Borat in the news

I wonder which two of the three bigoted little frat boys in the movie have decided to sue Sacha Baron Cohen for suffering “humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional and physical distress, loss of reputation, goodwill and standing in the community…”

Yes, it must be horribly anguishing to be revealed to all of America that you're racist, moronic drunks. I would put money on the fact that their fathers are behind the lawsuit. “Son, you've shamed me and you've shamed our family. But Daddy will take care of this. Now, stop crying like a faggot and get to class.”

November 10, 2006
Categories: Filmpinions, This is the End . . Author: Baxter . Comments: Leave a comment

It Doesn't Matter If It Is Good, It Only Matters If It Rocks

Last night Brugos and I saw an advanced screening of Tenacious D's “The Pick Of Destiny”. The first 6 minutes are AMAZING. The end is also pretty damned good. The stuff in the middle? Eh. The opening scene is all sung, rock opera style, and features Meatloaf, Dio, and a little genius who plays a SPOT ON Jack Black (and who also apparently played young JB in Nacho Libre). When they sing, it's hilarious and engaging. When they stop singing, it looks like a crappy little low-budget comedy. I don't know why they didn't just go with a full-fledged rock opera. It could have been genius. Instead, it was mediocre. But I definitely recommend watching the opening scene, and then sneaking into another theatre to watch Borat again.

November 10, 2006
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This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.

I'm quite sad to have learned of this too late.

'Alien'

(STAGED READING) The talented freaks of Brown Derby inflict their theatrical gifts on Alien, the literally gut-busting 1979 space-horror classic. Tonight the screenplay will be brought to life by a collection of beloved local hams including Nick Garrison, Imogen Love, Dusty Warren, and Rebecca Davis. Plus, stuffed animals and Silly String. (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 223-9873. 8 pm, $12 cash at the door, 21+.)

However, I won't make this mistake again when, in January, they will be doing the same thing with TOTAL FUCKING RECALL!!!!!!

November 10, 2006
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Pictures!

Here are the pictures from Portland, including Andrew's pics.

Also, here are some pictures from Halloween proper when I threw together a half-assed Lenore costume.

November 6, 2006
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Weekend Recap

FRIDAY

Friday was somewhat of a trying day. It started at work with a bunch of issues I won't get into right now. But after, I met Brugos, Elyse, Meep and Ben at Bill's for a quick beer/meal before Crispin Glover's movie/slide show/lecture. I don't know what's been happening to that place but the service and the food have been steadily declining over the last couple of years.

My honey mustard dressing, previously considered by me to be the best in the city, tasted like water. My quesadillas were pretty dry too. Ben said his tortellini was pretty bland as well. It took Meep 20 minutes to get a beer even though the waitress actually passed our table 7 times. Also, her attitude (the waitress') was generally poor. It's a bummer because when Bill's had good food and a nice waitress, it was one of the Hill's gems, since you could always get a table, even at 11:00 on a Saturday night.

Anywho, Meep and Ben went to get in line at the Broadway Performance Hall whilst Elyse, Brugos and I went to grab some contraband for the movie. We got to the theatre just before they started letting people in. The theatre is small (ish) but it was packed. Although, it was NOT the crowd I was expecting. For some reason, I was expecting a bunch of freaky goth kids. Instead, I got Seattle's Most Pretentious Film goers. I would have preferred the goths. Listening to the conversations that people were having around us was somewhat excruciating. Also, there was no food and drink allowed in the theatre, so it was impossible to utilize our contraband.

Crispy came out with little fanfare, and started his slide show, in which we theatrically read to us from his “books” and accompanied the performance with slides of the pages. He creates his “books” by finding obscure public domain books and blacking out certain words, manipulating the pictures, pasting in his own pictures, and drawing and writing in the margins. In some cases, little manipulation is necessary to reach the desired result: strange-ass stories. I own the ones that can be purchased from his website. My favorite of the night, called “Round My House”, is sadly, not available for purchase. It sounded a bit like the first-person narration of a Dostoevsky character. I personally enjoyed the slideshow, but it did seem to run a little long. This ended up being a theme of the night. Continue reading →

November 6, 2006
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Story of My Life

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4.You can not change the song (I made acceptions to this because I have so much stand-up comedy on my ipod. You can skip through spoken word. Unless your film is HIGHLY experimental).
5. For every question, type the song that's playing.
6. When you go to a new question, press the next button.

I imagine that the more ecclectic your i-tunes, the weirder the movie turns out. Mine is pretty damned weird. I really like the idea of having a mental breakdown to Atom and His Package, Ween playing my prom and dying to “Sloop John B”. Also, what the hell is this movie ABOUT?! There's a prom, breakup, birth and BATTLE?

Opening Credits:
“Don't Bring Me Down” – Electric Light Orchestra

Waking Up:
“Randy Described Eternity” – Built to Spill

First Day At School:
“Rain When I Die” – Alice in Chains

Falling In Love:
“The Ballad of Ira Hayes” – Johnny Cash

Fight Song:
“Dance Hall Days” – Wang Chung

Prom:
“I Don't Want It” – Ween

Life's OK:
“Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and Be Loved)” – Bright Eyes

Mental Breakdown:
“Head (She's Just A)” – Atom and His Package

Driving:
“Electric Avenue” – Eddy Grant

Flashback:
“Ain't It Fun” – Guns N' Roses

Getting Back Together:
“Candy” – Iggy Pop

Sex Scene:
“Extra Ordinary Thing” – Aqualung

Wedding:
“Dance Hall Music” – Murder City Devils

Birth of child:
“Oscillate Wildly” – The Smiths

Final Battle:
“Holiday Sunrise” – Rancid

Death Scene:
“Sloop John B” – The Beach Boys

Funeral Song:
“I'm Just a Lucky So & So” – Sam Cooke

End Credits:
“Gravel to Dirt” – Avail

November 3, 2006
Categories: Meme Crazy . . Author: Baxter . Comments: Leave a comment

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