Celebrity

A lot of people get into show business obviously because they long to be famous. That's fine, don't begrudge them for it. Why else would you perform for people hoping that they will be so in awe that they hold you in high regard. It's what a lot of people want. Celebrity is also fairly scary. As I've written in the past, I go to these conventions where older celebs come out and meet fans. The thing is...we know them, and think we know them as people, but they don't know us. Never seen anything we do. So I'm sure they're a little taken back when someone can rattle off personal details. Perhaps, sometimes THEY didn't even know. Celebrity is a strange thing. This weekend I was doing a sound mix for my short film. And the mixer had been watching my film for a very long time. He had been watching the actress for quite a long time to get the gist of our project. Within doing so, you tend to make judgements on the talent. Nothing good or bad...just...judgements. He found her to be adorable and pretty and a girl whom one could fall in love with (as I was making a Spielberg type film. Most younger women in Spielberg films happen to have more of that vibe of wholesome crushes). Then we had to do dialogue replacement (term is ADR). She came in to do her dub. And he was just taken back. Here he was watching her on screen...acting...being someone else. The reality just hit him hard: she was sitting in the room with him. The power of celebrity, even as simple as this...was remarkable to hear later on. I feel this way when I've seen actors on screen and then...there they are in person! I saw Richard Dreyfus at the convention. Didn't seem happy to be there. Small person. Seemed like he didn't want to be bothered. I suppose they spend their time there being reminded moments of greatness. In common sense, we believe they would feel honored to be asked about certain roles. In reality, they either forgot, substance abused melted their ability to talk, or that they are tired of telling the story. I find the celebs who embrace their notoriety for certain roles to be the coolest. I spotted Tom Sizemore there as well, and he was very unhappy. He seemed to be suffering through the event (I read his biography). There he was...like I had seen him on screen. I think it's because we shouldn't think people in movies are real. They shouldn't come through the screen and talk to you like a normal person. They should have scripted lines. And you would play along. Their onscreen personnae should carry into the real world. But it doesn't work like that. They are people with flaws and lives. Disappointments, rejections, self=loathing. Like everyone who makes art embodies. It's not bad, because a lot of times...struggles make for better stories.

Ray Liotta

Sure, I know most of you think of Ray as Henry Hill from "Goodfellas" But a deeply underrated role where he plays someone so psychotic it literally shook me up for a while is "Something Wild" A movie directed by Jonathan Demme. In it, he plays a very scary man. A hood, per say. Which seemed to have haunted him from that point on. He, unfortunately got lumped into high strung weirdo roles. Watch him in "Copland" or "Identity" you got the feeling the guy loved cocaine. How the fuck did Tom Sizemore outlive him? Anyway, Ray Liotta defined a little of my life. "Field Of Dreams" had him playing a pretty cool character. And obviously "GoodFellas" was the epitome to me of the beginning of Martin Scorsese's next life. Post that movie. Man, it's hard to think when all the people I saw on the big screen when I was a teen disappear. Take care out in the corn fields Ray. You were a Good Fella.

The Shooting In Texas

I'm sure by now you have gotten the details of the murder of 19 children. Children. That word just echoes in my head. That there are elementary aged people that won't have birthdays any more. The teen who caused immeasurable pain to the community and to their parents sickens me. I mean, last night I stayed up late at night wondering what we did wrong. And I can probably say...once again, my generation failed this world. Too many of my parental peers want to be friends with their kids and not parents. As I was growing up, parents wanted to be adults. And they didn't use terms such as "adulting" to do what you were suppose to do (as Chris Rock had in his bit about being a parent). We are a vain, narcissistic community now that values what body part we show on social media to get attention rather than just existing to raise children. We present our lives on so many visual mediums we ignore the people who need the most attention. I am not giving the shooter and out, but rather saying that he was raised by a grandmother. And not a father. Discipline is a real thing. And yet, none of us want to be presented to the public as having this level of...structure. Because structure "'aint cool" Yes, I blame my gneration because we had that attitude. I have that attitude with younger adults that makes me part of the problem. If we are to point fingers, we do need to look at ourselves for placating poor behavior and not calling it out when we see it. This new society values not punishing bad behavior. George Floyd needs to be called out as a meth'd out loser. Black Lives Matter need to be called out as frauds. Illegal immigration is a crime. The longer we pretend or use this as a way to embolden shitty behavior, the more this will be an issue. The motivation of anger towards small children will never compute with me. Especially lower-income Hispanic kids who were on their way to become second generation Americans. Out of the 19, I am certain one would've become special to society. Versus this asshole who ended their existence. So yes, this has made me so tired. And if we don't address mental illness and gun ownership, there will be another incident. It really gets to me when people say "this will happen again" the LAST time this happened. Like the man who shot up a Buffalo grocery store. It is a sickening feeling. And as a whole society we should not tolerate it again.

She-Hulk

I hate comic book shit to begin with, but I saw the new trailer for this t.v. series when I was alerted to it the Matt Walsh podcast. And it's worse than described. First off, for a company that prides itself on "woke" it makes EVERY single stereotypical woman joke. "Does this make my ass look fat" "Grumpy with a bad disposition? That's every woman's starting point" and so forth. Jesus Marvel, the original Hulk considered himself a man of science. This one is a lawyer. Which you can almost map the hijinks that will ensue in court. Not only is this Hulk NOT undercover, they actually celebrate her...like...in public. Seems this may be an open door for them to tell people like me, that I am an intolerant shit. Even though she will, presumably, destroy portions of the city in anger. Here's to PMS jokes.

Tom Cruise is Top Gun

This movie was in the works FOREVER. They shot over 60 hours of footage, so there's got to be a movie there. Also, it's a sequel no one really asked for. I mean, made more sense if they'd made it...um...30 years earlier. It's not like anyone asked "Hey, what happens to Pete Mitchell after top gun school?" No one even knows who the fuck Pete Mitchell is. No, dude, that's Maverick! But here we are again. Re-living the 80's. Not sure what Tom Cruise's motivation is to re-visit this. Kelly McGillis has gone mountain woman weird. Anthony Edwards as Goose is dead. Val Kilmer...is Val Kilmer. And the baby oil volleyball game is...sadly...dead as well (here, it tooks like beach football ala "Point Break"). The original "Top Gun" was horrible to begin with. Even Tony Scott (God rest his soul) understood the stupidity of the project. But it certainly made Naval aviation look great. Recruitment, jingoistic movies are slowly creeping in again. As soon as gay ass Democrats get dumped, hopefully there will be more of America Rules! movies.

The Right Way To Do LGBTQ In The Marvel Universe

Just saw Sam Raimi's new "Doctor Strange and Multiverse Of Madness" Not a very good flick. It's a lot thrown at us and all amounts to very little. In the movie, there is a scene where America (ah!) Gomez has a vision of her parents. Who happen to be two dykes. The bad thing here is...who fucking cares about this scene? It doesn't have any bearing on THIS storyline. Which is already throwing too many things at you. The second thing is...they did it right. Yes, they are two muff divers. No, they don't make a big deal out of it. It's just two people doing stuff. Though it does stick out like a sore thumb because it has no bearing on the story they are telling. They shoehorned it in. But glad they didn't hammer you over the head like they are homos. And that's the other thing..,it wasn't like they were making out in the scene to staple the point that Marvel wants more gay imagery. It's just matter of fact. Which is the way to do it. Too many shows center their stories to constantly bring this up. America, nor Doc Strange make a big deal of it. That is this world and they're okay with it. Done deal.

Roe Vs. Wade

1973, abortion rights were protected federally. Turns out it stepped on states rights. This is the Constitution. It was always wrong. So why are Lefties so pissed off? Who fucking knows? They bitch about everything. That's my Leftiness showing. Anyway, it just says states can deal with abortion. You want an abortion, go to whichever state allows it. Duh. Also, why are Righties so against abortions? Most Lefties don't want kids or want to kill their own. It's win-win! Less Lefties. Duh.