The bitter end

broderic on May 5, 2008

Now they tell me!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=iron+man+after+the+creditsI hate that, because I did stay past the first set of credits on the
roll. Everything that had some Iron Manly thing as a background. I
left during the credit roll before it got to the technical talent of the
gaffers, best boys, focus pullers, slate snappers, dolly men, and craft
service servers. I wondered why that group of guys were sticking around.Oh, well. We at least got YouTube.

Recent Keyword Activity for March 2008

broderic on March 13, 2008

It’s always good for a post to check referers. I’ll just pick the recent ones and comment. Simple and effective. Plus then I start my own google bomb to get these to the top. Very self-referential and weird!

NY escort kottke: Must be wondering what kottke thinks about Gov. Spitzer resigning or even looking for some special service.

apple unboxing: Looking for some great computer porn.

oksana akinshina naked: What’s a week without this search term?

when love is unrequited the whole world is crap: Searches for NewsRadio quotes drive traffic here.

doobie keebler: ditto

ellen page show me love: Is she making the English remake? I hope she isn’t? She’s too sassy for an Agnes.

cool lamp shades: I keep meaning to get me some.

8-bit video game music: Sounds cool!

negative about monte pego: Can’t think of any. Oh, here’s one: it’s too far away right now. Darn.

That’s it for today. There’s no naked Oksana Akinshina here! Look for Oksana Akinshina naked here!

Swede!!

broderic on January 31, 2008

In a comment on marge’s blog and also in my review, I predicted that someone was going to insert their own selves into the action going on in Cloverfield and by doing, would make a more enjoyable film (at least for me).

They would take the conceit of the movie and recreate it for themselves and their friends. It will go on YouTube and people will judge it as its own creation.

They’ll swede it.

Hunh?

It’s the concept of filming an already released movie in your own interpretation with whatever you have on hand. That don’t sound right.

Just visit the site for Michel Gondry’s upcoming flick Be Kind Rewind and you’ll get the gist of Sweding. Once their compare this sweding with the original (click the original first!!).

I laughed at the original and I can’t wait to see this.

When Titles Collide

broderic on December 16, 2006

Over at The House Next Door they are doing a movie title mash up. What’s that you say? Take titles of movies and string them along together, jumble their respective plots, and there you have it.

Don’t get it, then sample some of them there or read a few of mine.

Apocalypto Now. — A pre-columbian epic wherein the protagonist must kill the head of the crazy Mayan tribe.

Se7en Samurai — A Japanese village enlists the help of ronin samurai to catch a serial killer. The english translation doesn’t work: “Kikuchiyo” doesn’t mean “what’s in the box.”

Repo Man on Fire — A man goes after the people who reposessed his car with deadly force.

Repo Manchurian Candidate — The sequel wherein the man gets his car but unbeknownst to him under the careful scrutiny of a secret society leading him to kill a presidential candidate.

The Rules of the Game of Death — A kung fu movie set amongst the french upper class. Passion and action ensues.

Do The Right Thing That You Do — Racial tension on a hot summer day boils over when a band on the rise loses it’s way.

The Hills Have Eyes of Laura Mars — After her eye surgery Laura Mars’s car breaks down in a remote place, she’s attacked by mutant savages, but thanks to the serial killer eyes repels them.

See that’s easy. Your turn.

31 days of December

broderic on December 1, 2006

One of the things you do when you work for InitTech, or for any large conglomerate, is that you participate in stupid little events that are supposed to make you appreciate your job. Bah! And a humbug! Every year we celebrate diversity: the many different people coming together and creating the great InitTech. I always feel like having to say, “Is this good for the company?” That’s rhetorical.

Anyway, this post isn’t about mocking those events. That would be too easy. I’m wanting to mock the little tchotckes they give to us with InitTech logos. They’re all pretty lame. One time we got these calculators that sucked because the battery compartment was so weak that touching it would disconnect power. This year was a “perpetual calendar”/picture frame. “Perpetual” means that it is good forever achieved through the use of several versions of a 31 day month. So tomorrow, instead of it being December 1, it’s actually November 31. How’s that ditty now?

31 days in September, April, June, November
All the rest have 31
Except February with 31 days…

I am planning on having my own NaBloPoMo in December if you would care to join me.

Top 5 Jason Hacks

broderic on October 28, 2006

I know I am late with the Friday the 13th stuff considering that it was two weeks ago, but I was thinking this in the shower the other day. I have seen almost all Friday the 13th slasher flicks and while they’re all pretty stupid, you have to admit that some of the deaths are mighty gruesome and hilarious. I can’t remember which films are which, but I don’t remember some of the gore. Here’s my list of the five most memorable Jason hacks. I’m excluding Jason in Space and Freddy v Jason, because I have yet to see them.

5. Party favor in the eye. While this is rather tame, I’m including it here for the fact that as it was shoved into the eye it made the noise party favors make.

4. Head squish. Jason was strong enough to crush your skull. He did it to one dude whose eye popped out. I think this was from the 3D movie.

3. Young lovers on a stick. Speaking about coitus interruptus.

2. Sleeping bag slam. Jason takes a camper hiding in her sleeping bag and whips her into a tree snapping her like a twig. Funny.

1. Handstand walker split in two. Dude who can walk on his hands gets bisected by Jason from crotch to sternum.