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Trying to get me to buy Ultimate Avengers in single issues instead of waiting for trades.  Bastards. You can tempt me with Mark Millar writing Punisher all you want. You won't win. You won't. No. No. No. Nope. ... Fuck. Tags: comics
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Some quotes I've read today that I like: And at this his face totally changed, and he said “What are you talking about?!” and so I told him I would be leaving the show, because; and that was as far as he let me go, and he said, “STOP! You cannot! You cannot leave this show! Do you not understand what you are doing?! You are the first non-stereotypical role in television! Of intelligence, and of a woman and a woman of color?! That you are playing a role that is not about your color! That this role could be played by anyone? This is not a black role. This is not a female role! A blue eyed blond or a pointed ear green person could take this role!” And I am looking at him and looking at him and buzzing, and he said, “Nichelle, for the first time, not only our little children and people can look on and see themselves, but people who don’t look like us, people who don’t look like us, from all over the world, for the first time, the first time on television, they can see us, as we should be!– Nichelle Nichols on Martin Luther King Jr. telling her not to leave Star Trek.Found here. ----------- obama got jury duty in illinois? guess we can add "changing address with dmv" to list of things he hasn't gotten done this year- Stephen Colbert on Twitter (which you can add to your LJ friends list at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) stephenathome). ---------------- "The Runaways" tore through Sundance on Saturday night, and I’m pleased to report veteran music video director Floria Sigismondi’s feature debut did anything but ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb. (Sorry.) Skating just along the candy-colored edge of retro kitsch without ever crossing the line into self-parody, Sigismondi is incapable of framing an unattractive shot.- Movieline talking about the premier of The Runaways at Sundance. A movie starring Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart as Cherrie Currie and Joan Jett, directed by Floria Sigismondi. I didn't give two shits about this movie until I heard that Sigismondi was directing it. You may remember Floria Sigismondi's name from her music video directing days, as she had some of the coolest, weirdest visuals you've ever seen in her videos. She did "The Beautiful People" and "Tourniquet" for Marilyn Manson, "Little Wonder" for David Bowie and about a hundred others ( full list). Her photography was badass, too.  She's released a couple photography books, Redemption and Immune , too. I notice that Redemption is out of print and now I regret not buying it when it came out back when I was in college. Shit's expensive, though. Anyway, I'm pretty excited that she's got a movie coming out and I'm really glad to hear people say positive stuff about it's visuals, because that's all I really care about. I don't care who's in it. Not that I have anything against Kristen Stewart or Dakota Fanning, really. I guess Alia Shawkat is in it, though. That's pretty awesome. Tags: awesometown, pictures
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Read today that singer Maki Asakawa died yesterday of heart failure at the age of 67. She was a singer whose music could be described as kind of a folk-acid-jazz. She was actually discovered by filmmaker/musician Shuji Terayama in the late 60's. Some of it is really good and I've enjoyed the few albums of hers that I've heard. She was still touring and was actually due to play some shows this week in Japan.  I have one song of hers uploaded if you'd like to hear it. I like it a lot. It's called "Akai Hashi" and it's from her album Maki Asakawa No Sekai. EDIT: Rokudenashi Bunka posted a few more of her songs for streaming, if you're interested. Chicha na toki kara (ちっちゃな時から) Ai sanaino ai senaino (愛さないの愛せないの) Kamome (かもめ) And here's a song from YouTube that I like, although I have no idea what is up with the visuals here... There's a bunch of videos of her songs on YouTube if you're curious. Tags: music
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Little behind on this, but I've been sick and I've been hemming and hawing over the bottom 2 for a little bit. I'm ready now, though. Now that you're sick of top 10 lists and have already decided on your own, I will grace you with mine. I keep track of every movie I watch here on my LJ and have been doing so since 2005. It adds a little bit for me when I go back and look at older entries. Totals:Total # of movies seen: 217 Total # of movies seen in a theater: 80 Total # of movies seen elsewhere: 137 Total # of different movies (cutting out multiple viewings of the same film): 188 Total # of movies seen for the first time: 124 All of these numbers are slightly increased from last year's totals, which makes me happy, although they're still quite a bit lower than the numbers were a couple of years ago. Guess that's what happens. I'll be very surprised if 2010 doesn't see a big drop off, although that may depend on how quickly I'm able to find a new job. Anyway. ( Let's do this. )Tags: top 10 list
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I've been keeping track of every single movie I watch on my LJ since 2005. This is me continuing that. I find it comes in handy quite a bit. Each movie gets a rating and a comment if I feel like commenting on it, and this entry gets bookmarked and I come back and edit it every time I watch a movie. I include a link to each film's IMDB page whenever possible. * = first time seeing Movies seen in a theater1. Where The Wild Things Are* - 9/10 2. The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus* - 8/10 Movies seen elsewhere1. Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School* - 8/10 I have yet to see a Miki Sugimoto movie I didn't like. I should screencap this one because there were a lot of pretty images amidst all the ladies fighting. Not listed on IMDB. 2. The Matrix Reloaded - 8/10 I don't care, I still enjoy it. The freeway scene is hot shit. 3. The Matrix Revolutions - 7/10 So much wasted potential. And not enough Monica Bellucci. 4. Kill Bill Vol. 1 - 9/10 Sonny Chiba movie #1 on the year. 5. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead* - 9/10 So good, it was almost Coen Brothers good. 6. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead* - 9/10 Watched with commentary by Sidney Lumet, Philip-Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke. Pretty alright. 7. KillIng Machine* - 7/10 Fun movie, but not quite what the title implied. Bonus points for the castration scene and Etsuko Shihomi looking totally adorable. Sonny Chiba movie #2 for the year. 8. Shogun's Ninja* - 6/10 Great director and lots of great actors, but not a good movie at all. Sonny Chiba movie #3 for the year. 9. The Return Of Sister Street Fighter* - 8/10 My least favorite of the series, but still fun. 10. No Country For Old Men - 10/10 11. The Hangover - 8/10 12. Synechdoche, New York* - 9.5/10 13. City Of Violence* - 7/10 14. Europa* - 8/10 15. Thirst - 9/10 16. Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist* - 8/10 17. Angel Guts: High School Co-ed* - 6/10 Slow, dull, boring. 18. Reeling With PJ Harvey - 8/10 Tour documentary. 19. Donnie Darko - 9/10 Theatrical version. Now I need to re-watch the director's cut to remind myself what was different. And then watch it again with commentary. 20. Full Contact - 7/10 21. Cemetary Man* - 7/10 Weird as fuck, but I liked it. 22. The Hangover - 8/10 23. Donnie Darko - 9/10 Director's Cut. There are things I liked more about this version and things I liked a little less. Ultimately, I'd say I like it better almost just because there's more of it 24. Donnie Darko - 9/10 Watched with commentary by director Richard Kelly and Kevin Smith, which was interesting and entertaining. 25. There Will Be Blood - 10/10 26. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - 9/10 27. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - 9/10 Watched with commentary by Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman, which was ok. Gondry's heavy French accent was a little hard to understand at times. 28. Donnie Darko - 9/10 Watched with commentary by director Richard Kelly and Jake Gyllenhall, which was pretty good. 29. Donnie Darko - 9/10 Watched with commentary by director Richard Kelly and a bunch of the cast, which was ok. 30. Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment* - 7/10 Fun, but it dragged a bit whenever Sonny Chiba wasn't onscreen, and that happened more than I'd have liked. Sonny Chiba movie #4 on the year. 31. The Lustful Shogun And His 21 Concubines* - 8/10 Better than I expected because it had a plot, midgets and a funny castration scene. Could have used more Miki Sugimoto, though. 32. District B13 - 8/10 33. District B13: Ultimatum* - 7/10 34. Paranormal Activity - 9/10 35. Moon - 9/10 Fucking love this movie so much. 36. Anchorman - 8/10 37. Super Troopers - 8/10 Totals:Total # of movies to date: 39 Total # of different movies: 32 Total # of movies seen for the first time: 16 Tags: movies i've seen
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Here are some quick thoughts about some movies I've seen recently for your reading pleasure.  ArmoredSaw this with my dad on Friday because there was nothing else playing in our immediate vicinity that both of us really wanted to see. For some reason, he's decided he doesn't really care to see Fantastic Mr. Fox. I don't know why. So we went to see this. It wasn't bad. It was exactly what you'd expect. It's pretty by-the-numbers. Nothing special. I would rather have stayed home and watched a DVD, but it wasn't bad.  CoffyI was pretty amazed to see this was playing on HDNet and I've been wanting to see some of Pam Grier's older stuff for ever now, so I made sure to sit and wait for this to come on. And I am REEEEEEEEALLY glad I did. I loved it. Pam Grier was badass. The movie was hilarious. And bad ass. Not hard to see why Quentin Tarantino is such a big fan. Blaxploitation is a genre I'm embarassingly deficient in (obviously, since I only just recently saw this), but now I'm eager to fix that.  The RoadJust as bleak, depressing, intense and gorgeous as I'd hoped. I think Viggo Mortensen deserves a nomination or two for various acting awards, but I'm not holding my breath that he'll get them. Really didn't mind them giving Charlize Theron's character more story time, either, as I thought it worked pretty well. I don't know if I will, but I would really like to see it again.  FitzcarraldoI am slowly but surely making my way through the Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski: A Film Legacy boxset I bought for myself a while ago. This is the 4th I've watched and I think it's probably my favorite. Maybe. I just love Herzog's style and his willingness to do the things he does, including actually having his crew drag a steamboat up the side of a mountain. The location shooting. It's just awesome. I'm actually really eager to get to the 6th and final film in the set, the documentary My Best Fiend about Herzog and Kinski's fighting on the sets of their films, but I want to watch all the films first.  TeethVery funny movie about a girl whose vagina contains something that most others do not. I really liked how they didn't shy away from showing certain things that you would think most guys would not want to see. Mostly because it was really funny.  Underworld: Rise Of The LycansI don't know what it is about this franchise, but for some reason I kind of enjoy it. I guess it's almost something of a guilty pleasure. I originally just attributed it to the Kate Beckinsale factor, but this one has Rhona Mitra in it and she's pretty hot, but she's not Kate Beckinsale, so I was forced to wonder why I enjoy these movies. They're kind of like the tacos at Burger King. I know they're not very good, but dammit, I just like them. I imagine the blu-ish tint also has something to do with it. I've always liked that for some reason. Anyway, if you liked the first two, you'll like this. I feel like I shouldn't, but I do. I wouldn't buy any of them, but if they're on TV, I might leave it on.  Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New OrleansI was really excited to see this ever since I saw the first trailer for it because it looked totally nutso. And it was. In thinking about this movie, I'm beginning to wonder if everyone needs to re-examine the career of Nicolas Cage. Maybe his choice of roles and acting (in some of them) is intentional? I don't know. I really liked his performance in this, but I'm not sure if I liked it because it was so bad it was good or because it was good. Maybe I should watch it again.  Sister Street Fighter & Sister Street Fighter 2: Hanging By A ThreadI don't know why, but this Blu-Ray double feature is the cheapest Blu-Ray disc I've ever purchased. This is crazy because these movies are so awesome. I don't understand it. Etsuko Shihomi kicks so much ass. It's a shame she got married and retired. Probably not for her, but for the rest of us. The movies are very B movie-ish with sound effects when she jumps over a fence and fake blood and all that, but they're also really cool because she actually knows how to do the martial arts and use fucking nun-chucks. The opening credit sequences for both movies are just her standing in front of mirrors, practicing with all kinds of different weapons and it's pretty impressive. She's just badass. That's all there is to it. Plan to watch the 3rd and 4th movies soon (not on Blu-Ray, though). Tags: movie reviews
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Been slack on this. The last one was almost three months ago. Looking at that mix's download numbers, though, I guess it's not a big deal. I wonder if I should change the format or something. Or maybe people just don't care about new music? I don't know. For those of you that do, though, this is for you. Mission StatementThese mixes are collections of tracks that come up on random in my iTunes that I like and want to share. There is no theme or reason behind any particular track list, excepting that I try to avoid tracks by well known artists. The idea here is to expose people to new music that they might not otherwise hear. I doubt anyone is going to like all of them, but I'm hoping you find something you like by a band that you're not familiar with. The tracks vary in genre and style on purpose. Ok? Alright. Click on the link below to be directed to Megaupload, where you can download a zip file of the mp3s. I was using Mediafire, but the 100MB limit makes it hard to get a good number of tracks in these, so I changed hosts. If this is a problem for anyone, comment and I'll see what I can do. ADGY MIX #32Tracklisting (in no particular order):Mount Vernon Arts Lab - "The Black Drop", from the album The Séance At Hobs LaneSubheim - "Howl", from the album ApproachA Place To Bury Strangers - "Ego Death", from the album Exploding HeadRafael Anton Irisarri - "Lumberton", from the album DaydreamingZola Jesus - "Dog", from the album New AmsterdamElm - "Silver Dust In Moonlight", from the album NemcatacoaPocahaunted - "Dusk", from the album PassageThree Mile Pilot - "Way Of The Ocean", from the album Another Desert, Another SeaCop Shoot Cop - "Surprise, Surprise", from the album Ask Questions LaterDanny Norbury - "From The Lookout", from the album DuskAsobi Seksu - "Familiar Light", from the album HushTorche - "King Beef", from the album Chapter Ahead Being Fake (w/ Boris) Long Distance Calling - "I Know You, Stanley Milgram!", from the album Avoid The LightAnd that is that. If anyone has any suggestions on other ways to do this, let me know. I was thinking maybe of posting each track individually and letting people stream it and then having the full file at the end, but I'm not going to bother with all the extra work unless I know it'll make a difference. Anyway, all together, the playlist will fit on a CD-R if that's the route you choose. I try to keep all of them short enough to fit onto a CD-R, because that's the way I like to listen to things like this. Once again, I hope that those of you that download this find something new to listen to. If you like, many of the previous mixes are still available to download. You can view all the entries tagged as mixes and download them.Tags: mixes
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Black Friday has never been a big deal for me. I refuse to leave the house, usually. I don't dig that scene, you know? If you do, though, you may be interested in some of the deals happening. I imagine if you're hardcore about it, you know all of this already, but just in case I figured I'd share some links. Cinematical has been making lists of the movies available, so that's where I'll point you to. WalmartBest BuyTargetK-Mart & SearsUnfortunately, I'm pretty sure these deals are all in-store only. I assume so, I should say. I haven't actually bothered to look. There's some good shit on there, no doubt, but... nothing that makes me want to try and brave the crowds, traffic and smells. Thankfully, though, Amazon has some deals going down, too. I highly recommend you keep your eyes on their Black Friday Deals page and check back daily, as there are a number of short-time deals to be had. I notice they're selling Sergei Bodrov's Mongol on Blu-ray , starring Tadanobu Asano, for $10. That's definitely tempting. By the way, did you hear that Tadanobu Asano is apparently going to be in the Thor movie? Anyway, here's the Blu-Ray deal page, which is worth looking over. Lot of potential X-Mas presents in there. I would also like to point you towards Black Friday Mp3 store deals because there's some good shit in there, too, and it's all over the map genre-wise. I was going to list out some of the highlights, but it would take too long. You're welcome. Tags: materialism
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