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For Those Who Like to Watch

Andrew — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:10:00 +0000

… 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!

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip… Why?

Andrew — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:22:00 +0000

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!

My “Me too!” 9/11 5th Anniversary Post

Andrew — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:28:00 +0000

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.

Back, Jet-Lagged and On Deck

Andrew — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:08:01 +0000

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!

Thanks for Nothing, Travolta

Andrew — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:00:00 +0000

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…”