Since the pilot episode first aired back in 2004, I've totally been hooked on Lost. I was on all of the boards, rewatching episodes frame by frame and just pulling my hair in confusion during the first 2 seasons. Yes, I've calmed down about it all, and I've just been enjoying it more as many of my friends have also become big fanatics. Though, I still seem to get countless texts as new episodes air, asking who someone is, how they're related to one another, where we've seen them before, etc. But it's all in good fun. So, to gear up for the upcoming final season premiere, here's a fun video I found. It's 5 seasons of Lost in 5 minutes. Let the excitement begin.
Side note: Despite the mind-bending story lines, wonderful scenery and large budget, it's super pathetic to see that they can't alter a background image of clouds properly. Clone-tool much?!
Can't say that I'm the biggest Nicolas Cage fan, though I do enjoy most movies that he's in. Weird, I know. Regardless, he remains very popular with some.
A short list of some of my favorite things from this past year.
Favorite Movies Released in 2009 (In no particular order) - Up - The Damned United - The Hangover - Where The Wild Things Are - I Love You, Man - Up In The Air - X-Men Origins: Wolverine Favorite Movies Released Before 2009 (That I watched for the first time this year) - Milk (2008) - Hype! (1996) - A League of Ordinary Gentlemen (2005) - W. (2008) - Fanboys(2008) - In Bruges(2008) - Sugar (2008) - Helvetica(2007)
Most Memorable Concerts - AC/DC - Eagles of Death Metal - Coldplay Favorite Albums - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Phoenix) - Lost In The 80s (The Lost Fingers) - Backspacer(Pearl Jam) - Them Crooked Vultures (Them Crooked Vultures) - The E.N.D. (The Black Eyed Peas) Songs Most Listened To (According to last.fm) - It's A Dream (Neil Young) - Rise (Eddie Vedder) - Kids (MGMT) - I Got A Feeling (Black Eyed Peas) - Wheels (Foo Fighters) - Billie Jean (The Lost Fingers) - Andy You're A Star (The Killers) - Lasso (Phoenix) - The End (Pearl Jam) - Love Lockdown(Kanye West)
Maybe about 10 days ago, I received an early Christmas present in the mail. I had ordered a book containing 229 Pearl Jam posters, all designed by the Ames Bros from 1995 - 2007.
The book is officially called Pearl Jam vs Ames Bros: 13 Years of Tour Posters and I think it's unreal! There are two different versions. The unbelievably cheap $50 US green copy is the one I ordered. It's got 229 posters, interviews and some explanations and inspirations behind some of the posters. The $200 US orange copy is numbered, autographed by the 3 Ames Bros head designers, 32 bonus pages featuring over 250 sketches, an 8 page overlay of the printing process, and 3 silkscreen art prints, just to name a few things.
For any fan of the band, the artists or poster art in general, I can't highly recommend this enough. It's just awesome.
Back in '08, Kevin Smith had to change the name Zack and Miri Make a Porno to Zack and Miri. He then had to change his posters too. This is all due to the MPAA and their decision that it was too explicit and they thought that the word Porno would not be well received by the public. Ugh. Stupid. It's especially ironic since the Weinstein Company originally approved the project right after they just heard the title of the movie.
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So Smith's next project just had their trailer released. And despite him promoting the film for month's as A Couple of Dicks, it too has gone through the MPAA wringer. Now it's titled Cop Out. It's just not the same. Smith did argue this newest change, bringing up the Inglorious Basterds title that was approved. But due to the purposely misspelled Basterds, it was allowed. So Smith rebutted with A Couple of D.I.C.s (Detectives In Charge) and they still didn't accept it! I think they've seriously got something personal against Smith. Idiots.
To learn more on the MPAA and their unnecessary power, I'd suggest watching This Film is Not Yet Rated. It deals more with the ratings (PG-13, MC-17, R, etc) but still shows the struggle that film makers have.
Two quick movie updates. First is Robin Hood. I think it's safe to say that many people are excited for this movie, not just myself. The Disney version hands down one of my favorite movies ever. Back to the point. A trailer for the new movie was released yesterday. Looks like it's got potential. It looks like it'll be more graphic and dark, which'll be a different way of seeing Robin Hood. He always seems to happy-go-lucky. Thank goodness for Ridley Scott. You are a truly solid director.
But quite possibly better than that, is the new Alice in Wonderland trailer that just came out. They had a shorter teaser released a while ago, but this newly cut full trailer is just more awesome. Quite possibly the best movie of 2010 perhaps?
My life can simply be summed up as random. Random events. Random people. Random stories.
So following what I know, I figured I should just write about that.
I enjoy learning about miscellaneous things, mostly relating to some sort of graphic design, films or architecture.
As is with most others, music and movies are a big part of my life. I can only hope of one day being more involved in either industry.
Awesome.
1/27/2010 09:03:00 PM
mikey b.
*Lost; Michael Buble
