Day 138: Shakespeare in Space? Make it happen, James Franco

from Baldwin Wallace Theatre & Dance (source)

In James-Franco-is-a-stoner-and-I-don't-have-anything-else-to-write-about-today-news, James Franco is a stoner who has decided to write a review for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby in Vice magazine. He argues that critics are being overly harsh about the director's adaptation, saying:

"Would anyone object to a production of Hamlet in outer space? Not as much as they object to the Gatsby adaptation, apparently...Maybe that's because Gatsby is so much about a time and a place, while Shakespeare, in my mind, is more about universal ideas, ideals, and feelings. Luhrmann needed to breathe life into the ephemera and aura of the 20s and that's just what he succeeded at."

'The Great Gatsby'/James Franco (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures/Getty Images) (from Yahoo! Movies)

Please please please let that mean that chronically scattered James Franco is planning an adaptation of Hamlet in space!

I'd also like to point out that this is not completely outside the realm of possibility. James Franco previously adapted Gus Van Sant's 1991 movie, My Own Private Idaho--which was loosely based on Shakespeare's Henry IV and Henry V--by re-editing the original footage to showcase star River Phoenix, calling the resulting film My Own Private River. Then he wrote an article about it which appeared in the book Living with Shakespeare.

So what I'm saying is this: James Franco could totally decide to do Hamlet in space. YES! That is exactly the level of crazy ideas the world needs.

Speaking of space, let's all just watch Col. Chris Hadfield be amazing one more time, shall we?