So over and above everything I'm linking below, be sure to click over yonder and take a listen to my cold fighting, screwdriver drinking, cough riddled appearance on The MILFcast.
So as some of y'all might have deduced, The Dark of The Matinee is coming up on its 1000th post. (I know...I was surprised too). So while I do have something in mind to post that day, I thought I'd ask for a suggestion or two. There's a hole in the posting schedule between now and then - any requests as my 1000th post approaches? Anything in particular anyone wants to hear me yammer on about to mark the occasion? No?? Didn't think so...let's see what everyone is up to this fine fall week.
For your reading fulfillment, I give you...
Simon Ripley openly wonders just what makes a film "experimental". I think an aversion to plot is the first clue, but that's just me.
Darren - a recent guest of The Film Cynics - is getting us all into the Halloween frame of mind by talking about films that make us sleep a little bit less soundly.
If you looked in the dictionary under "hero" you'd likely find a picture of Rachel - she watched both CLASH OF THE TITANS and PERCY JACKSON this week so that the rest of us don't have to!
Back to podcasts for a moment, hat's off to Simon & Jo whose choice movie podcast celebrated its first anniversary last weekend.
Just in time for my most anticipated film of the fall, The Cinema Fanatic has put together a swell little retrospective on David Fincher's career.
Many thanks to Bob this week for turning me on to a blog called Moon In The Gutter. Jeremy, who runs that fine site is clearly after my heart as he has created a post which is essentially a MAGNOLIA photo essay.
Enjoy!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Everybody's Talkin' 9 - 30 (Chatter From Other Bloggers)
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Thanks for the link, Hatter! As you point out, Halloween is around the corner (anything to stop worrying about Christmas - it's too soon, dammit!), so I'm thinking about running a themed week on my blog. The Walking Dead is airing on Halloween night itself, so I'm kinda thinking of putting together my own "zombie-thon" (but only if I can count 28 Days Later as a zombie film).
aww thanks for linking my Fincher piece!
I count 28 Days Later as a zombie film, but I could see why others don't.
@ Darren... Anytime sir! If you're looking for a contributor for your zombie-thon, drop a note to kai PArker at The List...he's a big fan of all things zombie. (He even set me up with a dvd copy of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD!)
@ Fanatic... Anytime. Keep writing and you'll get more links in the future.
@ Fitz... While I have no qualms with the fact that the 28DL freaks are fast-movin', I think the fact that we know it's a disease wipes away the zombie tag.
So...is that an apple core? That pic is kinda freaking me out. At first, I thought it was some strange kind of piercing.
Fine, I'll leave you alone now. Sorry I couldn't come up with anything better. Thanks anyways.
Is 28 Days Later a zombie movie? That's, like, the epic question of the millenia.
What's that picture? It's look like weird skin wound lol
I give lots of leeway for what's considered a zombie movie Darren - so yeah, 28 Days Later works for me.
Hatter, thanks for linking back to Jeremy's site - great blog and a great guy (he's currently prepping for marriage actually).
So since you didn't actually link back to me, may I take this opportunity to do so? B-) Since we're talking about Halloween/October, I just posted this morning my first attempt at a montage video - in honour of October, it's horror themed. I had a lot of fun slapping it together...
CONGRATS on the upcoming #1000, dear Hatter!
Twas a pleasure to have you as a guest. We'll have to do it again sometime.
My wife also said you were very interesting to listen to. She said she wanted to hear even more about TIFF and that you got off easy for Forrest Gump! :)
Thanks for the link love! I don't think I've ever been called a hero before. Congrats on the fast approaching 1000. I just hit 500 the other day, and I hope to be at 1000 by my 5 year anniversary.
@ Fletch... That's my body art - are you judging me?
@ Simon... No need to apologize, I liked the post! If that is the question of the millennium, then my answer for the millennium is "No, no it's not"
@ Castor... Geez, did you and Fletch drive here together or something? Jokes aside, it's a super macro, shallow depth-of-focus shot of an apple that I cut in half.
@ Bob... Sorry about the lack of linkage, I was working from the bottom of my blogroll up this week, so I filled the weekly quota well before getting up to "E". Like the video though - I'll have to show it to that expert who shares a bed with me and see what she thinks of your editing!
@ Slinger... Thanks dude. As I say, it was a blast. Your wife will have to call me out on your next episode.
@ Rachel... Heh, pretty sure you would have reached it well before me if it wasn't for that beautiful kid of yours. Keep the good stuff coming hero, here's to 500 more!
Off-topic, but 28 DAYS LATER is most definitely a zombie film. This is a quote from a great article:
#3 The REAL Rage Virus
As seen in ...
28 Days Later
What is it?
In the movie, it was a virus that turned human beings into mindless killing machines. In real life, we have a series of brain disorders that do the same thing. They were never contagious, of course. Then, Mad Cow Disease came along. It attacks the cow's spinal cord and brain, turning it into a stumbling, mindless attack cow.
And, when humans eat the meat ...
How it can result in zombies:
When Mad Cow gets in humans, they call it Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Check out the symptoms:
- Changes in gait (walking)
- Hallucinations
- Lack of coordination (for example, stumbling and falling)
- Muscle twitching
- Myoclonic jerks or seizures
- Rapidly developing delirium or dementia
Sure, the disease is rare (though maybe not as rare as we think) and the afflicted aren't known to chase after people in murderous mobs. Yet.
But, it proves widespread brain infections of the Rage variety are just a matter of waiting for the right disease to come along.
Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
If the whole sudden, mindless violence idea seems far-fetched, remember that you are just one brain chemical (serotonin) away from turning into a mindless killing machine (they've tested it by putting rats in Deathmatch-style cages and watching them turn on each other). All it would take is a disease that destroys the brain's ability to absorb that one chemical and suddenly it's a real-world 28 Days Later.
So, imagine such an evolved disease, which we'll call Super Mad Cow (or, Madder Cow) getting a foothold through the food supply. Say this disease spreads through blood-on-blood contact, or saliva-on-blood contact. Now you have a Rage-type virus that can be transmitted with a bite.
Just like the movie. With one bite, you're suddenly the worst kind of zombie:
A fast zombie.
Off-topic, but 28 DAYS LATER is most definitely a zombie film. This is a quote from a great article:
#3 The REAL Rage Virus
As seen in ...
28 Days Later
What is it?
In the movie, it was a virus that turned human beings into mindless killing machines. In real life, we have a series of brain disorders that do the same thing. They were never contagious, of course. Then, Mad Cow Disease came along. It attacks the cow's spinal cord and brain, turning it into a stumbling, mindless attack cow.
And, when humans eat the meat ...
How it can result in zombies:
When Mad Cow gets in humans, they call it Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Check out the symptoms:
- Changes in gait (walking)
- Hallucinations
- Lack of coordination (for example, stumbling and falling)
- Muscle twitching
- Myoclonic jerks or seizures
- Rapidly developing delirium or dementia
Sure, the disease is rare (though maybe not as rare as we think) and the afflicted aren't known to chase after people in murderous mobs. Yet.
But, it proves widespread brain infections of the Rage variety are just a matter of waiting for the right disease to come along.
Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
If the whole sudden, mindless violence idea seems far-fetched, remember that you are just one brain chemical (serotonin) away from turning into a mindless killing machine (they've tested it by putting rats in Deathmatch-style cages and watching them turn on each other). All it would take is a disease that destroys the brain's ability to absorb that one chemical and suddenly it's a real-world 28 Days Later.
So, imagine such an evolved disease, which we'll call Super Mad Cow (or, Madder Cow) getting a foothold through the food supply. Say this disease spreads through blood-on-blood contact, or saliva-on-blood contact. Now you have a Rage-type virus that can be transmitted with a bite.
Just like the movie. With one bite, you're suddenly the worst kind of zombie:
A fast zombie.
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