LOS ANGELES- Movie fans were stunned on Thursday to hear that, in addition to the upcoming "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls," megastar Harrison Ford is also preparing for an immediate sequel, to shoot after the fourth entry in the series.
Details on the sure-to-be blockbuster are scant, but insiders have revealed the title will be "Indiana Hones and the Retirement Home of the Gods."
"Apparently the plot centers around [Jones] searching for Mt. Flaccidus, the mythical place where heroes go when they tire of fighting or their family gets sick of them," an anonymous insider says. "But first he must grapple with Nazi retirees in order to find the Golden Wheelchair, the only method of reaching the mountain's summit."
This announcement comes after criticism that Ford is getting too old for action films.
Fox executive William Myers counters by claiming "Harrison is doing an excellent job of keeping fit and he's as vibrant as he ever was."
When reached for comment, Ford simply crapped his pants and mumbled incoherently about a dog he had in his youth.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Sedaris Blog
I read "The Girl Next Door." I don't know what he's "trying to do" with this story but I definately enjoyed it. It's funny because it's relevant - we all have examples of dealing with white trash. It really reminded me of a house I had when I had a paper route in middle school: a poor family lived there and everytime I collected payment I had to deal with the same shit he had to with his neighbors. I think Sedaris is good at illustrating that feeling you can have when you have pity and anger at the same time.
Anyway, this story has all the hallmarks of the author: simple language, dry wit, strange characters, etc. One element that stood out to me was how he uses the mother as a kind of plot device. Her dialogue appears even when she's not present and the judgmental things she says in response to what happens is really interesting. She's like the angel (or devil) on his shoulder.
In response to the question about how Sedaris compares to the other two writers. I don't really see the similarity to Nathaniel West that other people bring up, but he does have somethings in common with Twain. The both have a kind of conversational tone but Sedaris never reaches Twain's bitter cynicism.
Anyway, this story has all the hallmarks of the author: simple language, dry wit, strange characters, etc. One element that stood out to me was how he uses the mother as a kind of plot device. Her dialogue appears even when she's not present and the judgmental things she says in response to what happens is really interesting. She's like the angel (or devil) on his shoulder.
In response to the question about how Sedaris compares to the other two writers. I don't really see the similarity to Nathaniel West that other people bring up, but he does have somethings in common with Twain. The both have a kind of conversational tone but Sedaris never reaches Twain's bitter cynicism.
Day of the Locust
I think have to start writing more of these, so... yeah.
As always I look for things in our class that relates to our world. In my edition of the book the introduction written by Alfred Kazin it says "Hollywood in the 1980s is not the glamour capital and dream factory that once excited millions of Americans as the most magical and improbable plae on earth." Well I don't know about that it seems to me that if this book is at all accurate Hollywood hasn't changed much. The movies are different, sure, but scandals and all that crap hasn't changer.
In the book they do things like visit whorehouses and today we have celebrities hitting people with their cars and danglng babies over ledges. It even seems to have gotten worse, but that might be because the media has more access to those kind of secrets. Either way the distate West had for the whole California lifestyle is still around - just listen to "Aenema" by Tool or watch anyTV show set out there on the east cost.
As always I look for things in our class that relates to our world. In my edition of the book the introduction written by Alfred Kazin it says "Hollywood in the 1980s is not the glamour capital and dream factory that once excited millions of Americans as the most magical and improbable plae on earth." Well I don't know about that it seems to me that if this book is at all accurate Hollywood hasn't changed much. The movies are different, sure, but scandals and all that crap hasn't changer.
In the book they do things like visit whorehouses and today we have celebrities hitting people with their cars and danglng babies over ledges. It even seems to have gotten worse, but that might be because the media has more access to those kind of secrets. Either way the distate West had for the whole California lifestyle is still around - just listen to "Aenema" by Tool or watch anyTV show set out there on the east cost.
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