Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I know this is tacky and offensive but I figure hey..

... so are racism and Hedi and Spencer and we gotta deal with THAT shit everyday so here!!......(thank's Brooklyn for link. Love ya)


Wednesday, May 27, 2009

H2: Halloween 2 (2009) Trailer





Ok I have some good and bad to say about this trailer. As most of you know I'm a HUGE Halloween fan. My birthday is on Oct 30th, I saw the first Halloween as a kid on tv and it had a huge impact on me. Halloween was the first movie that I remember thinking "what does a director do?" (i was like 11) John Carpenter not only became my favorite director but Halloween was the movie that got me interested in what a cinematographer did, how to effectively frame a scene, the importance of music to suspense ect. All that being said I am not a Halloween purist. I accepted and enjoyed Rob Zombies 2007 remake on its own terms unlike certain fan boys who can't go see a Star Trek movie that doesn't feature Willaim Shattner however this trailer does cause some alarm.

I'm glad this H2 is set in an abandoned hospital, on the same night as part 1. The 2009 Laurie Strode is hobbling around dark staircases with a broken ankle just like Jamie Lee Curtis did in 81. All that is good. I'm even happy to see Annie alive in well in Part 2 even though she didn't survive the 1978 Halloween. What is getting on my nerves about this trailer is the whole "mother wants me to kill for her" thing that seems to be forming. That sure looks like Michael Meyers Mamma from part 1 (played once again my Rob Zombies wife Sherry) telling Michael (perhaps in a dream) to kill for her? Isn't the whole I Kill because mommy tells me to a Norman Bates Psycho or Jason Voorhees Friday the 13th thing? Why rehash that tired plot here? So I give this trailer a c-......

Thursday, April 30, 2009

You know what is a bigger sin than gay marriage?

...The fact that Miss California and Bill O'rielly could legally get married and create offspring. I mean really people, is that not a bigger abomination than me wanting my partner of 6 years on my health insurance from work? I keep seeing Carrie Prejean all over the news talking about it being her personal choice to feel this way and freedom of speech and ya ya ya.

Now I'm not going to say she's too dumb to see the irony in the fact that she is arguing for her own personal freedom by attempting to suppress mine, but honestly when I see Fox News outraged over personal liberty and freedom of speech and I throw up a little in my mouth.

Miss California, Carrie, sweety, I don't think you should lose your crown or should have been judged harshly because you feel the way you feel about gay people getting married. I think you should lose your crown and were judged harshly because you were stupid enough to say it when you said it. I mean it shows you don't have common enough sense to lie to keep up the facade of being likable. No tact. Doesn't Miss USA travel to other countries? What if she's in Japan and says she just LOVES oriental people? We could have an international incident on our hands. I don't want to have to pay 50 bucks to rent Godzilla V.S. Mothera just because Ms Save My Soul doesn't have tact or common sense. I want a smarter Ms America damnit.

Oh and for the record Her argument that being against gay marriage is a personal choice and I'm allowed to have my opinion and you yours is flawed. Your opinion is that I am denied the same rights as everyone else. Your opinion is affecting other people in a big way. Now My opinion is allowing everyone to be treated equally Carrie your life isn't affected at all. Its not a simple difference of opinion. Your point of view lowers me in class, value and rights. Now I'm sure even someone dumb enough to offend a good part of the population during a likability contest can grasp that concept. You looked good in the evening wear though, I'll give you that girl...

Saturday, April 18, 2009

At the end of the day....it is what it is...

I am sick and tired of hearing people on TV, at work in my life say these played out useless phrases:

#1 "At the end of the day..." Now maybe this is just a black thing but saying "at the end of the day" has been played out for 3 years. If you turn on any MTV reality show listen to how many times someone says "at the end of the day" I hate it. Stop saying it.

#2 "It is what is is" This is another played out phrase. When you say 'well it is what it is" your not freaking saying anything! It is what it is? Much like "at the end of the day" this phrase does not advance the conversation or add anything new. It simply wastes oxygen. When I hear someone say "It is what it is" it simply tells me that that person has nothing of merit to say, but still wants to hear themselves talk so they say "It is what it is"

#3 "And whatnot" now saying and whatnot is just being intellectually lazy. It means nothing and everything at the same time and when someone says that to me in a conversation all it means is the persons point ended 2 sentences ago but they didn't want to stop talking so they say "and whatnot"

I love words, they are free, easy to say, easy to look up and can be fun!! When people talk to me and use cliched played out banality like the examples I listed above, I feel like I'm not worth the extra effort for them to access their vocabulary. Gets on my damn nerves as well....