For Those Who Like to Watch
… Here’s the film I made for Darryl’s Hard Liquor & Porn Festival. This three-minute short contains adult themes and content, but no nudity.
Sorry!
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Andrew
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Andrew
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip… Why?
It’s not that I thought the pilot episode of NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was particularly bad, but I do think that its very existence is fundamentally wrong.
Has Hollywood so exhausted its supply of original ideas that a television network would dramatize a show that is still on the air? Or does Studio 60 seek to woo an older crowd, specifically the boomers who watched the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players but can no longer relate to the comedy show that hasn’t grown up with them?
Or maybe people are actually interested in the mundane goings-on behind a light entertainment show? Whatever the case can someone please help me understand, because I’m quite honestly baffled here!
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Ian
Hey chief, I watched Studio 60 the other night and I quite dug it. Admittedly I’m a pretty big Sorkin fan (I even mounted, directed, and starred in a production of an obscure Sorkin one-act at the Halifax Fringe). I get what you’re saying, but I think you’re off the mark. From what I’ve seen the show looks to be about more than just a faux-SNL. In fact, in the first 3 minutes they pretty much write off their “version” of SNL as a once great show that has become culturally irrelevant (which sounds right to me). It seems like the show will be about satire, art vs commerce, and the role of television in today’s society (look at me, defending a television show’s over-arcing message before it’s even aired). If you want proof though, I HIGHLY reccomend watching Sorkin’s “Sports Night”. I can’t think of anything less meaningful than a sports news program, and that show still rocked my world. I don’t even like sports. Anyways, if you wanna watch that I’ll gladly lend the box set to you.
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Andrew Currie
I think ultimately my beef lies with Hollywood continuing to feast upon its own ass. I know it’s hard to believe, but there are still lots of compelling stories out there about people who DON’T work in showbiz…
As for behind the scenes showbiz fare Larry Sanders was great, but that was ten years ago and I think it’s time we all moved on!
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Andrew
My “Me too!” 9/11 5th Anniversary Post
Let’s face it, you’re going to be innundated by all things 9/11 today, so I’m only going to second Ed Miller‘s recommendation of United 93, now available on DVD.
Despite some ongoing complaints about the characterization of a German passenger on board the flight, the film managed to do what World Trade Center and Flight 93 couldn’t—not suck.
For the last act of the film I actually felt like I was on board that fateful flight.
Wow.
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Andrew
Back, Jet-Lagged and On Deck
So I’ve been up since 4am and am now ready to go back to bed. I’d sleep all day if I could but I’ve got an audition to get to at lunchtime. It’s to voice a computer-generated hobgoblin for a feature film called The Spiderwick Chronicles, so I don’t have to memorize any lines, which is good. But I also haven’t a clue how to voice the character, which is bad. Every voice I try in front of the mirror sounds like a weak Peter Lorre imitation, which is about as close as I can get to Gollum from the Lord of the Rings films.
If anyone has any good ideas, leave a comment below I’ll check it before I head out. If I get the gig I’ll give you a percentage!
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MERK
Maybe a cross between Eeyore and Bobcat Goldthwait.
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Lord Wat
Nah, do it in your best Sir John Gielgud upper crust British accent, but use Yoda grammar. That’ll make you stand out.
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Andrew
Thanks for Nothing, Travolta
Pity my poor travel companion… While I had the luxury of a slow, methodical packing day yesterday she was stuck in Hamilton, sweating through a twelve-hour simulated plane crash for an episode of Mayday. Originally she was set to shoot Friday and would have Saturday off to pack with me, but as it turns out the empty runway the production wanted to use at Hamilton International Airport was only available Saturday.
Why?
Because apparently none other than Captain John Travolta had to land his plane there Friday, and didn’t want any cameras or crews around. Like anyone would care.
In the words of Vinnie Barbarino: “Geez…”
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Ed Miller
AC:
Maybe Barbarino’s not good with landings and didn’t want anyone to catch his tail-strike technique?
Ed
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Ed Miller are discussing. 
Ed Miller 3:11 PM on October 17, 2006 Permalink |
AC:
Excellent video! I like everything in it, from the framing to the pacing, to the suprise ending.
This made me laugh like the Ukrainian grandma did at Darryl’s party.
Ed
Andrew Currie 11:26 AM on October 18, 2006 Permalink |
Thanks buddy!