No bite. No balls. Fuck "Twilight".
Actually, I haven't seen (or plan to) "New Moon". I did, however, see the first one. And I tell you, no matter if I go out and find Doc Brown to borrow his goddamned blender-powered Delorean, that is time that I will never be able to get back. I like vampires (Well. Vampire stories, anyhow. Never met any vampires. So I don't if I like 'em.). Always have. So despite how bad this whole endeavor looked to me, I gave it a chance because how can you Shiny Hot Topic vamps who play baseball (!) when it rains?! I'm sorry, but I don't get it. So, it's basically Romeo & Juliet with fangs. Whatever. The shit is boring. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that you have to be 100% original. That's just impossible. Especially when playing in a genre whose teets have already been creatively mined and explored (and sucked on) since Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897 (1897 for fucks sake! And it is a great read. If you haven't read it, it's actually presented as mostly a series of journal entries and letters written by the various characters in the book.). Do what you gotta do. But just don't bore me. (It doesn't help that all these played out, uninteresting "hook ups" from all the "actors" [that you can't go a day, a minute even, without hearing about] turn the whole experience into a circus freak show.)
Maybe the novels are different. Maybe something is getting lost in the adaptation. Maybe they're something there buried deep within the pages of Stepanie Meyers' "literary epic". But... I doubt it. This might sound sexist of me (I'm not sexist. I love sex.) "Twilight" has become a cultural phenomenon due it's popularity among women, and not just teenage girls. It appeals to a lot of older ones as well. It makes sense. These stories seem like nothing more than your average, corny-ass five and dime news stand romance novels, but with vamps (and now werewolves) thrown into the mix (This also smells a lil' of "Underworld" to me.). It's this same demographic that has turned the films into such worldwide moneymakers.
Maybe I'll be proven wrong. Perhaps I will catch "New Moon" on dvd (What am I saying? I know my wife'll make me! Love ya, hon.), and my mind will be blown away. And I'll take back every bad thing I've ever said about "Twilight" and start my own fan site. But again... I doubt it.
So...
"Twilight" sucks.
But "Near Dark" definitely doesn't.
It stars Adrian Pasdar (More recently of "Heroes" fame & Misses "One-of-the-Dixie-Chicks) as the human Caleb who gets involved with vamp, Jenny Wright ("Young Guns II", the great horror gem "I, Madman") and the rest of her "family" (Including "Aliens" vets Lance Henriksen, Jeanette Goldstein & Bill Paxton, all turning in standout performances).
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Anyways. "Near Dark" Check it!
Now onto...
Tales From The Shuffle:
This is entry is from yesterday. Didn't make it into to work today (Aww. Shucks. I know.) so there won't be a "Tales" from today...
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5. "Things Can Only Get Better" - Howard Jones - Two back to back jams from the 80's. I remember having a 45" (That's vinyl, baby!) of this track. This and "No One Is To Blame" were his best known hits. Good shit, Howard!
Art Gallery: Two "burgundy" pieces from the sketchbook, "Ironic Cross" (To go with the vampire theme) and "Intravenous". No meanin'. Just havin' fun experimenting with that colored brush pen.
Enjoy.
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"Click" to make these dudes, but bigger...
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