Paul Bennett palsalge
>There was one among our number who was called upon to be a
>professional linguist for a major motion picture (Blade II), but
>there was a massive discrepancy between the two sides on the amount
>of pay that would be fair, and the vampires in the film in question
>ended up talking "subtitled gibberish" instead.
How much was the conlanger asking? Tens of thousands of dollars?
Since many languages are copylefted, they could have used any of those. They
could have easily made a language themselves. A quality replacement product
would have been cheap; thus, the price for a commissioned work would also be
low.
~wright