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Quote of the Day

“Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are hoping the new mansion they’ve just purchased will be ready in time for their wedding. It could take a while, because it takes a long time to weld together a hundred trailer homes.” Graham Norton, as quoted on TheSuperficial.com

Although I swore that I’d never talk openly on MY web site about that emotionally and mentally retarded whore, Paris Hilton, I read that she’s planning to write a memoire at the ripe ol’ age of 23. This pisses me off, but not for the same reason as many would be.

When I was riding the train to IAOD every day back in 2000, I considered writing a memoire. Not in spite of being 23, but because I was 23. The question I asked myself was, why would I want to be 60 in order to look back on my life? It always seems like a good idea until I realize there’s work involved. I do have my thoughts sketched down from those times, and they might make an interesting read… but unless I surgically remove half my brain, I won’t become popular enough in American Media to make my mental meanderings into a Best Seller.

Here’s another Goy-ish observation. Considering the fact that I didn’t know that Yiddish was a real language until about 2-3 years ago, I was kind of surprised to see that they actually have Yiddish language courses!

Finally, some not-so-funny links. The number of American Soldiers who have died in Iraq has nearly hit 1,000. The number of coalition forces crossed that grim milestone early in July. Ironically, it might cross that number during the Republican Convention this week. I’d prefer it not cross 1,000 dead Soldiers For Oil at all.

I’m not sure what I can do about the Americans dying for the Oil Barons, since there might be a stupid law in the US like we have in Canada, forbidding ‘outsiders’ from influencing the voters (where an ‘outsider’ is anyone who doesn’t physically live in Canada). While there may be very little that I’m happy with Paul Martin about, keeping Canadian Forces out of this “War Against A War Tactic” is something I’m very proud he’s done. Cretien refused to go into Iraq, and Paul Martin is keeping that stance. If Canada does get into the “war”, I’m loading up the car with bristol board and markers, and heading to Ottawa.

Time to start an affirmative-action campaign to stop this. House of the Dead was one of the worst movies I have EVER seen… and I’ve seen The Bodyguard.

Really, the movie was totally amature-hour. Horribly made in every aspect of filmmaking… from story, script, cinematography, acting, directing, editing, special FX, especially the FX, everything.

And now they want to make a sequel. I don’t know why, the movie didn’t make much money and the critics hated it. It cost $12 million to make and grossed $10 million at the box office.

And as though Uwe Boll was actually able to translate one videogame to the screen (and if you’ve played HotD… the movie is NOTHING like it, save for a zombie and a small cabin that they’re in for about 20 minutes) they’re giving him two more video game-to-movies. Alone in the Dark was a popular adventure game franchise in the 90’s, but now that’s in post-production (starring Christian Slater). Unless Uwe Boll’s been tapped on the head by an angel and granted some talent, this will be another bomb.

Finally, the director’s been given Bloodrayne… a video game that was as financially and critically successful as the HotD movie! The movie will keep the central “good-guy, hotness vampiress”, but chuck out every other part of the videogame’s story. Oh, and they’re working on a Bloodrayne 2. As a publicity stunt, they’re getting the 3D character to appear on the MTV awards. Normally, a successful franchise generates a pop-culture icon like Lara Croft. It seems that they’re trying to create a pop-culture icon in order to generate a successful franchise!

The question has been answered. I’ve been told countless times, “They have no new ideas anymore. Everything is a remake, sequel or spin-off of a successful movie/videogame/comic book/tv show. What happens when they run out of those?!?” The answer: do remakes and sequels to the unsuccessful movies, videogames, comic books and tv shows.

The point of this rant is, can someone stop HotD 2 from being made? Please?

There are three kinds of people in the world…

…Those who can count and those who can’t.

There are two kinds of people in the world…

…Those who finish what they started, and…

There is one kind of people in the world…

…Those who generalize.

I always wondered what Roy Scheider would look like as a bunny.

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These 30 Second Movies started with The Exorcist, and become really popular. One film even won an award at the Montreal Fantasia festival, and another will be competing in the Ottawa Film Festival.