Posts tagged hollywood

Oh, no… It’s getting a little nippy out. Not a good time to start turtling.
Mr. Fuller (The Stripper), from New Girl (Season 1, Ep. 10 - “The Story of 50”)

BOSS (Season 1, Ep. 7 - "Stasis")

  • KANE: I need your help with something.
  • KITTY: Yes, sir.
  • KANE: Something I'm having a little trouble understanding. This morning we were approached by Alderman Ross. He offered his help in bringing the council back to work.
  • KITTY: That's good news, sir.
  • KANE: He did so because he's under the impression I'm stepping down... from office. (beat) I only told you.
  • KITTY: (blanches) Sir--
  • KANE: Sit down.
  • Kitty sits.
  • KANE: I’ve asked you before, “Do you know who the fuck I am?” (beat) Right now, at this moment, I am the angel of fucking death for you. And the next few minutes are going to feel like perdition itself if you don’t tell me what I need to know.
  • Kitty's dumbfounded, speechless.
  • KANE: Nod.
  • Kitty nods.

Stormblog

Chock-full-of-info blog for screenwriting consultants and script coverage service Coverage, Ink, who just announced the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place winners in their 2011 Writers on the Storm Screenwriting Contest.

Okay, so you’re too late for this go-around. But if you’ve got that next great screenplay in you, or if that last draft is in various stages of creative disrepair and abandonment in your real or virtual desk drawer, maybe it’s time to dust it off and work it into fighting shape for WOTS 2012, which is around the corner.

In the meantime, consider submitting that or any script to CI for analysis. Reasonable, competitive rates, as well as insightful, constructive commentary… if I do say so myself. [Full disclosure: I’m one of their analysts— so request JT if you’re so inclined].

All right, enough shilling. We now return you to your regularly scheduled procrastination…

Altered States Movie Trailer

The other sci-fi film of any import in 1980 (the first being a little movie called The Empire Strikes Back). If anything, its psyche-bending, peyote and pure science mashup heightened the genre.

This and Tommy were my fledgling filmmaking mind’s intro to visually idiosyncratic director Ken Russell, who passed on to the great sensory deprivation tank in the sky last week.

I swear to Christ, if you’re about to diagnose me with Post Traumatic Shock Syndrome, I am going to bash your goddamn face in.
Vivien, from American Horror Story (Season 1, Ep. 8 - “Rubber Man”)

VICE DEAN LAYBOURNE: Your 24 hours has expired. I need an answer, Troy. Are you ready to join the elite brotherhood of guys who fix air conditioners?

TROY: I’m sorry, Vice Dean, but… I realize no one’s better than anyone else. Some people are better at sports — and then there are magicians — but… I was put on this earth to do something… else.

VICE DEAN LAYBOURNE: So you’re going to be, what, a plumber?

TROY: No, I’m not going to be a plumber either, because they have to deal with poop.

from Community (Season 3, Ep. 6 — “Advanced Gay”)
We have a variety of all liquors served in strange containers. We are packed with celebrities— the fun ones. We also have cock fights and strippers. And guess what…? We don’t have a sign, so good luck finding the place. But if you do, you’ll be lucky because we’ve also got donkey shows, Motley Crüe and cake.
Frank Reynolds, in his “virus” video for Paddy’s Pub, on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Season 7, Ep. — “The Anti-Social Network”)

“Silver Shamrock Commercial” - Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

Just so you have this insidious jingle rattling around in your head while you sort your candy later tonight. This faux spot was the most <sarcasm>frightening</sarcasm> thing about the 1982 flick, hands down. Er-ee-er-ee-er-ee-er-ee…

You’re welcome.

ESPN Dallas: 'North Dallas Forty' Author, Former Dallas Cowboy Peter Gent Dies

'North Dallas Forty' movie poster“North Dallas Forty” is on my all-time fave football films short list, and #2 behind “The Longest Yard” for 1970’s gridiron flicks.

Its story occupies the darker spaces between the play calls and press conferences. Prescient in its portrayal of the debilitating injuries suffered by players, and the lengths they’ll go to stay in the game.

This Week’s Canceled DVR “Season Passes”

With a new Fall TV season, it’s only fair:

  • 2 Broke Girls - Comedically bankrupt.
  • The Playboy Club - NBC saved me the trouble.
  • Free Agents - And now, so are the talented leads after NBC pulled the plug. Perhaps the original UK version will be funnier on BBC America.
  • Whitney - Star also co-created the aforementioned 2 Broke Girls. ‘Nuff said.
  • Up All Night - Put it to bed, please. Or maybe to sleep.
  • Charlie’s Angels - No Farrah = No, thank you.
  • Unforgettable - Quickly became forgettable in the cookie-cutter morass that is the CBS police procedural.
  • Terra Nova - I enjoyed it more when it was Land of the Lost.