Went to Intramuros last Sunday with Cess and Selina, Ces’s Mom and her sister and her nephew and nieces. DICK GORDON transformed the walled city into a Disneyland equivalent of ANIMATRONICS land. The whole city was one big
DINER / CAFÉ joint. Everywhere you go there are hundreds of tables and waiters and barbeque pits! The sheer volume of smoke coming from the combined grills out gun the biggest factories in the nearby area.
We rode a calesa for the astronomical sum of 250pesos for a forty-minute ride. HIGHWAY robbery sponsored by and backed by DICK! I rode up in front and was reminded why I prefer the steel oiled counterparts of the horse. The stallion took a giant crap that fell into a small bib attached to his anus. No problem but for the smell. But the thing is, his tail gets soaked on the shit bin and when it flails it hits the front passenger’s knees.
In that instance, I WAS THE FRONT PASSENGER. Imagine that. It happened during the first few minutes of the trip. So I had to spend the entire ride knee deep in shit.
HORSE DRIVER: “ Its ok sir. It would wash with water.”
FLIM: “ Easy for you to say. You don’t have shit on you.”
HORSE DRIVER: “ Oh worse things happened to me sir. My horse kicked me in the chest when I tried to clean his balls. That was my first horse.”
FLIM: “ Job hazard I guess.”
HORSE DRIVER: “ Oh we stop here sir. This is one of the dungeons in INTRAMUROS where the Japanese captured guerilla’s are kept.”
FLIM: “ HMMMM interesting.”
HORSE DRIVER: “ Now in this other building is where LAPU-LAPU was held by the Japanese.”
FLIM: “ How come I’m not surprise.”
Then he wheeled his horse towards an intersection.
FLIM: “ Hey don’t speed up. There are 3 ladies at the back. We don’t want to run into a car.”
HORSE DRIVER: “ Oh don’t worry sir I know this place around.”
FLIM: “ Have you had any accidents? With a car I mean? “
HORSE DRIVER: “ Ohh no. But there were horses that were hit by cars.”
FLIM: “ what happens to them.”
HORSE DRIVER: “ well sometimes the horses are ok but the cars get dented. But there are other times when the horses break their legs and… we just slaughter them.”
FLIM: Turn them into glue I suppose.”
HORSE DRIVER: “ No we eat them. Horsemeat is very good. Specially when you dry them and turn them into jerky.”
FLIM: “ I don’t eat horse meat. Tried once in Japan. Horse sashimi. UGHHHHHH! “
HORSE DRIVER: “ But you still eat horse meat sir.”
FLIM: “ What do you mean? “
HORSE DRIVER: “ You eat corn beef sir? If you eat corn beef you also eat horse beef. It’s not 100 percent cow beef you eat there. 70 percent is horse beef. That’s why ots so good.
FLIM: “How would you know its horse beef? How? “
HORSE DRIVER: “ My brother in law works for the local food company that makes corn beef. And when my horse died He said that I should sell it to the factory. You don’t think that they would sell you cheap corn beef with 100 percent beef in it? Beef is expensive.”
FLIM: “ Cess did you hear that? “
CESS: “ Yes.”
FLIM: “ No more corn beef! “
I didn’t know if I was going to be sick because of the shit I had on my knees or that I have been devouring BLACK BEAUTY all that time without even knowing it.
Friday, March 28, 2003
Colin Powel announced that AMERICA wants a dominat presence in the new IRAQ Government and the country's reconstruction despite BLAIR's angle of a U.N.controlled IRAQ.WELL,WELL WELL! Didnt take long for AMERICA to show its real intention.They haven't even won the war yet and now they're fighting over the spoils! Well I wouldnt rule out the ARAB WORLD yet.Dont tell me that they have been reduced to kissing the prayer mats and wailing all day!WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR WARRIOR STREAK? The one that MOHAMMED tapped successfully the last time around.
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Bought the following dvds,RED DRAGON SPECIAL EDITION, JACKASS THE MOVIE, DARK CRYSTAL SUPERBIT EDITION,YU TU MAMA TAMBIEN, THE GURU,MARATHON MAN SPECIAL EDITION and for my little BON-BON, WINNIE THE POO 25TH ANIVERSARY EDITION! SELINA has her own dvd player and its a joy just watching her drool over WINNIE THE POO. I myself have not seen this classic. So It was fun watching it with her. The dvd is loaded with so much extra's such as a storytelling program and a sing along that the little tyke would be enjoying these in teh comming months! I hope it doesnt suffer the fate of her LITTLE MERMAID DVD.Can't wait for her to grow up so I can share my GOZILLA BATTLE CHRONICLE MOVIES WITH HER.
Friday, March 21, 2003
Chiraq DOESN’T WANT THE Americans and the Brits TO SPEAR HEAD THE RECONSTRUCTION of IRAQ. Because he knows that RECONSTRUCTION is another word for ACQUISITION AND ANNEXATION! AMERICAN AND BRITAIN WILL HAVE FIRST DIBS ON THE OIL FIELDS. By the time they relinquish control to the locals,the deposits wont even be enough to lubricate a camel’s dick for some desert tryst!
POWEL tells the news people when asked to comment about CHIRAQ’s statements.
“ ITS TOO LATE THE LIBERATION IS UNDERWAY! “ Meaning the CONQUEST IS
UNDERWAY.
Listening to those two, BUSH AND POWELL talk. It’s so fucking rich with irony! One can write a book about it. But it will just end up being burned in some ATLANTA REICHSTAG. Going the same way as the DIXIE CHICK CD’S!
POWEL tells the news people when asked to comment about CHIRAQ’s statements.
“ ITS TOO LATE THE LIBERATION IS UNDERWAY! “ Meaning the CONQUEST IS
UNDERWAY.
Listening to those two, BUSH AND POWELL talk. It’s so fucking rich with irony! One can write a book about it. But it will just end up being burned in some ATLANTA REICHSTAG. Going the same way as the DIXIE CHICK CD’S!
A friend of mine told me that if SADDAM HUSSEIN was a despot somewhere in AFRICA. THE AMERICANS wouldnt even bother to raise an army to come after him.Since there are no oil deposits there significant enough to bother with.
I agree totally.The main crime IRAQ is guilty of for being invaded is that they have lots and lots and lots of OIL. HUSSEIN is just the excuse.The lynchpin! STUPID IDIOT!
I agree totally.The main crime IRAQ is guilty of for being invaded is that they have lots and lots and lots of OIL. HUSSEIN is just the excuse.The lynchpin! STUPID IDIOT!
At CNN ,Senators and reporters are showing massive concern on the status of the Oil fields ad how many of them are still intact. One of the senators said that of course they want the oil fields safe. They want to recoup the costs the Americans incurred to start this war.
THE FUCKING GALL!
They bomb the hell out of the people in IRAQ invading a country with pusedo humanitarian reasons and then charging them for the costs of the bombs they used??
This is too much!!!
What the hell is the rest of the ARAB WORLD doing? Straightening the creases on their FUCKING TURBANS? Don’t they realize that after IRAQ it could be them? And the reason is that they have oil fields in their backyard sandlots????
The IRAQ oil deposit is so big that they can fuel the entire AMERICA’S for two centuries. When one views all the facts. The resulting picture is that of a POWERFUL COUNTRY stealing the goat of a smaller nation. IT’S THE BATHESHEBA COMPLEX!
THE FUCKING GALL!
They bomb the hell out of the people in IRAQ invading a country with pusedo humanitarian reasons and then charging them for the costs of the bombs they used??
This is too much!!!
What the hell is the rest of the ARAB WORLD doing? Straightening the creases on their FUCKING TURBANS? Don’t they realize that after IRAQ it could be them? And the reason is that they have oil fields in their backyard sandlots????
The IRAQ oil deposit is so big that they can fuel the entire AMERICA’S for two centuries. When one views all the facts. The resulting picture is that of a POWERFUL COUNTRY stealing the goat of a smaller nation. IT’S THE BATHESHEBA COMPLEX!
AFter bombing IRAQ seventy two times with scud missles, IRAQ hits back with two missle attack. AMERICAN troops incessed with that, launches their attack 24 hours earlier! WHAT A BUNCH OF SPOIL SPORTS!But then again AMERICA is a hardly a fair fighter! They dismantle the IRAQ ARMY with its weapons and then attack anyway!THAT IS A TERRORIST TACTIC! WORTHY OF A BIN LADEN!
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Cess told me last night that whatever is done,is done in the name of ECONOMICS
America is going to war because their oil supplies are now being depleted. And since IRAQ has the 2nd largest oil deposit in the world and that there was a UN embargo in the last ten years then their supply is virtually untapped. So AMERICAN sensibilities kick in
BUSH: “ HEY WE’RE LOSING OUR OIL SUPPLY! What the fuck we going to do now? Hmmmmmmmm? What do we have lots of?????? AHHHH! WE GOT LOTS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. IM GOING TO CALL OL SADDAM AND PROPOSE A TRADE! “
RINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG
SADDAM: “ Hullo! “
BUSH: “ Hey Saddam you old goat! I got me a problem! “
SADDAM: “ Must wait! Persian cat made popooh on my prayer mat! Your fault! “
Starts cursing in Persian while we hear the sounds of scraping and a cat screaming accompanied by the sound of a booth kicking something!
BUSH: “Look we’re running out of oil and I propose a trade. I’ll give you another fifty tons of anthrax and other bio –shit you might need and you give us half the oil fields! “
SADDAM: “ So sorry! I have developed new ANTHRAX central and French help me do it. BESIDES I ALREADY HAVE LOTS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! YOU SOLD IT TO ME THE LAST TIME REMEMBER? So no deal! “
BUSH:” YOU FUCKING ARAB! I BUILD YOU! I MADE YOU! I GAVE YOU A HEAD START IN THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROGRAM AND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO ME???? WELL FUCK YOU! YOUR PERSIAN CAT! AND YOUR PRAYER MAT! “
Slams the phone down. Dials another number
POWELL: “ Im still sleeping! “
BUSH: “ We’re losing our oil supplies and we’re stuck with just a lot of nuclear weapons! WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO? “
POWELL: “ How the hell did you past grade 4 I’ll never know. Let’s declare war on them and then use the nuclear weapons and we get the oil fields! “
BUSH: “ But on what grounds? “
POWELL: “ That he’s concealing weapons of mass destruction! “
BUSH: “ Ohhh…but… wait a minute we sold it to him.”
POWELL: “ We’ll bullshit the U.N. We always do! “
Bush: “ OH…OK! Yes lets bomb IRAQ! I want to piss on his prayer matt too! “
I read in a column today that IRAQ was given the weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION by AMERICA itself. And that IRAQ submitted a document to the UN and was verified as being authentic listing US companies involved. And AMERICA pressured the security council of censoring 8,000 pages, which they did!
AND NOW THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO CLAIM THAT THEY ARE THE POLICEMEN OF THE WORLD AND THAT SADDAM IS THE THREAT? Well from where Im standing AMERICA is THE THREAT TO WORLD PEACE! THEY CREATED HUSSEIN AND THEY CREATED BIN LADEN! It’s only logical that BIN LADEN CAME HOME TO ROOST!
America is going to war because their oil supplies are now being depleted. And since IRAQ has the 2nd largest oil deposit in the world and that there was a UN embargo in the last ten years then their supply is virtually untapped. So AMERICAN sensibilities kick in
BUSH: “ HEY WE’RE LOSING OUR OIL SUPPLY! What the fuck we going to do now? Hmmmmmmmm? What do we have lots of?????? AHHHH! WE GOT LOTS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. IM GOING TO CALL OL SADDAM AND PROPOSE A TRADE! “
RINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG
SADDAM: “ Hullo! “
BUSH: “ Hey Saddam you old goat! I got me a problem! “
SADDAM: “ Must wait! Persian cat made popooh on my prayer mat! Your fault! “
Starts cursing in Persian while we hear the sounds of scraping and a cat screaming accompanied by the sound of a booth kicking something!
BUSH: “Look we’re running out of oil and I propose a trade. I’ll give you another fifty tons of anthrax and other bio –shit you might need and you give us half the oil fields! “
SADDAM: “ So sorry! I have developed new ANTHRAX central and French help me do it. BESIDES I ALREADY HAVE LOTS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! YOU SOLD IT TO ME THE LAST TIME REMEMBER? So no deal! “
BUSH:” YOU FUCKING ARAB! I BUILD YOU! I MADE YOU! I GAVE YOU A HEAD START IN THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROGRAM AND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO ME???? WELL FUCK YOU! YOUR PERSIAN CAT! AND YOUR PRAYER MAT! “
Slams the phone down. Dials another number
POWELL: “ Im still sleeping! “
BUSH: “ We’re losing our oil supplies and we’re stuck with just a lot of nuclear weapons! WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO? “
POWELL: “ How the hell did you past grade 4 I’ll never know. Let’s declare war on them and then use the nuclear weapons and we get the oil fields! “
BUSH: “ But on what grounds? “
POWELL: “ That he’s concealing weapons of mass destruction! “
BUSH: “ Ohhh…but… wait a minute we sold it to him.”
POWELL: “ We’ll bullshit the U.N. We always do! “
Bush: “ OH…OK! Yes lets bomb IRAQ! I want to piss on his prayer matt too! “
I read in a column today that IRAQ was given the weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION by AMERICA itself. And that IRAQ submitted a document to the UN and was verified as being authentic listing US companies involved. And AMERICA pressured the security council of censoring 8,000 pages, which they did!
AND NOW THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO CLAIM THAT THEY ARE THE POLICEMEN OF THE WORLD AND THAT SADDAM IS THE THREAT? Well from where Im standing AMERICA is THE THREAT TO WORLD PEACE! THEY CREATED HUSSEIN AND THEY CREATED BIN LADEN! It’s only logical that BIN LADEN CAME HOME TO ROOST!
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Ughhhh I just counted 10 hours of footage to edit for PROJECT3. 34 hours for PROJECT2 and then I have to wade thru 39 hours of footage for PROJECT 1. I just sat there and zonked out for three minutes at least. Deadline for PROJECT3 is APRIL. And there’s still a ton of scenes to be shot.
I guess no DVD viewings for the next few weeks and NEIN to nice evening reads. Hold the meetings with MR. FLAKY producer with the horror movie agenda. And zilch with the pre dawn motorcycle rides.
On TV, AMERICA just declared war on IRAQ. The President acts as if he didn’t intend to do it. And it was a last minute decision. YEAH RIGHT! You move on 200,000 of your men and equipment and poise them along your target’s borders and he tells the world that he wasn’t intending that to happen. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK! Even if the U.N. inspectors tell him that all the bio weapons IRAQ was hiding has been destroyed, he’d still go to war! JUST TO PAY FOR THE FUCKING EXPENSE OF MOVING ALL THOSE MEN!
Well he doesn’t need to play dumb. So he can go to war. He’s got the power and he’s got the might. WHO CARES IF THE REST OF THE WORLD doesn’t agree with him. No single country can’t fight him toe to toe. BUT IF ALL THE COUNTRIES UNITE against HER, AMERICA CAN GET HER ASS KICKED TOO!
Saw how the American media are attacking the French nation for standing against the war. UTTERLY PATHETIC! Goes to prove that the media there is controlled by imbeciles too! They name call and they insult the French with really low blows, which is a direct contrast to the French reporters and spokesmen who said, “ We have no right to meddle in the affairs and government policy of another country!” DAMN RIGHT!
That brain dead host O REILLY from THE O REILLY FACTOR sights that they have the moral right to replace SADDAM HUSSEIN who terrorizes his own citizens. OH YEAH WHERE THE FUCK WHERE THE AMERICANS WHEN MARCOS WAS KILLING OFF THE INNOCENT PEOPLE OVER HERE? THEY WERE IN MARCOSE’S PALACE, PATTING EACH OTHER IN THE BACK AND JACKING AND COMING ON THEIR FACES! HYPOCRITICAL BASTARDS!
They clothe their evil plans with moral indignance! WELL IT AUNT WORKING NOW PAL! EVERYONE IS ON TO YOU! THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THAT YOU ARE AFTER THE OIL FIELDS OF KUWAIT! THAT THE TEXAS OIL RESERVE IS ALMOST DRAINED! THAT IS WHY ALMOST EVERYONE REFUSES TO supports YOU!
Because if you’re not .WHY ARE YOU SO CONCERNED ABOUT PREVENTING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OIL FIELDS?
I’M NOT SAYING THAT Saddam Hussein is an angel and SHOULDN’T BE barbecued in the butt. BUT screwing him in the ass is the job of the IRAQ people themselves NOT YOURS!
I guess no DVD viewings for the next few weeks and NEIN to nice evening reads. Hold the meetings with MR. FLAKY producer with the horror movie agenda. And zilch with the pre dawn motorcycle rides.
On TV, AMERICA just declared war on IRAQ. The President acts as if he didn’t intend to do it. And it was a last minute decision. YEAH RIGHT! You move on 200,000 of your men and equipment and poise them along your target’s borders and he tells the world that he wasn’t intending that to happen. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK! Even if the U.N. inspectors tell him that all the bio weapons IRAQ was hiding has been destroyed, he’d still go to war! JUST TO PAY FOR THE FUCKING EXPENSE OF MOVING ALL THOSE MEN!
Well he doesn’t need to play dumb. So he can go to war. He’s got the power and he’s got the might. WHO CARES IF THE REST OF THE WORLD doesn’t agree with him. No single country can’t fight him toe to toe. BUT IF ALL THE COUNTRIES UNITE against HER, AMERICA CAN GET HER ASS KICKED TOO!
Saw how the American media are attacking the French nation for standing against the war. UTTERLY PATHETIC! Goes to prove that the media there is controlled by imbeciles too! They name call and they insult the French with really low blows, which is a direct contrast to the French reporters and spokesmen who said, “ We have no right to meddle in the affairs and government policy of another country!” DAMN RIGHT!
That brain dead host O REILLY from THE O REILLY FACTOR sights that they have the moral right to replace SADDAM HUSSEIN who terrorizes his own citizens. OH YEAH WHERE THE FUCK WHERE THE AMERICANS WHEN MARCOS WAS KILLING OFF THE INNOCENT PEOPLE OVER HERE? THEY WERE IN MARCOSE’S PALACE, PATTING EACH OTHER IN THE BACK AND JACKING AND COMING ON THEIR FACES! HYPOCRITICAL BASTARDS!
They clothe their evil plans with moral indignance! WELL IT AUNT WORKING NOW PAL! EVERYONE IS ON TO YOU! THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THAT YOU ARE AFTER THE OIL FIELDS OF KUWAIT! THAT THE TEXAS OIL RESERVE IS ALMOST DRAINED! THAT IS WHY ALMOST EVERYONE REFUSES TO supports YOU!
Because if you’re not .WHY ARE YOU SO CONCERNED ABOUT PREVENTING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OIL FIELDS?
I’M NOT SAYING THAT Saddam Hussein is an angel and SHOULDN’T BE barbecued in the butt. BUT screwing him in the ass is the job of the IRAQ people themselves NOT YOURS!
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Attended the SCIENCE fiction convention and hanged out at the ALAMAT booth with ALANGUILAN. He gave me two copies of the WASTED compilation. Wondered out aloud what he did this time for me to merit two copies. He just smiled this sheepish grin.
We then talk about when we would resume shooting the WASTED MOVIE. It seems that due to his financial situation he could not come and stay in manila. So MOHAMMED MUST COME TO THE MOUNTAIN. We will be shooting key scenes in LAGUNA. I don’t know how to explain to the audience why suddenly the background turns from an urban gritty to mountain scapes and green landscapes and caraboas fornicating in dirty mud waters! I WILL NOT DIGITALLY ERASE THE BACKGROUND! The costs would be prohibitive! Besides it would rob me of the pleasure of hearing him explain in the commentary why this happened.
So I guess WASTED THE MOVIE is back on schedule of being OFF SCHEDULE. He also lent me the OFFICIAL EPISODE 2 DVD. Since I ‘ve been subsisting with the pirated edition I have not seen the supplementary disc. AS I expected I saw nothing new that wasn’t there in the EPISODE 1 DVD. George Lucas is talking about pre-visualition and how to cut costs so that he can make a fast paced action film. That he did except he didn’t pre-visualize the story or the acting of the characters so what you have is a great 30-minute action film and a lousy two-hour movie!
There’s a sequence where CHRISTOPHER LEE explaining how they did the light saber duel. It was painfully obvious that his face was superimposed on a stuntman since his 70 years old, how do you expect him to do those stunts? When I first heard that he was playing the New SITH LORD I wondered out loud how they could top DARTH MAUL who was a real martial artists steeped in WHU- ZHU.
They didn’t! I thought that maybe since LEE' s supposed to be playing this incredibly powerful JEDI that he wont need to jump around and do so much. He would just activate the light saber and it would go and fight OBI WAN and ANAKIN while Lee controlling it telepathically, sits down and pours him an afternoon tea.
Back to the Science fiction con. It was fun to watch all those fans with the hand made costumes. Great creativity! I saw a half dressed Borg trying to find his zipper in the bathroom and failing miserably. There were fleet federation officers smoking and ogling eleven maids. There was a fully grabbed OBI WAN KENOBI with Huge tits and stiletto high heels. An HR GIGER Alien in nylon stockings, trying to scare vampiric Claudia two feet higher than she should be.
I told Gerry that I should have brought the gun and since he had the backpack we could have shot another trailer that would have rocked! (Yeah should have just made trailers! At least they can be done immediately! )
It starts off with federation officers getting shot in the head! They fall down! Then it’s the Borg’s turn! And then The Jedi’s! Then finally the ALIEN! The copy on that would be,
“ DEADLIER THAN THE BORG! “
(White Tex on black background, the Tex flying past the camera to zoom out into infinity!)
“ MORE LETHAL THAN THE JEDI’S”
“ MORE GORE THAN THE ALIEN! “
We then pan across the smoldering bodies and then tilt to reveal Gerry with a gun on his hand and saliva dribble on his mouth.
“ WASTED THE MOVIE “
He laughed his head off and said I was sick. Told him I wasn’t the one who spent months creating a character who blows people’s head off for no reason!
Was invited to the con by my editor when I was directing for TV. He was one of the organizers of the event. He even took my book THE SEXMEN and plugged it on the pa system.
Budgett was there too. Awfully nice of him to let me display my comic book in his booth despite the fact it does not carry the ALAMAT logo.
Also saw some first time BIKERS who came strutting their stuff and “ over projecting “ their image as bikers. Funny how when you’ve been riding for a long time that you don’t have the energy to “ project” or even have the idea to “ project”. You simply are.
Then the event of the evening. The premiere of NEMESIS the STAR TREK movie. When the credits roll, Cecile tells me the sound in THX was incredible and like nothing she’s ever heard in other theaters. I missed this theater. Was hanging out here all the time during the late nineties! Roughly ten minutes in the film. The sound becomes inaudible and Cecile’s high regard for the cinema house sank faster than light speed.
The movie was horrible! It’s not a STAR TREK movie! Its MAD MAX meets a badly remade WRATH OF KHAN!
Oooooh DATA DIES! Oh how terrible! But you knew it coming in because a new DATA was discovered! And even before his “ sudden demise” There’s a scene where DATA OLD IS DOWNLOADING HIS MEMORIES ON DATA NEW! So how can his death be poignant?
Then when he dies, they all sit down and cry their hearts out, PLEASE! I’d have more respect if JORDY suddenly exclaims,
“ Hey wait! WE have another DATA in cold storage! “
They have made STAR TREK into an action movie. Which is not STAR TREK! Cecile said that the producers hired an action director.
But the way it was shot, it didn’t look like an action director. Looked more like second unit work. And when the credits rolled, I discovered that he film was directed by Stuart Braid.
He’s an editor! Not a director! Now it makes sense!
Ahh well at least the con was fun even though the movie was shit! NEMESIS SUCKED! EPISODE 2 SUCKED! What will happen to SCI- FI FILMS?
We then talk about when we would resume shooting the WASTED MOVIE. It seems that due to his financial situation he could not come and stay in manila. So MOHAMMED MUST COME TO THE MOUNTAIN. We will be shooting key scenes in LAGUNA. I don’t know how to explain to the audience why suddenly the background turns from an urban gritty to mountain scapes and green landscapes and caraboas fornicating in dirty mud waters! I WILL NOT DIGITALLY ERASE THE BACKGROUND! The costs would be prohibitive! Besides it would rob me of the pleasure of hearing him explain in the commentary why this happened.
So I guess WASTED THE MOVIE is back on schedule of being OFF SCHEDULE. He also lent me the OFFICIAL EPISODE 2 DVD. Since I ‘ve been subsisting with the pirated edition I have not seen the supplementary disc. AS I expected I saw nothing new that wasn’t there in the EPISODE 1 DVD. George Lucas is talking about pre-visualition and how to cut costs so that he can make a fast paced action film. That he did except he didn’t pre-visualize the story or the acting of the characters so what you have is a great 30-minute action film and a lousy two-hour movie!
There’s a sequence where CHRISTOPHER LEE explaining how they did the light saber duel. It was painfully obvious that his face was superimposed on a stuntman since his 70 years old, how do you expect him to do those stunts? When I first heard that he was playing the New SITH LORD I wondered out loud how they could top DARTH MAUL who was a real martial artists steeped in WHU- ZHU.
They didn’t! I thought that maybe since LEE' s supposed to be playing this incredibly powerful JEDI that he wont need to jump around and do so much. He would just activate the light saber and it would go and fight OBI WAN and ANAKIN while Lee controlling it telepathically, sits down and pours him an afternoon tea.
Back to the Science fiction con. It was fun to watch all those fans with the hand made costumes. Great creativity! I saw a half dressed Borg trying to find his zipper in the bathroom and failing miserably. There were fleet federation officers smoking and ogling eleven maids. There was a fully grabbed OBI WAN KENOBI with Huge tits and stiletto high heels. An HR GIGER Alien in nylon stockings, trying to scare vampiric Claudia two feet higher than she should be.
I told Gerry that I should have brought the gun and since he had the backpack we could have shot another trailer that would have rocked! (Yeah should have just made trailers! At least they can be done immediately! )
It starts off with federation officers getting shot in the head! They fall down! Then it’s the Borg’s turn! And then The Jedi’s! Then finally the ALIEN! The copy on that would be,
“ DEADLIER THAN THE BORG! “
(White Tex on black background, the Tex flying past the camera to zoom out into infinity!)
“ MORE LETHAL THAN THE JEDI’S”
“ MORE GORE THAN THE ALIEN! “
We then pan across the smoldering bodies and then tilt to reveal Gerry with a gun on his hand and saliva dribble on his mouth.
“ WASTED THE MOVIE “
He laughed his head off and said I was sick. Told him I wasn’t the one who spent months creating a character who blows people’s head off for no reason!
Was invited to the con by my editor when I was directing for TV. He was one of the organizers of the event. He even took my book THE SEXMEN and plugged it on the pa system.
Budgett was there too. Awfully nice of him to let me display my comic book in his booth despite the fact it does not carry the ALAMAT logo.
Also saw some first time BIKERS who came strutting their stuff and “ over projecting “ their image as bikers. Funny how when you’ve been riding for a long time that you don’t have the energy to “ project” or even have the idea to “ project”. You simply are.
Then the event of the evening. The premiere of NEMESIS the STAR TREK movie. When the credits roll, Cecile tells me the sound in THX was incredible and like nothing she’s ever heard in other theaters. I missed this theater. Was hanging out here all the time during the late nineties! Roughly ten minutes in the film. The sound becomes inaudible and Cecile’s high regard for the cinema house sank faster than light speed.
The movie was horrible! It’s not a STAR TREK movie! Its MAD MAX meets a badly remade WRATH OF KHAN!
Oooooh DATA DIES! Oh how terrible! But you knew it coming in because a new DATA was discovered! And even before his “ sudden demise” There’s a scene where DATA OLD IS DOWNLOADING HIS MEMORIES ON DATA NEW! So how can his death be poignant?
Then when he dies, they all sit down and cry their hearts out, PLEASE! I’d have more respect if JORDY suddenly exclaims,
“ Hey wait! WE have another DATA in cold storage! “
They have made STAR TREK into an action movie. Which is not STAR TREK! Cecile said that the producers hired an action director.
But the way it was shot, it didn’t look like an action director. Looked more like second unit work. And when the credits rolled, I discovered that he film was directed by Stuart Braid.
He’s an editor! Not a director! Now it makes sense!
Ahh well at least the con was fun even though the movie was shit! NEMESIS SUCKED! EPISODE 2 SUCKED! What will happen to SCI- FI FILMS?
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
One of my gym mates wanted to get one of the last remaining copies of SEXMEN issue1. So I brought it along. She skimmed thru it and was laughing her head off and then she took it with her on her way home I assume. I was on the fifth set of my lat workout when someone flipped the channels and we stumbled on this trio of female celebrity reciting passages from the vagina monologue.
Personally I found their performances badly done and they were into it for the trendy effect! This went on and on and on. I have not read the vagina monologues but from the few passages that I heard I found it, too gimmicky and full of it. In short it’s corny!
And it’s not because Im a guy. I mean I love vaginas! But angry vagina’s reeking of rightful indignation smells like a lesbian hole if I ever smelled one. Funny that I should talk like this when I created THE SEXMEN.
Thinking it was just a guy thing I didn’t say anything. But one of the girls in the gym flipped the channel.
GIRL: “ ITS PATHETIC! ALL THEY DO IS SAY VAGINA THIS…VAGINA THAT! VAGINA THIS, VAGINA THAT! But they don’t show it! If they strongly about it they should take their clothes off and then talk!“
Well someone already cast the first stone. Might as well take my potshots while the going’s hot!
FLIM: “ Yeah, look at them. With their smug expressions and their” I’m hip and cool because I can say vagina on the air and not bath an eyelid” attitude. What’s so special about saying VAGINA in public? “
I was in an all girls’ catholic school a few weeks ago when there was a talk being given to female survivors of rape and oppression during WORLD WAR 2. The old ladies there were sharing their humiliating and painful experiences. One of them mentioned the complete annihilation of her family before her very eyes. They were al crying and then the teacher announced that one of the students would read a passage from THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES!
Then the student stood up and started reading with her “ all cool and Im brave “ attitude in front of the puzzled old ladies.
That was the ultimate statement of tacklessness and insensitivity. Totally crass.
Their experiences trivialized by that stupid monologue. Uggghhhhh
Personally I found their performances badly done and they were into it for the trendy effect! This went on and on and on. I have not read the vagina monologues but from the few passages that I heard I found it, too gimmicky and full of it. In short it’s corny!
And it’s not because Im a guy. I mean I love vaginas! But angry vagina’s reeking of rightful indignation smells like a lesbian hole if I ever smelled one. Funny that I should talk like this when I created THE SEXMEN.
Thinking it was just a guy thing I didn’t say anything. But one of the girls in the gym flipped the channel.
GIRL: “ ITS PATHETIC! ALL THEY DO IS SAY VAGINA THIS…VAGINA THAT! VAGINA THIS, VAGINA THAT! But they don’t show it! If they strongly about it they should take their clothes off and then talk!“
Well someone already cast the first stone. Might as well take my potshots while the going’s hot!
FLIM: “ Yeah, look at them. With their smug expressions and their” I’m hip and cool because I can say vagina on the air and not bath an eyelid” attitude. What’s so special about saying VAGINA in public? “
I was in an all girls’ catholic school a few weeks ago when there was a talk being given to female survivors of rape and oppression during WORLD WAR 2. The old ladies there were sharing their humiliating and painful experiences. One of them mentioned the complete annihilation of her family before her very eyes. They were al crying and then the teacher announced that one of the students would read a passage from THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES!
Then the student stood up and started reading with her “ all cool and Im brave “ attitude in front of the puzzled old ladies.
That was the ultimate statement of tacklessness and insensitivity. Totally crass.
Their experiences trivialized by that stupid monologue. Uggghhhhh
A few months ago the President declared that with great personal sacrifice, she would no longer run for the highest position in the land. WHAT? WHAT DOES SHE FUCKING MEAN “ WITH GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE? WHY SHOULD IT BE WITH GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE??
WHAT IS SHE SACRIFICING FOR NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE? NOT TO MENTION THAT ITS GREAT AND PERSONAL EVEN?
The last time I checked when people run for public office they sacrifice a lot! Because they are supposed to be serving the country and its people! Meaning they would have to give up a lot! Abandoning enterprises or personal agendas that would bring it to conflict in regards to the aforementioned country and its people! BUT NOT IN THIS COUNTRY! NOT IN THIS FUCKING PLACE!
Clearly when one runs for public office, serving the country and the people ceases to be an objective and is immediately ejected for the “ perks of office, the government budget and the POWER, one would wield once elected!
Government officials drive around with their government issued plates and arrogantly rule the roads! They break the law and give the general populace the finger while doing it. They never prosecute their own kind despite overwhelming evidences. Senators with criminal cases are allowed to function and personally block the investigation cases against them by lobbying in the hearings.
And the list continues to grow. WE ARE LOCKED in a dreadful cycle that will never end unless we as a people decide to ship them all to a barren island and pray that they eat each other up.
I was once in a gallery opening and was busy munching on my HORS DE VOURS when one of the guests announced that a certain senator was gracing the event.
GUEST: “ Wow. Should I call him, your honor or just plain sir? “
FLIM: “ THE FUCK WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT FOR? “
GUEST: “ As a sign of respect.”
FLIM: “ You shouldn’t be respecting this TWATHS with the way they run the country! They shouldn’t even be allowed to walk where decent people live. And you shouldn’t be calling them SIR or MADAME’S! THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS! THEY SERVE THE PEOPLE! YOU DON’T MAKE WAY FOR THEM AND YOU DON’T look in awe of them! THEY BELONG TO THE SAME CLASS as street sweepers, policemen and Public school teachers! In fact street sweepers and schoolteachers should be placed ahead of them since they are doing their jobs and these SENATORS aren’t! IN FACT THESE senators should be calling you and me, ‘ SIRS and MADAME’S! Not the other way around!”
A Dutch guest nodded and put in his two cents worth.
DUTCH: “ I agree! We should not treat them any better than we treat other public servants. I don’t understand why you people treat these government officials like TV stars when they’re too eager to shit on you! ”
A debate rose around the buffet table. Shifting topics from Public servants to who should be elected as president. Who could be worthy?
FLIM: “ Personally I don’t think anyone who actually campaigns is going to be worthy! I mean look at that HOW MUCH IT COST TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT? 10 – 20 MILLION PESOS? So explain logically why would anyone who is really interested in serving the country spend that much to serve it? Unless that someone has a vested interest! And if that someone hasn’t then he surely would acquire one, once he’s in public office. I wouldn’t blame him either. He must get his initial investment recouped, right? That is why for me democracy fails! “
GUEST 2: “ what’s the alternative for good government then? “
FLIM: “ I read somewhere that there was an island where kings are chosen by the people every 12 years. And the candidates are afraid to be chosen. But when they are chosen they rule for 12 years and after that reign they ascend the temple steps and then with a ceremonial dagger lop off their ears, and then the nose and whatever they can hack off before the priests cut their necks opened.”
GUEST 2: “ That’s sick! “
FLIM: “ I agree! But during their reign they do not store or hoard the kingdoms gold for their future use…they have no future! “
GUEST 2: “ I don’t get it? What has that got to do with good government? “
FLIM: “That whole ceremony is to prevent TYRANTS and UPSTARTS from grabbing power and staying in power! It also shows the world that the ONE who rules does not rule over all but is ruled by all!In serving the people he gives up his life! Literally! Only ending it after the end of his tenture!
GUEST: “ But getting killed after the term in office. Isn’t that too much?”
FLIM: “ Well there’s another alternative! In another island after serving his term the King is made to walk blindfolded, between two rows of his constituents. All of them are armed with clubs. So if he did good… then not a hair on his head gets disturbed. But if he failed …well..”
I said that four months ago. And when I read the papers everyday since, well…
WHAT IS SHE SACRIFICING FOR NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE? NOT TO MENTION THAT ITS GREAT AND PERSONAL EVEN?
The last time I checked when people run for public office they sacrifice a lot! Because they are supposed to be serving the country and its people! Meaning they would have to give up a lot! Abandoning enterprises or personal agendas that would bring it to conflict in regards to the aforementioned country and its people! BUT NOT IN THIS COUNTRY! NOT IN THIS FUCKING PLACE!
Clearly when one runs for public office, serving the country and the people ceases to be an objective and is immediately ejected for the “ perks of office, the government budget and the POWER, one would wield once elected!
Government officials drive around with their government issued plates and arrogantly rule the roads! They break the law and give the general populace the finger while doing it. They never prosecute their own kind despite overwhelming evidences. Senators with criminal cases are allowed to function and personally block the investigation cases against them by lobbying in the hearings.
And the list continues to grow. WE ARE LOCKED in a dreadful cycle that will never end unless we as a people decide to ship them all to a barren island and pray that they eat each other up.
I was once in a gallery opening and was busy munching on my HORS DE VOURS when one of the guests announced that a certain senator was gracing the event.
GUEST: “ Wow. Should I call him, your honor or just plain sir? “
FLIM: “ THE FUCK WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT FOR? “
GUEST: “ As a sign of respect.”
FLIM: “ You shouldn’t be respecting this TWATHS with the way they run the country! They shouldn’t even be allowed to walk where decent people live. And you shouldn’t be calling them SIR or MADAME’S! THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS! THEY SERVE THE PEOPLE! YOU DON’T MAKE WAY FOR THEM AND YOU DON’T look in awe of them! THEY BELONG TO THE SAME CLASS as street sweepers, policemen and Public school teachers! In fact street sweepers and schoolteachers should be placed ahead of them since they are doing their jobs and these SENATORS aren’t! IN FACT THESE senators should be calling you and me, ‘ SIRS and MADAME’S! Not the other way around!”
A Dutch guest nodded and put in his two cents worth.
DUTCH: “ I agree! We should not treat them any better than we treat other public servants. I don’t understand why you people treat these government officials like TV stars when they’re too eager to shit on you! ”
A debate rose around the buffet table. Shifting topics from Public servants to who should be elected as president. Who could be worthy?
FLIM: “ Personally I don’t think anyone who actually campaigns is going to be worthy! I mean look at that HOW MUCH IT COST TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT? 10 – 20 MILLION PESOS? So explain logically why would anyone who is really interested in serving the country spend that much to serve it? Unless that someone has a vested interest! And if that someone hasn’t then he surely would acquire one, once he’s in public office. I wouldn’t blame him either. He must get his initial investment recouped, right? That is why for me democracy fails! “
GUEST 2: “ what’s the alternative for good government then? “
FLIM: “ I read somewhere that there was an island where kings are chosen by the people every 12 years. And the candidates are afraid to be chosen. But when they are chosen they rule for 12 years and after that reign they ascend the temple steps and then with a ceremonial dagger lop off their ears, and then the nose and whatever they can hack off before the priests cut their necks opened.”
GUEST 2: “ That’s sick! “
FLIM: “ I agree! But during their reign they do not store or hoard the kingdoms gold for their future use…they have no future! “
GUEST 2: “ I don’t get it? What has that got to do with good government? “
FLIM: “That whole ceremony is to prevent TYRANTS and UPSTARTS from grabbing power and staying in power! It also shows the world that the ONE who rules does not rule over all but is ruled by all!In serving the people he gives up his life! Literally! Only ending it after the end of his tenture!
GUEST: “ But getting killed after the term in office. Isn’t that too much?”
FLIM: “ Well there’s another alternative! In another island after serving his term the King is made to walk blindfolded, between two rows of his constituents. All of them are armed with clubs. So if he did good… then not a hair on his head gets disturbed. But if he failed …well..”
I said that four months ago. And when I read the papers everyday since, well…
I met up with a producer who’s named GilO, last week He wanted to make a very low budget film. Despite the fact that he is working for a legit movie production studio He wanted to make something that was not the usual commercial fare.
GILO: “ I want to do something that is low budget but very striking and attention grabbing! “
FLIM: “ Uhm…You want to grab the audience by the balls before the opening credits roll up! “
GILO: “ YES! YES! That’s it! “
FLIM: “ So what do you have in mind? “
GILO: “ I want it to be low budget but at the same time something that the audience can easily get into. BUT it shouldn’t be commercial! It should be unique and at the same time very accessible to the audience.”
FLIM: “ Ok. What else? “
GILO: “ That’s it! Do you want to order coffee? “
FLIM: “ Oh yes. Please.”
The waiter comes over and takes our order.
GILO: “ A FRAP for me. How about you FLIM?
FLIM: “ Irish coffee.”
GILO: “ Where were we? “
FLIM: “ You want something cheap and exciting and original and very pop for audiences all over! “
GILO: “ Yep. That’s it.”
FLIM: “ If you want the film accessible. The only way to go is to decide what genre to do it in.”
GIL0: “ Let me think, let me think, let me think.”
I flexed my arms while waiting for him to decide. Muscle soreness all over. I had a hard session in the gym this morning and then I had to rush back home and go to the shop and change the tripod head and then did four hours on the EDITING BAY for the project I’m doing with Jason and then had to rush all the way to this mall for this meeting.
GILO: “ Let’s do a horror movie.”
FLIM: “ Sounds great. Do you have anything on file? A synopsis or a germ of an idea? “
GILO: ”In fact I have something very original. “
I perked up after hearing this. I LOOOOOOVVVVVE HORROR MOVIES. Not the slasher films from the JASON BORHAS/ FREDDY KRUEGER DOJO STYLE. I love the old universal classic horror films and the movies of VAL LEWTON that rely more on atmosphere and tension than blood and guts and visceral action pieces.
GILO: “ You have seen the RING right? “
FLIM: “ RING is the American version. RINGU is the original Japanese movie.”
GILO: “ The Japanese version. It made a lot of money for the distributor.”
FLIM: “ That was a cult hit. “
GILO: “Incredible. So I want to do something like that”
FLIM: “ You mean do a horror film with the same kind of tension and moody ambience?
GILO: “ Yes! Yes! “
FLIM: “ Sound’s cool.”
GILO: “But We have to come up with an object that should be cursed. Just like THE…
FLIM: “ THE RING, right. You mean household appliances. That are cursed! That causes instant death on those who use them.”
GILO: “ Yes! That’s it! But it’s got to be original.”
FLIM: “ I agree. I mean there are so many household appliances to chose from…where to start…where to start.”
I paused in thought as I sipped the coffee. This really poses a poser! How do you come up with something original from elements obviously lifted from a very popular film? That is still fresh in the public’s CONSCIOUSNESS.
GILO: “ Oh and there should be shots of the person, as in photos with his face distorting.”
FLIM: “ You’re cutting too close to the RING.”
GILO: “ Then how about his reflection in the mirror disappearing? How about that?”
FLIM: “ Hmmmmmm….”
GILO: “ I’VE GOT IT! WE’LL USE A CELL PHONE! Its never been done before! “
FLIM: “ I think another Japanese film already used that! “
GILo: “ How about a fax machine? “
FLIM: “ Faxing threatening notes…I don’t know.”
GILO: “ A REFRIGERATOR! A CURSED REFRIGERATOR! “
FLIM: “ Already been done in the early eighties by some local studio. Quite lame, I’d stay way from it if I were you who knows what kind of stigma it still carries!”
GILO: Well how about if I buy the rights? “
FLIM: “ Why would you like to remake a bad film? “
GILO: “ It has a built in audience.”
FLIM: “ I guess…. “
GILO: “ I’ll make a few phone calls and see where it leads. But in the mean time come up with other alternatives other storylines that we might use if.”
FLIM: “ Will do.”
Later that evening as I went back to the editing room I wondered what would he say if I tell him lets do a cursed basketball that dribbled people to death after the third game. It’s going to be really cheap! Just get basketballs and it would be interesting to shoot someone being killed by it.
GILO: “ I want to do something that is low budget but very striking and attention grabbing! “
FLIM: “ Uhm…You want to grab the audience by the balls before the opening credits roll up! “
GILO: “ YES! YES! That’s it! “
FLIM: “ So what do you have in mind? “
GILO: “ I want it to be low budget but at the same time something that the audience can easily get into. BUT it shouldn’t be commercial! It should be unique and at the same time very accessible to the audience.”
FLIM: “ Ok. What else? “
GILO: “ That’s it! Do you want to order coffee? “
FLIM: “ Oh yes. Please.”
The waiter comes over and takes our order.
GILO: “ A FRAP for me. How about you FLIM?
FLIM: “ Irish coffee.”
GILO: “ Where were we? “
FLIM: “ You want something cheap and exciting and original and very pop for audiences all over! “
GILO: “ Yep. That’s it.”
FLIM: “ If you want the film accessible. The only way to go is to decide what genre to do it in.”
GIL0: “ Let me think, let me think, let me think.”
I flexed my arms while waiting for him to decide. Muscle soreness all over. I had a hard session in the gym this morning and then I had to rush back home and go to the shop and change the tripod head and then did four hours on the EDITING BAY for the project I’m doing with Jason and then had to rush all the way to this mall for this meeting.
GILO: “ Let’s do a horror movie.”
FLIM: “ Sounds great. Do you have anything on file? A synopsis or a germ of an idea? “
GILO: ”In fact I have something very original. “
I perked up after hearing this. I LOOOOOOVVVVVE HORROR MOVIES. Not the slasher films from the JASON BORHAS/ FREDDY KRUEGER DOJO STYLE. I love the old universal classic horror films and the movies of VAL LEWTON that rely more on atmosphere and tension than blood and guts and visceral action pieces.
GILO: “ You have seen the RING right? “
FLIM: “ RING is the American version. RINGU is the original Japanese movie.”
GILO: “ The Japanese version. It made a lot of money for the distributor.”
FLIM: “ That was a cult hit. “
GILO: “Incredible. So I want to do something like that”
FLIM: “ You mean do a horror film with the same kind of tension and moody ambience?
GILO: “ Yes! Yes! “
FLIM: “ Sound’s cool.”
GILO: “But We have to come up with an object that should be cursed. Just like THE…
FLIM: “ THE RING, right. You mean household appliances. That are cursed! That causes instant death on those who use them.”
GILO: “ Yes! That’s it! But it’s got to be original.”
FLIM: “ I agree. I mean there are so many household appliances to chose from…where to start…where to start.”
I paused in thought as I sipped the coffee. This really poses a poser! How do you come up with something original from elements obviously lifted from a very popular film? That is still fresh in the public’s CONSCIOUSNESS.
GILO: “ Oh and there should be shots of the person, as in photos with his face distorting.”
FLIM: “ You’re cutting too close to the RING.”
GILO: “ Then how about his reflection in the mirror disappearing? How about that?”
FLIM: “ Hmmmmmm….”
GILO: “ I’VE GOT IT! WE’LL USE A CELL PHONE! Its never been done before! “
FLIM: “ I think another Japanese film already used that! “
GILo: “ How about a fax machine? “
FLIM: “ Faxing threatening notes…I don’t know.”
GILO: “ A REFRIGERATOR! A CURSED REFRIGERATOR! “
FLIM: “ Already been done in the early eighties by some local studio. Quite lame, I’d stay way from it if I were you who knows what kind of stigma it still carries!”
GILO: Well how about if I buy the rights? “
FLIM: “ Why would you like to remake a bad film? “
GILO: “ It has a built in audience.”
FLIM: “ I guess…. “
GILO: “ I’ll make a few phone calls and see where it leads. But in the mean time come up with other alternatives other storylines that we might use if.”
FLIM: “ Will do.”
Later that evening as I went back to the editing room I wondered what would he say if I tell him lets do a cursed basketball that dribbled people to death after the third game. It’s going to be really cheap! Just get basketballs and it would be interesting to shoot someone being killed by it.
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Test shots of the ALIEN INVASION finally came out! YEHHAW! They look great! Just looking at them makes my skin crawl. As soon as I finish PROJECT 3, I’ll hurl myself with renewed fervor. But that’s at least four weeks away. PROJECT 3 is taking its damn time and taking a heavy toll with me. It’s just too depressing. Having to shoot the thing is one thing. But watching it over and over again and listening to the subject matter…. ughhhhhhhh.
I can’t wait to put PROJECT 3 behind me. And go back to the ALIEN INVASION and PROJECT 1. PROJECT 2 is in an indefinite hiatus due to the sheer unavailability of my actor whose swollen ego inflated double this month because of his new book coming it.
Even though it is collaboration only in the artistic sense since most of the production costs fell on my shoulder I assume that’s why he found it easy to take a sabbatical so easily. Well…that’s what he thinks. Im going to finish that film even without him! I’m currently rewriting and rethinking the story and my alternative options in retelling it is proving interesting indeed. Boy is he in for a shock when I just invite him to watch the final cut!
But the good news is that PROJECT 3 is still on schedule despite its heady subject matter. Just five more shooting days and. …It’s a wrap! And another piece of good news is that RYAN agreed to do several background plates for THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF FUCKBOY FILM. I hope he delivers.I'm a little bit wary now of collaborating with someone from the comicbook field.They then to disappear and grow roots in the middle of nowhere
I can’t wait to put PROJECT 3 behind me. And go back to the ALIEN INVASION and PROJECT 1. PROJECT 2 is in an indefinite hiatus due to the sheer unavailability of my actor whose swollen ego inflated double this month because of his new book coming it.
Even though it is collaboration only in the artistic sense since most of the production costs fell on my shoulder I assume that’s why he found it easy to take a sabbatical so easily. Well…that’s what he thinks. Im going to finish that film even without him! I’m currently rewriting and rethinking the story and my alternative options in retelling it is proving interesting indeed. Boy is he in for a shock when I just invite him to watch the final cut!
But the good news is that PROJECT 3 is still on schedule despite its heady subject matter. Just five more shooting days and. …It’s a wrap! And another piece of good news is that RYAN agreed to do several background plates for THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF FUCKBOY FILM. I hope he delivers.I'm a little bit wary now of collaborating with someone from the comicbook field.They then to disappear and grow roots in the middle of nowhere
Totally bushed! Had a very long day. Woke up at 4: am and did some preliminary edits on FILM PROJECT 3. Then rushed to the gym and worked out until 10. Then had to go to the shop with the TRIPOD HEAD. Then went back to the cave and did 4 more hours of editing. Then had to run to the mall and meet up with film producer GILS who wanted to have coffee and discuss something he didn’t want to elaborate on the phone on. The meeting was a riot! I’ll write about it further after I relax. Selina comes out of the room with Captain America in her mouth. So much for the mint condition status.
We’re having white spaghetti. The white variant is the one Im not so keen on. Cess bought some servelats, which I asked the maid to fry. I’ll just have a bagnet with lots of mayo, onions and tomatoes and a cool beer to wash them all down.
Checked the special effects footages for the ALIEN INVASION PROJECT. Cool shots. But matte lines are glaring on frame 178 AND 246. Have to redo that. So I took out the books that I have been reading and leafed thru them as I waited for the SERVELAT to toast.
For some reason I haven’t finished them. I seem to get stuck on a certain chapter and …
I don’t know why.
THE GOLDEN BOUGH (The roots of religion and folklore) – Chapter 3 “ TRANSFERENCE OF EVIL “
HERO OF A THOUSAND FACES – THE PRIMORDIAL HERO AND THE HUMAN
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY- (I CANT REMEMBER WHAT PAGE NUMBER I WAS ON.ARGGGGGGGGHHHH!)
We’re having white spaghetti. The white variant is the one Im not so keen on. Cess bought some servelats, which I asked the maid to fry. I’ll just have a bagnet with lots of mayo, onions and tomatoes and a cool beer to wash them all down.
Checked the special effects footages for the ALIEN INVASION PROJECT. Cool shots. But matte lines are glaring on frame 178 AND 246. Have to redo that. So I took out the books that I have been reading and leafed thru them as I waited for the SERVELAT to toast.
For some reason I haven’t finished them. I seem to get stuck on a certain chapter and …
I don’t know why.
THE GOLDEN BOUGH (The roots of religion and folklore) – Chapter 3 “ TRANSFERENCE OF EVIL “
HERO OF A THOUSAND FACES – THE PRIMORDIAL HERO AND THE HUMAN
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY- (I CANT REMEMBER WHAT PAGE NUMBER I WAS ON.ARGGGGGGGGHHHH!)
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
EARLY MORNING EMISSIONS
I actually stopped four times on the way home from the gym to jot down the numbers of vehicles that emit foul toxic fumes from their stupid pipes! THIS CLEAN AIR ACT IS PURE BULLSHIT that can only come FROM THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT! IT HAS ITS UNIQUE STENCHED STAMPED ALL OVER IT. It irks me to high heavens because I HAVE TO SHELL OUT MONEY SO SOME TWATH WITH A LONG POLE WOULD TELL ME…” YOU’RE VEHICLE ‘S FUMES ARE CLEAN! “
I KNOW THAT! I SPEND 6,000 EVERY THREE MONTHS FOR TUNE UPS! AND THEN YOU CROSS PATHS WITH DOZENS OF VEHICLES THAT EXCRETE BLACK SMOKE IN YOUR FACE! WHERE’S THE JUSTICE IN THAT????
I wouldn’t mind paying the extra 300 pesos to have my pipes checked with their gas emission instruments. Because I would like to breathe clean air when I run or when I ride my motorcycle. But it is painfully evident that the CLEAN AIR ACT, which requires all vehicles to undergo the emission test to the tune of 300 pesos, is ANOTHER FUCKING RACKET TO DIVEST THE ALREADY BURDENED TAX PAYER FROM HIS LAST REMAINING CENTAVO! It is a racket because of the sheer number of cars and trucks STILL PLOWING THE STREETS WITH POISONOUS BLACK CLOUD TRAILING BEHIND THEM.
And I wondered out loud how can they pass thru the emission test.
JAKE: “ Man, Didn’t you hear? All you have to do is pay 600 pesos in most Department of TRANSPORTATION branches and they let you off easy without any emission test!”
SEE? SEE? SEE?
I stopped over an intersection and pointed out a truck to an MMDA
FLIM: “ SEE THAT! ITS EMITTING BLACK SMOKE! CAN’T YOU ARREST HIM?
MMDA: “ oh sorry we are not authorized to do that! You can jot down the plate numbers and then report them but that’s as far as you can go! “
FLIM: “ How about a CITIZEN’S ARREST? “
MMDA: “ I don’t know what you are talking about . All I know is we are not authorize to do that! “
FLIM: “ SO WHAT ARE YOU AUTHORIZED TO DO? “
MMDA: “ Apprehend traffic violations! “
FLIM: “ But isn’t that an outright VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT? “
MMDA: “ Maybe but its not so clear.”
FLIM: “ HOW CLEAR DO YOU WANT IT? DO YOU SEE THAT SMOKE COMING OUT? “
MMDA:” uhmm yes…”
FLIM: “ Do you know that exposure to that is 100 times 25 more lethal than smoking cigarettes? “
MMDA: “ Really? “
FLIM: “ Breathing that stuff for four minutes brings toxic microscopic lead particles that accumulate inside your lungs. THEY DON’T DISAPPEAR! THEY REMAIN THERE FOREVER! AND THEY CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY …AND THEN ONE DAY.
..BANG! “
MMDA: "What ? happens? "
FLIM: " You'll be directing traffic in the superhighway of the skies! "
MMDA: “ Putang ina! (SON OF A BITCH!)
FLIM: “ I have to breathe that thing for just a few seconds. IMAGINE WHAT IT CAN DO TO SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS TO STAND IN THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, EVERY DAY, 6 HOURS A DAY, SIX TIMES A WEEK?”
MMDA takes out his cap and wipes the sweat from his face. He looks at me and looks at the truck. Luckily we’re stuck in traffic. He then walks over and takes out something from his pocket. He then knocks on the side of the truck. The driver looks at him and they both talk. I
then whiz past by with a smile on my face and a halfhearted salute! I DON’T LIKE MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO DO THEIR JOBS! IT’S THEIR JOB AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT! MIND FUCKING NOTWITHSTANDING!
I actually stopped four times on the way home from the gym to jot down the numbers of vehicles that emit foul toxic fumes from their stupid pipes! THIS CLEAN AIR ACT IS PURE BULLSHIT that can only come FROM THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT! IT HAS ITS UNIQUE STENCHED STAMPED ALL OVER IT. It irks me to high heavens because I HAVE TO SHELL OUT MONEY SO SOME TWATH WITH A LONG POLE WOULD TELL ME…” YOU’RE VEHICLE ‘S FUMES ARE CLEAN! “
I KNOW THAT! I SPEND 6,000 EVERY THREE MONTHS FOR TUNE UPS! AND THEN YOU CROSS PATHS WITH DOZENS OF VEHICLES THAT EXCRETE BLACK SMOKE IN YOUR FACE! WHERE’S THE JUSTICE IN THAT????
I wouldn’t mind paying the extra 300 pesos to have my pipes checked with their gas emission instruments. Because I would like to breathe clean air when I run or when I ride my motorcycle. But it is painfully evident that the CLEAN AIR ACT, which requires all vehicles to undergo the emission test to the tune of 300 pesos, is ANOTHER FUCKING RACKET TO DIVEST THE ALREADY BURDENED TAX PAYER FROM HIS LAST REMAINING CENTAVO! It is a racket because of the sheer number of cars and trucks STILL PLOWING THE STREETS WITH POISONOUS BLACK CLOUD TRAILING BEHIND THEM.
And I wondered out loud how can they pass thru the emission test.
JAKE: “ Man, Didn’t you hear? All you have to do is pay 600 pesos in most Department of TRANSPORTATION branches and they let you off easy without any emission test!”
SEE? SEE? SEE?
I stopped over an intersection and pointed out a truck to an MMDA
FLIM: “ SEE THAT! ITS EMITTING BLACK SMOKE! CAN’T YOU ARREST HIM?
MMDA: “ oh sorry we are not authorized to do that! You can jot down the plate numbers and then report them but that’s as far as you can go! “
FLIM: “ How about a CITIZEN’S ARREST? “
MMDA: “ I don’t know what you are talking about . All I know is we are not authorize to do that! “
FLIM: “ SO WHAT ARE YOU AUTHORIZED TO DO? “
MMDA: “ Apprehend traffic violations! “
FLIM: “ But isn’t that an outright VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT? “
MMDA: “ Maybe but its not so clear.”
FLIM: “ HOW CLEAR DO YOU WANT IT? DO YOU SEE THAT SMOKE COMING OUT? “
MMDA:” uhmm yes…”
FLIM: “ Do you know that exposure to that is 100 times 25 more lethal than smoking cigarettes? “
MMDA: “ Really? “
FLIM: “ Breathing that stuff for four minutes brings toxic microscopic lead particles that accumulate inside your lungs. THEY DON’T DISAPPEAR! THEY REMAIN THERE FOREVER! AND THEY CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY …AND THEN ONE DAY.
..BANG! “
MMDA: "What ? happens? "
FLIM: " You'll be directing traffic in the superhighway of the skies! "
MMDA: “ Putang ina! (SON OF A BITCH!)
FLIM: “ I have to breathe that thing for just a few seconds. IMAGINE WHAT IT CAN DO TO SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS TO STAND IN THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, EVERY DAY, 6 HOURS A DAY, SIX TIMES A WEEK?”
MMDA takes out his cap and wipes the sweat from his face. He looks at me and looks at the truck. Luckily we’re stuck in traffic. He then walks over and takes out something from his pocket. He then knocks on the side of the truck. The driver looks at him and they both talk. I
then whiz past by with a smile on my face and a halfhearted salute! I DON’T LIKE MOTIVATING PEOPLE TO DO THEIR JOBS! IT’S THEIR JOB AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT! MIND FUCKING NOTWITHSTANDING!
Saturday, March 01, 2003
I finally got my tripod last Friday. She’s a beaut!
CECILE: “ Gosh it looks mean? “
She stared at it as I started assembling it.
FLIM: “ She has “ an innovative three faced center column” with a “ four different leg angle” adjustment” With “dual positioning center column” And a “ low angle adapter” that “ stores on bottom of center column” And a “ quick action leg lever lock” And I’m just talking about the legs.”
I then took out the VIDEO HEAD, which was kept in a separate box.
CECILE: “ Why is it in two boxes.”
FLIM: “ I bought them separately! “
CECILE: “ But why? “
FLIM: “ So that I can custom built it from scrath for my specifications.This is my…MONSTER! “
I then placed the head before her.
FLIM: The Head has a maximum tilt of +75 degrees to –70 degrees, Tilt drag is 0 plus 3 steps. It has an independent tilt lock and has a panning radius of 360 degrees. The pan drag is 0 plus 3 steps. It has an independent pan lock and a variable balance control. Have telescopic pan bars and a sliding quick release plate! The variable balance adjustment with return to center allows for finger tip control!”
CECILE: “ Where did you get all that info? “
FLIM: “ From the manual of course! In short I have THE JAGUAR of TRIPODS! Or is it the PORSCHE of TRIPODS…"
For a moment there was silence as we both stared at the giant black painted titan with silver plated legs.
FLIM: "GAZE upoun my face all you mighty and DESPAIR! "
CECILE: “ It looks mean! “
FLIM: “ No…It’s nasty! “
CECILE: “ Well…I see your personality in it! That much is sure.”
FLIM: “Why were you expecting a pink plated tripod with polka dot designs on the handle? “
CECILE: “ So how much did it cost? “
I told her.
CECILE: “ I wouldn’t call it a JAGUAR at that cost. IT’S A Rolls ROYCE”
FLIM: “ Uhm..The pod is made in Italy.”
CECILE: “ If Italians are as good in making tripods as they are in making shoes. You’re in big trouble.”
CECILE: “ Gosh it looks mean? “
She stared at it as I started assembling it.
FLIM: “ She has “ an innovative three faced center column” with a “ four different leg angle” adjustment” With “dual positioning center column” And a “ low angle adapter” that “ stores on bottom of center column” And a “ quick action leg lever lock” And I’m just talking about the legs.”
I then took out the VIDEO HEAD, which was kept in a separate box.
CECILE: “ Why is it in two boxes.”
FLIM: “ I bought them separately! “
CECILE: “ But why? “
FLIM: “ So that I can custom built it from scrath for my specifications.This is my…MONSTER! “
I then placed the head before her.
FLIM: The Head has a maximum tilt of +75 degrees to –70 degrees, Tilt drag is 0 plus 3 steps. It has an independent tilt lock and has a panning radius of 360 degrees. The pan drag is 0 plus 3 steps. It has an independent pan lock and a variable balance control. Have telescopic pan bars and a sliding quick release plate! The variable balance adjustment with return to center allows for finger tip control!”
CECILE: “ Where did you get all that info? “
FLIM: “ From the manual of course! In short I have THE JAGUAR of TRIPODS! Or is it the PORSCHE of TRIPODS…"
For a moment there was silence as we both stared at the giant black painted titan with silver plated legs.
FLIM: "GAZE upoun my face all you mighty and DESPAIR! "
CECILE: “ It looks mean! “
FLIM: “ No…It’s nasty! “
CECILE: “ Well…I see your personality in it! That much is sure.”
FLIM: “Why were you expecting a pink plated tripod with polka dot designs on the handle? “
CECILE: “ So how much did it cost? “
I told her.
CECILE: “ I wouldn’t call it a JAGUAR at that cost. IT’S A Rolls ROYCE”
FLIM: “ Uhm..The pod is made in Italy.”
CECILE: “ If Italians are as good in making tripods as they are in making shoes. You’re in big trouble.”
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