Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Short Shots, 10/05/2001

I don't know if the story of Hachikō is the saddest thing ever or the greatest thing ever. I do know that my cat was extremely interested watching the movie, Hachi: A Dog's Tale, which is an American movie about the story of Hachiko.
    I really love watching movies by Darren Aronofsky but only the first time.  The guy is an incredible filmmaker but his movies are difficult to watch.   Requiem for a Dream is in an incredible movie, but I became physically ill watching it.  Those of you who have seen it can probably relate.  Black Swan is another great movie, but I tried watching it again the other night but totally tensed up watching certain parts. So I watch his movies one time and am totally blown away.  Then I end up not being able to watch his movies a second time.  Most filmmakers just try to record reality and put it on the screen, but Aronofsky has a way of enhancing reality and projecting it straight thru the screen.  And not the happy side of reality.

    Today's bad marketing decision, the the McDLT.  It wasn't a bad product because it was a bad concept, it was a bad product because of bad marketing.  At the heart of it, it makes a lot of sense.  You keep the lettuce and tomato separate from the burger so the burger doesn't get it all soggy and dull while it sits on the shelf.  But they ruined it with this terrible Jason Alexander commercial.

    Today's free band name: Magnetic Coffins (or The Magnetic Coffins)  Probably not the name for a country band

    I'd probably be more likely to watch this American Horror Story show if they didn't try to sell it as "From the Creators of Glee".  Now, Glee is scarier than shit, but that's still a hard sell.

    Can't believe people are flipping out about this Brett Favre interview.  Yeah, he was downplaying Aaron Rodgers' skills, but shouldn't that be expected?  I mean Favre is the same guy that said he wasn't paid to be a mentor for Rodgers.  Favre is the same guy that kept people guessing for 4 years about whether he was going to retire or not.  And the talking heads keep saying they are sick of talking about Favre, but then at the same time keep talking about him.  Here's a tip: quit talking about him and you won't have to talk about him.

    Hank Williams Jr blew it, he should have just said he was comparing John Boehner to Hitler.

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