This ad is silly.
I saw this ad yesterday on what was probably Reddit and found it baffling. What is up with the weird half-squat? I feel like I should warn her that there’s no chair there before she falls over. And the way one hand is in the air and the other between her knees? With the shoulder joint that looks pretty obviously photoshopped to me? Really?
(Seriously, look at that shoulder joint. There is something unnatural about it.)
I guess Amazon was going for some off-beat “natural” American Apparel vibe, but this ad tells me that the new Amazon Juniors clothing line is perfect for when aliens try to take over society by stealing your skin except they haven’t got the hang of movement yet. I suppose intergalactic body snatchers IS an underappreciated market segment….
Wow, I must be getting old — I don’t remember this all happening in the movie at all….
Cloud Girlfriend promises to use social media to create the ideal imaginary woman who will publicly adore you on the internet. Where is the Cloud Boyfriend service?! There should be equal opportunity for creepy loners of all sexual preferences.
“My girlfriend lives in the clou– I mean Canada. She’s in Canada.”
PS: This all reminds me of Japanese love pillows (NYT article, no nudity but you might have to pay to read it!).
Nerve.com ranks Philip K. Dick adaptations from worst to best. The article was inspired, I suspect, by the recent release of the movie The Adjustment Bureau. I honestly had no idea it was based on a PKD story.
Quaaaaid! Open your miiiiind!
Honestly, every time I see that a movie is based on a story by Phillip K. Dick, I cringe and think, “well, there’s another book ruined.” I am a huge fan of his work, but the thing about PKD is that he wasn’t a very good writer. All his characters are the same, and kind of one dimensional. All the dialog is stilted and weird even when it isn’t supposed to be, and his descriptions frequently lack detail.
He did two things consistently right, though, in my opinion: he was good at creating an immersive world, and he was absolutely amazing at letting the reader feel what it’s like to become insane. Despite the weird conversations between characters and the fact that it’s always the same girl with dark hair and a snub nose, in every single piece there is at least one moment that perfectly encapsulates a sense of Other.
I guess what I’m saying is that Philip K. Dick was a story-teller, not a writer. Hollywood should stop dismantling his stories in the name of “adaptation”.
Next up: Michael Gondry directs Ubik! …. bleah.
Hollywood is making a live action version of the anime classic Akira? Well, um.. okay. I can’t really imagine how that will work, but I guess I’m willing to wait and see.
Wait, Hollywood is making a live action version of the anime classic Akira with the leads being played by pretty white guys? And Robert Pattinson is short-listed for Tetsuo? Oh.. well I’m willing.. to.. wait.. and.. AHHHHHHHHHHH. WHYYYYYYYYYYY.
I believe this YouTube video shows some rushes from the new production. *cough*
This has almost inspired me to make a whole “Thanks for sharing, Uwe Boll” post category. Anyway, here’s Uwe responding to Entertainment Weekly’s review of his latest movie:
Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy
So how’s this for weird casting news: Director DJ Caruso announced today that he’s talking to teen heartthrob Shia LaBouf about playing the horribly disfigured Arseface in the Preacher movie.
(For those not already in the know, Preacher was an excellent comic series in the 1990s by Garth Ennis that dealt with true love, whiskey, and the meaning of God.)
Wait, there’s a Preacher movie? And it’s from the director of.. um.. Disturbia and I Am Number Four? And they want all-American charmer Chris Pine (yes, Captain Kirk) to play Jesse? Bleh! It all screams of a mediocre movie treatment unfitting of one of the most interesting comic characters of all time.
And now here is a very unfortunate cat. See you tomorrow!
Further to our rant about the Dragon Age 2 DLCs earlier this week, IGN just posted a review of both new “expansion” packs and found them to be wanting. Huh, the DLCs seemed light on content? Well color me surpri– oh, no wait, that’s exactly as I expected. Thpppppbbbbbbbbpt.
(On a different topic, we have a Prolixity Facebook page now! Please friend us if you’re so inclined.)
Charlie Sheen: actor, woman-beater, radio show caller, and currently king of the internet. If you, like me, are at 100% Sheen capacity then try this browser add-on for Chrome and Firefox which blocks all mention of his name and any properly labeled photos of his coked out mug.
No more Charlie Sheen = Duh, winning.