January 31, 2013

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Get Off Betty's Lawn

MAD MEN (2007) - "SHOOT"

Intercepted transmission from a season one episode written by Chris Provenzano and Matthew Weiner.

I'm wrapping up season one of Mad Men via Netflix and this is my favorite moment so far. Betty no longer gives any fucks.

Small Sack

At work, a middle aged customer bought some snacks and asked if I had a "Small sack." In my mind, I had already responded, "Well, it is a pretty cold day," but my lips refused to oblige.

It's probably for the best since the customer looked like he works for the FBI and has no sense of humor.

January 30, 2013

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Bad Blood








THE X-FILES (1998) - "BAD BLOOD"

Intercepted transmissions from a season five episode written by Vince Gilligan.

Mulder and Scully get their stories straight after Mulder kills a teenager who he believes is a vampire. Luke Wilson also shows up in the episode as a sheriff. Luke is the Payton Manning to his brother Owen's Eli, right?

January 29, 2013

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Absent E-mail


I replied to a cadet's E-mail about her upcoming absence. My original response was, "I hope your new step-mom doesn't turn out to be evil." I decided against it. Captain Perebinossoff, however, approves of her leave of absence.

January 28, 2013

INCOMING TRANSMISSIONS: Detour






THE X-FILES (1997) - "DETOUR"

Intercepted transmissions from a season five episode written by Frank Spotnitz.

Mulder and Scully say no to team building seminars and yes to tracking down what may or may not be the Moth Men. Honestly, do these two seem like they need help being a team?

January 27, 2013

DATABASE ENTRY: I'll Be Bach


Inside that violin was a flame thrower.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: The Street Fighter


THE STREET FIGHTER (AKA "Gekitotsu! Satsujin Ken") (1974)

English dubbed. Full feature film.

Shigehiro Ozawa helms this ultra violent martial arts film starring Sonny Chiba. Brace yourself for Toshiaka Tsushima's kick-ass score, X-ray blows, and Chiba's dick-ripping bad-assery.

FASCINATING BEATS: "The Lengths"



"THE LENGTHS" by THE BLACK KEYS
from RUBBER FACTORY (2004)
via HOLLY

"Track 11 on repeat."

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Leonard Betts


THE X-FILES (1997) - "LEONARD BETTS"

Mulder and Scully track down a cancer eating mutant who can regrow his own body parts, and even generate his own duplicate.

January 25, 2013

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Gangster Squad 2


BUGSY AND MUGSY (1957)

I haven't seen Gangster Squad, but I'm sure Gosling could fill Bugs Bunny's shoes.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: "...broke ur window"

INTERCEPTED FACEBOOK TRANSMISSION

Someone cuts you off on the road, smash their windshield and post about it on Facebook. Seems logical for a psychopath or a lying liar who lies.

DATABASE ENTRY: Captain Perebinossoff


This is what teaching assistants do to their instructor's course profile.

January 23, 2013

DATABASE ENTRY: Spring Breakers


SPRING BREAKERS (2013)

These are promotional photos for Harmony Korine's upcoming film, Spring Breakers. I'm sold and I didn't even have to watch this dubby wubby trailer:

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Box of Chocolates


THE X-FILES (1996) - "MUSINGS OF A CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN"

The video above was created by a student named Miranda Roper for a class project. The video only contains about half of monologue because Roper didn't finish her video. Since I can't find a video of the entire scene, here's a transcript of the full monologue which was performed by William B. Davis in the season four episode.

"Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there's nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while there's a peanut butter cup or an English toffee. But they're gone too fast and the taste is ... fleeting. So, you end up with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. And if you're desperate enough to eat those, all you've got left is an empty box filled with useless brown paper wrappers."

January 17, 2013

DATABASE ENTRY: Kimmy Jin






PITCH PERFECT (2012)

Intercepted Twitter transmissions inspired by Kimmy Jin, the roommate in Pitch Perfect.


January 16, 2013

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Syzygy







THE X-FILES (1996) - "SYZYGY"

Halfway through season three, the flood gates of sexual tension opened. And a young Ryan Reynolds dies pretty early in this episode.

January 15, 2013

DATABASE ENTRY: Nemesis Hearts






(VIA I RAFF I RUSE)

As Joker told Batman in The Dark Knight, "I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you?...you complete me!"

FASCINATING BEATS: Superbus, Brick, K'naan



"SMITH N' WESSON" by SUPERBUS
from SUNSET (2012)

I don't know what it is about these French girls, but all sorts of "Qui, s'il vous plait" to [Jennifer Ayache].


"THE SUN WHOSE RAYS ARE ALL ABLAZE" by NORA ZEHETNER
from BRICK (2005) - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

This recording is from a scene in Rian Johnson's Brick (2005). Nora Zehetner's character recites the second part from the second act of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado.


"GOLD IN TIMBUKTU" by K'NAAN
from COUNTRY, GOD OR THE GIRL (2012)

I may be listening to this, but I'm actually Google searching Jennifer Ayache.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Star Trek Tech


MODERN MARVELS: STAR TREK TECH

An episode of History Channel's Modern Marvels about the science and technology of Star Trek.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Coprophages



THE X-FILES (1995) - "WAR OF THE COPROPHAGES"

Intercepted images from another Darin Morgan penned episode. Scully was looking a bit jealous that Mulder was briefly solving a case about killer cockroaches with a sexy researcher named Bambi.