tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63095362011-07-30T16:03:06.991-05:00IN WHICH I HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO SAYAlexnoreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-9363643565343761962009-12-20T22:34:00.004-06:002009-12-20T23:14:36.012-06:00

Go fuck yourself, Hollywood. We don't need this. Not like this. Please, not like this.I mean, another Ghostbusters movie would be just fine, if it was awesome. None of these ideas are awesome. Bill Murray would be back as a ghost? "...a sort of Slimer character?" The baby from the second one's a ghostbuster now?Bill Murray as a ghost is a terrible fucking idea. Actually, reviving old franchises

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-75539071919372677962009-12-20T21:58:00.005-06:002009-12-20T22:23:16.253-06:00

Celebrity down!I'm, of course, referring to the sad recent news of the far-too-soon death of one of my personal favorite young starlets of our day...Yes, Dan O'Bannon, writer of Alien, Total Recall, Heavy Metal, Dark Star, writer and director of Return of the Living Dead (totally worth watching), died Thursday of complications from a 33-year fight against Crohn's Disease. Ain't It Cool News ran a

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-24980503071984483662009-12-20T21:30:00.004-06:002009-12-20T21:47:49.335-06:00

Paramount has announced a third Jackass "movie" currently shooting in 3D for a release on October 10th, 2010. Johnny Knoxville's quote (that he clearly spent all night thinking of):"We're going to take the same 3D technology James Cameron used in 'Avatar' and stick it up Steve O's butt. We're taking stupid to a whole new dimension."I really didn't think they'd ever let these assholes do this

Alexnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-79143102842738436242009-12-20T03:08:00.004-06:002009-12-20T14:05:52.375-06:00

A little background music. Just let this play in the background while you read this piece.Yes, Variety is reporting that director Bryan Singer has signed on to helm X-Men: First Class, a prequel to the X-Men movies, focusing on the first years of that wacky mutant school. Here's a little history - get ready for me to flex my movie-news-nerd muscles:Singer directed the first X-Men movie, which you

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-64612987622827173322009-12-19T22:11:00.004-06:002009-12-19T22:38:46.729-06:00

I'd call this movie news because this is basically a documentary that has premiered on the internet. Somebody on youtube just released a 70-minute video (split up into 10 7-minute segments) review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.Really. Watch that. His explanation of the necessity of a protagonist in any given story is so impressively thorough that it more than proves his credibility

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-12892300258771208642009-12-18T16:51:00.005-06:002009-12-18T17:04:24.674-06:00

Yep, nothing to complain about here. I just saw James "Terminator 2 Means I'll Always Be Worth Your Time" Cameron's first movie in twelve years, AVATAR. I caught a 3D IMAX showing at Navy Pier. And, holy shit, the flick delivers.I'd like to tell you a lot of stuff about why it all worked in what was ultimately one of the more satisfying narratives of the year, but I don't want to spoil anything (

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-1154697447874411712009-12-13T14:17:00.004-06:002009-12-15T09:59:32.590-06:00

the news-part real quick: New movie's coming out, called The Crazies. It's a remake of an older movie of the same name, by George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead director, he pretty much invented zombies.) I didn't see the original and I doubt I ever will, it just doesn't look worth going out of my way for. Anyway, trailer got released for the new Crazies. Check it out.Looks pretty fun,

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-25259532287466800992009-12-09T08:35:00.007-06:002009-12-09T09:07:11.134-06:00

Spider-Man 3 was seriously terrible. I could go on, at length, about why, but all I really need to do is show you this scene, which actually happened in the movie:Scenes like that are totally why I was into Spider-Man as a kid. Oh, wait, no, I was into the 90s Spider-Man cartoon growing up because he was a wise-ass, who was always cracking jokes while alternately getting beat up by or beating up

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-48750463492767760562009-12-01T07:40:00.007-06:002009-12-01T08:31:13.084-06:00

I've known for a while now (and the rage has been simmering in me) that The Karate Kid, one of my favorite VHS tapes from childhood and the reason I fell in love with Elisabeth Shue at a very young age, is being remade. Jaden Smith (son of Will) is taking the role of the titular kid, and Jackie Chan (yep) has inherited the Mr. Miyagi role (that originally got Pat Morita an Oscar nomination). If

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-2087939263081467902009-12-01T00:06:00.006-06:002009-12-01T01:22:33.487-06:00

Just kidding. Apparently I wasn't the only one uncomfortable with the announcement of Adrien Brody headlining the new Predator movie (now titled Predators. I see what they did there.) I'm honestly a fan of Brody as an actor (he's awesome in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam) but I just don't think he's right for a testosterone-fest on par with the original Predator. I'll sum up my original post with this

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-40588954223441373962009-11-05T19:55:00.001-06:002009-11-05T19:57:24.268-06:00

Alright, now somebody is seriously fucking with me.http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/11/05/exclusive-anna-faris-to-star-in-yogi-bear/

Alexnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-76721995846823257962009-11-03T12:52:00.005-06:002009-11-03T13:01:45.486-06:00

So today I get on slashfilm.com and I see two new articles.1) Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the CGI lead character in a new Marmaduke film.2) Shawn Levy, director of Night at the Museum, is developing a live-action/CGI hybrid film based on The Berenstein Bears.Okay, kids, I just can't even go into detail about this. I'm finished. I don't want to go to Hollywood anymore. I don't want to be in

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-57142664781286342462009-10-30T03:12:00.005-05:002009-10-30T03:42:17.736-05:00

Alright, I almost posted about this before, but I didn't do it. And now there are more casting announcements for the Thor movie. Specifically, Anthony Hopkins has been added to the cast. I know what you're saying, "Alex, that's not that big a deal, he's a great actor but he's been in plenty of shitty movies, of course he'd show up in one of the five million comic book adaptations rushing to

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-58785770639954227932009-10-29T01:47:00.010-05:002009-10-29T04:20:10.028-05:00

Yes, you read that (almost) clever headline correctly - Silent Hill, the barely successful 2006 film adaptation of the huge video game franchise, is getting a sequel. I've encountered very few people who even remember the existence of the original film, but apparently that's successful enough - a sequel is officially in the works. So far the only two returning from the first film are writer Roger

Alexnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-20737173267513769592009-10-08T02:55:00.004-05:002009-10-08T03:19:11.252-05:00

So Adrien Brody's been cast as the lead in Predators, the remake of 1987's Predator with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers and Bill Duke and Jesse Ventura and all those other cinema badasses.Let's recap the casting moves in the Predator franchise thus far, not counting those godawful movies where they fight the Aliens. The original Predator is a veritable showcase of manliness. Seriously,

Alexnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-54271798400449628572009-09-24T12:03:00.002-05:002009-09-24T12:14:29.676-05:00

Variety is reporting that Marvel has decided to "rev the throttle" on another Ghost Rider movie with Nicolas Cage. I'm pretty sure anyone reading this right now is just beginning to remember that there was, in fact, a Ghost Rider movie with Nicolas Cage. Nobody cared back then, nobody cares now, and the idea that you're not even going to try to reboot it, you're just making another one for the

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-6554626540417869512009-09-17T11:47:00.003-05:002009-09-17T11:57:40.525-05:00

soooo this is now going to be used as my personal blog for my Writing for New Media class. While I'd like to simply continue documenting my occasional reckless drunken shenanigans, I also feel I need to give the thing a little effort and do some more opinion pieces, kind of giving my blog a more focused feel. As popular as my barcelona entry continues to be with people i run into at parties (

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-39107832045268096292009-07-15T03:55:00.002-05:002009-07-15T04:03:35.184-05:00

okay so i got a $177 ticket for peeing in public that i don't even remember. this, along with the debts i already had from overdrafting while drunk, led me to a decision: i'm not drinking for two weeks. i have decided to document this at least a little bit, but i'm already three days in. in summary:DAY ONEI was hung over, so this day barely even counts.DAY TWOJob interview, making a video for

Alexnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-89205200396159176672009-07-11T06:19:00.001-05:002009-07-11T06:20:31.149-05:00

i have no memory of this incident. i think i'm going to take it easy for a while, the whole drinking thing.

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-37547542629037200542009-06-18T04:23:00.001-05:002009-06-18T04:23:48.166-05:00

why did my dad just e-mail me this picture

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-61446418344309363412009-03-16T10:51:00.007-05:002009-03-16T13:11:16.861-05:00

oh, shit. where to begin.i was in barcelona for three days, kind of. two, really. the second day there i did nice touristy stuff that was non-dangerous. walked for a long time. that kind of stuff. not really blog material but makes for a nice photo album.i'm not here to tell you about that day.my first day, thursday, i arrive in barcelona, sit down, read stephen king and wait for taylor. during

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-40562168282860639652009-03-10T04:01:00.005-05:002009-03-10T20:12:44.152-05:00

Whuddup. I'm in an internet cafe in Athens right now that I just kind of found while exploring. I left my hostel in Corfu at around 5:30am for my flight here. Now I'm here and my flight to Barcelona (connecting in London) isn't until 9pm. So I gots time, yknow? I'm just chillin in Athens alone.Where to begin.I believe the last time we spoke, you and I, I was just letting you know what it's like

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-78198178933079687162009-01-30T10:51:00.001-06:002009-01-30T10:52:18.711-06:00

"My granddad's house is older than your country."-Sam, a local who disagreed with my making fun of the way british people say "zed" instead of "z"

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-60944304195450591792009-01-20T09:36:00.004-06:002009-01-20T11:48:29.835-06:00

i had half a post written about getting here but i'm not even going to finish it. i jumped on a plane last week, came to london, and i'm here now. the hangover i had the morning after i got here, which was hangover combined with jet lag, was definitely on the top two hangovers i've ever had (in no order, the other being the hangover after the super bowl freshman year, during which i took a bath

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-80342262901461087652008-12-27T01:59:00.006-06:002008-12-27T02:49:07.887-06:00

So I was being a dick to my ex-roommate via the Facebook wall of his friend and was drawn into a discussion of what movies are "timeless," their definition of timeless being something that people will still watch in fifty years.This just seems pointless to me. There are movies that I seek out and watch that were made over fifty years ago. 40s detective shit that rocks (because nobody can disarm

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-22837053318761130922008-12-24T16:02:00.007-06:002008-12-25T01:09:06.960-06:00

i originally posted this a few days ago (sunday night i think), but then i removed it because i was nervous people would read stuff about themselves and be mad. this entry goes into more detail than would ever be necessary. however, i've decided: "fuck it". as a bonus, i've taken the time to include something i always originally wanted in this post, but didn't have the money for the first time

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-9901168650078736482008-12-15T12:56:00.001-06:002008-12-15T12:56:13.154-06:00

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-40532343030359235382008-12-15T00:48:00.003-06:002008-12-15T00:53:42.973-06:00

in chronological order1. We'll move you out on Sunday!2. It's going to snow. We'll move you out on Monday!3. We're busy. Take the bus home on Monday, and we'll come back down to get your stuff that weekend!4. We're really busy. Take the bus home on Monday, then take the van and drive to chicago to move yourself out!tomorrow's showtime. i'm pretty excited to see what happens.

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-9441101065373543422008-12-12T02:15:00.002-06:002008-12-12T02:21:15.923-06:00

when are they going to invent the technology that will let us fight diseases in our own bodies via remote controlled microscopic robots in our bloodstream, like a video game, because people good at video games could then just defeat any disease for anybody at a price.the harder diseases like cancer or something would just be like playing a really high difficulty level. Video games would no longer

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-83536206597408166922008-12-09T22:39:00.002-06:002008-12-09T22:49:24.912-06:00

so i set this thing up just cuz i'm about to leave the country and i thought it'd be sweet to write about it/post pictures/etc all remaining on morelike.com's server so i wouldn't lose it to time or something.in the meantime before i get out of here i'll probably just write about my boring american life which involves a lot of drinking and video games and little else. this week is an exception

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309536.post-85590938022592801192008-12-08T15:18:00.000-06:002008-12-08T15:21:55.448-06:00

Fuck.

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