September 30, 2013

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Breaking Bad - In Memoriam



Intercepted footage of Grantland's in memoriam for all the characters who died during the series run of BREAKING BAD.

Nice reference to Friday Night Lights, another great television series that Meth Damon (Jesse Plemons) used to be a regular on.


September 25, 2013

TRAILER: Need for Speed



It's like a more talkative version of Drive, but with Jesse Pinkman.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Casting the Batman



Intercepted footage of CASTING THE BATMAN from The Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector's Edition box set out tomorrow.

Cillian Murphy seems like he would have made one creepy Bruce Wayne.

September 21, 2013

TRAILER: +1



I'm pretty sure this was inspired by true events (specifically the Brian Holloway story about teens breaking into his home and trashing it during a party).

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Eraserhead Stories



Intercepted footage from ERASERHEAD STORIES (2001), a documentary interview with director David Lynch about the six year effort to produce his first feature film.

It's great how Lynch will go on wild tangents while talking about making the film.

You can watch ERASERHEAD (1977) on YouTube.

TRAILER: Blue is the Warmest Color



NC-17--how exciting!

DATABASE ENTRY: Bats in the Head



September 19, 2013

TRAILER: Dracula 3D



For some reason, Dario Argento and digital video doesn't seem right to me.

FASCINATING BEATS: Two-by-Four


Two-by-Four


"DON'T BELIEVE A THING I SAY" by JACK JOHNSON
from FROM HERE TO NOW TO YOU (2013)

"I GOT YOU" by JACK JOHNSON
from FROM HERE TO NOW TO YOU (2013)

There's not much to say besides all of Jack Johnson's music sound alike--it's all Jack Johnsony.

"PRIMETIME" by JANELLE MONAE feat. MIGUEL
from THE ELECTRIC LADY (2013)

The two of them sound good together.

"DOROTHY DANDRIDGE EYES" by JANELLE MONAE feat. ESPERANZA SPALDING
from THE ELECTRIC LADY (2013)

Monae sounds good with Esperanza Spalding, too.

"ALIEN DAYS" by MGMT
from MGMT (2013)

This is the type of music you get high to, right?

"COOL SONG NO. 2" by MGMT
from MGMT (2013)

I'm calling it now: this song will be used in some sort of high frame rate sequence, promo or movie trailer.

"EVERYTHING" by NINE INCH NAILS
from HESITATION MARKS (2013)

It's probably one of the more upbeat songs on the entire album, even though the lyrics aren't exactly One Direction "upbeat." Which is a good thing, I suppose.

"FIND MY WAY" by NINE INCH NAILS
from HESITATION MARKS (2013)

You still got it, Trent Reznor. On a side note, I chuckled to myself a little when I heard NIN's "The Mark Has Been Made" during a promo for Sons of Anarchy.

DATABASE ENTRY: Ranma & Genma

Nothing like a little panda/father and son/daughter bonding time.

DATABASE ENTRY: Lauren Cohan is Magic

I'm fine if the writers decide to kill off Maggie on THE WALKING DEAD as long as there's a ZATANNA television series waiting for Lauren Cohan to star in.



TRAILER: Toy Story of Terror



A Toy Story Halloween special is set to air on ABC this October.

September 10, 2013

DATABASE ENTRY: Rogue Job


INCOMING TRANSMISSION: Gordon Cole













Intercepted footage of David Lynch as Gordon Cole from Lynch's television series TWIN PEAKS (1990) and the prequel film TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992).

I hope I can be Gordon Cole when I get older.

Coffee on the Rocks

This morning at the McDonald's drive thru, I ordered iced coffee with my sausage McMuffin with egg.

"Would you like a specific flavor for your iced coffee?"

"Do you have vodka?"

"Sorry, we don't."

"On the rocks will be fine, then."

September 8, 2013

DATABASE ENTRY: Let's Punch It

Star Trek Into Khan comes out this week on the bluest of rays.

INCOMING TRANSMISSION: History of Resident Evil



Intercepted footage of Capcom's Resident Evil games. It's not much of a documentary, but a pretty nice compliation of the franchise's 23 games.

Just thinking about that old camera system in the first three Resident Evil games, plus "Code: Veronica," is giving me a headache.

DATABASE ENTRY: Pokemeth

Walter White, Pokemon master.

September 1, 2013

DATABASE ENTRY: Captain Janeway is the New Black


Kate Mulgrew, who played Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager, is in the first season of Netflix's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. She plays head bitch in charge of the prison kitchen, Galina "Red" Reznikov.

Just imagine, instead of Tuvok and Neelix fusing together in that one episode of Voyager, Janeway and Neelix fused and speaks with Mulgrew's Red Claw voice from Batman: The Animated Series.




Cats are Assholes

I got meow'd at work the other day.

A girl, sort of hipster looking with long dark hair, was picking change out of her purse. She accidently dropped some on the counter and then whispered "meow" as she picked it back up.

"Did you just 'meow' at me?" I asked with slight amusement.

"Yes," she answered shyly. Homegirl went on to add that she loves cats, "but I don't have any!" When she left, I asked the next customer if she likes cats.

"I hate cats! And I've got two!" the Second Girl answered with a full on rage boner. "They keep shedding hair and coughing up--ugh! Cats are assholes."

It was confirmed that day, by myself and two others, that cats are indeed assholes. YouTube and Tumblr offer further proof.

DATABASE ENTRY: House Girls

(via Criterion)

The cast of Nobuhiko Obayashi's Japanese horror film, House (1977).