Tales of a Screenwriting Hack V.2

Thursday Nights showing of Raiders of the Lost Ark at Tazza Cafe for movie night went well.

There is no bad seat, even sitting at outside table you could still see everything. The crowd was small at first then everyone showed up as dusk arrived.

Free seating, burgers and hot dogs grilled outside, popcorn.

The basic set up is showing said movie (on DVD) across a large white board on a brick wall with two large speakers for left and right channels. Simple and effective once the crowd settles and thankfully they turned up the sound last night cuz let’s face it, you wanna hear all those punches and the music.

There was even a little kid dressed up as Indy with the hat, shirt, pants and the whip and I’ll assume his father had a mix of Beloq’s hat and creepy german guy jacket.

Even one of the PVD Cops driving by asked when the movie started.

If anyone feels like going I’d highly recommend bringing a chair, blanket and jackets.

Stan Winston passed away.

Glad I didn’t get today off to hit up Collings Foundation Open House since it rained. At least with the National Guard Airshow swinging by in two weeks I’ve got the entire weekend off.

Finished up Duane Swierczynski’s Severance Package, pretty good read. My mom suggested Outland by Diana Gabaldon.

Also, for those Billie Piper fans, her Diary of a Call Girl Series begins on Showtime tonight right after Weeds.

New Venture Bros on tonight or if you wanna watch it now swing by Adult Swim.

Hope everyone has a good father’s day.

Let’s see… Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, cars straight out of Spyhunter and some women convicts straight out of a skinamax flixx.

I think it helps that McShane is channeling Morgan Freeman’s Red from Shawshank Redemption.

Trailer doesn’t look so bad.

Even if it is directed by him.

Disney Fellowship has posted their application for both Television and Features are now available.

Cut off date is August 8th.

Looks like Oliver Platt will be playing Buddy Cianci in Michael Corrente’s new flick, Prince of Providence.

Filming begins in Rhode Island in August.

Babylon AD trailer.

This might just be the movie to bring Vin back to his post-Pitch Black/FaTF/XXX hype and ignore the no brainer but throughly dreadful in it’s execution CoR.

The Middleman Pilot Episode is now available, one week early and free on iTunes.

(Yes, this link will ask to open iTunes.)

Let’s call this recipe: How fast can we force our AT&T/Apple Store Employees to quit?

Step 1: Announce Apple iPhone 3G.

Step 1a: Price it so almost anyone can actually afford the damn thing.

Step 1b: Make people wait a whole month until it’s available.

Step 2: Only allow in store pick up.

Step 3: Only allow in store activation.

Step 4: Release it on a Friday.

Step 5: Stir and let simmer for forty-five minutes until hot. Makes several thousand servings.

Now, Step 3 should not be a problem, all the other carriers do in store activation. The slight problem with recipe is the Apple Reality Distortion Field (ARDF) is at an all time high right now. Add to the fact that several Apple Cult Followers, er, I mean, fans have been known to actually arrive at an Grand Opening of an Apple Store some several hours/days early just adds spiciness to an already full recipe.

Sure, I’m still going to go. Hell, surviving an Apple Store Opening is one thing, buying a phone and walking out is piece of pie. . .

. . .yeh, it’s gonna be a mad house…

Kung Fu Panda from Dreamworks is well worth going to see. Great acting, music, CGI and story.

And, while the end credit scene is no where near as cool as Iron Man was, I recommend sitting through all the credits to watch the artwork scroll by.

Oh noes.

The penguins are flying the plane.

Why are the penguins flying the plane?!?!?