This is the third and final music video of my brother’s band, MANIA BOX, featuring their song “FALLING.” The lyrics didn’t come through very well, but boy do they jam.
The music video is sorta about the death of their band, their first name being SO IT GOES, which was changed because of some stupid jazz tap group or something out in Minnesota. I don’t really know the details.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy, I play the badguy in the whole thing.
Ok, so once upon a time there were 2 major action stars: Arnold Schwarzenneger with his charming accent and hilarious bulgy face and buck teeth, and Sly Stallone, the somewhat-ugly duckling cousin who was a better actor than Schwarzenneger (in a technical sense- Arnold can hold his own in pure “STAR POWER” better than anyone except maybe Clint Eastwood). Sly only did a marginal amount of “huge hit” films. One of those was RAMBO, the excellent story of a Vietnam war vet on the run in the Washington State countryside, with the not-so-nice homecoming of cops out to get him. He waged a one man war against well…the US Army, and unknown to most people only killed a few guys in the first film.
Here’s a fan made trailer that sorta logs the entire series:
Rambo 2 and 3 came out over time…and well…the kill count just racked up. This is probably because they had created an “uber-killing machine” character who, unlike in the novel, did not commit suicide in the riveting climax in the first movie as expected.
Well, following in the footsteps of ROCKY BALBOA (hell, even the title is stylistically remaining true to that), comes JOHN RAMBO, the fourth movie in the series and this one is going to be insanely ultraviolent. Don’t believe me? You think GRINDHOUSE was off the charts? I haven’t seen this much realistic gut spilling since SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
Well, anyways, AINT IT COOL NEWS (AICN to those who don’t know) has an EXCLUSIVE trailer up of the fourth installment, which will hopefully be less cheesy and more explosive than the previous two. Sly bowed out the Rocky franchise finally with a touching tribute to his Oscar winning character (he wrote the original Rocky story himself), so maybe he can do the same with his now-classic genre-spinning, Metal Gear-inspiring action packed blood spilling messiah of the Really Big Knife.
Read the exclusive news here and then
See the video HERE
Hey guys, Dylan here, reporting in after a lot of gaps in posts.
I’d like to take some time out right now to report on the status of the group this summer:
Damien McCoy and Stuart DeMattia are both doing films for other companies this summer, but are hopefully going to be involved in our projects. Sam Anderson supposedly only has one summer left with us, but we’re going to make it a full one! I’ll be living in Silver Spring and should hopefully get some upper level talent to help us out this time. In the meantime, my friend Dan Gvozden from NYU and I might co-op on something, though no final deals have been made.
The upcoming projects, however, are as follows:
The True To John Woo Contest
This contest is about making a 2:30 minute film dedicated/inspired by John Woo movies to help promote the game Stranglehold for the Xbox 360. Now, it’s going to be tricky, but the group actually has a chance, seeing as how most of the entries are complete crap and the only good ones are using licensed music, have poor sound quality, and don’t tell a very complete story. They also just happen to be by the same guy. HOWEVER the production values for that film are INSANE. If I manage to get my new camera (hopefully a Canon GL2), we might have a slim chance, and I want everyone I know to take it with me (I’ll divvy up the money in some respectable way if we win, of course). The prize? 25,000 dollars.
THE PEREGRINE SAGA: Exodus of Youth (or some other corny title that I haven’t come up with , formally known as The Darkest Places)
Hopefully we’ll finally be filming this summer. I need to get in contact with talent of course, and we’ll probably need some martial artists and GENUINE actors for this, but Sam’s ready to go, and I think I can get David involved. This is going to be a story about deciding whether to leave the comfort of home for useful experience, set in the PEREGRINE SAGA, my epic storyline. It’s supposedly trying to reflect the decision to go to college or just hanging around your hometown the rest of your life, and a wakeup call that can change that point of view. Action and drama will be the big parts of this.
Car Trouble Sequel???
Ya know, I might just assign that as the title, because this is supposed to be a movie chronicling the events between Curse of Bodangofish and Car Trouble. In any case, this wacky bizarre comedy will be about the quartet from Car Trouble embarking in a magical…messed up journey through Washington DC and end on a pier (where the hell?) fighting…you guessed it…super ninjas. WHY? Why NOT?
Dan Gvozden Team Up?
Sam Anderson’s Swing Project
This is a sketchy one, we need a lot of extras, a highschool gym or some dance hall, and a fake band. We’ll also need choreography and good equipment. If it works though, it’ll be great. You ever seen what a mix between Swing Dance and Ong Bak would be like? No. We’ll show you.
I really want to do something amazing with all of my other crew mates this summer, I know we have the potential now, and its time to strike while the iron is hot! So let’s do something great and really enjoyable, and then laugh about it later. I look forward to working with all of you again.
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg teamed up again to bring us another amusing Brit-Com, one that this time skewers the American Cop, Horror Thriller, and Action movies. It even makes Timothy Dalton the mustache twirling bad guy.
Well, when I was up in Boston I went to see the film with my lovely girlfriend, and well, she was half asleep from exhaustion though she still got the movie 100%, we laughed our heads off.
Even though it was British and the dialogue was a tad…unfamiliar.
Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is a good cop- no wait, he’s the best cop London has to offer. In fact he’s so good, he makes everyone else look bad by a 300% margin. So what do you do when you’ve got the best person on your team? You chuck him out in the middle of no where so everyone else can be equal again…kinda reminds me of Maryland public schooling. He ends up in some backwoods uber-peaceful town, with nothing to do and no crime to prevent. All the cops are inept and eat cake for punishment, and the world as Nicholas knows it is gone. He gets no respect and is treated like a washed up has been, even though he’s clearly more talented than everyone around him.
What’s worse is bizarre accidents start occurring around the town, and only his partner, once again played by Nick Frost, believes him. Too bad he’s a bumbling idiot who’s father is the captain. A few people die, then disappear for good, and the cops completely ignore it. A plot is uncovered, a town secret revealed, and then one good, gun-hating cop decides he has had enough, and goes OVER THE EDGE WITH EXTREME VIOLENCE. This movie spoofs at least 5 genres in just an hour and a half and every attempt is a successful, spot on mockery but still remains fresh and entertaining.
Utilizing a familiar spoof mechanic the film delves deep into what could end up being bad Police Academy territory, however it decided to make a daring move and incorporate one thing many movies are forgetting these days: Characters.
This film, with not only zany antics (one of his missions is to catch a missing swan), but deep and moving character drama, especially between the two leads, is a hallmark example of that USA channel slogan “characters welcome.” Here is a case in which they really, really are. Nicholas Angel- rightly named and played by Simon Pegg with an edginess and perfectionism that really almost feels method based, is our hero-who-can’t-turn-it-off.
The polar opposite of his character from the brilliant character-driven zombie comedy (how often do you see THOSE?), he’s always in cop mode, morning noon and night and refuses to give up his hard-ass ways. His partner played by Nick Frost is a great buffoon of friendly warmth and feel-good messages. Together they…KICK A LOT OF ASS.
The end of the movie may feel tacked on to some, but its the perfect full circle in a story that built up to the moment of truth- in this case a big frigging gunfight- quite momentously. Throw in some of the best on-screen kills seen in years, laughs ranging from light chuckles to giant guffaws, and you’ve got a tastefully scripted, tightly shot, and brilliant paced action comedy. With character.
This film undoubtedly strikes a pose, and damn well near perfect, gets a **** out of ****
In any case, Hot Fuzz is one of the best films of the year so far, and I encourage everyone to go see it. In celebration, here’s a link to an interview “vs.” between the film’s director, Edgar Wright, and Hollywood action revolutionary Shane Black.
So if you’re dying to see a movie this weekend, please go support intelligent, witty, and downright hilarious humor. Even with one of the biggest summer blockbusters of all time just released last weekend, this is what is REALLY worth your nine bucks.
This is my final project for TV Production CMAT 136 at Salisbury University. Three club members actually starred in it: Rob Moroney as the monster, Valerie Campbell as the Girl, and James Howe as the Hunter. I got a 94 on the project, mostly because I practiced the night before, had it set up within five minutes of prep time, and got to shoot multiple takes for an entire 30 minutes- I’m worried that I almost had Valerie permanently damage her voice! It was a lot of fun though, and whether they were laughing with me or at me the rest of the class had a good time with it.
I re-edited just a couple of shots from the original- I tightened the Monster shot so the greenscreen edge wouldn’t show up so prominently, and I fixed the music so it’s audible.
I’ve never had nor do I actually endorse Monster Energy Drink.