Anything Can Rock With A Starwars Reference

Okay so I was just watching a new show on Showcase. The show is called "Billable Hours". It's really not that good but I enjoy it just because of the Starwars references. The one character was planning on watching a Starwars marathon and was a huge Starwars geek. I can relate to this character because I'm a Starwars geek. Okay so it's really stupid criteria for judging entertainment but I'm a geek. What would you expect? I again watch the Empire of Dreams documentary on the creation of the Starwars trilogy and I'm contemplating right now putting Spaceballs on. I'm a little obsessed. And I know people worse then me. Carrie at work is even more obsessed. I'm sure by now I've told everyone that Georgie boy is going to release the original trilogy as it was seen in the 70's and 80's on DVD. This is considered the best version by purist. I'm not a purist. I can watch pretty much any version but I'm happiest with the Special Edition release as most of the work done was a clean up and some special effects. I completely understand the issues with the last DVD release. We don't need to hear "Anikin" every five minutes. I love the references to Starwars in popculture. The episode of That 70's Show where they watch Starwars the first time was my favorite. Simpsons has too many reference to list (particularily Ralphy Wiggums "I bent my wookie" was great). I'm weird. I think I'm done here. I've really acomplished nothing but hey.....uh....chow.

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger

Cult Classic: The Undergrads

I just bought the Undergrads on DVD and I'm watching the whole season (all 13 epsisodes). I'm currently as I write this on the "Risk" episode. I love this cartoon. It's hillarious. Great lines and more Starwars references than in "Phantom Menace". I suggest this cartoon for anyone who loves pop culture reference humor. The best episode is the Starwars vs Startrek episode. Anyway I just thought I'd share this with anyone who might read this. Chow.

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger

As I write this I'm watching the Colbert Report. He's interviewing Brown from FEMA. He's embarassing him. I have to wonder how gullible Republicans are. The willing go on the Colbert Report and miss some of his low blows. Are they confused by sarcasm? Do they not get that Colbert is not actually conservative? He's suppose to be a parody of Bill O'Reilly from Fox. The key word here is "parody". I just don't get how he gets them to come on his show. Loved it though. Chow.

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger

America The Conceited

So there's a trend in American media this week. It's always been there but this week I've seen it on CNN (which I only watch because of my constant search for stuff that pisses me off), Bill Maher had it in his comedy special on the Comedy Network and it even invaded the sacred Daily Show in the form of an asshole republican who wrote some stupid book. They all have this opinion that every other country doesn't hate the United States, they just wanna be them. It's the most self-rightious bullshit I've ever heard. Being Canadian I can tell you that I definitely do not want to be American. Honestly I don't think I could ever be that pig headed and arrogant (as most of the American public is). About six months ago I saw a special by RickMercer called Talking To Americans. This showed the ignorance of Americans towards other coutries. Actually it was almost scary to think how many people interviewed didn't hesitate when it was suggested to bomb Saskatchewan without knowing where it was. I'm not saying that American's are stupid (although most that Rick interviews definitely are). I'm just saying that they are too absorbed in their own nation to realize that there's more out there. The simple fact is that Americans tend to have this opinion that they invented civilization and that the world couldn't function without them. I'd like to see what would happen in the U.S. if every contribution from other nations was removed from them. Since most of their "inventions" and "technology" couldn't exist without inventions from other countrys, I'm pretty sure that they would be grunting cavemen...which many of them appear to be today anyway. I just with they'd stop thinking that the world revolves around them and start acting like a "part" of the world instead of it's "ruler". Okay I'm done venting. Chow.

My Script Project: Brain Storming Part 1

I'm thinking of attempting to write a movie script. Of course I have no tallent or experience so it's going to be kinda slow, confusing and probably not very good. I've decided to post my progress and ideas on my blog so that people can watch my progress. I procrastinate alot so I probably won't post about it that often. I'm not worried about having my script stolen since I doubt it's worth anyone and if someone did use it I'd only ask that they'd refer to me in the credits, even if it sucked. So here's my film idea. I want to center the entire story around the villain except that you don't know that it's the villain until near the end of the story. Everything will appear to have good intentions and the consequences will not be revealled until the end of the story. I love movies that mess with people's minds. I want the character to be delusional so that he sees an apparition. The apparition will be a manifestation of his concients. And he will pay close attention to the apparation at the beginning of the story but throughout the story he will start to ignore the apparation more and more. It would work best if the apparation was of someone close the character like say a family member. I feel that if the character is male the best choice for a psychologically theme would be a mother or sister. This would help establish a close relationship. I won't reveal that the apparition is an apparation until the end of the story when it's revealled what the character has been doing. Well that's all I can think of for now. I'll post more ideas as they come to me.

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger

What Can You Believe?

Well I'm back into my anti-organized religion mode again. I'm not really against the religions themselves. I'm more against the organized part. It's a fact that if you get a group of people who all believe the same thing together and throw in someone who does not believe the same thing, they will either attempt to convert the new person or ostracize them. This is human behavior and it's what in the long run causes wars. This doesn't just apply to older religions. I'm sure just about everyone's seen the South Park episode about Scientology and probably most people have heard the stories of the churches bullying of people. It sickens me. I know many people who refuse to watch anything with Tom Cruise in it because of his recent obsession with anyone who disagrees with his chosen religion. Well that and because (let's face it) he's a nut case who had "auditions" for his wife. I've actually sent an e-mail to the Church of Scientology requesting that they release Katie Holmes, who they are now controlling and will not allow to leave their church (which she only joined because of crazy Tom). I strongly encourage everyone else to send them the same message by clicking here and using their online form. Also a few people at work and I agree that if there is a custody battle between Tom and Katie for their kids, we should start a fund to pay for Katie's legal fees and too bribe the judge (cause let's face it, Tom or someone affiliated with him will be bribing the judge in his favor -- money is power). Also I suggest that everyone check out the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster which makes about as much sense as Scientology or any other religion for that matter. Chow.

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger

Bad Movie Night

Okay so Caleb, Carrie and I had a "bad movie night". This is where we watch bad movies and make fun of them. The first movie was the pointless and painful "Glitter" with Mariah Carey. What a piece of shit. It was so bad that we had to fast forward through some parts. The most confusing part was the mysterious piece of silver tape that appeared on various parts of her body through out the movie. Why? The second film was my choice. The 1988 remake of "The Blob". Surprisingly it wasn't that bad when compared to Glitter, but it was still pretty bad. As Caleb pointed out it's the template movie for a monster movie, with all the classic character archetypes. If we were to make a movie parody of a monster movie, this would be our model. I have an idea of the next "bad movie" to watch but I can't find it anywhere. Please if anyone knows where I can find "The Stuff" please let me know where.

On another note, I bought a wide angle lens for my camera and it looks really good. It's going to be really useful for making a movie.

Well that's it, chow for now.

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger

Huh?

So apparently there's a website that does "fantasy blog share market" statistics. This is kinda like the online geeks version of a fantasy sports team game. I had never heard of it until I googled my page and found that they have my blog listed. Weird since I don't remember submitting a link to them but, in the words of Lennon and McCartney, let it be. Of course I'm a little hurt that I'm not doing to well but what can you expect. I'm not a hard hitting news blog, I'm not controversial and I'm not linked everywhere. Hell I'm not even interesting enough to get what I do get (which I think is some pitty hits from friends). Anyhoo, just thought I'd share it with people. In fact here's a list of pages that I am linked from:

www.blogshares.com
www.expensiveads.com
batcaleb.blogspot.com

And that's about it. I'm not that popular. Chow

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger

Forgotten Treasures

So I was shuffling through my mess of a home today and found an old CD that I hadn't listened to in quite some time. It was "Let Your Dim Light Shine" by Soul Asylum. I just put it in and from the beginning I'm reminded why I bought this CD. This is a masterpiece of weird. I love it. You have to love a CD that has 2 minutes and 47 seconds of someone sitting in an out house thinking about things ("Just Like Anyone"). It's creative. I just thought I'd share that with whoever might read this. This is atleast in my top 10 (mind you I've never rated my favorite albums before). Of course my tastes have always been unusual (I actually like They Might Be Giants). In an era where are music has become the same stale Brintney Spears/Justin Timberlake manufactured pop, it sometimes pays to go back and listen to what didn't catch on. Chow

Yours truly,
The Red Night Blogger