So, I watch a lot of J-horror, as well as horror out of Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand.  And, by "a lot" I don't mean anything like a significant percentage of the releases; I mean 'a lot for a round-eye'.  Recently, there's been a trend in US movies to remake perfectly good Asian horror films.  I have a, possibly unhealthy, interest in watching ( Read more... )

Underwater Bipedal Locomotion by Octopuses in Disguise

So, I got back from Puerto Rico a week ago. Here is a really short update:

1. Puerto Rico is fabulous. The trip was fabulous. Our hosts were fabulous and fun. Traveling with rjr and kaleidoscopeeye worked out great; a week is a long time to spend with someone and I think it went very well. And, did I mention Puerto Rico is fabulous?
2. Don't see Cube Zero. I really ( Read more... )

This movie is neither dark nor creepy. I like horror/thrillers about serial killers; too bad they're almost never any good. For all it tried, Saw never really built any tension, had cops who must have gone to the CareBear Cop Academy or something, and the plot twists were implausible and predictable. At some point I hope that Hollywood realizes ( Read more... )

Cinema SubG, this past weekend, by special request, aired Killer Condom. While I am, of course, naturally suspicious of any movie featuring carniverous prophylactics, I actually had some hope at the beginning of this film. The first half hour or so was reasonably entertaining and contained a few surprisingly funny gags (she said, looking innocent ( Read more... )

So, one of the interesting and stupid things about being a(n acting) manager is that "I actually got quite a bit of work done today" translates almost directly to "I actually sent a lot of email out today". I sent email defining policy; email coordinating the team; email to defuse a stupid political situation; email cooperating with another team; ( Read more... )

So, last night, in twenty minutes or so, with inspiration from a picture of a kid jumping into a swimming pool wearing a pair of cargo pants, I wrote this little thing about a kid and his obsession with Skeletor. This morning, I corrected typographical and spelling errors, and changed a couple of sentences which had tense problems. But, ( Read more... )

So, here is a short rundown of the movies I've viewed recently. I don't go to the theaters a lot anymore. I've found them increasingly annoying for some years now, and my home setup has now reached a state that I rarely feel a need to risk the annoyance. The SubG has a digital projector hooked up to our dvd player (and console game systems), and ( Read more... )

So, rather than actually update you on the crapulousness that is my work life recently, I will let you read a rough draft of the prologue to my current writing project. Ugh, "writing project" sounds incredibly presumptuous. Let's go with current psuedointellectual masturbation.

( Prologue )