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12/20/2005: "IMDB Rating System By Christopher Folino"

“Gamers” IMDB rating fell a little bit this week and it now stands at 7,970.
We are kicking “Weekend at Bernie’s 2” ass with a lowly ranking of 8,124.
However, sadly “Mannequin: On the Movie 2” is ranked lower than us at 7,593.
And God please explain to me how “Pump up the Volume” with Christian Slater is ranked number 98 on IMDB this week?

I think I’d be more upset if I was an actor and had to compete with John Holmes STARmeter at 2,755 and then realizing what will it take to be number one on IMDB?

Study and hone my craft for years? Oh, no, all it takes to be number one on the IMDB STARmeter is attempted murder of a cop, Lillo Brancato, who hovered around 5,200 until he found himself in a shoot-out with an off-duty police officer, now Lillo is number one!

Do you think Lillo’s talent agent is praying for the trial to be moved to California, home of the most amount of jury "star fuckers" in the world!

I got to think while in prison for the rest of his life, Lilo would always get picked as the lead actor in any prison plays! That IMDB STARmeter would trump everyone right?
I thought it would be fun to look up some famous stars who did some jail time and see if they could give Lilo a run for his money.

OJ Simpson who hasn’t done any acting…well on a movie screen since 1994 is ranked 3,013
Michael Jackson is 1,101 on the old ranking system
Robert Blake is currently ranked at 3,239 and in April 2002, when he was arrested for killing his wife, he rose to number 2 on the STARmeter
Biggie Smalls is ranked 4,847 and he’s been dead since 1997
Tupac Shakur is ranked at 745 and the guy who has been died since 1996 has a screenplay in production called “Live 2 Tell”
Gary Glitter is ranked 18,459 and was living large with a ranking of 2,411 in late November.



I spoke with William Katt and Beverly D’Angelo today and they both said the Indie Filmmakers Ipod cast went well. I think it will be available late January for downloading.
Once we find out, we will post links to the site.
We are still working on getting Kelly LeBrock and John Heard to do the show.
I pushed for all the other actors, however, they didn’t want them yet.
That’s right Scot, Dave, Kevin K., Kevin, and Joe you “bitches” need to climb a little higher on the STARmeter at IMDB! Why don’t you guys go do something horrible against society so you can climb up the IMDB love ladder of stars?

Quick observations before I end today’s blog

After years of listing to their god-awful radio spots, I finally saw a TV spot for The Robinson Brothers. Who the hell told them they should show their faces on TV?
Ugly people aren’t allowed to sale jewelry, that’s a job better fitted for someone like Jennifer Love Hewitt, a job that requires no acting skills, just to stand there and look “good”. By the way she’s ranked a 138 on the IMDB STARmeter!