tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62299045489205376302024-03-04T23:37:43.191-08:00A Return To EquilibriumWhen you get chilled, isn't it nice to warm up again? When you're really famished, isn't it great to eat just about any kind of food? When you've done a really hard day's work, isn't it pleasant to sit down and rest? All of these are examples of WHAT PLEASURE IS: it is simply a return to equilibrium...ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-5172720816163088502014-10-12T14:28:00.000-07:002014-10-12T14:28:11.840-07:00On Privacy<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pcSlowAhvUk" width="560"></iframe><br />ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-91333205054179843682013-08-11T18:47:00.000-07:002014-10-12T14:28:48.045-07:00Uplifting/Spot On/Dead True/Funny EndingKyle Cease:<br />
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If you laughed, that's fine - that's the point. But you might keep on laughing until you cry, because it's DEAD ON TRUE.<br />
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sighilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-54277445242366364842012-06-07T17:23:00.000-07:002012-06-07T17:23:46.223-07:00Tubas In The Moonlight<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qm0a7btAtsI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
By the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Gloriously stupid. I've always liked the band, but watching them is so much more entertaining!ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-37719426567749393802012-02-16T12:44:00.000-08:002012-02-16T12:48:55.524-08:00You Can Be A Great SingerFirst watch this video of "Bev and Bob":<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o8257xNYQwk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Now, you sing. Anything. You're great.ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-39570895639412991682011-12-28T23:44:00.000-08:002011-12-28T23:51:45.722-08:00More Time TravelOf COURSE time travel is possible! We travel FORWARD in it easily enough...but going backwards or sideways, one might need to review this great "silent" film from 1923:<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/9832926?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9832926">The Einstein Theory of Relativity 1923</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3288417">ricordidimenticati</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><br />That Einstein was something else!ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-3380288320370806202011-10-26T15:04:00.000-07:002011-10-26T15:12:04.171-07:00Time Travel IS Possible!Just watch this wonderful video - the original Jonny Quest opening redone in stop-motion, and be prepared to be utterly SPOILED (you're going to want to see entire episodes like this, now!):<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28278839?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/28278839">Jonny Quest Opening Titles</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8282078">Roger D. Evans</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Be sure to visit the artist's <a href="http://www.rogerevans.tv/jq_page2.html">additional pages</a> to see more of how he managed this...<br /><br />The whole thing boggles my tiny six-years-old-again mind.<br /><br />I'm going to watch it again, probably with a bowl of Cap'n Crunch.ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-19274639169421679412011-09-18T20:22:00.000-07:002011-09-18T20:27:45.727-07:00Wonderful WaterOsaka, Japan. A "water printer", which creates images with water:<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gusJeslMbLc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />I couldn't watch this without smiling. If I were there in person, I would be right alongside those kids, ooh-ing and ah-ing!<br /><br />I wonder how this might look in a darker setting, incorporating some lights?<br /><br />Ooh! Ah!ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-70656035621725611612011-04-27T13:15:00.000-07:002011-04-27T13:34:57.143-07:00Tiny Tim - The Ice Caps Are MeltingWhether you liked his music or not, there is no denying that Tiny Tim was a true original - honest, well-mannered, strange, an expert in early 20th century popular music, friends with the Beatles and Bob Dylan, worked in a circus...<br /><br />Here is "The Ice Caps Are Melting", from some television program, sometime in the 1960's:<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8DEoOdcYKbc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Is it just me, or is there more than a passing resemblance to Gene Wilder's portrayal of Willy Wonka here? Sure, the frizzy hair, and the similar facial features, and "fine" manner of dress...but also the sheer loopiness, the psychedelia, the dark humor, the not-so-hidden undercurrent of malevolence?<br /><br />Not to mention the bewildered children.<br /><br />Tiny Tim was SCARY COOL.ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-75982092805806089412011-04-25T18:32:00.000-07:002011-04-25T18:37:58.285-07:00I Have No Words To Add...<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/etU_wtP5Pck" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-5919847917746550512011-03-19T21:12:00.000-07:002011-03-19T21:30:07.154-07:00Indian Version Of THRILLER<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zL6xgki326E?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Good gosh - WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?!? Mekhal Jashun = "Girdle Celebration"! Look around for Indian Superman, Indian Transformers, and Indian Matrix, too...You know, you can improve just about ALL the American video-tripe by adding catchy music, bright colors and a few great dance moves!ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-78711821647649342672011-02-05T23:33:00.000-08:002011-02-05T23:44:08.222-08:00Some More BeatlesHere is some comedy from the BBC: Harry and Paul doing "The Beatles...Fifty years on". There are a handful of these out, some more than a year old - I only just found them, and thought I would share:<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5BpEUJMqXKM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Another episode has the elder Beatles meeting up with the Oasis brothers, who keep calling the Fab Four "Knob'eds"...John gets them good by saying "They ought to call you fellows the Dung Beatles...because you're like the Beatles, but sh*t!"ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-50493640569924422842011-01-21T15:43:00.001-08:002011-01-21T16:01:08.123-08:00B.S. Stars As B.S.Here is the lovely Brooke Shields starring in "Brenda Starr". <br /><br />This movie evidently was a big bomb when it came out in 1989...I don't know why. I think it is a great campy tribute to the long-running (only recently-ended) newspaper strip. The casting is absolutely dead-on. A few well-placed swear words toward the end of the movie are seemingly out of place in the context of the film, and therefore are even funnier than they might be otherwise (no swears in this clip, the first of nine).<br /><br />There are plenty of funny/stupid things here to laugh at: "Donovan O'Shay" (Public enemy number three) is "Donovan Hochet" in the french subtitle..."Don't worry about me, boys...SHOOT!"...<br /><br />My favorite part in this clip happens at about 8:15...<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aR5NMooYXh0" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-7540655650449969552010-11-21T21:39:00.000-08:002010-11-21T21:48:05.577-08:00Incredible Puppet Production<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16990630?color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16990630">The Narrative of Victor Karloch</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3963984">Kevin McTurk</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Yow! A pretty far cry from Mr Roger's Land Of Make-Believe...<br /><br /><br />Looks terribly interesting - there's a bit more info about the project <a href="http://www.thespiritcabinet.com/01_MenuPage/Menu.html">HERE</a>.ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-65489918990661846792010-08-21T11:48:00.000-07:002010-08-21T12:00:16.222-07:00"Empire Strikes Back" As Silent FilmHere we have a beautiful clip from "The Empire Strikes Back", remixed as a silent film, complete with tinkly piano score, missed frames, and title cards.<br /><br />It certainly is amazing to see how much the feel of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" comes through in this - his influence is still felt more than eighty years after that masterpiece... <br /><br />Lordy, what's not to like? I'd love to see the whole original trilogy like this!<br /><br />Here is "Anachronisme":<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eOjzLggAKis?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eOjzLggAKis?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-4072358003539336712010-05-30T12:33:00.000-07:002010-05-30T12:47:34.820-07:00Giant Deep-Sea Diver Walks The Streets Of France<object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tHzf2cjOxKs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tHzf2cjOxKs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br />Here's a video of a HUGE marionette. It looks like he's about thirty feet tall. He's walking the streets of France, looking for his lost daughter, a twenty-foot tall little girl in a yellow raincoat. He ends up finding her and walking her home. <br /><br />What's not to like?<br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xgum5wV6i_k&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xgum5wV6i_k&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br /><br />I believe this festival happens in Jules Verne's home town, as a tribute to his work.ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-59899996609266243352010-05-15T15:39:00.000-07:002010-05-15T15:57:06.035-07:00Big Butter Jesus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vn5an2wDYbFy_jwg3bIvAugl-oLm_LPVj9tZkzxOECwRxUFIZt5M8HeKUv5IVzF9lb0w2BhenAIA8qARoiMObIkOm4B1aLdhn__3CWEzHukr_5G9RGoPPRjsytsdAgSEK0hvinOagnRI/s1600/BigButterJesus-3FrickinD-Tagged.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vn5an2wDYbFy_jwg3bIvAugl-oLm_LPVj9tZkzxOECwRxUFIZt5M8HeKUv5IVzF9lb0w2BhenAIA8qARoiMObIkOm4B1aLdhn__3CWEzHukr_5G9RGoPPRjsytsdAgSEK0hvinOagnRI/s400/BigButterJesus-3FrickinD-Tagged.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471632937706003218" /></a><br />During a recent trip near Dayton, Ohio, I took the advice of some strange friends and went to go visit the "Big Butter Jesus" - which is what some heathens call this huge statue of the big J. It's sort of yellowish-gray, and looks as if it might have been carved out of butter. Like for a state fair.<br /><br />Some motorists get out of their cars and take a picture with three people to the right of the BBJ, making letters with their arms: "Y" (Jesus' letter), "M", "C", and "A". Yup - YMCA!<br /><br />I just took a stereo photo of the big guy. First, click on the image to make it big, then cross your eyes until you get a third Jesus in the middle...focus, and there he is, in all of his three-dimensional glory!<br /><br />Oh, and a STRANGE thing: my car's "Check Engine" light had been lit for about ten months - but just as I left the BBJ, the light turned off, and has remained off for several weeks now! NO JOKE. Hmmmm...ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-25500457442412815572010-05-13T13:17:00.000-07:002010-05-13T13:23:10.183-07:00Way Groovy Beatles VidHere's a vid I only just caught - I guess it's been out for six or eight months, since it's an ad for the Beatles Rock Band. But it's not one of those ugly shots of the game with the wooden moptop cutouts, it's a really SHARP animated "cinematic" version:<br /><br /><object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hSLLxRmR3nY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hSLLxRmR3nY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object>ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-32772555850022600122010-04-17T14:03:00.000-07:002010-04-17T14:11:33.490-07:00Monolith Action Figure<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPxv5CGrDpMB_qCp-55X0AvuCIvgm_04f_kn2ory70A-fnD-fGFPCNoV4HcV9nig4dn44VoTOkl2ZoFZ7uN9ZLNxux7M-zMThP9AzKKmBkEZNC29Cy8hbwVUs2c81ieMCb-2jnCUWJV_1/s1600/Monolith1.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmPxv5CGrDpMB_qCp-55X0AvuCIvgm_04f_kn2ory70A-fnD-fGFPCNoV4HcV9nig4dn44VoTOkl2ZoFZ7uN9ZLNxux7M-zMThP9AzKKmBkEZNC29Cy8hbwVUs2c81ieMCb-2jnCUWJV_1/s400/Monolith1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461215959802189762" border="0" /></a><br />Now you can own your own 2001 / 2010 Monolith:<br /><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/monolith-action-figure.shtml?cpg=128H"><br />http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/monolith-action-figure.shtml?cpg=128H</a><br /><br />And with the general collapse of the US Space Program, unless you have fifty million dollars or so to piggyback along with the Ruskies, this is as close to the real thing as you're ever going to get.<br /><br />*sigh*ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-90070663306619620302010-03-07T15:36:00.000-08:002010-03-07T16:06:32.880-08:00Strange And BeautifulHere's a neat video.<br /><br />This is a photographic method called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle">"tilt-shift"</a>. It is based on the use of certain lenses that have very specific focal lengths, which keep a central area in fine focus, while fuzzing out nearer and farther areas. Which ends up making the entire plateau look like a miniature (as this super-tight focus is often used in photographing tiny objects). This video artist, Keith Loutit, has used this method along with time-lapse, to create a movie that has that "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" stop-motion look to it. In miniature. But it's all REAL. Full-sized people, buildings, ships, mountains, oceans...<br /><br />I find it all mesmerizing and beautiful.<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3156959&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3156959&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/3156959">Bathtub IV</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/keithloutit">Keith Loutit</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><p>Here's another:<br /><br /><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NK357O9mZPI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NK357O9mZPI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></p><p><br /></p>ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-54195215703483992052010-01-05T14:00:00.000-08:002010-01-05T14:08:02.949-08:00A Study That Needed To Be Done (?)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikE746wdaokrPydXeHXilW3NKCePE4ouGAcEmgh5dscUsJg75IvIypP2C6sCSF9mpU_Ag9B3pQD6aiDtf_VUsrWi4I24GiCywUBT1kQuGqlt-2FHLFzzqEJaDJy0gcnZYMwDprJDjKEtRc/s1600-h/anal_chili.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikE746wdaokrPydXeHXilW3NKCePE4ouGAcEmgh5dscUsJg75IvIypP2C6sCSF9mpU_Ag9B3pQD6aiDtf_VUsrWi4I24GiCywUBT1kQuGqlt-2FHLFzzqEJaDJy0gcnZYMwDprJDjKEtRc/s400/anal_chili.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423380108908950994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Click <a href="http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowFulltext&ArtikelNr=000107716&Ausgabe=233634&ProduktNr=223996"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">HERE</span></a> - read the TRUE MEDICAL STUDY, then whack your forehead with the palm of your hand and say: "No sh*t, Sherlock!"<br /><br />Maybe next they can study the effects of salt in an open wound...ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-3408105198885832192009-11-13T09:18:00.000-08:002009-11-13T10:43:06.760-08:00The Key To Reserva<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WMCDuz-6GPmf6-mESd7FKGGk_w8aFuJwZhItDI9H8rNIm9llDNs9Q8FsmIlzhvIXajRjXH2FK2wABKa37P3E_e2q2rSDfi0TflxTeRrh8g04szrA0o8RqpcpGiBUIGFJzHSfdxsW2T9-/s1600-h/KeyToReserva.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WMCDuz-6GPmf6-mESd7FKGGk_w8aFuJwZhItDI9H8rNIm9llDNs9Q8FsmIlzhvIXajRjXH2FK2wABKa37P3E_e2q2rSDfi0TflxTeRrh8g04szrA0o8RqpcpGiBUIGFJzHSfdxsW2T9-/s400/KeyToReserva.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403646200825245986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />A phenomenal advertisement by Freixenet: Martin Scorsese directs this "restoration" of a Hitchcock film that was never made (all that remains are the opening act and closing scene in script form).<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.scorsesefilmfreixenet.com/video_eng.htm">HERE</a> to see the film.<br /><br />The great charm of this pastiche is due in no small part to the inclusion of actual "Hitchcock" music: pieces by the composer Bernard Herrmann (and I believe that these versions were also conducted by old "fire-and-brimstone" Herrmann). Be sure to watch for all of the tiny little nods to Hitch along the way...I especially liked the Richard Thorndike monogram.<br /><br />It stars Simon Baker (Patrick Jane on tv's "The Mentalist"). I prefer him in this role, as he does not speak. Perfect.<br /><br />One might consider this very high-brow Spinal Tap.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WGaoft3hhDaKmxenw1AZBRsTHC8_4wiIM4x7PquXUkB_6WhkpfOQ0Ahc4QjRwMsiR9uCDIxMGBMoEU4CJkdPtKgv9K4NPgeN7f65XJQnF1Gvqk4f8_cxUnBwsTFhgm4quzvtJB2IxxF2/s1600-h/KeyToReserva2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WGaoft3hhDaKmxenw1AZBRsTHC8_4wiIM4x7PquXUkB_6WhkpfOQ0Ahc4QjRwMsiR9uCDIxMGBMoEU4CJkdPtKgv9K4NPgeN7f65XJQnF1Gvqk4f8_cxUnBwsTFhgm4quzvtJB2IxxF2/s400/KeyToReserva2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403651958388755410" border="0" /></a>And these pre- and post-production shots are just great! Surprising how much we saw in the flick wasn't actually there! I wonder how Brian DePalma would have done on a project like this...ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-45337129095644660302009-10-15T20:06:00.000-07:002009-10-15T20:41:57.368-07:00Finally - A Use For Those Damned ATHEISTS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NE5qg5PPjU_PIg3qRQ492elbcMKYreabCj7EGkINhoo6b-kTqerxnrkYQhmSjewJAaawrD8cEhCa3nbIEc16rLZ2IB9207o_sFDZ0v2kMXhBhlzUKA5WfENPu9dQaoqWrpNnmxafU-Gb/s1600-h/puppies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NE5qg5PPjU_PIg3qRQ492elbcMKYreabCj7EGkINhoo6b-kTqerxnrkYQhmSjewJAaawrD8cEhCa3nbIEc16rLZ2IB9207o_sFDZ0v2kMXhBhlzUKA5WfENPu9dQaoqWrpNnmxafU-Gb/s400/puppies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393036067648143362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;font-size:20;" ><span style="color: rgb(130, 35, 40);"><strong>You've committed your life to Jesus. <span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;font-size:20;" ><strong>You know you're saved.</strong> </span> But when the Rapture comes what's to become of your loving pets who are left behind? <a href="http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html">E</a></strong><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;font-size:20;" ><strong><a href="http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html">t</a></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;font-size:20;" ><span style="color: rgb(130, 35, 40);"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia,'times new roman',times,serif;font-size:20;" ><strong><a href="http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html">ernal Earth-Bound Pets</a> takes that burden off your mind.</strong></span></span></span><br /><br />Well, gee whiz, when the Rapture comes, and Jesus takes all of you Good Christians up to Heaven, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR PETS BEHIND because doggies and kitties are just dumb animules that don't belong in the Kingdom of Heaven...why not have one of those poor slob left-behind atheists take care of your beloved recently-orphaned pets?<br /><br />Every one of their pet caretakers has signed a contract stating that they are true atheists (thereby ensuring that they will be left on the earth after the Rapture), and that they are real pet lovers, who will continue to take care of your pets as one of their own.<br /><br />What a great idea - and everybody wins (except for the atheists, who will burn in Hell even though they took care of the sweet animals...oh, well, THEIR CHOICE!).ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-90200686924333718562009-10-04T12:42:00.000-07:002010-11-21T22:40:59.912-08:00The Mercury Men<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/hKMdgZXkRAI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="300" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br /><br />Coming "soon"...an internet serial sci-fi adventure! Looks pretty impressive!ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229904548920537630.post-40138314117952992682009-08-01T18:00:00.000-07:002009-08-09T10:25:00.812-07:00Louis CK - Hits The Nail On The Head<object height="296" width="512"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/TDph7qMapMxRVwh4vrjH0g"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/TDph7qMapMxRVwh4vrjH0g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="296" width="512"></embed></object><br /><br />First, watch this very insightful and funny man.<br /><br />THEN - sit back, and bask in the wonder of what just happened. If, for some reason, you just can't feel the warm gloriousness, then you are horribly spoiled, and you suck.<br /><br />Either way, have a nice day.ilamfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024115928980726140noreply@blogger.com0