In conjunction with “The Full Monty” the cast and crew of the show is going to produce a “beefcake” calendar. The folks posing will be in a state of undress and the “naughty bits” will be strategically covered. Yup. We had been out drinking when this idea was thought up. I have signed up for April and (weather permitting) will be out getting my photo done on Sunday morning. Sheesh. Something tells me that my shot is gonna be less “beef”-ish and more “cake”-ish … chubby fella that I am.~
Author: Chas.
Windows Sucks
So, how many times have my graphics programs on this shitty PC here at work locked up and shut down today?
Too many times to count.
This Day Sucks
Yeah. That’s right.
This day sucks … well, actually, this week has sucked.
Lots of little things have been irritating me until yesterday afternoon when I found out that “The Full Monty” was being booted from rehearsing in the theater because of a show that is going on in the Studio. This really, really pissed me off. We open in a month and have only three weeks until Final Dress Week. There is still so much to do and we really need as much stage time as possible. Next week, two of the reherasals are dedicated to just dance and stripping. That leaves us two nights next week and then two weeks until costumes, lights and orchestra.
What makes me so mad about this is that a Studio production has never (and I mean never) been given priority over a Main Stage show. The rule of thumb for the building has always been that Main Stage productions always take priority over Studio productions. If your Studio show interferes with a Main Stage show, you will probably find yourself cancelled. Studio shows are smaller just in terms of cast (their cast is only three people) and ultimately the attendance as the Studio seats around 70. They were the ones who requested a Studio slot during the Main Stage season and should have been prepared for the fact that we would be in the building doing what we need to do Monday through Thursday. Now, “The Full Monty” has had to scramble to rearrange of rehearsal plans and space to accommodate them.
What this means is that my cast is going to have to work harder and get more done in a little less time. I was told that if necessary we could rehearse on a Saturday or Sunday to make up the time. I’ll be damned is my cast is gonna have to come in on a weekend to rehearse because it’s been deemed (for whatever reason) that the small show is more important than the big show.
As you can probably tell, I am no less pissed off about this today.
Silent Hill: A Review
I finally watched “Silent Hill” this past weekend. It’s a movie that I had planned on seeing in a movie theater when it was released but things just kept me from going. I wish now that I had made it. The widescreen images would have been really sweet up there on the big screen.
I liked “Silent Hill” a lot. I have come to think of it less as a “horror” film and more of a dark fantasy or nightmare that you can’t wake up from. It’s all pretty bleak.
It’s kinda like “The Cell” only with a lot better acting (J-Lo you suck!) and story.
Sharon has been adopted by Rose and Chris but she has started having mood altering nightmares and keeps calling out “home” and “Silent Hill.” So, Rose decides the way to end all this is to take Sharon to Silent Hill and find out just what the heck is going on. Can we guess that it’s not the best idea? There’s a car wreck and Sharon disappears into the town. Can Rose find Sharon in the nightmare maze of Silent Hill before it’s too late?
The movie unfolds at it’s own pace as Rose unravels the clues to find Sharon and the who/what/when/where/how of Silent Hill. It’s very much like the video game in that respect as a trail of clues leads from on horrific locale to another. I do wish there had been a few more of the monsters that make the game such a fright fest (and trust me … the game is terrifiying in spots). But there is only so much you can pack into a two hour film. The filmakers did choose some really specific images from the game to use in the film which was cool. You get the idea that they wanted to stay true to the game yet take it just a step beyond. The addition of the underground coal fire (ala Centralia, PA) is a cool addition to the story. It’s all about the atmosphere. There’s a killer cast (Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger and Alice Krige) that also helps step things up a notch as well.
I have read some reviews where folks have complained that the movie makes no sense. I am not sure where this is coming from as the film even has a “here is what has happened and that is why this is happening” segment late in the film. It all seemed pretty straight forward to me. Or maybe it’s because I loved the really sweet visual style of the movie that I can let certain things slide.
So, yeah. “Silent Hill.” I dug it.
Gettin’ Promotional
Last evening, Christy shot the photo that is going to be used to promote “The Full Monty.” It’s definately going to be used on the poster and probably for the ads as well. Hmmm. I wonder whose legs those are …~
“Got a lot to do …”
Windows Rant
When it takes over an hour just to get a cordless mouse to function properly on your Windows based computer at work … you truly know that Windows is the fucking shittiest operating system out there. Windows totally sucks.~
My Sunday Morning
Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee!
My Afternoon
PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP. PHP.
When Down and Out …
I loves to buy me some dvds when I am down in the dumps. I especially loves me some dvds from overseas since I’s a “region free” kinda guy.
“The Game” Special Edition (Region 2, PAL)
– Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen Version
English 5.1 and Spanish 5.1 Audio Options
– Optional English, Spanish & Portuguese subtitles
– Audio Commentary with Director David Fincher, Actor Michael Douglas, Screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris, Director of Photography Harris Savides, Production Designer Jeffrey Beecroft and Special Effects Supervisor Kevin Haug
– Behind-the-Scenes Footage (with optional commentary)
– On Location Footage (with optional commentary)
– Trailers (with optional commentary)
– On Location Footage (with optional commentary)
– Alternate Ending
– Production Design Artwork
– Storyboards
“Battle Royale” 2-Disc Special Edition (Region 0, PAL)
Disc 1:
– Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Version
– 8 Mins. Of Additional Footage and an Alternate Ending
– Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Audio Options
– Optional English Subtitles
Disc 2:
– Special Edition TV spot
– Special Edition TV spot featuring Quentin Tarantino
– The Making of Battle Royale (50 mins)
– Battle Royale press conference (9 mins)
– Instructional video: birthday version
– Audition and rehearsal footage
– Special effects comparison featurette
– Tokyo International Film Festival 2000
– Battle Royale documentary (12 mins)
– Basketball scene rehearsals
– Behind-the-scenes featurette (10 mins)
– Filming on-set (10 mins)
– Original theatrical trailer
– Director’s statement
– Kinji Fukasaku filmography and ‘Beat’ Takeshi filmography~
MySpace Rant
MySpace really is the “trailer park” of places on the web to meet and greet. I mean no offense to you, my friends, who have MySpace pages. Most of you know how to use nice layouts and colors. But there’s a vast majority of people that know nothing and use way too many pictures, colors, animated gifs and the like. Some of those pages really make your eye want to explode. But the feature that pisses me off way more than anything is the song feature that automatically starts blaring music at you whenever you hit someone’s page. Talk about damn annoying.
An Open Letter
Hi, ‘lil website ‘o mine.
How have you been?
Dull and Boring? Neglected? Uninspired? I know and can sympathize. I have let you become this tepid little outpost of my world that really hasn’t been saying much of anything interesting or exciting. I am sorry I let this happen to you. You used to be a place for me to talk/vent about things going on with me. Now you are just a collection of random distractions from my ever escalating sour moods.
I think it all really started back in February/March when I got pissed (and I mean royally pissed) at someone and I didn’t vent properly. I internalized most of that anger and didn’t let you be my outlet for it. I thought “I could be really nasty about this and if I write it here then it will get back to so-and-so and all hell will break loose.” That was probably the wrong move. I generally have never been really shy about talking about folks I know here. I think that bit of self-censorship has made it easier to push aside other things and events I would normally have posted about. Hell, I have even seriously toyed with the idea of killing you all together when your hosting plan runs out. But, deep down, I really don’t want to do that. I like you too much.
So, from now on … when things are good, I’ll post about what’s making me happy. When things really suck, I will post about just why they suck.
Call it “Back to Blogging: 2006!”
See you soon.
Love,
Chas.
“Let’s show her what we can do.”
Nick is the hottest boy in school and you have landed him. He used to date the rich and pretty Wendy, but now he’s with you. Life really couldn’t be much better. But, wait! The senior prom is here and you just know she is gonna make a move on your man. She’s told you as much already.
“It’s not who you go with, honey. It’s who takes you home.”
And now, here she is … having just walked in the door looking like a woman on a mission in that low-cut, red sequin dress. You just gotta put that bitch in her place and let her know who Nick really belongs to!
Yeah. I am a wee bit obsessed with this …