Saturday, March 15, 2008

To do list with movie characters

Here is just a random list of shit I would want to do with certain movie characters:

-Get really messed up on copius amounts of acid and play Space Harrier with Raoul Duke

-Play Super Bases Loaded 2 with Pedro Cerrano. Unbeknownst to Cerrano, I would put in a code where he couldn't hit a curveball in the game and I would try and get him to say "Fuck you Jobu....I do it myself"

-Go to a zoo with John McClane and challenge a family of bengal tigers to a fight.
(note-John McClane would do all the fighting)

-Train for the UFC with John Kreese

-Challenge Egon Spengler to an ice tea drinking contest. Then when we both have to take a massive piss I would ask Egon if we can "cross the streams."

-Take David Wooderson to a high school dance and se how long it takes before he gets arrested or maced.

-Have Trent Walker play my good buddy J.E. Skeets in a game of NHL '94

-Walk into a burger chain in suburban Pennsylvania 'sans' shirt with Jeff Spicolli and see how long we can last before we get kicked out.

-Participate in an easter egg hunt with Marshal Samuel Gerard

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Wow...that's a shitty way to go out



It's sad when people pass away. It's really sad though when people pass away at a young age with so much promise ahead of them.

Today though, I want to take a look at some of Hollywood's worst "unexpected exits".

Raul Julia
I remember as a kid I enjoyed the Addams family movies. The pride of Puerto Rico enjoyed a storied career in film and television. He landed himself a golden globe, emmy and SAG Award for his role in "The Burning Season" in 1994.
Julia passed away as a result of a cancer related stroke in October of 1994. While Julia does have a solid resume as an actor his last film ever made was Street Fighter: The Movie where he played M.Bison.
I f'ing loved this movie because it was so bad it was good, plus when Van Damme (played Chuile) busted out the sonic boom kick in the final fight on M.Bison I just about shit my pants.
So I guess when Guile beat Bison...he beat him for good.....ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

Rob Pilatus (member of Milli Vanilli)
What can you really say about these guys at this point in time. I respect them for having the balls for going out there and actually lip synching and dancing like idiots knowlingly they weren't the actual singers.
It's funny because they had their grammy revoked as a result of the admission they don't actually sing, yet every time I see Britney Spears "perform" she doesn't do much singing either yet her grammy still stands...
Anyways as embarrassing as that was for Milli and Vanilli they never really got much of a shot at redemption. Pilatus was found dead at age 32 in a hotel room of an apparent drug overdose.

Dana Plato
Dana Plato's story can be seen as tragic by some. I think it's tragic because she was a young mother, but the circumstances leading up to it I don't find tragic.
Anyways, Plato was a star of the hit 80s tv show "Diff'rent Strokes". She had a string of bad luck after I guess, and ended up robbing a video store.
Desperate to get back into Hollywood she made a porno flick called "Different Strokes". Nice little play on words I suppose. Anyways, she passed away in her sleep in May of 1999. Some may say that having your last movie being of a pornographic nature is sad and wrong. I say it's amazing and right and I would play it during the memorial service.

John Candy
Oh man! John Candy is just an awesome dude. Well, was an awesome dude. Uncle Buck is a great movie for those guys who are about to become uncles, and even I get a bit misty when I still see Cool Runnings.
He kicked ass on SCTV and every time I puke I always am reminded of Spaceballs where he played Barfolemew Barf. But I don't throw up a lot anymore so those times are few and far between.
While Candy has a pretty solid lineup of kick ass movies, his last one was 'Wagons East'. He actually died on location filming this movie.I saw a bit of this and it was shit, and what's even worse is in the IMDB trivia about this movie it says:

John Candy did not want to make the film, but was contractually obligated to do so.

Ah nothing adds to the artistic element of the movie by forcing an actor to be in it.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

So how close are we on those back to the future 2 predictions?



Back To The Future 2 was made in 1989 I believe.
Robert Zemeckis' idea of how the future would look like at 2015 was honestly amazing. But how accurate were his predictions?
Well it's 2008 and I think it's safe to say Zemeckis was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off!
But how off is he?

Flying cars
Last time I checked all cars were still running on the ground. Having flying cars would be awesome and certainly help with traffic congestion in major urban areas such as Chicago or New York City. But I think Al Qaeda killed any dream of flying cars. Thanks Al Qaeda.....ya dicks

Will it or won't it?
It won't


Jaws 19
I guess this was supposed to be a parody of the ongoing Jaws sequels they were making at the time. However I think they stopped shortly after BTTF II was made.
If any movie franchise has a shot at making 19 films one would think the frontrunner is Friday The 13th, Halloween, or Nightmare on Elm Street. Wait, the American Pie franchise makes a new movie once every like three weeks now.

Will it or won't it?
It won't

Hoverboards
Fuck man, if there was anything I wanted from BTTF II it was a hoverboard. I remember reading years later that there actually was a hoverboard.
Alas though, this was not true at all. I bet that a company can make one today but they won't...mind you we still have 7 more years to see a hoverboard come out, but dont bet on it.

Will it or won't it?
......ahhh I say it won't, but I hope it will

Cubs win the world series
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sure these is another 7 seasons of baseball for this to happen, but who are we kidding? It's the Cubs...I mean they might get close and maybe even get to a world series, but they are not going to win shit. If a guy came up to me and said he was from the future, and all I had to do was put down 5 bucks on the Cubbies at the beginning of say like the 2011 season and that I could turn it into 500, I would say no thanks I don't believe you, I'd rather use that 5 bucks to get a combo number three from Taco Hell..errr Bell.

Will it or won't it?
I think you will see a hoverboard before you see a "Cubs World Series Champs" t shirt.

Baseball in Miami
Amazingly they got this one right??? Well kinda...
See Marty sees a bulletin that says Chicago defeats Miami. Now we all know Miami has had a team for quite some time now and they have won two championships, but it remains to be seen if they will win one in 2015. If they do does this mean Robert Zemeckis can actually see the future?
I would say no because if he did then he wouldnt have sunk money into a movie project called "Bordello Of Blood".
ZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

Will it or won't it?
It has already happened...someone ask Zemeckis the numbers for this years powerball lottery asap.

Power Laces and Self Drying/Fitting coats
I am willing to bet somewhere in Japan they have these items. I really think they do...
Self fitting coats would just be convenient as hell as would power laces. When you think about it, power laces dont actually look like they take a lot effort to make. I can see Lebron James wearing a pair of these by 2015. But if he didn't have the plastic pastel blended hat then he would just look "un-cool".

Will it or won't it?

It so will happen by 2013

Biffco Enterprises becomes the richest company in America
Seiously any guy who can incorporate his first name into his company title is a guy who has balls. Plus Biffco just sounds fucking awesome!
I think this could be a stretch as Microsoft from what I hear is a company that has done pretty good over the past few years.
Now I am not a "wall street" kind of guy, but from all accounts Microsoft seems to have this locked up...
Unless Biffco invents and sells the hoverboard!

BOOYAH!

Will it or won't it?
I hope to god it does happen....


So yeah, the "future" as it looked in 1989 is very much not like what it was supposed to be in Zemeckis' mind. But it's always good to dream and believe...

Cubs win the world series....oh shit that's priceless