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One of my favorite bloggers and cartoonists (Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame) once asked “how the fuck do you explain the popularity of horror movies?“. I sat on this article for awhile, and realized I never finished it, so I’m doing that now. I will not only answer his question, but give some pretty elaborate examples behind my reasoning. I realize this is better as a Halloween post and not a damn-near-the-holidays post, but to hell with conventions.

As I see it, the love for horror movies boils down to one or more of the following :

We love/relate to the hero(es)

We love/relate to the villain(s)

We just want a demented laugh

We …

I recently discovered that a friend of mine has a small degree of separation from Bruce Dickinson. The specifics of how and why are unimportant to this story, as the point of this entry is that her response to my “OMGWTF??? REALLY??” was “yeah… is that a big deal or something?”. She went on to say “I’ve never understood Iron Maiden and never really paid attention to them, so I don’t consider them a big deal”. Interestingly enough, she did admit that an ex boyfriend of hers keeps pairs of Iron Maiden branded Converse in a glass case, and while I would think that crushes all thoughts of them being “not a big deal”, she maintains they’re just another hair …

(quick note : I wasn’t going to write this rant, but a friend of mine threatened to beat me to it when I made a much shorter version of this rant on Facebook[1])

It seems TEH INTARWEBZ are all a flutter (can’t say all atwitter anymore, thx you guys) about concept art and imagery released to build up the hype machine surround Tim Burton’s “re-imagining” of Alice in Wonderland. While many are excited, I feel an equal mix of worry, anger, disappointment and confusion.

Why confusion? Well, it seems to me that many of you have forgotten how many times Tim Burton has smeared fecal matter on celluloid and you’re ready for him to fuck you in eye sockets yet …

Wanna see a movie? (a 15-minute one)
Right now? (as soon as you click)
For free? (no DRM crap)
That stars me? (and 2 other people)

Well, boy howdy is it ever your lucky day..

BREEDS
written and directed by Jade Hollingsworth
starring Rev. Mitcz and Chris Loop

CLICK HERE AND WATCH IT NOW

This will be quick.

What you need to do is find yourself a local indie theatre, that plays smaller, hard-to-find indie films. Check if they’re playing “Shortbus”. You can do a search in your area for the movie from this search on MovieTickets.com. Thankfully, I have the Laemmle Sunset 5 down the street, and was able to catch it.

My MusicPlusTV gig has garnered me a new responsibility. More of an option, really. They’re starting a magazine, and they’ve asked me to write for it. My first article is supposed to be a wrap-up of my Sunday morning/afternoon spent hanging out with and interviewing the cast/crew (minus Zombie and wife) of “The Devil’s Rejects”. Since I’m sure they’ll cut the living hell out of it, I’m writing it here first.

Queue Obligatory Warning : Spoilers Ahead message.

Finally got around to seeing Episode III : Revenge of the Sith today. I know, I’m a late-bloomer in that sense. I broke a 22 year tradition, by not seeing it on opening day. I really didn’t care that much, honestly. I just hoped it wouldn’t suck real bad. It uh.. well, it didn’t suck real bad. Just wasn’t “all that” really. That having been said, I have a list here of things I wanted to point out with Episode III, and.. really, this entire prequel. Join me, won’t you?