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Brendon and Ryan are still having issues, while Juliana is dealing with problems of her own.
Well hopefully this next chapter is better than my last one. But in other words....this is kinda random, but...has anyone seen the prestige?? cause I thought it was amazing. Ok...well here's the story.....lol
xoxo aubrey
3:00pm?? Mannn did I sleep late.
I woke up late in the afternoon. The concert had really wiped me out, but it was a blast. I wish the night hadn't ended, because I could've talked to Pete for hours.
Oh my god.
I had totally forgotten about calling him. I quickly started searching through my purse for the slip of paper he gave me, but I couldn't find it. So, I frantically started looking throughout my room in case I had dropped it, and then Dylan climbed through my window.
"What are you looking for?"
"A slip of paper."
"ok....and why are you looking for this slip of paper?"
"Because I lost it."
"Well obviously."
"Dylan, can you please just help me find it instead of asking questions??"
"Fine. What does it look like?"
"It's just a small white piece of paper with a phone number on it."
"Ahhhh I see, and who's phone number's on it?"
"ok ok I'll help you look for it....gosh."
We looked for awhile but neither of us could find it. Great, now what do I do. I'm never going to be able to talk to Pete again.
"Ugh, now what." I sighed. Now what's Pete going to think?
"Ok seriously Juliana, who's phone number was it?"
"No ones"
"Juliana...." he said in his "demanding" voice
"Ok fine.....it was Pete's"
"Pete? as in Pete Wentz? Why'd he give you his phone number?"
/"Hmm, I don't know Dylan....../maybe cause he wanted me to call him??"
"Why would he want you to call him?"
"Dylan, stop. For God's sakes you ask too many questions."
"Haha I know, but it's funny when you get mad."
Ok that was it. I punched him, hard
"OW, What the heck????"
"You deserved that."
"Sheesh....you know, why don't you just call up what's his face, Brandon errr whatever. Shouldn't he know Pete's number?"
I thought about it for a minute.
"Dylan you're a genius! And it's Brendon, by the way."
"Yeah, yeah whatever"
I quick got up, got my cell phone and dialed Brendon's number . I patiently listened to it ring......and ring...and ring. Then his voicemail started, so I hung up.
"Out of all the times Brendon, why did you have to pick now not to answer your phone!?!"
I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find my cell. This is what? The third time I've lost it?
"Hey Brendon, we gotta go practice."
Well I guess I'll have to look for it later.
I went out to the stage so we could start our sound check and start practicing. We soon started and everything seemed to be going fine. Then Ryan kept messing up, and it was throwing us all off. Something needed to be done.
"Ryan, can you focus through at least one song?" I asked him
No answer. He just started off with the next song. We kept playing, but Ryan still kept screwing up and it was really starting to annoy me.
He didn't even look at me, he just put his guitar on the stand and walked away. Well this is just great, we have a show in less than 3 hours and Ryan is all messed up. This has been going on for way too long, and he seriously needs to just forget about it...at least until we're done with the tour. He won't even talk to me anymore, ever since we got in that argument he has practically shunned me. He's being such a retard, cause he won't tell me what the heck I did or what I apparently knew.....?? I have no idea but something has to be done.
"Brendon, you seriously need to fix this, I think-"
"Spencer, stop telling me that! I know I have to fix it, but your not helping by telling me that!"
"Guys, can we please not argue! having Ryan mad has already caused enough problems. We don't need you two getting into a fight too." Jon said. This was true
"Yeah your right, I'm sorry Spenc....I'm just so confused. I don't know what to do....."
"I say we just lock you guys in a room together until you make up."
"Jon, common, be serious." I said
"Ya know that might not be such a bad idea....."
"Dude, you've been waiting around all day for some chick to call, why don't you just come with us to Josh's." Patrick said to me.
"She's not just some chick, she's.....well, I don't know. And who's Josh?"
"He's the kid we met last night, Andy said he was meeting up with him, going around town for a bit...ya know just hanging out." I really didn't feel like it. After waiting all day for Juliana to call, it just took the life out of me. I really was looking forward to talking to her again, but she had never called.
"Pete, just come. Josh is awesome, you'll love him." Andy said while walking into the room. I thought about it for a minute, and decided to go. It was our last night in this town, so I guess I might as well. Maybe Juliana was just a waste of time to worry about.
"Fine, I'll go."


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MORIARTY Is Horrified By HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION!! And Not In The Good Way!!
Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Sweet Jesus. Are they actively trying to see how bad they can make these films at this point?!
First things first: let's put a moratorium on the use of the word "RESURRECTION" in a franchise title. It's bad hoodoo, cursed ground at this point. ALIEN: RESURRECTION looked cool on paper, but it just never worked as a movie when it was all put together. This film doesn't even have a bit of promise in the premise. Far from it. This film is tired as soon as it begins, a threadbare excuse for trotting out something that vaguely resembles the mask from the first film. And at this point, the mask is all that matters, since there's nothing like consistent characterization or narrative coherence holding this franchise together.
Let me try and put this in perspective for you.
Rick Rosenthal directed this movie.
This is the same Rick Rosenthal who started his career by having John Carpenter step in to famously reshoot much of HALLOWEEN 2. That's so insane that it requires me to say it again. They removed him from the movie. From a HALLOWEEN movie. His work required someone else to reshoot it. What he shot didn't work.
And now he's had 20-plus years of mediocrity to hone his skills to a dull edge, and he's back, welcomed back into a franchise he left once already in disgrace, and he's been granted this opportunity to redeem himself, to make the scary, exciting sequel he couldn't make all those years ago. Talk about a real-life ROCKY story, right?
The snag is that Rosenthal seems to be genuinely devoid of talent or ability or craftsmanship or even basic spatial understanding as a filmmaker. What he's assembled here from film that was literally tortured through a camera is a nearly unwatchable thriller that manages to contain nothing even remotely resembling a scare.
I take solace in the knowledge that someone had to sit through dailies for this movie. Chances are it was Rosenthal and at least one of the eight producers listed. Seriously. It took eight people working as a closely knit machine (that may never have met each other or had anything to do with actual production) to come up with this astonishing piece of entertainment. Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Moustapha Akkad and probable relative Malek Akkad, and Paul Freeman are some of the familiar names here, attached on behalf of this company or that. I hope each and every one of them sat through dailies for this movie and felt their brains bang at the side of their own skulls, desperate to escape the pain. If I found myself in genuine physical discomfort just sitting through the 94 minutes of the film's finished running time, then it must have been suffering on a truly karmic level to have to sit through every miserable bit of film that was shot to assemble this fucking headache.
If you are fortunate enough to have not seen any ads for the film, let me give you the quickie version: Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks start a website and pick six college students to spend Halloween night in the original Michael Myers house, locked in, each of them wired with a camera as part of an online interactive experience, a la BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. People die. Michael Myers doesn't.
That's pretty much it. What you'd expect. But as uninspired an idea as it is to make fun of reality TV at this point (you should have thrown in some cutting-edge lambada jokes while you were at it), it plays far, far worse. John Robie would call out "MIKE FIGGIS!" and punch himself in the face every time Rosenthal cuts to a shot of four video feeds sharing a screen. If you're going to set up the idea that you've got a ton of monitors in a house and you're watching one of cinema's most iconic (if ill-used) monsters stalk a group of people... how hard is it to make that film at least visually interesting? It's even shot in 2.35:1, glorious scope, just like the original. It's got to have something to recommend about it, right?
God, I wish. But, honestly, no. David Geddes (ERNEST RIDES AGAIN, ERNEST GOES TO SCHOOL, SLAM DUNK ERNEST) shot this film like he was angry at the script.
And the script by Larry Brand...
I just...
What am I doing? Am I actually going to give this film the respect of a full review? Am I going to take the time to describe just how blantant and piss poor a ripoff of T2 the opening Jamie Lee Curtis cameo sequence is? Or how ridiculous the explanation is for Michael's survival after the rather definitive ending of H20 a few years ago? Am I going to go down the list and discuss the cast, one at a time? Am I going to put more effort into the dissection of this film than anyone did regarding the conception of it? If the filmmakers here had so little regard for you, the audience, then why should I waste the time and the column space talking about the particular failings of each department?
Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Sean Patrick Thomas, Billy Kay... you guys have been in real films. You've done good work in other places. Were your agents playing pranks on you? You're all stranded here, and I'm terribly sorry to see it happen. Part of the problem is that Rosenthal seems to have no idea what to do with his actors. Part of the problem is that he asks them to do scenes with Busta Rhymes and Tyra Banks.
This is the first time I've seen Busta play a lead, and he's horrific. Some of the film's very worst moments involve him. In one sequence, he's sneaking into the house dressed as Michael Myers, and Michael Myers follows him into the house. Have you ever seen the moment in a cartoon or a Three Stooges short where someone's dressed as a gorilla or some other dangerous animal, and somehow, there's also a real gorilla or other dangerous animal, and the two of them come face to face? As Busta tells off the real Michael, I imagine audiences will be on their feet, applauding the ingenious absurdist wit on display. He thinks its one of his crew members, and he scolds him and sends him outside. Despite the fact that Michael is an unstoppable killing machine who literally walks through a door without flinching in order to get to Laurie Strode, Michael gets all sheepish when he is yelled at by Busta, and he actually does what he says and leaves, letting Busta get back to scaring the kids.
Towards the end, I'm guessing Busta announced that he would not be going out like a bitch. Instead of following accepted slasher formula and killing everyone except Sara (Kajlich), the young female lead, Busta gets about three big fight sequences where he whups up on Michael. And even when Michael does his worst, he doesn't kill Busta. He just knocks him out and hurts his neck a little. His fight sequences rival the best work of Jackie Chan in DRUNKEN MASTER 2. He manages to give Michael a run...
... oh, god, even the sarcasm just hurts. This isn't a funny-bad film. It's a bad-bad film. Tyra Banks couldn't act like she was in pain if I lit her on fire. She manages to look surprised that she's in front of a camera pretty much every time she opens her mouth. I've never disliked Banks before, but as far as I was concerned, they couldn't kill her character off fast enough.
Wait. Maybe that was Brand and Rosenthal's innovation. Maybe they've made a film in which you are rooting for Michael to kill everyone. Maybe this series has now become about a sad, misunderstood little boy who had no choice but to slaughter his family. There's certainly enough clues dropped this time out, suggestions that Michael was kept in a chair in a closet, abused. Not understanding that the mask is scary because of what it hides, Brand and Rosenthal have tried to humanize Michael. Evil is best when vague, when it's threatening because it's unpredictable. The minute you start overexplaining Michael Myers, you rob him of any potency, however tattered, that he still possessed as a character.
I could go on, but I don't have the heart. Suffice it to say that I hated this film, and I strongly urge you not to see it in the theater. Send the message to Dimension that you want them to STOP... RAPING... THE CORPSE... OF HALLOWEEN... and if you have to see it because you're a quasi-completionist horror nerd who has seen every other one so far, then wait until it's free or it's on cable, or on video. If the film earns nothing in the theater, then I'm hoping the studio will finally admit that they milked this thing to death. They'll let Michael Myers finally die.
At this point, it would be a kindness.
"Moriarty" out.
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July 3, 2002, 8:25 a.m. CST
pretty funny review
by Rodan
....sorry, nothing more to add. I guess its all been said.
July 3, 2002, 8:25 a.m. CST
You had me at "hello". *NT*
by geekzapoppin
July 3, 2002, 8:27 a.m. CST
by Splinter
.....thats gotta sting poor Rosenthal. Sometimes when I'm reading the various scything, bilious diatribes on this site I wonder....this site is probably the most popular film site on the planet - I would imagine a vast majority of the people who direct these films/are involved in these articles actually READ them. Thats a pretty strong attack on someone you don't even know Drew - merciless and violently insulting - do you ever stop for a moment to consider how this article will make this poor (perhaps not as talented as Spielberg) director feel? Just playing Devil's Advocate - I'm not big on ripping the heart out of people and stamping on it. Just a thought.
Hardly suprising to be honest, this continual leeching off superior work is becoming tiresome.
July 3, 2002, 8:32 a.m. CST
Rosy cheeks
by Max Rockatansky
Yes, Rosenthal is a dreckmeister. You may remeber him by movies like THE BIRDS II and RUSSKIES: But he made one true gem in his career, BAD BOYS with Sean Penn and Esai Morales. Truly gritty and grindhouse style. V8 out
July 3, 2002, 8:34 a.m. CST
by Glynyfaron
Is this perhaps your first time on the site. Mercilessly slagging off actors/writers/directors etc. whether they have genuine talent or none at all is pretty much all that happens. Does it bother them that much? Clearly it needled Kevin Smith a little but I can't imagine it bothers anyone else too much. No-one ever made a statue of a critic, don't forget. Matt
July 3, 2002, 8:43 a.m. CST
I know you don't feel up to it Moriarty but if you could exp
by scorpio2nd
Thanks anyway Mori for taking one for the team, i certainly won't be seeing this one. I might give it some credit if the greedy bastards in control would release it at Halloween like you are suppossed to.
July 3, 2002, 8:51 a.m. CST
Well, there goes my all mighty Halloween Theory
by holidill
I had written a great theory that linked all the Halloween movies except #3, and now I have to figure out a way to revise it to include this film? DAMMIT! Tell you what Dimension, If you want to make Halloween a franchise, come to me. I can make it fresh and entertaining, then when I make my film call someone else to do another. Some one good. There are plenty of people out there who know how to make better horror movies, or even more of a thriller. Get Bruce Jones who is writing a fantastic Hulk comic now to write a Halloween film. And get some good directors while your at it. But come to me first. I have an idea that will kill you.
July 3, 2002, 8:58 a.m. CST
by Max Rockatansky
holidill, THIS IS HARVEY wEINSTEIN WRITING. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR BRILLIANT HALLOWEEN THEORY. I AM DESPERATLY WAITING FOR IT. But first I need to kill Rosenthal, for he posted his brilliant Halloween theory on this site and I fell for it. V8 out
July 3, 2002, 9:06 a.m. CST
cool. sounds good. can't wait.
by mansep
July 3, 2002, 9:08 a.m. CST
How Michael Myers survived his head being cut off in H20.. Apare
by Fat Lot Of Good
Aparently in the new film, they eplain it awy as Michael swapped masks with the Ambo driver that Laurie hijacked. So it was an Ambo's head she cut off ( In Australia we call Ambulance's, Ambo's. Sorry if I confused anyone)
July 3, 2002, 9:18 a.m. CST
Halloween raped my corpse!
by rev_skarekroe
You know, I've said this before, but I've got a great idea for a Halloween sequel. You get the REAL William Shatner to play Michael Meyers! Just imagine the payoff - "You mean... It's not a mask!?!?!?" sk
July 3, 2002, 9:21 a.m. CST
He shoulda died in 2...
by bc1970
He got his eyeballs shot out and burt to hell in a gas ball flame out. Then in 4, his eyes regenerated enough so he could drive his scarless ass right out of the asylum again. Either he's a walking vessel of evil with a shitload of relatives, or one of a series of occult created clones. He's the original Weapon X. They screwed this up a long,long time ago.
July 3, 2002, 9:22 a.m. CST
by Max Rockatansky
skarekroe,.. I
July 3, 2002, 9:23 a.m. CST
by jon-e-blaze
July 3, 2002, 9:29 a.m. CST
ARRHGHJH DAMINDOH@!&%*@ etc.
by Snuggleskunk
It's so evil. Why do they have to beat dead horses so hard. Scooby Doo 2 is a bad enough idea but it's even worse when the film was good in the first place and it's just been killed by too many sequels. They wanted to do their up to date 90's style version which was fine. H20 dealth with that perfectly. Tied things up nicely and whether you liked it or not was a good ending to the saga BUT WHAT FUCKING EEJIT SAID I KNOW LETS MAKE ANOTHER FUCKING HALLOWEEN FILM. Oh and check out Rosenthal on IMDB. he has an amusingly shite career. Even that buffy episode he did was a poor one. Oh and nuff resepect for working on "Shiloh 2"??? Anyone with friends series 3 on video will understand the pain of SHiloh 1. Anyway don't see this movie. Teach those damned producers we're not as thick as they think we are.
July 3, 2002, 9:40 a.m. CST
What the hell do you expect?
by Hobbitastic
It's a sequel to a franchise that hasn't had a good movie since the original! In an answer to Moriarty's question: Are they actively trying to make them that bad? No, they're actively trying to do the least amount of work possible to make money. It's the Hollywood equivalent of surfing the net at work (like I am right now. I'd better stop.)
July 3, 2002, 9:52 a.m. CST
The Fountain, The Fountain, The Fountain
by wasp
We hunger to know.
July 3, 2002, 9:55 a.m. CST
bc 1970 is right
by Thefuckingdevil
Halloween 2 was unecessary as well. Should've stopped after the first one. I heard that in the next one they're going to reveal that Mike is actually a T-800 and Jamie Lee is really a man disguised as a woman to hide from him. Oh yeah, and Jason Voorhees is a hairless Yeti. Wouldn't be much worse than what they've done here.
July 3, 2002, 10:08 a.m. CST
This "franchise" has actually died after the original.
by Lord_Soth
'nuff said
July 3, 2002, 10:09 a.m. CST
Didn't Steve Miner come in and re-shoot a great deal of "Res
by Smilin'Jack Ruby
Heard something like this somewhere.
July 3, 2002, 10:14 a.m. CST
"This is the first time I
by PriestYoungblood
Well. . . duh. What were you expecting Mori, talent? It's BUSTAH RHYMES. As a general rule, pop stars cannot act, with a few exceptions - Tupac, Sean Combs in Made... hm, what else... Not much. Madonna in everything (just kidding). Anyway, I finally started to see previews for this on TV and I'm stunned. I'd really thought it would o straight to video. It looks just awful. I've loved some of the Halloweens, but it's time to let it go. Let Michael rest in peace. Put Jamie Lee out to pasture. End it. It can't get better, only worse. In the words of Bustah, "woo-ha! Got you all in check."
July 3, 2002, 10:17 a.m. CST
Why is it cool to be a RAP star?
by LordWeymont
This movie will do okay because America is love with all RAP stars. Busta will draw crowds just like Britney drew crowds... America is obsessed with RAP and Rock-RAP. Today, it's cool to be "ghetto" and "keep it real." I am a sociology and a political science major therefore I know what I am saying. Only because Busta (oh hell I feel fucking dumb saying his name) is in the movie, crowds will flock to see his "keeping it real" attitude toward Michael Myers. I, for one, will wait till this terd comes out on video. I will also continue to think this newly arisen mentality that being rude is keeping it real, is just that, ignorant and is a decaying mechanism in America.
July 3, 2002, 10:30 a.m. CST
Didn't Rosenthal direct the GOOD "Bad Boys"
by jmachinder
I liked that movie. Much better than Halloween 2. Sean Penn was great in it. Maybe Rick has little or no talent, but he did pull off a good movie once.
July 3, 2002, 10:31 a.m. CST
Pimping Carpenter's creation
by RobinP
leave halloween where it was at the end of H20, with a bit of dignity. Failing that, I'll just have to do with this what I did with Van Sant's Psycho...ignore it. It never happened. BTW what's with this crap about Michael Myers being an abused child ? He seemed well adjusted enough in the opening of Halloween, which is what made that movie so scarey and disturbing in the first place. Terror is always more effective when it comes from left field, the most unexpected source. Everybody, except the makers of Resurrection seem to know that. maybe they really should stop pimping Carpenter's creation and find another means of income. This one won't work for them !
July 3, 2002, 10:33 a.m. CST
Why is it cool to be a rap star, you ask?
by Terry_1978
Because white suburban kids are into the whole hip-hop lifestyle, where "danger" is around every corner, and you can get that feel without leaving the comforts of home. As a black person, I don't wanna sound like I'm stereotyping all suburban white kids in that respect, but on my college campus the majority of people bumping rap music full blast in their cars are upper middle class white guys, who are the main consumers of it in general. I do kinda think they went with this whole cast to get a hip, trendy, urban feel for the movie, but it's still gonna suck horribly. My sister asked me how can he come back after being decapitated, and I was like, "Hollywood, man....what can I tell you?"
July 3, 2002, 11:15 a.m. CST
Rick Rosenthal
by Hexus
(-2, Hack) :-P I'd like to see hollywood experiment a little. Sort of like that "Stan Lee does Superman" Business. Throw a little extra cash around so we can see "What if Joel Shumacher made Network?" or... Wait! I have it! "What if Adam Sandler made Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" !!!!!!!! Oh. (Hexus -1, Redundant)
July 3, 2002, 11:18 a.m. CST
Awesome Job M! I admit I like Holloween 1,2 and 4 (4 was surpris
by Tarl_Cabot
and went down hill into unbearably stupid and not at all entertaining crap...Thanks for tearing these yahoos a new one Moriarty! out.
July 3, 2002, 11:18 a.m. CST
by Kieran
One moment George Lucas is raping your childhood, the next Harvey Weinstein is raping the corpse of Halloween. Can we leave the rape metaphore alone for a few weeks? We've passed some kind of horrible threshold where every negative review of a film has to drag in a rape of some description. Enough, already!
July 3, 2002, 11:21 a.m. CST
Kieran, At least
by Hexus
They didn't throw Nazis into the fray. Godwin's Law prov. [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely- recognized codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful. I think that this applies to the TB as well.
July 3, 2002, 11:26 a.m. CST
Damn, Mori...
by Dru
... you made ME cry when I read this review. I'm thinkin' there's gonna be some suicides related to your scathing comments (+ not just in the career sense- though it sounds as though that happened long ago for these poor folk.) I've never seen a Hallowe'en movie so I shan't pretend that I have something genuine to concern myself with. I will say this, however: Busta ROCKED in 'Higher Learning,' though the role wasn't much of a stretch. + he damn well better be back for the next installment of Shaft. That's all; I'm out.
July 3, 2002, 11:56 a.m. CST
As usual, Mori, your reviews are extremely amusing and informati
by empyreal0
Y'know, I never laugh out loud during one of Harry's reviews. Well, except when I reread his AOTC preview after opening night...
July 3, 2002, 11:56 a.m. CST
Correction, DevilCat...
by WeedyMcSmokey
...No rappers have ever been nominated for academy awards because Will Smith is defintely not a rapper. There is nothing remotely connectable between Will Smith and rap. Oh, there are these rumors I've heard about Smith and rap, but all I ever heard was this guy who couldn't out-rhyme "Hop on Pop"...
July 3, 2002, 12:02 p.m. CST
The funniest thing about this movie is the poster.
by Vegas
It reads: HALLOWEEN. JULY 2002. Now, I'm no rocket scientist, but doesn't Halloween come in OCTOBER? Isn't October traditionally one of those weak months when you release your trash because the competition is low? Wouldn't it have made ONE MOTHERFUCKING IOTA OF SENSE to release a movie called HALLO-FUCKING-WEEN in OCTOBER instead of JULY? Further proof that movie execs have actual SHIT, I mean feces, I mean excrement, for brains.
July 3, 2002, 12:02 p.m. CST
Busta don't die....SHIT
by WeedyMcSmokey
Oh man, thank god I know now. Otherwise it'll be like that "Big Blue Sea" where I pay my eight bucks and excitedly sit down with my nibs and soda and say "I can't wait for LL to die. Man it's going to be good to see LL get eaten by a huge fucking shark." And then, LL doesn't get eaten. Everyone else does - even that really hot chick - hell, she gets slaughtered like a cow, but no, LL lives - with Thomas Jane. I never felt so cheated in all my life. And now Busta kicks Michael Myers ass. Man, studios so do not give the public what we want - dead celebrities.
July 3, 2002, 12:09 p.m. CST
by Lord_Of_Karma
Just kidding, this sounds pretty crummy.
July 3, 2002, 12:26 p.m. CST
Michael vs. Jason
by Bramton1
Shit, at least they acknowledged that the man behind the hockey mask was a copycat killer in Friday 5. Not so in H20. I now bring you the actual dialogue on how they decided to bring back The Shape. EXEC 1: I think there's still a few more dollars to milk in this Halloween frachise if we bring in a rapper and a model. EXEC 2: We can shoot a Myers-less story. EXEC 3: Shit no! We made that mistake in Part 3! EXEC 1: Okay, so we're agreed that we need to bring back Michael Myers. But how? We cut off his head in the end of the last one? EXEC 2: How about a copycat killer? Friday the 13th did that, didn't they? EXEC 3: No no! A copycat killer has been used. We need the real Michael Myers! EXEC 1: What if we say that it was a copycat killer in the last one? EXEC 2: Genius! Pure genius! EXEC 3: Hold on a second. Do we really think the fans are that dumb to buy that? EXEC 1: You're right. Hmmm... EXEC 2: What if Michael switched outfits with somebody before the ambulance ride, and Laurie Strode cut off some poor officer's head instead. EXEC 3: I like it! EXEC 1: Bravo! EXEC 2: And we can get Rick Rosenthal to direct it! He did Part 2! EXEC 3: Yes! Pure genius! EXEC 1: Break out the bubbly, we've got ourself another Halloween movie! EXEC 2: Now how about the next thing on our agenda. What do you think of "Baby Bob: The Movie?" EXECS 1&3: Ooooooooo....
July 3, 2002, 12:38 p.m. CST
In the words of James Brown; PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,
by Thefuckingdevil
stop with the shitty sequels Saving a place on my worst films of recent memory list for this one. So far the list reads: Night Train to Terror Ghoulies(all of them) Romeo Must Die The Forsaken Double Team Anything with Whoopi Goldberg in it(except for The Color Purple) Joe Dirt Jaws The Revenge Tango & Cash Two if by Sea Friday the 13th 5,8,9 American Werewolf in Paris Fright Night 2 Elm street 2,5,6 Judge Dread Ladies Man Night at the Roxbury 13 Ghosts I Know What You Did Last Summer(both) Urban Legends 2 Leviathan Freejack Queen of the Damned In fact most Vampire movies these days Howling 2 thru whatever Halloween 5,6,8? Mortal Kombat 2 Tomb Raider Speed 2 Caddyshack 2 Fuck it, there are just too many to name.
July 3, 2002, 12:49 p.m. CST
That's a pretty good crack...
by Johnny Utah
...about Tyra Banks and the setting-of-fire-to. Gotta remember that one. And by the way, go see the "Powerpuff Girls." Mojo Jojo will have your ass.
July 3, 2002, 12:59 p.m. CST
Rap and Americans
by ColdSun
Well for the international crowd let me add my 2cents. I am a young white guy living in a big city. I fucking hate rap. I despise the music and the fake wannabes that listen to it. So there you have it.. We don't all fit that stereotype. Comments on this movie: I won't bother to see it. Well, maybe in a couple years when I'm drunk off my ass watching Cinemax or something and there is nothing on. Simple as that. Now Dagon, on the other hand, I will go rent immediately after it is released.
July 3, 2002, 1:01 p.m. CST
Rick Rosenthal is a crafty orthodox shooter
by dima
July 3, 2002, 1:02 p.m. CST
Call me crazy...
by Roj Blake
...but I *really* liked "Alien: Resurrection". Better than "Aliens" even. Like I said, call me crazy.
July 3, 2002, 1:14 p.m. CST
I cant believe my eyes
by OGREISHERE
A 7th sequal to a great film isnt good man. I was planning on camping out for this. Oh well there goes the highlight of my summer
July 3, 2002, 1:15 p.m. CST
C'mon now...
by Thefuckingdevil
To say that you despise all of any form of music is a bit close-minded as it is all related in some form or another. I agree that the crap that gets the most airplay usually sucks, but if you do some digging I'm sure you'd find something that you could at least appreciate. For instance I'm a big, scary, muscular black guy with dreads who lives in an urban area of Philly that most of you would probably consider deplorable and while I do listen to mostly rap I can appreciate talent when I hear it no matter what the genre. By the way, just saw Ginger Snaps and thought it was pretty good except for the fleshy werewolf with the permanent snarl. Why is it that FX artists always make these things with a permanent snarl? What animal walks around like that 24/7? None. Dog Soldiers' minimalist approach actually came across pretty well although the pics in Fango had me a little scared at first.
July 3, 2002, 1:18 p.m. CST
Uhhhhhh the film is 85 minutes long, not 94
by Kid Ryan
Don't believe me? Check out the official website.
July 3, 2002, 1:23 p.m. CST
Alien Resurrection
by Bramton1
I liked Alien 4, to an extent. Joss Whedon's original design for the Newborn was a lot cooler though. I'm still holding out hope for Alien 5. Right now it's in the "rumored to have interest, but we don't know if there's enough yet" stage.
July 3, 2002, 1:31 p.m. CST
Michael Myers Has A Beer And Quits The Halloween Franchise To Wo
by DukeTheBastard
What the fuck is this shit? I'm sick of seeing pointless, dumb fucking teenagers in horror films, it's a trend that died a decade ago. Stupid executives fucking this franchise up. The last decent Halloween 4 was part 4, then since then, the halloween movies have just been blow jobbed by Moustapha Akkad. If you want to save the Halloween franchise and let it go out on top and bury it for good, get off you fat assess and get John Carpenter to write and direct the FINAL HALLOWEEN FILM! This franchise died in 1989, the year Halloween 5 was born. Quit raping it's corpse and give this franchise it's respect back.
July 3, 2002, 1:45 p.m. CST
Yes, But are there tits?
by JAGUART
Real Rap stars are supposed to be intelligent and tal....oh fuck, what am I saying?
July 3, 2002, 2:38 p.m. CST
...and where does he live in between flicks?
by bc1970
in the sewers? walking the roads to find the next Myers cousin 4 times removed? where does he eat? where does he shite? Beatles or Stones? 401K? he's 45 years old now. where does he find fresh Dickies coveralls?
July 3, 2002, 2:44 p.m. CST
Rick Rosenthal, genius behind TV's STRONG MEDICINE
by Charles Grady
Who's the genius who moved HALLOWEEN: RESSURECTION from its original release date of July 19th, where it would have been OK counterprogramming to K19 and STUART LITTLE, to July 12th, where it goes head-to-head with REIGN OF FIRE, which is for the SAME audience, not to mention ROAD TO PERDITION and CROCODILE HUNTER? By the way, since no one's mentioned it, RICK ROSENTHAL CREATED LIFETIME'S (TV FOR WOMEN) ESTROGEN-FEST STRONG MEDICINE, STARRING JANINE TURNER AND WHOOPI GOLDBERG!!!! AAAAH! Pray you NEVER have to sit through THAT!
July 3, 2002, 2:55 p.m. CST
Kid N Play could act
by eclectic heretic
seriously. and i dont trust anybody who says they hate rap. rap is as diverse as music itself. silly white people. like if it doesnt have a guitar or piano, it aint music. as if those arnt just some arbitrary inventions. the word "song" originally meant spoken word, not just another beatles rip off.
July 3, 2002, 3:05 p.m. CST
Busta wuz good in one film...
by Shawn F.
The 2000 version of "Shaft". Then again, I'm sure that really didn't require him to act. Just smoke a big joint and let loose. Anyone expecting the ninth Halloween film to be something worth spending ten bucks on has to have something seriously wrong with them to begin with.
July 3, 2002, 3:31 p.m. CST
hey now!
by EvilBunnyFrank
I'd get sheepish if Busta was yelling at ME, too...
July 3, 2002, 3:49 p.m. CST
by Batman_9
call me what you will, but i love the franchise...or...half of it anyway. i love the first, second, and seventh films, absolutely hate four, five and six, and i've never bothered with three since it doesn't deal with your friend and mine. i am looking foward to part 8 because even though i thought seven ended the franchise very nicely...it has been made and will be released. my favorite horror icon of all time is finally coming back to the big screen so i'm happy. i like the idea of laurie being committed after chopping off an innocents head. i believe micheal would've switched clothes with the driver, it makes sense for his charachter. what i don't like is the tampering with his childhood crap. mori has it right, its scarier that he was well balanced and one day, just killed his sister. no motive...terrifying. don't feed us this abused child crap...dr. loomis would've mentioned that back in the original...he didn't. bring on micheal myers...i hope its as entertaining as JASON X. that was the best way to fix all the damn continuity problems...even if it was a little far fetched.
July 3, 2002, 3:56 p.m. CST
Rap Revisted
by ColdSun
Well, I don't really like rap. I apologize if that offends you. There is nothing person or racial about it. I have quite a few black friends who don't like it either. I will admit there are some talented rap artists and there is a rare time when something rap related catches my ear but its seldom. My whole point was that someone above was stereotyping young white guys who live in big cities as rap / gangster fans. I don't think you would want to be stereotyped either would you? :)
July 3, 2002, 4:05 p.m. CST
King Rentboi that is a hilarious and original idea
by Hue G. Rection
July 3, 2002, 4:07 p.m. CST
by ColdSun
You have me bustin up laughing. :)
July 3, 2002, 4:49 p.m. CST
The fact that Busta Rymes and Tyra banks are in this proves H-wo
by Tarl_Cabot
I can see those executives talkin' about "Freddy vs. Jason II"or "Alien vs, Predator V: the final battle" or Steven Seagal's next project. "Let's hire some rappers and a talentless model who can't act but has a great bootie, put some hip hop into this and those dumb____ will eat it up opening weekend. And this will do really well in the philipines too and on home video...We'll make a decent profit! who cares if it sucks?" It's so obvious when these "movies" come out...
July 3, 2002, 4:51 p.m. CST
by Charles Grady
AMEN to giving due respect to HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, which, other than of course the original HALLOWEEN, is best film in this so-called series. Here's a tip, folks -- The defining characteristic of the HALLOWEEN series is NOT Michael Myers, but rather John Carpenter, which is why III rocks -- it has that AWESOME late 70s/early 80s Carpenter look and sound. He didn't actually call the shots, but the old-school JC aesthetic is evident in every shot and in every musical note. Brilliant Howarth/Carpenter score. Tom Atkins as Dr. Challis might be the ULTIMATE John Carpenter antihero, right up there with Snake Plissken. "He was hanging onto a Halloween mask, and in a little while he was dead....And I don't know WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON" So what if it doesn't have "Michael Myers." Just because a "sequel" has a stuntman in a cheesy imitation of the original Myers mask doesn't make it a true sequel. Only II and III even count. IV on are just hackwork from Mustapha Akkad, who'se determined to milk every drop out of this tired series. As far as I'm concerned, Myers died in that hospital explosion in H2, and NONE of these poseur sequels hold a candle to the mastery of Carpenter and his peers.
July 3, 2002, 4:59 p.m. CST
great examples rudy
by eclectic heretic
townsend, bowie, hendrix... they've all made great contribubutions to music in the last 20 years, havnt they? pfft. thanks for helping me make my point. and equating rap with busta and p diddy is like equating rock to david lee roth and huey lewis. really though, that was a great attempt to act like you know what you're talking about.
July 3, 2002, 5:14 p.m. CST
by TomVee
Checking IMDB, I see Rosenthal is responsible for 1983's BAD BOYS with Sean Penn and some BUFFY episodes. He obviously is not a total loser.
July 3, 2002, 5:16 p.m. CST
BadAssUncleFucka, you remained in the closet for several years?
by moderator
July 3, 2002, 5:20 p.m. CST
by TomVee
Steve Miner's name comes up in this talkback. Curiously enough, he has a long list of shite to his credit, with one movie worthy of note (WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN) and some journeyman TV work -- just like Rosenthal!
July 3, 2002, 5:32 p.m. CST
Damnit, I did spell "turd" wrong.
by LordWeymont
I am kicking myself in th ass for spelling turd wrong! ARGH. I agree, I can't stand seeing people spell wrong sometimes. However, it is awkward typing away on a paper and hitting keys on your keyboard speaking to a friend. For example, sometimes I catch myself in class writing "ppl" instead of people. Anyway, yah, I did spell turd wrong... and feel stupid for doing so... but than again...who really cares?
July 3, 2002, 5:39 p.m. CST
by TomVee
To the fuckingdevil: All rap sucks. Except for MC Hammer, and I suspect you would not call what he sand rap. I repeat. All rap sucks. Except for the Beastie Boys, and you probably dismiss them as well, being white and all. Anyhow, good point about the werewolf in GNGER SNAPS. Up until the final showdown, the movie was headed for four-star status. But the "conventional"-looking werewolf and its routine dispatch took the movie down a notch.
July 3, 2002, 6:16 p.m. CST
Halloween III was excellent
by Spacesheik
I thought "Halloween III" was probably the most ingenious and visually impressive film in the series. Even though it had nothing to do with Michael Myers, Dan O'Herlihy was great as the villain of the conglomerate that wanted to kill people all over America by watching a Halloween skit on tv. Brilliant. And the lead, Tom Atkins, I believe was pretty good too. I still remember the unforgettable last scene with the "Silver Shamrock" tune on tv and Tom Atkins yelling "Stop it! Stop it!" I used to have that on Laserdisc and watched it more than any Halloween movie I can recall - it was pretty gory too, and the soundtrack was fab.
July 3, 2002, 6:17 p.m. CST
Is that Carver?
by NYC
Didn't Bianca Kajlich play one of the cheerleaders in Bring Tits On? She is nice. And Billy Kay was good as the little punk in L.I.E so I think I will check this out. Random slaughtering is almost always fun. Besides this a very weak summer. After this, Reign of Fire is the only thing that interests me at all.
July 3, 2002, 6:21 p.m. CST
by illerphenom
Every movie shot on film sucks. It just sucks. And if you want me to repeat it, i will: All movies shot on film SUCK. It's the bare truth of it. The only good ones are Crocodile Dundee Pt. II, which i know some people might consider not even a movie. Other than that, all movies filmed on film suck. Except for Peewee's Big Top Adventure, which you probably also think sucks. Bite it.
July 3, 2002, 6:34 p.m. CST
Halloween's Definitive Bottom Line
by Flexfill
Okay folks, I'm an old fart who actually has vivid memory of seeing the original Halloween in the movie theater in 1978. I loved it. I love it now. I was back in the same theater a few years later for Halloween II and I loved it. I love it now. I don't know if Moriarty is correct about director Rosenthal being fired off that picture, but I trust him so I'll give Moriarty the benefit of the doubt. Halloween II has that Carpenter feel to it. This is true for a few reasons. For one, cinematographer Dean Cundey returned from the first film to shoot Halloween II. Also, Carpenter did co-write the screenplay with Debra Hill, so the story rings true to the original, like a companion piece. The first and second films feel like one great long movie to me. Now, it's quite well documented that Carpenter came on to at least shoot the additional "Television Version" scenes to add to the first film during it's initial run on Network T.V. (See Anchor Bay's incredible Collector's Edition Double Disc--if you were lucky enough to get your hands on this limited release) If Rosenthal's work was "not working," Carpenter could have stepped in to reshoot much of the film. Whatever the case, Halloween I and II are pure gold for me. I religiously watch them every October. I want to say with absolute clarity here and now, that every sequel after Halloween II is completely ignored and disregared by me. They don't exist. It's a lot like the Superman films. Superman I and II are great; forget whatever came after. They even brought in a replacement for director Richard Donner to finish Superman II (a move I consider so foolish) but Donner had completed enough work on II to ensure a solid end product. Folks, when it becomes only about the money and nothing else, you're dead to me. When the quality goes, I go. What surprises me more than anything else when it comes to the Halloween sequels is the mask. Michael's mask was virtually identical for Halloween I and II. It was perfect. We all know it's the William Shatner "Captain Kirk" mask, which the costumers modified somewhat to create that iconic visage we all know and love. Its memory is burned into my grey matter for eternity. I love it! No mask to follow in any other Halloween effort looks anything like the mask from Halloween I and II. If you can't even make that mask right, how can you even start to tackle the monstrous task of trying to build a sequel to hold its own? That's just a foundation piece; there's still a huge mountain to climb. The powers that be never even approached the ball park. So sad. Never pay them to insult you. It encourages them. I work in the industry. I've seen this first hand. I want to close by saying that I read every post here today. Bramton 1's "executive conversation" bit was very funny. Bravo Bramton! Kind of scary how accurate that seemed. Also, to Roj Blake: if you think Alien:Resurrection is better than Aliens you are a troglodyte on crack.
July 3, 2002, 6:36 p.m. CST
damn yall suck
by The Credible One
rap sucks? please. closeminded faggots. plus illerphenom is ill even tho he looks crazy as hell. yall ever seen his pictures? just go to soundcircuit.com to see him anyway most of you just talk talk talk talk talk complaining about everything and how it will never be the way you little nerds think it should be, while the other half of you subscribe to the conan o brien school of wit attempting to be funny and string together words in way that you love to read your own posts over and over again. fuck do yall just like to type or something? take a fucking class, faggots ps, I back kevin smith hates all you losers
July 3, 2002, 6:44 p.m. CST
by LastGL2
I was actually gonna spend money and watch this crap.It should have ended with H20.And talk about rape, Michael Myers ass must make no sound at all from the screwing the producers are giving him there every time they make another dumb, no plot sequel.One would almost think Rick Berman and Brannon Braga had taken over this franchise as well.Thank again for the heads up Moriarty.Now I'll just rent the video (where it should have gone directly to, apparently)when it comes out.
July 3, 2002, 6:51 p.m. CST
Halloween 8 wasn't that bad....
by GQSioux
at least not at the "test" screening. http://www.creature-corner.com/reviews/halloween8.php3
July 3, 2002, 6:59 p.m. CST
One More thing
by GQSioux
There are too many people who are way too defensive when it comes to the original Halloween. They rip any sequel to shreds because they have such high love for the originals. I LOVE Halloween. No matter how many sequels they make, none of them will ever meet or beat the original. Not even a shot by shot remake of the original will beat the original. People should've figured out that Halloween sequels would always be inferior around the time part 5 came out. Get over it people. Go into H8 with low expectations and you'll probably be somewhat surprised. It's not as BAD as Moriarty is saying. Quit going in their wanting to rip the film and it's makers a new asshole. Halloween 1 is the best, we know that! This 8th one is pretty entertaining and has a few cool moments. Sure it lacks the atmosphere and style of the original, but I think it's an descent misadventure of Michael Myers doing what he does best.... Brutally killing a bunch of naive teens. That's it, what did you expect?
July 3, 2002, 7:05 p.m. CST
This HALLOWEEN, Michael Myers is Dressing Up in OSCAR GOLD!!!!
by Studio Lackey
America's Most Terrifying Movie Baddie Lives...Again!!! The legend of Michael Myers is reborn in a chilling, brand-new horror classic that...oh God, no, I'm sorry, but even I can't find anything good to say about this skidmark on the underpants of Hollywood cinema. Go see "Lilo & Stitch" instead. I quit.
July 3, 2002, 7:26 p.m. CST
by joshuaonenine
I think the last movie would have been a great ending to the whole series. For Michael to b abel to switch mask and survive for another movie makes him appear smarter that scary. I agree that Michael should have remained a killer rather than someone who developes into a killer with reason.
July 3, 2002, 7:47 p.m. CST
Excellent post, flexfill!
by Charles Grady
Great post, and I agree with virtually everything you said, except 1) I would go one step further and add HALLOWEEN III, which also does have that Carpenter/Cundey look and Alan Howarth music. So it doesn't have The Shape. It's still an awesome Carpenter flick. 2) HALLOWEEN II IS pure gold for me, too, with one exception -- The "Michael Myers is Laurie Strode's brother" bit, which did not exist in the original and has been the basis for most of the lame sequels, has always seemed like a desperate move Carpenter and Hill pulled it out of their ass during a fit of writer's block while writing H2. There was NO need to link Michael to Laurie, and there's no evidence of this connection anywhere in the first film, aside from the "Sister"-on-the-institution-wall scene used in TV prints of Part I, which Carpenter actually shot to give the two films some continuity during the filming of H2. Truth be told, Michael is scarier in Part I because of the seeming randomness of his attacks. The connection to Laurie has always seemed forced, to me. But a big-time AMEN to complaining about the cheesy masks in 4 thru 8! I mean, how hard can it really be to replicate that damn Shatner mask? In particular, the mask in Part 4 was laughable, as Michael looked like Frosty the Snowman with that round face and absurd afro. The mask in 5 was almost as bad, with that huge neck and ridiculous slanted nose -- If the idea of reviving a supposedly NOT SUPERNATURAL man whose eyes had been shot out and who stood three feet from an explosion that LEVELED A HOSPITAL after being shot 8 TIMES wasn't absurd enough, the goofy mask took away any remaining chance at a genuinely scary or evil presence. Again, great post, feel free to post some more or e-mail if you wanna discuss/debate any further!
July 3, 2002, 8:08 p.m. CST
Thanks Charles Grady!
by Flexfill
Thank you Charles Grady. You're a gentleman and a scholar. I really liked your post. Good observations. And yes, it can't be that fucking hard to mold a duplicate of Shatner's young face.
July 3, 2002, 10:54 p.m. CST
They should've gotten Carpenter to direct the final one...
by Fatal Discharge
besides, what the hell else is he doing these days?
July 3, 2002, 11:21 p.m. CST
by NotchJohnson
Hi all, Notch here. I haven't watched Halloween 6, but I did see H20. NOW, WHO WAS THE MAN IN BLACK IN HALLOWEEN 5?? There was this pretty cool guy who followed Loomis and "shadowed" Michael during the film. He obviously was "normal" because 1) he arrived in town on a Greyhound bus, meaning that he had to buy a ticket, meaning that he wasn't some nut like Michael who couldn't even say "hello" if his life depended on it. 2) he smoked, making him a bit more normal. 3) He apparently shot up an entire police station (if I recall, a CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP scene where virtually nothing was shown). 4) He broke Michael out of jail. NOW CURSE OF MYERS SUCKED, SO I HEAR, I NEVER SAW IT. WHO WAS THE MAN IN BLACK??? Notch out.
July 3, 2002, 11:28 p.m. CST
But is it worse than "Jason X"?
by Johnny Ahab
Ahhh, who cares? Neither of these limp-dick sequels shoulda been made! GIVE ME EVIL DEAD 4 -- or better yet, COULD YOU IDIOT DISTRIBUTORS BRING "BUBBA HOTEP" TO THEATERS LIKE NEXT WEEK??? Oh, and great review, Prof. M. Laughed out loud at your crack about Tyra Banks not being able to act like she was in pain if you'd set her on fire. Keep on writin', Mori. Does Harry still work on this site anymore?
July 3, 2002, 11:31 p.m. CST
And another thing...
by Johnny Ahab
Add me to the list of "Halloween III" fans. Saw it in the theater way back when, and it creeped me out. It's a good'un.
July 3, 2002, 11:45 p.m. CST
by SLEAZY DINOSAUR
The original Halloween is a modern classic, Halloween 2 was ok for what it was. I didn't really watch the rest until a couple of years ago, when my roomate and I rented all of them and spent the day watching them, they were pretty bad, but fun to laugh at. I actually would like to see another sequel where they disregard all but the original and have John Carpenter direct it, now that would be interesting. Halloween spawned a lot of ripoffs, one of the best ones to me was "He knows your alone", it had a young Tom Hanks in a small supporting role, and his head ended up in a fish tank, anyway, worth a look if you come across it.
July 4, 2002, 12:03 a.m. CST
Halloween is still alright with me. . .
by jlee244
Halloween may not be for everyone, but it's fine with me. I grew up watching Halloween and the countless sequels with delight. Sure, looking back on them, they are hardly good movies to say the least. . .but I did enjoy them. The thing is, they are not trying to make a Hitchcock film here, they are just trying to make a fun slasher movie. I haven't seen Halloween Resurrection, but I am sure I will on opening night. Michael Myers is the best horror movie villian we have right now and I am glad they are still making movies. I have enjoyed all of the Myers films to date (some more than others) and I am sure I will enjoy this one too. However, if I have one complaint, it would be the fact that they are starting a trend of releasing the movies in the summer season as opposed to the typical fall release date as the early ones. I would like to go see a Halloween movie when the leaves are changing, cool autumn breezes are flowing and kids litter the streets with busted jack o' laterns and toliet paper.
July 4, 2002, 12:11 a.m. CST
I love the hell outta Busta's bumpin' sounds. . .
by Noriko Takaya
. . .but no way in Hell am I seein' this "movie." Instead I'll just crank "Anarchy" up full blast while on my way to see Monority Report. Toppu o Nerae!
July 4, 2002, 12:39 a.m. CST
This is top on my list of totally unnecessary sequels.
by Lobanhaki
I saw Halloween H20. Decent movie, and I liked the final decapitation of Michael Myers. It was a nice, clean way of putting it all to rest. No more getting up, no more coming back from the dead. It was cathartic, it was poignant (Michael Myers was her brother, so axing his head off was not an easy choice), and thought it wasn't Oscar, it was class. God. The old cavalcade of sequels was unnecessary all by itself, with H20 as a decent exception (it ignores everything after 2). Of course, they have to think about it like a goddamned "franchise". Franchises are for french fries and fried chicken. Movies are stories and if you get your story wrong, people will not overlook it, but will instead overlook your future product.
July 4, 2002, 9:50 a.m. CST
Halloween sequels blow
by Electric_Monk
The first was the best, and number 2 just reeked of raping a cash cow. Never seen any of the other films. Have no desire. I would rather watch a marathon of Star Trek Voyager, than pay money to see any more Halloween sequels. Jeebus, people, why do you see these films? Are you all masochists?
July 4, 2002, 1:53 p.m. CST
Didn't I see this movie on MTV
by SinfulAngel
Another sequel in a franchise that manages to rape everything the original created. Per chance did George Lucas have anything to do with this movie.
July 4, 2002, 2:12 p.m. CST
Who peed in Moriarty's cereal?
by redrocket
I am new to AICN but it seems that Rick Rosenthal might have fucked Moriarty's sister. I always thought it would take more then a bad director to ruin a movie. To say a movie is "not worthy of a review" is soft. Please let me know when Moriarty's first film is released so I can marvel at his pure cinematic perfection. "Bad Boys" was solid! I like the sock beating!
July 4, 2002, 5:59 p.m. CST
exactly what i thought you'd say
by soilwork
however you saw the movie you answered every fear i had about this gay movie. i made predictions that are almost exactly what you revealed. this movie is predictable before i see it and before i read reviews of those who have seen it. it is pathetic and i hope to god no one sees this. i mean anyone living especially busta is a no no. i want him in a body bag or no halloween 7,8 9 or whatever the hell this one is. thats it
July 4, 2002, 7:51 p.m. CST
Classic cinema has been raped yet again
by Skullfarmer
First off: brilliant review. I wish this movie hadn't been made; make a statement with your wallets,people. We don't want this watered-down horror they've been forcing on us,we want to see some irony-free(notice I said IRONY, not HUMOR)movies that scare the crap out of us,featuring intelligent scripts and people who can actually act. And that whole "switching with the ambulance driver" explanation is total bullshit. Why didn't he rip off the mask and yell "Please don't kill me!"
July 5, 2002, 1:24 a.m. CST
Samhain (pronounced Sow-in)...
by PoopsMcGee
The only Halloween movies worth a crap were the first two. III was an experiment gone horribly wrong, and then the franchise lost its way. IMHO, the true Halloween storyline ended at part 2. Now and forever, Poops McGee
July 5, 2002, 10:40 a.m. CST
Halloween X
by Jango Matt
How long till we get Micheal Myers in space? I'd laugh if this whole thing wasn't so damn depressing......and just as a point of interest, has anyone noticed how all the actors theyve had play Micheal since the first Halloween (my favorite film of all time, by the way) hasnt' been nearly as tall or built as Nick Castle, the original Shape?
July 5, 2002, 4:58 p.m. CST
I couldn't resist...
by Halloween68
No comment really. Just wanted to peep in see what all the hubbub was about, then peep out. And I loved the first 2 Halloween's. The 3rd was cool on its own right, but it should've been a separate film. If Carpenter wanted to do different films per Halloween, he shouldn't have done part 2. By 3 it was too late, the shape was in our veins. Part 4 was okay, it would've been better if they'd have come up with a halfway feasible explanation for why he didn't die and then his return. That stupid coma thing doesn't work in Steven Seagal movies and doesn't work here. Part 5 was alright until the dumbass at the end with the uzi. Part 6 blew big brown ass chunks. One of the worst films I've ever seen. I only went to see the last because Jamie Lee Curtis was in it. It would've been pretty cool if it hadn't ended before it started. This next one sounds bad... I don't think I'll see any more Halloween's unless Carpenter comes back with Debra Hill to write and direct. Okay, I'm a glutton for punishment. I'll use my freebie of the month at blockbuster to pick it up. Damn, that was a long ass no comment.
July 5, 2002, 8:44 p.m. CST
Interesting Trivia.
by ManosTHOF
For Halloween's first TV appearance, Carpenter borrowed the crew as they were shooting "II" to do additional scenes and reshoots. http://www.south-over.demon.co.uk/halloween/halloween_theshape.htm Not doubting you at all Mori, about the "II" reshoots, but was it partly a coincidental thing as reshoots were being done for "I" as well? (This is the first I have heard of any of this obviously and I am curious)
July 5, 2002, 10:57 p.m. CST
Please someone stop Miramax!
by thefix666
Please someone stop Miramax/Dimension films from destroying the classic movies of my youth! Why do they insist on taking fabulous movies like Halloween, The Crow, The Prophecy, From Dusk til Dawn and Hellraiser and making crap sequels less scary than Nancy Drew books directed by hacks who care not for what made the originals so wonderful. Are the Weinstein brothers crack addicts or something? This just ads to insult to the news of the Texas Chainsaw remake. It is truly a sad time to be a horror movie fan.
July 8, 2002, 8:16 a.m. CST
"Tyra Banks couldn
by SonOfKirson
God, I'll be laughing at that line this whole week. Thanks Moriarty!
July 10, 2002, 12:34 p.m. CST
Moriarty...I love you!
by G0AT1178
Man....what a sad, sad state horror films are in these days. The first time I saw the trailer for Halloween: Ressurection I let out an extremely loud cry of "BULLSHIT" in the movie theater, which the audience didn't seem to appreciate. I was hoping they weren't going to do this. I'm a huge fan of Halloween, and the Michael Myers character. Putting up with crappy sequels made me estatic that they killed him off at a high point with H20, the final showdown between Laurie and Mike. This new sequel looks to be a piece of rotten monkey shit baking in the hot sun. Horrible story set up. Horrible excuse as to why Michael survived being decapitated. Horrible EVERYTHING about this movie. This movie is just straight up formula horror film, and I got this just from the trailer! Give Michael the respect he deserves! Unfortunately, I will end up seeing this movie out of curiousity alone. Don't worry, I WON'T be paying for it. I'd rather run the risk of getting caught sneaking into this thing.
July 12, 2002, 7:22 p.m. CST
RE: "Tyra Banks couldnt act like she was in pain if I lit her on
by King Assassin
Moriarity...that's kind of a stupid statement to put in a review when there's never a reason in the movie for Tyra Banks to act like she's in pain. Tyra Banks was killed *off screen* and her character is never aware that Michael Myers is even there at the house. Never mind Tyra's acting skills...I'm questioning your reviewing skills.
July 14, 2002, 10:56 p.m. CST
Another Review of Halloween
by Off The TV
Feel free to check out WWW.OFFTHETV.COM for another review of Halloween Resurrection. - Dave firstname.lastname@example.com WWW.OFFTHETV.COM
July 17, 2002, 10:40 a.m. CST
Did you even watch the movie?
by Oryane
I am serious. You have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. They didnt explain anything about why Michael went bad. The highchair in the closet. The small locked room with chains. Those were all set up by Busta Rhymes' character and his crew. There was no explanation of anything about Michael and his killings. Also I have to disagree that Tyra Banks can act. Quite well actually. You seem to just want to have something to flame and since this movie is the "8th" in the series you feel the need to jump on it? This movie actually reads like part 4 because it and H20 completely ignore 3-6 like they never happened. This movie was good. And also with Michael listening to Rhymes' character, I think that he did that because he was confused to have "himself" yelling at him. I am sorry but this movie was a good one. Maybe not the best ever, but it was good.
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Recent Tasting Notes
Whoa. The dry leaf smells just like black cherry soda! Brewed, the scent is a rich, creamy, chocolate with a sheen of Maraschino cherry. But the flavor doesn't quite live up to the scent. There's no chocolate! There's dryness and a heavy mouthfeel, but no particular taste until a lingering Maraschino cherry note comes in at the end. When the tea cools, it just tastes like flat black cherry soda. I have real black cherry soda in the fridge, thank you very much (Dr. Brown's, of course). Although… maybe this would be a good candidate for a tea soda. Not an impressive showing so far.
Thanks for this one in your sale, MissB! I've been trying to try more of my teas I haven't gotten around to yet, before I delve into the teabox, to get a better handle on what to add to the teabox. I will start on those soon! I thought this would be like Joy's Teaspoon Almond Cookie (ESP emporium also has a blend similar/same). It is slightly, but not quite and not as those blends. Almond Cookie is mostly almonds, apple, cinnamon and beet root to give it a lovely pink color. This one has some other ingredients: brazil nuts, & cocoa nibs (with the apple, chocolate sounds like a weird combo.) The color of this cup was not pink, so I don't think there is beet root. This blend tastes more apple than cookie/nutty so I don't think it actually is "nutty enough". I couldn't really taste any chocolate in the blend, even using more than two teaspoons and steeping for quite a while. It really just seems like apple. It's an okay blend, but the Almond Cookie is pure perfection!
dexter sent this one my way…this one was a straight up miss for me. It didn't remind me of black forest cake or taste even remotely like it. It was just sort of there…hanging out. oh well! can't win them all and i love trying ALL THE TEAS! except for that blergamot one that james is threatening to make and send me… ick.
Thanks Scheherazade for sending me this one.
I love nutty teas, especially when it's the only flavour and it's not masked by other flavours. Unfortunately, I didn't find this terribly nutty. I could detect a hint of almond now and then, but for the most part it was just a sweet black tea.
Thank you Kat_Maria for sharing this with me. Unfortunately, I am finding this one a bit bland. It is mostly black base, though a bit of the cherry flavor does come out as it cools.
I was excited to try this tea from my Amoda January box because of the name. I was thinking the chocolate and cherry cake … and then I started reading the ingredients: carob? eww. Why carob? Why not cacao nibs or cacao shells? Carob is the cheap alternative to chocolate. I don't like carob. I like chocolate.
So, after reading that this had carob in it, I was less excited. But I still tried it.
It's not as bad as I thought it would be given that there's carob in it. It's actually alright. The chocolate notes are a little weak … that's kind of a standard complaint of mine when it comes to chocolate teas though isn't it … and even though it is kind of a standard complaint of mine, I can't help but think it would be better if it had cacao shells or cacao nibs. The cherry notes come through nicely.
I like the rose and the juniper in this … they added a nice dimension of flavor to the cup.
This wasn't what I expected, but it wasn't all that bad. It could have been better, though.
I love carob cookies from a local health food store, and carob chips in other cookies, Carob shake with almond milk is awesome! but havn't had any more luck with liking it in tea so far, like chocolate.
My Hubby is into fruit teas and has been looking for a good blueberry. We had one a few years ago when we bought him a bag of loose leaf on a whim, it was a blueberry rooibos blend. The company now only makes their blueberry version w/a black base.
This one smells nice as a dry leaf… sweet and fruity, not sure I can pick out blueberry.
I wasn't with him when he steeped it, so don't know if he followed directions well. He drank about 3/4 of the cup and even tried a bit of sugar, which isn't his normal, and he was ready to discard the last bit.
I offered to try it and see what he was tasting. To me, there was a berry flavor, but mostly hidden beneath the green tea flavor, and it seemed to have a thick mouth feel. I think this may be one of the first fruit flavored green teas that he has had. He has had plain greens at restaurants before, so he's familiar with the flavor.
I'm going to hold off on rating this one until I have a chance to try it & be sure it is steeped correctly and see where we are after that.
He did try a blueberry blend from American Tea Room after trying this one and it was received much better (can't get Steepster to let me review it, so I'll try it later). Still not quite what he had before.. but closer.
Thanks MissB for sending these one our way for him to try!
Second tea from Amoda's January 2014 box. I didn't take great notes on it, but what I do remember is a definite cherry flavour, different from cherry blacks I've had previously. I'm not a big fan of maraschino/candied cherries (which are the types of cherries I associate with black forest cake), but I'm not quite sure it tasted like that… anyhow, I'll have to give it another shot and pay a bit more attention! At the very least, I remember it being ok? Haha.
I'm typically not all that excited to try "detox" teas or other functional type teas because, well, their functional. Functional usually = not tasty. But as far as functional teas go, this one wasn't too bad. It actually turned out to be tastier than I expected it to be.
It didn't really taste medicinal or overly herbaceous to me (which is usually what I expect from a functional tea like this.) The spices gave it more of an appealing spicy taste rather than a medicinal one.
A warm, zesty tisane with notes of herb. Not bad.
This was good, a little subtle in terms of not being overly sweet, and I loved the true flavor of the cherry, how it really was the specific cherry in a black forest cake smell. That said, something felt missing. I don't know what though. I had it last night (I've developed a habit of trying new teas at night but not reviewing them until the next day which makes for shoddier notes I reckon but is worth it to be able to focus on reading and Buffy) and I can't remember if I had any guesses then…perhaps body? Not quite thick or silky enough? Hm. Not sure.
100th Tasting Note!
I had a cup of this yesterday and was a little disappointed. I know I underleafed because I wanted to make sure I got a few cups out of the sample, but the flavour was very weak. I tried it again today and made sure I put in the correct amount of tea, and what a difference! I really enjoyed this. The cherry flavour is stronger than the chocolate but I think that is a good thing. I find cherry teas are fairly uncommon and it was nice to have a cherry black as opposed to a green. I don't know if I would buy this again, but I might down the road if I'm craving a cherry black.
So this was in my Amoda box last month and I' just finishing it up now. It's sweet, has cherry flavouring and some other things, but I'm not enthused about this one guys.
Not really. It's ok. It's a happy face, but not a really happy face. There's no tongue sticking out begging for another drop face here.
So there's something in this that I just don't care for. I can't put my finger on it. It's also the same flavour I noticed in Butiki's Raspberry Truffle, and that I think was also in her Rhubarb Vanilla Ale or Ruby Pie. (one of them). It's dark, a little bitter and … salty, for lack of a better word.
If I can ignore it, this tea is fine. If I can't, it's not so great. I'll resort to a dash of milk then.
Still. I wish I could figure out what it is. Am I just sensitive to some random flavour? :P
I haven't been very much into green teas recently. Partially because, as I recently discovered, I had been steeping them at too high temperatures. I have recently corrected that and I am ready to go on a green tea adventure again.
This one has exceeded my expectations. It is so extremely blueberry-ish that I am not sure how they achieved that without artificial flavoring. This very strong blueberry flavor composes wonderfully with the green tea base and doesn't seem to overpower it (somehow!). I love it!
So this was in Amoda's box for January 2013, and I already have a huge bag of it, unopened. Why? Because few of Naked Teas Galore's offerings have wowed me, and so I had actually planned to sell the bag before cracking it open. This sample was an excellent opportunity to try it out… even though really, I should try everything I've purchased! :$
There are a lot of rose petals in this tea, which is what initially turned me off. Having said that, the ingredient listing is fantastic, so I thought I'd try it just to see. Out of the bag it smells strongly of cherry, and a chemical one at that. Aie…
It smells more like black forest cake brewed however, and I'm VERY pleasantly surprised with the taste. Hot, there's a stronger floral quality to it, and cold it's more of a cherry cake. With a tiny bit of pure Stevia, this is really quite delicious!
You and your Stevia! Every time I read the name in your tasting notes my tongue shrivels up a little! :) I do wish I could enjoy that sweetener.
I'm nervous about the floral notes on this one, and wondering if I pick out the rose petals, if that will help.
Are you allergic Dustin? If not, I strongly suggest trying pure stevia, which is super-concentrated; I use less than 1/16th of a teaspoon per cup. I also (and hate saying this) suggest non-organic stevia, because the extraction process for organic makes stevia, to me, really bitter. It's the additives in stevia that make it taste 'off', or unlike a normal sweetener. Use it as-is and sparingly, and you'll think it's sugar.
Amariel, I hate roses in my tea, and I loved this. The 50g bag of this specific tea that I have has sat for about a month now because of my same fear. Sometimes, it just works.
You know, Amoda didn't list rose petals in the ingredients. I'm getting to the point where I want to box these companies metaphorical ears.
Most recently I tried the Trader Joe's stevia. Maybe I have been adding too much, but I seem to remember trying it in canned drinks and not liking the taste then either. I'll try it again and see if adding only a little changes anything.
Most stevia on the market, including items with stevia already in them, have extra additives to make them equal sugar 1:1. Trader Joe's is cut with lactose of all things, and I found it ridiculously bitter and unpalatable. This is what I use (again, less than 1/16th of a teaspoon per cup of tea to match 1 tsp of most other sweeteners), and one bag will last me about a year: http://www.nuts.com/cookingbaking/powders/stevia.html The brand of stevia as well as what's added makes all the difference, I've found.. I've tried at least eight different brands now.
OMG I know, right? It was listed on the 50g package I bought, and the only way I knew it was in it. Mind you, I could see the petals in the Amoda box, but still. If I had an allergy to them…
Oh. Well if I have a reaction to a tea ingredient, picking it out makes zero difference – I still have a reaction. The oils, flavors and smells are already imbued in the tea. I'm avoiding the green in this month's Amoda box completely and just passing it along for the same reasons, personally.
For me it is the smell. If I can't smell it, it is ok, but if I can…I need to keep some Tylenol Migraine nearby. I might make it in the morning and if I can't deal with it, I'll dump it and get a tea at Starbucks.
Another MissB tea sample. This was was definitely as others described, just flavored water. No real taste of anything. Not gross, but not good either. The good news is my tongue didn't do anything weird like it did with Birthday Cake last night, so it looks like red rooibos is fine for me.
Did I review this one already? I know I shared quite a bit with others, because this is a sipdown already. Ah well, it wasn't that memorable.
I get zero red cake, zero cake, zero anything really. Oversteeped, overleafed, both in an attempt to really get the yum out of this – and actually saw a few chocolate bits in there. Yay? Well, I guess yay if I could taste them. This just tastes like flavored water.
This smells horrible. Something bitter and tart and… yuck. Steeped I got little smell out of it, and drinking it is okay. Just okay. Almond, yes. That's about it. I needed to sweeten this to drink it, and it's better now. More almond cookie kinda sorta, and I'm okay with that. Won't re-order.
The dry leaves of this smell really lovely- I could instantly detect the notes of peppermint, rooibos, and rose. As stated before, I'm not the biggest drinker of rooibos tea, but I will always try something once.
Steeped, the taste remains very similar to the dry nose scent. The peppermint was much milder than I had expected, so I kind of feel like the title of this tea is misleading. I definitely did not feel like I was drinking a candy cane. Nevertheless, I was impressed with how well the rooibos and peppermint and floral notes blended together. Overall, I wouldn't buy this for myself personally, but it is a nice tea. Just not a personal "must have." Thanks to MissB for sending a sample my way.


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Alzheimer's Disease Health Center
New Thinking About Alzheimer's Treatment
New Approaches Needed
There are only five drugs approved by the FDA specifically for treatment of AD, and only four are widely used (the fifth, Cognex, has serious side effects and has largely fallen out of use). But because they work on the symptoms of Alzheimer's -- memory loss, confusion, agitation -- rather than on the actual pathology that causes the symptoms, these drugs may be a case of too little, too late.
"Everybody feels like we have to do something about this disease fast. The numbers of people who are going to be affected by it is so great, we know what a difference it could make if we could delay onset even by five years. And we also know that the disease takes a long time to evolve in the brain, so the sooner we intervene, the better," says Marilyn Albert, PhD, director of the division of cognitive neuroscience in the department of neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
The first brain changes of Alzheimer's disease may occur as early as 10 to 20 years before the first symptoms of the disease appear, Bengt Winbald, MD, PhD, professor of geriatric medicine and chief physician at the Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, tells WebMD.
Until recently, those changes have been too small or too subtle to easily detect, making it extremely difficult to identify people who could benefit from early intervention.
But that appears to be changing. A key theme at this year's Alzheimer's conference is advances in brain imaging that may make it possible to detect and diagnose early AD, leading to the development of drugs and other treatment strategies that could halt or at least slow the progression of disease.
Plaque Attacks and Tangled Webs
One of the most intriguing strategies discussed at this year's conference involves drugs or vaccines aimed at clearing deposits of an abnormal form of a protein that accumulates in the brains of people who suffer from Alzheimer's. The protein, known as beta amyloid, forms clumps or "plaques" and is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
One experimental drug, called Alzhemed, has been shown in animal and human studies to clear significant amounts of beta amyloid deposits from the brain. A similar drug, known only as LY450139, has shown similar effects in humans.
Several companies are also working on vaccines that can stimulate the body to make antibodies that attack and dissolve beta-amyloid deposits. Other experimental drugs and vaccines are aimed at treating another suspected cause of AD, a different protein known as tau, which normally serves as a building block of nerves. In the brains of people with advanced AD, strands of twisted tau proteins, called fibrillary tangles, can be found inside brain cells.


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Ford Hall Forum presents Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
with Maria Stephanos
Thursday, October 28, 7:00pm to 8:30pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
Condolezza Rice: Diplomat, politcal scientist, Stanford University provost, professor, fellow, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from Soviet and Easter European Affairs Advisor to President George H.W. Bush during the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse of Communism in Europe, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9/11. For the first time, Rice shares her story of how her parents shaped the life of the second woman in our nation's history - and the first black woman - to serve as Secretary of the State. Her story, Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family, is one of overcoming obstacles of race and gender, coming up through the ranks of academia, and a heady rise into the world of global politics. Rice joins Fox25 News anchor Maria Stephanos to share the little known details of what has contributed to her continuing sucess.
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Demonkunga said...
"I expect the current 'default Horde' totems will remain the Orc totems of choice, but I'm very hopeful for Tauren and Trolls and Goblins and Dwarves to all get their own unique totem skins. Frankly, I want Tauren totems to resemble the giant beating pole Cairne Bloodhoof carries around."
You have that wrong. The "default Horde" totems are actually Tauren totems. Tauren are the true Shamanistic, and Druidtic type race. If you think the current totems for Horde are something the Orcs made, you must be blind. It's pretty obvious they are Tauren.
thebitterfig said...
don't get me wrong, i love the orc racials, particularly for enhancement shaman. that said, they don't scale that well with gear. blood fury provides the same AP/SP benefit (gogo double-dipping) for a fresh 80 in rep blues and a few heroic epics as it does for someone in full hardmode Ulduar and ToC epics. true, as your haste/crit are higher, you make better use of that same amount of AP/SP, but that flat 20% haste is quite sexy even in the greatest gear imaginable. likewise, the expertise bonus depends on using only axes and fists, and having good gear which lacks expertise, since there is a very trivial benefit to overcapping expertise (you might on some rare occasions be in front of a mob for a few swings, but again, a rare circumstance).
for elemental, there is a happy coincidence with berserking's cooldown being the same length as the one for elemental mastery, meaning you can always dovetail your 15% crit and your 20% haste. it isn't gamebreaking, but it's still quite handy.
when it comes to resto shaman, however, orc racials don't really measure up. blood fury doesn't increase healing, so all you're left with is some stun reduction. 20% haste can be very handy in a lot of healing situations, though. 10 seconds isn't very long, but with wrath of air totem, the haste is enough to give you an extra CH in that time frame.
of course, i think anyone will agree that tauren racials suck for pve.
"Tauren totems. Tauren are the true Shamanistic, and Druidtic type race. If you think the current totems for Horde are something the Orcs made, you must be blind. It's pretty obvious they are Tauren."
Maybe my lore is rusty, but im pretty sure the draenei learned to be shamanistic from the orcs on draenor, so i dont think you can really pin it down to the tauren being the true shaman.
yeah, on draenor, the orcs were shaman first... the draenei didnt pick it up until the orcs started killing them, and the broken lost their connection to the light (check out the "farseer" short story, its pretty darn good".
Having said that though, there were shaman on azeroth before the orcs arrived. Tauren, and possibly trolls, had been shaman for a long, long time before then.
Its still silly that theyre all sharing the same totems though!


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When did getting daydrunk and quilting become my Saturday tradition?
Today I finished the dinosaur quilt square, the Poison Ivy square, the Joker square, and a huge bottle of red wine.
And now I have to stop and get dressed for a 1989 themed party.
What even is…what am I doing with my life?
The secret life of the Crowbar…another music video shoot.
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I <3 Portland.
Bunker IPA. One of Maine's newest editions. Hoptastic!
Tonight is the premier of their new Irish Imperial Stout, Trashmaster, at Mama's Crowbar.
And let me tell ya, its worth the trip up the hill.
nerdonthesurf replied to your photo: Pork rinds, Camel Menthols, and Dry Spray…
Western maine? Where from? Me too - I grew up in Jay, not sure if that counts as "west enough."
My mum bought a half-burnt down (former funeral home) farmhouse in Andover when I was in high school and my dad lived in the former parish house of a Universalist church in Oxford Hills. A lot of free time was spent shoplifting wine from the Walmart in Rumford and then drinking it while watching the trucks coming and going from the paper mill.
This is after a childhood in Rhode Island which is like New Jersey without the disposable incomes.
Then I dropped out of college in Farmington to move to San Francisco, planning on first spending one summer in Portland- but then I lived next to this little dive bar and started hanging out there and the rest you know. I still visit Farmington a lot though and always pass through Jay…and the perpetually under construction roads.
Why, yes, The Traditional Ten Month Leather and Mustache Roommate Anniversary Party was a success.
I knit my own mustache but my hot pink leather jacket didn't show up until this week.


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FAIRBANKS, AK-On Saturday night Sheilla Bratten Productions had their annual NPC Heart of Alaska Body Building Championships at Pioneer Park Theatre.
These athletes just make you want to do some pushups or something. We highlight some local winners who received Excalibur blades too. Now that's a trophy.
Rebecca Leivdal, a Fairbanksan, came away with three awards including women's overall. Gee Jackson was the overall men's physique winner and Ken Stevenson won the over 5-8 men's physique category.
The overall men's winner was Torrey Plunk which was his first overall title in six competitions.
For the body builders this is just a way of life. However, one winner wasn't thrilled with body building at first.
"I actually hated working out," Leivdal said. "But I wasn't taught it when I was a child so it was kind of hard for me to get into to but once I got into it, it was amazing. I was really excited, regardless of what my placement was gonna be just because I love it, it's like a major passion of mine."
Men's overall winner Plunk who also won the best poser award along with the open bodybuilding 5'8" class is always ready to compete because of his active lifestyle.
"I'm always active, and always physical and I always want to challenge myself whether it be improving my handstands or improving muscle-ups; I do different things and the body building show is coming up 'hey, maybe I'll enter a show', you know," Plunk said. "I feel like I'm always in range to be ready to compete at something because I stay in pretty good shape all the time."
Ashley Walley, who won the overall bikini title liked that the competition was in the Golden Heart City.
"It was nice to do it in Fairbanks, in my home town, because it's been in Anchorage before and that is even more hectic; you can't go home and rest. It's nice to go home and take a nap and come back and bring A game for overall," Walley said.