Copped this great Polish animation from Who Killed Bambi? (over there in the blogroll - under visual art).

Interview about the piece.

I haven’t actually read Palahniuk yet, but in this film he delves in the same “self-help recovery” culture as the first half of ‘Fight Club’. And that’s the amusing part. But Norton is far more likable than Sam Rockwell - sort of the point here. And instead of just Helena Bohnam Carter as the “psycho fantasy girl” we have several, including Kelly Macdonald - who after this and ‘No Country for Old Men’ I would like to officially declare my crush on.

It’s an eyebrow thing, not so much her figure, though I just realized she was the schoolgirl in ‘Trainspotting’ so I’m not gonna complain about any part her - a fine actress.
Angelica Huston doesn’t really work for me, and I don’t get why she seems so loved by others. Not in the Wes Anderson stuff, can’t think of anything I’ve seen and liked her in. And maybe it was seeing her do such a similar “crazy but lovable mom” role in ‘Darjeeling Limited’ that made that schtick seem especially tired here. It was like they shot all of the childhood flashback scenes in a single day. Overall the film does seem quickly thrown together, the soundtrack is plain sad (the same lame tune is playing on two different days in the strip club, and if you can’t come up with stripper music in this day and age - either as it is or as it should be - you really are lost), but there are some laughs. My review in one word: meh…

I’ve invested all of my “moneys” in comic books! No, but I have entered the ebay world to try and move comics I’ve been sitting on for a few decades. They mostly come from two collections I inherited, and also some I collected in my teens. No great fortunes so far, but I’m still building my rating before I attempt to let go of the more high-end stuff.

So the first step is research - see what things go for. It is interesting to note that everything up until ‘82 is considered “Bronze Age”. So take that geezer. But I’m really not complaining. I also have some “Silver Age” titles as well. Then comes the strategic game of pricing and seeing how the bidders react. The best case, of course, is to get a bidding war going, and watch your sale go up and up. But it’s difficult to list something for 99 cents to get those initial nibbles, when you saw the same title just sell for $20. But I’ve had plenty of listings expire with no interest at all, so one wants to list low and get at least two buyers drooling. A high price is useless if no one bids. Then comes the building of multi-book “lots” to gain attention. Offer a gem or two and make them take some lemons in the mix. Of course, one geek’s gem is another geek’s lemon. Then there is the professional grading system, but I’m not obsessing on that too much, just trying to be honest in my descriptions.
And finally, as I attempt to widdle three long boxes down to one of keepers and some paypal cash, there is the challenge of my own changing taste. Much of this stuff was someone else’s collection and I have no attachment to certain titles, but now suddenly, a huge run of early Dr. Strange does seems cool. Maybe I should keep these early 70’s Conans when he meets up with Elric… What’s wrong with Werewolf by Night? And hell, if I unload these Ms. Marvel and Captain America’s (squares) I could even buy the issues I’m missing for a complete run… So you see: Overstreet is just as complicated as Wall Street.

It’s pretty amazing when you think about it: 8 years ago he takes power in a contentious election. Today we are in 2 stupidly expensive wars, neither of which is will leave us looking good. The gasoline, when it’s available, is crazy expensive - am I wrong in saying nearly double what it used to be? Wall Street, and the American lending system, are in shambles. American air travel is a sketchy hassle, at best.
There were points along the way, I have to admit, I caught myself thinking “Well, it’s not all so bad. Things are more or less progressing as normal”. But now somehow, when you tally it all up - unbelievable. And this putz is just gonna walk away, without taking some serious loss of face for his incompetence. I’ll never forget.

You make Reagan look good, you bumbling fool…

I’ll be curious to view this film, most likely DVD but I’ll shoot for theatre, set in Belgrade in 2074.

The music seems sadly dated already, but if modern Eastern Europe is mysterious enough - Eastern Europe of the future is a shoe in. There is another trailer for Technotise: Edit and I at the Twitch site.

He was so much more pro in the Inside Edition days, before he fell to the level syndicated by FOXNews.

An homage to some of the hottest women I’ve photographed at the convention ‘05-’08. Nerds gone wild!