Mmmm, winter.
I've had every intention to haul my ass out to the WGA picket lines this week, dry powdery snow and stinging wind be damned! Except my insomnia had other plans. The time scheduled for the picketing = the time I needed to spend asleep because otherwise I'd probably start passing out in public. *sigh*
I DESPERATELY want to see I'm Not There. Damn, I think the last thing I saw at the Film Forum was a Buñuel double feature. That was aaaaaages ago.
Ah, winter holidays. I always want to do something fun, but then I keep getting distracted by all the consumerism and Jesus songs and reindeer. Since I had a socialist childhood, I'm not exactly craving Christmas and its rituals - basically, the holidays boiled down to New Year's Eve being the biggest party of the year, and that's plenty for me - but I'd still like to do something festive. OK, personally festive. Oh! Maybe I'll have a NEO-NOIR FILM FEST! Lessee, possible titles off the top of my head:
Brick, Jackie Brown, The Last Seduction, Bound, Lucky Number Slevin, L.A. Confidential, Blade Runner, Mulholland Drive, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Strange Days, Hammett, Point Blank, Memento, Bad Education, Out of Sight (shut up), The Talented Mr. Ripley, Copycat, Diabolique... yes, this might work.
Neo-noir and eggnog. And pomegranate, because it's THE winter fruit. Mmmmm.
Taking a wild turn in stream-of-consciousness posting: reason number 398175193 why I love Vampire Cowboys? Check out their casting call for FIGHT GIRL BATTLE WORLD character descriptions:E-V: (Female, 20's to early 30's) Emotional center of the play. The last female in the universe. She was kidnapped as a child and trained to be an intergalactic prize-fighter. She is tough, physically hardened by years of combat, but vulnerable below this exterior. However now with her species at the brink of extinction, she embarks on a quest to find the last human male to help save her race.
GENERAL D'ANH: (Male, 30's to early 40's) Hardened veteran of war, and fearless leader, who has experienced a spiritual reawakening. A former general of the United Galactic Alliance who led alien forces in the genocide of the humans. He now seeks to make amends for this wrong-doing by helping E-V find the last human male.
J'AN JAH: (Female, 20's to late 30's) Spunky - yet slightly nerdy - pilot of General Danh's rogue warship. She is practical and down to earth. She is fiercely loyal to General D'anh, but holds a secret hatred for humans.
LC-4: (Male or Female, any age) E-V's extremely opinionated robotic sidekick. LC-4, much like E-V, is the last of his race.
ADON-RA: (Male, 20's to late 30's) The last human male in the universe. To avenge the destruction of the human home-world, he has gone on an intergalactic murder-spree killing anyone and everyone in his way. He is dangerously volatile and consumed by guilt and rage. He is a wanted criminal who has been put on the United Galactic Alliance hit list. He is unaware of the existence of E-V.
MIKAH MONOCH: (Female, 20's to early 30's) A bounty hunter. She is a tough and emotionally detached mercenary. However, after being kidnapped by E-V, her beliefs are challenged while she endures living with E-V and her crew.
COMMANDER G'BRIL: (Male, all ages) Head of the United Galactic Alliance's military forces. He was second in command under General D'anh and believes whole-heartedly that the destruction of the human world was essential in maintaining order throughout the universe.
PRESIDENT YA-WI: (Male, all ages) Head of the United Galactic Alliance. A morally ambiguous leader. He is responsible for both uniting the universe, but also for ordering the death of entire planets.
*Most actors will be playing multiple characters including some puppeteering.
Oh, man. I can't WAIT for this show. *bounces*
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Random observation/rant: I've come to REALLY despise descriptions of places (cities, countries) that include a time reference comparing them to the past of other places. I don't mean architecture; I'm thinking of statements like "That store in Kumbi looked like something from a 1980s American movie" or "The Romanian airport was what the airports in developed countries looked like 30 years ago" - you know what I mean.
It pisses me off that these observations assume a single timeline equated with single linear "development" (whatever the fuck that means these days), and that those places in the world which fall outside said imaginary parameters are somehow missing a slice of world history - or, their "development" does not match the self-proclaimed "universal" timeline, so they should be described as chronologically backward and somehow lacking in history since they're lacking in "historical progress". Except all those decades DID happen everywhere! But, here's a shocker, they were spent in different ways - under different circumstances, through different events, within different socioeconomic frameworks - all of which get COMPLETELY neglected, shoved aside as insignificant and uninteresting, when someone uses the aforementioned descriptions. Simply put, this is a ridiculously casual way to say "fuck off" to entire histories. And man, I can't begin to tell you how much I hate that. Hate it hate it HATE IT.
Rant over. Time to attempt sleep.
But first, here - one of the HOTTEST SONGS of all time. It's hiphop and flamenco and... something else equally hot. Also, no idea what they're saying. They could be singing about laundry for all I care, because this comes on my iPod and I immediately visualize Teyla doing some sexy, dangerous dance. With her sticks - or, oooh, a sword. YES.
Enjoy.
I DESPERATELY want to see I'm Not There. Damn, I think the last thing I saw at the Film Forum was a Buñuel double feature. That was aaaaaages ago.
Ah, winter holidays. I always want to do something fun, but then I keep getting distracted by all the consumerism and Jesus songs and reindeer. Since I had a socialist childhood, I'm not exactly craving Christmas and its rituals - basically, the holidays boiled down to New Year's Eve being the biggest party of the year, and that's plenty for me - but I'd still like to do something festive. OK, personally festive. Oh! Maybe I'll have a NEO-NOIR FILM FEST! Lessee, possible titles off the top of my head:
Brick, Jackie Brown, The Last Seduction, Bound, Lucky Number Slevin, L.A. Confidential, Blade Runner, Mulholland Drive, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Strange Days, Hammett, Point Blank, Memento, Bad Education, Out of Sight (shut up), The Talented Mr. Ripley, Copycat, Diabolique... yes, this might work.
Neo-noir and eggnog. And pomegranate, because it's THE winter fruit. Mmmmm.
Taking a wild turn in stream-of-consciousness posting: reason number 398175193 why I love Vampire Cowboys? Check out their casting call for FIGHT GIRL BATTLE WORLD character descriptions:E-V: (Female, 20's to early 30's) Emotional center of the play. The last female in the universe. She was kidnapped as a child and trained to be an intergalactic prize-fighter. She is tough, physically hardened by years of combat, but vulnerable below this exterior. However now with her species at the brink of extinction, she embarks on a quest to find the last human male to help save her race.
GENERAL D'ANH: (Male, 30's to early 40's) Hardened veteran of war, and fearless leader, who has experienced a spiritual reawakening. A former general of the United Galactic Alliance who led alien forces in the genocide of the humans. He now seeks to make amends for this wrong-doing by helping E-V find the last human male.
J'AN JAH: (Female, 20's to late 30's) Spunky - yet slightly nerdy - pilot of General Danh's rogue warship. She is practical and down to earth. She is fiercely loyal to General D'anh, but holds a secret hatred for humans.
LC-4: (Male or Female, any age) E-V's extremely opinionated robotic sidekick. LC-4, much like E-V, is the last of his race.
ADON-RA: (Male, 20's to late 30's) The last human male in the universe. To avenge the destruction of the human home-world, he has gone on an intergalactic murder-spree killing anyone and everyone in his way. He is dangerously volatile and consumed by guilt and rage. He is a wanted criminal who has been put on the United Galactic Alliance hit list. He is unaware of the existence of E-V.
MIKAH MONOCH: (Female, 20's to early 30's) A bounty hunter. She is a tough and emotionally detached mercenary. However, after being kidnapped by E-V, her beliefs are challenged while she endures living with E-V and her crew.
COMMANDER G'BRIL: (Male, all ages) Head of the United Galactic Alliance's military forces. He was second in command under General D'anh and believes whole-heartedly that the destruction of the human world was essential in maintaining order throughout the universe.
PRESIDENT YA-WI: (Male, all ages) Head of the United Galactic Alliance. A morally ambiguous leader. He is responsible for both uniting the universe, but also for ordering the death of entire planets.
*Most actors will be playing multiple characters including some puppeteering.
Oh, man. I can't WAIT for this show. *bounces*
***
Random observation/rant: I've come to REALLY despise descriptions of places (cities, countries) that include a time reference comparing them to the past of other places. I don't mean architecture; I'm thinking of statements like "That store in Kumbi looked like something from a 1980s American movie" or "The Romanian airport was what the airports in developed countries looked like 30 years ago" - you know what I mean.
It pisses me off that these observations assume a single timeline equated with single linear "development" (whatever the fuck that means these days), and that those places in the world which fall outside said imaginary parameters are somehow missing a slice of world history - or, their "development" does not match the self-proclaimed "universal" timeline, so they should be described as chronologically backward and somehow lacking in history since they're lacking in "historical progress". Except all those decades DID happen everywhere! But, here's a shocker, they were spent in different ways - under different circumstances, through different events, within different socioeconomic frameworks - all of which get COMPLETELY neglected, shoved aside as insignificant and uninteresting, when someone uses the aforementioned descriptions. Simply put, this is a ridiculously casual way to say "fuck off" to entire histories. And man, I can't begin to tell you how much I hate that. Hate it hate it HATE IT.
Rant over. Time to attempt sleep.
But first, here - one of the HOTTEST SONGS of all time. It's hiphop and flamenco and... something else equally hot. Also, no idea what they're saying. They could be singing about laundry for all I care, because this comes on my iPod and I immediately visualize Teyla doing some sexy, dangerous dance. With her sticks - or, oooh, a sword. YES.
Enjoy.