One dead, 41 to go

Since the arrival of a certain house guest (let's call her Jody P., no wait, that's too obvious--J. Pearce) underhanded toilet paper hanging has sullied our bathroom’s cleanliness. Actually, it was only clean because our anonymous house guest cleaned it, but my point remains--that underhanded, according to my dictionary, means deceptive, secret, sly, dishonest, or sneaky. Is this the way to hang toilet paper? Is this really my point? No and yes.

Also, I recommend Battle Royale, a cross between Running Man and Columbine. "One dead, 41 to go."

Say what now?

Thomas Haden Church as a Spider Man villian? What the....wait, no, time to practice some objectivity. Okay, I'm envisioning this...thinking...thinking...no, this is just too weird. He's pretty limited in what he can bring, as even he has admitted in a number of post-Sideways interviews. What villian could he play? Retired Athlete Guy? The Marauding Mechanic?

I am inclined to trust Raimi since he has been a smart caster in the past (with the exception of Hayden Christensen, who struggles valiantly in his scenes to display more convincing emotion than whatever furniture happens to be laying around at the time), but I just can't see this. Yet.

Odd, but not a sign of disaster.

Flesh + Blood = fascinating movie

Long before Paul Verhoeven established himself in the mainstream with such enjoyable action/sci fi romps as RoboCop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers he made a little film that'll kick your ass called Flesh + Blood. Just saw it this weekend, its a slight mind blower. On the surface its a fairytale--medieval times, lord hires mercenaries to fight battle, cheats them, they kidnap princess that his son is set to marry, prince goes off to rescue her. Verhoeven's vision, though, contains a bit more rape and murder than your typical fairytale. He brings a dark realism to the tale and does not shy away from any of the details, definitely justifying the title. That Verhoeven is an interesting fella, I may hafta post a blog analyzing his career when I have a little more time.

a quick quote to brighten your day

"When we were young, of course we wanted to change the world--or thought we could. But now we're smart enough to know that we're just here to help the neighborhood."

-Rick Danko

(Wow, that line has kept a smile on my face for days.)

Big Stars

Worked on a movie today with the cop from The Big Lebowski who says "They got us workin' in shifts." Also the guy who did the voice for Darth Vadar. The gaffer's actual name was Cool Breeze. Hollywood, baby.