So I have a new vid up for everyone! This was made back in Montgomery County, starring David Harris, The Professor of Kick-Assery, and myself, Dylan (in this case The Villain), TURF WAR will revolutionize how much you think STRIKE A POSE!!! needs a facelift…
Anyways enjoy!
For good flicks:
I got home from SU yesterday and boy were my arms tired. Actually my legs. Also it was really two days ago.
I had missed/forgotten about two of my friends birthdays- My younger brother, Trevor, and my friend Damien. Ok so only one of those people is actually a friend, whatever.
But nonetheless I took them to see a flick in order to pay off the ridiculous present deficit I had faced.
So we went to see Casino Royale.
And with that, let me introduce the new STRIKE A POSE!!! Rating System for movie Reviews:
I generally believe in the Ebert/Roeper system of recommendation for the bulk of a review: A thumbs up or thumbs down implies “Do I think my readers should see it or not.” Well, once readers get to know me better, that’ll make more sense, so yeah, if a movie STRIKES A POSE!!! it’s a winner in my opinion and you should see it- it most likely contains depth, style, character, and good production qualities all around.
Did I ever explain why we’re called STRIKE A POSE!!! ? Well, there’s a good reason for that:
Striking a pose is the most simple artistic expression any human being can do- when there’s nothing left it shows attitude, it shows respect or determination, it shows essence. Dancers do it, fighters do it, rappers and rockers, politicians and street punks, not just action heroes and comic book characters. Your younger brother will do it when he gets an A on his elementary school report card. Your older brother will do it when he scores the winning touchdown in college football. You sister will do it when she performs in a piano recital- even if its just nodding her head in appreciation for the applause.
Human positioning- its the basics of art.
So, what’s the opposite? I’d probably say a dead fish, but I’m not going to get anymore complicated. If the movie is a flop, its a flop, but that also means I probably won’t write about it anyways cause I won’t care enough to feel motivated. That’s pretty much it. If a film “STRIKES A POSE!!!” it’s going to be good from mine/ours opinions.
Now that’s for recommendation reviews (spoiler free). If I do a critical review I’ll just go on the four-star system accepted by the majority of the reviewers.
Anyways, I’ll post on Casino Royale later. I’ll say this for right now though:
Daniel Craig as 007 definitely STRIKES A POSE!!!
Hey (eventual) readers! I got something new for the world to see, and for all those out there in movie and videogame land I hope you’ll enjoy what STRIKE A POSE!!! has provided over the year(s)! And now, for your entertainment, I present, the STRIKE A POSE!!! Film Productions’ DEMO VIDEO!
This demo contains clips from:
LOCKED BLADES, The Third Path, CURSE OF BODANGOFISH, RETURN OF BODANGOFISH, Blind: The Neighborhood Ninja, THE GREATEST BATTLE OF ALL TIME, and a new, never-before seen production, SpyTech INC..
Enjoy!
Hi, Dylan again. I’m not a huge horror buff, but I know my fair share and not just the little tips of info they dished out to 90’s slasher fans in the first two Scream movies.
What I am a fan of is either unoriginal concepts with original execution, or new concepts that well…have a fairly awesome execution.
There are two horror-based sequels coming out that I’m going to link my readers to.
The first is The Hills Have Eyes 2
Now, having only seen this and Hostel in theaters over the last two years in terms of horror (I think the only one before that was Saw and does Sin City count?) the original Hills was definitely the better of the two. Better visual scope, better score, and a really tense and human atmosphere that went from panic to survival. This movie seems to have a reverse theme which will probably remind movie goers of the film Aliens (one of my favorites) and considering its being directed competently, it’ll probably be one of the better military horror-thrillers since.
The second film is 28 Weeks Later.
This is probably the best “zombie” action concept in years since Romero’s Day of the Dead sorta tanked in terms of quality and critique. However, we were offered a chance at “extreme bio-outbreak thriller” with the Resident Evil films. What we got was a Japanese game that played at the strength of American Conspiracy thrillers turned into a freaking cartoon with a good Nemesis. A freaking waste. The “28″ series is probably the closest thing we’ll ever have to a truly good Resident Evil styled movie. At least it knows how to truly follow in the “Biohazard” roots.
I guess I’ll let you guys see one more trailer, but I warn you this one could be SCARY! /sarcasm.
This film looks like complete garbage and there’s only one actual shot from the movie in it that lasts about half of a second. The voice over sounds stupid, the shot of a bunch of killing tools on a wall looks stupid (if there was one thing about the original that was enjoyable it was probably the simplicity of some of the murderers despite their sadistic tendancies) and my favorite part is the tagline:
“Americans…they have no imagination.” Thanks for proving yourself righ Eli Roth!
A slick horror concept gone to WASTE is what the Hostel franchise is all about. Roth should have came up with the idea, sold it to Takashii Miike, and I would have been perfectly happy with seeing subtitles of “AHHHHH THIS FREAKING HURTS” over an hour of porn and a collective 10 minutes of “torture” (for the characters or the audience who realized they spent 10 bucks on this garbage? The world may never know).
Style- that is the essence of a horror movie. If you don’t have it, go direct chick flicks.
Hi, welcome to STRIKE A POSE!!! : THE WEBSITE.
I, Dylan Hintz, now own a domain…sorta. I still have to pay Ryan Jacob, our generous domain host over at www.neutralx2.com - a great site for gaming info and videos.
Anyways, this is really just a test post, so whether you’re part of my “company” or involved with the Salisbury University Club, please come back for future updates.
Today I leave you with this strip from David Lynch, thank’s to Wikipedia (DON’T SUE!
