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swedes: not just an ikea thing

when you were a kid, did you ever try to make yr own version of yr favorite movie?

we didn’t have a video camera until i was in junior high, but as soon as we got one (which was huge, btw), i was all upon the spielberg. my friends and i never copied just one movie, though… it was usually a mishmash of our favorites. take, for example, “murder mystery space commandos,” a brilliant fusion of “clue” and “mighty morphin power rangers” featuring a detective, a southern belle and a maid who magically turned into their sparkly space alien selves by shouting a certain line (i can’t for the life of me remember what it was) and doing mysterious hand motions which strangely resembled the moves of the marching band drum major.

why no one in hollywood has ever thought to create this kind of masterpiece, i don’t know.

ha ha i just remembered we made that movie in HIGH SCHOOL, not junior high. riiight.

and then there was “superpig,” which followed the exciting adventures of a plastic pig (with a cape and mask) as he attempted to rescue a hawaiian finger puppet doll from the clutches of a green plastic snake. the film had amazing cinematography, courtesy of my white board.

and how could anyone forget the alt-comedy, “hello bob!” about a group of high schoolers getting bored on a saturday afternoon and ordering pizza. the whole “the characters talk a lot and nothing really happens” thing apparently inspired a number of filmmakers in the subsequent years, including tarantino and linklater.

and yes, i wish i had clips of these cinematic gems to show you, but they are all living on VHS tapes right now. which, you know, is so retro, it’s bound to be cool in the next two years.

the reason i’ve been thinking about my IMDB profile is due to the current film making contest going on at the alamo– “rewind kindly.” the competition is all about remaking yr own version of a movie, just like jack back and mos def in the upcoming “be kind, rewind.” apparently, the new term for these remakes is “swede.” ya’ll, i don’t know why. i’m sure i could google it and find out, but uh, i guess i don’t care that much.

last night, i went to the theater to check out some of the movies on the big screen. to be honest, i was figured i was in for a cringetastic evening. but OMG!! some of the movies were actually good! and beyond good, as in, awesome!!!

i want to share with you my favorites from the screening, cos they are seriously too fantastic for you to miss. WATCH THEM!!!

first, my top favorite: labyrinth. this remake stands out for several reasons:

1) the david bowie character is PERFECT

2) there are puppets

3) the recreation of the hand/tunnel scene is totally imaginative and great.

labyrinth

ok, so there are a loooot of jurassic park films on the competition website. but this one that i saw last night? incredible. the team managed to include every single pivotal scene/memorable shot and NAIL it. you know a re-make is good when you find yrself thinking, “whoah!! i totally forgot about this scene in the movie! but it was awesome!!” finally, i have to include “big” on this list. i admit, i loved watching this swede cos “big” has a v. special place in my heart. but this team was all about the little touches of creativity, like the piano playing scene (aaawesome) and josh baskin shrinking in his suit at the end. gaahh now i want to watch “big” again! shimmy shimmy cocoa pop… who wants to remake “amelie” with me?! anyone? we’ll need to fly to paris… and eat lots of creme brulee… so yeah, it’s gonna be tough.
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you can see the full group picture from our semi-pro screening here, and more pictures here. i*highly* recommend checking out the massive group pictures, cos it’s totally like a senior class picture with 70s basketball uniforms instead of college sweatshirts.

yesterday, henri sent me a link to this blog, stuff white people like. and it’s awesome. because it’s true. seriously, read it and Know that you are white (unless you aren’t white, and then you can just read it and laugh at white people).

daniel radcliffe and emma watson spent valentine’s day together!! OMGGG!!!! i hope ron’s gonna be ok…

you guys. have you SEEN the chanel phone?! SWEET CRACKER SANDWICH. forget about the iphone. i’m all about the coco.

FYI: if you get thrown out of a space shuttle without any oxygen, you won’t die right away. it will take at least two minutes. gah, all those sci fi movies were WRONG! i feel so mislead.

check out this list of the world’s deadliest delicacies. out of all of them, i would choose… um, none. GROSS!!

kiersten sent me this link about a project on girls having pink stuff and boys having blue stuff. i’m sure it’s supposed to be all about how this is wrong, but OMG the pink pictures are so cute!!!

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