Just a few quick thoughts to keep you busy as I make my way on the long, long journey from Orange County to San Diego for Comic-Con (well, it can feel long).
* Lars von Trier is enjoying the hub-bub around “Antichrist” (soon to have it’s second coming). What part of “provocateur” didn’t we understand?
* Karina has only one thing she’ll miss about the con. (Warning — don’t click while eating unless you find a fake ultra-bloodied Lloyd Kaufman palatable.)
* Also from THR: Michael Jackson’s flirtations with filmmaking. The big surprise — it could have been weirder. Even his meeting with Mel Gibson was apparently not incredibly strange, though Mel hugged a pillow.
* I’ve been reading articles like this for decades. The fact that they’re more or less true doesn’t make them less their inaccuracies/shallowness less annoying. Women have been getting more interested in geek stuff for a very long time. That’s a good thing. Personally, I didn’t notice a humongous “Twilight” contingent last year, but perhaps I’m sheltered.
* And now a clip that will be running through my mind as I approach the convention center.
I’ve never been good at avoiding silly places, obviously.
Posted in: Comic-Con, Horror Movies, Movie Comedies, Movies, News
Tags: Antichrist, Camelot, Comic-Con, Lars von Trier, Mel Gibson, Michael Jackson, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
I’m half-surprised the article didn’t mention the period when MJ tried to get an Edgar Allan Poe movie off the ground – with him playing the lead!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/514069.stm
I think I blacked that one out from my memory. I also think that qualifies as “weirder” though I can actually see why he’d relate to Poe.
Bob, I hope you understood that I wasn’t impugning your blogger talents – I was referring to THR article. The whole idea of that project gave me the cold shivers at the time, but now I’m rather bummed it didn’t get made – if for no other reason than it would’ve been the ultimate MJ curiosity piece.
Not to worry, my blogger-ego was in no way damaged by your post. I am,nevertheless, going to bid for the body of John Hurt when he finally passes away. (There’s no way I could afford the actual Elephant Man.)
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