Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Aliens, vegans, Paul Harvey, and some words from a King
Mickey, I clicked on the site that you give for “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian”. Thanks. Now I know what everybody is getting for Christmas this year.
Posted by rosemarie on from 07/02 at 07:17 AMHaven’t seen WoTW yet. Sunday nights usually when the wife and I hit the theaters. However I think we might be leaning more toward seeing “Batman Begins” this week.
Peter Jackson’s King Kong looks to be an amazing labor of love. Seeing that trailer on the big screen is one of my main reasons for seeing WoTW. ;) Here’s a quote from a recent PJ interview.“ King Kong is important to me, I think for the most fundamental reason, which is if I hadn’t seen it I don’t think I’d have become a film maker. I think it’s that important. The moment when I decided that film making was what I wanted to do with my life was when I was nine years old and I saw King Kong on TV. It had such a profound impression on my, you know, my nine year old self. The escapism, the adventure, it was everything I thought good movies should be and it was really the type of movies I wanted to make in a way, escapist entertainment of taking you away from your normal drab world and whisking you off in some adventurous story and obviously King Kong with the hidden island, you know, the lost civilization, dinosaurs, a gorilla and ultimately a story that touched your heart. “
The production of the movie has been detailed extensively on the web site “Kong is King” http://www.kongisking.net/index.shtml Every week a new production diary is uploaded and there is a vast archive available covering all areas of film production. I’ve been following the whole thing from the very beginning and can say that the amount of work, attention to detail and love going into this flick rivals the work that was done on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think we’ll be in for a sweet treat this Xmas.
Peace,
P.S. Decided to go for a white background now? Or is my browser blinkered?
Posted by Luna_C on from getting the library done, in BC 07/02 at 01:09 PMYeah, it was time for a change. White background, new photo, new books, and more.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 07/02 at 01:11 PMNice new digs, Mickey, very tasty!
Read your link to the Paul Harvey quote. It’s easy to see why this font of American wit and wisdom has for so long been one of our most precious icons. Is this a great country, or what?
Hoped to see WOTW this weekend but my wife wants to see Batman. She’s been a Christian Bale fan since we watched a kids film “Newsies,” years ago, when our kids were still rug rats… Recently we saw him in an odd little film: All The Little Animals, with John Hurt. But the battle’s not over: This is America, after all - why not see both?! Other countries may have to choose one or the other but we’re America, we have more greed, more free time, more disposable income!
Stay tuned.I’m going to look at that Pamela Rice book. I’ve been reading alot about mad cow during the last few days. Also saw “The Corporation,” a few days ago, which contained a piece about various drugs given to dairy cattle… Whew! Can’t I just survive on coffee and cigarettes? -joe
Posted by joe on from Oregon 07/02 at 03:01 PMPS - about the Live 8 shows, etc. -
In “The Corporation,” Michael Moore was talking about how corporations do not believe in anything beyond profits, so they’re willing to fund or go along with almost anything. Of course, some of this stuff is intentionally subversive of “Leftist” goals, but much of it is pure greed. So, they’re funding a variety of “protest” events around the G8 meetings.Surely, if there was an actual revolution, the corporations would find a way to fund it, too -
A TV ad might go: “Home after a hard day of smashing Empire and crushing Imperialism? Battling the State is tough! You don’t want to come home to some nambi-pambi brew. Your heart is in this revolution, and you want a beer with heart… that’s why we...”And so it would go, eh?
Posted by joe on from Oregon 07/02 at 03:46 PMYou’ve inspired me, Joe. As I am a bachelor this weekend and very much seeking some extended denial time, I too will see more than one movie. I am thinking about the Marx Brothers double feature at the Film Forum tomorrow...but riding the subway into Manhattan on the July 4th weekend isn’t my favorite pastime. Perhaps I’ll stick with my local multiplex. There’s that Batman flick plus the new zombie movie from Romero.
Why not? After all, we should be celebrating tomorrow because thanks to Live 8, poverty will be history by then, right?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 07/02 at 03:58 PMThat Chicago Trib transcript reminded me of those hoaxed up, morality play, chain emails that get circulated. They say, hey, it’s cool to be angry and stupid, and don’t let anyone take away your pride in that.
Posted by Harry on from 07/02 at 05:45 PMre Live8, I KNOW its all smoke and mirrors crap, but its still very cool for someone my age to see Pink Floyd play live.
Don’t mean to make anyone feel old, but Another Brick In The Wall was #1 in the UK charts when I was born. I’m proud of that for no rational reason.
Mew
Posted by Mew on from England 07/02 at 08:27 PMWhat’s up, Mew? How’d you find the site?
Did you know Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” was the top selling album of the 70s?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 07/02 at 09:20 PMHey Mickey-- I’ve seen Batman Begins twice, and it really held up to a repeat viewing. I saw Land of the Dead tonight, and it was good, but not quite whatever I’d hoped, though I guess there’s been twenty years of build-up since the last Romero movie.
Been meaning to wish well about your mom; I’ve had all too much experience with that sort of thing, some of it over drawn out like with your mom, some of it very sudden. And yeah, maybe some degree of veganism would have prevented most of it; maybe, it’s hard to say.
Posted by James on from NYC 07/03 at 01:42 AMIf they end poverty tomorrow, Mickey, I’m gettin’ that Boxter I see on the CoolCar Mag covers… I’m also buying some of that expensive cream to restore the glow of youthful radiance to my skin!
PS - I was a waiter off and on for years. Sometimes we’d go over to the cook’s house after work and get blasted and listen to the Floyd for hours. Some of the finest stoner music ever created. They found long, sweet guitar notes you didn’t even know existed! And, of course, they poetically summarized Economics and Education, and set their findings to music. Even Chomsky can’t do that!
(Sometimes we’d listen to some “Hot Rats,” too!)
(Jeez - I sound like someone’s grandfather. This aging stuff can be spooky...)Posted by joe on from Oregon 07/03 at 01:48 AMMickey, your favourite line “occupations never work.” echoes Ehud Barak to Dick Cheney in ‘03
...there’s no way to win an occupation.” The only issue, Barak told Cheney, “was choosing the size of your humiliation.”
See Sy Hersch in The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/040628fa_factPosted by John on from london 07/03 at 02:57 AMG’morning, all. Thanks for the Barak line, John. Dead on...as they say. That line can apply to much of life. Hope to hear more from you.
Good to see James here again. I think I’m gonna try the Romero flick today but that is certainly subject to change. As for the veganism comment, I have no delusions that anything can make one immune...but Russian Roulette is tad less dangerous if you remove a bullet or two. Again it’s choosing the size of your humiliation.
Joe: I often feel like a grandpa with my endless “I remember when” yarns. I’ve been pitching around a memoir-style book and part of the pitch includes this: Why write a memoir? Well, I’m old enough now to remember the guy who’d come around every Wednesday morning in his knife-sharpening truck. I remember penny candy that cost a penny, Checker cabs, the subway being free on New Year’s Eve, nuns in long habits, and seeing Dr. J play for the New York Nets. I saw Mickey Mantle’s last home run, rooted for the 69 Mets, paid $1.50 to see Aerosmith in Central Park, wore a POW bracelet, and existed without the SUV, DVD, or VHS...before microwave ovens, cell phones, beepers, and the Internet.
Warning: That last bit will certainly re-appear in some form on this site as a post one day.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 07/03 at 07:31 AM
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