23rd, 2009 07:11
This. Is. AMAZING!! I so want Uglies to become a movie! That would be so icy!
June 23rd, 2009 08:20
I am so watching the movie. And if possible, I would wanna try for casting of this movie.
This will probably make box office. And YEAH! I am a big fan(:
June 23rd, 2009 08:28
*dances* So happy and excited!! I will totally see this movie, ALMOST no matter what. Haha. Too bad I’m too old for a part.
Being Shay would be awesome. BUT I IS EXCITED.
June 23rd, 2009 09:30
Okay, so Kristina-la: It’s pretty funny that you said that. My friends who hate Twilight don’t hate it because it was poorly written, they hate it because they are afraid that Twilight will be as big as Harry Potter, which i don’t know if it will be or not. I know that they are Harry Potter fans, and obviously you don’t know my friends, so you wouldn’t know whether they were or not. And as for Twilight dying out in a few years, what are you a fourtune teller to? Do you see the future? No, I don’t think so. So, why don’t we wait and let time do it’s thing. Nobody knows how things are going to end up, so don’t tell me or anybody else, that the future will end a certain way, because it may or may not.
Oh and sorry Pony-la: I got confused. My friend is a huge horse fan, and you sounded like her, so I mixed you guys up! So sorry on that one! =[
June 23rd, 2009 09:32
Kristina-la: Well I’m glad to have given you a good laugh. Because you make me laugh too, fourtune-teller.
June 23rd, 2009 09:33
All this news has made me even more excited about the movie! It seems like the producers are genuinely understanding about how you want to set up this movie, and I love that they’re open to fan suggestions! Here’s hoping Uglies does make it to theaters.
Please, please, PLEASE make sure the characters are played by people their ages, or at least people who look close to their ages. I’ve seen movies where actors are supposed to be playing teens and it’s cringe-worthy watching them try because they don’t look the age at all.
June 23rd, 2009 14:32
Alex-wa:
I had read Maximum Ride as well and I think that it’s cool it’s going to be made into a movie too. However, I think that the progress for Maximum Ride is even faster than Uglies seeing that they had already gotten choosen the important people for this movie.
See below for details:
*Information taken from Wikipedia*
James Patterson will be the executive producer. Avi Arad, one of the producers of Spider-Man, X-Men and other Marvel movies, will also produce alongside Steven Paul. In an interview with James Patterson, it was revealed that Arad has already planned out the first two movies. On August 7, 2008, it was announced that Columbia Pictures bought the screen rights to the franchise. Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) will direct the first movie, with Don Payne (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) writing the script. The movie is scheduled for a 2010 release. It was posted on the author’s site under Max’s Blog that Kristen Stewart (Female lead in Twilight) is likely to audition for Maximum, since director Catherine Hardwicke stated in an interview that she would be soliciting Stewart to audition for a role (though this does not mean she will definitely get the role).
I am more excited about Uglies being made into a movie than Maximum Ride. in my opinion, the story for Maximum Ride isn’t as good as Uglies. It started to unravel as more books comes out. The story isn’t as solid as Uglies.
To me Uglies is worth 4.5/5 stars while Maximum Ride is worth 3.5/stars. =D
This is just my opinion. =P
June 23rd, 2009 16:22
Since I’m to young to be Tally or Shay (tear tear) I’d like to be An of Sussy.
June 23rd, 2009 18:01
u know what i just realized? even if scott-la writes the script, it all depends on how the actors portray the charachters, and what the directors do with the script. but having scott-la write the scropt would at least ensure they don’t squash or leave out important details…
June 23rd, 2009 18:03
riva-la: no, it was just some random girlfriend of the dad of the kids…and imdb was no help
June 23rd, 2009 18:05
twilight was bad becuz it had no plot. it was just a stupid romance series that just got famous becuz alot of teenage girls got sucked into it. only real people with brains can comprehend such a great series as uglies
June 23rd, 2009 19:45
I’m so excited!!!!! sounds like they’ll probably make the movie!!!!
June 23rd, 2009 21:08
NOOO!!!! Kristen Stewart is not allowed to be Max. Max is supposed to be like fifteen!!! SHe doesn’t look fifteen!!! SHe will screw that movie up the butt!!! GET SOMEONE ELSE!!!
June 23rd, 2009 21:19
Emily-wa13- Have your friends read Twilight?
If not I think you should tell them to read the book. Why you ask? Why is a anti telling someone to read the books? Well I think that no one should really say anything bad about something unless they have actually experienced it.(which is ironic because I really dont like to try new things, but in books I do)
I have actually read Twilight and I didn’t like it. It’s not because it’s “getting” as popular as Harry Potter because thats deffinatly not why, but the last time I checked the Harry Potter series has sold over 400 million books, and JK Rowling is pretty much the richest person in England. Well anyway, reasons why I dislike Twilight: The Plot. Well truth be told, there really isn’t a plot at all. Through out the whole book, oh I’m sorrey for 300 pages it is ONLY about Bella saying how beautiful Edward is and how much she loves him. The plot only changes at the end when there is a little action that was built up, but then is made out to be nothing. Meyer likes to avoid action all together. Her plot is so shallow and not there that I just couldn’t get into it.
Second reason why Twilight sucked is: anti-feminism. I’m sure most of you have herd at one point someone say that “SMeyer has set feminism back 100 years.” This is true. This book promotes girls being helpless and in need of a man at every second. It is pretty much saying that girls can’t do anything for themselves, that they are useless without their man. Bella is always getting her self into trouble. Not because she is “Clutzy” but because she has no intelligence what so ever. This book has made teenage girl think that they NEED a man like Edward to save them. This scares me because girls should want to stick up for themselves. If girls didn’t stick up for things we would not be where we are today.
A big reason i really didn’t like the books is the characters. They are all flat and have no personallity. Meyer just doesn’t know how to make a well developed character. Lets start with the main character. Bella is a mary sue, plain and simple. We all know it. Just to re-cap a mary sue has no flaws(no being flawed does not mean being just clutzy)they are a wish-fulfillment of the author, the author favours the character too much(most believe Meyer thinks of bella as herself) and says how amazing the character is over and over again. A Mary Sue character is usually beautiful and smart. This character usually falls in love with the authors favourite characters and subs all the rest. A Mary sue is a whiney whimpy female character that can’t do anything but get herself into trouble that the romantic intrest has to save her from(sound like Bella yet?) A Mary sue is usually created by starting out authors(Meyer) I would Talk about Edward at this point but their are so many things wrong with him I don’t know where to begin.
I’ll just finish with saying that watching someone sleep is not an act of love it’s just creepy and pedofilish. No one should think otherwise.
June 23rd, 2009 21:19
Dhalia-wa: i never even thought about thaT! but, yes, the lord of the rings movies were REALLY
June 23rd, 2009 21:21
SRY, I DON’T KNOW AT HAPPENEED they LOTR movies were REALLY close to the books!!!!
June 23rd, 2009 21:27
don’t forget about teh tshirts and fan accessories like bags and other cool stuff!
June 23rd, 2009 21:39
ok just to say, i think that tilda swidman would not make a good special. to me she just looks like an old lady who has had too much plastic surgery. maybe, if they did an Artemis Fowl movie, she would be a good Opal whatever her name is. I think that Angelina Jolie(i think i spelled it right) would make a good Dr. Cable, becuse she can have such an evil thing about her, and cable is described as”a beautiful woman half transformed into a wolf”, and if you did some effects on her then she could look special.
June 23rd, 2009 21:44
I dont like Jolie….I don’t think she looks special enough
June 23rd, 2009 21:46
I do think one of the most important things is it to have “ugly” people playing the Uglies. That doesn’t mean I think people that look normal are ugly- it’s just the title. Give them spots, cuts and greasy hair! I think the whole movie would be a lie without this to begin with. It must be so great to talk to producers who wanna turn your book into a movie! Hopefully it all turns out well.
June 23rd, 2009 22:21
Kristina-la:
I totally agree with you! I used to love the Twilight books, but when I read the last one, I stopped and took a good look at the series. I think this book is only for a little time to read fluffy romance during a rainy day. Also, I worry for any girl that takes these books seriously.
For example, who would ever want to be a mother at eighteen? Wouldn’t you like to wait a few years before committing the responsibilities of raising a child? SM put a bad example in the last book. I know Bella became a vampire (duh) and she could go back to college later on AND she was married, but it was still an improper example, which is why I recommend only to read this book only when you want to read boring romance. No offense to any people who enjoyed the series, but I just wanted to state my concern and opinion over this.
June 23rd, 2009 22:22
AH, must see Uglies!
June 23rd, 2009 23:35
oh my. this is so excited!i literally can’t wait!!! i had to hide the books so id stop thinking about them.[didn't work so well tho]
well i totally support you and hope you keep us updated on everything.but maybe not everything.=p
oh,i definately like the “unknown” as the leads.it should be a “ugly” but then again your movies,you deciede =] keep us posted on casting.
good luck!
June 23rd, 2009 23:44
so,just wondering, is casting going to in more places than one? small places..like rhode island,maine,texas,tennessee[=)]?because some people,[if its an open audition] would love to try and think theyd be perfect.like truely seriously and honestly.just think about it.=]
June 23rd, 2009 23:49
and open auditions will make it easier to find people the right age.like girls who are exactly 16.=]
ok last post promise.=p
June 24th, 2009 00:20
lol this is funny.
I’m so excited for this movie!
June 24th, 2009 00:25
I just made a bag of M&M’s that says Uglies movie and on the other ones I put must happen! Obbsession!
June 24th, 2009 00:29
Hi! I’m Rhianna Lee Dupla, I’m 13 and live in Hershey, PA.
I read all of your books like 3 times and my fave is Specails! I reallly want to be a specail with non-human abilities! I love tally, and scaryly I look like tally exactly on the cover of Secails (except her face is flawless, I only have a few small tiny iny pimples<– Hardly noticible unless u have a close up LOL)
Whenever you might get casting for specails (if u make the movie) I would love to cast for Tally! I feel as if our personalities are so much alike that it is almost as if you were thinking of me
scary eh?
BEst wishes and hugs and kisses
-Rhi <3 ;]]
June 24th, 2009 00:50
I am so excited for these awesome books to be turned into a movie! They are so creative, I love reading them! Just make sure when auditions are being held, that everyone knows, because I would love to audition for the movies!
Thanks!!
June 24th, 2009 02:42
Scott-la, I don’t know if you know the song Naive (by The Kooks, covered by Lily Allen, a version I like better) but it has the lyrics:
How could this be done
By such a smiling sweetheart
Oh and your sweet and pretty face
In such an ugly way, someone so beautiful…
which hardcore reminds me of Uglies. Especially that last bit. Can you say Uglies movie soundtrack?
June 24th, 2009 02:51
oooohhhhhi t would need to have a REALLY good soundtrack!
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
June 24th, 2009 05:10
“In other words, the story doesn’t have to get completely reshaped to fit the screen. (I doubt there will be any of this putting-all-three-books-into-one-movie crap.)”
— that’s what they did in the Series Of Unfortunate Events. I hated it!!!!!!!!
And if they DO make the Series Movies, I would probably like Pretties or Specials the best. Probably Pretties cuz I wanna see all the mischief of the floating ice rink haha!!!!!!
June 24th, 2009 06:08
OH! I forgot! You have to get the outfits right. Like dorm uniforms, The Smoke knitted kind of thing… etc. Oh, and like Lizzy-wa said: the soundtrack.
June 24th, 2009 06:35
Kristina-la: Yes they have. And you know what? You’re right. Twilight has no plot. Which is why I prefer Uglies over anything, basically. Uglies does have more action in it.
Some of Meyer’s characters are shallow, but I don’t think that she infers through Bella, that girls don’t have flaws. One of the things you mentioned, is that a Mary Sue is beautiful and smart, correct? I support you on the whole smart thing. Yes Bella, is too smart, in my opinion, but as far as beauty, she has tons of flaws, so i wouldn’t exactly call her a Mary Sue. And, she has no confidence what so ever.
And also, you said that Meyer infers that girls need a man right? i don’t think she infers that nessicarily. Yes, she infers that through Bella, but the whole story is a romance novel, so obviously that would be a main hookup for the characters falling in love. See where I’m coming from?
You’ve made soem very good points, and I think, that so have I.
So you see, we both agree that Twilight isn’t a very good book, okay? I started this whole thing, because I love to tease my friend. (Even though it turned out not to be her and I mixed her up with another girl. Oops haha.)
June 24th, 2009 09:03
lol nice. i wish my friends liked to read
I just like to ask you one thing
besides being clumsy, what flaws does Bella actually have?
if you can name more then 10 that are pretty correct I will agree with you
June 24th, 2009 13:43
To Caitlin Ryser:
Totally agree. I don’t think that Kristen Stewart is suitable for Max AT ALL. If she gets the role, she will just ruin the movie.
To Kristina-la:
Right on. I think that the people who actually love Twilight is due to the reason that they didn’t have read tons of book out there and they can’t compare Twilight with better books such as Uglies. =P
To Colin-la:
The lyrics seems incredibly fitting for Uglies movie. =P I will listen to the song when I reached home.*I am in school now.*
June 24th, 2009 13:56
can be please stop taking about twilight or anything else..besides supporting this possible movie?
June 24th, 2009 15:29
Wow, im so hyped for this to become a movie. I read this book when it first came out and recently i lent it to one of my friends, now it seems every girl in my grade is reading it. Haha, thanks for the update Scott, good to see you actually interact with your fans
Looking forward to the movie
June 24th, 2009 16:51
I forced my friend Scott to read it. Weird I started calling him Scott-la just like you Scott-la! Then forced my friend Alyssa to read it. Started calling her Lissy-wa. Then forced all my friends to read it. Then I got it to be put in the library. Now most of the svhool has read it. All because my sister firced me to read it! Also if they make a Pretties movie when Tall and Zane take the pills and kiss the should play Breakfree. Also I think they should make there own songs for the Uglies movie. And Shays pigtails must be in there! Can’t wait for movie! Jaeda-la.
June 24th, 2009 19:02
Emily-wa: it’s ok that u thought i was someone else. i didn’t even understand the comment that you wrote about twilight being bigger than harry potter or whatever! im not easily offended, most horse people aren’t. becuz in the horse world, everyone has their own opinions and ways, and everyone thinks that their opinions are the one and only correct ones in the universe. So as a kid growing up in this world, im pretty used to people saying things about how you are wrong, they are right, and that you are absolutely terrible for doing the”wrong thing”. Just to let you animal lovers know, the vet came and saw that she had an even bigger cut across the sole of her hoof, he wrabbed up her hoof in a huge”bootie”. my mom moved her to a safer barn, where it is less muddy in the fields and she doesn’t have to be cooped up in the little run in shed. we think that she got cut on a piece of glass in an old creek in her field, or cut up on some sharp piece of farm junk in her fields. im sorry to rant on about this…
June 24th, 2009 19:04
ooh! when they are tally and zane are stuck in zane’s room during the rain, they should play Halo by beyonce.
June 24th, 2009 20:06
I have one thing to say PLEASES DONT MAKE IT REALY GIRLY!!! because im a guy and i know its from a girls point of veiw but dont make it a chick flick then i would be super mad. Tats all i have to say oh and also
~~~ LONG LIVE THE SMOKE~~~
(and tally)
June 24th, 2009 20:09
Actually, which company/ studio is the movie being optioned to?
But anyway off topic: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Pretty-Committee-Strikes-Back/Lisi-Harrison/e/9780316115001
Does anyone else happen to find the book title amusing? Because when I passed by it in the bookshop, all I could think of was Uglies.
June 24th, 2009 20:30
Great so everything’s set i’m sure you have a lot of money from the book and the special effects take time so i shouldn’t hold my breath. Can’t wait though!
June 24th, 2009 20:53
I read that book and though it “The pretty comitee strikes back” has nothing to do with Uglies it has alot of the same concepts like be who you are and don’t change just for your friends and all that good moral stuff.
June 24th, 2009 21:01
I am so excited they are thinking of making the uglies series into movies. It sounds like if they go ahead with it they are going to do a good job of it since they took the time to listen to you and hear what the fans had to say. I’m sure the movies would do great at the box office.
June 24th, 2009 21:30
I agree with Pony-la on Angelina Jolie being Dr.Cable. Cuz she has this dark beauty that would match on Dr.Cable. Also, maybe Steven Strait (THE COVENANT) could play David? IDK thats just the person that kinda looked like David to me!
June 24th, 2009 21:32
There are some other good suggestions to the cast at http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/entertainment-discussion/uglies-cast/t.43883649/
June 24th, 2009 22:30
To the people talking about Maximum Ride (sorry, can’t remember all your names): Kristin Stewert could have played Max around the time of Zathura, but now she’s too old. I have no idea who could play Max now. I really hope Hardwick doesn’t screw up the movie!!!
UglieForLife: I totally agree with you! I would be sooo upset if it was turned into a chick flick!!! Chick flicks = BLEH!!!
June 24th, 2009 23:24
yes chick flicks suck….well the really bad ones anyway….some are tolerable.
!!!!!!I saaw Transformers today!!!!!……SO GOOD!
June 24th, 2009 23:38
OH MY GOSH! IM SO EXCITED!! I can’t wait to see it……………………………… (Sorry, but i think Zane should be Robert Patterson)
I CANT WAIT!!! 
Im almost done with specials, so….. 
June 25th, 2009 00:50
i LOVE this series. i was about to call it a trilogy but then i remembered Extras was added. i’m sooooooo excited b/c i loved all your books and Uglies was amazing! oh and don’t listen to Ant-la!!! please, the last thing we need is an ugly guy (robert p.) to be a pretty. that wouldn’t make sense. any way i love all your books!! the only one i havent read is the risen empire but i cant find it anywhere.
June 25th, 2009 01:43
Kristina-la: 1. Attitude. I’m not sure if this counts, but you might realize that Bella is a brat. She’s got such a crappy attitude and judges people harshly. 2. Her appearance. She’s always describing herself, and how she’s not beautiful at all. (Although she does become beautiful when she turns into a vampire but that doesn’t count) 3. She’s a clean freak. I don’t know if you remember, but there is one point in the book where she is being impatient, so she cleans the whole house, and makes sure she gets practically every spot. 4. She makes people feel self-confident for the wrong reasons. For instance, she’s always giving Mike the impression that he might have a chance with her. Same for Jacob when she’s pretending to flirt with him. He thinks that there might be something between them, even though there isn’t(at first). 5. She lies. She lied to her mother about wanting to move to Forks. She lied about going to Jacksonville or Seattle(I don’t remember which) the weekend of the spring dance. 6. She’s always trying to take care of everybody else around her, even if they don’t need to be taken care of. She’s young and she doesn’t have to take on full responsibilty at her age. 7. She’s selfish. When she wants to be a vampire, she only thinks about what she wants. She doesn’t think about how much it would hurt Edward, or how much Charlie or Renee would miss her. Or Jacob. 8. She’s horrible at sports. That’s a main one. I mean being bad at sports isn’t a bad thing, but I consider it a flaw about Bella. 9. She doesn’t really like to try new things. I know that’s a personality thing, but if you think about it, Alice is always trying to dress her up, and Bella won’t even willingly try changing up her look for once. 10. She’s a whiney brat. If she doesn’t get what she wants, she whines to get self-pity for her.
So you see, Bella is not a Mary Sue.
Pony-la: Thanks for being so understanding.
Marisol: I totally agree with you!
June 25th, 2009 01:43
Robert Pattison would
kill the movie…hes already to
famous for (twilight)
and yes i agree wit Scott
dat ther should be new
actors for the movie and the
setting is very important to. (=
but i hav someone perfect for Zane
im(serious) >>>Matt Lanter<<<, he is kind of a new actor but he has the perfect look for Zane. soo Zane Fans
go google him r somethin and
tell me wat u think.
TEAM ZANE!! <3
June 25th, 2009 01:45
I personally think they should cast new actors/actresses for the movie… Like people who have never been in a movie before. (obviously there would be many auditions going on… but still.) It would be a good oportunity for people to get a start =)
I’ve been looking for casting calls in my area for a LONG TIME and haven’t found any =(
June 25th, 2009 01:47
I don’t think Matt Lanter would be right… His features are too… well, round =P
June 25th, 2009 01:49
oh ONE more thing yes
Angelina Jolie would make a
really good Dr.Cable or i was
also thinkin about Megan Fox
or the terminator girl from
the third movie idk wats her name
so ya….haha anywayz the cast for the other characters..i dont know haha
June 25th, 2009 01:50
Emily-wa13:
1- 1&10 are the same things D=<
2- Wouldn’t you do the same things if you were in her position? If you loved a person wouldn’t you do everything in your power to be with them? If your attitude was “stubborn,” could you /really/ do anything to stop it?
June 25th, 2009 01:51
Haha Angelina Jolie would make a REALLY good Dr. Cable =D
June 25th, 2009 01:52
Producers actually listening and agreeing with the author? Quite promising.
I’ve been waiting years for news of the actual movie progress to be made- instead of sitting around with a circle of friends dreaming up actors and cutting and splicing scenes from other movies together. Even if they don’t make it into a movie, at least I’ll know that there was, at one time, a glimmer of hope. If it becomes a movie, I’m definitely going to show up. I mean, read all of the books and not make an attempt to see the movie? Lame. Just. Lame.
And I see a lot of arguing about Twilight going on in the comments. . . . . . Guys, let it die. Twilight isn’t even worth fighting over.
:]
June 25th, 2009 01:52
people dont forget that Zane NEEDS to have black hair
no blondies(although I do like them blond) or brown….thats David
June 25th, 2009 01:54
Kristina-la: Very true… we should take that into consideration =)
-x-
…and twilight changed my life, so shush your face =X
June 25th, 2009 01:57
Random question?
Was Shay ever given a last name? O.o
I have to go look through Uglies for it…
June 25th, 2009 01:57
Twilight changed your life? How so?
June 25th, 2009 01:58
“Her name was Shay.” Real specific
June 25th, 2009 01:59
Emily- I’ll give you some of those because I do think that about her….but I think that is just how we see her and not how Meyer wanted her to be like.
first of all #2 She was always beautiful, she was just too retarted to figure that out.
#3 being a clean flreak is not really a flaw…its a personallity trait that could get annoying…so what your really saying is that shes annoying.
#4 I really dont agree with this one. Its not a flaw. Its a trait that Meyer made “trying” to make Bella seem like the perfect helpful girl, but it backfired and made her seem, once again annoying.
#5 being horrible at sports is not a flaw. Being good a sports is a gift. So if someone is bad at them, they just wern’t given that specific gift. Its not a flaw.
but yes I’ll give you a couple of those because I thought that from the begining too.
June 25th, 2009 02:01
Twilight changed your life? How so?
-x-
I now look at life and love in a different way… It was strage, how hooked I was on the books, even though I knew I shouldn’t have been… I read New Moon cover-to-cover in less than 12 hours… I respect the feeling that was between them, even though it was fictional. I respect love more, and I think it made me feel a bit lonely =P I’ve never had a boyfriend =P
June 25th, 2009 02:02
Oh by the way… I suck at sports >=P
June 25th, 2009 02:07
*points to comment post about halfway through the page*
It says Sarah-la… but thats not me =)
Haha… “I really dont like to try new things” -Kristina-la
You just said that it was bad that Bella didn’t like to try new things… but there you are, saying you don’t like it either =O
June 25th, 2009 02:11
I’m off to be a dork… bye! =D
June 25th, 2009 02:11
haha UGLIES changed my LIFE lol
ANYWAYS……..
oh by the way..whoever said
that thing about black hair
they could dye it U KNOW
id ont think an actor has perfffect
black hair lol
heres sum pics ..enjoy (= Zane:
Matt Lanter
June 25th, 2009 02:25
I am so excited for this new movie!and i think william mosley would be great for david except that he has blonde hair
and ya twilight characters are NOT for uglies…they are for twilight only.that is that .and i do think tilda swinton would be good for dr.cable.and for tally i think the girl on the cover of uglies would be good.and the one who played tally in the uglies teaser trailor would be good to.but i dont really care who plays who as long as they do a good job and the effects arent cheesey…well i sorta do care but as long as its good lol.
June 25th, 2009 03:01
What I believe I said was that people should read the books before they say that they dislike them because then they would have a better argument. then I said something like “which is Ironic because I dont like to try new things”
I know that I dont like to try new things and know that it is a bad quality to have, but it’s the way I am.(but I was mainly talking about food when I said that)
I dont even think that that is a quality that Bella has to begin with. I wasn’t the one to mention that.Emily did. Before you try to come and sound all smart and make fun of someone to make yourself feel better check ALL the facts first.
June 25th, 2009 03:02
how could a girl be good for
tally &Dr.Cable. dude Cable is soo
much older than tally
June 25th, 2009 03:24
Wow, an uglies movie! I’m excited! Are you gonna have auditions in Missouri? There are alot of people around here that love your books, and would love to audition for the movie! Wow… sorry i already said that! Anyways, can’t wait.
Remember: Springfield Missouri! Lots of potential talent!
June 25th, 2009 04:35
Sweet!
Well, I actually saw this post yesterday after going on youtube to watch fan-made Uglies movies. I like reading comments on the bottom of the pages so when I looked @ one I saw that people were saying that there’s an actual Uglies movie comming out. That of course, sent me spiraling out on the Google pages searching until finally about 30 more or less minutes later I found a link to here. ( Which made me feel not-so-smart because I didn’t think to come to this website first! )
But anyway considering that the UGLIES is my new novel obbsession, ( Read all of the books since I think April counting all the days that made me wait @ the library.) I am so super phyced 4 the possibility movie that I DREAMED about playing Tally. ( But in real life I’m too young… sigh) On the bright side though, I got to hoverboard! LOL! So to all the movie producers I say….
1. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make it realistic ( nothing like the Jacob wolf thing on the new moon trailer because that is some sad graphics. *shudders* no offence)
2. I know I speak for 99.9% of everyone here when I say no Disney
3. also, don’t let the sometimes evil clutches of Hollywood take down a book/ movie with great potential!
( sorry that these requests and comments don’t make much sense. I’ve been on my (new) computer alot today & I’ve had 5 hours of volleyball camp today)
Bottom line.. Make the movie great. Make it live up to the expectations of the fans. We love uglies and want the best for our beloved series. don’t let us down! I love (but not litterally LOVE) you forever Scott-la for posting this! Maybe I might get my shot of fame for this. and if not… eithr way It’ll probably be a gr8 movie!
- Rachel-la G.
(P.S)Sara-la: I thought the same ” Shay last name question ” yesterday! Thanks 4 sayin that cause I recomended Uglies to my friend’s mom and could’nt look it up.
matt long: I was born in missouri ( St. Louis) small world huh?
P.S.S. if you guys want to watch the fake trailer I watched go to youtube and search” Uglies teaser trailer” and you will be amazed! I lost count of how many times I watched it after 7.LOL. I got my mom to watch it and now she wants to read the book! yay! Also to the few people this concerns… please watch your language.
Sorry to this insanely long post but if you guys could have open auditions in Atlanta GA? I live a couple hours away but I would be eternally grateful if that would happen.
To whoever said something about not being able to find any open auditions near their home NEVER go to John Robert Powers they are ginormus liars!
Well, hopefully you read (or are going to read) my post soon so bye! P.S.S.S. Thanks U agian Scott-la! you are now my favorite YA author! I went to your wife’s site ( not to sound stalky) but I have got to find her Getting Rid of your Fairy book or something any way i hope this posts so Peace Out!
June 25th, 2009 04:46
I’m going to try and link the video I was talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebMPjXd0VB0
Hopefully this showed up as a link. If not, just type it up in the little address bar thing or go to youtube, search for Uglies Teaser trailer and click on the very first video that shows up. ( the picture that shows up on the side should be a bunch of “pretties” peering over the side of a balcony.
( this is another suggestion to the movie producer people I highly recomend 2 watch)
Rachel rating: 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 starz!!!
(I don’t know if there’s such a number but I don’t care!)
( I do know I do a bunch of parenthacees though…)
Anyway watch the vid and I’ll check back tomarrow cause my hand really hurts from all this typing
June 25th, 2009 05:00
Cee ya!
P.S. yet again to Scott-la
I assume that you keep track of all your fans email. Just a little heads up if you ever get to my notice is that this is my parent’s email not mine. Thanks for your understanding and for posting this ! Meanwhile me and your other adoring fans will be anxiously awaiting your next post.
P.S.2.CRAZYLY.OBSESD.FNS.LKE.ME. Since I’m done with Uglies I need new fabulous Scott-la books to read! I’m dyin here!
What do y’all think? Midnighters (everyone says they’re good.) or PEEPS? ( crazy twilight fan. though I wish everyone would stop comparing the two books. )
Right now i’m reading Gone With the Wind ( fat chance I’ll ever finish but I’m gonna try.)
Now, since no one is here responding I’m going to soothe my anziety and emotional pain from not having movie info posted by watching the Uglies teaser trailer and Fred videos for the ( insert very large number here)nth time. Either that, or reread thi weeks TIME magazine! bye
June 25th, 2009 05:54
Rachel-wa G. do what i did. read peeps then read midnighters
June 25th, 2009 06:00
Haha ok glad to see someone else was having the same problem =)
June 25th, 2009 06:35
If there is a movie, I think I will have a spaz attack from joy. I might even go to a midnight premiere! I didnt even see the midnight premiere of Twilight, for gosh sake!
Scott Westerfeld – 1
Stephanie Meyer – 0
June 25th, 2009 07:00
When the movie finally comes out one day, i will probably see it at least 20 times in the theatre…YAY..i already know that it’s gonna be amazing because the books were!!!! ok I may be a tad hyper right now!
June 25th, 2009 07:03
Oh and Rachel-wa G. the midnighter books are really good, so you should definatly read those!!! Hey they should make midnighters movie. Yeah but read them!
June 25th, 2009 07:14
Ok this is like my third comment in a row but i had an idea for movie or movies….ok so i know that a lot of people think the actors should change between movies cause you know they become pretty then special but i think the actors should stay the same you know just maybe put pretty or scary makeup on them or something its just my opinion ummmm i know this isnt exactly for this movie but its just a thought….you can never be to prepared..ok bye.
oh also i think all of the future actors should read the book so that they truly understand the characters and the whole story!!
ok i think that was my last thought..bye again
June 25th, 2009 08:26
I went to the midnight premier of Transformers this morning
Is anyone planning on going to the Harry Potter Premier????
Im so there I can’t wait!!!
I will deff go to the Uglies one for sure
June 25th, 2009 09:06
i am soo hopeing they wont mess this movie up and make it totally differant then the way it is…it stinks when they do that.and i agree with nichole-la they should make the actors read the books.so again like nichole-la said they’d understand the character more.
June 25th, 2009 09:10
And Scott,Please Please Please Please Please write a new book for the uglies series PLEASE!You said you were going to write a trilogy but you wrote four.so why not write five?And hey dont you want to out do stephane myers and JK RAWLINGS?!seriously all of your fans are DYING for you to write a new book so…PLEASE?
June 25th, 2009 10:09
This movie has me all excited and waiting for it to come out. If you go to youtube and look at what the fans can do with clips imagine what movie producers do. Please for the sake of the fans do not cut the movie short, I mean look at the Lord of the Ring movies, they never ended but there would be so much going on that the viewers wouldnt even notice the time passing. Also do some open casting because even though the auditioners dont have agents they can still have a bunch of talent. Hey if I had to fly somewhere to auditon i Probly would. Also make the movie fit in with the time like the hovercars should look like hovercars not spaceships or auto mobiles. Once again this movie has me bubbly but when I hear it come out that bubbly will sure turn into icy for sure.
Scott listen to britt-la I need another book to the series. I actually have an idea if you want but I am not a writer at all so feel free to ask. It coulod work with how you put together all of the other books. PLZ just think about it.
June 25th, 2009 10:13
I’m going to the harry potter premiere, Kristina-la! I’m gonna be FIRST in line!!!!!
June 25th, 2009 14:09
the movies should have:
1.actors that are the age of the book characters NOT some mid-twenty year old
2. Amazing scenary
3. the actors have to have the SAME LOOK as the book characters
4. DON’T make the movie a GIRLY thing, so boys can be into it aswell.
5. the slang. (bubbly and bogus)
June 25th, 2009 17:48
This thing is going to be TOTALLY bubbly
June 25th, 2009 19:01
I agree with all the people who said that Tally and Shay shouldn’t be beautiful. I mean, think about it? The whole point of Uglies is that in the future, people think that REGULAR is ugly! I agree that they should be unknowns! I also agree that the actors should be the age of the characters, like uglies(2 comments above me) said.
June 25th, 2009 21:43
It is very important that when you describe in the book you know how they call Tally Squint and Shay skinny well the uglie’s nicknames have to fit them so in the movie Tally should squint a lot but not randomly
June 25th, 2009 22:21
I agree with Carol-wa. The nicknames should play a part. I also don’t really think Peris should have any bigger part in the movie than he did in the book.
June 25th, 2009 22:22
scott-la, it seems like yopu are posting less often. it’s been l;ike 6 days since your last post! is it becuz of your twitter? evil little thing that i dpon’t understand…
June 25th, 2009 22:35
Ant-la: oh no! it’s me again! the strong minded one that had a debate with you about the importance of shay. But now, PLEASE NOT ROBERT P.!!!!111 the last thing we need is some creepo, emothoinless vampire dude to play the part of a sparky, lively,*beautiful*, and smart. I think that zac efron would be a good zane. and do not say that he is a disney channel star, because here are movies that aren’t disney that he was in:
* Hairspray
*17 Again
* The derby Stallion(when he was like 13)
*SNL multiple times
*Miracle run
*ER
*CSI Miami
*Summerland
and alot more that i had no clue what they were…. ZAC EFRON FOR ZANE!
June 25th, 2009 22:40
OH YEHA! so if they start saying”oh let’s make it a comedy to appeal to the teen audience”, tell them that they should make it like pirates of the carribean, where it was mostly action/adventure, with a few little jokes thrown in. well, that’s how uglies books were, so that’s how they should make the movie.
June 25th, 2009 22:59
NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOO. I REFUSE TO LET ZAC EFRON PLAY ZANE. NO! I LOVE ZANE AND I WILL NOT HAVE HIM DESTROY HIS CHARACTER!!!!!! NO NO NO. I WILL GO ON A CRAZY RAMPAGE IF HE ENDS UP AS HIM. BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. NO ZAC EFRON EVER EVER EVER. NO WAY.
June 25th, 2009 23:05
No. Zac Efron may have been in movies other than Disney, but he became famous for his Disney career. I think I speak for some people here when we mean people that have been LARGELY PORTRAYED in Disney films.
June 25th, 2009 23:06
im gonna go havv lunch….. and then clean up the house so that i can get a new iPod(my mom put mine through the washer, and is making me earn up a new one)… and me pony is doing much, MUCH better…although she is starting to act like a brat again.
June 25th, 2009 23:07
yeah… i guess u r right about zac efron, but i stil think that he could make a good zane…
June 25th, 2009 23:07
better than r patz..
June 25th, 2009 23:10
True, Pony-la… But still I don’t think he’s good enough, and I’d be disappointed if he was chosen.
June 25th, 2009 23:24
I think this blog is dedicated to Scott so the evil vampires should not be mentioned. i think its a good point matching actors with their nicknames and SHAY (omg fav character) her pigtails. and megan fox is like a natural pretty =P. The teaser vid is amazing too, the girl at/near the end of the vid looks like a perfect (pretty) shay, to me anyways =). Gratz Scott-la
-Woah!
June 25th, 2009 23:27
ohh and Charlize Theron (aeon flux) looks like an amazing Dr. Cable like beautiful but…..idk just Dr. Cableish
google image her
June 25th, 2009 23:47
wow im should probably say everything in one comment but i keep thinking and have new ideas
first. i think zac efron would only make a good peris or some little part
second. why couldn’t the girl scott-la used on his cover be tally??? is she too old???
third. i think a book based around a time like pre-tally. like dr.cable’s rise to head of Spec.Circ and Maddy and Az descovering the lesions n their love ^.^ n DAVIDS SCAR!!! (isn’t he older than tally) idk
June 25th, 2009 23:48
I don’t think Robert Pattinson would make a good Zane, but he IS an all around better actor than Zac Efron times like a MILLION. He just acted in a stupid movie, that’s all. I loved him in Harry Potter. I shall search for the right Zane!
June 25th, 2009 23:59
I look like the girl on the cover of Uglies… lol I just don’t have bangs. But I could fix that ^_^
I personally loved the twilight book, as stated above, and haven’t seen the movie, but I was told the movie killed the book.
June 26th, 2009 00:09
i cant wait for this movie im soo excited but seriously NO twilight characters for the movie!
June 26th, 2009 00:20
If they end up making all three movies, they should do a fourth one about Extras. I was a little bit disappointed that Tally-wa and Shay-la didn’t have as big parts as the other books, but I don’t think Aya-chan should get left out!
June 26th, 2009 00:30
yeah i would like to see an extras movie. with all the crazy surges and manga heads
June 26th, 2009 00:34
Oh my gosh yeah the manga heads and crazy surges would be great to see!
June 26th, 2009 00:35
I would love to see what Frizz would look like =D
June 26th, 2009 01:36
Most of all from the Extras movie I would love to see the “extras” who are planning to go to the moon… that would be quite a sight. *_*
June 26th, 2009 01:43
i think we the loyal fans of the book should be in the movie.
June 26th, 2009 02:00
One thing that needs to be emphasized, in the movie, is the depth of everything in the book. All of the meanings and undertones about corrupt society as well as Tally and Shay’s characters. Even though all of the special effects and plot are *very* to the books, the undertones make the books deeper than skin/page, which drew me -and probably other people as well- to read farther than ‘Uglies’.
~Sam
June 26th, 2009 02:59
so i just recently read all of the books thanks to my best friend… anyways i absolutely loved them! and now that i found out there might be a movie that would be so nice! well congrats and i look foward to reading more of your books!!
- chesney
June 26th, 2009 05:12
i think we the loyal fans of the book should be in the movie.
-x-
You’re right =D
We should all be offered parts ;D
June 26th, 2009 05:46
perfect ppl 4 zane
Leland Wheeler : epiduo commercial
Black hair, hott
Matt Lanter: 90210 and very hott
June 26th, 2009 05:47
we should GET THE PARTS AS EXTRAS
IN THE BACKGROUND…LIKE AT THE PARTIES
June 26th, 2009 05:49
RIP MJ & FF …rain oh rain, don’t go away, today’s your day in every way✖✕
June 26th, 2009 05:49
We should all be extra Pretties<3
Or maybe we could all be in the Smoke!!
June 26th, 2009 05:51
Song for the book series that I think goes with it:
Indiana – by Meg & Dia
June 26th, 2009 05:54
24 BY jEM !!!!!!!!!!!!
perfect song
June 26th, 2009 06:07
Yes I have changed my name! (formerly Rachel-wa G.)
I thought of a better one. Hopefully, my comments will be a little more intellegent tonight… (though I DID just come back from the waterpark on the far side of town…) first things first, on my incredibly long post, pings to all my new bubbly cyberfriends!!!!!
Ping to Amy~la: (It took me a couple of seconds to find the squiggly line) thanks bunches 4 the suggestion! It helped me bunches! Are u a twilight fan? I see so many disputes here! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think u were in some but I’m just to lazy to read through the comments! LOL!
Ping to Sarah-la: I’m just wondering what problem you are talkin about I have many problems here (see comments # 185, 186 & 187 to refresh your memory) I also have many other problems that I will probably list in the future but still…
Ping to Julia-wa: The scoreboard’s bubbly but, I’m gonna fix it 4 ya…
Scott-la: 10
Stephenie Ificouldscratchhernameoutiwould Meyer: 0
S.M, if you’re reading this, it’s not that I don’t love your books, it’s just that twilight’s being overthrown by the Next Big Novel… oh well 4 u SM…..
Ping to Nicole-la: thanks to you to 4 the Midnighters comment! I’ll probably agree with the movie deal once the first page draws me in either way, which ever book I read first I’ll still cherish Scott-la’s books!!!!
Pony-la I totes agree w/u on the concept of twitter. shouldn’t you have a right to type over 146 characters? (if i wuz on twitter right now,) even though i don’t own a twitter and never will for multiple reasons. ( i would be exceeding 146 characters .)
Also, whos fault was it when ur ipod got washed in the washing machine? ( I feel your pain, my mom dropped my old one on the sidewalk…hahaha sorry spongebob just came on the one when he becomes “normal” anyway, thankfully she bought me a new one her name is Maria #2.
Ping to anonymous-la lolz: Thanks for watching the vid anonymous-la lolz!! The pre Tally book is by far the bubbliest non Scott-la ideaever!!!
And to all of y’all who haven’t watched The Best Uglies Trailer Ever i’ve reposted the link here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebMPjXd0VB0
And for those of you who have watched it, leave me a comment saying you have. also for those of you who have watched it and declared it not-icy-making, u have some serious lesions in that bubblehead brain of yours… (slight offence intended)
Random Ramblings Ping to Sarah-la: comment 217: want to know what’s weird? I imagined myself as Tally in the book (another problem I have, I always have to find some character in the book and then imagine myself asthat character. helps me get inside their mind and feel their emotions. Sometimes this is good, others, not so much…) Even though yesterday I said I was too young, my mega tallness makes up for my age. ( 5 foot 7in.!) My mom wouldn’t let me get forehead bangs though (volleyball) all I have are these wispy little side bangs that don’t evenshow… I think i kinda look like Tally too except her hair is a bit lighter than mine.
About the Extras movie I hope they make one! I always had such a hard time imagining all the crazy-surge!
well, anyway these pings are long enough so I’m gonna start a new comment.
June 26th, 2009 06:10
Kristina-la: What you said to Sarah-la is kinda funny, cause your making ME sound like the bad guy. Pointing out certain things. Anyway, these are just my opinions. And you’re right. Maybe I was being a bit of an idiot now that I think about it. ( no comments on that one please)
To everybody: AH! I’m excited for the uglies movie! I’m really worried about their casting though. Who knows how close they’re going to get to the characters. Although, a lot of people here are concered about Zane. But, remember that Zane doesn’t come in until the second book, so I don’t think we have to worry about him until close to the second movie. But I don’t know.
June 26th, 2009 06:24
Stuff they NEED on the Uglies movie and if they don’t add it the consequences will be world-wrecking!!! (Oil Bug world wrecking to be exact.) Feel free to add on to the list loyal fans!!!
1. The sky needs to look like salmon colored cat vomit when Tally sneaks of to see Peris. Because that first sentence automaticly makes you read the book.
2. Two words: pig mask
3. the roller coaster/hoverboard ride.
4. Shay’s crudely written note ( mabe it could be written in the actress’ non-dominant hand unless that is, if they write with both hands. If that’s the case just let a little kid do it cause little kids aren’t the best handwriters.
I have to log off now but i’ll be back in the mornin. nitey night!!
June 26th, 2009 06:29
Michael Jackson died…has anyone heard? it sucks, for him anyway.
I dont want zac efron to be zane. he doesnt look like zane. i mean, hes sorta cute but…i dunno. just weird. i would consider him over rob pat tho
i wonder who they cast for david…
June 26th, 2009 07:20
Oh CRAP. I am FREAKING EXCITED!
June 26th, 2009 07:26
CRAP…if they make this movie suck I’m going to try to sue the director!
June 26th, 2009 07:45
man, i just hope they do it better than twilight.
that movie was garbage. i felt ripped off.
just a question: If there are 3 different movies will there be three different girls playing tally, or will one get changed and how would that work?
June 26th, 2009 08:46
Wow I’m with Mary on Nicole Kidman as Dr. Cable! That’d be EPIC. Tilda Swinton as Dr. Cable would be annoying….I’m so sick of her playing bad guys.
June 26th, 2009 09:03
ok ya NO robert pattinson!twilight people can NOt come in and make this there thing!i agree with the people who say no robert pattinson.
June 26th, 2009 09:04
Just read your comments about casting calls…Sorry, Scott…*ashamed*
This is very cool. I’m so glad that this book is getting the attention it deserves, and I really hope that the movie turns out to be something that’s worked on quickly and efficiently. I can’t wait to see how this develops, I’ll definitely be checking in as often as I have been to keep updated.
You posted your last post on my birthday! yay!
June 26th, 2009 09:05
Good point, Ajane. I was wondering that myself.
I’d think they’d keep the same actress and make-up her up a bit, or down for the first one. I assume they’d add lifts in her shoes as she grows taller.
Make-up is a curious thing, it could definitely make an Ugly pretty, then Special.
June 26th, 2009 09:06
Also, I really don’t think that anyone famous should be in the movie. It should be like Harry Potter and the way they cast these kids who’ve never done movies before, but it was SO CLEAR that they had talent.
I think that a new movie like this is a great opportunity for many qualified, unknown actresses and actors everywhere to get a chance to do what they want to do.
June 26th, 2009 09:11
Yeah i just heard Michael Jackson died..its pretty sad. He had good music…like thriller!!
I totally agree with everyone who said Anglelina Jolie would be a great Dr. Cable…i dont know about Nicole Kidman shes to sweet looking not really scary enough.
June 26th, 2009 11:30
If there was one book I could have chosen to lock away & keep safe from Hollywood, it would be Uglies.
No matter what, it’s going to be effed up D:
There’s no way to translate the characters and the technology and the amazing-osity into a movie.
Unless it was anime or something ;3
June 26th, 2009 11:32
PS: Have fun trying to earn any reader’s respect if Zac Effron has any role in this movie XD
June 26th, 2009 13:04
Wow, you’re asking the fans’ opinions? That is so bubbly! If only more book-to-movie franchises did the same thing…
I think you should write the screenplay yourself to keep it as natural as possible.
The actors need to be the same age as and look the same as the book characters. And they should all (with the exception of Dr Cable) be unknowns. David needs to have serious charisma, Shay and Zane should have a bit of a wild, haggard look to them, and Tally needs Tally-ness.
Have you ever thought about making any of the characters black?
My personal opinion is that if the auditions are open, there should be some in regional Western Australia so I can go lol. (I actually remember messing around and acting out bits of Uglies to myself cause it was so cool! Uglies IS already a movie.)
Speaking of Australia in general, I always imagined Uglies to be set in a reasonably bushy (but still red-dirt-y) part of Australia. I think it fits, but I might just be overly patriotic.
Because the books are about imperfection, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I am BEGGING you to try and convince the Hollywood people that the actors don’t need to have perfect skin and hair in every shot. Make up for the lack of ‘perfection’ with flawless directing and amazing scenery so that it still looks ultra-professional and ‘Cable-world’.
Also, try to use as little CGI as possible. Cause on some level, it still all looks fake. And even though they’re inhabiting a ‘fake’ world, this isn’t really a great way to portray it.
I cannot WAIT for the movie! (And I’m really looking forward to seeing the hoverboards and the Rusty Ruins!)
June 26th, 2009 17:58
Rise and shine u guyses!
Ping to Stephanie: Glad to see we have the same problem!
) I just hope the hoverboards aren’t the actual hoverboards. They just look like stupid pink snowboards! 
U live in Australia? I’ve always wanted to go there! Have you met Scott-la or seen him speak in person? Good thinking about the placement of Tally’s City. (or The Smoke either one would be great!) Australia is pretty much terrain so once you would get way out there, the only thing you would have to worry about are all the cute little kangaroos hopping around.
( writing long posts and acting out scenes.
Pings to everyone: Somebody (me) dosen’t see anyone adding on to my important list.. (see post 236.) and pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease watch the video and leave comments about it!!! I’m going to keep adding on to my list now ( and you better do the same or I’ll call the Cutters to come get you and tell Shay to use nanos on you all. cause we all know how much she loves evil tiny machines…..)
That was the bogus-making part of my day. But hopefully, he’s in clebrity Heaven along with the Charlies angel woman.
I ment to tell y’all about Michael Jackson yesterday. My dad and I were driving home from Publix when we heard it on a radio station. He died from I believe it was cardiac arrest How sad. Boo hoo no more Thriller or Beat It or Mommy kissing santa claus.
Well, I’m starting to wonder if everyone dissapeared of to The Smoke so I’m gonna go eat my Chicken Biscuit for break fast.
Number cinco on my list: Spagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbol.. The more I type those words, the nastier this meal seems to become. Well anyway I’ll try to get on later my mom left me a list of chores to do so BRB!
June 26th, 2009 18:00
Awesome! I’m glad there’s some progress going. If there are open auditions, I’m going to be first in line! Or last…depending on how far I have to drive…or fly…although I’m not very good with planes.
Well, it’s still not much, but hey, progress is progress. I’m sure it’ll make a great movie.
June 26th, 2009 18:16
Just sayin that this clock must be posted in New York Time
Because my computer clock says 8:45 AM.
Anyway I’m off to do my chores TTYL ( Talk to Y’all Later)
June 26th, 2009 18:16
i personally think that by making uglies a movie, a lot more people would read the book, just like when Twilight came out in theatres
June 26th, 2009 18:18
Hey Marisa do you live in Alabama? If so it’s me your best buddy Rachel! If you aren’t sorry I got you 2 confused. bye!
June 26th, 2009 18:18
Same here Sasha-la!
June 26th, 2009 20:08
haha I’m not gonna lie, if Zac Efron was in the movie, I would be really happy. He’s GORGEOUS! lol
June 26th, 2009 20:44
How can you say that…i really hate Zac Efron hes way to disney and weird he would ruin the movie…i heard hes in the fourth pirates and now im upset.
June 26th, 2009 20:53
Gah. I can’t believe ANYBODY could like zac efron. I think I’m gonna throw up now just thinking about it. EW. HATE HIM.
June 26th, 2009 20:54
Ping to the other Tally Youngblood:
The problem I was talking about was no one knowing Shay’s last name.
June 26th, 2009 20:55
ive been trying to think all day about who would make a great tally youngblood but i just cant think of one…it must be really hard to cast actors…you know.
and sorry to anyone who likes zac efron….those are just my thoughts on him.
June 26th, 2009 20:57
OMG..and i never thought about Shay’s last name but whats Davids too….holy crap this is a thinker.
June 26th, 2009 21:13
ya that always annoyed me. We never knew their last names.
It would have been helpful when making them into sims
Emily- I totally didn’t mean to make you seem like the bad guy
When I was writing that I wrote it like 10 different ways because I couldn’t get it to sound right. but I left it the way it was because I didn’t want to ramble on about my “challenge” to you. But ya didn’t mean it like that.
Wow I havn’t been on in like 2 days and their are like 100 comments between my last one!
June 26th, 2009 21:17
I love sims omg…i really want sims 3. does anyone have it yet.
June 26th, 2009 21:53
Hah I keep this window minimized and refresh every few hours
June 26th, 2009 23:02
Thanks Sarah-la! Good idea with the minimization. I saved westerblog to open up when I come on the internet but I always have to scroll down the page to look for my comments. This way will make it hassle free!
Hey I just came up with an idea! It kinda seems stupid, but we could make up Shay, David, and all the other characters names.
I’m like super bubbly/happy cause my new Chuck Taylors just came in the mail!
They’re plain black high-tops but still. 
Plus, I’m done with my chores and my friend might invite me to go swimming. It’s a good thing to do to beat the southern heat!
June 26th, 2009 23:21
Ping to Nicole-la: (see comment 260) Maybe that’s why there should be casting calls to find Tally.
Ping to everyone: I know that 99.99% of us bloggers dispise Disney, (not to mention Zac Efron) *the OTHER Tally Youngblood represses a shudder.* but even though this is a long way off but I just thought of a guy who could play Zane: that Ed-cam dude on princess protection program but he might be too old by the time Pretties comes out if there is to be a movie. He seems like a good enough (and unknown) actor from all the commercials.
I also just had an idea for a song. They could play Emergency by: Paramore. It seems pretty fast paced to me. The lyrics may be in question to some, but I’m going to use this song when I have the time to make a teaser trailer of my own. Speaking of teaser trailers, I still don’t see any video comments. Y’all must REALLY want Shay to pelt you with glitter bomb sneack attacks…
( see comments 234 and 186. )
Here’s the link to listen to it for those of you who aren’t familiar with the band and its work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiJym7OeZg8
Ping to movie producer people: listening to the song applies to you too.
Please think about putting it on the Soundtrack!
June 26th, 2009 23:39
You are totally right the other tally youngblood….tally should be an unknown…. hopefully they get a good tally…fingers crossed!!
June 26th, 2009 23:58
I want Sims3 so badly
but I’ve used up hours of my life
playing sims2 and it seems like it would be a pitty
if I just stopped playing it
June 27th, 2009 00:17
haha yeah…sims2 is great….. for like years i spent all my money buying expansion packs….i totally know how you feel Kristina-la.
June 27th, 2009 00:22
the thing i most wanna see is THE GLAMOUR OF THE PRETTY WORLD!!!!! CHAMPAGNE!PARTYS! FRIENDS!POPULARITY!!!
SO EXCITED
June 27th, 2009 01:30
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood:
One of the other things I’d like to see out of an Extras movie would be the tech-head bashes! I wouldn’t mind sneaking in as a bomber and crashing it!!
Haha… I’d love to see some of us *shifty eyes* get pelted with Shay’s glitter-bombs… It’d be funny
June 27th, 2009 01:33
I’d probably be in one of the Youngblood cults ;D Or a party-crasher. Or just about anything that’s totally bubbly
June 27th, 2009 02:57
i wz watching ncis earlier and it was this one episode called model behavior. there wz this one model that looked like she could be tally or shay for pretties. but she mighte be too old…she was really pretty tho, with makeup at least. its really surprising how a lot of celebrities dont actually look that good w/o makeup. like i went on that one site from bogus to bubbly, by this doctor dude…and the contestants for miss germany were really not all that gorgeous. there are ppl in my class prettier than her!
i guess its their publicists that do all the dirty work. for some reason i just pictured tony dinozzo from ncis as him. haha, again, too old. im not sure angelina jolie would make a good dr cable tho…shes…tooo, ummmmm wellll u kno. shes pretty but i just imagined dr cable–not like her.
im still opting for that narnia witch as cable tho. i think she could look a little nice cuz shes an actress.
ping to dan: DEFINITELY! itd b so funny if the cast got drunk! *wicked look* and post it as special features or something. huh? yea?
June 27th, 2009 02:58
i also want it to be pg13 not one of those crappy g rated movies.
June 27th, 2009 02:58
this isnt HSM
June 27th, 2009 02:59
is there action iin uglies tho? i dont remember…i need to read the whole series again.
June 27th, 2009 03:00
wow! yay! i’d be going to the midnight prememer of that!
June 27th, 2009 04:06
OMG!i am sooo excited for this movie…WHOS WITH ME?!lol i think emily browning should play tally.she would be perfect!and AGAIN NO twilight carachters.this is for the uglies,pretties,specials…and of course…SMOKIES!tilight CAN NOT come in and make this there thing this is our thing…and by the way,no hsm characters either.
June 27th, 2009 04:07
OH!and riv-la I <3 NCIS TOO!
June 27th, 2009 04:15
Which one do y’all think would be better?: New Moon or Uglies?
June 27th, 2009 04:27
Nicole-la : The thing is once I finally start getting expansion packs for the sims a new version comes out……its impossible to keep up.
June 27th, 2009 04:27
uglies definently.
June 27th, 2009 04:49
i think that either
a. emily browning
or
b. the girl from the cover of uglies
should b tally
n
emily osment
or
anna maria de perez de tagle
should b shay
June 27th, 2009 05:27
thanks for answering my question haley.
also i think nicole kidman could pull it off, she’s a good actress
and i’d have to agree that they should find some unknown actors because i’m tired of seeing the same five people in all the movies. i’m just saying
June 27th, 2009 06:29
I think it would be fun to play Aya! My friends think I look like her…
June 27th, 2009 06:31
i think the movie should be m rated or pg13
June 27th, 2009 06:38
i agree with
Haley Raeon
“Also, I really don’t think that anyone famous should be in the movie. It should be like Harry Potter and the way they cast these kids who’ve never done movies before, but it was SO CLEAR that they had talent.” ACTORS THAT ARE THE CHARACTERS AGE NOT SOME WERID TWENTY YEAR OLD TRYING TO PLAY A TEENAGER AND SHOULD BE NORAML LOOKING
and also agree with the other tally youngblood
1The sky needs to look like salmon colored cat vomit when Tally sneaks of to see Peris. Because that first sentence automaticly makes you read the book.
2. Two words: pig mask
3. the roller coaster/hoverboard ride.
4. Shay’s crudely written note ( mabe it could be written in the actress’ non-dominant hand unless that is, if they write with both hands. If that’s the case just let a little kid do it cause little kids aren’t the best handwriters.
June 27th, 2009 06:40
” WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL” -DAVID.
this HAS to be said to tally in the movie. the end.
June 27th, 2009 06:43
OH MY GOSH! i can’t believe we all forgot quotes from the book!!
yes that TOTALLY has to be in the MOVIE! there are no expections!!
producers Listen to me and alexandra THAT QUOTE HAS to be IN THE MOVIE!!!
†WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL†-DAVID.
June 27th, 2009 06:44
yes David had to say that line or I will leave the theatre(well mabye not)
June 27th, 2009 06:46
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT QUOTE TOTALLY HAS TO BE IN THE MOVIE..
.EVERYONE KEEP POSTING THIS QUOTE
“”"WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL”"”"
..SO IF THE PRODUCERS LOOK AT THESE..THEY CAN SEE THAT THAT QUOTE IS IMPORTANT..THINK OF MORE KEY QUOTES THAT JUST HAVE TO BE IN THE MOVIE!!
I WAS SO EMOTIONAL WHEN I READ THAT LINE IN THE BOOK!
June 27th, 2009 07:07
whoever says that the actors should be unknown it totally right. seeing famous people would kill the whole movie for me. But for open auditions they should go to different states, its annoying to see that you have to go to LA or some big city to audition. or set up a website so people can send in pictures and stuff like that.
June 27th, 2009 07:08
WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
June 27th, 2009 07:38
Come to Amarillo, TX for the audition! Lol î—but seriously come!
June 27th, 2009 07:42
“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
scott, u should put uglies quotes on your site!
cuz i think we forgot some of them.
i dont think Uglies should be made R rated, cuz then a lot of people wouldn’t be able to see it. (like my frnd julia).
pg13 though, should be your guys’ goal. not too disney, but not too idk…The Strangers either. dont watch the strangers its a stupid movie. uglies has to be better.
or else.
if you guys get miley cyrus or the jonas brothers into this movie, soundtrack, or others. my friends and i will probably boycott it.
but, MCR, Fall out boy, The All American Rejects, or stuff like that should be in the movie.
pleeseee dont let disney kill this one.
im sry, disney is disney. sci fi is sci fi.
June 27th, 2009 07:59
Best. News. Ever.
Methinks you got some pretty awesome producers lined up, Scotty.
Okay, the open auditions thing sounds comforting. Even if it’s not a promise, because what with so many fans around, I think it’d be interesting to see so many people come forth and audition for their favorite character as though on invitation. I’d certainly try for Shay if there was ever a possibility. (xD Albeit, I’d fail miserably most likely, but it still sounds like tons of fun.)
…A producer that’s READ Bogus to Bubbly? This is treading onto unknown and dangerous territory. I like itttt! Smart, smart producer. And very good idea, actually, to use a Guide to Uglies as, well, a guide.
But yes, I still think setting and plot are my biggest concerns. A three-for-one sounds disappointing, as A Series of Unfortunate Events ended up being in movie format. These books mean so much to so many people, and I have a feeling that optioning it would eventually go well with some willing group, if not the first one.
And yes, I was so out of it when I last commented on your previous post that I didn’t even realize the most disappointing aspect of putting some gorgeous and famous actress in a role like Tally or Shay: ruins the whole point. Yes. I was more distraught over the fact that many famous actresses and actors actually, in fact, do not do much to actually practice their acting abilities (some, I would say, have no abilities at all). But yeah, that would just…yeah, wow. No need to get the operation if the entire cast is filled with Natural-Born Pretties.
In any case, congratulations on a highly promising phone call, Scott-la! This all sounds too bubbly for words.
-Hope
June 27th, 2009 08:03
Hey,
I agree with everything everyone has said so far.
I really do hope they used unknowns for Tally and Shay maybe even David, I don’t know.
I just can’t wait for this movie; I wish time would just hurry the hell up, haha
Ohhh, I agree 100% with the OTHER Tally Youngblood about Emergency by Paramore.
I am a huge fan of there’s and Emergency would fit well I think too.
Congratulations Scott, the movie will be a hit, no doubt about it!
YOU’RE AMAZING!!!
June 27th, 2009 08:15
I think if they make it a movie, Sigourney Weaver would make an great Dr. Cable(but that may just be my crazy brain…)!!!!
June 27th, 2009 08:16
I am really excited about this movie! I will probably come back to this website every day now and see if there is a new post about casting. I would really like to audition for the part of Shay. Well keep us updated and PLEASE tell us right away when there are open casting calls.
Thank you for writing these wonderful books!
June 27th, 2009 09:11
Scott-la, please post when/where you end up doing casting calls. Its not fair if we have to go to come random third-party site to get what belongs here.
June 27th, 2009 09:17
Why would Uglies ever be R rated? its a teen book
June 27th, 2009 09:21
Stephanie, none of the characters can be black unless they were an Ugly, and even then that could be controversial, because one of the main points of the operation is that everyone had the same skin color so that nobody fought about it like they did in the Rusty days. I think that was mentioned in Uglies, when Tally and Shay are working on Shay’s face on the wallscreen.
June 27th, 2009 09:22
Also, I think that some great music should be in the movie. And to keep it as non-controversial as possible, it should be from unknown bands that, again, need a kick into the real world. Just like the actors, the bands should be unknown. It should be very clear they have talent, and the music should fit the theme of the movie and each scene, sure, but the more unknown the band, the better.
June 27th, 2009 09:29
Ping to Haley Rae:
That’s true… the skin color thing. They are all meant to be the same, and it is never mentioned (I don’t think) about skin color at all until they get to Diego in Specials.
June 27th, 2009 17:57
Hola Senors and Senorittas!
Hooray for Saturday! (or at least that’s the day it is in the good ol’ USofA !) here’s some pings.
Ping to Sarah-la: Hooray for Glitter Bombs ( and other evil futuristic destroying methods!) !
Ping to uglies!!!!!!!!! into a movie: yes I know I’m right about my list haha! Here’s some other stuff I’d like to add:
6. Tally’s Best Friend scar
7. chicken and rabbit pen in The Smoke
8. The knitted sweater that Tally got from giving away her spagbol.
9. The wallscreen software that lets you “choose” what you want to look like when you’re Pretty. (forgot the name used at the moment.)
Got to go BRB!
June 27th, 2009 18:55
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood:
I want a glitter bomb to put in my brother’s room… *_*
And I’m happy its Saturday!
June 27th, 2009 19:04
Oo! Oo! I have a quote!
“Nanos!” ~Shay (No last name)
June 27th, 2009 19:26
if you don’t make sure that you have some of the famous quotes from the books in the movies, i will personaly punch the pruducers! (good thing i live 2 hours away from L.A.) also i think the movie will be PG-13, hey! ill be 14 2011! yes im 11 and almost 12, got a problem with that?
June 27th, 2009 19:34
Scott-la, you should definetly put a quotes page on the site. It would help when we’re looking for that all-too-important quote of the day ^_^
June 27th, 2009 20:14
My mom made me exercise. (boo.) but I’m back and am going to continue my list of pings. ( forgot to readd the evil Spagbol for #5 on my Stuff they NEED on the Uglies movie and if they don’t add it the consequences will be world-wrecking!!! (Oil Bug world wrecking to be exact.)List. Once again, feel free to add on to the list loyal fans!!!
1. The sky needs to look like salmon colored cat vomit when Tally sneaks of to see Peris. Because that first sentence automaticly makes you read the book.
2. Two words: pig mask
3. the roller coaster/hoverboard ride.
4. Shay’s crudely written note ( mabe it could be written in the actress’ non-dominant hand unless that is, if they write with both hands. If that’s the case just let a little kid do it cause little kids aren’t the best handwriters.
5.Spagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbol.. The more I type those words, the nastier this meal seems to become.
6. Tally’s Best Friend scar
7. chicken and rabbit pen in The Smoke
8. The knitted sweater that Tally got from giving away her spagbol.
9. The wallscreen software that lets you “choose†what you want to look like when you’re Pretty. (forgot the name used at the moment.)
10. The magazine scene in the library.
Hooray for copy and pasteing! I had NO idea you could do that until now! My Wols Gnipyt syndrome is no longer as servere! (see if y’all can decode that)
Ping to ALEXANDRA: Ohmigosh I completely forgot about that line! I think they should also use “I’m Tally Youngblood, make me pretty.” That was just an extreme cliff-hanger to me. I couldn’t bear to wait at the library for Pretties I thought I would die!
Ping to Kristina-la: comment 290, very dramatic!
Ping to Megan: Right on about comment 292! Let’s give it up for all the small town thrivers like us! (claps entusiastically)
Ping to Riva-la: What about using Paramore as one of the bands? ( to everyone) once again I have recently posted another Youtube clip that has the song Emergency by Paramore
click here to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiJym7OeZg8
Please watch! As stated on a pre-comment the lyrics may be in question to some but it seems very Uglies worthy to me!
Ping to rose-la: I wish time would pass by too. Yay! Me loves Paramore also! (recently discovered the band.) Quick Question, is there a clean version of Misery Business? I’ve known the song for a while but just now learned the title. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it may have one swear word in it & my mom doesn’t let me buy explicit songs on itunes. ( Just incase I’m right about the swearing, don’t mention the word just say there is one. Thanks!) Anyway here’s a quick math problem:
awesome vocals + crazy hair = Haley Williams! ( Hopefully I got the name right…)
Ping to cait-la: it helps if you save it (the site) to pop up when you use the internet that’s what I do. ( comment 299)
Still have one more ping to do but i have to go2 the store Cyall l8tr !
June 27th, 2009 20:27
Things to add to the other Tally Youngbloods list.
11. “You can die pretty for all I care.”- Dr. Cable
12. “I don’t want to hurt you but I will if I have to”- Specials
13. The heart tracker.
14. David kissing her and telling her shes beautiful
15. The helicopter
16. The white weed
17. Shay Croy and others coming down to meet Tally when she makes it to Smoke
18. SHAYS PIGTAILS!
19. Tallys brown frizzy hair, thin luips and squashed down nose
20. Davids scar
21. GET THE HOVERBOARDS AND CARS RIGHT!
22. An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!”
23. The part where Tally is hoverboarding without shoes
24. Boss with the pepper stuff
25. When Shays pretty…
And other than that I cannot think of anything. But I probably will later. Ping to The other Tally Youngblood- I think they should make new songs for the movie.Great tips for the producers, Jaeda-la
June 27th, 2009 21:23
ping to the other Tally youngblood- well thank you, I try very hard
June 27th, 2009 21:26
oh and for those people that wanted a quote page
there actually already is one. From when scott asked us for quotes for Bogus to bubbly.
well here it is http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?s=uglies+quotes
June 27th, 2009 22:06
I love how we’re pinging people now. Ping ping ping. Hehe, genius.
June 27th, 2009 23:13
i am happy. i am so freakin’ happy.
WOOHOO!!!
for tally, they should have a person NOT wearing makeup play her. she should look regular, and she shouldn’t look like she just stepped of the cover of a magazine. AND, she shouldn’t look anorexic, or wear jeans.
NO MAKEUP!!
they should find some random person like, walking around in a store or something, instead of using someone famous.
June 28th, 2009 00:12
sry it’s been forever and there is too much to respond to so i didn’t read half of the comments…
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood: sorry but i have to steal ur ping idea. genius. anyway, my mom claims that it is my fault about my ipod, becuz i left it in my jacket pocket and asked her to wash it… i think it’s hers. she thinks that the same thing will happen with my phone, because after not having it for a month, i constantly forget where it is.. im not back into the habit yet. and to add to your list:
1. oh crap i forgot.. oh yeah! when the smokies leave the shoes for tally in the holding pen.
2. The doctor coming up to say:”we have a problem with your operation” this should be part of the commercial too.
im too tired to respond to anything else….. gah….. i can hardly think. and i hate this keyboard. my dad and stepmom changed all of the computers around so now my dad’s computer is mine, my stepmom’s computer is his, and she gets a new computer. well, my new computer has no internet yet, so im stuck on my dad’s. and the keyboard is really loud and not what im used to. so yeah…. i will talk more later but right now i want some food…… yet i shouldnt, i am allready chunky enough. i need to eat less. lol. anywayz ttyl.
June 28th, 2009 00:14
oh yeah LONG LIVE MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!!! me and my mom were in the car going to pick my cuz upo for a sleepover, and she turned on the radio and there was a MJ song. then another. i was like wow, a MJ marathon. my mom was like maybe he died or something. no, he couldnt have. then late we heard that he did. my mom can be psycic like that somethimes….
June 28th, 2009 00:16
and in specials for the Manifesto, it should start off with tally saying ping to whoever … then it shows maddy, peris and shay reading it, with tally’s voice saying it at the same time. i dunno, just a thought..
June 28th, 2009 00:30
For Dr. Cable, I’ve always pictured Tilda Swinton as her. She has played Jadis, The White Queen in Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
June 28th, 2009 01:06
this is getting good… its fun to read through all the comments people leave!
Ping to Pony-la:
I think its your mom’s fault. She should have checked the pockets. But then again, you could have taken it out before you asked her to wash it, so in a way its kinda both your faults…
June 28th, 2009 01:20
Okay yeah, someone famous for Cable, that’s a given. Knowing Hollywood, if we don’t get unknown actors for Tally or Shay, we’ll just get Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Anne Hudgens (Don’t believe me? Two words: New Moon) so that’s a given as well. We need someone cold, calculating, and preferably with the ability to make their eye twitch (Come on, don’t tell me you don’t wanna see a Cable eyetwitch)
What I want is a frontal view for the rollercoaster scene. Sort-of a ‘we feel like we’re there’ sort-of thing going down, then a bird’s eye view to show us just how frigging big and horrific the Rusties made their cities. I think that’s an important part of Uglies: showing the future in a layer that can be peeled away to show how ‘ugly’ it really is. It should be made clear that our future is no wonderland.
At the same time, it can’t exactly be preachy. We still need to feel Tally and Shay become best friends (something that, sorry, I felt wasn’t explored as much as it really should’ve in the books) and we need to feel it strong enough to know that when Tally makes her choice, it’s a hard choice to make. A really hard choice. This is a girl who has to choose between her dreams and her best friend.
Also: Peris. Sure, he can be someone moderately famous but he still needs to be there. A touch of humor would seem right to most screenwriters to put in during the opening scene (in the form of him acting awkward) and perhaps that would be better for a ‘teen’ movie (though I think it’s fine as-is in the book). I think a montage would be in order for the ‘Tally goes to the Smoke!’ sequence because the bits until the fire are a bit dull when imagined on a screen (though they were needed and quite well written). . .
That’s all. ^_^
June 28th, 2009 01:20
OMG!!! If they make this into a movie I think I will have a heart attack…..but it will be worth it! I am seriously sooo excited!!!!
June 28th, 2009 01:22
A Cable eye-witch would be awesome!! lol….
June 28th, 2009 01:22
*twitch, I mean. oops
June 28th, 2009 01:23
what should it be rated??
June 28th, 2009 02:12
Whut up homiez?
I just made the best cake it’s really good and it has a peace sign my favorite thing !
Belated Ping to Haley Rae: I meant to respond earlier but anyway, I feel like I’ve heard your name before… Is your mom a 4th grade teacher? I doubt that Uglies would be R- rated. If you ask me, that’s a little too cautious-making. On comment 303 you make a gr8 point.
Ping to Jadea-la: I will add on to The List immeadetly. (P.S I totes 4got about T.Y riding barefoot part good job! Maybe I could make up a song… I AM pretty good @ writing poetry…..)
Ping to Kristina-la:hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah this is fun hahahahahahahahhahahahhahah
Ping to Tally & Zane: Thank You. I’ve always had a feeling I might become the next Albert Einstein! ROTFL!
Ping to Pony-la: I know how busy you must feel. Pings just always make me feel bubbly. Like I said to Tally & Zane, I’ve always had a feeling I might become the next Albert Einstein! (not) I will also add your ideas to The List. ( I’ve started capitilization. Isn’t that gr8?
) Same thing happened to my friend’s phone.
I’ll post The List at the bottom of the comment once I can’t think about who and what to ping about anymore. This will be the 3rd time I’ve posted The List today. You never realize how much you’ve forgotten about the book until you make a list about it huh? I’m sometimes phycic too. ( Twilight Zone theme song plays out of nowhere.) Chunks… I can’t STAND that word. Just sounds sooo wrong. Onwards towards The List!!!!
Stuff they NEED on the Uglies movie and if they don’t add it the consequences will be world-wrecking!!! (Oil Bug world wrecking to be exact.)List. Once again, feel free to add on to the list loyal fans!!!
1. The sky needs to look like salmon colored cat vomit when Tally sneaks of to see Peris. Because that first sentence automaticly makes you read the book.
2. Two words: pig mask
3. the roller coaster/hoverboard ride.
4. Shay’s crudely written note ( mabe it could be written in the actress’ non-dominant hand unless that is, if they write with both hands. If that’s the case just let a little kid do it cause little kids aren’t the best handwriters.
5.Spagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbol.. The more I type those words, the nastier this meal seems to become.
6. Tally’s Best Friend scar
7. chicken and rabbit pen in The Smoke
8. The knitted sweater that Tally got from giving away her spagbol.
9. The wallscreen software that lets you “choose†what you want to look like when you’re Pretty. (forgot the name used at the moment.)
10. The magazine scene in the library.
Things to add to the other Tally Youngbloods list. (Super smiley Ping thanks to Jaeda-la.)
11. “You can die pretty for all I care.â€- Dr. Cable
12. “I don’t want to hurt you but I will if I have toâ€- Specials
13. The heart tracker.
14. David kissing her and telling her shes beautiful
15. The helicopter
16. The white weed
17. Shay Croy and others coming down to meet Tally when she makes it to Smoke
18. SHAYS PIGTAILS!
19. Tallys brown frizzy hair, thin luips and squashed down nose
20. Davids scar
21. GET THE HOVERBOARDS AND CARS RIGHT!
22. An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
23. The part where Tally is hoverboarding without shoes
24. Boss with the pepper stuff
25. When Shays pretty…
( More Super Smiley Ping thanks to Pony-la)
26. oh crap i forgot.. oh yeah! when the smokies leave the shoes for tally in the holding pen.
27. The doctor coming up to say:â€we have a problem with your operation†this should be part of the commercial too.
( the OTHER Tally Youngblood) Let me add on some more… I don’t have my book so it may be hard.
28. When Tally and David hide out in the cave.
29. The storm when David and Tally are going to Tally’s city.
30. Sol and Ellie ( T.Y’s crumblies.)
31. Wrong book, but don’t forget that “Freedom has a way of destroying things.”
– Tally Youngblood SPECIALS
nothing to ping about….
Hey I just remembered… nevermind. There’s this Uglies thing on my wallpaper,but I know it won’t work. Oh well..
Once again there’s nothing to ping about so I’ll be back in 60 min or less to this site.
as FRED would say, Peace
out homie-Gs!
June 28th, 2009 02:21
I was mad that Dakota Fanning was offered the part of Jane>=O
I wanted that part *complains*
They should do a lot of looking before they choose parts for the people… they shouldn’t just be like “Oh ok he/she looks semi-good, so he/she gets the part.” They should really do looking, and I think open auditions would be a great way to find new, GOOD talent.
June 28th, 2009 02:24
ping to the other tally youngblood- hehe this is fun.
why has it taken us so long to use pings to eachother?
June 28th, 2009 02:58
I agree with a lot of the other posters, we need unknown people to be cast as Tally, Shay, David and Zane, but I would like to see an actress with some experience work as Dr.Cable, I think that Sienna Guillory is a good choice, as she’s pretty and she’s been in a few movies already. With makeup they could easily sharpen her looks to make her fit Cable perfectly.
And yes, I agree with you, Sarah-la, I was mad when I heard that Dakota Fanning would be in New Moon. I mean, she may be an okay actress, but I really don’t like her that much.
Oh, and Scott should have some auditions in Canada, I know that we’ve got a lot to offer in way of hidden talents here in the north, and I would love to audition!
June 28th, 2009 03:11
i deffinitly cant wait for a movie like that too come out. it would be interesting too see the ugly word outside of my head and what they look like as well. and deffinitly as a series of movies would be sweet.
June 28th, 2009 06:31
Actually, I think it would be neat if Scott had a cameo appearance. What do y’all think about that?
June 28th, 2009 08:34
they can’t have accents
June 28th, 2009 10:20
I agree with Sarah-la I think they should do a lot of searching to find actors and actress’s that will be great for the roles.
Ping to Sarah-la: I agree Auditions are a great idea! It would be awesome if the movies is made and when we all watched it and the actors fit their roles perfectly! I really hope they make the movie!
Ping to Kristina-la: I agree! NO ACCENTS!
Ping to Alix-wa: My opinion would be that I think that would be very kool if he had a cameo appearance!
All in all I really hope they turn it into a movie! I’ve been hoping since Scott came to my school (This is actually how I found out about Uglies) when my school did a “one book one school” program and EVERYONE in the entire school Read Uglies even the Staff! Then Scott came to our School and it was awesome and even then he said it would be 2 years before he would know anything about whether or not a movie would be made of Uglies! 2 years would be when I enter 12th grade whcih will be this fall! So yea I’ve been waiting around to find out about all this for a while! lol
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood: I have a few things that I want to add to ur list!
When David gives Tally the “bug” check before taking her all the way to the smoke
When David gives Tally the gloves as a gift
The rope Tally uses to get across the river and into New Pretty Town in the beginning of the book
When Peris visits Tally in Uglyville
The whole in the wall that lets pretties get what they want
ok That’s it for now! I really hope theirs a movie and sry It’s been a long time since I’ve Posted!
June 28th, 2009 11:42
An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
i reckon this a really significant part, the whole meaning behind it and everything, like their still striving and alive. i SHOULD be in the movie.
June 28th, 2009 11:44
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood: “I’m Tally Youngblood, make me pretty.â€
i completely and utterly agree with you , it would be such an amazing cliff-hanger ending.
it hasn’t even been made totally official and I’m already bubbly with joy
:)
June 28th, 2009 19:49
ok, i just got mind-rain yesterday… i loved the shay ones but after reading one of the others where the writers worshiped the grouing tally walked on, i was about to throw up.
Ping to everyone:(including u, scott-la) Do you all agree that Shay was in love with Tally? did you make it to be that way, scott-la? i thought i suspected it, but then after uglies i just thought that it was pretty friendship……
Ping to the OTHER tally youngblood: y do capitalizing? it just takes up time…. anyway i must start calling u tOty, becuz ur name is much too long… and im not sure i would wanna be albert einstien, for a few reasons:
1. He had crazy hair(not that i really care about my hair or anything like that)
2. When you know everything, then there is nothing left to learn, and then life would be boring. in my opinion, you learn more on the road to getting somewhere then you do just by being there. Like, if you were gonna try to travel from N.Y.C to Georgia, then if you just teleported there, you wouldn’t see all of the new and interesting things on the way down….
wow. i just had an Anne Frank-like moment of inspiration*shudder*, i love to write, but i HATED anne frank’s constant monolouges about things that don’t even make sense…
Ping to Sara-la: yes, it is both of our faults, but, as she is my mother, i have to work for it. oh well!
Ping to those who have Mind Rain: don’t you love Robin Wasserman’s insight an Shay! Finally, someone who gets what im saying!!!
Ping tomy evil sinus infection: I HATE YOU! MAKING MY NOSE EVEN STUFFIER THAN IT USUALLY IS…. and then when i have to blow my nose, it doesn’t even come out! so i am stuck with eveil snottiness in my nose…and it makes me all congested and what not…..
June 28th, 2009 19:49
I watched Independence Day last night, and it was cool, wierd, and hilarious at the same time. I LOVE YOU WILL SMITH!!!!!!
June 28th, 2009 19:52
Ping to Amber-la:
If they go with the open auditions, though, we’d have to make them do it all over. They could do them in California, New York, Florida, other places in the Mid-west and South.
Ping to Alix-wa:
They could have open auditions in Canada, too, but like Kristina-la said, they can’t really have different accents in the movie. They are all supposed to be the same, more or less.
June 28th, 2009 19:53
pING TO aLEXANDERA: YEAH, THAT would be soo cool! that is why i think that the movies should be seperate…. because the last lines end them so perfectyl…
Ping to tOty: do u remember ur new name? good. anyway, i have another thing to add to ur list:
1. Croy riding back with Tally and Shay at the end of Uglies, i think that they should play Never Too Late by 3 days grace then…
2. Of course the last lines, as mentioned by Alexandera..
June 28th, 2009 19:55
Ping to Sara-la: that’s a good point about auditions in canada… but remember, tally’s city is near seattle, so maybe a slight canadian accent would be good, because in traveling to the smoke, she goes a bit up into the Canadian Rockies..
June 28th, 2009 19:55
Ping to Pony-la:
I saw Independence Day after in sixth grade I had to memorize the speech the president gave in the movie. I actually just found the paper on it yesterday, and I think I threw it out… oh well. Anyways, I LOVE WILL SMITH TOO!!!!
June 28th, 2009 19:57
Ping to Pony-la:
You’re right… th northern accent-thing would be a point, so maybe David should have a stonger accent than the rest of them because he’s lived there for so long..?
I don’t know, just a thought.
June 28th, 2009 20:04
Ping to Sara-la: Yeah, the speech he gave was pretty cool… yet i can’t imagine a school wanting to use it. My sister is doing the drama class in high school, and in 9th grade they had to do a monolouge.. hers was shortened because of her disability, but i think that if we get to choose, i will do Tally’s Manifesto, the last chapter of Specials… and Will Smith is soo cute and soooo funny…. and i totally forgot about how David should have a stronger accent. I just try to forget about david, becuz he is a Shay-hater…. therefore i must hate him.
June 28th, 2009 20:05
TTYL MI PEEPZ!
June 28th, 2009 20:22
Ping to Pony-la:
Just for the record, its Sarah-la, not Sara-la. And he doesn’t hate Shay; he just doesn’t /love/ her. There is a difference in that. He is a good guy through the whole series, past the part where his home is destroyed.
June 28th, 2009 20:47
Yay! This is so happy-making! Just last night I was telling someone how you should make a movie about the Uglies and I didn’t realize you were! I agree with everyone that Tally and Shay and most of the others should be unknown, save Dr. Cable(i think Nicole Kidman would be a great suggestion or Tilda Swinton too). I LOVE all of these books. You did an amzing job writing them. Just don’t let the producers ruin anything, like they sometimes do to books turned movies(most recently My Sister’s Keeper)
June 28th, 2009 21:35
ping to pony-la: how do you know tally’s city is near seattle??
June 28th, 2009 23:02
Pings to everybody: As you can see I wasn’t back in 60 min or less. My mom temporarily banned me from the computer until now bu I’m back so I’m gonna post. Forgot to add thank the good Lord for Copy and pasting!
Oh!
I just remembered, I found a book to read and it’s not Midnighters or Peeps(though I DID find it as I was looking for PEEPS) it’s not even by Scott-la! (gasps) it’s called Skinned by Robin Wasserman. Sound familiar? It’s advertised in the back of Bogus to Bubbly and when I read the summary and saw that Scott-la’s name was on it as a review I knew I had to read it.
Here’s the summary and the 1st page really lures you in. Just like UGLIES!
Lia Kahn was perfect: rich, beautiful, popular.
Until the accident that nearly killed her.
Now she has been downloaded into a new body that only looks human. Lia will never feel pain again, she will never age, and she can’t ever truly die.
But some miracles come at a price. . .
Sound interesting yet? Okay. Here’s what Scott-la said:
“A spellbinding story about loss, rebirth, and finding out who we really are inside. This intense and moving novel will wind up under your skin.”
– SCOTT WESTERFELD New York Times bestselling author of the Uglies series.
I’m going to check and see if Scott-la posted so bye!
June 29th, 2009 00:02
Eeh… I just came up with something… but I don’t remember what it was… so I’ll think and get back here (:
June 29th, 2009 00:09
Oh and by the way does anyone else here write? Like, little stories or anything? I do, and I need inspiration… my current story is going nowhere right now and my friend is pressuring me to write ‘MORE MORE MORE!!!’ Anyone have advice? I know I’m ok at story ideas, then I write like 4 pages, then it gets nowhere after that. So far, I have about two 2-3 page chapters to this one… Any help? D:
Oh! I remember… sorta… well I had two things to say, and one was a song that would be good for pretties, when Zane is dying, the song Nineteen Stars, by Meg & Dia. And the other thing I wanted to say was a quote, but I don’t remember what it was yet… So hang on
June 29th, 2009 00:13
Ok well I just thought of something now, that had to be added to the OTHER Tally Youngblood’s list… its when David gives Tally the leather gloves that Shay notices. Still can’t remember the quote.
June 29th, 2009 01:44
arg people Canadians do NOT have an accent
Im sorrey but that just makes me pissed when people say we do. No one says eh! I have never herd anyone here say that.
when I said accent
has any of you even talked to a canadian. we talk the same as you except we prononce roof properly.
I mean no ofense this topic just annoys me
June 29th, 2009 01:46
so it seems pretty obvious that
we all agree that nicole kidman or Tilda Swinton should play Dr. Cable….so any producers checking this blog out, keep that in mind
June 29th, 2009 02:14
Sarah-la:
Skin color is mentioned when they’re messing with Shay’s face on the wall screen while Shay anxiously tugged her belly ring, she wanted to go boarding while Tally wanted to make some outrageous faces. The whole, “I like the wild side better bit”.
The skin color thing is mentioned and Tally has a shiver that runs through her, because she can’t imagine wars ever starting because people looked different.
And as for the story thing, Sarah, I’m the same exact way!
June 29th, 2009 02:27
Ping to Haley Rae:
Yeah… I just realized the skin color thing. And stories are totally bogus when they go no where!
General Ping:
I just finished reading Uglies… again… so on to Pretties… again!
**Does anyone know who is on the cover of Pretties? Especially the girl? I know some say its Tally, but Shay got the counter-clockwise diamonds put in, and the girl on the cover has diamonds in her eyes… and I’m guessing the guy on the cover is Zane, with whichever girl she is.
June 29th, 2009 03:49
this movie would be epic. the music should be done by e.s. posthummus, just saying, it’s amazing.
ping to the other tally youngblood haha I LOVED YOUR LIST!
ya but back to the point, i agree, like every other uglies lover that shay and tally need to be unknowners, it will just give the audience a chance to adapt to them as these characters and not characters from other movies and get the chance to see them as actual uglies.
i remember reading these books about 2 and half years ago and though, hm i should write to like george or steven or peter and ask them to do this.
ya, but scott i love your books. i read peeps after i read this series and i was like YES i love it, a sequel needs to come out.
the smoke lives ;]
June 29th, 2009 03:55
i hate double posting but i i forgot
i love tilda but i don’t think she coud pull off dr cable,
nicole kidman could, she proved that one in golden compass
but someone scary beautiful needs to play her.
ah i am so excited this might be made into a movie.
June 29th, 2009 05:29
Back with more to add to the list. My frien Anea-la and Scott-la helped me with this one though.
32. Tally nearly dieing when shes at the cliff
33. Her throwing the locket in the fire
34. Everyone leaving there shoes in the pen
35. When Croy is just convincing Shay that Tally wasn’t helping Special Cricumstances that two of them come up and take her to Dr. Cable, telling her what a good job she did.
36. When Tally steals the hoverboard from the roof
well I have to go, add more later! Jaeda-la
June 29th, 2009 06:13
wow.
lots of comments.
ping to Lilah-wa: I think all actors have to have at least some makeup on, cuz it they don’t, the lights will wash out their features. (once i forgot to use eyebrow pencil for an dance competition. No eyebrows! haha, it was sad.)
but they shouldn’t cake it on, like, to get rid of all the pores and stuff. just get the makeup artist to lighten up on the foundation.
and yea, i think the skin color thing is sorta confusing, cuz all the actors will either have to be a mix of like, um, idk wat they are. or they’ll need to get spray tans or something. but then theyll be orange…idk.
tho paramore is definetely not on my ‘likey likey list’,
i hav to admit they are good for soundtracks. so note that producers!
i guess MCR would be too dark though, cuz tally isnt emo…FOB and AAR r still on my list!
June 29th, 2009 06:13
u guys HAVE TO DO THE MORPHOS!!!
annnnnnnnnd the hoverboards!!!
no scooters or bikes K?
June 29th, 2009 06:14
use a greenscreen.
June 29th, 2009 06:14
it said i wz posting comments too quickly. haha, sry!
but i keep forgetting wat i want to say.
June 29th, 2009 07:57
how would people feel about actors who aren’t 16, say they 17 or 18 but they look 16 and they fit the part like perfect? would you fan’s be angry about that? or happy that they got someone who actually fits the part and LOOKS the part opposed to who is 16 and may fit the character? just been wondering about that.
June 29th, 2009 08:58
They probably won’t get people who are actually 16. In fact, for the stunt work and fitness needed, they would probably go for 18 or older. It’s a common casting call-It’s rare that they want actual 15-17 year olds when they can easily get people who are legal, don’t need tutoring on set, and who have more experience.
June 29th, 2009 09:26
Look at it this way— Bella is supposed to be 16, and Kristen Stewart is 18, and Edward is supposed to be perpetually 17, and Robert Pattison is 23.
June 29th, 2009 10:49
you know, i thought of something else that could potentially ruin a movie adaptation of uglies: pop music. ok, it wasn’t just the music that made me never want to see watchmen (i haven’t seen it), but the music in the commercials and glancing at the soundtrack did make me a bit sick to my stomach. it’s probably cheaper to not use pop music, but i guess there are deals made on the parts of the artists, or the music is used to advertise and generate buzz in the movie, but since this movie takes place so far in the future, i just think the feel would be more appropriate if there was a musical score instead of a top 40-ready soundtrack of pop or emo or rock or anything at all really.
so yeah, an original score would be really really appreciated.
June 29th, 2009 12:56
well i think they should get people that actually LOOK the age of the characters.
June 29th, 2009 13:36
Ping to Sarah-la:
I agree with u and I think that would help make the characters turn out better!
Ping to Uglies: They do need to look the age of the characters! Even if they are a couple years older as long as they look the age of the character!
June 29th, 2009 17:00
I´m baaaaaaaack! Hi everyone! Ive been MIA from this site for a while, cause I gotta admit the fan art and sporatic posting werent doing it for me. But this Uglies movie news has got me hooked. Its supposedly set to come out in 2011 according to Other Sources, so my friends and I are naturally already planning on attending the premiere. Thats it. No more expectations. Just being at the premiere in LA the summer after I graduate would make my year.
And the fact that this is the first time Ive checked Scott-samas blog in over 6 months and movie news is up?
Definitely a sign.
And to all of you who remember me: Hi! To anyone whose wondering why Im not using apostrophes in my comment even though Im usually a stickler about grammar: Im currently an exchange student in Spain! And there are no apostrophes in the Spanish language, and therefore none on the keyboards of computers.
Wanna know more? Click my name and check out my video letters to my friend Kelsey.
Remember the sign offs? I need a better one. ,-)
June 29th, 2009 19:05
I’ve been looking at all the character requests and fidn it fascinating. I it is a question on who will play who. But who’s the fan favorite? Click my name to take the poll. it won’t take long and it’s free!
June 29th, 2009 19:18
336 Pony-laon 28 Jun 2009 at 7:49 pm
ok, i just got mind-rain yesterday… i loved the shay ones but after reading one of the others where the writers worshiped the grouing tally walked on, i was about to throw up.
Ping to everyone:(including u, scott-la) Do you all agree that Shay was in love with Tally? did you make it to be that way, scott-la? i thought i suspected it, but then after uglies i just thought that it was pretty friendship……
Ping to the OTHER tally youngblood: y do capitalizing? it just takes up time…. anyway i must start calling u tOty, becuz ur name is much too long… and im not sure i would wanna be albert einstien, for a few reasons:
1. He had crazy hair(not that i really care about my hair or anything like that)
2. When you know everything, then there is nothing left to learn, and then life would be boring. in my opinion, you learn more on the road to getting somewhere then you do just by being there. Like, if you were gonna try to travel from N.Y.C to Georgia, then if you just teleported there, you wouldn’t see all of the new and interesting things on the way down….
wow. i just had an Anne Frank-like moment of inspiration*shudder*, i love to write, but i HATED anne frank’s constant monolouges about things that don’t even make sense…
Ping to Sara-la: yes, it is both of our faults, but, as she is my mother, i have to work for it. oh well!
Ping to those who have Mind Rain: don’t you love Robin Wasserman’s insight an Shay! Finally, someone who gets what im saying!!!
Ping tomy evil sinus infection: I HATE YOU! MAKING MY NOSE EVEN STUFFIER THAN IT USUALLY IS…. and then when i have to blow my nose, it doesn’t even come out! so i am stuck with eveil snottiness in my nose…and it makes me all congested and what not…..
Lmao!!! i only had to read the 1st sentence to get again that you really do hate Tally!!! XD you really make me laugh!!! (in a good way!!)
June 29th, 2009 19:20
I got Extras yesterday and it is SUCH a good book!!!!! I meam we all know that (sorry Scott) Pretties could of been much better, and that Uglies was the best in the series. Heres the “face ranks” of all the books!
1. Uglies
2. Extras
3. Specials
4. Pretties
June 29th, 2009 20:05
oh my goodie two shoes! thats so cool!
this series is amazing!
im reading bogus to bubbly noe and love it!
thank you so much Scott for writting thse books!
please dont change the book too much, if you do it will be horrible!
and you deffinatley want to cast the right people!
so be careful!
with love
rachel
June 29th, 2009 20:28
My favorite character of all times is Shay. Why? Because I hate her so much. Any character in any book that can cause this much discussion and speculation is the best.
Ant-la: I know you werent talking to me, but I always capitalize words because its actually faster this way, because Im so used to writing correctly.
<3 Still thinking of a new sign off
June 29th, 2009 21:11
i have to go find a book store so i can get the series again. mine up and disappeared. or someone stole it. like they did my potter’s/ anyways. need them now. i haven’t read them in about ah 4 months. must have uglies.
June 29th, 2009 22:42
Dear Scott,
I have just finished reading Uglies and have talked to my friends and family about it non-stop. I think its an amazing book and can’t wait to get started on the second one. I haven’t looked at your website until today when i saw the demand for a film which was the exact reason for my email. This my sound a bit stupid but i would really like to play Tally since i think we have a lot in common from the way you described her for e.g I have a frizzy curly hair and a flat nose. I have taned skin but an unusual auburny coloured hair. I am quite tall and thin. I also think we are quite the same in character and therefore would really like to audition for her if the chance comes up for an unknown actress. I have not done any acting work before but currently go to drama classes at school and in September will be attending a Stage School. My Grandfather is an actor and have been to see him whilst filming many a time, I also have quite a lot of other family members who are actors and actresses who i have also watched. I am thirteen years old, fourteen in September however i look older and could easily play at least a young looking 16 year old. I am really serious about this and would really appreciate a chance to audition for Tally.
Please reply or help keep me posted although i’ll be checking the site everyday.
Yours sincerly
Tanisha Flynn
June 29th, 2009 22:49
Yay!!! I’m so excited! I agree that an unknown should play Tally and Shay and David… Otherwise… You know- it could just somehow ruin the movie. Weird thing is I pictured Taylor Swift as Shay but with dark hair. She’s too old now. She’ll be 20 next December. I can’t wait until we find out who’s playing who- and when they’re going to be casting for extras if they turn Uglies into a movie. It’d be fun to be a special or a Smokie!
June 29th, 2009 22:50
Blahhh Charlize Theron would be excellent Dr.Cable. Tilda is kinda creepy. Disney is not accepted in the movie =P
O and in Aya’s city “sama” is a title of respect ,Tally-sama, and everyone else is “chan” like Aya-chan, Hiro-chan, but in Tally’s city it’s either “la” or “wa” are those titles too and why is Tally the only one with “wa” after her name?????
June 29th, 2009 23:15
Actually Ant-la i disagree here are the fac-ranks according to my opinion
1. Specials
2. Extras
3. Uglies
4. Pretties
but pretties is fourth for me too but don’t get me wrong Scott all of them are pretty damn awesome
June 29th, 2009 23:21
Actually Udzir
Chan is used for anyone outside immediate family or used for friends
June 29th, 2009 23:28
ok then why does Aya call her brother Hiro-chan? and why is Tally the only one with “wa” after her name? 0.0
June 30th, 2009 00:00
if extras was made into a movie i would like to see wild/special Tally
June 30th, 2009 00:20
My face rank
1. Specials
2. Uglies
3. Pretties
4. Extras
June 30th, 2009 00:27
i think it would be awesome if they made uglies a movie. I’ve always thought it would be even before i knew they were thinking about it. It would be the best movie EVER!!
June 30th, 2009 00:27
PLEASE make it a movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 30th, 2009 01:05
hey, i am so siked that they’re even thinking about making Uglies a movie. I also picture Dr.Cable as younger. But if they do use an older women they should use Meryl Streep. I know it sounds kinda crazy but hey, i’m crazy. + i think they should use a few moderately famous people to draw attention to this (will be) amazing movie.
June 30th, 2009 01:09
wow 385 wait 386 comments in like one week that’s a sign or something. THEY MUST MAKE THINS A MOVIE. for everyones sake.
June 30th, 2009 01:12
Okay for once I totally agree with what he mentioned that you guys said wow! okay anyways here’s just some things I would like to see:
1. Unknown actors for Tally,Shay, & David (in all the movies)
2. Please don’t use uber amounts of make-up to make them “ugly” PLEASE!
3. Please make the hoverboards look authentic
4.Instead of a set use the real outdoors for The Smoke and on her journey
5. Small time actors for Az and Maddy
6. I think using fans as the extras and as Croy and Astrix and Ryde would apeal more to the fans
Thats all I can think of now so yea I know I just put my little 2sense in every now and then but hey I’m busy!
June 30th, 2009 01:20
note to pony-la. not 2b annoying or anything but albert einstein didn’t know everything. not even close theres always something 2 learn. there were hundreds, thousands, even billions of things he didn’t know.
June 30th, 2009 01:26
bout my last note 2 pony-la u do make an awesome point about everything else.
June 30th, 2009 01:47
meh. too many comments…..
anyway ping to …:
i know, and that’s part of my point. but he was more close to knowing everything than most ppl…… yah.
ping to Sarah-la: im sorry! i have issues with names…. there were 2 sarahs in our class, one’s full name was Sara Jane-middle name-lastname, then the other one was Sarah Jane Last name…… AND they were bffs so my english teacher started calling the second sarah Sarabi…… anyway i have the same issues with writers block…yet somethimes i will just be sitting there and all of the sudden i have a great idea! yeah, anyway…
Ping to Kristina-la: yeah, sorry…. we know nobody says eh, but a northern accent will be different than a southern one…
Ping to whoever said something about tally’s city: Sorry, but i am sooo lazy and i dont feel like scrolling all the way back up. Anyway, in Bogus to Bubbly he says something about it in the maps section…..
Ping to Audrei-Sensei: HOW. DO.U. HATE. SHAY?!?!?!?!? not to be rude… but WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! impossible! well, unfortunaltely it is, it shouldnt be. didnt u read Mind-Rain??????? i am so ashamed!!!!!
June 30th, 2009 01:50
Yes, sara palin has badly influenced us……best part of the election!!!!!!!!! i LOVE making fun of people! well, only people like her. anyway, you know what i love???? TAPE MEASURERESRSRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they r soooooooo. MUCH. FUN! SORRY. I WILL GO NOW.
June 30th, 2009 02:02
shay rocks.
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June 30th, 2009 02:03
REALLY! HOW CAN ANYBODY THINK ANY DIFFERENT!
June 30th, 2009 02:07
i was a little depressed when shay was cured of her specialness. i mean she was the BEST special. totally B.A.
June 30th, 2009 02:12
OMG I love Shay!
June 30th, 2009 02:14
Ping to Audrey-sensi!
It is definatly a sign! First time I come on here in 3 monthes, first post the same day I had gotten on. Uglies movie! Really definatly a sign.
June 30th, 2009 02:15
Omg? How can you hate any of the charecters, except maybe Dr. Cable.
June 30th, 2009 02:17
I didn’t read Mind Rain yet! I’ve gone to 6 bookstores and there sold out! grrrrrrrr!
June 30th, 2009 02:30
what is mind rain?
June 30th, 2009 02:31
sweet i had comment 400
June 30th, 2009 03:20
Pony-la and Jaeda-la: I love dr. Cable in a ohmygodsheismysecondfavoritesupervillanafterSylarfromheroes kind of way. *cough* Nicole Kidman *cough* So badass in every way. Shay, on the other hand, was so whiney, and messed up Tallys life every time things started to go right. First the Uglies thing (which was arguably the best thing she did for Tally, helping her see the outside world). After that, though, it was all down hill.
With the David argument, pretty shay becoming special, even as a special she always hated tally, and everything she did made me want to smack her. In a way, she embodied the teenage girl in all of us, but everyone knows that the less said teenage girl influences us, the better.
But Im not here to argue, Im here to promote Hans Zimmer to do the score! Yeah, awesome idea, right?
Oh, and to whoever said Taylor Swift, I say she definitely looks the part (like in You Belong With Me), but Shay is an intense roll and I highly doubt Swift is that good of an actress.
Oh, and people, stop asking Scott-sama to be in the Uglies movie. Instead, start asking (insert big time hollywood agency) here.
Still thinking of a new sign off
June 30th, 2009 03:31
Udzir: Scott explained the whole suffix thing in one of his other posts, but I will explain it to you.
Tallys world is basically LA 300 years into the future. Everyone gets nicknames based on the spelling of their name. Everyone is -la, unless there is an L in their name. Then, theyre -wa (hence, Tally-wa, Shay-la)
Ayas world is Tokyo 310 years into the future (dont correct me if the dates are wrong, Im estimating based on what I can remember from Bogus to Bubbly). Different country, different time, different nicknames. Everyone gets a nickname based on levels of respect. -chan for friends and family, -sensei for people in the top 100, and -sama for legendary heroes (hence Aya-chan, Hiro-sensei, and Tally-sama).
When Tally meets Aya, both slang nicknames are used because they are two different people from different cities.
Hope that clears things up for everyone.
Still trying to find a good sign off
June 30th, 2009 04:59
I think Bridget Moynahan the girl from irobot would be cool for Dr.Cable..idk i just picture dr.cable like her..when i was reading the book..then again im weird..i think shes to young..so good luck picking dr.cable
And the characters from the covers..of uglies..pretties..and specials..ive imagined them like the characters in the book as well..so idk..
william levi would make a great zane..hes hot..but..he speaks spanish..not sure about english..and people say hes to old..so idk..
GOODLUCK SCOTT!!
June 30th, 2009 04:59
i say idk alot..sorry
June 30th, 2009 05:01
Yeah you have to love Dr. Cable is a supervillian kinda way!
June 30th, 2009 05:23
Ya, mind rain hasn’t been at any of the bookstores I’ve gone to either! What gives?!
June 30th, 2009 06:12
Yeah, I think that Uglies would make a great film! Quick Question……by “unknown Actor” do you meen someone who’s never been in a movie OR someone not seen very much?
June 30th, 2009 06:14
Does the casting have any thirteen year old parts? Just asking……
June 30th, 2009 06:54
WOW! I just found this website after reading extras and it awesome! I love the books sooooooooooooo much and if they made a movie I would FREAK OUT !!!!!!!! Scott Westerfeld just has to make one!!!!!1
June 30th, 2009 06:56
Now i have a question for all u people who come here alot. how did u learn about wat all the la’s and wa’s and stuff meant cause it didnt say that in the book did it?
June 30th, 2009 07:22
well scott mentioned it once o a post but its also in bogus to bubbly.
and also….some of the famous people(like Nana Love) like to be called -chan instead of sensai…..I dont remember the reason but they do.
June 30th, 2009 07:50
i think that the uglies book sereies would be a record breaker at theaters because hollywood should see what happens to people that get plastic surgeory
June 30th, 2009 08:08
do you meen someone who’s never been in a movie OR someone not seen very much?
my answer to Jordanna would be that i’m fine with either, BUT they have to be talented and ABLE to act.
June 30th, 2009 08:26
it should be mentioned that tally squints as she is called squint and shay has pigtails!
the GLAMOUR of the pretty world!!
Quotes that have to been in the movie:
WHAT YOU DO, THE WAY YOU THINK, MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
I’M TALLY YOUNGBLOOG,MAKE ME PRETTY
An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
ALSO when tally is going to the smoke..it should be shoot outside..atlest for a bit and not all in the studio
June 30th, 2009 08:48
Ping to Pony-la:
The writer’s block thing, yeah… I have so little done and only one person even cares, so… yeah. And my first name is Sarah, and my middle name is Jane… haha. I usually prefer to go by Jane, but its easier to type Sarah for me
Ping to Tanisha Flynn:
No offence, I really hope this doesn’t come out offensively sounding, but just because you write a “heartfelt” letter to the author of the book doesn’t mean you’ll get the part. And there are a lot of people who share a lot of characteristics with Tally and would kill to play the part.
June 30th, 2009 09:17
No offense, but did Scott-la not ask to stop asking him about casting? “Where are we now? Well, there’s no script, director, or actors lined up yet. So be patient and stop asking me about casting! If there are open auditions, you’ll see it here first.” And then again in the same post. “So you can stop asking me about casting calls. Seriously.” He obviously doesn’t want to be bothered about that when he repeated himself. I’m guessing lots of people have been saying the same things.
June 30th, 2009 09:38
Ping to Tally & Zane:
yea I think everyone who read the whole thing knows he said that but wut’s the harm in us discussing wut we think would be good for the auditions.
June 30th, 2009 10:12
uh ohhhhhhh, too many ‘plz cast me calls’ scott-sensei will be mad………id sorta like u to glitterbomb us tho scott, if ur reading this, that would be totally ok with me.
my face rank:
1 specials uglies pretties extras
haha
i like them all the same. but i wish zane couldve lived…
i actually dont like shay. she annoys the hell out of me.
i completely agree that there should be NO pop music and NO disney. at all. alternative is ok. no heavy metal or classical. and no strate rap either, plz. k producer ppl?
if u agree with my disney ban, plz copy and paste the following. or do it out of pity cuz no one else is.
To whom it may concern:
Please do not allow Disney to, in any form or way, be part of the movie Uglies. This includes acting, soundtrack, or anything else that has not been typed.
I really hope that you will consider this!
Sincerely,
Fans of the Entire Well-Written Totally Awesome Uglies Series
June 30th, 2009 10:13
wow, im really bad at writing business letters.
hehe.
June 30th, 2009 12:50
Ping to Tall & Zane: Sry about my post on auditions
June 30th, 2009 17:51
Carol-wa: That is a pretty good Face-ranking, if I must say so myself!
I just think Uglies, Extras, Specials, then Pretties (in my Opinion)…oh btw! go to http://www.feelingbubbly.com to get your own face rank!!!! (mines 86!!!! 
)
June 30th, 2009 18:05
Mornin guys. I have so many pings! Well I’m just gonna do The List this morning. ( and once again 4 those of you who ask why I capitilize it is because I LIKE TO CAPITALIZE!!! Anyway, here we go…
Stuff they NEED on the Uglies movie and if they don’t add it the consequences will be world-wrecking!!! (Oil Bug world wrecking to be exact.)List. Once again, feel free to add on to the list loyal fans!!!
1. The sky needs to look like salmon colored cat vomit when Tally sneaks of to see Peris. Because that first sentence automaticly makes you read the book.
2. Two words: pig mask
3. the roller coaster/hoverboard ride.
4. Shay’s crudely written note ( mabe it could be written in the actress’ non-dominant hand unless that is, if they write with both hands. If that’s the case just let a little kid do it cause little kids aren’t the best handwriters.
5.Spagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbol.. The more I type those words, the nastier this meal seems to become.
6. Tally’s Best Friend scar
7. chicken and rabbit pen in The Smoke
8. The knitted sweater that Tally got from giving away her spagbol.
9. The wallscreen software that lets you “choose†what you want to look like when you’re Pretty. (forgot the name used at the moment.)
10. The magazine scene in the library.
Things to add to the other Tally Youngbloods list. (Super smiley Ping thanks to Jaeda-la.)
11. “You can die pretty for all I care.â€- Dr. Cable
12. “I don’t want to hurt you but I will if I have toâ€- Specials
13. The heart tracker.
14. David kissing her and telling her shes beautiful
15. The helicopter
16. The white weed
17. Shay Croy and others coming down to meet Tally when she makes it to Smoke
18. SHAYS PIGTAILS!
19. Tallys brown frizzy hair, thin luips and squashed down nose
20. Davids scar
21. GET THE HOVERBOARDS AND CARS RIGHT!
22. An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
23. The part where Tally is hoverboarding without shoes
24. Boss with the pepper stuff
25. When Shays pretty…
( More Super Smiley Ping thanks to Pony-la)
26. oh crap i forgot.. oh yeah! when the smokies leave the shoes for tally in the holding pen.
27. The doctor coming up to say:â€we have a problem with your operation†this should be part of the commercial too.
( the OTHER Tally Youngblood) Let me add on some more… I don’t have my book so it may be hard.
28. When Tally and David hide out in the cave.
29. The storm when David and Tally are going to Tally’s city.
30. Sol and Ellie ( T.Y’s crumblies.)
31. Wrong book, but don’t forget that “Freedom has a way of destroying things.â€
- Tally Youngblood SPECIALS
32. Tally nearly dieing when shes at the cliff
33. Her throwing the locket in the fire
34. Everyone leaving there shoes in the pen
35. When Croy is just convincing Shay that Tally wasn’t helping Special Cricumstances that two of them come up and take her to Dr. Cable, telling her what a good job she did.
36. When Tally steals the hoverboard from the roof
June 30th, 2009 18:50
When I find out were the tryouts are I’m trying out for Tally!
June 30th, 2009 20:09
To add to the list with help from Anea-la and Scott-la, Thanks guys!
37. When Shay and Tally freak out the younger uglies in the library
38. campfire stories
39. When Shay says about Davids gloves, “I. Don’t. Want. Them.”
40. When David gives Tally the gloves
41. The power saw thingy for the trees
42. The tables made of wood in the cafetira
June 30th, 2009 20:18
i agree with tally & zane. scott has said to stop asking about casting. and i get that people are excited and that’s okay. but stop asking. it isn’t going to make him any MORE excited if it get’s picked up than having every other fan ask or say well i would make a great tally because so and so. when it happens it will happen. and i don’t think the whole i think this person would be great at dr. cable is bad, because that’s cool and i think it would be a big help. but really, leave the casting questions alone for now.
June 30th, 2009 21:38
ugh. it looks like it may rain…… NO!!!
ping to Jaeda-la:I completely forgot about the last trick thing! thatnk u for reminding me! shay lovers unite!!!!!!!!!!!
Ping to Sarah-la: i am master of easiness unless doing something hard will make me laugh… im just a lazy comedian-type person like that. fourz instancez sumtimez i prepherz to writeth likeith thiz……
Ping to Audrei-Sensei: i love dr cable!!! she is soo kick-ass! she is mean, crude, perceptive and sharp. i hated in mind0rain where the guy was comparing her to Hitler and Stalin! she isn’t plain out evil like that! and since u hate shay, i must assume that you love David. i hate david. he rejected shay, and for no reason at all but for the fact that he thinks that Tally must be tenTHOUSAND times awesomer than shay. and in NO WAY was shay whiney! TALLY is the one that just sits around, staring out the window at new pretty town, whining about not having peris, when she DOES decide to go across the river, she whined the whole time because peris wasnt there by her side. poor, misunderstood tally. i wil stop now before i go on a total tally-hating rampage…
Ping to Udzir: yes, SHAY WAS THE BEST SPECIAL! i loved the special shay more than anything else in the whole book. even the specialness of tally ocasionally made me hate her a little less. yah. shay rocks. tally is a selfish, whining brat who lives in her own little fantasy world of “poor me. it’s not my fault. i can’t have every little thing that i want so i am just gonna sit around and cry.” grrrrrrrr
June 30th, 2009 22:07
hi! i just wanted to say that i was watching this show on the history channel called 500years after people or something and it reminded me alot of the things in the uglies series, there was even an abandoned roller coaster!
June 30th, 2009 22:28
No problem, Amber-la. I didn’t intend to sound mean…sorrys. Dude! My face rank was like 120,006! Epic Fail.
June 30th, 2009 22:45
ping to pony-la
FINALLY someone who understands how amazingly awesome Shay was/ not as much now that she is cured. but Tally is a stupid brat that wants people to feel sorry for her and Shay had to hold Tally’s hand through everything. Shay took Tally to the Smoke and to David. Shay introduced Tally to the Crims and to Zane. Shay even let Tally be a Cutter after EVERYTHING Tally did to her. If i was Shay-la i would like never have forgiven Tally. . . . maybe.
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
June 30th, 2009 22:46
oh and my face rank was like 776. Thousand Faces party anyone ^.^
June 30th, 2009 23:10
Face rank= 7! Oh yeah!
June 30th, 2009 23:11
woah!!!! ur like an uber kicker to have a face rank of 7 =P
June 30th, 2009 23:22
o em gee guys. someone messed up the copy and paste thing. its “you can die UGLY for all i care”. not “you can die PRETTY.” cuz dying pretty would be better, rite?
TEENAGERS SCARE THE LIVING FISH OUT OF ME.
yea!
June 30th, 2009 23:33
Uglies is an amazing book! And I think that means it has to be an amazing movie! I really think that the leads of Tally & Shea should be unknowns. People that are literally really good but haven’t gotten many things yet. Maybe somsone that has been in little things but still fairly unknown. I think the special effects are really important in this movie as well!!!!!!!!
I think that Dr. Cable should be a well known actress!! That would defenitely put a twist to things. And if you found people that were familiar with the series so they could make the characters great!!!
I can’t wait till Uglies comes out!!
June 30th, 2009 23:34
LOL yeah dying pretty wouldn’t be all that bad. and it is you can die ugly for all i care.
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
June 30th, 2009 23:36
I’m standing strong with my opinion that Charlize Theron should play Dr.Cable and hey, she is a well known actress maybe not totally huge but still
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I hav to.”
June 30th, 2009 23:54
But WHAT IS MIND RAIN????????
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 1st, 2009 00:04
and who is on the cover of bogus to bubbly?
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 1st, 2009 00:49
I really really really really hope they don’t put all three books in one movie. Cuz then they would have to cut out a lot of good parts, and that would really stink!
July 1st, 2009 01:59
I would be sooooooooooo mad if they made it just one movie there is so much info in all of them that would be left of. If they made it just one movie i would be sad =(
July 1st, 2009 02:15
exactly. the story needs to be kept. anyone see eragon? or inkheart? story not followed and the fans were VERY mad. so please keep the story intact. no need to add ridiculous romance, or action. these books already has it.
July 1st, 2009 02:23
Jordanna: Unknown means just that–not well known. They should obviously have acting experience, but that doesnt necessarily mean movies. i.e. Zachary Quinto kicked ass in Star Trek even though it was technically his big screen debut; he has heck of experience on TV shows.
Excited Person: Were just smart or we read Scotts post that explained everything.
Riva-la: You dont think pop music would perfectly embody New Pretty Town? Club music isnt deep enough, and pop music sells soundtracks.
Oh, and people. Read the posts before you ask questions. And to the person who wrote the really long list that I had a too short attention span to read: its not going to happen. Im sorry, but theres only so many things the director will be willing to put in the script. My advice to everyone: if you want to enjoy the movie, as soon as a release date is announced do not read a book in the series until you see the movie. You will enjoy it a lot more, i promise you. Thats what I did with Harry Potter, and I dont regret it.
If Hollywood is the devil, then Im playing the advocate
(Oooh, I like it…)
July 1st, 2009 02:37
So.Many.Pings. Did I just crack the top thousand? Yay! Nana Love’s Party! ( Complete with exploding cake!
Well, anyway sorry The List was so jumbled. I had to go to volleyball camp ( @ school!
) and I didn’t have time to post yesterday & the one time i tried i refreshed the page it wiped out my type. In other words, turns out that they DO change ur old locker combonation. Remember a couple days ago when I said I would try to write a song for the Uglies soundtrack? I kind of finished (incredibly short in M.H.O)so I’m going to post it. Tell me what you think I need feedback. It dosen’t really have a title yet so if u guys have ideas post them. Though it may be kind of obious on what the title should be. Also to the movie production team, (Note: this is NOT about casting just a suggestion) if you could consider about reading my lyrics that’d be great.
pleaseandthankuins.
* * * * * * * *
You need to stop bein some dirty little liar
Or before you even know it your world is gonna end in fire.
I can’t believe instead of tellin the truth, you’d rather betray him. ( along with the rest of us)
And it’s all because you’re not comfortable in your own skin.
I really hope you look inside your heart. This is real life you don’t get to restart.
Game Over.
Can’t turn back the clock once you make your decision.
Game Over.
I know that you’re lying what’s the truth to your mission?
Game Over.
That’s what you get for makin one wrong move.
Game Over.
You really shoulda known that you were gonna have to choose.
Between the two of us. And I don’t know why I thought you were the one to trust.
Game Over.
You chose the wrong thing. But it’s no use clingin to the past.
Can’t start all over. Trust me I knew this wouldn’t last….
Tangled in this web of endless lies and dishonesty, I sure am glad that you chose him instead of me.
(tOty speaking: I kind of imagine some kind of guitar solo here. LOL
)
Cause this whole entire friendship you were nothing but a dirty little liar.
Now your world’s in turmoil and the flames are rising higher.
You’d rather betrat us than think about tellin the truth.
Well what goes around comes around and now it’s commin back on you.
All because you weren’t comfortable in your own skin…
This is a battle I won’t help you in.
* * * * * * * *
And that’s it for now I guess. I’m tired from practice and don’t really want to reply to my pings so I guess I’ll see you parasite positives later.(in my world “vampire” is a compliment.) I finished PEEPS yesterday since Skinned wasn’t @ the library.
for not having Skinned. 
for reading PEEPS. I guess you could consider this procrastination from reading Gone W/ the Wind. LOL! Bye y’all
July 1st, 2009 02:44
Ping to Audrey-sensei: I just did the list for fun O.K? Don’t break my spirit! and I like making lists so deal with it. Read a post where you said that Spanish language dosen’t have apostrophes. Neat! Sorry about the emotion change. that happens sometimes.
July 1st, 2009 03:12
Yay! I’ve been ignoring, but I’ve got a face rank of 7!! To the Thousand-Faces party! BUt wait, do they invite number 1,001, too? Because if they didn’t, then there would only be 999 people there, since my guess would be Tally never showed up until the end…
July 1st, 2009 03:45
Well, I think that first of all, don’t go through the whole expense of hiring screen/script writers. THE BOOK IS THE SCRIPT PEOPLE!!! That way there will be no story cuts, the set will be great, the characters are their real selves, and stage actions and choreogrophy are all there. Thats why Scott even wrote the book, to paint a picture in our minds, like a mental movie.
Two words, DIGITAL MAPPING. Like what they used to get all the centars in Narnia. Even though we’re not in Tally’s time, we do have technology, and the only way we can achieve future technology is by using the latest stuff we have now. I mean we got most of our stuff now from Star Treck TV show gadget ideas. What I really think we need to do is create that Pretty-making toy that Tally and Shay were using in the book. How cool would that be if they invented it ideally for this movie? I know that’s nearing impossible, but that will still pretty cool.
I think, this is just an idea, that all the books should be three movies, since there are three parts to each book. That way they company makes more money, the fans get more excited and pay more to see it, and then you have more chances to pull in more crowds and redo mistakes. all i ask is don’t let three years go in between each making of the movies. do them all in a row, except for Extras
And lastly I think that all the fans should have the opprotunity to make an appearance on the movies as extras, or just being recognized for all their wonderful ideas, at least. After all, where would this movie be with out us?
July 1st, 2009 04:15
I so wish they would make morphos… I’m not that pretty of a person. Though they DO have a plastic surgurey software similar to that… I supose I can only dream… Though I’d rather there be real series 9 hoverboards.
July 1st, 2009 04:23
oooooooo
the moment i started this book i knew it NEEDED to be made into a movie!!!!! its soooo perfect!!!
this book is very inspiring and i agree that tally and shay need to be unknown
(im unknow!!) oh im just kiding but seriously i would love to be in the movie!!!! oh who am i kidding
anyway keep up on progress because this is very special
and i would LOVE to be on the movie
hehe
July 1st, 2009 05:10
Hey Uglies/Pretties/Specials/Extras!
just gonna do a quick test run for next week. I’m going to the beach without my computer so since
I have my nintendoDSi if there’s internet there, I’m going to use this to read and post [using my DSi now] so if this goes well and if i have time i`ll try to post during my vaycay… see yall later
July 1st, 2009 05:17
sweet it worked! (tOty does does imaginary happy dance.) this hypothesis is tested positive. Downside:my DS dosen’t have copypasting so Ican’t add on to The List.
so if you don’t mind, please refrain from your List postings thanks!
July 1st, 2009 05:24
and this is a battle I won’t help you win.
the previous post said ” in”. just a heads up on that. Hasta Levista peepoles!
July 1st, 2009 05:27
Wow these are the shortest posts i’ve ever typed in my almost-weeks blogging experince. LOL!
July 1st, 2009 05:59
wow we have so many comments
Scott put up anouther post quick!
before we go past 500!….
July 1st, 2009 06:13
One more post for tonight and if i post another comment i will stab my tounge with a fork. (got that from iCarly.) Yet another typo I failed to catch on my lyrics. In line 21 (comment 444) I left the ”y” out of betray. ok that’s it. I’ll be back in the morning if i haven’t stabbed myself to death with a fork first!
July 1st, 2009 07:33
lol Sarah-la it’s kool
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood:
I have a few things that I want to add to ur list!
1. When David gives Tally the “bug†check before taking her all the way to the smoke
2. When David gives Tally the gloves as a gift
3. The rope Tally uses to get across the river and into New Pretty Town in the beginning of the book
4. When Peris visits Tally in Uglyville
5. The whole in the wall that lets pretties get what they want
ok That’s it for now! I really hope theirs a movie and sry It’s been a long time since I’ve Posted!
July 1st, 2009 07:39
I will totally go and see the movie if it is made!
Just keeping the movie as close as possible to the book will be the best.
July 1st, 2009 07:43
I double that one Molly-Wa
July 1st, 2009 07:49
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood:
Sry for posting the same thing twice but with all these posts Idk if u saw it
July 1st, 2009 08:10
ping to the OTHER Tally youngblood: i guess that pop music would be good for new pretty town, but not for other places. but i still think disney shouldnt be part of the movie.
July 1st, 2009 11:08
you know it’s kinda sad. Disney use to be this amazing thing…and now its just trash.
What happend to the good old 2d animated movies like Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo and The Jungle book…….they just can’t make them good any more. Its so bad that people make fun of Disney. I wouldn’t be caught dead at a say Hannah Montana movie….but I’ll admitt I still like to watch old Disney movies….who doesn’t right?……..and Disney Channel(or family channel up here in good old Canada what happened to them playing good tv shows like Alf and Boy Meets World(which is my all time fav tv series ever) and Brotherly love, Life with Bonnie…..They’re ALL gone. Whats in their place? the same 5 shows played over and over again all night long. Don’t they think that we are getting sick of it yet?……I mean when it was those old shows that we had seen every episode of it was ok because they were worth seeing over and over again. I don’t really want to see the same episode of Life with Derick and Hannah Montanna over and over again.
oh wow Im sorrey that has nothing to do with anything important……..I really hope that the producers get the casting and special effects right
July 1st, 2009 14:00
Scott, i have a request. you spend half your time in America and the other half in Australia right? well, all your books (excluding the Risen Empire and Uglies series) seem to be set in America. (Bixby, Manhattan, you know the drill) And as a little Aussie i would REALLY like to see one set in Australia! it may not have all the glory of New York but it is still a wonderful place! and with a creative mind I’m sure you could think up something brillent about the place!!!!!!!
And yes, I’m willing to beg.
July 1st, 2009 18:17
mornin guys!
here’s some pings for the A.M!
Ping to Amber-la: That’s A OK. I saw your post, but forgot where it was. Thanks 4 that and i promise I will post the list ASAP
Ping to Riva-la: I guess pop would be fine in NPT. but i agree w/you and your badly written leagal document when I say Disney shan’t (and shan’t is a really old word that hardly anyone says so you know I’m not joking when I say this.) be in any part, at all whatsoever, in this production. ( though since I’m not afraid of admitting my own failures, not saying that you are afraid Riva-la. I will state that I suggested that the Ed-cam dude on P.P.P should maybe play Zane in PRETTIES. )Anyway, I don’t fully dispise disney, I just sometimes have this feeling that they want to take over the world just like the wolbachia. (yes I am still using refrences from PEEPS.) enough with my ramblings though. I’m gonna keep pinging.
Ping to Darklings ‘r’ us: Scott-la has repeated to stop begging! He said he will post when he’s ready (or something of the sort.) I know you’re excited and I get that cause so am I but when he gets enough info to post he will. Scott-la hasn’t forgotten about us (i H:)PE) He’s just out there Twittering with some big time agency that’ll help the book sky-rocket onto the big screen so be patient. Our fan time will come.
July 1st, 2009 18:21
say yay if you all think that this posting will reach 500 today
say nay if you disagree
July 1st, 2009 18:27
Ping to tOty:
YAY.
July 1st, 2009 18:37
Could yall PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE read my lyrics? It always seems like some of you compleatly disregard my posts. Yes I DO know they’re long sometimes but I really need feedback on this…
July 1st, 2009 18:43
Seeking an answer… (sorta?/opinions?)
Repost:
(On the topic of the thousand faces party)
But wait, do they invite number 1,001, too? Because if they didn’t, then there would only be 999 people there, since my guess would be Tally never showed up until the end…
July 1st, 2009 18:47
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood:
The lyrics are good… I want to hear them with sound now! Before I begin to put them to my own tune!
July 1st, 2009 18:54
I’m guessing once you post a website in the little bar thing below your name and email your name turns blue and orange like Auburn War Eagle! LOL!
-peace!
Click my name now and you’ll go to rhettandlink.com. These are some of the most hilarious videos ever. (like the taco bell drive tru rap.) my friend Emma told me about this site and it rocks! (emma if you’re reading this, you came to the right site. Hope you’re doing better than the last time you called me. anyway, i’ll be back later.
July 1st, 2009 18:59
Cait-la: Script writers are still needed for blocking, scene cuts, and special effects. After all, we cant have narration the whole time. Books and movies are completely different. About the pretty-making machine. Are you talking about the one that turns your face pretty? Because that already exists and is commonly used, epecialls by doctors. The only reason regular people dont all own one is theres no demand, and its too expensive (although, this used to be the case with the television, so you never know…)
Sarah-la: You have a point, but somehow I dont think Nana Love would have the foresight to do that.
If Hollywoods the devil, Im the advocate
July 1st, 2009 19:21
meh. too many comments……….
ping to tOty: yes! u used the name! ok anyway, those are really good lyrics, although u should repeat the “game over part” which im guessing is the chorus between verses, and try to take out the parenthases. also, try to make the lines about the same size….. im guessing that you are Team Shay, because this song seems to be from her point of view…
ping to Audrei-sensei: everyone knows that its not really gonna be all put into the movie, but it’s for fun and also to help us recap on uglies since i havent read it in a long time.. my only reson being that i took that one from the library and bought the rest, and never got around to buying it… and nana love seems like too much of a bubblehead to think about that, and on the rare and close-to-impossible chance that tally DOES show up, then there would be 1001 poeple there, or 1002 counting nana love… but what about shay and the other cutters? i wonder if zane would be one of the thousand faces… and everytime you go to feeling bubble, u get a new gface rank.
July 1st, 2009 19:27
yay, nice weather!!!!! although last night it randomly started pouring, then half an hour later it stopped. marylsnf weather is sooooo bipolar
July 1st, 2009 19:28
and i realllllyyyy can not spell or type correctly….
July 1st, 2009 20:05
argh! i just ment to press the space button on my DSi but I pressed cancel instead so it wiped out my typing. >:-( = evil smiley
anyway, Ping to Pony-la: Thank you sooooooooooooomuch 4 reading my lyrics! I don’t really know why I put quotations around the chorus I just typed what I wrote down on a sheet of paper. either way I’m going to repost it l8tr to fix all the mishaps. It’s weird how the song ended up being Shay’s POV. After a while I just thought that her point would be best or something. I’m more of a Team Half-and-Half. Half Tally, Half Shay, but all awesome! anyway thanks again and I’ll try to work your suggestions in.
Ping to Audrey-sensei: STOP BEING SO DAD GUM NEGATIVE OK? I THINK WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO ON THIS SITE. SHURE IT MAY NOT BE LOGICAL, OR WE MAY NOT KNOW ALL THE FACTS BUT WE DON’T ALWAYS NEED TO BE CORRECTED! (hopefully this didn’t offend you but maybe you got this message.)
July 1st, 2009 20:10
ping to Audrey-sensei: I meant to say please so sorry.
July 1st, 2009 20:18
ping to Audrey-sensai : I have to disagree with you….if you see the movie first, when reading the books after, you will picture all the characters the way they are in the movie and it will leave no room for imagination.(of course I dont really count Harry Potter because every character was exsactly how I imagined them)
It would also be annoying cause you know whats going to happen.
July 1st, 2009 20:42
Ping to well, bunches o’ people: I agree with tOty, Audrey-Sensei stop being so negative! You don’t have to take all of this seriously, a lot of its just for fun!
haha i just went to feeling bubbly…face rank of 86! nana love here I come!
i cannot wait for a movie, i know its not even a definite(scott-la said they were just “optioning” it), but its a start! i’m sure scott will try as best he can to make the movie as close to the book as possible, but obviously it won’t be totally right…as Audrey-Sensei said, hollywood’s a devil(sometimes)
July 1st, 2009 20:43
Ping to Kristina-la: I know what you mean. That’s what happened when I read twilight. I had been wanting to read it for a long time. Way before the movie came out, and my mom let me read it at the time the movie came out which made me mad cause I imagined R. Patz as Edward which I now know is a mistake. Not that I fully dispise twilight and all, but still.
July 1st, 2009 21:19
Ping to Cait-la: about what you said-”I think, this is just an idea, that all the books should be three movies, since there are three parts to each book.”
That would take way too much time and money! Movies cost a lot to make and I actually don’t think i’d enjoy them being dragged out like that. And some of the parts(the middle part of Uglies, which is mostly just Tally’s journey to the smoke) don’t have enough in them to constitute full movies.
But I agree with you that they shouldn’t be three years apart! So sad-making if that happens! Its so annoying when directors do that, and make people wait, i get so angry! Maybe they should do them like they did Lord of the Rings. First, just shoot the first movie and see if it gets a good response(it obviously will), then if they do, shoot the second and third ones at the same time!
July 1st, 2009 21:25
Before I even began to read the series, my friend told me it was the best movie. I understand there hasn’t been a movie, but it’s what she said! The books are so detailed, but keep the story going quickly and smoothly, just as a movie should be! The upsetting part about this fact is that if there was to be a movie, the characters and setting would have to be addapted by everyone. We all have our own image of the story, but if some elements of each ones concience is shown, I’m certain it will be a bigger movie hit than a twilight
July 1st, 2009 22:46
ping to people talking about 1000 faces party (to lazy to scroll up)
No. Nana invites the 1000 most famous in her town, not the 1001 most famous people. Sure Tally would never show up but still. It is the Thousand Faces Party =P
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 1st, 2009 23:49
I went to the website again and I got like 70! That dropped like 100,000. Does it just give you a random number or something???
Ping to Udzir: How do you pronounce your name? Just curious!
July 2nd, 2009 00:01
Hooray almost to comment 500! and to top off my excitedness, I got Skinned from the library! Downside, I twisted my ankle playin tennis w/my dad but I’m fine. Everyone’s on that feelinbubbly site so I’m gonna go get my face-rank. TTYL!
July 2nd, 2009 00:09
Pings 2 everyone: This face-rank site is BOGUS! I’m a total Extra: # 8,016! Rip off dudes! Not Cool!!!
July 2nd, 2009 00:53
It has about 6 different numbers and alternates between them.
July 2nd, 2009 00:54
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/spaghetti-bolognese-recipe/index.html
Oo! A recipe for SpagBol! I wonder if you can dry it out…?
July 2nd, 2009 00:56
Ping to Tally & Zane:
Udzir is the ‘extra’ who runs the moon base in “Extras” and gets invited to the Thousand-Faces party in the end.
July 2nd, 2009 01:01
OK Thanks for the memo.
July 2nd, 2009 01:19
Sarah-la, I know, just wondering how to pronounce it. I don’t know how to say it.
July 2nd, 2009 01:22
Wow, I just finished reading Uglies and I’m so happy to hear this news. I kind of related to Tally in the beginning of the book with the fact that I always wanted to be prettier. I am also an aspiring actress, so if you’re looking for someone with no experience I’d be glad to help! haha. I’m just kidding.. or am I? Anyway, I googled Uglies movie and some websites are saying it’s supposed to come out in 2011 but you don’t know if it’s going to happen so that’s kind of weird.
July 2nd, 2009 02:16
The OTHER Tally Youngblood (and others): Hey guys, I dont mean to be a Debbie downer. I love the series and am super excited for the movie, and all you people are like “I will me soooo angry if (insert detail here) is not included in the movie!” and I dont want people to be disappointed or hate John Davis and company for it. Just as a warning, the producer whos being optioned Uglies is the same guy who did Eragon.
Just to warn you.
Thats why Im saying sometimes the movie is best if you judge it in itself, not by the books.
If Hollywoods the devil, Im the advocate.
PS: You didnt hurt my feeling, TOTY, its all good.
PSS: You think Im being cynical now, you should here me talk about religion. Or politics. *shudder*
PST: That was not an invitation to bring politics or religion up. Save it for boring family reunions (preferably with opposite political parties in attendance).
July 2nd, 2009 02:17
Ping to Autum: yeah same here. The only experience I have is a couple of plays.
Never go to idmb or whatever they have nothing. If u haven’t heard, Uglies was optioned to be a movie a few years ago. Just came by to see if there were any new comments. I’ll take that as a yes. Anyway I’m going to read Skinned. Already on page 88 WOO-HOO! So much for my vacation read… peace ! 
July 2nd, 2009 02:18
Oh, and Autumn: The 2011 date is just an estimate. Five years ago, Uglies was said to be released in 2008.
If Hollywoods the devil, Im the advocate.
July 2nd, 2009 02:23
ping to audrey-sensei: it’s ok. just glad 2 see that everything’s worked out. Seriously? The dude from Eragon? That movie totally, (insert whatever offensive word you would like as long as you don’t say it on the site)! bye yall
July 2nd, 2009 03:01
ping to Tally & Zane
I would like to think you pronounce my name like this
if you say you’d but minus the ‘y’ so oud zur. zur rhyming with slur
oud-zur.
July 2nd, 2009 03:03
o forgot…….
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“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 2nd, 2009 03:36
ping to everyone: I’m gonna
July 2nd, 2009 03:37
get 2
July 2nd, 2009 03:39
comment
July 2nd, 2009 03:41
Scott-la, I just told my BFF about this movie thing and she wrote back while jumping up and down and told me to tell you this
I think tally-wa should be played by Emma Watson
– Michelle-wa
July 2nd, 2009 03:41
500! haha I told you we’d get this far!
I’m hungry now so I’m gonna go gwt somethinto eat. bye!
July 2nd, 2009 03:47
rats!
ping to Amy-la: darn you! you took my spot! you took the squiggle out of ur name too. michelle-wa has a good idea, but Emma W is very well known as Hermonie so I don’t think casting her would be a very good idea. But, maybe she could be Tally for PRETTIES if they dicide to change actors troughout the movie.
July 2nd, 2009 03:55
woot 500+
I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 2nd, 2009 05:50
Ping to the OTHER Tally Youngblood:
Thanks
Hey Everyone I got my mom to read Uglies, Pretties, and Specials lol and now she’s Reading Extras lol and she likes them lol
July 2nd, 2009 06:01
grrr. Sprained my ankle playing softball. The list that The OTHER Tally Youngblood started and people have added onto I shall put now.
1. The sky needs to look like salmon colored cat vomit when Tally sneaks of to see Peris. Because that first sentence automaticly makes you read the book.
2. Two words: pig mask
3. the roller coaster/hoverboard ride.
4. Shay’s crudely written note ( mabe it could be written in the actress’ non-dominant hand unless that is, if they write with both hands. If that’s the case just let a little kid do it cause little kids aren’t the best handwriters.
5.Spagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbolspagbol.. The more I type those words, the nastier this meal seems to become.
6. Tally’s Best Friend scar
7. chicken and rabbit pen in The Smoke
8. The knitted sweater that Tally got from giving away her spagbol.
9. The wallscreen software that lets you “choose†what you want to look like when you’re Pretty. (forgot the name used at the moment.)
10. The magazine scene in the library.
Things to add to the other Tally Youngbloods list. (Super smiley Ping thanks to Jaeda-la.)
11. “You can die pretty for all I care.â€- Dr. Cable
12. “I don’t want to hurt you but I will if I have toâ€- Specials
13. The heart tracker.
14. David kissing her and telling her shes beautiful
15. The helicopter
16. The white weed
17. Shay Croy and others coming down to meet Tally when she makes it to Smoke
18. SHAYS PIGTAILS!
19. Tallys brown frizzy hair, thin luips and squashed down nose
20. Davids scar
21. GET THE HOVERBOARDS AND CARS RIGHT!
22. An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!â€
23. The part where Tally is hoverboarding without shoes
24. Boss with the pepper stuff
25. When Shays pretty…
( More Super Smiley Ping thanks to Pony-la)
26. oh crap i forgot.. oh yeah! when the smokies leave the shoes for tally in the holding pen.
27. The doctor coming up to say:â€we have a problem with your operation†this should be part of the commercial too.
( the OTHER Tally Youngblood) Let me add on some more… I don’t have my book so it may be hard.
28. When Tally and David hide out in the cave.
29. The storm when David and Tally are going to Tally’s city.
30. Sol and Ellie ( T.Y’s crumblies.)
31. Wrong book, but don’t forget that “Freedom has a way of destroying things.â€
- Tally Youngblood SPECIALS
32. Tally nearly dieing when shes at the cliff
33. Her throwing the locket in the fire
34. Everyone leaving there shoes in the pen
35. When Croy is just convincing Shay that Tally wasn’t helping Special Cricumstances that two of them come up and take her to Dr. Cable, telling her what a good job she did.
36. When Tally steals the hoverboard from the roof
37. When Shay and Tally freak out the younger uglies in the library
38. campfire stories
39. When Shay says about Davids gloves, “I. Don’t. Want. Them.â€
40. When David gives Tally the gloves
41. The power saw thingy for the trees
42. The tables made of wood in the cafetira
Feel free to add, see you all in the morning!
Jaeda-la, face rank 7~
July 2nd, 2009 09:02
I just wanted to comment that I’m always a little worried when books are made into movies, but I am especially worried about Uglies. As much as I love the books and would love to see them made into movies, I[and every other fan of the books I'm sure] have a very clear view in my head of what everything should look like. With it being a world where the “pretties” are supposed to be perfectly beautiful, I don’t think there is a way to cast anybody that is “perfectly beautiful.” Even if there was a “perfectly beautiful” person in the world in someone’s eyes, that person could not be perfectly beautiful in somebody elses eyes, making the pretties virtually impossible to cast. Like you mentioned in “Bogus to Bubbly”, everybody has their own idea of beauty. The only way I think this would be pulled off is if it matched your[the author's] idea of perfect beauty since this world was initially created in your mind. Just a few thoughts. Thanks for reading them!
July 2nd, 2009 09:28
ping to kristina-la: exactly now its all Jonas Bro! and Hannah Montana! and crap like that. and they screwed mickey mouse so he looks all stupid. like 3d. !!!
ping to Aarika-la: the pretties need to hav big eyes and full lips and clear skin with like tiny pores. but i think the hardest thing wil be making everyone look almost exactly the same. but i think scott or someone else wrote that by making everyone pretty they buried really really beautiful ppl.
so make of that wat u will cuz i dont want to explain and get pummeled by a bunch of complaints.
haha i tried to press enter and ended up freaking out cuz i wz pounding on the CAPS lock key. thats the story of my life.
guys should i buy Fall Out Boy’s Under the Cork Tree or MCR’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge? I hav a weird feeling that i asked this already…sry if i did.
July 2nd, 2009 09:45
i was thinking it would be awesome that before the movie starts like when the credits are begining to roll and such..tally should be talking like a voiceover… explaining the Rusties and the downfall of the human race..and the rise of a new begining of the cities and the pretty communties..and should end in a question..like questioning something.. like a summary..but a way better verison than that of course…the the movie starts..
I’m not demanding or saying that’s how it should start..but was just thinking about it and was wondering of all of you’s think?
what are you’ll you’re opinions?
July 2nd, 2009 09:52
Ugh there’s just too many comments!! Scott, make another post! It’s time!! I kinda scrolled and scanned all the comments up till like IDK 400 something… everyone is like “pinging” people, what’s up with that? I know it’s from Extras, but we’ve never done that before… and I also saw the face rank thingie… when I went on I had a 86, then I kept on refreshing the page till I had a 7 lol… so, ya, what’s up? I guess I’ve been kinda busy… like my neighborhood needs some serious help… they can’t do anything!! We like could barely start the swim team this year! And what’s up with our neighborhood 4th of July parade? Wait a minute- what parade? EXACTLY!!! Lol I mean, my neighborhood had some serious problems with event planning and organization. They planted a bunch of trees along the road- they all died. A long time ago. And no one’s done anythin’ about it. Watered them once, and that was it. I really want to have a 4th of July parade, but I doubt it’s going to happen, with like what, 2 days till Independance day now? *Sigh* I could’ve easily done something earlier, but I waited too long for them to do it themselves. Ugh!! I gotta do something! I just want to do so much stuff, but… I dont’ know what happens! I just get lazy, then I’m busy with swimming and band practice… gosh, I need to calm down… oh yeah I forgot I was typing a comment lol see? I talk with the keyboard! Like my fingers just type what my mind is thinking subconsiously! Really! I don’t even realize I’m typing! It’s crazy, I know!
July 2nd, 2009 09:56
I just gotta do something with the neighborhood situation. Me and my mom need to join the Social Commitee or whatever, cuz they need some serious help! I am going to plan the parade and make some kinda ad right now! Lol I mean really, how hard is it? All you have to do is just plan a time and tell people to be at the cabana then with decorated wagons, bikes, strollers, or whatever and just walk around the neighborhood! I am going to do this now, bye! Lol
July 2nd, 2009 13:10
Wut’s the deal with the Face Rank thing?
Ping to Andrea: I agree that does sound like a pretty awesome way to start the movie, but if I’m not mistaken (It’s been a while since I’ve read Uglies) Don’t they slowly explain throughout the book wut happened to the Rusties? Just a thought
July 2nd, 2009 19:11
Oh my gosh. I am SOOO DANG TIRED! Since I finished Skinned (three-hundred sixty one pages) a little after 12:00 this morning, I just now woke up at 9:27. anyway G2G thevairconditioning man is coming. Got to be ready…
July 2nd, 2009 21:40
ping to Riva-la: Oh and Whinnie the pooh is gone now too….as in the original one that I know we all use to love and still doo….now theres this crappy Whinney the pooh that is so obvious in the teaching area…..its really bad
…..bring back Pooh bear
can someone tell me how your getting all these face ranks?????
July 2nd, 2009 21:54
Ping to Kristina-la: Go to feelingbubbly.com but I’m warning you, very rip-offish. I remember all of the nice disney shows. Good times, Goooooood Times….
Ping to Jaeda-la: Sorry about that… I’ve been posting from my DSi so It’s kinda hard to type and takes like, 20 minutes to type a 3 paragraph post. Since I’m on the computer now, I’m gonna repost my song and fix everything.
July 2nd, 2009 22:00
ping to Kristina-la: haha, whiney the pooh. haha, *snort*
ping to Alex-wa: didnt they use pings like in uglies too? but like they say message i think. idk…lucky lucky lucky i wanna plan a 4th of july parade. but i would theme it The Black Parade cuz im sorta obsessed with my chemical romance rite now. and then no one would come. huh. oh except for my friends who live in my city and also listen to MCR cuz theyre awesome!!
ping to everyone: has anyone actually read all 500 comments? like 50 a day or something? cuz i think ive read about ten of them. so if u hav, tell me and i will perform a keyboard happy dance. lol.
July 2nd, 2009 22:01
You need to stop bein’ some dirty little liar.
Or before you even know it your world is gonna end in fire.
I can’t believe instead of tellin the truth, you’d rather betray him. ( along with the rest of us)
And it’s all because you’re not comfortable in your own skin.
I really hope you look inside your heart. This is real life you don’t get to restart.
Game Over.
Can’t turn back the clock once you make your decision.
Game Over.
I know that you’re lying what’s the truth to your mission?
Game Over.
That’s what you get for makin one wrong move.
Game Over.
You really shoulda known that you were gonna have to choose.
Between the two of us. And I don’t know why I thought you were the one to trust.
Game Over.
You chose the wrong thing. But it’s no use clingin to the past.
Can’t start all over. Trust me I knew this wouldn’t last….
Tangled in this web of endless lies and dishonesty, I sure am glad that you chose him instead of me.
(tOty speaking: I kind of imagine some kind of guitar solo here. LOL )
Cause this whole entire friendship you were nothing but a dirty little liar.
Now your world’s in turmoil and the flames are rising higher.
You’d rather betraty us than think about tellin the truth.
Well what goes around comes around and now it’s commin back on you.
All because you weren’t comfortable in your own skin…
This is a battle I won’t help you win.
* * * * * * * *
OK. I believe I’ve fixed everything. Tell me if y’all like it and if you guys see anything I missed, ping me. Remember, Team Half-and-Half. Half Tally, Half Shay, but all awesome!
July 2nd, 2009 22:08
Ping to Riva-la:What’s a keyboard happy dance?
Ping 2 everyone: HAHAHAHahahahahahahhahahahaha! My reputation bombing squad worked! My face rank is numero ceetei (7 in spainsh except I know I didn’t spell either of those words correctly.) anyway I’m going to go on an evil laughing spree. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH (coughs for 5 1/2 minutes and falls, dead on the floor.) HA!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 2nd, 2009 22:38
What if they (hollywood =P) shot the movie/s like they did the Polar Express? I mean they wouldn’t have to worry about tally changing to pretty then to special, the special effects would mesh better with the characters, if would cost less money, and they could get everything right. idk just a thought, i was watching the polar express last night/this morning and thought “Hey, the characters look real enough, and uglies could so be made like this.”
ping me =P
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 2nd, 2009 22:40
no animation
July 2nd, 2009 22:40
ping to riva-la
yes, i have read all comments =P
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 2nd, 2009 22:47
ping to alex-wa
i sent you a poster idea!!
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 2nd, 2009 22:47
I REALY THINK THAT EMILY BROWNING SHOULD PLAY TALLY
PLEASE SUGEST THAT ANY ONE WHO READS THIS PLEASE LOOK HER UP SHE IS PERFECT FOR THE PART !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND ZANE SOOOOOOOOO HAYDEN CH OOOO JUST LOOK AT THIS I HAVE THE WHOLE CAST SET UP
UGLIES
Emily Browning as Tally
or Sophia Bush as shay
Hayden Christensen as Zane
Agilena jole as Dr.Cable
Lucas Gabrile as Peris
Nicholas Braun as David
Penn Badgley as Croy
Patrick Dempsey as Az
Keri Russell as Maddy
Pretties
Lucy Hale as Tally
Hayden Christensen as Zane
Heather Trzyna as Shay
Jared Padalalecki as fausto
Specials
Rachel Lee Cook as Tally
Elizabeth Mclaughlin as Shay
look them up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 2nd, 2009 22:51
it says Im #7…….does it just say a rondom rank?
July 2nd, 2009 22:52
yep nvm it does now Im 12,131
July 2nd, 2009 22:53
i like your cast (i did look them up) but some seem to old
emily browning is to pretty to play ugly tally but i guess uglies are anyone natural
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 2nd, 2009 22:54
dont get me wrong, I do actually like Lucas Grabiel but, no disney stars…..it would ruin it……Sophia bush….shes like pretty that wouldn’t work
July 2nd, 2009 22:55
my face rank is still 776. i know it changes everytime you go to site/refresh it but it’s not moving
July 2nd, 2009 23:11
Softball game today, wish me luck! I agree if they animate it… I might have to go Special on someone! And Zane doesn’t come until Pretties, unless Shay like has a flashback. Thigs to add
43. Tally going “I’m sorry” when she meats Shay and thinks shes a warden
wwell thats all I can think of..being a bubblehead today. Later, Jaeda-la
July 2nd, 2009 23:42
The uglies would be an awesome movie! It would be also awesome to have unknown people play the main rolls. I would surely be interested!
July 3rd, 2009 01:33
yes NO ZAC EFFRON!!!!!hes an idiot and zane is smart and he would totally mess up this part!so ya like idk whoelse said NO ZAC EFFRON!
July 3rd, 2009 02:07
I really hope they do follow through and make this into a movie because I really enjoyed reading the books and think this could potentially turn into a great movie. I also think that unknown actress for Tally would be the best.
July 3rd, 2009 02:23
OMG! never zac efron, he would ruin the movie.
MICHAELA MCMANUS as dr. cable.
Emily Browning for ugly tally, definitely!
Saoirse Ronan for ugly shay.
all in all; there better be unknown actresses/actors, and there are a few things they absolutely HAVE to have in the movie.
- cat vomit sky quote.
- tally’s friendship scar
- the whole costume thing, with the pig mask
- the pretty generator thing, where you create your face.
- shay’s note
- the visit to dr. cable
- heart locket.
- hovercars and hoverboards and such.
i can’t wait to see if the movie is made; and hopefully its not ruined like twilight.
July 3rd, 2009 02:25
ping to Marra~La;;;;;
its weird;;; we both want emily browning to play ugly tallyyy (: i hope she does!
July 3rd, 2009 05:27
YAYNESS!!!
I can’t wait for the movie!!! Like I said earlier, the icing on the cake that will REALLY drive us fans nuts is to have as many original quotes from the book make it into the movie.
The Twilight movie is a good example of what NOT to do. They casted horribly, (Robert Pattinson is so GROSS, plus, neither he or Kristen Stewart can act!! And since WHEN was Laurant described as black?? (no offense, I’m not racist, but he was described as FRENCH with an OLIVE complexion) cut out the most memorable parts of the book, and had terrible special effects.
DO NOT let anyone who made Twilight in on Uglies, they will totally and completely RUIN IT!!!!!
July 3rd, 2009 06:15
pop music only works in new pretty town if it is pop music of the future. so it would still have to be original music, and it should still not be written/performed by current top pop acts.
i have to go reread the books, because i don’t even remember there being any radio/tv shows. maybe the new pretties make their own music.
July 3rd, 2009 06:42
I liked RPattz before Twilight, mostly because of Harry Potter. He made a good Cedric…..but that was when he was normal. I guess though all those crazy teenage girls are taking a tole on him. He looks tired all the time. Poor poor RPattz. It seems as though that movie ruins actors lives. Dekota Faning has totally messed her self up now. It`s a shame cause she was really talented and now Twilight and the fans that come with her will haunt her for the rest of her life
July 3rd, 2009 08:41
God I hope they don’t screw up the movie, it’s one of my favorite books ever. No famous people should play any part in my opinion, because it needs to be supernatural and not familar. But whatever
July 3rd, 2009 17:14
UNKNOWN ACTORS FOR TALLY SHAY AND DAVID!!!!!!!!!
July 3rd, 2009 18:06
hola! hey guys I’m @ the beach
!
ping to Katy-la: HELLO? Did you read my List?
July 3rd, 2009 18:13
Ping to The All Important Scott-la: Dude! Where the foam fingers ARE u? It’s been (tOty counts the days on her fingers…) 13 days! Are you dead? Did you commit suicide from waiting on something? cause that’s what I’m fixin to do if you don’t POST! Please Scott-la WE WANT INFO!
July 3rd, 2009 22:41
I can’t count to 13 on my fingers =(
Is Tally, Shay, David, Maddy, Az, Croy, Zane, whoever and etc. all white? If this sounds at all racist i don’t mean to im just curious cause when people turn pretty are they all the same skin color or………..what???
“I don’t want to hurt you, but I will if I have to.”
July 4th, 2009 01:07
I am so glad!! I loved the series and hungrily wanted more!ANd I think its good you are making them set the movie as close to the book as possible!
Thanks and good luck!
July 4th, 2009 01:08
can some one help me i cant find were to send fan mail?!?
July 4th, 2009 04:33
meh. no more comments. graaaaagh!!!!!! ok, NO SHIA LA BUFF IN OUR MOVIE! just needed to say that.
general ping: you know how in pretties shes always saying how zane’s face is so gaunt and NOOOO KIDZBOP!!!! EVIL SONG RUINERS!!! sorry i saw a commercial. anyway, have you guys seen the commercials for Public Enemies? Johnny Depp looks alot what i imagined Zane to be except alot older in that movie, but he didnt look like that b4 i dont think, so it goes to show what you can do with makeup… and in pretties when tally is talking to dr cable, she says something like:”but why do it to their brains?” if she said that, then wouldnt dr cable know that tally knew about the operation? just saying… ttyl pplz! oh yeah and i rode my poni bareback today! i was very happy! and my new ipod is on the way from amazon, i need to get it b4 i go to michigan next week, and OW! FUNNY BONEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!CRAP! sorry. but the new one id bright green. yay! ok bye 4 realz nao.
July 4th, 2009 04:34
oh katheryn-la: go to http://www.scottwesterfeld.com and then click contact me.
July 4th, 2009 04:36
angrily ping scott-la: y r u not posting! then when u do post all u can say is something about leviathan! grrrrrrrr……….
ping to tOty: foam fingers? lol. and its allready been 13 days? unlucky……. have u seen the fruit by the foot commercail? with the” i replaced ur DNA with fruit bu the foot” lol.
July 4th, 2009 05:28
Ping to Pony-la: I like foam fingers and I wanted to come up w/something more creative than ”fudge“. About the fruit by the foot comercial I haven’t seen it but my cousin has. It sounds random……. I like it ! I did see the one where the 2 kids but the stickers on their faces and all the forest animals started licking their faces. FREAKEY MAN! 13 is my lucky #. Once my b-day wuz on Fri. 13th!
July 4th, 2009 05:33
Oh I LOVED this series and I would be really glad if they made it into a movie … if you need anyone to act for a part I really want to
check out my myspace
http://www.myspace.com/summerchic74
July 4th, 2009 05:33
ping again to Pony-la: I accidently posted when I wasn’t done I was going to say Kids Bop is sucky and stupid and ruins all the good non-kid related songs. They should just all gonback to singing Barney and Dora the Explorer. TTYL!
ping to udzir: Yes, I have an extra 3 fingers I had this birth defect when I was born.
July 4th, 2009 06:26
heh this would be a great movie if they can get it right, with the right actors and the right script….but will they follow the book exclusively or will they add their(producers) own twist to the story.
I hope that if they do go with making this movie then they stick to the story and dont go off like some other books-to-film have in the past by changing the story to suit themselves. The producers and directors have often runied a movie changing or excluding key facts to the story….
BTW, Shay-la FTW
July 4th, 2009 07:34
*Please* don’t let the Pretties look like Rusty starving almost-pretties! I’m also concerned that because there aren’t “races” it will be an all-white cast, which I didn’t think was the point. Though Hollywood is so brain-missing I don’t think they can help themselves. Still, can the Pretties have some color to them at least?
July 4th, 2009 08:33
Thats Awsome!
I just read the book today
and instantly thought it would make
an awsome movie
i have only read Uglies
(today) but I plan
on reading preties tommarow
July 4th, 2009 10:42
Thanks for keeping us updated (as much as you can at least).
It would be so great to be able to try out for a role.
Being apart of the Uglies world is a dream of mine,
and acting is one of my passions.
July 4th, 2009 18:34
Happy 4th! yay newbie posters! Maybe New Pretty Town will have a fireworks extravaganza 2nite…
It’s a thought. Unfort,the computer internet costs $$$$$ but my ds doesn’t (unless you have 180 bucks) anyway, I’ll see you guys l8tr.
July 4th, 2009 20:38
I’m sooo excited for the movie.
i love the books and can’t wait to see how the movie turns out.
July 4th, 2009 21:02
I’m soooooooo excited!!!!!!!! This has so much potential to being such a great movie!! Make sure you pick a really good director for the movie, someone who can really make the book come to life without changing it too much. Also, unknowns should DEFINITELY be cast for Tally, Shay and David, BUT don’t just pick people because they are fans. Have lots of open calls, but be sure to pick the BEST actors for the roles. That should be most important. Please stick to the story!! I think that for once, I trust the producers, because they are actually listening to the fans suggestions for once. If they make it a movie, I’m sure it’ll be great!!!!!!!! XD
July 4th, 2009 23:21
The Other Tally:
Nope! But she does work in schools, she’s a lunch lady. Ha!
July 5th, 2009 00:07
*dies from waiting* lol. TELL US TELL US! Made a shirt. On the front says Team David on the back it says “I’m Tally Youngblood, make me pretty.” so yay…bored. TELL US!!!!!!
July 5th, 2009 08:31
i agree with rose “sure to pick the BEST actors for the roles” that means the right looking age and having talent
July 5th, 2009 08:32
does anybody know where i can find fan art for the uglies series or fan art movie posters?
i really want this to be made into a movie!!!
July 5th, 2009 08:38
tally’s character should NOT be beautiful, she has to be average looking so when the change into a pretty is clearly obivious and drastic, so they can see the meaning behind it and which is also the same thing with pretties to hard-looking speicals.
July 5th, 2009 08:51
i think she has the look a tally..her name is Mia Wasikowska, she is a un-known actress.
she is also going to be in the new alice in wonderland movie with johnny depp
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6215664,00.jpg
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/11/29/september_wideweb__470x304,0.jpg
what do YOU think?
July 5th, 2009 08:52
ALSO PLEASE DON’T MAKE TALLY BLONDE! SHE HAS BROWN HAIR!
get the right features for each characters..
like in the new vampire daries t.v show.. in the book she is blonde and in the tv show she has brown hair..it makes me angry!
July 5th, 2009 17:30
the actors for Tqally Shay and David should be random people that fit the descriptions. I know that sounds stupid but doesn’t it make sense? Also Croy and other smokies shoukd be like that. Same with An, Dex, Sussy, Maddy and Az. Also whoever plays David, his mom and dad should play Maddy and Az I think. Even if they like have to where color contacts wigs etc, itd be better becuuse they have a resemblance like in the book. Well yeah. Finnaly came up with a sign off.
“I’m Tally Youngblood, make me pretty”
July 5th, 2009 17:37
ping to tOty: my bday was on a friday when we had no school this year(09), i was VERY happy. my BFF had MSA’s on her bday. lol. and commercials r so creative!!!!!! ha!
meohoimehoimehhoimehhoimenoi!!!!!!!! that was from Doodlebob! ha! i get to go jump a nutty horse today! how fun! AND it looks like it was gonna rain! how swell. yesterday me and my cuzin painted my pony in all sortza patriotic things… then my cuz drew a bomb on my pony’s but. i thought it was VERY random. and i became a pyromaniac(thanks to the influence of my pyromaniac cuzins!) well, i gotta go eat bluberry muffins. ttyl!
July 5th, 2009 17:53
general ping: i think that tally, shay, croy, and other uglies should be unknowns. and then David shuld be someone famous, because he was sopposed to be sort of legendary and mystic, all the other uglies looked up to him. maddy and az should be famous too. and dr cable. tallys parents sorta in the middle. peris should be in the middle too. but the pretty peris has to have a good impression, considering that he would be the first pretty that you see. ok i need to stop ranting about this……….nnnnnya. just fyi the bluberry muffins were derlishiuz,
July 5th, 2009 17:56
ping to ugliesperttiesspecialsextras: mia whats her face is too old. and i just cant imagine her as tally…
July 5th, 2009 17:58
Have John And Hank herd about this? They would probobly like to know…. im really excited, especialy because this was the first novel i read and enjoyed! it was my reading ‘gate way’ book.
But, after loving twilight and seeing how terrible the movie was…. you might end up getting more haters than fans.
*srry if that put you down its just the truth
July 6th, 2009 00:17
Ping to everybody: I went hoverboarding today! Unfort, my crashbracelets malfunctioned and I fell so I got a cut on my leg. The wind was too strong though so I kept falling off. JK! I went skimboarding and the currents were too strong though I DID get a cut on my leg because the top of the skimboard is spintered. I’m not giving up though, I’ll tell you all how it goes later.
Ping to Pony-la: talk about pyromaniacs I have a video you might like…
http://rhettandlink.com/videos/#fireworkssong-remastered
It’s pretty high-larious anyway BYE GUYS!
July 6th, 2009 05:27
water sports and me=epic fail
I prefere a tube where i dont have to do anything but sit
July 6th, 2009 05:57
Ping to Scott: “I think that it would be totally bubbly if the people on the front of the books played the actors. Unless they’re brain-missing when it come to acting, then that wouldn’t work out. I think that *Thomas Alexander Dekker * would make the PERFECT David. Although, he may be a little busy making a career. I think that Tally and Shay should all be “New Actors”, like everyone else thinks. I think this would be the perfect movie if its done right. The producers would be REAL bubble-heads if they didn’t make this book into a movie, they have a real oppurtunity here.”
~Meg-la
July 6th, 2009 06:04
Ping to “UgliesPrettiesSpecialsExtras”: Mia Wasikowska looks a little too old to be Tally, remember shes only 16. that lady looks 20….. atleast.
July 6th, 2009 06:16
Ping to General: “If *Christian Chávez* dyed his hair black and wasnt so “gay” looking i think he could make a good Peris.
http://pics.livejournal.com/epsteveo25/pic/00006geb/s320x240
His english would have to be good too….but he looks like the kind of person that would naturally say “bubbly” a lot. lol.
July 6th, 2009 06:19
Here a picture of how i imagine David
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/wp-content/post_images/091508-deckerblog.jpg
Thomas Alexander Dekker
July 6th, 2009 06:25
When Thomas Alexander Dekker played “Boyd” on the show “House”, he looked a little crazy and i think that is how David should look.
http://thomas-dekker.net/thomas/cpg1419/displayimage.php?pid=108&fullsize=1
July 6th, 2009 06:31
With the right look, i think that “Liv Tyler” could be a good Dr.Cable. If thats the right age group. With her hair back she could look more serious. Click the link below. She already has her teeth bared, lol.
http://www.mtv.com/movies/photos/m/2008_movie_awards/performers_and_presenters/21_liv_tyler.jpg
July 6th, 2009 06:36
Emily Browning might look like shay…who knows? give me feed back plz!
http://www.vivacinema.it/wp-galleryo/emily-browning-la-protagonista-di-sucker-punch/tn2_emily_browning_21.jpg
July 6th, 2009 06:41
I agreee with who ever said that Saoirse Ronan should be Shay….maybe even Tally.
http://www.juniorcelebs.com/files/2009/01/allstarphotos135327-saoirse-ronan.jpg
July 6th, 2009 06:46
Marra~La has a nice cast lined up.
http://innerjoejoe.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/letmein-hayden.jpg
This should Deffinitly be ZANE.
July 6th, 2009 10:18
I hate to be rude but I dont think Scott wants to hear about casting suggestions
July 6th, 2009 16:22
the movie stars and such are to pretty to be Uglies if you know what I mean.
July 6th, 2009 20:13
I’m soooooooooooooooo excited!!! I love the books so much and now they’re making it into a movie!!!!!!!!! I think Tally should be someone that’s not famous, or undiscovered. I think you should make Tally kind of what she looks like on the cover. David should be handsome, but not like “pretty” if you know what I mean. When I watched the teaser trailer my sister thought that she saw Nicole Kidman in there and I really don’t want her to play Tally. I think Dr. Cable should be Tilda Swinton but with black hair. I’m so happy!!!!
July 6th, 2009 20:28
ya Tilda Swinton….but I do like Nicole Kidman(we know they can both pull off mean)
July 6th, 2009 20:38
oh and if you have ever watched heroes then I think that Ando would make a good hiro.
July 6th, 2009 20:49
don’t get me wrong, i like nicole kidman but i think she’s too pretty to play tally youngblood, and she might be too tall to play a 16 year old but i don’t know tall she is! o and im changin my name to amy-la, but still the same person!
July 6th, 2009 20:59
who do you do the face rank thingy ma jiga?
July 6th, 2009 20:59
i meant to say how do u do the face rank ma jiga
July 6th, 2009 21:29
ping to andrea: i think starting out with that is a really good idea!
QUOTES THAT THE MOVIE HAS TO HAVE: What you do, The way you are, makes you beautiful – David, Uglies
Freedom has a way of destroying things – Tally, Specials
Be careful with the world, or next time we meet, it might get ugly – Tally, Specials I think.
MOvie people you have to use these! and make the sky cat vomit pink in the begining!
July 6th, 2009 23:03
ping to toty- r u serious!?!?
general ping- I think actors/director/script person should read the books to fully understand the world, the people and the STORY. I’m not exactly sure how cat vomit pink looks btw. I still think Charlize Theron would be a good Dr. Cable, her look in Aeon Flux was all “I don’t want to hurt you but I will if I have to.” OOO and i jus got bogus to bubbly haven’t read it yet but is totally excited to.
OOh and we all as fans have to understand that producers of hollywood like that so many fans are behind the books and what not, but they have to think about how much money actually making the movie would cost and if it would work. A book (don’t get me wrong the books are AWESOME) can create the most wonderful things but we all picture it in our heads, the producers would need to put it on the big screen which is hard to appeal to all of our views of Tally’s world. They consider if they could make the transitions from ugly to pretty to special, work and not gonna lie thats gonna be some pretty tough…….’nubs’????? =P anyway sorry for ranting I hope it is made into a movie though………
“I don’t want to hurt, you but I will if I have to.”
July 6th, 2009 23:16
Ping to Amy-la we were talking about the part of Dr.Cable not Tally……lol Nicole kidman as Tally…..hahaha that would be so wierd…..so yea we were meaning her as Cable ok?
July 6th, 2009 23:24
Holy Crap! I haven’t got on here in forever! Haha!
Kristina-la: I knew you didn’t mean it like that. I didn’t take it offensively at all, I just wanted to see your reaction. Haha. You went to see Transformers 2? I want to see that sooooooo bad but my dad won’t take me, which really sucks!!!!!!
Everybody: I’m so excited to see Harry Potter as well. How many of you have read the books?
July 6th, 2009 23:24
Haha my pointer for my laptop is a banana!!!! Oh wow that was random.
July 6th, 2009 23:31
Marra~la: I think Emily Browning is too pretty to play ugly Tally. No offense because you think that she should, but I definately (did I spell that right?) say “No way.”
Everybody: Anyway, as far as casting, I know the actors are supposed to somewhat look like the characters, but I think more importantly, they should be able to act. And act well. Acting, I think, comes before looks. Because if someone can’t act, they shouldn’t be in the movie, and it doesn’t matter what they look like, ya know?
July 6th, 2009 23:35
ping to kristina-la o ok! haha! i was gonnna say that i thought she was too old to play tally even though she’s only like 20 something. yeah she would make a good dr. cable… but i think dr. cable as a like 30-40 year old woman with straight black hair but there are some rlly good make up artists out there to do wat eva they want 4 dr. cable.
July 6th, 2009 23:37
UgliesPrettiesSpecialsExtras: Yeah I know what you mean. The girl looks familiar to me. I think she’s off some TV show I watch. I am not sure though.
July 6th, 2009 23:40
ping to scott ( if he reads it) i think u should tell the movie producers that they should use the same person for tally through out the movies and same for the other 1s cuz i hate it when they change the actors when its the same person. i really think the movie producers should do it even if it costs a lot a money cuz as u can tell there are a lot of uglies series fans out there that are really wanting to see the movie! so i hope they make it!
July 6th, 2009 23:43
ping to emily-wa13 who looks familiar to u?
July 6th, 2009 23:52
another ping to Emily-wa13 well i agree acting is important but i still thinks it ruins the movie if u pick the wrong actor
July 7th, 2009 00:15
great!!! thats awesome!
July 7th, 2009 00:59
600
July 7th, 2009 01:02
Ping to Emily-wa13- ya I saw Transformers it was ok….not the best(but that might have been because I was almost asleep(12 at night in all)
and I LOVE Harry Potter….read every book. and just baught tickets like 1/2 and hour ago
I cant wait….10 days now!
July 7th, 2009 02:28
ping to Kristina-La how did u buy tickets to harry potter if it’s not even out yet, i didn’t know you could buy them b4 it comes out.
July 7th, 2009 02:31
ping to cait-la that would be soooo much fun 2 be n the movies even as just an extra!
July 7th, 2009 03:04
ping to scott-la i agree with some other person that i 4got their name, about how it would be totally cool if you could use the models on the front of the books to lay tally zane and aya ( since they’re the only ones on covers) to play them unless they arent good actors! but here are my suggestions:
Tally, David, Shay- someone undiscovered (not a household name that everyone knows!)
Dr. Cable- Tilda Swinton but with black hair.
plz make the actors be almost the same age as their character!!!!!!!!!!!!! also plz make tally and shay look nice but not like beautiful so when they change from ugly to pretty to special u can really tell the difference!
and plzzzzz post soon! im dying to know more!!!!!!!
thanks 4 all the deats!!!!!!! I cant wait 4 the movie 2 come out! yay!
July 7th, 2009 03:29
i think that tally should have dark dirty blond hair.
but thats just my opinion!
July 7th, 2009 05:20
really? i was thinking reddish brown.. idk thats just what I picture when I read the books
July 7th, 2009 05:37
well i got my idea from the cover and then just imagined it darker
July 7th, 2009 06:02
Ping to Amy-la: Yes you have to choose the right actor. I agree with you 100%.
Another ping to Amy-la: Have you seen the commercial for the Vampire Diaries? Well the dark-haired girl in that commercial looks like a character named Mia from the TV show Degrassi, which I watch alot. I wasn’t positive it was her though.
Ping to Kristina-la: Cool that you bought tickets! I REALLY want to see it!!!
July 7th, 2009 06:53
Amy, i picture Hiro as Ando too!!!
July 7th, 2009 07:01
ping to meg-la haha! thats so cool!
ping to emily-wa13 no iv never seen that comercial or watched that show but i have heard of it.
July 7th, 2009 09:46
ping to Amy-la: yes you can….you can go online and buy the tickets ahead of time…..you can even go to the theatre and get them
July 7th, 2009 14:15
no way, tally should not be blonde. It just doesn’t suit her character
TALLY should have BROWN hair
FULL STOP
July 7th, 2009 14:24
Saoirse Ronan also has the look and the age!!!!!!!!!
and liv tyler can pull of beauty with cruetly and so can Tilda Swinton
“or Sophia Bush as shay
Hayden Christensen as Zane”
these people are WAY TOO OLD, hayden christensen is a hottie no doubt about that, but what his like nearly thirty and same with sophia bush and she is way too pretty to play an ugly
July 7th, 2009 14:28
i think we as the fans need to make this “Uglies into a movie” more aware to the unknowns..like start a peptition on facebook…or get chain emails sending to heaps of your friends..saying something little bit about the book, that will get them interested..we need to make them AWARE!
July 7th, 2009 19:20
ping to kristina-la o ok thanks!
ping to zanetallydavidshay i agree with ya! a lot of people that some fans r saying we be good range from like 20-40!!
uglies into a movie i agree about the facebook thing and like all of my friends hav read them
July 7th, 2009 21:18
my list of what the movie needs!
1. Tally, Shay, and David HAVE TO BE unknown actors/actresses. NO hollywood glamour girls!!!!! I’ll be soooo mad!!!!
2. The actors/actresses should be almost the exact same age as the role that they are playing! NO 25 OR 30 year olds playing a 16 year old girl! that just ruins th movie!!!
3. Hoverboards, flash tattoos, and all that stuff HAS TO LOOK REAL!!!!!
4. Tally HAS to wear the pig mask when crashing the party that peris was at in the beginning!
5. The sky NEEDS to be cat vomit pink in the beginning.
6. DO NOT and i repeat do not make all the books into 1 movie!!!
7. The hoverboard ride when Shay and Tally went on the rollercoaster whit the big gap.
8. When Tally jumps off the cliff in specials!
9.PLEASE do NOT ruin this movie like eragon was no where near as good as the book ( thats what i heard) and get better casting people than in twilight!!
10. Script writer and directors and actors HAVE to read the books so that they know what their character is like!!!
Thanks!
July 7th, 2009 22:21
ping to Amy-la: no problem
Scott tell them that they should get the people that did casting for Harry Potter to cast for Uglies
July 7th, 2009 23:00
ping to kristina-la thats a good idea!! they picked really good people!
July 8th, 2009 01:28
ping to kristina-la
i definitely agree! all of the characters were PERFECT in harry potter. and they can act.
and uglies into a movie
yes we NEED to start a chain
July 8th, 2009 01:47
Ping to Kristina-la: “great idea, hopefully Scott reads our threads. Someone start a petition and post the link on this board. I’m too lazy, so someone do it for all us.”
“I just finished reading Extras today. It wasnt as good as the rest of the books, but i’m still glad it was written. I wish i could have heard more about Tallys thoughts though. Has anyone read Bogus to Bubble or Mind-Rain yet? lettme know how you liked them. THANKS!!!!”
~Meg-la
July 8th, 2009 01:55
Ping to Scott: “Sandra Bullock (Margrett in The Proposal) would make a good Dr. Cable (i think). In the Proposal she had a mean side to her and it reminded me of Dr. Cable. With the right make-up and effects, she would be an ideal *Special*”
http://www.staralicious.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sandra-bullock-picture-1.jpg
~Meg-la
July 8th, 2009 05:10
I AM SOOOOOOOOOO DANG MAD!!!!! so i was ordering bogus to bubbly off of amazon and i was looking at some of scott-la’s other books and i saw peeps and i thought it looked really good and a lot of people say that its a really good book so i read the first like 7 pages on amazon and was like i need this book!! so i told my dad and he was like well whats it about and all that stuff and so he was reading all about it and said that it had 2 much girl boy contact (if u know wat i mean!) im soo mad i wanted 2 read that book so bad!
July 8th, 2009 05:31
lol amy-la. tell ur dad its totally not like that. yah it has like kissing and stuff and girlfriends but not like seexx. lol. basically the main character has to track down his old girlfriends who he turned into crzy vampire type monsters and got this girl who he thinks is cute to help. they kiss a couple times.
thats it.
lol tell him not to flip. =]]
hope you get a chance to read it! its awsome
July 8th, 2009 05:33
amy-la: tOty allready has a list and its like got 35 things on it…
ping to all of my peeps followin my iPod thing: I GOT IT TODAY!!!! i was supposed to get a green one but Amazon was all screwed up, so i had to get a purple one… but anyway…. its awesum! now on my long, long lonely trip to michigan, i wont be sooo bored…
ping to everybody: im goin to Michigan on thursday and im not comin back until next thursday, and my grandma has no internet, and no cell phone reception, so im completely isolated. so im not gonna be on. she lives in the middle of nowhere…… but there r really nice beaches.
ping to ppl: meh im to lazy to type what i was gonna say. so ttyl. luv ya peepz!
July 8th, 2009 05:33
not literally…… u know what i meen….
July 8th, 2009 05:34
and by the way ur ideas for the movie are good
lol
=]
idea #5 woot woot
July 8th, 2009 05:38
meg-la: u post more than i do! lol! i udes to be queen of multiple posting! ha poor spongebob! sry im watching the one where he has to go work for plankton, then mr crabs and spongebob sing…. lol!ok bye now.
oh ya! im very happy cuz i did my nails yesterday, and ive been at the barn all day and i rode without gloves and they r still perfect… lol sorry im so random!
July 8th, 2009 05:57
Ping to Amy-la: OH that really sucks! Too much boy-girl contact? To determine that, it would all depend on your age, ya know? Haha I heard that was a really good book, too. On amazon, what did they say the book was about?
July 8th, 2009 07:23
Ping to Amber-la: Yes, I had originally thought that was such a cool idea. I mean, stick him as a minor character that we see maybe once in the film, or at the pretty party that Tally sneaks into. Like that guy that says, “Have you seen the piggy?”
Or something like that.
Anyway, sorry for not responding earlier, I was busy working.
July 8th, 2009 07:32
Ping to Amy-la: Peeps is a good book, as well as the Last Days and So Yesterday. I have all of Scott’s books except for Leviathan, I Went and bought Mind-rain, even if it is only partially from Scott and mostly from contributors with their own stories.
Ping to Meg-la: Those two books were really good, I’ve read them over and over, many times. I would definetly recommend them, if you loved the Uglies series, because it delves further into the books, and others offer their view on how Tally acted the way she did, why Shay hated and yet loved her, and the difference between Zane and David.
Oh, and Sandra Bullock would make a good Dr. Cable, I agree. I always thought of Dr. Cable to be older anyway, and I am sure that with a little bit of make-up she would look the part. She is def. strong and mean enough.
July 8th, 2009 09:46
no sandra Bullock…..she may look the part but I dont think she could pull it off….I can’t see her being actually mean. I mean in the proposal(which was hillarious)it was like funny mean….not really believable…..if any of that makes sense….it did in my head
July 8th, 2009 10:42
ping to alix-wa: i dont think sandra bullock would make a good dr. cable… she isn’t scary enough… dont get me wrong im a big fan of her but even in the proposal where she was supposed to be mean at the beginning she really wasn’t…
o! and ping o scott-la: tally-wa should defiantly be played by someone unknown… or even better! she should be played by someone from open auditions…
i cant see anyone famous as tally-wa
July 8th, 2009 13:55
Kristina-la..you’re 100% right
the people that did the casting for harry potter were brilliant..they need to do with uglies..i think thats why harry potter was good..
anfdthere issues were relatable to their age..it’s like someone 25 year old pretending to be a 17-year old having boy issues..it’s just crazy..
casting should be the right ages and the look of the characters and MOST important is TALENT!!.. i don’t care if you have to make them wear a wig..they have to have TALENT!
July 8th, 2009 13:59
THE CAST SHOULD HAVE:
- TALENT!!!! TALENT!!! TALENT!!!! TALENT!!! TALENT!! TALENT!!
- THE AGE OF THE CHARACTERS
- TALLY HAVING BROWN HAIR
- NORMAL/ PLAIN/AVERAGE-LOOKING UGLIES
-DAVID SHOULD HAVE NATURAL LOOKING MUSCLES AS HE LIVES IN THE SMOKE..AND NOT A FULL ON GYM SIX-PACK
- TALLY AND DAVID NEED TO HAVE CHEMISTRY
- DR.CABLE NEEDS TO BEAUTIFULLY CRUEL
July 8th, 2009 14:00
Ping to zanetallydavidshay: i agree!
TALLY AND DAVID NEED TO HAVE CHEMISTRY!!!!!!!
July 8th, 2009 14:12
The movie MUST END WITH:
” I’m Tally Youngblood.Make me pretty”
even if there arent sequels( not saying that i don’t want there to be..i do) but it must end with that quote!!
An, Deex, Sussy in the sparklers of “The smoke lives!†– this is really an important statement!!!!!!!!
THE GLAMOUR OF THE PRETTY WORLD!!!!! CHAMPAGNE!PARTYS! FRIENDS!POPULARITY!!!
July 8th, 2009 18:54
Ping to uglies.: I agree with you 100%! Actors HAVE to have talent, or they’re not worth anything.
Another ping to uglies.: Yes Tally and David do need to have chemistry. Because if they don’t, the story won’t go together as well, ya know? Also Zane and Tally need to have chemistry, because they get each other through difficult situations and they mean alot to each other.
Kristina-la: Yeah the casting for Harry Potter WAS really good, but the ages were really off, ya know?
July 8th, 2009 18:57
Ping to !!!!!: Just so you know, it’s spelled D-E-X not D-E-E-X.
July 8th, 2009 19:59
ping to Emily-Wa13 well with my parents they wouldn’t even let me read a book with “too much girl boy contact” when im like 16 or 17!! of course i could always secretly buy it! haha! and i have no clue where he saw where it said that! my parents r like rlly rlly safety freaks and stuff like that!
July 8th, 2009 20:31
Ping to Amy-la: Yeah I would probably secretly buy it too! haha. Yeah my parents are a bit of safety freaks too, so i get what you mean.
July 8th, 2009 20:48
ping to Emily-wa13 yea my parents don’t even let my walk down past my driveway or go on a walk or stuff like that!! she thinks im gonna get kidnapped or something like that! but also my street is kinda busy but its not that bad!
July 8th, 2009 21:20
blaa its raining
July 8th, 2009 21:53
drew roy should totally play zane
look him up
July 8th, 2009 22:46
Drew Roy is sort of how I pictured Zane. He’d be great!
July 9th, 2009 02:02
Ping to Amy-la: Oh wow. Yeah my mom is the same way. She’s always telling me, “Be careful, you know kids get taken all the time.” And I’mlike, “Yeah, I know mom. It’s not like you need to remind me every five minutes.”
Ping to Kate-la: He looks nothing like what I would think Zane would look like, but he’s gorgeous so yeah, he should play Zane. Haha =]
July 9th, 2009 03:48
Ping to Tabea-la: Yeah, I was thinking the same, but I never really thought out for Dr. Cable. Now that I do, I know that it must be someone who naturally looks cruel and pretty at the same time, and who’s unknown, or atleast not that known as an actress.
Ping to !!!!!: Of course, I agree. The movie can’t end unless she says that, final thing you hear and see is Tally walking up to the warden and saying, “I’m Tally Youngblood, make me pretty” and then it would black out or something.
If the books end a certain way, i.e Scott making the last word in everybook correspond to the name of the sequel, then so should the movies.
July 9th, 2009 03:50
ping to Emily-wa13: he’s not exactly what I pictured him looking like but he’s pretty close. (Plus hes hott) hehe
July 9th, 2009 05:05
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so exited this is like a dream come true these are one of my favorite book series !!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):):):P
July 9th, 2009 05:09
ping to Kristen-La it is raining here to i hate it bleh is right
July 9th, 2009 06:14
ping to Emily-wa13 thats exactly how my parents r and it’s so annoying cuz she says it ova and ova again. but even tho its really annoying i know she’s just trying 2 protect me (even tho she does that WAY 2 well! haha!)
ping to Kelsey-wa me 2!!! i luv ththe uglies series and i was like jumping up and down when i found