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You guys seen this yet?
http://mftm.blogspot.com/2006/09/300-2007-promo-trailer-scoop.html


Could be fun.
Lots of yelling.

 

Looks nifty.

 

Yes, I'm aware. Next up: that Armin Shimerman guy. People like me must do something about him.

 

Maybe you could do something about Uwe Boll, then?
I haven't seen his films, but his publicity is getting pretty annoying.

EDIT: You know what, scratch that. I've got a much better list around here somewhere.

 

Hopefully Lowtax will do something.

 

Damn. I've been lurking around, hoping to get #100, but Kij421 got it instead. Guess I'll settle for #94.

Have we started thinking about the title for the next one?

 

So... how come no one's talking about the trailer for Mark Milar's 300 adaptation?

It gets a gold star from me if only for the number of times someone goes 'RAWR!'.

 

What did I win?

 

#100?

 

Posts left before the 10,000 mark. n00b.

A trip on the Skyway!

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You gonna be there? My gf and I will make it out to Village Pointe sometime before noon we hope. Give me a buzz if you're gonna be in town.


In other news, this week I started working at my college in the IDS (instructional design services) department. It's only a part-time temporary job, but let's just say with the amount of work they have on their plates I think I'll be around for a while.

Nice thing about the setup right now is that I may be able to work in the same building that all of my classes are in depending on who works where that day. There's only a few of us doing it right now so it'd be awesome if I could just make a day out of it and both work and go to class!

The reason this is so cool for me is because I literally went all summer without any form of "staff" status anywhere. First I was approached by a local video production company and they asked if I wanted to be hired on as a part-time editor. I accepted and we went through the needed motions...but then right when I was set to fill out the forms and such they wouldn't get back to me. I called at least once a week for 7 weeks and finally gave up on them because not once did I get a return call or even an e-mail. Fun stuff.

That kind of stuff happened on and off all summer - most of what I did (which wasn't as much as I would have really liked to do) was freelance jobs and a couple of video projects (weddings, corporate videos, etc.) But hey it's all part of a bigger picture eh? Kept me jumping and I'm still here and kickin' so I guess I can't complain.

 

I know!
I was impressed and posted it here, but I tell ya. It's hard to get a rise out of these people.

::hides::

 

...why does it have wheels?

EDIT: Also, I just watched the new Weird Al video.

Best comment ever from a friend of mine. "Hey, I was in chess club in high school. But I didn't play; I was there to socialize."

M. Scott

 

In case the wires break. Duh.

 

So I was driving with my buddy in Santa Monica today, talking about (true story) how cool Robert Rodriguez is and I look to my right out the window and I see a really tall guy in a bandana walking with, like, 4 little kids. Right away I knew it was Rodriguez so we parked the car and got out and talked to him for a minute. Really cool, approachable guy. He kinda seemed like he'd seen his share of filmmaker fans coming up to him on the streets, but still really cool about it. When I mentioned Grind House sounding really cool, he enthusiastically replied "Oh, man! It's going to be awesome". It was cool to see him really light up about it.

Moral of the story-- don't talk to strangers...?

 

Yeah - I thought the 300 promo looked pretty cool. I wasn't moved by the "featurette" and it does seem to have a whole lot of CG to it... But I'd be interested to see a film about the Spartans. To be honest, everything I know about them I learned from Asterix.

-Spiff

 

How Covax introduced it to me (paraphrased, I don't remember exactly):

"Now I know our helmets suck."

 

Oh, did you also fall into the magic potion when you were a baby?

 

Yeah, from your "friend". Right.

 

Man... am I in fact so old that Canadian schools stopped teaching Ancient Greek History (back in my time is was just 'History') beind my back?

*sigh*

I'm not sure how historically accurate it's supposed to be - just look at Mr. Buzzsaw Hands. It is after all based on Frank Miller's Comic so the CG and the scenery that look like painted theatre backdrops suits the mood.

 

This is the first time we've had more than twenty consequitive minutes of sun during the past week here in Seattle. I'm tempted to bask like a cat in the sunbeam streaming through the windows...but I'm at the library, and I imagine rolling around on the floor and then falling asleep might be, you know...frowned upon. Heh.

 

Chicago. Tornado Warning. Sky is pink.

Rock on.

 

I love the rain. Trade you weather. We have too much sun right now. It rained a few days in a row, but it isn't enough.


Sleeping in a sunbeam sounds nice, except the sun would probably reflect off my pale skin and start a fire or something irrational sounding like that.

 

Who would've thought all of this:
[image=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Vaportrail1519/Spidey/Picture011-1.jpg]

would fit into this?
[image=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Vaportrail1519/Spidey/Picture008.jpg]

I've recieved the first component of this year's Halloween costume. Tomorrow, I add the new eyes to the mask.
[image=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Vaportrail1519/Spidey/Picture010.jpg]

There will be some sawing, some lens trimming and some fabric gluing.
This is going to be so sweet.

 

your hair is too large sir

the 80's were like five years ago

 

But the 90s were just a moment ago.

And wait a second.
[image=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/Vaportrail1519/Funk-Evil.jpg]

So what's this then? A wig?
That's right, Funk. I kept it.