Since it's Halloween, I thought this would be fitting

When was the last time you saw a scary movie?

I mean really really saw a scary movie, not a movie that made you startled or jump but a movie that made you unable to sleep at night?
Something that gave you a creepy uneasiness in your mind or soul?

Was it "The Exorcist" or "Suspiria" maybe it was "Poltergeist" or "The Thing" maybe "It" or even "Paranormal Activity"?

I want to first say that... scary movies is a dying art. I mean there are more than plenty but there are only very very few that actually scare. Scary movies now a days are about slashers, gore and a high body count.... or torture.  OOOooooooOOOoooooo, I'm shaking in my boots.... I have only one word for scary movies of late and that's "lame". They just aren't scary at all.

Maybe it is just me because I do know some people and I'm sure you do too, that are just unable to watch scary movies, some people can't even be in the same room as a scary movie playing on TV. But what really scares people? It's only a movie right?
Most people seem to be afraid of things from their childhood. Some people I knew saw "Chucky" when they were kids and now are scared of dolls. Some people saw "It" and can't handle clowns anymore and that's cool, I mean whatever floats your boat.
When I was about... around 8 years old, I saw "Hellraiser 2" with Pin head and all his pointy glory and gore, he rocked my world and I was hooked on scary movies unflinching and unphased. I was in a state of complete facination with the blood and violence.
As I grew I began to see the "real" horrors and beyond with movie like "Cannibal Holocaust" or "Rosemary's baby"

The last "scary" movie I watched was "To the Devil a Daughter" a classic movie made in '76 by Hammer Film Production. It starts slow but it's a fun movie, not scary but for its time it was definitely pushing the edge. It's very much like "Exorcist" by today's standards it's a hilarious movie but back in the day it was appalling to many.

The last movie before that I saw was "Paranormal Activity"... wow.... zzzzZZZZZzzzzzZZZZzzzzzz, total sleeper. Blair witch meets... something really boring like knitting. The cinematic style of "POV" shaky hand camera is so 10 years ago. I watched it alone in the dark, trying to scare myself but instead I almost fell asleep, the movie is so predictable... it's... like the sun... it comes up every day. I have no idea how the hell people got scared of this movie or why people "demanded" it. It was booooooring. I even like ghosts and think they could be real yet this movie did nothing for me.

The only horror movie I've seen in recent memory is... "Antichrist" and wow was it fucking spectacular. It might not be classified as a "horror" movie per say but it's definitely has horror elements in it. It was one of the most beautifully cinematically shot movies I've ever seen but also kind of disturbing. It wasn't overly gory like say... "Ichi the Killer" but it had it's squirmish moments and some real deep psychological/philosophical points to it and in fact I'm still not entirely sure what the movie was all about. I would definitly put Antichrist up there in the realm of "horror" movies.

Anyways there has been a great evolution in horror cinema.
From the original black and white horror/suspense/thriller to the new school of  horror/gore/slasher films.
Some where along the way the most crucial ingredient to horror films was lost or perhaps it was destroyed.

Classic horror films have something horror films today don't.... and that's a good story.
Modern horror films have something Classic films don't.... gore.
Most young kids today cannot stand to watch black and white movies, hell some of them have probably never seen an entire black and white film which is very sad.. and in fact those kids will never need to watch the original as Hollywood keeps remaking the greats movies of old 'cept... somehow... shittier.
Back the the point... old horror movies really built up the suspense and without CGI it made filming certain things impossible so they sometimes never showed you the "monster" but rather let your imagination run wild, the whole you can scare yourself better than any movie idea.

Personally I think for the most part... the horror genre is done and dead. No one will ever make a scary movie again.
I am one of many from the newer generation completely desensitised to everything and disenfranchised to care about anything.
Movies play to your imagination but in the end they're only movies. The real noose of the "horror" genre is the internet.
I've seen the most brutal and aweful things on the internet over the years and no movie will ever EVER come close to the horror I've seen on the internet.

So without further adieu, gaze upon the horrors of the internet....if you dare... (not for the faint of heart)... actually I've decided against linking the videos or embedding them since... well... they are what they are so I'll just list a few

2girls1cup -----> Everyone's seen it, not a big shocker, gross but not scary, and you all know where to find it

Curb stomp ----> as made famous by American history X, meh, it's ok... what actually scary is how many curb stomp videos there really are on the net, fucking kids these days...

Iran ---> What happens on Iran on a daily basis

let me see what else... Juba the sniper killings... people being shot to death by Juba the sniper in the Middle East, all on youtube or google videos

umm.... BME Pain Olympics ----> brutal, extremely graphic.... just check out BME.com for some sick ass shit and I mean sick, twisted shit

man fucked to death by horse.... i can't remember the link but the title says it all, it's on the internet somewhere just look hard enough

Ever seen any good Beheading videos? I remember years and years ago maybe... 10 atleast 10 years ago when the internet was still kind of new, there was a great foreign (maybe russian?) beheading video in a forrest before all the Middle east beheading videos. Yes, some look fake but I'm fairly confident some are real. Just look at the search results  Results 1 - 10 of about 1,160,000 for beheading video. statisically speaking at least 1 out of say 1,000,000 is real

Ever been to the world of death? or have you ever wondered what a man's head looks like after being shot by a shotgun?

Does anyone know how many ghost videos are out there? fuuuuuck me, there's 1000 "scarier" videos out there than that of "paranormal activity"

What else does your sick and twisted mind crazy this Halloween??? What ever it is... it's on the internet

The point is horror movies used to give people the unimaginable. The shit they've only ever heard whispered. Classic horror built up the suspense till you were on the edge of your seat.. kids these days are all OCD and can't keep their attention fixed on the woman who's slowly creeping towards the door, ever so slowly, the music matching the pace, then a shot of her feer, moving one step at a time, slow, rhytemic, then perhaps a facial expression, her hand slowly reaching, the door knob, the hand, the hand and the door knob on the same frame, her facial expression, her hand on the door knob, her slowly turning, watching the knob twist millimeter by millimeter..... and you're either capivated or sleeping by the time the door actually opens.

Now with the over flow of information in this technological wonder of ours... nothing can scare me in a movie because I've seen it all before.
Everything has been done to death as long as you have the balls to look.
I once came across a picture of a man in the middle east who had just gotten shot in the head by a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
his body was laying in the streets and what was left of his head was undescribable.... bits and pieces were all over the street. a large splatter of red blood and pieces of skull fragmented everywhere, one of the eye balls was still intact laying about 4 or 5 feet away from the body.
I only rememer this because I stared at that image for at least 30-45 minutes examining every aspect of it because I was trying to decide if it was real or not and I decided it was pretty fucking real.
15 minutes later I open the picture back up because I'm not sure anymore...

He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath—"The horror! The horror!"

– Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

  

Edit:
Wow so less than 24hours and the studio has already taken the trailer down... ok, so it wasn't a "real" movie trailer but a bunch of leaked footage but my god did it kick some serious ass..

Infrared Video: 500,000 Bats Emerge From Cave

 

Where the hell did we go wrong?
Two teenagers stabbed in Bloor Collegiate lot
When I was young and in school, we fought... and we fought hard.
It's hasn't even been two weeks of school yet and people are getting stabbed!?!

What would usually happen is two or more kids would get into an argument... once it was decided that it couldn't be settled with words it would be agreed that the two (or more) parties would meet usually after school to settle the matter... fist to face. Sometimes the fight would happen on the spot but not often as no one really wanted to get caught fighting in the school

Usually the fight rumors would spread like wild fire and soon the entire school knew and would be waiting at said location ready to watch the action.

Sometimes both parties would show up and sometimes not. When both parties did show up we'd see a grand old fashion fist fight. The crowd of spectators would circle in the parties fighting and it was like... a pit fight. After the fight was over it was over, the crowd would disperse, the victory would be cheered away and the loser would wallow in his own blood then take the long march home alone or with a few good friends helping him/her out.

When the hell did someone decide to bring a knife or gun? What's the point?
Fist fights were and still are a part of growing up. Kids got into fights, it was no big deal, people wouldn't die from being punched a couple of times but bringing a knife really?
Can't we just be civilized and settle fights hand to hand? Why do kids have to get so savage? why not just bring a brick and smash the guys brains in or get into your car and run the kid over?

We used to fight to prove a point... that we were either right or just plain tough as nails. Bringing a knife or gun only proves you're a bitch. plain and simple.

And if you were to kill somebody with your bare hands, you could probably get away with self defense...  but if you stab someone to death, then you gotta hide the murder weapon and make sure you take care of the witnesses and it's just more trouble than it's worth

If laws are man made then is justice a natural concept? Is there such a thing as natural justice? or is justice just a philosophical term?

Does justice exist outside of philosophy? Are laws created to resemble the public conception of what justice is? Is justice subjective, does everyone have their own sense of what is just?

Can we safely say that justice is just another word for fair? That leads us to what is fair.
If a man tries to kill you is it fair to kill them?

If we remove law from the equation and measure a man by physical, social and moral standards then is anyone really equal?
If a man is strong physically, has a high standing in society and strong moral values is put against a man of frail physical qualities, poor standing in society and no moral values, is such a match fair?
Is justice only achievable between peoples of equal power?

Let us put law back into the equation.
If a rich man is able to afford a high powered lawyer with years of experience vs a poor man who gets legal aid from a lawyer who just started their career... is the trial really fair or does it only appear to be fair?

Do the least powerful in our society always fall short of justice compared to that of the powerful in our society?
Is law really just or is it just a veil of illusion resembling what is fair?
If it's safe to say that justice if a form of fairness then is it also safe to assume an eye for an eye is a form of justice?
But if justice is also a moral principle would killing a murderer be morally just?
Is it acceptable to be immoral if serving the interest of justice?

Now all these questions are purely philosophical in nature and excludes the idea of religious justice.
Taking religious justice into mind then the terms law, justice and morality is usually defined by that which is divine.
Virtues and sins are used to define what is acceptable and what is not. Which brings us to the Euthyphro Dilemma.

    "Is something right because God commands it or does God command it because it is right?"

This inevitably leads us to a new debate of whether God is inherently good of if God is beyond such concepts as good and evil, right and wrong.
This debate must be saved for another occasion.

We exist as fragments in space and time
Nothing here is as real as us
And we are as real as cosmic dust
From the farthest depths of the most outer of space
We arrived as nothing but strings
All our roots are rooted in
A single spark explosion
Still waiting to be seen
If the end is the beginning
And in the end we find nothing
Then life ain't for living
Except for those that are livid

Another brilliant post by Matthew Good

Be sure to check out his new CD Oct 6


"A collective answer to asinine emails that I’ve received about the healthcare debate – or what I now like to refer to as the “is Obama Hitler? debate”.

Michael Vick... love him or hate him...

I personally love him... I think he's one of the best QBs to come out of the NFL in a long time... perhaps the best scramble QB ever.

Now.... there's no debate as to what he did was inhumane and illegal.

But he served his time in a federal prison... he's paid his dues.
I love dogs as much as the next guy, after all they're mans best friend but is that the only reason why he's getting shit on by everyone?
Is it only because dogs have been so indoctrinated and domesticated into our society that makes this such a huge deal?
Again what he did was horrible and all but come on... he's paid his debt to society hasn't he?

The question I want to pose is this....

What if Michael Vick was running an illegal cock fighting ring instead of dog fighting? Would people still kick up a HUGE fuss about it?
If Michael Vick was killing a whole shit load of chickens in his backyard would you even care or would you think "yeah, I do want some KFC tonight?"

 

I'm just going to use this as a warm up for today.

today I plan on trying to finish the majority of my third act in one of the feature films I'm trying to write.
It's been in creation for I dunno.... several months now...

or maybe I'll try to finish the second act in the other feature film I have....

maybe I should start a new one... maybe another short.... no, no, I need to complete a feature...

I once wrote a feature length movie in a week.... it wasn't great by any means... at least in my opinion.... i thought it had an interesting concept but it never materialized into anything more... then I lost it.... and have no idea where it is anymore.... I think it might be lost on the internet in limbo... i certainly do not have a hard copy... that was stupid... now everything has a hard copy...

I was listening to Aaron Sorkin talk about script writing and about the women in scripts and he said all writers try to write women they actually want to meet and fall in love with, only in the hope that the actress playing that part will go out with us. That's hilarious because in a way it's true. I think back to some of the female characters I've written and they all have something I wish I could meet a girl with... that's some very subconcious shit I think.

A lot of "young" people like to bash some of the things I write.... I believe that's because they don't like to read.
They expect 70min of explosions and CGI and 20 minutes of story. That's what I call a HACK!
That's what Hollywood seems to be missing now a days. Good well written scripts.
A good script is good dialogue, plain and simple.
The Big Sleep
Chinatown
Shawshank
Casablanca
Vertigo

A great movie is good dialogue delivered by a good actor shot by a good director.
In my opinion that is the true equation for a good movie not....

male+female+tits+explosions+gore+CGI+beer=$$=good movie

for an even simpler equation just know
cost of production<gross of movie= good movie

and I'm out

Still a work in progress.... soon though.... very soon....

Well it's been quite some time hasn't it?

Well....

Something is in the works my friends... something big... It verges on the edge of... for a lack of a better word... greatness.... sheer genius. I must keep my lips sealed though... there's plenty of mother fucking vulture out there that would love to try and steal this like it were made out of fucking platinum.

Needless to say I am excited, in fact I haven't been this excited since that 8 ball of coke and a blow job in the bathroom of Circa... I think I've said too much...

more to come... stay tuned.... same bat time, same bat channel....

  
Cause they don't need them to kill someone

I saw the wolverine work print that's leaked out onto the net.

I laughed my ass off.
Nice try Marvel but I know you can try a little harder.
The wolverine movie had so much potential and it was a good movie if you don't know anything about the wolverine origins but if you did know then you might be a bit angry at a few of the scenes.

And of course I've read some of the internet posts from the Geekdom and yes it's true... Ryan Reynolds is great in the movie, not nearly enough scenes with him in it and a spin off movie would have been fucking perfect except you guys had to ruin the Deadpool character so badly that it's really not doable anymore unless you disregard the entire wolverine movie... which I wouldn't be surprised if they do or make the movie as a "prequel" to the wolverine movie as the "origins" of Deadpool which really wouldn't make sense since his origin is that of Wolverines... with department H. I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone but it's worth watching to spite how some of the scenes make you want to cringe.

Anyways I digress... Wolverine is a good movie. Not anywhere comparable to the Dark Knight but much fucking better than all 3 X-men combined but still not as good as Iron Man.

North Korea appears to have launched a rocket, reports from Japan and South Korea say.

It came a day after Pyongyang said that its preparations for the launch of a communications satellite were complete.

North Korea says it is pursuing peaceful space development, but its neighbours suspect the launch is a cover for a long-range missile test.

The US, Japan and South Korea have urged it repeatedly not to go ahead and warned of consequences if it does.

North Korea had said that the launch would happen between 4-8 April, during windows from 0200 to 0700 GMT.

"A short time ago a flying object appeared to have been launched from North Korea," the Japanese government statement said.

The rocket appeared to have passed over Japan, the government said.

South Korean officials also confirmed that a rocket had been launched.

Click here to see the snuke

It's been some time since I've been here, It seems almost alien.

But to the point, what is this world coming to? So bloody much has happened I can't possibly comment on everything but I've got some free time so I'll try anyways.

First, Obama on Leno (I know not where you thought I'd start eh?) I have mixed feelings.
First good for him, I'd love to be on Leno myself.
But secondly and perhaps more importantly, fuck that noise! When was the last time a president appeared on some talk show? I'm about... 99.9% sure the president has better things to do then entertain late night junkies. I'm starting to get the feeling that Obama is seen more as a celebrity than a president. Like I've said in the past, I endorsed Obama's election, hoping that he'd actually bring change but I knew nothing he said could be taken seriously until he became president and implimented change... so far... what a let down. Maybe what we need is an Obama vs Jon Stewart so Stewart can make a Jim Cramer out of Obama.

Global Currency... why don't you just fuck me up the ass with a hot iron instead? That's just another step in the "illuminati" plot. World government and a world currency. Do you jokers really think a global currency will solve anything? Who will be in charge of this new world currency? the Fed? or maybe a board of directors, selected by the UN? I don't give a fuck what kind of system they put into place cause it's all bullshit. I'm starting to believe that the idea of "the free market" is really the best way to go except you can't police a free market and if you can't police a free market than you'll always have guys like "Enron" or "AIG" sinking the entire ship while they float away on their diamond encrusted life boat. Everyone has a price... we'd need someone uncorruptable, someone untouchable... someone like Elliot Ness... If only we had listened to I dunno... Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Garfield, JFK, Milton Friedman...especially Friedman then maybe just maybe we wouldn't be in this mess.
The truth of the matter is this... as long as we continue to rely so heavily on fractional reserve lending then out economy is and will always be fucked.
You can't create money out of nothing... it's as simple as that. Money used to stand for something, Gold I believe it was but now? we're TRILLIONS of dollars in debt created from virtually nothing and is held to a standard which does not virtually exist or rather it does "virtually" exists as a 1 or 0 in some bank computer program.

G20 riots... fucken eh. I wish I were there to join the troops and fight the good fight. It what those fucking bastards deserve.
I'm sure Banksy will have something to say about all this soon enough or perhaps Banksy already has...




Anyways I'll end with this great video by an amazingly talented homeless man, BumDog007.

  

Where were you when Obama became President Obama? What a historic date, but has anyone else noticed the influx of African Americans on TV from CNN to Fox to CP24? What's the deal? It's not a bad thing just odd... just because the new president is black don't mean everyone's gotta follow suit... it's like black is the new black. It's like imagine the first.... say chinese president will all of a sudden chinese reporters and hosts appear to TVs all over the US?

For many this is a dream come true, for me it's just a dream which may or may not turn into a nightmare. Change and hope are the slogans but what of them? change and hope for who? How many people still think the Illuminati is just a fucking conspiracy theory? How many people still think or don't know of the Amero or N.A.U? If anyone can usher in a such a drastic change Obama is the man, with his amount of clout people will think it's a good idea, with this current recession and all I'm sure it can make economic sense to do so... especially if you got guys like the Chicago boys cooking the books.

The point is Obama has all the cards now and he's been nothing but talk. It's time for the big reveal. Does he have the royal flush or has he been bluffing? I hope he has it. I really really fucking do...

"I call wretched all who have only one choice to become an evil beast or an evil tamer of beasts" - Nietzsche

   

 

Best Performance by an Actor - Mickey Rourke - Drama (although Brad Pitt is definitly a favourite to win to complete the Brangelina domination of the oscars.)

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy - In Bruges

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Frances McDormand - Burn after Reading

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy - Colin Farrell or Brendan Gleeson

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Marisa Tomei - The wrestler (althought won't be surprised if Winslet wins)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Heath Ledger - Dark knight

Best Animated Feature Film - Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film - .... honestly it should be let the right one in but it wasn't even nominated and I never saw the other ones that were

Best Director - Motion Picture - David Fincher - Curious case of Benjamin Button

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture - Benjamin Button or slumdog millionaire

Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Benjamin button

Best Original Song - Motion Picture - The boss as in Springsteen - the wrestler

 

and I'll skip all the TV awards as I don't really watch TV so that's that.