tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51391734089577793542024-03-13T10:33:39.708+10:00Pete's Geek SpeakMy take on movies, pop-culture and modern mythology including films, TV, comics, and religion.mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-18960481287245202782016-01-24T15:28:00.006+10:002016-01-24T15:36:09.064+10:002016 kicks off with DEADPOOL!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We seem to say it every year, "This is THE year for sci-fi and comic book movie," and it seems every year the movies get bigger and better. I can't even imagine how huge a movie Infinity War will be, and I've got a decent imagination. I wouldn't be surprised if Howard the Duck didn't show up. Anyway, that's 2018, but this year, 2016, is HUGE. We're already still basking in the light of The Force Awakens and Deadpool is skulking around ready to pop up to slice and dice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My problem is that the nearest cinema from this geek's outback habitat is nearly three hours and when you've got a tribe of four kids who will want to 'come with' then I have to be choosey about which flick to road trip to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wolverine: Origins Whatever was a terrible movie that had to happen. It's when, I think, the studios heard the cry that perhaps some fan service is warranted. Perhaps there's a reason why some characters have evolved into something that resonates with readers and perhaps they could be translated to film with a little more respect to the hallowed source material. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bet Ryan Reynolds has a lot of frustration playing the part of Deadpool in that god awful movie.<i> I remember a cool helicopter scene and Wolverine jumping out of the bath being to decent scenes, but Holy Frak maybe they should stop making stand-alone Wolverine movies. </i>But who gets a second chance to play the same character again, and this time AS he should be seen? Ryan Reynolds does. Muthafucka made a deal with the devil, fo-sho.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how he managed to pull the strings that enabled an R-rated balls to the wall, perfectly costumed version of Wade Wilson to come into existence, but it's coming and coming soon. Of course the leaked footage, which was either the perfect storm of viral chance or a carefully orchestrated piece of propaganda (I think the former), seemed to be enough to let the studio know that there was an audience in desperate need of fan-servicing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reviews are already in, and all of them are 11 thumbs up. Bring it on... this might call for a family road trip sans the young'uns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It might be just me, but when I see this pic of Kylo Ren I see Inspector Gadget. Long face, big ears, tufts of hair above the ears. </span>mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-32301548672423678702015-12-27T21:11:00.001+10:002015-12-27T21:14:44.531+10:00Banshee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a great time of the year for binge television viewing and this short season series is the perfect show to do it with if you love yourself some high adrenalin action. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lucas Hood (Antony Starr) is a recently paroled ex-con who assumes the identity of a small town's new sheriff. He's a brooding tough guy who brings to this quiet town huge lashings of cinema quality sex and violence; both quite graphic. It's not a series for the faint-hearted. Each episode has at least two well choreographed action sequences the likes not usually seen on television. You have to suspend your belief and enjoy the unlikely scenarios that come with the premise, because he seems to have almost Rambo/Terminator abilities. Movie viewers are conditioned to seeing someone shot, stabbed and beaten get up and still throw down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three seasons have aired and a fourth and final will air in 2016. They each contain 8-10 episodes, preferring quality over quantity and the producers don't want to 'milk' it by stretching it out beyond four seasons. It's lewd, gory, offensive, eccentric and full of machismo, and it knows it. It's damn entertaining. </span><br />
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mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-79118144459957033472013-04-26T23:08:00.000+10:002015-12-27T21:18:53.198+10:00My Life in Film (Movie meme over my 44 years)<b><span style="font-size: large;">My life in film. The idea is to pick out a movie of personal note for each year of your life from the year they were released. You don't need to have seen it in that particular year. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1972 Monty Python's Flying Circus: </b>When I was one years old the English discovered that you didn't <i>need</i> a punchline.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1973 The Exorcist:</b> There have been very few completely awesome demon possession movies since. It was already kinda nailed. The only time I saw vomit used so well in a movie was 'Stand by me', and Monty Python's 'The Meaning of Life'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1974 Young Frankenstein:</b> Goddam, Gene Wilder was awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1975 Jaws</b>: Some movie about a shark whose name 'Jaws' never gets mentioned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1976 Bugsy Malone:</b> Jody Foster's name was Talula and she lived til she died. Wasn't Chachi in this movie?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind:</b> As a kid I was so confused by this movie title. Was this the third in a trilogy? Where were the other two?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1978 Superman:</b> What can I say. I just remember going to Hungry Jacks (Burger King) afterwards and staring into my Coke in awe of what just happened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1979 Breaking Away:</b> I honestly spent that year of school trying to speak Italian. Drove family and friends absolutely bonkers. Belissimo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1980 Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back</b>: Imagine nine year olds arguing about the soap opera aspects of Darth being Luke's dad etc... long conversations from memory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark:</b> I wouldn't let my little brother see this because of the 'graphic' scenes. I was a douchey big brother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1982 E.T. </b>The book had m&ms while the movie used Reece's Pieces. That's one of my strongest memories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1983 Star Wars Return of the Jedi:</b> Man, I loved the original Ewok celebration song at the end. Nub nub nibbidy boo, or something close to that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1985 The Breakfast Club:</b> I just always thought they would have made a good Superhero Team up, Teen Titans, or Power Ranger style. Power of a princess. Power of a Geek... Jock... Emo kid... and etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1986 Aliens:</b> The ultimate false ending. Two climaxes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1987 The Princess Bride:</b> There are people who haven't seen this movie. Worse yet, there are people who <i>have</i> seen it but didn't love it. Go away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1989 Batman:</b> I almost cried from disappointment that there weren't enough Batman money shots. I learned to love it after I got some more perspective. More of my thoughts on <a href="http://www.mothrust.com/2011/05/batman-began.html">Burton's Batman here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1991 Terminator 2:</b> Shiny melty man. Yeah, I'm getting bored now. Read on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1992 Unforgiven:</b> When I went to see this movie with some of my douche Christian friends, some of them did a 'walk out'. I was uncomfortable too. God I love this movie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1993 Groundhog Day:</b> If I was stuck in a time-loop repeating day I would... umm... you know what? Groundhog Day covered EVERYTHING</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1994 The Lion King:</b> Elton John was a big deal to me back then. We saw it a few times in the cinema, and it was animated! A new era was dawning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1996 Braveheart:</b> Soundtrack, battle scenes, script. GUSH</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1998 Titanic:</b> I saw this in the cinema four times, as did everyone else I knew. I was a very gay man, I'm now thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1999 The Prince of Egypt:</b> Yeah, I was still a Christian at that point. This was 'way' cool for my types.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2000 Gladiator:</b> See notes for Braveheart</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2004 Before Sunset:</b> The most fulfilling and beautiful romantic film of all time. It's one long chat, but we love it and its sequel to bits. Ethan Hawke gets a free ticket for life from me, for this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2007 The Brave One:</b> I like vigilantes and Jodie Foster, from Bugsy Malone to this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>2010 127 hrs</b>: Yeah, go humans! We can do it! Inspiring stuff. Oh yeah, and I love it when Jo nestles her head in my arms and can't watch gory bits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Superman: The Movie. There was no mistaking this for a comic, or a toothbrush. This was a movie and the movie title said so. Thanks for the head's up, marketers. It reminds me of the first Star Trek movie, <i>The Motion Picture</i>; and the recent Simpsons' Movie, so titled. It's a redundant adage, but it solidifies it as an 'event'.</span><br />
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<br />mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-69627782457139862522011-09-02T23:19:00.000+10:002013-05-07T19:54:16.589+10:00Batman Began<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In 1988, I discovered Batman when the newspapers ran with the story that Robin's death would be voted on by readers. Yep, the new readership they wanted by writing sensational <i>event</i> stories sucked me in. Until then I read black and white Phantom comics and had never considered buying the more expensive American magazines. And besides, Batman was some <b>campy</b> crap from TV. I was ignorant to the comic series, but this news that the Joker had pounded Robin to a bloody pulp with a crowbar got me interested. It seemed the campy stuff was over long ago. The first actual Batman comic I saw completely won me over. It showed him upside down, hanging from a tree. Oh yeah, I wanted to be that guy. It was the most striking image I had ever seen. I was smitten, and I still am.<br />
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I started to devour all things Batman. All the back stories and stand alone graphic novels, all the compendiums, and toys... everything. I drew batman icons on paper, and made suits for costume parties. There's something about that icon that is primal to me. I've even got a Batman symbol tattooed on my shoulder and I never tire of it. I became obsessive for the Dark Knight and I studied the character with devoted admiration. Soon after, I discovered that Tim Burton was making a film, and my imagination went wild. What would the Bat suit look like, and the car, and the cave? How would they show the years of dedicated training that formed this dark and disturbed yet focussed superior hero (yes, superhero) detective. It was a big budget movie and I hope it was going to be the biggest movie event of my lifetime.<br />
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Batman broods, and I like that idea. A hero that sulks. I could do that. Bruce Wayne is the epitome of obsessiveness and was a normal guy with billions of dollars, and dedication. Much like the Phantom, I was interested in the idea that anyone could be a superhero if you had a good reason and some determination. I've had plenty of arguments with people about the label 'Superhero', but I'll stand by it. Batman is 'super' enabled, much like most of the heroes of Gotham. He's more than ordinary... Super Ordinary? He's completely honed, so bad guys are completely <i>owned</i>.<br />
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Back to the movie. It opened to some deep emotionally charged soundtrack and a camera angle that weaved and swooped us through a maze that later revealed itself as the Batman emblem itself, in all its glory. It was beautiful and perfect. This was going to be great! The first scene involved a very dramatic and operatic caped figure instilling fear into a couple of thugs, and he told them... he, was Batman. The Batsuit looked dark and shiny and although he had a fat looking head and a chest emblem that didn't quite look right AT ALL, it had flair and presence.<br />
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It was all set up to be something more than magic, but then the Joker showed up, and literally <i>stole</i> the show. He stole it. He was in most of the scenes whereas I wanted to see more Batman. Not a Clark Kentish Bruce Wayne clutzing about and NOT the Joker being <i>campy</i>. I wanted to see the batsuit again. I wanted to see the cape fluttering by as he swang through the city and jumped from rooftops. He could hardly move his neck. He had so much rubber on him I couldn't see how he could make like Bruce-Lee and stealthily get around and kick ass, but for me, it's all about the cape, and the cape looked great.<br />
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I left the movie completely disappointed. Why wasn't he swinging through the city and jumping between rooftops? Why wasn't the movie simply called 'Joker'. I was underwhelmed, and kinda upset. On subsequent viewings I got a better perspective, but it wasn't my Batman. It was 'a' Batman though, and there was a lot to love about the movie. We never got enough time with BatBruce, and decades on we're still begging for more time with the man. In Batman Begins, we did at least get some backstory to the Bat story and then later we were lucky enough to get another Batman/Joker movie. Yeah, he still has the clunky bat-suit, and unfortunately it looks like it was made from car tires, tread and all, but it was a huge brilliant movie (although full of plot-holes). It'll probably be another twenty years before we see Batman and Joker at it again where their <b>Dynamic Dual </b>can be dissected some more, but I'm learning to be patient.mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-5706502583908425502011-09-01T23:05:00.000+10:002013-05-07T19:41:18.220+10:00Robocop Moth<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IB4c0v414gk?fs=1" width="425"></iframe><br />
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One of my followers on Twitter made this video for me incorporating my 'Mothpete' alias with his Robocop's. It's weird. I like it.mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-57382227645699290192011-08-17T00:03:00.000+10:002013-05-07T19:55:21.549+10:00My Cinematic Alphabet - 'R' stands for Raiders and Robocop<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
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This is how I like my Indiana Jones: young, non-wrinkled and free of flying fridges. Indiana was the quintessential serialised rugged action hero plucked from a non-existent radio series and given eternal life by Lucas. God bless 'im for the wonder years of cinema, <i>before</i> he regurgitated them into the plunder years of cinema. My god, Indy 4 winked at itself so much that I could feel a breeze. You have to consider it a spoof rather than a sequel and then strike it from the records. I think most of us have already. I do hear the lego game version is great. Lego 'anything' is cute. Heck even a lego Steve Buscemi with a Predator's mandible mouth would be cute.</div>
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'Raiders' was there first with the greatest epic dusty action adventure of the modern age, and it had the score, the man, the hat and the whip we boys all wanted to own. I would've ruled the schoolyard with a whip like that. Indy was great when he was hunting religious relics and we were there in awe when the Ark was finally opened. Then we rewound the VHSs again and wewatched it many more times watching Nazi's faces melt off. Good times.</div>
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Never before has the story of Jesus been told so eloquently, and with so many high tech machine guns. If Jesus died and rose again sometime in the future, how could he not want to do it Robocop style? Oh yeah, the whole 'peace' thing. Whatever. The late 80s was an amazing time for action movies with Die Hard, First Blood and Lethal Weapon, and they didn't hold back on the swearing, drug use, and memorable one-liners.<br />
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Robocop had it all! Sweet stop-start animation, and a costume design that never dated. NEVER. It's just gorgeous to look at and have as an action figure that I'm not allowed to display. All the robot designs were timeless. I loved Robocop 2 also, and I think it was an awesome thing with some real nasty stuff RoboMurphy had to deal with, despite Frank Miller not being able to do exactly what he wanted with it.<br />
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mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-35045727865931575752011-07-08T17:53:00.001+10:002012-04-01T20:21:14.531+10:00A Very Merry 40th Batmany Birthday to me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After 40 years of wandering this wilderness like the children of Israel did for their 40 years, I'm expecting the Promised Land. Life begins now. It always begins now I suppose, but there's nothing like big round numbers to drive home the fact, that it's still happening... which is nice.<br />
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Thanks to my gorgeous and very graciously thoughtful partner, Joey, I've a very geeky bat-themed 40th birthday (or two) to try to keep me young. All six of our Brady Bunch family are here with me today and that's the best part of it.<br />
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I love the cake. Love it. I can't wait to eat the buildings in a few hours. I'm definitely putting dibs on the Bat Signal.<br />
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She had some frames for four of my favourite comics made out of some very rustic looking timber. I spent a good part of the day going through my collection trying to decide which to put behind the glass. Unfortunately 'The Killing Joke' was just a bit too faded to make the cut. A Death in the Family was my first, and I like the look of the others. A Joker-toxined Catwoman looks great, as does 'Speeding Bullets', an <i>Elseworlds</i> issue where the Waynes find Clark instead of the Kents.<br />
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I'm also chuffed with my first genuine DC Direct Batman statue and I freaking love the pose and the way the cape supports him. The 'Sock Monkey' Batman was custom made for us, and the little Bats and Supes are too incredibly cute. Thanks honey. Here's to another 40, at least. X PB.<br />
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11. What’s the weather like: <b>Tears of the Sun</b><br />
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After Die Hard, not only did we want more Bruce Willis, but we wanted more Alan Rickman, and we wanted him as a bad guy. So we got him in 'Quigley' and he was "<b>Hans Gruber Returns</b>" as far as I was concerned, and he returned in Australia, of all places. This was, of course, a Western, but in my great brown land, which is more of a Southern than a western. I should add that Tom Selleck was great in this movie and he had a huge freaking gun along with a huge freaking Selleck mustache. I remember this having a soundtrack that impressed on me too, but I'll have to chase this movie up and check it out better because it's been way too long. Not a great title, I might add.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Quick and the Dead</b></span><br />
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Sam Raimi directed this gem of a western, and Sharon Stone played the unknown girl looking for revenge. There is so much spaghetti in this western that you can hardly see the meatballs, but meatballs there are and plenty of 'em /spit-chew. What a cast! Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobin Bell, Kevin Conway, Gary Sinese AND the awesome Millennium man himself, Lance Henriksen. Sharon Stone's most memorable role besides the beaver movie.<br />
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Hardly a western, but James Bond did roam around in a desert for a while. I thought this was a worthy sequel to Casino Royale apart from the damned quick MTV action editing. I like this Bond so much better than all the previous 'hams'. I was never a fan of the Die Another Yesterday Forever gimmicky Bonds. I hope there's move of it, and soon.<br />
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There are people who haven't seen this movie. I know it's difficult to believe, and I know it's shocking, but there it is. Even stranger, there are people who have seen it and didn't like it. It's inconceivable! I've met those people, and I've had to commit to ignoring them for the rest of my natural life. I suppose the former of those two groups of people may not have seen the film due to their young age, or due to the film looking like a fluffy fairytale romance. Most of the time I'm able to convince them to see it, and I get a good report back and endless thanks and praise. Sometimes I get refusals on my recommendation because I was once 'that' guy who didn't mind Mars Attacks. People forgive a bad movie recommendation, but they never forget. It's hard to get that trust back.<br />
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And honestly, I have to say, if you didn't appreciate the Princess Bride and its romance, and humour, and soundtrack, and cast, then... unfriend me, unfollow me, unfamily me, if you can, because you sir or madam cannot be someone I would be able to hold a conversation with. At some point in the chat we're going to get to The Dreaded Pirate Roberts, and you just won't be on board. Goodbye to you. Skip to the Poltergeist review because you'll probably hate The Phantom too. As you wish.<br />
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This is a 'true' film. Truly brilliant. Do you think that comes along every day?<br />
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Scary things covered: Clown doll ✔ Creepy tree outside window ✔ Ghosts ✔ Skeletons ✔. The sound effects were perfect, especially the eerie voice of the little girl between worlds. The special effects went into overdrive in the final showdown, and blew everything away, including the house. Just awesome.<br />
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Spielberg made this back to back with E.T. and it shows. There's the same fun, charm, and familiarity. The 'Wonder' of it all was in their eyes of this amazing cast. A cast that had some fall victim to the <i>Poltergeist curse</i> over following years, or simply to bad luck, which is more likely the case. The sequel was bigger and even better and it was great to see these character come back and deal with the 'Big Bad'. The third was 'meh', but made good use of the 'mirror' concept before other films 'mirrored' that idea to death.<br />
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I was a Phantom Comic collector from the age of 15 and I have a huge collection of them. I wore the good and bad marks of the Phantom on my fingers. Rumours of a movie version had come and gone so many times that we stopped believing them. Still, we had hope, and one day it happened. They were shooting the film in our area! Everyone in my circles wanted to be an extra, and those of us who did never made it off the cutting room floor, yet alone on the film.<br />
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I thought Billy Zane was perfect for the role of the wise-cracking superhero, and filled the suit out with pride. The purple suit looked much better than I could have ever anticipated (Due to a coloring error in the 30s-40s the suit became purple when it was supposed to be grey 1. to blend into the shadows, and 2. To mimic the statue of the ghost who ruled the land). It was a low budget film that showed some of the spunk and spirit of Mr Walker, the Ghost who never dies... The Phantom. It was a period piece which rang true to the original comics also, and many a wink was given to the continuity that readers would identify with. They did break many rules though, which was disappointing: No one must ever see his eyes. He doesn't talk to his dead father. His ring isn't magic... the list goes on.<br />
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Hopefully he'll be back with a bigger budget one day. There's always hope.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Office Space</b></span><br />
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The highlight of this movie was seeing a Xerox photocopier machine get done to it what we would all want to do. And that is to beat the living crap out of the freaking awful machines before they go 'self aware' on us all and take over the planet. This is a movie for everyone who hates their job and would love to be able to give the finger to the boss and do whatever.<br />
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Office Space starts great, and even Jennifer Aniston has a good part. It slows down towards the end, but It's a classic comedy that was the best 'office' flick around before Ricky Gervais came onto the scene and got 'definitive' with the scenario.<br />
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A low/no budget film that delivered real shark fear, and without the swimming Xerox machine that was the original Jaws. The actors made me feel the desperation and futility of the situation. A great and chilling film with a final scene that has you staring at the credits, deep in thought... I love those moments.<br />
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I live on the east coast of Australia and I often swim in waters where all sorts of sharks roam. I've never seen a shark in the wild - never - but I jump at shadows all the time. Imagine knowing those shadows WERE sharks and there were plenty of them, circling you. Scary stuff.<br />
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Open Water 2 had its merits, while The Reef, 2011, which was a mix of the two, just completely sucked in comparison.<br />
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</tbody></table>mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-11466160803938772922011-04-21T01:38:00.004+10:002011-05-09T19:43:51.930+10:00My Cinematic Alphabet - NI started doing a movie meme called <a href="http://www.mothrust.com/2011/04/my-cinematic-alphabet-to-m.html">'My Cinematic Alphabet'</a> and got through the letters A to M. When I started getting tired of messing with the clunky and cumbersome Blogspot formatting I instead decided to focus on one letter at a time. The meme rules state that one movie must be picked per letter, but I just can't. I can't. This reworked meme will also serve to actually give me something to freakin' blog about each day or so or week. Today's blog is brought to you by the letter 'N'.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Napoleon Dynamite</b> </span><br />
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My first impulse is to feature <b>Napoleon Dynamite</b>, because I completely love every line of that movie. It's awkward, and real, and sweet, and cringe-worthy, and is one of a kind. I'm a real sucker for coming of age movies and although I'm not sure he did 'come-of-age', it's a movie that hits me in a part of my brain that remembers being that age all to well. in fact, I think I stayed there.<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Notebook</b></span><br />
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The second honorable mention goes to <b>The Notebook</b>, because of quotes like these and how they affected my/our lives:<br />
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<i>"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you.</i>"<br />
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<i>"So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, for ever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? 30 years from now, 40 years from now? What's it look like? If it's with him, go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again. If I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out."</i><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Nightmare on Elm Street</b></span><br />
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My third of four favourite movies, to the Nth degree, is <b>A Nightmare on Elm Street</b>. Freddy was a killer character that actually DID exist, if only in the young fertile imagination of my mind. He regularly intruded into my nightmares as a teen, and they were the sort of dreams that actually woke me up in fear, and I loved it. I'm still fascinated by dreams that can fill my head with that level of unreality and terror. The original movie was perfect and the third was great fun with the idea of the dream warriors being able to inhabit the same dream between them.<br />
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I can't really remember the fourth and fifth movies (Dream child... dunno, and no I'm not googling it right now), but I remember putting the 3D glasses on for what was supposed to be the 6th and Final Nightmare. After that, Wes Craven's New Nightmare was inventive, and Freddy vs. Jason was crossover coolness. I never saw the reboot, and don't care if I don't, but I probably will... and soon.<br />
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The final movie, and the one that is most important to me, is a little Australian movie called <b>'Noise,</b>' written and directed by Matthew Saville.<br />
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The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event. He struggles to clear the noises in his head while all around him deal with the after burn of the crime.<br />
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I have a particular bias towards this film, and not just because it's VERY Australian, but because of the condition our lead character suffers with: Tinnitus. I've had chronic Tinnitus for ten years now, and it only gradually gets easier to live with. The constant high pitched shriek in my ears is like a demon that never sleeps, but whose very existence is to torment and torture me for all my living days in this world, but hey... I've got a <a href="http://soundsliketinnitus.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for that already.<br />
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Loneliness and emptiness are states that Aussies can't help but explore. The twenty million of us live in a broad brown land with vast oceans between our neighbours, and some of them used our giant island as a prison for their unwanted citizens. There are shades of film noir in this movie accompanied by brilliant art direction and visually stunning cinematography. It is a very moving story that may leave you sadly speechless when the film ends. Warning: there may be plot holes a plenty.<br />
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Officer Graham grapples with the non-stop noise of Tinnitus in his head while manning a caravan that the public can visit and report to should they have any pertinent information to the crime. Graham is a nobody who few have respect for, and he's been kicked out of normal duty to do these late night shifts at the van. But perchance, his little van gets some shady characters that may or may not have information . How do you deal with the noise? How do you deal with people responsibly when the noise in your head frustrates you to the point where it take precedence over anything else? I've been there and it lingers.<br />
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This is a simple but brilliant film that has a lot to enjoy and will easily give you a subject for conversation afterwards, because I know, in every crowd of people there's some poor soul there, like me, with a demon in his ear.<br />
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Jesse's Breaking Bad 'cause yo man, life's a ... bitch.<br />
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Crashed and LOST on an island. Two godlike brothers play their doom.<br />
The survivors flash back here and there, then all meet up and ...poom<br />
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The 'Limitless' drug opens up your mind and give you your goals.<br />
A great fun film, if you ignore the giant plot holes.<br />
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Driving Angry with Nic Cage after he's dead,<br />
is like Ghostrider but worse, with no flaming head.<br />
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Ryan Reynolds' character is buried underground,<br />
just a mobile phone and no one else around.<br />
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127 Hours. Stuck between cliff and rock.<br />
Crazy thoughts and memories. Tick tock tick tock tick tock.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4UFw0hXS71s/TamRZHuSEEI/AAAAAAAAGUo/kXBPY_MujL4/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-04-16%2Bat%2B10.02.46%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4UFw0hXS71s/TamRZHuSEEI/AAAAAAAAGUo/kXBPY_MujL4/s320/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-04-16%2Bat%2B10.02.46%2BPM.png" width="239" /></a></div>mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-90289250967156141372011-04-11T21:44:00.003+10:002011-04-26T14:29:33.490+10:00My Cinematic Alphabet (A to M)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>If there's a meme going around, I'll do it. I caught this one at my Twitter-mate's blog, <a href="http://www.frontroomcinema.com/">FrontRoomCinema</a>. I'm a shameless follower and of trends, and of my own favourite movies. I think I'll have to do a separate list for horror movies and independent films. Some of the letters were a little tricky, e.g. O and Y, but here we go.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A</b> is for Aliens AND Avatar. </span></div><br />
Okay right off the bat I'm cheating with two movies in a 'letter', but there are so many similarities between these two that they're almost in the same universe. I'd like an Avatar vs Alien movie - AvA: Black vs. Blue. A Na'vi Xenomorph hybrid would be interesting.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>B</b> is for Braveheart</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
It was an epic movie like no other. All other big battle scenes would be measured by those in this movie, but it was there first, and it found the sweet spot. Cheering and crying for William Wallace was all made easier by a beautiful and haunting soundtrack. Now, you can dance to it... check out the techno mix below. Love it!</div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can I borrow a hair tie?</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>C</b> is for Con-Air</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">For me, this was the ultimate popcorn action flick. This was when Nicholas Cage was gold and John Cusack was cool. Big action scenes. Big bad guys. Quotable quotes and Steve Buscemi as Garland Greene. I'm still a little pissed he survived to wear more people's heads as hats though (no, the caravan park girl didn't reform him).</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Nicholas Cage's hair done right.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>D</b> is for Die Hard</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Oh Dark Knight... I'm so so very sorry, but even my beloved Batman can't trump the perfection that is Die Hard. A movie THIS re-watchable and unapologetic in its swearing and kills? Brilliant. Like Con-Air, I completely love a movie where the wise-cracking every-man has to step in and save the mother-fucking day. There should be more of those please. And if you haven't heard this tribute song yet, I'll do you a favour. Check the youtube clip:</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I hope I don't get another three of these days</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>E</b> is for E.T.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Spielberg performed magic in the cinemas; absolute freaking magic. Who knew one day he'd go on to make Indy 4: KOCS? Sad. But, back then, he simply blew our minds with the sort of stuff we daydreamed about, and to see it on the screen and make it believable was a truly astonishing thing. This is me at Universal Studios, 1984. This was the same year m&m's were introduced into Australia. Good times. I don't know how E.T. contorted himself to fit in that basket.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>F</b> is for First Blood and Finding Nemo</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">...because they're quite similar when you think about it.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">They're just guys trying to... umm... I'm really reaching for any similarity here. They both start with the letter F, and Rambo gets wet at one point. Okay, from here on in, only one movie per letter.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm coming for you</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>G</b> is for Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Did I just say only one movie per letter? I guess I did, however, this is the exception that makes or breaks the rule (whatever that means). Both happen to star Bill Murray and Harold Ramis. 'Stripes' could almost be thrown in to complete this trilogy of hilarity. Bill Murray was the king of laconic sarcasm and god I wished he'd made more movies with Harold that didn't include the lackluster Ghostbusters 2. Still, better than no sequel at all, in my opinion. Rumour is now that he's signed on to a third and fourth... we'll see. Oh, and check this link for 101 reasons to love <a href="http://flicksided.com/2010/02/101-reasons-one-per-min-why-we-love-groundhog-day/3/">Groundhog Day</a>. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>H</b> is for Harry Potter</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Because the only other film I could think of off-hand was Home Alone, which was freaking funny. I remember the fun of being in the cinema and just hearing non-stop laughter from everyone in the theatre. It was fun and funny. Harry Potter is good too, 'spose.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I</b> is for The Incredibles</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Brad Bird and Pixar did a superhero ensemble completely right, and it was funny and amazing to look at. Personally, I like my supers to wear capes, but I can see how annoying it would be on a super speedster, or a stretchy woman. I'd like to see these guys go head to head with the FF (I'm not going to say who the FF are... you should know). They were no ordinary family.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Btw, the redhead is a bad guy because they ARE evil. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made this giff</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>J</b> is for Jaws and Jurassic Park</span> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Okay, this meme is NOW the 'One or Two' movies per alphabet letter. Both of these 'J' movies are Spielberg directed and feature ancient creatures with really big teeth. Jaws made it so that no other movie maker could ever make a decent shark movie compared to the perfection of this one. I think the same can be said for Jurassic Park. The wonder and terror from seeing all these creatures come to life is what movies are all about. We don't even need a rebooted Jaws with a CG shark, because we're happy enough with Roboshark himself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>K</b> is for The Karate Kid</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>In all the history of movie 'money-shots' this was the one that stretched VHS tapes and filled the screen with fuzzy bits. How many times did I rewind that final Crane Technique kick? A lot of times. I loved the whole trilogy, even the final Bonsai Buddy film where he had lost the girls he fought for in the previous two. Let's not speak of the Next Karate Kid, or the rebooted Kung-fu Karate kid... I just couldn't care about Will Smith's preteen kid finding balance in his life. Danielson, I cared about.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>L </b>is for Lost in Translation</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">There was something about this movie that I couldn't put my finger on, but loved nevertheless. In 2003 I identified with the emptiness Bill's character had. To be in a strange land, then to meet somebody and make a connection. It was a real movie, and had a real ending. I could identify with the characters and the idea of finding a soul mate. Soon after this movie I did find my soul mate, then lost her in translation, then found her again. Love you Joey.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>M</b> is for Music, The Sound of</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Hey this is my list, and I've got to keep the S category free for Superman, and being my list I have to include the favourite movie of my childhood: The Sound of Music. Every sound and sight is ingrained into my head, and the soundtrack to it was the first CD I ever bought. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">It would wait every year for network TV to play it and then try to stay up and watch the whole movie. It then took me longer to work out what the nun had in her hands and how the Von Trapp family got away. No apologies for my love of Maria and the captain. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Goodbye and farewell, until I get time to do the second half of the alphabet.</div></div><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="Mothpete">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-83425276577020220562011-04-06T23:35:00.002+10:002011-04-16T23:44:35.352+10:00TV and MeI haven't written anything that spans multiple paragraphs for a long time. A long long time. I mark and criticise the writing of others (my young class members), but have forgotten what it takes to construct a piece of writing, yet alone try to make it interesting or funny. This is about me, but I'll branch out beyond the confines of my skull sometime soon. Not too far though. I've gotten a little addicted to the power of print after a couple of months of 'tweeting' and it's freeing to break out of the 140 characters for a change. @mothpete btw.<br />
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I was brought up in front of the TV. I was brought up by the TV. I don't hold any negativity towards my actual parents for sitting me in front of the thing, because I enjoyed it. Like Homer, I cite Tom Bosley as my father and I can thank Mr Cunningham, along with Michael Landon, for instilling me my ethics and morality. These were dashed by my 80's love of teen movies, but I watched enough Little House on the Prairie to know how to be some sort of human being. I'm amazed I got through my childhood with anything resembling an Australian accent.<br />
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I never watched or played sport. I never understood how something without a storyline could be deemed as entertainment. I remember having a family, but I don't remember interacting with them too much. We didn't sit around a table. My parents took their meat and mashed potatoes down to their television while my li'l brother and I watched Doctor Who and The Goodies on the ABC. I'd watched, laughed and cried with Hawkeye through the Korean war more times than Radar drank grape nehi. These characters were real to me, and goddamit... the <i>are</i> real. At this my partner Joey, will rolleth her eyes, but let me repeat. These character <i>are</i> real...<br />
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Jesus was real to me. I spent a long time believing in this 'character', but he is real. He's as real to me as Batman is. We created these personalities and gave them life, <i>and</i> power over ourselves. We care about what happens to them and invest in them, sometimes entirely giving ourselves over to them.<br />
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I like to think Jesus will make everything better. I wish he would. I enjoy the idea of Batman swooping in to cover my ass when I'm about to get mugged at the corner shop, but my reality isn't that skewed. I want to take this blog away from religious concepts, pretty much entirely, because I think I'm past that. My years living in religious guilt and condemnation have shaped me and will continue to bias my thoughts but I'll try not to focus on it anymore.<br />
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I don't want to ramble, and I want to confine future posts into singular topics, and movie reviews, and whatever. Thanks for reading. It'll be nice to blog actual text in this thing rather than random videos of religious nutters speaking in tongues.mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-10255198572959331932011-02-25T23:54:00.002+10:002011-02-25T23:54:54.013+10:00Quoting the Bible<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7tz49e5Sab0/TWe0iLUa5EI/AAAAAAAAGRE/jPia39bcamw/s1600/shutting_her_up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7tz49e5Sab0/TWe0iLUa5EI/AAAAAAAAGRE/jPia39bcamw/s320/shutting_her_up.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div>mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-1961091223295667602011-02-22T23:05:00.002+10:002011-04-03T12:21:17.738+10:00I still don't know if there is or isn't a god<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>"A sinless god bore our sin!"</b> is the cry I hear from the Christian front <br />
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This is sacrilegious but... <br />
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But really... 'big deal'. He seemed to cope with bearing the sins. I mean, it stressed him out heaps, for sure, but it didn't kill him until he let the mob whip and crucify him, but even then it was only for a few days. People <b>have</b> suffered more and longer, and for less chivalrous reasons as Jesus'. I've no yard stick for the pain and hassle taking on all the 'sins' that we were all so guilty of. I guess it's like Superman when he flies around the world and gets uber-stressed because he can <span style="font-style: italic;">hear</span> <b>all</b> the crimes happening, and he gets frustrated because he can't help out <span style="font-style: italic;">everyone</span>. Jesus saved everyone... apart from all the exceptions, of which there are plenty.<br />
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Of course, Jesus is 'true', apparently, and Jesus could fix all the 'sin' problems, by this mysterious sacrifice and temporary sin-bearing. I'm sure there are a dozen books that could be recommended to clear my naive views on the subject. On the surface though, it certainly IS a mystery. Sinless god became a sinner for a short period of time, and then undid it, and suffered for us when he would probably have 'rathered' be sunning himself on a beach in some better universe he'd created previously.<br />
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I've asked this question in many ways to various Christian believers, and I've never got a memorable or logical answer other than, 'It just is, OK!'. If it came down to blind faith in the inconceivable then one may as well pick <span style="font-style: italic;">any</span> religion to believe in.<br />
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I still truly battle within myself wondering if he exists or not. I honestly don't know, although I lean in favour of such a belief, but I don't feel as though I should start going to church and getting married, and doing all the Ned Flander's things in order to make 'him' happy and not allow me to be tortured forever when I die. This brain is all I've got to work with, and ironically it'd be the one he gave me that fails to grasp what I <span style="font-style: italic;">should</span> be doing and believing.<br />
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And if I lived my life worrying about all the 'ifs'... If China attacks... if there'll be an earthquake... if there's a Jesus... if there's this god or the other... then I would be sitting in a bunker with foil on my head. If Jesus isn't true then life was what it was, a handing of the baton to the next generation, then I'll die happy knowing I did the best I could. If Jesus is true and I didn't jump through the correct hoops in order to trigger his salvation from sin scheme for me, then I'll have to live in eternal hell marveling at the craziness of the whole thing.<br />
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I still think Christianity is neat (compared to other religions) but it's just not a logical thing unless you prescribe to certain beliefs.<br />
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* This is a excerpt from a question I asked a theologian friend posted in a <a href="http://revival.aimoo.com/categroy/Topic-1-1978656.html#NickName_2764930">forum</a>. I thought he answered them pretty well, dammit. </div>mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-1252880840448211762011-02-21T23:46:00.005+10:002011-02-21T23:50:46.415+10:00A magic baby is born in Bethlehem (Family Guy)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>mothpetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794245127293355300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139173408957779354.post-68659795543047023842011-02-16T20:56:00.000+10:002011-02-16T19:06:15.968+10:00Jesus' advertisements are intrusive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jesus is a little heavy with the product placement I reckon. Check out the <a href="http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2011/01/every-jesus-sighting-ever.html">this blog </a>to see an organised array of smudges and stains that look like a bearded man... or Doctor Zaius.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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