Movie Posters Redone

Being an artist and a movie guy, I really dig this:

Movie Posters Remade by Olly Moss. If you like these, you can check out more of his art on his site here. It's all pretty cool stuff.

Video Corner 02

Video Corner is a segment I use to share some cool and/or funny videos I've discovered on the grand and vast internets.

Both vidoes are mash ups of two properties I wouldn't have thought could have been, let alone shared enough 'what-ever' to accomplish it. But these are done very well and I really enjoy them both.

1. Toy Story 2: The Dark Knight

This has the audio of The Dark Knight trailer played over clips from Toy Story 2. Coolness and a little hilarity ensue.

2. Bert & Ernie Gangsta Rap

This one is really cool. Clips of various Bert & Ernie episodes are played to M.O.P.'s song Ante Up. This video was kind of my introduction to hardcore hip hop and I really liked it, so I bought the album this song is on. (One more step in my explorations of various musical genres!) I think it was the similarities in hardcore hip hop I noticed from hard rock and metal (that I usually listen to) that helped this.

Video Corner 01

Happy Sunday everyone!

This new segment is to share some cool and/or funny videos I've discovered on the grand and vast internets.

1. Romona Falls - I Say Fever

The first is a music video from the new band Romona Falls for their first single 'I Say Fever'

John August said "At first, I thought it was just clever, but then it gets awesome."

2. HALO Movie Concept

The second is a proof of concept feature for the HALO movie that Neill Blomkamp (the director of District 9, which was an amazing film) had done. Neill was working on a HALO movie before financing fell through and it was shut down and he moved on to make District 9.

Movie Marathon #1

So I just finished my first ever Movie Marathon yesturday. Well, I went to a 24 Hr Sci-Fi Movie Marathon about 4 or 5 years ago but this is the first one I've done on my own. And this is a long post so buckle in!


Harry Potter and the Big Crazy Idea
So, the idea for the Movie Marathon came to me about a month ago. Usually when a sequel for a movie comes out that we (my friends and I) like and are looking forward to, we'll watch the previous installment on DVD within a week or so of the sequel hitting the theaters. Well, for Harry Potter 6 last month, I had the crazy idea to watch all five Harry Potter movies in one day. So, after convincing a few friends to join me, we embarked on the Harry Potter Marathon on July 19 (the Sunday before HP 6 was released).


But the Harry Potter Marathon got me thinking. In total, all five movies took around 12 hours (they all run around 2:20 - 2:40). And my train of thought had left the station... I wondered how many movies I could watch in a day? The Harry Potter movies run a little long, so if I watched average length movies (1:30 - 2:00), then I could watch more... Maybe if I get up early one day and go until late into the night... Or what if I set the duration even longer?.... Then the train reached its destination.


Movie Marathon 2009
From my initial thoughts following the HP Marathon in how far I could push this (being the crazy big idea I am) I pushed it as far as I could: 24 Hours. 1 Entire Day. So I set out to plan as much as I could so I'd be ready for the big day. Here's how it all went down. Thursday after work, I ate a light dinner, read a little of the book I'm reading (currently Harry Potter 7), and went to bed early (really early) around 7:00 pm although I didn't get to sleep until around 9:00. Then I woke up at 11:50 and began my first movie at 12:00 AM Friday.


Here's the rundown of Movies I watched (in order):

1. Gross Point Blank

2. Push

3. The Boondock Saints

4. Fired Up

5. Without Limits

6. The Big Lebowski

7. PCU

8. Cashback

9. Bound

10. Hard Candy

11. Detroit Rock City

12. Akira

13. Spy Game

Reactions and Thoughts

It went pretty well. I've stayed up all night for a few things before but this was differant. It was weird to be awake for an entire day and to spend that entire day watching movies. There were probably some areas I could cut to squeeze another movie in but I'm not sure I'd really want to. Like I went out to get some lunch and took calls from my Mom & Dad (at differant times) in the afternoon.

Some things I thought I was going to do but didn't to stay awake were taking a walk (about 1 mile) and reading the internet. Beforehand, I thought I would want or need these breaks, but during the event, I didn't really want to break for them since I was already breaking to get drinks/food and take bio breaks.

Will I do it again? Right now, I'm not sure. I was pretty cool and I do have a new (personal) record of most movies watched in a single day (previously 5 for the Harry Potter Marathon) and for the week (previosly 13 for the week that followed the Harry Potter Marathon). As for another... not in the immediate future but you never know what can happen...

Movies and Me

One thing you'll may want to know (or already know, for some) about me is that I really like movies.  A lot!  I watch about 250-300 per year, I've watched 8 in a single week and as many as 3 in one day.  Along with my liking of movies, I tend to quote/reference them a lot.  (Didn't you catch the reference in the title of the first post?!)  Also, as you're reading NYC, I'm curious how many references you'll catch.  First person to correctly guess a particular reference gets 2 points.  And for a really obscure reference, 5 points!

Here is a list of Movie Related sites I frequent:

Ain't It Cool News: http://www.aintitcool.com/

Coming Soon: http://www.comingsoon.net/

John August's Blog: http://johnaugust.com/ (Screenwriter of Go, Big Fish, The Nines, etc)

What's the point?

Since I like movies so much, they are a big inspiration for me.  The stuff I'm writing in The Wolf Saga is stuff I'd like to see on the big screen.  I do read a bit too, but movies are just more economical for me as far as my time goes.  Perhaps someday the saga will make it to the big screen but for now I'm happy just writing it and telling a story.  It doesn't take a Hollywood studio to write a novel.

Ideas for the Future

- Perhaps at some point in the future, I'll post my "Movies Everyone Should See" list.  These are not necessarily my favorites, just a list of movies I think every body should see.

- Another possability is a weekly recap of movies I've seen recently.  It'll probably be a list of what I saw, when, and what I thought about it.