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Guess who's back?

Yes, as my buddy JYoh kindly pointed out in my previous post, I have been seriously MIA.  I've even missed not one, not two, but THREE editions of WTF, it's Wednesday?  Well, I'm back.  And I come bearing NYU AKPsi's Fall 2009 Rush Video.  It's one of the first videos I've seriously and actively been a part of scripting, directing, and music supervising since my high school days on ASB, and it's one of the reasons a large chunk of my time since I've been back in the city seemed to have vanished into thin air.  If you're an Entourage fan, I encourage you to check it out.  If you're a fan of good music, I also encourage you to check it out.  If you're bored, well, hey -- here's 8 minutes of video to kill some time.  Co-Directed, Co-Scripted, and Edited by production mastermind Mike Rosich, this video will (hopefully) rock your socks.

 

In memory of John Hughes 1950 - 2009

When I found out that John Hughes had passed away today, I was at a complete loss for words.  So, instead of trying to think of something to write, I resurrected an old post that I wrote about a year ago and added a few thoughts.

The Breakfast Club (and other Hughes' classics like Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Sixteen Candles) came out before I was even born, but it will always be one of my favorite movies, and the last 30 minutes are some of my favorite 30 minutes in film.  From that talk where each and every one of them cracks, to the infamous dance  sequence (that makes me wish so badly I had dancing feet like Claire/Molly Ringwald's), to the last scene where everyone's leaving campus and getting into their cars...when Allison rips that patch off of Andrew's letterman's jacket...the long anticipated kiss between Bender and Claire when she gives him her diamond stud...that last freeze frame with Bender walking across the field and throwing his fist into the air right as "Don't You (Forget About Me)" starts to roll into the credits.  I'm no film expert, but the Breakfast Club, especially those last thirty minutes, always gets me. 

I guess all I can really say is thank you, to Mr. John Hughes.

Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

WTF, it's only Wednesday? Edition 5. ZOMG, Zombies Invade Japan!

Instead of a music video and some tunes for this week's edition of WTF, it's only Wednesday?, I have the perfect video that will bring at least five minutes of utter joy into your Wednesday. 

I got this from my friend, Jess (who has some pretty excellent taste in YouTube videos -- she also showed me this a while back), yesterday and have watched it three times since then.  The first time I saw it I actually laughed so hard that I was crying.  Like most great YouTube videos, this one's another one of those Japanese game show/prank videos -- it centers around a reporter playing a nasty nasty trick on a few unsuspecting Japanese kids.  Basically the reporter gets these kids to believe that zombies have invaded their town, and that one particular zombie has got it in really bad for them and is set on inviting himself over into their apartment space; if you know anything about apartment living in Japan, you'll know that there's really little room to work with, especially when a flipping flesh-eating zombie is lumbering it's way into your front door and you're (probably) shatting your pants.  The entire video is basically footage of these kids setting up traps to foil the zombie with bits of golden comments scattered throughout.  It's completely ridiculous, hilarious, and heartwarming all at the same time. 

I myself have both an immense fear and infatuation of/with zombies and cannibals.  They scare the complete bejesus out of me, but I am a complete House of the Dead (all versions) fiend, and more than often, I walk around town and think about places I would run, get weapons & supplies, and set up post, if zombies were at some point to invade my city.  What? It's always best to be prepared.

Happy Wednesday, mis amigos.

PS, while we're on the topic... check out this trailer for Zombieland.

This has all sorts of potential...

...of being an amazingly perfect soundtrack-movie combo, a la Garden State.  I can't wait.

Watch out, Paul Blart: Mall Cop

because Ronnie Barnhardt's coming to town!

My Bloody Valentine in 3D: DO IT.

It's safe to say that we're in the midst of one of the greatest movie seasons that we've seen in a long time...Revolutionary Road, Changeling, Doubt, Slumdog Millionaire, Gran Torino, Milk, The Wrestler...the list goes on.  And yet, I still haven't had time to see many of  those films, and for the ones that I have seen and loved, I'm still putting them on the back burner on the "to blog about list", because all I really want to do is talk about My Bloody Valentine (which fate brought us to -- we started out the night wanting to watch Gran Torino at Paseo, ended up changing to see MBV3D at Paseo, only to find out they weren't/aren't showing the film in 3D, switched back to watching a later showing of Gran Torino, and somehow ended up on the opposite side of town at AMC watching MBV in 3D).

I didn't get a chance to see Bolt yet, so this was actually my first full length feature I've seen in 3D, and I'm SO happy it was.  Looking back, even if I had watched this entire movie in a regular screening, I still think it would've been awesome and entertaining.  But, the 3D really sealed the deal.  Some of the effects are so predictable and obvious...but then there are some that really just catch you off guard, the type where you find yourself jolting backwards into your chair.  In a nutshell though, with or without the 3D, My Bloody Valentine is a beast of  a mindless slasher film.  Plenty of exaggerated and unnecessary (okay, necessary) gore, ridiculously awesome kills (that make you mutter, "that's just not right"), boobs, the clumsiest and stupidest protagonists I've ever seen, and hilariousness -- yes, hilariousness.  If you have ten dollars to spare, a strong stomach, and a fear of gas masks, this is the movie for you.

Yes.

When worlds collide

"Paramore's brand new song, 'Decode' will be the lead single for the [Twilight] film and the band will be releasing a brand new music video this fall"

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Power combo for the win!

Hans Solo ain't never had no sex with Princess Leia in the Star War!

Screw you, MPAA (no pun intended)!

Hat's off to you, Kevin Smith!

and Marry me, Seth Rogen (Yeah, I said it)!

Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

Half-Blood Prince Pushed back to July 17, 2009

"The release date for the sixth Harry Potter movie, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' was pushed back on Thursday to July 2009 from its original slot in November 2008" (source).

Wow, on a scale of 1 to Avada Kedavra, this sucks at about an 8. 

It looks like my dream of dressing up and watching the midnight premiere in the UK is completely shattered.  Someone pass me a Butterbeer so I can drink away my sorrows!