I Guess I Just Assumed You Already Knew...
Current mood: disappointed
we are DoomsDayDevice because we mean what we say, we are DoomsDayDevice because we worship the same destruction that we fear, we are DoomsDayDevice because we speak the language of The Poxyclypse and understand it. we are DoomsDayDevice because we know what The End sounds like.
we are that mysterious, indescribable substance that has taken on the shape of the treads of your shoe, that you thought you'd scraped out and left behind, but somehow was there with you all along, stealing away ignorant bliss and replacing it with constant awareness of the inevitable.
we are the ghosts of the dinosaurs burning in the engines of Hybrids on their way to Alternative Fuel Seminars, causing only a small fraction of the pollution, choking the world just a little bit softer, with kinder, gentler hands wrapped in the same dollar bills as their adversary's.
we are the self-imposed glitch in the DNA-Chain of the human race. an undetectable pandemic that is communicable through the imagination, and destroys the receptors of the disorienting buzzing you didn't even know was there. even as it manipulated your perception of reality.
we are the nonsense you were told to grow out of. we are that horrible taste that you purposely placed back in your mouth just to experience again. we are that thing that makes no sense yet still exists right behind you, waiting for you to look. right now. look. now.
we are the collective, unconscious appeal to the creator, to the giant, objective eyeball on the other side of the microscope,
TO JUST PULL THE FUCKING PLUG IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THIS BULLSHIT EXPERIMENT!
GIVE THE MONKEYS ONE SECOND'S WORTH OF DIGNITY!
or, at least, give us a chance to start over.
we didn't know this try counted.
now we know.
peace...or the extreme lack there-of,
wz3d
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In Glorious Times
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Release date: 29 May, 2007
Eli Roth Responds To The "Torture Porn" Accusations
Current mood: giggly
*i found this in a horror group and thought it was relevant to my second to last blog, "Christopher Goodwin Is A Know-Nothing Prick". Cheers!*
Editor's Note: On July 19, 2007, MSN Movies received an e-mail from Eli Roth, writer/director of "Hostel," "Hostel 2" and "Cabin Fever." It was addressed to Don Kaye and his assessment of the current "torture porn" trend. Roth agreed to let us publish his letter, both to defend himself and offer a counterpoint to Kaye's opinion.
After reading it, head to our message board to comment ...
From: Eli Roth To: heymsn@microsoft.com
Subject: Failure? Please explain.
Don,
I saw your article on "Torture Porn," and while I disagree with you about your criticism of my film, I would like you to back up how "Hostel II" is a failure, a claim you repeatedly make. While the film did not do what the first film did at the box office, (which was a total shock to everyone - myself included) "Hostel II" cost only $10 million dollars to make, and is currently at $30 million dollars worldwide box office, with many territories left to open. How many other films this summer have earned triple their production budget in their theatrical run? Are those films failures as well?
Critically, your comments were that I had MTV style editing and a lack of character development. What, exactly, are you talking about? "Hostel II" has barely any flashy cuts or MTV-style editing, and the first 45 minutes of the movie is all character development with almost zero on screen violence. Heather Matarazzo's torture scene doesn't happen until nearly 50 minutes into the movie. It sounds to me like you are jumping onto some kind of 'anti-violence' crusade without actually watching the film, when if you looked closely, you'd see that my film actually has a very strong anti-violence moral core. Writers I respect such as Stephen King, Elvis Mitchell, and writer/Attorney Julie Hilden, a former clerk for supreme court Justice Breyer, praised the film specifically for its anti-violence message and skilled filmmaking and in Europe the major critics hailed the film for its political messages against corporations that profit from the death of Americans. My films are not for everyone, and many critics dismissed the film because of the violent scenes, which is the very thing horror fans are paying for when they see a film like "Hostel II." But to lump my film in with other films that may be ripping off a trend for "MTV editing" and "lack of character development" shows more of a reflection of your lack of understanding as a critic and a desire to be seen as a 'moral person' than an actual critique of my film.
With regards to piracy, it is a problem -- a real serious problem that affects everyone. There are services that track which films are downloaded the most, and Sony Pictures estimates we have lost close to 25% of our business internationally due to piracy. We are in the top 5 stolen films out of the hundreds of films people are downloading. These are not made up numbers. This is not 'blaming'. No matter what I say about this subject, people who want to smear me will say that I'm 'blaming,' but it's a serious issue that's really hurting the business and I'm not going to just sit back and let it happen. There is statistical data that millions of people are downloading my film and not paying for it. Even if the film had made $100 million dollars, it's still a problem and fans have to know that it's not okay to do this. The worst offender of the bunch is Ryan Rotten, your only source you quote, who watched a pirated unfinished version of the film - stolen from Lionsgate - and trashed it on his site before there were any public screenings where he could have possibly seen it. It also happens that he's yet another one of these internet 'critics' I've seen kicking around the horror scene for years who have told me numerous times how they really want to write and direct, and probably are not writing the most objective reviews. Did you bother to talk to anyone actually involved in the movie before you pronounced it a 'failure'? and saying it 'tanked.' Because failure in my book is someone who lives in the safety of their laptop taking shots at those who actually achieved what they have been unable to do.
Many people had their knives out for me long before my film opened, simply because of who I am and the nature of my films. They will tell you "Hostel II" is a failure no matter what, despite the fact we are into profits before we come out on DVD, which is a rare feat for almost any film released theatrically. I made the film I wanted the way I wanted, with risky subject matter and a superb cast who are not (yet) major box office stars, got it released in theaters all over the world, and turned a profit before our theatrical run was finished. If that's not success, then we should all be so lucky to have 'failures' like "Hostel Part II" in our careers.
Midnight Bloodballz / President Tossinator / Vice-President Bono / Infomercial Guy / Surf Nazi Leader / Henry Winkler - wz3d Newz Anchorman / Hillbilly EyeWitness / T.V. Announcer / Kirk Cameron / Fred Savage - Sputnik J. Frey
written by wz3d produced & arranged by Sputnik J. Frey & wz3d
Opening Theme - ending of Invader Zim theme (Kevin Manthei) / Mark Hamill in "SlipStream"
ACT 1: Wake Up With Midnight / theme - "Oh The Humanity" by Sputnik
"Tasmanian Pain Coaster" by El-P from the album, I'll Sleep When You're Dead (including samples from "Night Of The Living Dead" dir. by George Romero [1968])
ACT 2: Good Luck Sarah / Terror In Lumpy Creek / President Tossinator's Speech / theme: "Requiem-prologue" by Giuseppe Verdi from the Battle Royale OST
"L'Alba dei Morti Viventi" by Goblin from the Dawn Of The Dead/Zombi OST (including even more samples from "Night Of The Living Dead")
ACT 3: Midnight Assault (includes noises sampled from "Serenity" dir. by Joss Whedan / The Power Of Mayo / theme: "Caipirinha" by Peeping Tom from their eponymous album / Surf Nazis Kick Back 4: The Quickening / theme: "Pipeline" by Anthrax from the album, Attack Of The Killer B's / Vice-President Bono / theme: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (live)" by U2 from the album, Rattle & Hum / Surf Nazi exciting conclusion / Tossinator's Lament / Fred Savage & The Hillbilly Escape
"Rat Dust" by Twangorama from their eponymous album (New Orleans' best kept secret. order the amazing new album fromTwangomrama.com)
OUTRO: DJ BlueHeart sample taken from "Zombi3" dir. by Lucio Fulci
segment of "Poxyclypse" by DoomsDayDevice from the album, The End Of The Beginning Of The End
who claims that, "'Torture porn' originated a few years ago with low-budget independent gore films like Saw, Wolf Creek and Hostel." WHAT? not only does this article offend me for its intolerance of the revival of half-way decent horror (which does NOT include SAW or WOLF CREEK), its claims that, "The message is that this is what you do with women," says actress Lora Cain, after seeing the billboards. "You kidnap them, you confine them, you torture them and you kill them." or the simple fucking fact that SAW stole its premise and its tactics from everything from MAD MAX to THEATER OF BLOOD & THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, and WOLF CREEK, though based on "actual events" is just one in a billion rip-offs of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. has this Goodwin ever heard of the Giallos of the 60's & 70's? are we to believe that the resurgence of horror in the mainstream is not fueled by fans of a long-gone and better era in movie making and simply paying homage to, or just straight, stealing ideas from it? the mainstream & conservative press use this misinformation to further push any and all undesirable elements out of their brain-control forums by feigning abhorrent shock for something that they are PERFECTLY AWARE has existed since the beginning of film making, but are banking on the fact that the majority of their readers weren't paying attention all this time. why weren't they? because these bullshit, reactionary tactics WORK!!!! E-mail Christopher Goodwin and tell him what a perfectly fine fucking FASCIST he is and what a brilliant service he's doing for the Holy Church of George Bush & Adolf Hitler. click around on THE FIRST POST (where Goodwin's article appears). it's one of the thousands of mock-press online zines that are set up to look like legitimate magazine sites, but exist for the sole cause of creating and distributing the one-sided agenda of it's advertisers. if DreamWorks decides that they want SHREK THE 3RD on every single screen of the movie theater chains that THEY OWN, but don't want to just bluntly tell the masses that they have more access to your free will than YOU DO, then they just use these (as well as ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, PEOPLE, US, etc.) to ensure that the national mind-set steers clear of anything else that may have stunted its performance as a built-in blockbuster.
AMERIKKKA... EARTH... YOU HAVE BEEN... AND WILL WILLINGLY CONTINUE TO BE... FISHFOOD.
Pictures From march 24 2007 HiHo
Current mood: chipper
Category: Music
"my nite stated after i left NYP around 9 and headed toward the 9thWard. a pawn reaching the hiho lounge and realizing that i was the first ambassador to arrive from any of the acts. so i decided to drink some abita strawberry and start betting on when the kids climbing all over the cage (yes yes yall, HIHO has a cage!) dropping cell phones and stuffed animals all the while. around 10 all parties were assembled and we were almost ready to burn the motherfucker down... then people started to show up and in the confusion of hiding all the explosives the night became a blur......... here are some links too images!" sputnikJFREY
sorry to the lafittes for the lack of pictures... i took one are too but the government confiscated them a pawn departing from the venue. would you like to learn more about the evil's persons in the newNO.
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