Favorite Scene Friday! The Room: "Oh hi, Mark!"

In honor of its recent release on Blu-ray (which I just noticed is out of stock on Amazon.com - seriously?), this week’s scene is from the terrible yet somehow awesome flick, The Room.

Why the HELL are his eyes so squinty?

I probably don’t need to discuss the actual movie, as it’s a bit of a phenomenon at this point. The 2003 film - written, directed, and produced by “star” Tommy Wiseau (who supposedly funded the movie by...selling leather jackets...) - has resulted in a video game and live reenactments by Wiseau himself.

Our scene begins when our greasy-haired hero Johnny (Wiseau) bursts onto the roof of his apartment building where his “best friend” Mark (Greg Sestero) is hanging out. Johnny is ranting to himself that his fiance future wife Lisa’s claims that he hit her are lies. It’s pretty much the film in a nutshell. Horrible production, bizarre lines, and terrible acting.

The scene is awesome on so many levels. Sestero’s delivery of the line “I’m just sittin’ up here thinkin’,” always makes me chuckle. Johnny apparently finds Mark’s story about beating a woman HILARIOUS. Johnny’s oversized blue coat/cargo pants combo is quite stylish. And finally, EVERYTHING Wiseau says and how he says it is hilarious, especially “Yeah,” and “What’s bovering you, Mark?”

Enjoy your weekend, and if you’re not sure how to do that, pick up The Room on Blu-ray, shut the blinds, and take a drink of your favorite booze every time Wiseau makes you laugh. Oh, and Happy New Year!

Favorite Scene Friday!: The Gremlins

Gremlins was one of my favorite movies growing up, but looking back now, it is really a down right scary "kids" movie. Sure Gizmo (the voice of Howie Mandel) and his friends were cute and adorable little fur balls, but once the directions weren't followed on how to properly care for the mogwais, these loveable fur balls turned into killing beasts with an appetite for destruction.

The 1984 classic stars the incomparable Zach Galligan and the beautiful Phoebe Cates. Yes that Phoebe Cates. So even if you're not into black comedies, you can stare at her for at least 40-45 minutes. However, I don't think that will be the case. Gremlins, although the animation is a little out dated, is a movie that still holds up today. And since the setting is around Christmas, when will there be a better time to grab some eggnog, curl up under a blanket and watch Gizmo save the day?

In this scene, the H.G.I.C. Stripe brandishes a handgun in an attempt to take out our human hero Billy (Zach Galligan), but our little fuzzy friend finds a way to save Billy and stop the evil Stripe. Make sure to listen closely for one of the best lines in the movie, "Gizmo caca." I hope you all enjoyed your apocalyptic Friday and if I don't get a chance, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you that have hung in there with us. We appreciate all of the reads and comments.

Music Video Monday!: Get Dreamy With It

Well I was all set to post an olive branch Music Video Monday to the Kings of Leon, but all of their fucking videos are on Vevo and I wasn't smart enough or patient enough to figure out how to import that shit. I'm willing to learn, so if there is anyone out there who knows how to do this let me know. However, like any good boy scout, I have a Plan B. Instead of the southern rockers, I'm going in a totally different direction. Today's video comes from the Italian singer, Mauro Remiddi, also known as Porcelain Raft. I'll be honest. I don't know shit about this guy and the only way I even heard about the song was from watching the trailer for the movie, Celeste & Jesse Forever.

It's a dreamy tune that worms it's way into your ears and nestles there until you start humming along with it. It has a bit of an 80's sound and maybe that's why I'm so attracted to it. I'm a sucker for a good synth riff. So without further delay I give you, "Drifting In and Out" by Porcelain Raft.

 

As a bonus, because I'm in the giving spirit, here's a second video. "Ungirthed" by Purity Ring. FAIR WARNING: If you are prone to sea or car sickness, you may want to watch with caution. I hope you enjoyed your Monday and as always remember to live your soundtrack out loud.

Batch o’ Hatch: A Shit Ton of Awesome Trailers, Escapism at The Green Dragon Pub, and New Logo!!!

A Shit Ton of Awesome Trailers

We got an awesome amount of new trailers over the past week or so, guys. Star Trek Into Darkness, The Lone Ranger, Man of Steel, and OHMYGODPACIFICRIM!!!! Forget all those other trailers, just watch this one! It’s got everything - Idris Elba, ninja shit, giant monsters, giant robots, ROCKET PUNCH!



What do you think of the trailer for Pacific Rim?

Escapism: The Green Dragon Pub

So Niki over at JoBlo.com recently highlighted this awesome bar in Hobbiton, New Zealand. Yes, you can drink some brew in a magical Hobbit village and don’t you dare pretend you wouldn’t want to.

Who’s buying the first round?

New Logo!!!

You may have noticed our spiffy new logo above, courtesy of Mr. Bill Wiist. Gandalf himself dropped by to mark the occasion. Special thanks to CT from Nerd Lunch for referring us to Bill.

Do you like our new logo? :) Do you hate it? :(

Tweets

I agree, Pax.

Bill Murray back in for Ghostbusters 3?! At this point I'm like, "F**k you. All of you." - whatculture.com/film/bill-murr…
— Paxton Holley (@paxtonholley) December 4, 2012

@TarsTarkasnet, engaged in some #RightQuoteWrongFilm.

"You're a wizard, Harry." - Harry and the Hendersons #rightquotewrongfilm
— HoHoHoTarsTarkas.NET (@TarsTarkasnet) December 5, 2012

Pete from I Love That Film, summing up how I initially felt about the Man of Steel trailer.

Meh of Steel more like it.
— Pete Turner (@ilovethatfilm) December 11, 2012

Dan does nothing to assuage my fears about 48 FPS.

48 frames-per-second just makes everybody in the movie seem like they are way too hyper.
— Dan O'Neill (@DantheMan610) December 12, 2012

Thanks for reading! And now, it's question time again...

The $64,000 Question

 Click the pic and have a Happy Hobbit Weekend!

Favorite Scene Friday! Elf: Christmas Spirit in Central Park

Quick - what’s the last great Christmas classic? If you said Elf, you’re awesome!

Elf has it all - a unique Christmas story (a human - Buddy - is raised at the North Pole as one of Santa’s elves), Jon Favreau as director, Will Ferrell (Buddy) at the top of his game, the lovely Zooey Deschanel (before she became “adorkable”), and a genuine, warm, infectious Christmas spirit (bonus points for the New York setting).

Our scene this week is near the end of the film, after Buddy has met up with a crash-landed-in-Central-Park Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Santa needs to finish delivering presents, but with the rocket that powers his sleigh on the fritz, things are looking grim. You see, the sleigh used to run on Christmas Spirit, but there isn’t much of it left in the world. To make matters worse, the “Central Park Rangers” - a group Santa put on the Naughty List - is hot on their trail.

Funny story about Elf - on Christmas Eve two years ago I came down with a bad case of food poisoning. I was sick as a cotton-headed ninny-muggins and had to miss a friend’s Christmas Eve party which, for as long as I can remember, has been a holiday tradition. It turns out, however, that my dad stayed home to make sure I didn’t do something like burn our Christmas tree due to a weird fever dream. My dad made me chicken noodle soup. We watched Elf. I started to feel a little bit better.  That’s it!

Happy Friday, Weekend, Christmas, Holidays, and New Year! I hope your Clausometer red-lines!

Favorite Scene Friday: The Greatest TV Comedy in the History of Laughs

You may recall my last FSF was filled with clips from the outrageously hilarious TV comedy, Community.  This week I’ve decided to continue on that war path and treat you to one of my other favorite TV comedies, Seinfeld.  Now I realize anyone who’s ever watched Seinfeld has probably seen these scenes numerous times over, but I like them and since we’re in the midst of the season of giving, I thought I’d give ‘em to you again.  Sorry, no returns and no refunds.  What you’ll find here are five of the funniest scenes from the nine-season series.  I was going to choose only four, one from each main character, but honestly I think Jerry Seinfeld himself gets far too much attention in contrast to the other three players, so I’ve given you two scenes via George (Jason Alexander – or more notably Larry David’s psyche), Kramer (Michael Richards – Hey, did you hear he has a new show coming out?), Elaine (the lovely Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who like a fine wine, only gets prettier with age), and good ‘ol Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller playing George’s dad – this one is arguably my favorite scene from the entire series).

There isn’t much buildup necessary before watching the scenes, so don’t fret about not knowing what’s going on, it was a show about nothing so the main plot points are pretty much moot anyway.  I will say, though, that you’ll undoubtedly notice two of these scenes are nothing more than stories told by George and Kramer, respectively.  Every time I watch these scenes, I picture the four actors, the writers and directors sitting around bullshitting with each other like you would with your friends on any Tuesday night of the week.  The actors are clearly having a great time and a lot of fun and who doesn’t love a good story?  These two scenes knock the comedy out of the park by all means necessary.  Also, an interesting tid-bit of information can be found in the first scene here:  Eric the Clown is none other than Hollywood Actor/Director, Jon Favreau (PCU, Swingers, Daredevil, Iron Man 1 & 2 & 3)  . . . pretty cool, huh?  Anyway, enjoy your weekend and Happy Christmas!