In article ,
 Matt Ion  wrote:

> > Color me skeptical on this point.  Aside from Spielberg, how many
> > genuine "A-List" directors have done genre films?  I can't see
> > Eastwood or Tarantino doing a space-based epic, and even Ron Howard
> > hasn't dipped a toe in the genre waters since bombing with
"Willow".
> > (It remains to be seen if he'll direct or merely produce
"Lensman")
> 
> It occurred to me though, nobody ever does something out of their 
> norm... until the first time they do.  Who would have imagined Clint 
> doing a biopic... until he did Bird?  "Hey, I have this script, about a 
> retired pilot who's recruited to steal a top-secret Russian fighter 
> plane... you think Clint would do it?" "Not a chance - he's
never done 
> cold-war spy thrillers, it's totally out of his realm."
> 
> 
     HOw would you place the Eastwood-directed Space Cowboys? Kinda 
space based. Although probably more of a buddy-pic than anything else.
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