Friday, February 17, 2006The long and good weekend for “Gamers” by Christopher FolinoFirst off, thanks to Paul Rivas, the man we based the Paul character of the movie after, for being our guest blogger this morning. It’s nice to see somebody is watching the Olympics! Sadly, I can tell you who is in the lead for “Skating with Celebrities.” Paul will be spicing the blog up with his take on the Olympics and Hockey, he’s trying to reach that coveted fan base and turn them onto “Gamers” Let’s spend some time talking about “Gamers” I will be reviewing a cut of the film this weekend taking notes on small details for the audio guys and the film editors. We are so damn close it’s exciting, I can’t stress enough how much better this movie has gotten since we screened it for the cast and crew in mid October. So what’s changed? The film is longer by three minutes, it’s over 87 minutes and 11 new scenes have been added. Furthermore, original scenes have been re-worked, re-arranged and title cards are in place to help set-up each character. And best of all, it’s thirty percent more offensive! It’s close, we are so damn close and it’s worth the wait. posted @ 10:21 PM PDT [link] [Karma: 3 (+/-)] "Olympic Ice Hockey - Part 1" by Olympic Correspondent Paul Rivas At the Olympic break, the Detroit Red Wings are atop the NHL standings with a record of 39-13-5. Two days of Olympic Ice Hockey action have taken place since the NHL shut down (only for 14 days this time, thank the hockey gods the lock-out is over!) and today the men's teams have a break before continuing the fast-paced, hard hitting action we have seen so far. Many familiar faces are playing for their home countries. Canada and the USA's teams are completely made up of NHL players, the Czech Republic's roster is made up of all but one player currently on a NHL team (former L.A. Kings goalie Milan Hnilicka is the exception), Finland (before injuries) had a roster of all but two NHL players. Russia and Sweden are packed with the best the NHL has to offer but the big surprise team so far has been the Slovakian team. The Slovakian team has a NHL filled defense led by the 6'9" Zdeno Chara (that is 6'9" without skates). L.A. Kings sensation Lubomir Visnovsky and quietly impressive rookie Andrej Meszaros of the Ottawa Senators who have helped the Slovaks to a 2-0 record and the top spot in Group B. With the likes of Marian Hossa, Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik, Peter Bondra, Miro Satan and rookie scoring machine Marek Svatos, few worried that the Slovakian team would have problems putting the puck in the net. The concern was could the combo of young Peter Budaj (backup goalie for the Colorado Avalanche) and former NHL goalie Jan Lasak keep the puck out of the net. The big story from Group A at this point is Finland and the number 0. 0 as in the number of goals the Finns have had scored on them. Prior to the Olympic Games Finland’s top two goalies dropped out with injuries. Philadelphia's Antero Niittymaki has come in and stood tall with unknown Fredrik Norrena of Swedish Elite League's Linkoping getting the second back-to-back shutout. Teemu Selanne already has 4 goals and an assist to lead all scorers. Tomorrow there are two big games: Slovakia vs. USA at 11 am pt and the Czech Republic vs. Finland at noon pt. As for the women, the US and Canadian teams look destined to battle it out for the gold once again. Canada is 3-0 with an incredible 36 goals for and only 1 goal against while the USA team is also 3-0 and has scored 18 goals while allowing 3. Hayley Wickenheiser (the female Wayne Gretzky to some) is leading the scoring with 5 goals and 7 assists for Team Canada. If you get a chance, check out the the Gold Metal game at 11:30 am pt on Monday. posted @ 09:44 AM PDT [link] [Karma: -1 (+/-)] Thursday, February 16, 2006"Dick and Breast jokes" by Christopher FolinoMan shot by Cheney to remain hospitalized for about a week after suffering a mild heart attack when a shotgun pellet in his chest traveled to his heart. Dick Cheney made light of the situation by opening up his shirt and showing the war wounds from all his heart surgeries. The former CEO of Halliburton got carried away for the press as he punched his hand into the area where his heart should be located. However, to the amazement of everyone, Mr. Cheney instead pulled out a working “Easy-Bake-Oven” and began making decorative cookies for everyone. The Vice President gloated, “Hearts are for pussies! I ate mine a long, long time ago!” Cheney: Shooting Victim is not to Blame –Vice President Dick Cheney rejects any notion that his victim bears any responsibility for the shooting accident; instead he blames the entire incident on “Terrorist Quails”. “These were a bunch of sleeper cell Quails from al-Qaida! That’s right “al-Qaida Quails” and I caught them flying over my car and attempting to defecate on the Little America Flags which are attached to my front hood! The hell if I’ll let any terrorist bird go number “two” on “Old Glory!” “However, when I took aim my friend, Harry Whittington, dove to protect the flag the same time I opened fire. It was a beautiful and tragic moment in our countries history. Kind of like Pamela Anderson boycotting Kentucky Derby –Miss Anderson first boycotted Kentucky Fried Chicken months ago and now she’s against the Derby. KFC struck back and announced plans to for a new meal inspired by Anderson that they call “Skanky Chickfila” –It contains two 15 year-old breast patties injected with hepatitis C that have seen much better days. In the world of “Gamers” the movie is hours away from a final cut and the next step will be audio tweaking. I couldn’t be happier with the new cut and the scenes that have been added. This little bad boy will have a nice shot and we can’t wait to see if with an audience. posted @ 04:46 AM PDT [link] [Karma: 2 (+/-)] Monday, February 13, 2006Headlines by Christopher FolinoCheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter –Corpus Christi, Texas –Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a hunting companion during a weekend quail hunting trip after the man went to retrieve a bird and Cheney failed to spot him commented. The Vice President who is the former CEO of Halliburton was quoted as saying “If he dies I will take full responsibility. I was raised to eat whatever I kill and I’m prepared to eat my friend if he doesn’t pull through. Hell, I tried to get the military to adapt my same philosophy, I believe if more soldiers ate their kills in Iraq, then we could keep the death toll down a bit and calm the nerves of the entire nation. Christ, when I went to visit the troops last Christmas, I must of eaten three whole insurgents by myself!” Dominic Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly the stars from Lost will wed in Hawaii when the series wraps this spring. Dominic who plays heroin-addicted rock start Charlie and Evangeline plays fugitive Kate on the hit series “Lost” Somewhere deep in the shire, a very drunk and confused hobbit named Merry is crying on “Sam the Kind’s lap over the news that Pippen is straight. AIDS test for Charlie Sheen’s wife. Denise Richards has taken an AIDS test because she’s convinced that her soon-to-be-ex-husband Charlie Sheen has been cheating on her with hookers. Charlie Sheen’s publicist shot back in the actor’s defense “Please, this isn’t Emillo Estevez, Charlie pays top money to make sure that the hookers he sleeps with, at least promise him they’re clean! Why would a girl with a name like “Chastity”, “Kisses” and “Amber” lie to Charlie Sheen?” Nobody lies to the Sheenman, not even Martin! Redford says: “Sundance is getting out of control!” Robert Redford fears that some celebrities have begun turning up for the parties and gift bags instead of the watching the films. Perhaps maybe if “Sundance” showed some indie films instead of studio movies that suck, people would go Bob. Clooney’s Award Fiasco –Oscar nominee George Clooney was left red-faced when an award he received fell apart during his acceptance speech at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. After the stars sincere acceptance speech, he held the prize over his head only for the flimsy accolade to break into two piece and fall to the floor. That’s what you get Santa Barbara for rejecting “Gamers” in the very last round you art house fucks. And finally proving there is no “God” or “Hope” in this world the new “Pink Panther” movie grossed over 21.7 million dollars at the box office. Perhaps if we could ask The Vice President to take you all out as his guests on his next “Redneck Rampage” posted @ 05:28 AM PDT [link] [Karma: 8 (+/-)] |
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