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The chchchacos  
By viewing movies through Netflix, and using databases that use the "if you like this, you might like this" sort of technology, I end up watching some very unusual films, many of which never see the inside of a movie theater. Ink is one of those movies. Produced by a husband and wife, a basement and a quarter million dollars, it's a neat sci-fi movie that's touching and creepy. In Ink, dreams are caused by spirits in the night, and the nightmares are controlled by similar demons. Children inhabit both the normal and the surreal realm, and are fought over. An interesting plot idea, well executed. Ink is also very good at special effects. Several scenes are creepy as hell. This is not to say that Ink doesn't have flaws. It's hard to watch actors who can't act, and this movie has more than one of those. Also, there's nothing like an actress with a pudgy belly to make you feel like you're watching an indie film, and this movie has those too. In short, go watch Ink, it's interesting. You can immediately watch it on Netflix if you do that sort of thing.  EDIT: Coming to Mounds Theatre on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 at 7pm! Location: 1029 Hudson Rd Saint Paul, MN If you want some fun, and are a bit of a retard, tomorrow is Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1 You must spend the entire day in costume and character. The only rule is that you cannot actually tell anyone that you are a time traveler. Other than that, anything's game. There are three possible options: 1) UTOPIAN/CLICHE FUTURE - "If the Future did a documentary of the last fifty years, this is how badly the reenactors would dress." Think Star Trek: TNG or the Time Travelers from Hob. Ever see how the society in Futurama sees the 20th century? Run with it. Your job is to dress with moderately anachronistic clothing and speak in slang from varying decades. Here are some good starters: - Greet people by referring to things that don't yet exist or haven't existed for a long time. Example: "Have you penetrated the atmosphere lately?" "What spectrum will today's broadcast be in?" and "Your king must be a kindly soul!" - Show extreme ignorance in operating regular technology. Pay phones should be a complete mystery (try placing the receiver in odd places). Chuckle knowingly at cell phones. 2) DYSTOPIAN FUTURE - This one offers a little more flexibility. It can be any kind of future from Terminator to Freejack. The important thing to remember is dress like a crazy person with armor. Black spray painted football pads, high tech visors, torn up trenchcoats and maybe even some dirt here or there. Remember, dystopian future travelers are very startled that they've gone back in time. Some starters: - If you go the "prisoner who's escaped the future" try shaving your head and putting a barcode on the back of your neck. Then stagger around and stare at the sky, as if you've never seen it before. - Walk up to random people and say "WHAT YEAR IS THIS?" and when they tell you, get quiet and then say "Then there's still time!" and run off. - Stand in front of a statue (any statue, really), fall to your knees, and yell "NOOOOOOOOO" - Stare at newspaper headlines and look astonished. - Take some trinket with you (it can be anything really), hand it to some stranger, along with a phone number and say "In thirty years dial this number. You'll know what to do after that." Then slip away. 3) THE PAST - This one is more for beginners. Basically dress in period clothing (preferably Victorian era) and stagger around amazed at everything. Since the culture's set in place already, you have more of a template to work off of. Some pointers: - Airplanes are terrifying. Also, carry on conversations with televisions for a while. - Discover and become obsessed with one trivial aspect of technology, like automatic grocery doors. Stay there for hours playing with it. - Be generally terrified of people who are dressed immodestly compared to your era. Tattoos and shorts on women are especially scary. And that's it. Remember, the only real rule is staying in character and try to fit in. Never directly admit you're a time traveler, and make really, really bad attempts at keeping a low profile. Naturally, the dystopian future has a little more leeway. And for the record, I've already tried out all of these in real life, in costume. It is so much fun you want to pee yourself. So last night a few of us watched In Bruges, a funny English mobster movie. Good acting, fun violence, funny lines, fun fun fun and I'll watch it again. We played a dice game that my cousin Jon taught us, and played "Never have I ever". We later saw Star Trek. Red Letter Media strikes again with their review of that movie, and it really says how I feel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RedLetterMe evil santa cake http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/S and more here: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/cakew hooray, the army of temps have arrived! Over the weekend I had the chance to playtest my game again, this was with Molly, the niece of Abi/Springbok1. After a few minutes, she complained that it was REALLY COMPLICATED and we should play a different game. The REALLY COMPLICATED part may have been true. But she may also have been thinking that it was a fun exploration game, sort of a Candyland with tanks, instead of the "steal and wreck things by using child soldiers" sort of game it really is. Last night was fun, thanks for coming over guys! And by "guys" I mean four people who don't really use livejournal that much. But hey. Not that I can blame you either. I wonder if I can blog on some place with less stupid ads. so for team En Bruges, we have mage_girl, who is small and will bring a bat, marioche69 who is probably a former contract knife assassin for some paramilitary organization, but has given up the life of violence, but still has the ability to manipulate photographic evidence and publish it on the web. We also have springbok, who has the ability to confront a killer, debunk their philosophical presuppositions and leave them demoralized, unable to leave the house, and reading Sartre. on team Star Trek we have Kate, who will fight anyone, just because, and is wanted in a series of murders committed by a person that the FBI calls the "Clue Killer". Two attenders who have not staked a claim on a side are lisanthia, who will probably bayonet the survivors, and my cousin Jon, who kills his own food. And cooks it gourmet style. Likely in attendance at some point is Mr. Muggli, who is a legend in "scream like a girl" circles, and can slap with the best of them. |
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