Prometheus is a sort of maybe prequel to the Alien saga. The creators hedged their bets and sort of made it somewhat of a reboot as well so that no one can really yell at them for not being slavish to the original series. They could and did yell at them for asking questions and not answering them. That doesn't bother me so much. What bothers me is that it pretends to be an intelligent and thoughtful film but it has a crew vastly unable to face up to the dramatic challenge of the piece.
First the good news. This is a beautiful film. Even when it is on an ass ugly piece of rock, it is just shot so perfect that it carries an unearthly beauty. The futuristic designs are beautiful and it's a good thing this is something of a reboot because it would be hard to believe that the computers in "Alien" were suppose to be made after this, though to be fair maybe that's like saying a truck doesn't have the classic lines of a '56 Ford. Something to think about.
So, a bunch of ancient civilizations have a picture of some dots. Two ardent scientists figure that dots equal starmap equal invitation by aliens that obviously created us and not just came by for tea. That is a LOT of assumptions to be the basis of a trillion dollar expedition. I want to see these two write a grant! Also, they assume that all languages come from one base and that base is what the aliens (called Engineers) speak and that THEIR language hasn't changed at all in 35,000 years and that their handsome android can figure from our languages what this root tongue is, learn it and speak it like a pro.
Me? I'd put stock in some rail guns and roses. Only way to be sure.
So they find the rock get down and find that there is some weird installation there is black slime in a can. Black slime is bad, really really bad. It infects some people, makes little snakes that slide into people, give other people surprises, and just seems to do whatever the screen writers want to make you jump at that moment. Now here is where the crew falls down. First there are like three different agendas. There is the ardent scientist camp that is there for pure science. Then there is the merc crew of scientists and support personal who don't seem to give two damns and a fig. Then there is the android wonderfully played by Michael Fassbender and the Suit in a dress played coldly by Charlize Theron who represent the company, the money and the madness behind the expedition. Now those two I don't have a problem with since they dramatic purpose, but really for a trillion dollars, A TRILLION DOLLARS, expedition can't you find a better crew than apathetic pot smoking in their space suit idiots? This isn't the equivalent of a space truck being waylaid by some beacon. This was supposedly a PLANNED affair. Maybe I wouldn't have minded so much if they were 10% more interesting as people but on the whole they are just blanks with props being manipulated by the screen writers.
As to the Engineers. Our example, isn't a stellar example of alien intelligence. Actually in looks and actions he reminds me of the original carrot monster in "The Thing." Maybe we should give a bit of lee way, I'm sure being frozen for thousands of years can't be good for you or your attitude. Still it says a lot that we root for the vagina squid over our supposed creators.
Difinitely worth a watch and I'd love to see them do a sequel to address the question of the Engineer's relationship to the Predators. That could be very interesting indeed.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
The Code of the Walking Dead
The third season shows that there is one rule that animates the living and the dead and that rule is keep moving. It's been a long winter for Rick and the gang and the zombies have only grown in the size of their massive herds. Herds? Mobs? What do you call a bunch a zombies?
Probably don't call them anything cause you are too busy running. With so many zombies that's the only choice the gang has or get mobbed. So the winters been hard, it's obvious that food and ammo are issues. Lori is near ready to pop out a baby and Rick looks just a little mad around trhe edges. Only Daryl seems still to have his edge. Maybe it's a diet of fresh owl meat.
Luckily, the gang finally finds the prison that was a very important in the graphic novels that the Walking Dead was based on. Immediately the gang can see the advantages of lots of thick wallls in a zombieverse. Of course, to claim it you have to take care of all the walking dead prisoners and guards. The guards were sort of funny to deal with because they were in riot gear. That made them rather bullet proof which was bad, but the face masks kept the biting to a minimum which is the funny part.
Overall, this was a great episode. The team finally had a plan and acted like they have had some practice now in walking dead killing. Little Carl might someday make me forgive his role in season 2 if he keeps up this way. Also Lori was less annoying, yet still annoying. Let's hope that level keeps dropping. Tne new characters are adding some new blood and excitement. The violence was very satisfactory. Let's hope we are past the days of random walking, pointless bitchery, and forever rescuing Carl.
Probably don't call them anything cause you are too busy running. With so many zombies that's the only choice the gang has or get mobbed. So the winters been hard, it's obvious that food and ammo are issues. Lori is near ready to pop out a baby and Rick looks just a little mad around trhe edges. Only Daryl seems still to have his edge. Maybe it's a diet of fresh owl meat.
Luckily, the gang finally finds the prison that was a very important in the graphic novels that the Walking Dead was based on. Immediately the gang can see the advantages of lots of thick wallls in a zombieverse. Of course, to claim it you have to take care of all the walking dead prisoners and guards. The guards were sort of funny to deal with because they were in riot gear. That made them rather bullet proof which was bad, but the face masks kept the biting to a minimum which is the funny part.
Overall, this was a great episode. The team finally had a plan and acted like they have had some practice now in walking dead killing. Little Carl might someday make me forgive his role in season 2 if he keeps up this way. Also Lori was less annoying, yet still annoying. Let's hope that level keeps dropping. Tne new characters are adding some new blood and excitement. The violence was very satisfactory. Let's hope we are past the days of random walking, pointless bitchery, and forever rescuing Carl.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Battleship
Battleship deserved to fail not on its merits but from its genesis. Once again we have a serviceable idea taken to an extreme where it becomes both a joke and an insult. Now I generally loath the "Transformers" movies but it was based on a solid idea; let's take a bit of childhood nostalgia and update it and bring it to the screen as a blockbuster. Unfortunately, someone misread that simple concept as "toys" and then decided well if "toys" work why not games. So a host of boardgames from Candyland to Batttleship was sold (prostituted) to the screen. Halfway through the process various people behind the scenes suddenly became awarre they were doing something inanely stupid. Unfortunately, their attempts at sanity did nothing but add to the costs of the production. Finally, when Battleship came out it had a pricetag supposedly around two hundred million dollars, like "John Carter," and like that film it failed at the box office by only doing medium business for a Tiffany bill.
The strange thing is that it wasn't that bad of a film. Oh, it's no great shakes even by blockbuster standards but I liked it better than the last two "Transformers" movies. I think what happened that the concept was so silly that those making the movie basically ignored it and did what they wanted which some how slipped under the studio radar. The plot has that maverick character who's about to get drummed out of the navy given his big chance to be the hero. In this case it is because spiny bearded aliens land near Hawaii and set up a force field as they try to get reenforcements. First using a destroyer and then and old navy battle ship our hero must stop these high tech party poopers.
Now I said this isn't great shakes. The script is cliche-o-rama ville. The science is bupkiss. For instance no way our radio signal would reach theirr planet for at least decades if not centuries. Also the alien weapons are surprisingly badly aimed. We do better with our drones. On the other hand the cast is game and enthusiastic. The action is clearly done and you can understand what's happening unlike the Transformers movie which fall into just ugly CGI. The aliens are visually well realized though they admittedly look similar to the aliens in "The Avengers."
Truly if this film was budgeted at say a realistic sixty million dollars it would have been considered something of a hit. A lesson my friends of what happens when one's mouth is far bigger than one's hands.
The strange thing is that it wasn't that bad of a film. Oh, it's no great shakes even by blockbuster standards but I liked it better than the last two "Transformers" movies. I think what happened that the concept was so silly that those making the movie basically ignored it and did what they wanted which some how slipped under the studio radar. The plot has that maverick character who's about to get drummed out of the navy given his big chance to be the hero. In this case it is because spiny bearded aliens land near Hawaii and set up a force field as they try to get reenforcements. First using a destroyer and then and old navy battle ship our hero must stop these high tech party poopers.
Now I said this isn't great shakes. The script is cliche-o-rama ville. The science is bupkiss. For instance no way our radio signal would reach theirr planet for at least decades if not centuries. Also the alien weapons are surprisingly badly aimed. We do better with our drones. On the other hand the cast is game and enthusiastic. The action is clearly done and you can understand what's happening unlike the Transformers movie which fall into just ugly CGI. The aliens are visually well realized though they admittedly look similar to the aliens in "The Avengers."
Truly if this film was budgeted at say a realistic sixty million dollars it would have been considered something of a hit. A lesson my friends of what happens when one's mouth is far bigger than one's hands.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Cabin In The Woods
Even if Joss Whedon hadn't kicked everyone square in the box office with the Avengers this would have still been his shining year. Why? Cause that genius wrote "The Cabin In The Woods." If he was here before me right now I'd shake his hand and kiss him on the cheek. He has created the victory lap for horror fans everywhere. In the future someone will no doubt make a better horror film, a more scary horror film, but I have doubts anyone will make a more knowing horror film.
Now some folks say the less you know about this film the better. I don't know about that, but I'll honor the fairly spoiler free coverage of the film. Let's just say that it seems like a fairly average horror film. A bunch of horny teenagers are going to a remote cabin in the woods to make out and party. A creepy guy tells them not to go. The cabin itself is pretty creepy. They really shouldn't have gone because this can't end well.
It doesn't.
So why is everyone having LOL joy kittens over this film? Well first, everything I just told is just the merest surface. What's underneath not only explains why these teens are going to die, but why EVERY teen in films like this have to die. Won't say anything more except, "Stockholm is down."
The other thing is that this film is often just side splittingly funny. In a weird way parts of the film harken to "Office Space," where people fight against corporate (and worse) dehumanizatin with humor. Whether it is an office pool or small pranks on some of the odder employees I think everyone can empathize with the situation and the humor feels real and unforced. I know I'll never think of "speakerphone" the same way ever again.
The final and probably most important reason is that in the end they bring the goods home. This is not a film that fizzles in the final reel but rather takes a big snort of moonshine and adrenalin puts on its Rambo bandana and goes completely barking mad Joe Pesci/Bruce Lee insane on the audience's collective ass. It is one of the most joyful assault on my senses I've had the pleasure to witness in a long, long time.
So, stop reading this and GO SEE IT!
Now some folks say the less you know about this film the better. I don't know about that, but I'll honor the fairly spoiler free coverage of the film. Let's just say that it seems like a fairly average horror film. A bunch of horny teenagers are going to a remote cabin in the woods to make out and party. A creepy guy tells them not to go. The cabin itself is pretty creepy. They really shouldn't have gone because this can't end well.
It doesn't.
So why is everyone having LOL joy kittens over this film? Well first, everything I just told is just the merest surface. What's underneath not only explains why these teens are going to die, but why EVERY teen in films like this have to die. Won't say anything more except, "Stockholm is down."
The other thing is that this film is often just side splittingly funny. In a weird way parts of the film harken to "Office Space," where people fight against corporate (and worse) dehumanizatin with humor. Whether it is an office pool or small pranks on some of the odder employees I think everyone can empathize with the situation and the humor feels real and unforced. I know I'll never think of "speakerphone" the same way ever again.
The final and probably most important reason is that in the end they bring the goods home. This is not a film that fizzles in the final reel but rather takes a big snort of moonshine and adrenalin puts on its Rambo bandana and goes completely barking mad Joe Pesci/Bruce Lee insane on the audience's collective ass. It is one of the most joyful assault on my senses I've had the pleasure to witness in a long, long time.
So, stop reading this and GO SEE IT!
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Aladdin and the Death Lamp (and Pegasus vs. Chimera)
Hey gang! What's worse than a Syfy Saturday night film? TWO Syfy Saturday night films. Yep we had the cinematic equivalent of the asteroid event that killed the dinosaurs and boy I didn't look so good either. The first thing I noticed is that both films had the exact same behind the scene people to blame for these messes. Both even had the same three writers which probably cost less than the same talent a room full of monkeys would have brought to the scene.
Ok, So Aladdin was the better of the two. Aladdin and his buddies and his girl pal find a map to a treasure. An evil merchant/thief with several teeth MIA and his gang follow around to cause trouble. The treasure turns out to be a lamp, inside the lamp a djinn who is rather put out since he's been stuck in that lamp for years. Soooo, no one believes that the djinn will pervert wishes just so it can kill people and suck their souls out so the djinn of course perverts wishes and kills people and sucks their souls out. Also, since the writers three are absolutely sure we haven't seen "Wishmaster" there's the big subplot about the djinn wanting to free his fellow djinns so they can rain some good old fashion brimstone on the world.
Ok, writing is piss poor, or as they say in Britain "American Beer." The only interesting thing about the writing is the great pains they took to avoid as much Islam and Arabic culture as possible. Aladdin might as well been from Ohio. The acting is mostly bland though old toothless gives it a good go. The specia effects for the djinn specially for its smokey backwash is pretty good. All else is craptastic. If I had to pick the two worst the first would be a CGI snake that was so bad you could almost see through it. The Other was some poor soul being covered in liquid gold. Now when "Game of Thrones" did that it was cool, but then it looked like real molten gold not Nickolodien slime mixed with gold glitter.
I can't even go into the next feature without howling like a banshee at a baptism. Let's just say this; what comes to your mind when you think of "Pegasus." Does not a certain bit of wingage pop to mind? Soooo, when you first see Pegasus we see a horse. Of course, it's so obvious. Who needs wings.
*grumble grumble*
Ok, So Aladdin was the better of the two. Aladdin and his buddies and his girl pal find a map to a treasure. An evil merchant/thief with several teeth MIA and his gang follow around to cause trouble. The treasure turns out to be a lamp, inside the lamp a djinn who is rather put out since he's been stuck in that lamp for years. Soooo, no one believes that the djinn will pervert wishes just so it can kill people and suck their souls out so the djinn of course perverts wishes and kills people and sucks their souls out. Also, since the writers three are absolutely sure we haven't seen "Wishmaster" there's the big subplot about the djinn wanting to free his fellow djinns so they can rain some good old fashion brimstone on the world.
Ok, writing is piss poor, or as they say in Britain "American Beer." The only interesting thing about the writing is the great pains they took to avoid as much Islam and Arabic culture as possible. Aladdin might as well been from Ohio. The acting is mostly bland though old toothless gives it a good go. The specia effects for the djinn specially for its smokey backwash is pretty good. All else is craptastic. If I had to pick the two worst the first would be a CGI snake that was so bad you could almost see through it. The Other was some poor soul being covered in liquid gold. Now when "Game of Thrones" did that it was cool, but then it looked like real molten gold not Nickolodien slime mixed with gold glitter.
I can't even go into the next feature without howling like a banshee at a baptism. Let's just say this; what comes to your mind when you think of "Pegasus." Does not a certain bit of wingage pop to mind? Soooo, when you first see Pegasus we see a horse. Of course, it's so obvious. Who needs wings.
*grumble grumble*
Monday, September 10, 2012
Apocalypse of the Dead
Well nothing much new here. The government makes a zombie gas. Zombie gas gets out. People turn into zombies. Police and their terrorist suspect get caught in zombieville. Along for the ride is a professor (no Mary Anne), a bunch of kids, and a fellow who's been getting ready for the zombie apocalypse for years.
The Serbian location does grant if not anything new at least the illusion of freshness. The acting, writing and make up are all fairly decent. It moves along at a brisk rate and if you like zombie flicks this is better than most.
The Serbian location does grant if not anything new at least the illusion of freshness. The acting, writing and make up are all fairly decent. It moves along at a brisk rate and if you like zombie flicks this is better than most.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
The Spectacular Spider-man
The nice things about reboots is that you can have fun in playing with the various aspect of established characters. Will Peter Parker invent web shooters like he did originally, or will they be part of the genetic parcel that made him Spider-man? Will we concentrate on classic villains or the more grim and gritty villains that are probably not as well known to the non comic book reading populace. These decisions will in large part decide whether your version rocks or rockets to the bottom.
So then is the Spectacular Spider-man .... well spectacular? Honestly, yes I had a hoot watching. The key I think is they found a natural way to bring the classic sixties villains with villains like Venom without have to drown the viewer with back story. See, it works like this; the freaks come from two competing labs. Oscorp is both corporate and amoral as is its CEO Norman Osbourne. The other is the lab of Dr. Conners who is both a revolutionary and very desperate. The engine that drives these two labs to make super villains is the the organized crime boss known as "The Big Man." He's working on the theory that if he can't swat Spider-man then he'll keep him to busy to interfere with business.
They wisely kept Peter in high school and they made Gwen Stacey more of a friend (at least at this juncture) than a love interest. Peter is still the lovable loser that things never seem to go right. The writer for this show is sharp and witty. The animation is sleek and the villain designs are mostly spot on. Once again animators have shown up the big screen guys. Maybe they should change places?
So then is the Spectacular Spider-man .... well spectacular? Honestly, yes I had a hoot watching. The key I think is they found a natural way to bring the classic sixties villains with villains like Venom without have to drown the viewer with back story. See, it works like this; the freaks come from two competing labs. Oscorp is both corporate and amoral as is its CEO Norman Osbourne. The other is the lab of Dr. Conners who is both a revolutionary and very desperate. The engine that drives these two labs to make super villains is the the organized crime boss known as "The Big Man." He's working on the theory that if he can't swat Spider-man then he'll keep him to busy to interfere with business.
They wisely kept Peter in high school and they made Gwen Stacey more of a friend (at least at this juncture) than a love interest. Peter is still the lovable loser that things never seem to go right. The writer for this show is sharp and witty. The animation is sleek and the villain designs are mostly spot on. Once again animators have shown up the big screen guys. Maybe they should change places?
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Area 407
Area 407 just frost my jimmies I tell you and I am going to tell you. Oh, there will be spoilers so consider yourself warned. Usually a bad film doesn't annoy me. I get more often than not a little sad that some young film makers screwed their chance, but not this time.
It only took five seconds as well.
Area 407 is a found footage film so you know already half of what you are in for. Shakey cams and cheap scare moments. The particular of the plot is that a bunch of meatbags are in a plane and then the plane goes down and goes bang. Before you can say "Lost" the plane came down in two halves so of course of the survivors want to find the other half so they go off stumbling in the dark.
What can go wrong?
Well, being a horror movie the answer is "a lot." It isn't too long before there are screams of people and growls from something else. Something big, and obviously camera shy since even when people are snatched right in the camera frame its done in a way so you can't see the beasties. Now I don't want to be a nit picker, but there are several times where we are suppose to believe the beasties are dragging people into the dark. The problem was I could at several times see the feet of the people so unless the beastie was invisible it was obvious they were being dragged by a rope.
Anyway, the shrinking number of survivors find several shacks and army surrplus. They even find some army folk but they are as nearly shy as the beasties. It's like our poor survivors have cooties. So the military over a radio give them the run around and the old "Stay calm" speech. The survivors are not staying calm specially one fellow who tried awfully hard to annoy the rest to the point that they would shot him over the beasties.
Ok, now the spoiler. I spent my time watching this film with a growing sense of boredom. Screaming your head off and running in the dark will only get you so far. I kept watching though because films like this generally have a reveal at the end and I wanted to see what the beastie looked like. Now right before the last survivors get killed by a government agent but that didn't bother me too much. In a film of cheap scares a cheap downer ending wasn't out of place. Then the agent looks behind him and the beastie got him. And what was it? Oh just a dinosaur done in the cheapest Syfy level CGI. A dinosaur? You know if you are going to tease me for an hour an half you better do more than a dinosaur. I just finished watching the cheapest possible version of Jurassic Park. No actors, no sets, no script to speak of, and five seconds of special effects. So yeah it only took five seconds to get my goat, frost my jimmies and throw my plush cthulhu at the screen.
So you have been warned.
It only took five seconds as well.
Area 407 is a found footage film so you know already half of what you are in for. Shakey cams and cheap scare moments. The particular of the plot is that a bunch of meatbags are in a plane and then the plane goes down and goes bang. Before you can say "Lost" the plane came down in two halves so of course of the survivors want to find the other half so they go off stumbling in the dark.
What can go wrong?
Well, being a horror movie the answer is "a lot." It isn't too long before there are screams of people and growls from something else. Something big, and obviously camera shy since even when people are snatched right in the camera frame its done in a way so you can't see the beasties. Now I don't want to be a nit picker, but there are several times where we are suppose to believe the beasties are dragging people into the dark. The problem was I could at several times see the feet of the people so unless the beastie was invisible it was obvious they were being dragged by a rope.
Anyway, the shrinking number of survivors find several shacks and army surrplus. They even find some army folk but they are as nearly shy as the beasties. It's like our poor survivors have cooties. So the military over a radio give them the run around and the old "Stay calm" speech. The survivors are not staying calm specially one fellow who tried awfully hard to annoy the rest to the point that they would shot him over the beasties.
Ok, now the spoiler. I spent my time watching this film with a growing sense of boredom. Screaming your head off and running in the dark will only get you so far. I kept watching though because films like this generally have a reveal at the end and I wanted to see what the beastie looked like. Now right before the last survivors get killed by a government agent but that didn't bother me too much. In a film of cheap scares a cheap downer ending wasn't out of place. Then the agent looks behind him and the beastie got him. And what was it? Oh just a dinosaur done in the cheapest Syfy level CGI. A dinosaur? You know if you are going to tease me for an hour an half you better do more than a dinosaur. I just finished watching the cheapest possible version of Jurassic Park. No actors, no sets, no script to speak of, and five seconds of special effects. So yeah it only took five seconds to get my goat, frost my jimmies and throw my plush cthulhu at the screen.
So you have been warned.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Bernie
This just a great film. I feel all gushy about it. I even showed it to my mom (a rare event our tastes are light years apart), and was amazed how much she liked Jack Black. So if a film can bring us together on anything it has to be a pretty special little film.
It's based on a tale of true crime. See Bernie, here played by Jack Black, is an assistant funeral director in a small Texan town. He's oddly enough the life of the party, the spring in the step and just about the nicest guy you'd ever meet. Oh, he wasn't perfect he had a problem with shopping too much and folks would gossip on whether or not he was gay or not; but over all life was good for Bernie and everyone liked him.
Things change for Bernie when he sets sights on the meanest old woman in town. Who knows why, maybe it was a challenge to him. Maybe he really did believe that everyone had some good in them. Wrong. It quickly becomes a toxic relationship where Bernie is trapped because he's simply too nice to tell her to take a long walk off a short pier.
Well, suddenly the meanest woman in town is no longer in sight. Bernie makes excuses and proceeds to spend her money (on her behalf, of course) to help the town. Eventually this will not stand and soon the town is filled with the gossip that Bernie has killed the old hag. The rest of the film follows the town's reaction and the trial.
This is a great little low key film. What really brings it to life is the acting of Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. I've always liked Jack but sometimes he doesn't choose good vehicles and he can go over the top in his acting at the drop of a check. Here, he's restrained and just perfect in the role of the soft hearted Bernie. We also get to hear him sing something different than rock and roll. His gospel renditions are just beautiful. Shirley MacLaine doesn't have a lot of lines in the film but she really sells her wicked witch character just by body language and a lemony face. She's more prickly than a porcupine with a bad case of static shock. Together they are truly an odd couple, but they sell it so well!
It's based on a tale of true crime. See Bernie, here played by Jack Black, is an assistant funeral director in a small Texan town. He's oddly enough the life of the party, the spring in the step and just about the nicest guy you'd ever meet. Oh, he wasn't perfect he had a problem with shopping too much and folks would gossip on whether or not he was gay or not; but over all life was good for Bernie and everyone liked him.
Things change for Bernie when he sets sights on the meanest old woman in town. Who knows why, maybe it was a challenge to him. Maybe he really did believe that everyone had some good in them. Wrong. It quickly becomes a toxic relationship where Bernie is trapped because he's simply too nice to tell her to take a long walk off a short pier.
Well, suddenly the meanest woman in town is no longer in sight. Bernie makes excuses and proceeds to spend her money (on her behalf, of course) to help the town. Eventually this will not stand and soon the town is filled with the gossip that Bernie has killed the old hag. The rest of the film follows the town's reaction and the trial.
This is a great little low key film. What really brings it to life is the acting of Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. I've always liked Jack but sometimes he doesn't choose good vehicles and he can go over the top in his acting at the drop of a check. Here, he's restrained and just perfect in the role of the soft hearted Bernie. We also get to hear him sing something different than rock and roll. His gospel renditions are just beautiful. Shirley MacLaine doesn't have a lot of lines in the film but she really sells her wicked witch character just by body language and a lemony face. She's more prickly than a porcupine with a bad case of static shock. Together they are truly an odd couple, but they sell it so well!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
The Portal
I now dread seeing a flaming horse running in the night. That is the logo of Maverick Entertainment and they are for all practical purposes the dregs of the industry. They are the guys that will buy the films the Asylum won't touch. Still, every dog has its day and "The Portal" is at least a false dawn.
It's not a good movie but it is certainly heads and shoulders above Maverick's usual fair. There's definitely a sense of ambition you don't usually see. Even the casting is better going from E and D list to at least folks you might have heard of like Roddy Piper, Stacy Keach and Michael Madsen. Each do their little bit of scene chewing and certainly help keeps up interest.
The plot is folks fear that there's a new Ebola type virus going around. It's certainly a rather nasty thing since people generally die with their heads blowing off. Well it shouldn't surprise folks that it's not a disease. Rather, folks have been finding the Portal (in this case a picture) and looking at it. Howard would tell you that's a bad thing. At first though it's nice, it's like drug high nice. Unfortunately, something comes through the portal and comes after you and then you are bleeding all over and your head explodes. Can Stacy Keach tell our young doctors how to avoid intent head aches? Well you'd have to watch to find out. If you are a horror fan there are some interesting things here and some atmosphere so it isn't a total waste.
It's not a good movie but it is certainly heads and shoulders above Maverick's usual fair. There's definitely a sense of ambition you don't usually see. Even the casting is better going from E and D list to at least folks you might have heard of like Roddy Piper, Stacy Keach and Michael Madsen. Each do their little bit of scene chewing and certainly help keeps up interest.
The plot is folks fear that there's a new Ebola type virus going around. It's certainly a rather nasty thing since people generally die with their heads blowing off. Well it shouldn't surprise folks that it's not a disease. Rather, folks have been finding the Portal (in this case a picture) and looking at it. Howard would tell you that's a bad thing. At first though it's nice, it's like drug high nice. Unfortunately, something comes through the portal and comes after you and then you are bleeding all over and your head explodes. Can Stacy Keach tell our young doctors how to avoid intent head aches? Well you'd have to watch to find out. If you are a horror fan there are some interesting things here and some atmosphere so it isn't a total waste.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
The Corridor
The Corridor is a good example of what "Lovecraftian" horror should be. It's not about slime or alien things with names we can't pronounce without getting roaring drunk. Lovecraftian horror is about the human brushing up against something that defies our concept of a rational universe. In that moment humans suffer something of a psychotic break as they find themselves unable to cope with an inhuman (dare we say ahuman) universe.
In The Corridor several friends are spending a weekend in the woods. Supposedly just to have fun and guy binding, but really it's an attempt to heal. One of their numbers did have a literal psychotic break and in trying to help him several of his friends were hurt. Even though they "know" it's not his fault there is still considerable tension.
It gets worse as our recently ill character finds the aforenamed corridor deep in the woods. At first it doesn't seem much, sort of like a force field in the shape of a small room. Still, it's clearly unnatural and messes with our fellow's search for mental health. When his friends find out it definitely messes with their happy. At first I figured they wouldn't find the corridor and so the film would put the shakenly sane character against his friends. Lo and behold though they do find the corridor and as they go in the corridor grows.
Now, on face of it at this point while weird it's no more weird than say the Mystery Shack in Oregon. But there is some other force at work that grows turning them against each other as everyone's sanity is attacked. Whatever the corridor is, and we never learn really what it is at all, it seems to be trying to communicate with the men and it is turning them all crazy. The only one who's fighting against it is they guy just coming out from being crazy.
This is definitely an interesting film and worth watching. Certainly worth thinking about. Always be careful where you place your feet. One step can be the beginning of a journey.
In The Corridor several friends are spending a weekend in the woods. Supposedly just to have fun and guy binding, but really it's an attempt to heal. One of their numbers did have a literal psychotic break and in trying to help him several of his friends were hurt. Even though they "know" it's not his fault there is still considerable tension.
It gets worse as our recently ill character finds the aforenamed corridor deep in the woods. At first it doesn't seem much, sort of like a force field in the shape of a small room. Still, it's clearly unnatural and messes with our fellow's search for mental health. When his friends find out it definitely messes with their happy. At first I figured they wouldn't find the corridor and so the film would put the shakenly sane character against his friends. Lo and behold though they do find the corridor and as they go in the corridor grows.
Now, on face of it at this point while weird it's no more weird than say the Mystery Shack in Oregon. But there is some other force at work that grows turning them against each other as everyone's sanity is attacked. Whatever the corridor is, and we never learn really what it is at all, it seems to be trying to communicate with the men and it is turning them all crazy. The only one who's fighting against it is they guy just coming out from being crazy.
This is definitely an interesting film and worth watching. Certainly worth thinking about. Always be careful where you place your feet. One step can be the beginning of a journey.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The Three Stooges
The Farrelly brothers have done some funny stuff, but I don't trust them. Maybe they get into a zone and don't realize it but sometimes they cross the line for me. This was clearly shown in the movie "Dumb and Dumber" when Jim Carrey sold a blind kid a dead bird with it's head attached to it by tape. This wasn't dumb, or even dumber it was just plain mean.
It's that mean streak that sometimes pop up that made me worried when they took on the Three Stooges. The originals were no shrinking violets so it seemed to me that it would be easier to go over the line. Luckily that didn't happen. The movie is a very respectful of its main characters.
That is unfortunately the problem of the film.
Quite simple "respect" and "Three Stooges" work about as well as a matter/anti-matter cocktail. While the Stooges in this film do some pretty wild anarchic gags the tone of the film is just a little too laid back. Like in some bad comedies there's a sense that the film is waiting one extra beat to let the audience laugh it up.
The plot is straight out of the old shorts. The Stooges have been raised up in an orphanage by nuns. The orphanage is about to get shut down so the boys have to go raise up and outrageous amount of money in a month. As they search for work they accidently get involved with a murder for hire scheme and meet again an old friend who got adopted by rich parents at the expense of Moe. That last little subplot really has no place in a Stooge's film as it leads to a too gooey "I luvs use guys" moment.
It's not all bad though. Will Sasso made a fine Curley, and Larry David was great fun as Sister Mary-Mengele. Some of the gags were fairly good slaps stick and there were points where I admit to a smile and a chuckle. So if you are a fan it is definitely worth a look.
It's that mean streak that sometimes pop up that made me worried when they took on the Three Stooges. The originals were no shrinking violets so it seemed to me that it would be easier to go over the line. Luckily that didn't happen. The movie is a very respectful of its main characters.
That is unfortunately the problem of the film.
Quite simple "respect" and "Three Stooges" work about as well as a matter/anti-matter cocktail. While the Stooges in this film do some pretty wild anarchic gags the tone of the film is just a little too laid back. Like in some bad comedies there's a sense that the film is waiting one extra beat to let the audience laugh it up.
The plot is straight out of the old shorts. The Stooges have been raised up in an orphanage by nuns. The orphanage is about to get shut down so the boys have to go raise up and outrageous amount of money in a month. As they search for work they accidently get involved with a murder for hire scheme and meet again an old friend who got adopted by rich parents at the expense of Moe. That last little subplot really has no place in a Stooge's film as it leads to a too gooey "I luvs use guys" moment.
It's not all bad though. Will Sasso made a fine Curley, and Larry David was great fun as Sister Mary-Mengele. Some of the gags were fairly good slaps stick and there were points where I admit to a smile and a chuckle. So if you are a fan it is definitely worth a look.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Shakes the Clown
I was never a fan of the comedy "Stylings" of Bobcat Goldthwait. His killing a rooster vocal delivery just made my head ache. Didn't help that he was a part of the Police Academy series which surely must have scarred a generation of film goers. Will the horror never end?
Then I saw "Shakes the Clown." I can now say that there is indeed a thinking, creative person named Bobcat Goldthwait and I very much like this Bobcat. Some critic called Shakes "The Citizen Kane of drunken clown movies." While that's a bit of an overstatement what we have here is a truly mature work of art that marries comedy with a rough down and out edge reality not out of step with Bukowski.
Shakes is a clown and he's an alcoholic. No, Shakes is an alcoholic and a clown. As a clown he's actually pretty good, even when half crocked he can do amazing clown things. As an alcoholic though Shakes is a shambling failure of a human. He's destroying his relationships specially with his Elmira Fuddite girlfriend and bowler played by Julie Brown. His friends can't trust him. His work is slipping and he faces firing. Oh and he lost his chance for TV to the town's most unfunniest clown Binkie the coke head.
Binkie though couldn't leave well enough alone and when he kills Shakes boss he sets Shakes up to take the fall. Shakes now is truly motivated to stop drinking and find out just what is going on. It leads to the underworld of clown culture. It seems there is a distinct pecking order. Party clowns beat up on mimes and rodeo clowns beat up on everyone. Shakes has to take responsiblity. He has to take control. He has to stop waking up in strange ladies homes being peed on by little kids. It shows how good a film this is that you are really drawn into his plight even as you savor the absurdity of Shake's world.
Here's one of the songs on the soundtrack here
Then I saw "Shakes the Clown." I can now say that there is indeed a thinking, creative person named Bobcat Goldthwait and I very much like this Bobcat. Some critic called Shakes "The Citizen Kane of drunken clown movies." While that's a bit of an overstatement what we have here is a truly mature work of art that marries comedy with a rough down and out edge reality not out of step with Bukowski.
Shakes is a clown and he's an alcoholic. No, Shakes is an alcoholic and a clown. As a clown he's actually pretty good, even when half crocked he can do amazing clown things. As an alcoholic though Shakes is a shambling failure of a human. He's destroying his relationships specially with his Elmira Fuddite girlfriend and bowler played by Julie Brown. His friends can't trust him. His work is slipping and he faces firing. Oh and he lost his chance for TV to the town's most unfunniest clown Binkie the coke head.
Binkie though couldn't leave well enough alone and when he kills Shakes boss he sets Shakes up to take the fall. Shakes now is truly motivated to stop drinking and find out just what is going on. It leads to the underworld of clown culture. It seems there is a distinct pecking order. Party clowns beat up on mimes and rodeo clowns beat up on everyone. Shakes has to take responsiblity. He has to take control. He has to stop waking up in strange ladies homes being peed on by little kids. It shows how good a film this is that you are really drawn into his plight even as you savor the absurdity of Shake's world.
Here's one of the songs on the soundtrack here
Monday, August 6, 2012
Garvity Falls
I love this cartoon. It has the vibe of "Eerie Indiana" and a teen "X-Files." Brother and sister Dipper and Mabel find themselves with their Uncle Stan who runs a gift shop at Gravity Falls. It seems to be one of those places where all the weirdness in the universe collides and the kids try to keep up.
It's just fun. There's some real wit here. I love the characters. The animation is simple but lovely and fluid. This is certainly the sort of cartoon I'd have my kids watching.... at least til there are reruns of "Animaniacs."
It's just fun. There's some real wit here. I love the characters. The animation is simple but lovely and fluid. This is certainly the sort of cartoon I'd have my kids watching.... at least til there are reruns of "Animaniacs."
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Piranha DD
The original Piranha was a decent monster movie with some sly humor here and there. The remake was crass and vulgar but in a rather delightful way. The sequel is jut crass and vulgar. Worst of all it's lazy. It does nothing new and just apes the plot point of the first nearly beat for beat. When it adds something you can beat it was from some other film. It's like, "Hey remember Planet Terror? Let's give Ving shotgun legs!"
The plot involves a water park run by a sleazy corrupt step father of our final girl for this film. How sleazy is he? Well he's installed strippers instead of lifeguards and has a nude swimming pool armed with "Cootch Cams." He's also spreading graft and bribes around so he can secretly pump his own water and not be on the grid. Said water is of course filled with killer piranha and everything else works pretty much like you think it would.
The special effects are on par with the first film. They try to up the ante on the violence but scenes involving an unknowing three way between man, woman, and fish just wind up being ugly and not scary or darkly funny like in the first one. The cameos also are ham fistedly inserted into the film. Christopher Lloyd and Ving Rhamses manfully handle their woefully underwritten scenes. Gary Busey, though, just looks lost and David Hasselhoff was just sad. Admittedly, his role was suppose to be a sad role in that he was playing "himself" as a washed out overaged celebrity hasbeen, but there is no bite to his role to lift it up to something like comedy.
Look, it's no worse than most straight DVD horror films. But it disappoints because there was more money here, some decent actors and at least a pedigree of entertainment. Instead we get tired, lazy, and stupid writing supported by mostly lack luster acting. It's just sad.
The plot involves a water park run by a sleazy corrupt step father of our final girl for this film. How sleazy is he? Well he's installed strippers instead of lifeguards and has a nude swimming pool armed with "Cootch Cams." He's also spreading graft and bribes around so he can secretly pump his own water and not be on the grid. Said water is of course filled with killer piranha and everything else works pretty much like you think it would.
The special effects are on par with the first film. They try to up the ante on the violence but scenes involving an unknowing three way between man, woman, and fish just wind up being ugly and not scary or darkly funny like in the first one. The cameos also are ham fistedly inserted into the film. Christopher Lloyd and Ving Rhamses manfully handle their woefully underwritten scenes. Gary Busey, though, just looks lost and David Hasselhoff was just sad. Admittedly, his role was suppose to be a sad role in that he was playing "himself" as a washed out overaged celebrity hasbeen, but there is no bite to his role to lift it up to something like comedy.
Look, it's no worse than most straight DVD horror films. But it disappoints because there was more money here, some decent actors and at least a pedigree of entertainment. Instead we get tired, lazy, and stupid writing supported by mostly lack luster acting. It's just sad.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
In "The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy," after much research Ford Perfect declared the Earth to be "Mostly Harmless." I could apply the same rating for this movie. Kids will like and adults can sit through it rather painlessly with an occasional chuckle.
The movie has Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson playing stepfather to a rather wild teen. He is searching for his Grandfather whom he believes is on Jules Verne's Mysterious Island which is a real place. After about a minute of code breaking they figure where it is and go off to the South Pacific. There they hire Luis Guzman and his daughter to fly a helicopter to the island. Obviously it wouldn't be a Mysterious Island if it was easy to get to and they crash. They also find the Island to be a mismatch of big animals now small and small animals now absolutely huge. In this mess they find Grandfather played by Michael Caine with a lot more joy than one would expect in a part like this. Together they try to get off the island by trying to reach Captain Nemo's submarine.
I like the interactions between the actor. Caine and the Rock form an amusing prickly relationship. They both want on the best for their boy and try a bit of semi friendly one upmanship over him. Guzman on the other hand forms an almost puppy dog attachment to the rock. He happily plays Sancho Panza to the Rock's pec rocking Don Quixote. Josh Hutcherson and Kristin Davis form an appealing couple that aren't so much sweetness and light that it would want to make you gag.
The special effects are all right. I didn't see it in three D, but I can tell that it was definitely part of the design of the film and not carpentered up over it in post. The overall design is eye catching and colorful. If I have a couple of problems with the film they are just small nagging logical problems in the situation. For example, the island supposedly sinks on a regular basis. What happens to the giant animals when the island sinks? Enquiring minds want to know.
The movie has Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson playing stepfather to a rather wild teen. He is searching for his Grandfather whom he believes is on Jules Verne's Mysterious Island which is a real place. After about a minute of code breaking they figure where it is and go off to the South Pacific. There they hire Luis Guzman and his daughter to fly a helicopter to the island. Obviously it wouldn't be a Mysterious Island if it was easy to get to and they crash. They also find the Island to be a mismatch of big animals now small and small animals now absolutely huge. In this mess they find Grandfather played by Michael Caine with a lot more joy than one would expect in a part like this. Together they try to get off the island by trying to reach Captain Nemo's submarine.
I like the interactions between the actor. Caine and the Rock form an amusing prickly relationship. They both want on the best for their boy and try a bit of semi friendly one upmanship over him. Guzman on the other hand forms an almost puppy dog attachment to the rock. He happily plays Sancho Panza to the Rock's pec rocking Don Quixote. Josh Hutcherson and Kristin Davis form an appealing couple that aren't so much sweetness and light that it would want to make you gag.
The special effects are all right. I didn't see it in three D, but I can tell that it was definitely part of the design of the film and not carpentered up over it in post. The overall design is eye catching and colorful. If I have a couple of problems with the film they are just small nagging logical problems in the situation. For example, the island supposedly sinks on a regular basis. What happens to the giant animals when the island sinks? Enquiring minds want to know.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Detention
Ok, sometimes you just have to get slapped in the face with the proverbial fish to get out of a funk. This month has been rather lacking in films of the OMG variety. There's been some nice films to be sure, but sometimes you aren't in the mood for nice. You want the extreme, you want the crazy, you want a film that will fish slap you silly.
Ladies and gentlemen I give you..... "Detention."
This is just brilliant. The creators must have watched every teen film from "The Breakfast Club," to "Heathers." Then they watched every slasher film, and then topped it off with "The Back to the Future" films. Then I am fairly sure they took more than their share of drugs and probably my share and the state of Kansas' as well. Then after they woke up from their coma they went and made this film.
To talk about the plot really wouldn't convey just how crazed this film is. Let's just say it does involve the following: detention, prom, slasher, explosions, datings dos and don't, and a stuffed time travelling bear. Every film should have one of those. The amazing thing is that they managed to be so original while uprooting whole scenes from other films. You will be watching and you'll just about say "Hey that's from "The Breakfast Club." Before you can finish your thought though you get fish slapped with something just from the left field of absurdia.
Definitely go see this, and bring friends. Bring strangers. Bring strange friends!
Ladies and gentlemen I give you..... "Detention."
This is just brilliant. The creators must have watched every teen film from "The Breakfast Club," to "Heathers." Then they watched every slasher film, and then topped it off with "The Back to the Future" films. Then I am fairly sure they took more than their share of drugs and probably my share and the state of Kansas' as well. Then after they woke up from their coma they went and made this film.
To talk about the plot really wouldn't convey just how crazed this film is. Let's just say it does involve the following: detention, prom, slasher, explosions, datings dos and don't, and a stuffed time travelling bear. Every film should have one of those. The amazing thing is that they managed to be so original while uprooting whole scenes from other films. You will be watching and you'll just about say "Hey that's from "The Breakfast Club." Before you can finish your thought though you get fish slapped with something just from the left field of absurdia.
Definitely go see this, and bring friends. Bring strangers. Bring strange friends!
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
I Kissed A Vampire
I really like projects like "I Kissed a Vampire," not because it is ground breaking but because it shows that people can still make a difference from the ground up in an industry obsessed with 200 million dollar blockbusters. "I Kissed a Vampire," started life as a web series and became popular enough to be made into a movie. It's a simple musical about the boy and girl next door dealing with being turned into vampires. Their source of temptation is the bad boy rocking vampire Trey Sylvania and his bad girls. Their one hope is in the dubious hands of Dan Hellsing.
The music is bright bouncy pop tunes. The actors are appealing. Some of the lines are amusing. It reminds me a lot of the Buffy episode that was a musical. Definitely, not deep but fun and sometimes folks that counts for a lot in this world.
The music is bright bouncy pop tunes. The actors are appealing. Some of the lines are amusing. It reminds me a lot of the Buffy episode that was a musical. Definitely, not deep but fun and sometimes folks that counts for a lot in this world.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Superheroes
This is a fascinating documentary about the real life "superheroes" walking the streets at night. First I was amazed at how many there were and secondly by the range. Oh there were the self deluded fanboys to be sure but then there was the New York Initiative that were serious business even to the point of learning to be EMTs. I don't know what to make of Master Legend who says as a child he was forced to fight in KKK sponsored child fights and believes God has told him to fight evil. He also between crime fighting enjoys beer and flirting with any pretty lady in sight. Truly there are some extreme personalities in this bunch of bananas.
Actually most of them seem fairly harmless and they do commit good deeds even if they aren't fighting toe to toe with evil. Many work hard to help the homeless and they try to keep the public informed on various things. Still, specially after Colorado, I think we all view someone coming up our street in spandex with grave suspicions.
Actually most of them seem fairly harmless and they do commit good deeds even if they aren't fighting toe to toe with evil. Many work hard to help the homeless and they try to keep the public informed on various things. Still, specially after Colorado, I think we all view someone coming up our street in spandex with grave suspicions.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Superman Vs. The Elite
It's often been said that Superman's message has become tired and cliche. In the last movie with him they even tried to skip the line about, "the American way." I guess it might seem to boyscoutish, and perhaps even corny. But don't the best ideas often require the most faith? In this film there is a scene where Superman addresses the UN and says the world is not broken and that "the grace of Humanity can be seen everywhere. I like phrase, "the grace of Humanity," I wish we would look more for that grace than the darkness that is Humanity's shadow.
As a character Superman absolutely needs a strong moral philosphy. He must have needed one from an early age. After all one little temper tantrum could have utterly destroyed the Kent farm. But you can't have a moral code without faith, and faith sometimes can be questioned and that is the heat of Superman Vs. The Elite.
It starts with a credit sequence that makes use of the pop culture Superman and then segues into a cartoon with Superman in full corny boy scout mode. We pull back and we see the real Superman and Lois Lane debating the cartoon of him they were just watching. Superman/Clark argues that he made a deal so that all the money he could have earned goes to charity. Lois argues that he needs to treat his "S" with more respect. Clark has no real response to that since he knows she is right. I think though he might have said that the "S" has already been degraded to some extent so why not make the most good of it? But before he can answer they are attacked by the Atomic Skull.
The Atomic Skull is a third rate player but they certainly bulked him up for this feature. He is now openly killing people just to coax Superman into battle. This makes for a very personal battle between the two and in the end Superman clearly has a moment where he wants to kill the Skull. He doesn't of course, because while everyone else thinks it's corny he still has faith.
The Elite pop up after this and at first they seem like they could be ok. They are a little rough around the edges and a little creepy but they seem to be on the side of good. Superman befriends them at first and even gives them some tips. Not that these cheeky souls take advice well. They are led by Manchester Black who looks like a roadie for The Who and has incedible telekenetic power. There's a tough guy, and a lady with bugs and things coming out of her. My favorite was the Hat who was a drunk magician always pulling bottles out of his hat.
The fun ends though when the Elite give THEIR message. That message is might is right, we have the might and we'll decide who is right and we'll kill any wanker who we think is a bad guy or gives us the stink eye. Of course Superman can't let them get away with this. The trouble is, besides being incredibly powerful of course, is that the public is eating up what the Elite stand for.
So in the end Superman has to kill their message as well as take out the Elite, because if he doesn't then there is nothing to stop a new Elite forming. So in the end of the film Superman takes their argument to its logical end and shows the world what a Superman completely unleashed might be like. If I was a citizen of Metropolis at that point I think I would have to make a pants check after seeing that.
This is a good exciting film. I like the bad guys, loved how they handled Superman. Once again, DC's animated division shows folks how to do it right.
As a character Superman absolutely needs a strong moral philosphy. He must have needed one from an early age. After all one little temper tantrum could have utterly destroyed the Kent farm. But you can't have a moral code without faith, and faith sometimes can be questioned and that is the heat of Superman Vs. The Elite.
It starts with a credit sequence that makes use of the pop culture Superman and then segues into a cartoon with Superman in full corny boy scout mode. We pull back and we see the real Superman and Lois Lane debating the cartoon of him they were just watching. Superman/Clark argues that he made a deal so that all the money he could have earned goes to charity. Lois argues that he needs to treat his "S" with more respect. Clark has no real response to that since he knows she is right. I think though he might have said that the "S" has already been degraded to some extent so why not make the most good of it? But before he can answer they are attacked by the Atomic Skull.
The Atomic Skull is a third rate player but they certainly bulked him up for this feature. He is now openly killing people just to coax Superman into battle. This makes for a very personal battle between the two and in the end Superman clearly has a moment where he wants to kill the Skull. He doesn't of course, because while everyone else thinks it's corny he still has faith.
The Elite pop up after this and at first they seem like they could be ok. They are a little rough around the edges and a little creepy but they seem to be on the side of good. Superman befriends them at first and even gives them some tips. Not that these cheeky souls take advice well. They are led by Manchester Black who looks like a roadie for The Who and has incedible telekenetic power. There's a tough guy, and a lady with bugs and things coming out of her. My favorite was the Hat who was a drunk magician always pulling bottles out of his hat.
The fun ends though when the Elite give THEIR message. That message is might is right, we have the might and we'll decide who is right and we'll kill any wanker who we think is a bad guy or gives us the stink eye. Of course Superman can't let them get away with this. The trouble is, besides being incredibly powerful of course, is that the public is eating up what the Elite stand for.
So in the end Superman has to kill their message as well as take out the Elite, because if he doesn't then there is nothing to stop a new Elite forming. So in the end of the film Superman takes their argument to its logical end and shows the world what a Superman completely unleashed might be like. If I was a citizen of Metropolis at that point I think I would have to make a pants check after seeing that.
This is a good exciting film. I like the bad guys, loved how they handled Superman. Once again, DC's animated division shows folks how to do it right.
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