tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75021108351024998242024-03-13T21:35:38.210-07:00Thoughts on The RoomBecause these thoughts are tearing me apart.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-46824518668247728832011-10-26T13:27:00.000-07:002011-10-26T13:27:50.638-07:00I love The Room, I'm tired as hellWriting about The Room really is one of my favorite things to do. I could do it all day and Tommy Wiseau simply gives me endless amounts of content to write about with just a single film.<br />
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Still, I am exhausted.<br />
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Currently, I write for three blogs and I give at least 20,000 words of myself to the world for free on a weekly basis. Because those websites have readers, and I do not (But I appreciate so much those of you share my appreciation of The Room and my little snippets of internet space that I take up on my musings) then I have to prioritize this site last. My own little baby of a beautiful blog, it is neglected and sometimes ignored. Not unlike breast cancer!<br />
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I will not give up though! I will fight on! And I'll keep updating this site as regularly as I can. I've already nearly given up on my tumbler account because thats FIFTH AND SIXTH priority! <br />
<br />
If you want to follow me there are several ways to do so in the meantime:<br />
on twitter @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/casetines">casetines</a><br />
If you like witty fantasy sports talk, read my onion-style football stuff on <a href="http://www.faketeams.com/">http://www.faketeams.com/</a><br />
If you happen to be a Seahawks fan, or you want to read about a football team in a fashion that is almost entirely unlike any other team blog, go to <a href="http://www.fieldgulls.com/">http://www.fieldgulls.com/</a><br />
I write on both of those sites under the name Kenneth Arthur<br />
Trust me, I think you'll like it. Maybe. I hope!<br />
Finally, I just started contributing to a dating/lifecasting blog thats wildly popular called <a href="http://www.talknerdytomelover.com/">http://www.talknerdytomelover.com/</a><br />
I think my next post there is going up tomorrow.<br />
Check me out and keep reading and keep checking in here!<br />
My almost defunct tumblr accounts are fakemoviepitch.tumblr.com and iwantthatsequel.tumbler.com<br />
Both film related, but with a twist.<br />
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Oh BAI!JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-16378468951324262852011-10-12T12:09:00.000-07:002011-10-12T12:09:56.811-07:00"In a Minute, Bitch."Juliette Danielle, aka Lisa, once said in an interview that the hardest scene for her to get through was when Tommy was on the other side of the bathroom door and said "In a minute, bitch."<br />
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This was not hard for her to get through as you might assume it's hard for Danielle Day Lewis to get through a scene in My Left Foot, though there are many parrallels between The Room and My Left Foot and the quality of acting that a DDL brings to the table.<br />
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No, it was hard for her to get through because she needed to hold back the laughter. Now, a request:<br />
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<strong><em>Dear God,</em></strong><br />
<br />
<em>Whether you be Jesus or Buddha (wait, not a God right?) or the Indian Octo-God, please bring me the full Blooper Reel from the set of The Room for Christmas. Don't miss a single cut. I don't care if it's eighteen hours long and I imagine that it is. I'm totally free this weekend. Don't screw me on this like you did last Christmas when I was hella good and you didn't bring me photos of Andre the Giant taking a dump. I mean, come on, you have to imagine that those dumps were so big that Jeff Goldblum would walk by and say "That's a lot of shit."</em><br />
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<em>Don't screw me this year Santa. Wait, who is this letter to? I want to see the hijinx that went on during filming of The Room. </em><br />
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<em>I want to see the entire filming of the Chris-R scene, unedited.</em><br />
<em>I want to see the final score of the alley football game.</em><br />
<em>I want to unsee Tommy Wiseau's butt, so can you include some hypnotism footage that will erase that moment from my memory?</em><br />
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<em>I know I've already scene one blooper scene because it was put into the movie. The "Hi Doggy" scene which was clearly only a one-take scene, but a magical one. Flesh that shit out to a full two-hour movie like that other Anchorman that they did. </em><br />
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<em>I haven't gotten enough of The Room, so please bring me more Ghandi.</em><br />
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<em>Love,</em><br />
<em>Me</em><br />
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<em>PS - No seriously, LOVE ME!</em><br />
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I think that should work. I will share with you when I'm done, but if you come too soon to see my special footage, when you knock on the door the response from me will only be,<br />
"In a minute, bitch."JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-43559175886854311222011-09-22T15:38:00.000-07:002011-09-22T15:38:52.996-07:00Lisa's Not Listening To YouNo, it's not the title of my Death Cab for Cutie cover band. Simply an observation that Lisa doesn't listen to a damn word that anybody says. Ever. <br />
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Maybe there's something deeper in that. Maybe its a characterization of Lisa as a person who does what she wants and won't listen to anybody else's opinion because "I'm going to do what I want and that's it."<br />
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Of course she follows that line up with "What do you think I should do." <br />
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But think about it. <br />
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She's not listening when Mark tells her "NO!" over and over again as she tries to seduce him on the chair in front of the door.<br />
<br />
She's not listening when her mother tells her that she has breast cancer.<br />
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She's not listening when Johnny tells her that he didn't get the promotion:<br />
"Did you get the promotion?"<br />
"No."<br />
"You didn't get it, did you?" <br />
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God damn it Lisa. Listen up won't you? You're seriously tearing me apart. JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-88437416061116256902011-09-19T15:53:00.000-07:002011-09-19T15:53:31.527-07:00Tommy Wiseau to Star in Web-series That Reviews Video GamesI consider this to be one of those ideas that seems amazing on the surface but will ultimately be a disappointment. <br />
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According to what I read<a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-rooms-tommy-wiseau-will-be-reviewing-videogame,61946/"> in this article from The AV Club</a>, Wiseau will basically play video games and tell you what he thinks about them. And why should I start doubting the AV Club now? Or fact. It seems like its fact. What with a trailer and all.<br />
<br />
But The AV Club also gave me doubts because of their mention of the other thing that Tommy Wiseau did that is apparently stupid. Basically, if you gave Tommy Wiseau a camera and a task, I think it would be very enjoyable to watch. Give Wiseau the power to be himself and let the magic happen organically. This sounds like it has writing and direction and that's disappointing unless the writing and direction is coming from Wiseau himself.<br />
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Anything with Wiseau is worth giving a shot. The idea of him playing Resident Evil and trying to understand how to do that and what it means when "My character is no moving. Why am I no alive anymore?" is amazing. Then again, what if he's like that kid from The Wizard starring Fred Savage and he's an autistic video game genius? I think this is just as likely and twice as exciting.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-58124310231025865482011-09-13T13:09:00.000-07:002011-09-13T13:09:15.006-07:00Is Creature Going to be the Next "The Room"?You can't intentionally make a good bad movie. You just can't do it. And I don't challenge you to do it. Those who attempt to make schlock end up with just that: schlock. <br />
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We don't want your pathetic attempt to be pathetic. We want a pathetic attempt in which you gave it 100%. Tommy Wiseau gave his everything to The Room with the belief that he was making a modern classic. James Nguyen made Birdemic and took it to Sundance or Cannes or some festival like that believing that he would get recognized as an up-and-coming Alfred Hitchcock. <br />
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There are films that attempt to be B-Movies and I like those just fine. The Grindhouse double-feature attempted to be low-budget and look low budget and it worked because it was funny and two amazing directors poked fun at a wonderful niche genre but they are master directors. Tommy Wiseau is not, but its his own personal belief in himself that made him a master at being terrible. <br />
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On the other side of the coin is movies like Piranha 3D, My Bloody Valentine 3D, and Shark Night 3D. Movies that don't pretend to be anything more than they are: Gratuitious blood, sex, and nudity and not anything groundbreaking. So they are fun movies to watch with or without 3D. <br />
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<a href="http://cinemanerdz.com/reviews/movie-review-creature/1934">So in this review of Creature</a> I have to ask myself: Is this a low-budget movie that doesn't care about being anything special and just fails? Is it boring or is it loaded with unintentional laughs? I don't think the makers of Troll 2 had any idea that what they were making their actors say was utterly ridiculous and would make an audiences jaw drop like "What?" Wiseau had no idea what he was doing when he told Lisa to say "What kind of money?" It just happens.<br />
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Will Creature be anything like that? Is the director (hopefully) that incompetent? In my life I have only seen 3 bad movies that can truly say they live up to The Room: Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece, Birdemic, and Troll 2. Nothing else has ever quite been THAT bad and THAT good at the same time. Others have been suggested but mostly failed to be anything more than sad and forgettable. Creature looked more like Adam Green's Hatchet to me, a movie I actually like, but now I'm much more interested in seeing Creature to find out what category it really falls into. <br />
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I'm officially giddy.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-77820651546648841892011-09-07T15:46:00.000-07:002011-09-07T15:46:32.467-07:00Huffington Post Waits 8 Years to Write Article on The RoomI know that there are polarizing opinions on the Huffington Post. For me, it's just fine. I am not an avid news reader or news watcher and I like to stay free of politics. So, I won't go there. What's more important to me than political news is news on The Room. When can we finally get a 24-hour news channel for Tommy and friends? A las, we must wait.<br />
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Just like we had to wait 8 years for the Huffington Post to write nearly the exact same article I've read at least twenty times so far. I understand that The Room is still an "underground, cult classic" that many people still haven't heard of. Allow me to step outside my own brain for a moment and try to get a grasp on the fact that the majority of America is still in the dark about this movie. But if I'm also allowed to be cynical for a moment; we get it. <br />
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Here's <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/07/the-room-tommy-wiseau_n_949744.html">the link</a><br />
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A lot of people go to the midnight screenings. They throw plastic forks. There's an only-once-mentioned-moment of breast cancer. They toss a football four feet from each other.<br />
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Holy shit, did I just sabotage my own blog? Uhhh... ignore everything I just said! (What do you mean I can just delete that and not post it? Does not compute. Internet thoughts must go on.)<br />
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Anyways, what this article does have is an interview with Tommy Wiseau. So please, read it so that you can see that even Tommy is getting sick of this process:<br />
<br />
<strong>What do you think about the crowd's reaction?</strong><br />
<br />
<br />
<em>I like everything. Express yourself, don't hurt yourself. Move on next question.</em><br />
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<br />
And new gems like this:<br />
<em>"we all experience experiences with people."</em><br />
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We certainly do Tommy. We certain certainly do.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-76116438035468602302011-08-26T10:17:00.001-07:002011-08-26T10:17:15.986-07:00Johnny wanted to adopt DennyBut it turns out you can't adopt adults.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-50775511561004288282011-08-24T08:28:00.000-07:002011-08-24T08:28:25.013-07:00The Room, The Book?Its rare that I get to post news on The Room. Usually I'm only left with hours and hours of thoughts that seem to have no destination, only a journey into madness. "Why this?" and "Hai that?"<br />
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But today I decided to do a Google News search on Tommy Wiseau and lo and behold I come across news that Greg Sestero, aka Oh-Hai Mark, <a href="http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/08/08/actor-greg-sestero-to-release-book-on-tommy-wiseaus-the-room/">is planning on writing a book on his experiences making The Room</a>. <br />
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I never read Lord of the Rings. I haven't had a chance to catch Moby Dick. As far as I'm concerned, Jack Kerouac is a person made up by emo girls as an answer to the question "Who is your favorite author?" <br />
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But a book written by Greg Sestero? Where can I sign up for an early edition? Do they sell books on Amazon or only DVDs? <br />
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How could anyone not read something written by this handsome devil:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o37lTH8C8GE/TlUYjXMcWMI/AAAAAAAAAVc/HPDlThZuCh4/s1600/sestero.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" qaa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o37lTH8C8GE/TlUYjXMcWMI/AAAAAAAAAVc/HPDlThZuCh4/s320/sestero.jpg" width="255" /></a></div>JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-66401590255037364052011-08-17T15:16:00.000-07:002011-08-17T15:16:34.789-07:00Missing Resume Information: Performed "I Will" on soundtrack for The RoomCome on Jarah, be proud of your work.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wkUmBF-l45k/Tkw9a6oO-kI/AAAAAAAAAVY/6e7KhzSz89k/s1600/JarahGibson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" qaa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wkUmBF-l45k/Tkw9a6oO-kI/AAAAAAAAAVY/6e7KhzSz89k/s400/JarahGibson.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Source: <a href="http://www.exploretalent.com/jarahgibson?turn_on=dance">Explore Talent</a></div>JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-1852457368911552142011-08-15T12:07:00.000-07:002011-08-15T12:07:48.538-07:00Chocolate: The Symbol of Love or Not?Strawberries.<br />
Whip cream.<br />
Chocolate sauce.<br />
Maybe you throw a banana in there.<br />
I don't know, I haven't seen 9 and a half weeks in awhile. <br />
<br />
What's definitely missing from that list?<br />
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Giant chocolates. Did you know that chocolate is actually <em>not</em> the symbol of love? I know what you're thinking, "But blogger, of course it is. I have seen it in movie." Oh hai, Johnny, I didn't see you there. You're my favorite reader.<br />
<br />
I know two things for sure when I'm making out with a girl:<br />
1. I'm conflicted because I know that it's awesome that this girl is making out with me, but I really have to question her ability to make good decisions because she is making out with me. Is it my birthday?<br />
2. The last thing I want is a giant chocolate shoved down my throat.<br />
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This wasn't out of a Whitmans Sampler. Mike would take about 45 seconds to even finish chewing. He either really listened to his parents or Danny Tanner when told "chew you food 36 times when eating!" or he was really struggling to finish a chocolate that was easily the size of an infant's fist.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9zlaJxH1x9g/TkluaXUYDhI/AAAAAAAAAVU/9a8xSIQkVpQ/s1600/chocolate.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" naa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9zlaJxH1x9g/TkluaXUYDhI/AAAAAAAAAVU/9a8xSIQkVpQ/s1600/chocolate.bmp" /></a></div>So, the next time you're beginning a love-making session remember not to incorporate baseball-sized foods. Don't shove two handfuls of Werther's Originals down your partners throat or pants. Don't splash hot soup in their face. Do I really need to point these things out?JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-20799691226512956482011-08-10T14:09:00.000-07:002011-08-10T14:09:37.708-07:00"Where's My Money Denny?" by Chris-RChris-R isn't the best rapper. But he's passionate about it. Here's the yet-to-be-released Chris-R rap song...<br />
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Ha-ha! Yeah... it's Chris-R here. The R stands for rapper. You's about to find out why!<br />
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My name is Chris<br />
Don't forget the R<br />
If you owe me money<br />
You ain't gettin' far<br />
<br />
When I'm chillin<br />
You can find me on the roof<br />
Reaching for the stars<br />
Not lookin' like a douche<br />
<br />
I wear black<br />
As a matter of fact<br />
Black ass tank top<br />
Black ass cap<br />
<br />
Yeah its true <br />
I'm always pushin drugs<br />
Buyin, sellin, giving<br />
I don't give a fuck<br />
<br />
Now this punk ass kid<br />
He owes me lots of pennies<br />
So I ask you again<br />
WHERE'S MY MONEY DENNY?<br />
<br />
(Chorus)<br />
Where's my money Denny?<br />
Where's my fuckin' loot!<br />
Where's my money Denny?<br />
You're gonna get the boot!<br />
Where's my money Denny?<br />
I need that cash<br />
Where's my money Denny?<br />
I'll kick your fuckin' ass!JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-40410439576094156802011-08-09T09:22:00.000-07:002011-08-09T09:22:31.906-07:00When is the Name "Chris-R" an Improvement?When your name is Dan Janjigian.<br />
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Dan has been getting janjiggy with it with the Armenian bobsled team apparently. No, seriously, <a href="http://www.bobsledder.com/media/media.html">check this out.</a><br />
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It's hard for me to give 100% confirmation because of Chris-R's (sadly) brief time in the film and because the tough as nails gangster is only seen with a beanie on, but this Dan Janjigian currently resides in Southern California and has a passion for acting. <br />
<br />
Dan is very proud of his Armenian roots and wants to show his pride to the world by terrorizing poor little Denny and having very little patience in that he can't wait 5 minutes for his money. Dan, just give him 5. <br />
<br />
Too bad he is now in jail.<br />
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You can support Dan's website <a href="http://www.webcage.net/">http://www.webcage.net/</a> if you'd like. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jgm23wiStHo/TkFevh-60CI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/kN28GkcjEaY/s1600/danhead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" naa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jgm23wiStHo/TkFevh-60CI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/kN28GkcjEaY/s1600/danhead.jpg" /></a></div>JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-48630819704219472922011-08-03T16:17:00.000-07:002011-08-03T16:17:53.885-07:00The Sounds of Oh Hai<em>In the tune of The Sound of Silence</em><br />
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<br />
Oh hai Mark, my old friend <br />
I'm on the roof with you again <br />
Because I am softly weeping <br />
I don't know where Lisa's sleeping <br />
And the secret that was planted in my brain <br />
Still remains <br />
Within the sound of "Oh Hai" <br />
<br />
Is Lisa with another man? <br />
I establish shots of San Fran<br />
Standing in front of this green screen <br />
I toss the football with my team <br />
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of my naked butt <br />
As I strut <br />
And touched the sound of "Oh Hai" <br />
<br />
And when my film debut big screen <br />
Ten or so people maybe more <br />
People talking without speaking <br />
People hearing without listening <br />
People writing songs that voices never shared <br />
No one dared <br />
Disturb the sound of "Oh hai"<br />
<br />
"Oh hai," said I, "you do not know <br />
Claudette's cancer grows <br />
Hear my words that I might teach you <br />
This tape recorder will repeat you" <br />
But my words like silent raindrops fell <br />
And echoed in the wells of "Oh Hai" <br />
<br />
And the people cried and said <br />
Is Johnny really dead? <br />
And the sign flashed out its warning <br />
As Denny was still mourning <br />
And the sign said "The words of Tommy Wiseau are written on the BART <br />
Oh Hai Mark <br />
And whispered in the sound of "Oh hai!"JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-57278074363871454902011-08-01T14:28:00.000-07:002011-08-01T14:28:35.344-07:00Oh Denny, a PoemOh Denny, Denny, Denny boy<br />
So sweet and full of wonder<br />
He didn't ask for much in life<br />
A cup of sugar, half stick of butter<br />
<br />
Will Johnny adopt him <br />
When he turns eighteen?<br />
Will he graduate college<br />
And marry his queen?<br />
Will he eat a whole apple<br />
Sight unseen?<br />
Will he be loved as a person<br />
As a human bean?<br />
<br />
Oh Denny, Denny, Denny boy<br />
You were on a path of destruction<br />
And on that roof, life in danger<br />
They saved you from Chris-Rs abduction<br />
<br />
"Gimme five! Gimme five!"<br />
Is all you could shout<br />
"It'll be here, just wait!"<br />
The gun was now out<br />
You were scared for your life<br />
All that was left was to pout<br />
Johnny and Mark to the rescue<br />
He's got a life sentence no doubt<br />
<br />
Oh Denny, Denny, Denny boy<br />
What kind of money you got?<br />
What were you doing with the drugs?<br />
Selling or giving them out?<br />
<br />
You've got people that love you<br />
And people that care<br />
Please don't run away <br />
And cry in despair<br />
For though Johnny is gone<br />
No one left to compare<br />
I'll still be by your side<br />
And grab onto your hair<br />
<br />
Oh Denny, Denny, Denny boyJerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-89728069016945398942011-07-26T10:55:00.000-07:002011-07-26T10:55:21.638-07:00Mark: The World's Most Obvlivious PersonIn a universe full of oblivious people, Mark stands alone.<br />
<br />
The first words said to him in the film are "Hey baby" from Lisa. He shrugs it off.<br />
<br />
Then he comes over and Lisa grinds him, puts on a sexy dress, some music (apparently, they are listening to the soundtrack too), and tells him that she loves him. <br />
<br />
She comes on to him. He rejects her.<br />
<br />
She persists. He denies.<br />
<br />
Mark makes it clear, nothing is going to happen. Until Lisa pulls out the last trick she has to lure Mark into her clutches.<br />
<br />
After he finally pushes her off of him, she responds by by doing nothing. And then of course, Mark finds her irresistible. Lisa, you tricky bitch.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-72044020961561968882011-07-24T19:51:00.000-07:002011-07-24T19:51:23.480-07:00Another ViewingHad another viewing of The Room on Saturday. I was showing the film with Rifftrax to a couple of friends who had seen the movie but this would introduce them to the awesome Rifftrax done by Mike. What I came to realize is that it can be too hard to combine drugs and alcohol with The Room and expect to be paying attention past the midway point. <br />
<br />
Just choose one or the other: drinking or drugs.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-88301695945202775992011-07-22T13:30:00.000-07:002011-07-22T13:30:49.824-07:00An Interview with Greg Ellery aka Steven aka PeterDuring the release of all these Marvel comic book movies, we learned early on that you had to stay past the credits in order to see some more revealed teasers for the upcoming Avengers movie. <br />
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After Iron Man people would say "Hey, did you see Samuel L Jackson?" and then you'd reply "No, what are you talking about?" <br />
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Then maybe you'd go to a theater and sneak into the last 10 minutes of the movie to see what they were talking about or you could just, ya know, find out on the internet. And sure enough there was Sam Jackson, aka Nick Fury. <br />
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He showed up even after the movie, was not a part of the movie at all, and then was thrown into the mix. But it was cool because you know, or were told about, why he showed up and he wasn't just thrown to you without any introduction or as if you were supposed to know who he was or what was going on.<br />
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That's not the case with the unnamed (but I suppose named in the script) character of Steven. He just shows up at Johnny's party and famously announces that he's sitting on an atomic bomb. Since The Room was a slightly less popular movie than Iron Man, there was no way to get answers on what just happened or who the hell this was. He just showed up.<br />
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Thankfully, after The Room became a cult hit, people were obsessed with getting an answer and finally we got one: The psychologist friend Peter quit in the middle of the movie so Tommy Wiseau replaced him with another actor who was "like Peter, but you are Steven" and just spoke Peter's lines instead.<br />
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Amazing.<br />
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The brilliant guys at Rifftrax, formerly Mystery Science Theater 3000, tracked the actor that played Steven down in 2009 and forced him to answer questions about his time in the POW camp known as The Room.<br />
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<a href="http://blog.rifftrax.com/2009/06/12/rifftrax-interview-with-the-rooms-greg-ellery/">Here's the link</a><br />
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The more interviews I find from actors and crew on the set, the more of a picture I get of what Tommy and making the movie were like. And the answer is just as confusing as the film itself. One thing I am starting to believe is that Tommy Wiseau is no Andy Kaufman. He's probably just as amazingly crazy and slow-witted as Johnny is. Thank God for that.<br />
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Hey, look at how happy these two are to be here:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBrd9eGnG6I/TincFUiVbsI/AAAAAAAAAVM/1Ao-WFcqYkk/s1600/steven-at-party.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBrd9eGnG6I/TincFUiVbsI/AAAAAAAAAVM/1Ao-WFcqYkk/s320/steven-at-party.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div>Greg said in the interview that he's now turned to directing and wouldn't appear in another Room movie if one ever got made. I just have to say that this interview was 2 years ago and Imdb has no new information on him. I wonder if his stance would be different now.<br />
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Highlight of the article for me:<br />
<blockquote>That included the purchase, not rental, of a brand new film camera, as well as a new $30,000 digital camera to shoot the “making of.” Skeptical of course, Birns and Sawyer looked at Wiseau’s bank account, saw an appropriate amount of numbers in front of the decimal point and figured, What the hell?</blockquote><br />
I've been reading a lot lately on the idea that Wiseau bought, not rented, the film equipment. I'm not an expert on film-making but it sounds like the conversation went something like this:<br />
Tommy Wiseau: Oh hai, I need camera for making movie. How is you?<br />
Birns and Sawyer: Hi there. Great, thanks. So you need a camera, huh? What kind?<br />
TW: The kind that you can make movies with.<br />
BS: Well, there's digital and film.<br />
TW: Haha, good story. Okay, give me both.<br />
BS: Both?<br />
TW: Yes, you said film and digital, I will need them both to make my movie aboouutt this world.<br />
BS: Okay then. The rental costs are $400 a day.<br />
TW: What is this rental? Can I give money all at once?<br />
BS: Typically we would just rent this stuff out. You give us money based on how long you keep the equipment and then give the equipment back.<br />
TW: Hahaha. You guys are quite comedian. How can I make movie if I give back to you. <br />
BS: So you just want to buy this equipment then?<br />
TW: Of course, why would you even ask? How much?<br />
BS: Umm... Thirty-thousand dollars.<br />
TW: Okay, here is fourty-thousand. Bye doggie.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-69261146871967614942011-07-21T12:43:00.000-07:002011-07-21T12:45:00.051-07:00Claudette, You Magnificent Bitch"All men are assholes. Men and women use and abuse each other all the time, there's nothing wrong with it. Marriage has nothing to do with love."<br />
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I'm not sure where the inspiration for Claudette came from. She's pro-Johnny, despite how much shit Lisa talks about him to her. I suppose she could be the "American mother who disagrees with all of her daughters decisions and just wants her to be financially secure" that Tommy believes about all American mothers. <br />
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Also, she despises the fact that Lisa allows her living room to be a sex den for her friends, but she laughs it off when Mike comes back for "me underwears"<br />
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She has fucking breast cancer for God's sake and nobody cares! <br />
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Claudette confuses the hell out of me but I must figure out the rubik's cube that is her soul.<br />
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-Denny had drug dealings with Chris-R.<br />
-We don't know if Denny was "giving them, selling them"<br />
-Denny owed Chris-R money, but Chris-R was in a rush and was unable to wait 5 minutes for the money to arrive. Though Denny seemed surprised that Chris-R showed up, so how did he arrange for the money to show up in "5 minutes"<br />
-Chris-R carried a concealed gun. However, it appears the gun is fake, so threating Denny with it and carrying it probably isn't that serious of an issue even though he is using the fake gun in a threatening manner in order to acquire money from Denny.<br />
-Speaking of Denny, if Chris-R is going to jail then Denny should most likely being going down with him.<br />
-Denny is rescued by everybody else in the movie and Mark and Johnny wrestle the gun away from Chris-R (probably not the smartest idea) and take him downstairs. When they return they assure Denny that Chris-R is going to jail. Luckily, the police and a judge were standing by downstairs ready to wrap the case up.<br />
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<strong>In Johnnys universe:</strong><br />
The cops and judge say "Let's go to jail, hahh?" and Chris-R gets a maximum sentence of consecutive life sentences. Denny gets in no trouble for his involvement for drug dealing, drops the habit quick, and marries Elizabeth.<br />
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<strong>In the real universe:</strong><br />
There's no real hard evidence against Chris-R and in all likelihood what happened was that Johnny takes Chris-R downstairs and says "Okay, you've been bad. You need to go to the police station now and turn yourself into prison." and Chris-R walks away confused. JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-12076404452214430032011-07-19T14:05:00.000-07:002011-07-19T14:05:58.025-07:00A Poem for Johnny, by MarkI once had a friend<br />
He filled me with joy<br />
He told me not to worry<br />
He'd laugh like a boy<br />
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"Hahaha, good story"<br />
He'd always say<br />
He'd always encourage<br />
Fun football play<br />
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I once had a pal<br />
And his name was Johnny<br />
I miss his voice when he'd say<br />
"That's fonny"<br />
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A favorite customer<br />
To all shopkeepers in town<br />
He'd buy his future wife<br />
A lovely red gown<br />
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Then everything turned<br />
It was all my fault<br />
His future wife seduced me<br />
The wound filled with salt<br />
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Things were falling apart<br />
For that best friend of mine<br />
Life full of betrayal<br />
Spoons burned in his mind<br />
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He cared about me<br />
About Lisa and Denny<br />
But his job fell apart<br />
Would he lose every penny?<br />
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Lisa spread lies that he hit her<br />
Did he get caught?<br />
He'd walk out rambling,<br />
"I did naught, I did naught!"<br />
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I couldn't believe it<br />
I slept with his future wife<br />
And all he would ask me is<br />
"How's your sex life?"<br />
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I felt so bad<br />
About indiscretions<br />
But then I got angry<br />
Did not learn my lesson<br />
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We pushed Johnny down<br />
To a place that was dark<br />
Never again would I hear<br />
"Oh hai Mark!"<br />
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Johnny is gone now<br />
The gun was the end<br />
I miss you my buddy,<br />
my pal and my friendJerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-762933080387887232011-07-18T15:49:00.000-07:002011-07-22T14:29:29.286-07:00An Interview with Juliette DanielleMaybe one day I'll be really lucky and get to talk to people who worked on The Room. Would even really matter if it was Tommy Wiseau or a crew member? I hardly think so. Just speaking to a crew member might be even more interesting. Hearing the point of view of a sane person.<br />
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This article could be old, there's no date on it. I just hadn't seen it before. From what I've heard Juliette Danielle seems like a normal person. I don't know if that's disappointing or not, but I guess it's kind of cool. I know you can be her facebook friend though and she probably is enjoying a little bit of spotlight.<br />
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Here's the <a href="http://www.praxismagazine.com/interview/jdan.htm">link</a>! <br />
(<em>Editors note: How do you know when your blog goes unread? When a link doesn't work and you don't find out until you try it yourself days later</em>)<br />
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<strong>Some insight</strong><br />
On keeping a straight face:<br />
<em>"Tommy ran a pretty tight ship in that regard."</em><br />
Tommy was very clearly taking this seriously and wouldn't allow people to make fun of what he thought was a masterpiece. Now that IS satisfying. She also points out a quote that few people ever do: "In a few minutes, bitch." Good call Juliette, that line is more amazing than I had ever realized.<br />
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On the hardest scene to film:<br />
<em>"I'm sure most people would think I'd say the love scenes with Tommy, but the roof scene with Denny and Chris R was by FAR the hardest."</em><br />
This either means that Juliette has no problem getting belly-blasted by a 1960s bodybuilder, or that keeping a straight face during the Chris-R scene was just THAT hard to do. Either way, I like it.<br />
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A revelation I never knew:<br />
<em>"I was originally cast in the role of Michelle. The original Lisa was closer to Johnny's age, but she had a random accent and a personality that didn't seem to fit."</em><br />
I was aware of all the cast changes but not that she was originally Michelle or did I know any details of the original Lisa. How amazing would a Lisa with a bad accent have been?<br />
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On if Tommy would release a special edition with commentary:<br />
<em>"Sadly, no. I'm not sure Tommy would want to hear what some of the cast would say."</em><br />
Super :( to hear that, but it's interesting that she implies that Wiseau is self-aware about what the cast and crew think about The Room. I always assumed that he believed everyone thought it was as good as he thinks it is. It's what I want to believe, because I want to believe that there is an ignorant bliss out there as special and amazing as that.<br />
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On not being able to sit through an entire screening of the midnight shows:<br />
<em>"The nudity bothers me a great deal."</em><br />
It bothers us too. But Tommy is a free spirit and he has perfect buttocks. You mean that nudity right?<br />
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On acting again:<br />
<em>"I love acting so much and at some point I would love to do it again. But as I said, I'm a practical girl."</em><br />
Translation: Who would ever really hire me? <em>I'm fucking Lisa from The Room, afterall.</em> That is all due respect to Juliette, but let's be honest. The best you can hope for is Urkel in Megashark versus Crocosaurus.<br />
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Ummm... on letting fans know exactly where to find her?<br />
<em>"I volunteer three days a week at Purrfect Solutions Feline Rescue in Sherman Oaks"</em><br />
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Also, not lookin' too bad:<br />
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Sure, this is not a common practice. However, is it the first time in human history that it has happened? Probably not. <br />
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Zakoo Turtle 51 Sawyer Nena<br />
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That's probably the first time in human history that sentence has been written. Now that's an accomplishment.<br />
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But how unlikely is it that you'd be at a wedding, the groom and groomsmen are standing around, someone has a football. We're in tuxes, so how gritty can we really get right now? Let's just toss it around, talk about life. <br />
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It probably was weirder when they threw the ball around in the alley in regular clothes. <br />
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The more important question to ask is whether or not we should all be out tossing the football with friends in formal wear. How often are we really doing fun outdoor activities with loved ones? We're stuck at the computer, the TV, Netflix, and online video games. <br />
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Johnny wants to connect with the people in his life. They probably just need to be more careful. Twice playing football within a few feet of each other someone got injured. <br />
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And has anyone in human history ever been burned as badly as Peter? I mean, he got pwned by Denny. BY DENNY! "Gee, your clumsy Peter."<br />
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I'm thinking this is why Peter probably walked off of the set.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-18797281244288498712011-07-16T17:02:00.000-07:002011-07-16T17:02:39.181-07:00What about Elizabeth?Seriously, what about her? <br />
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Why couldn't we get any more of Elizabeth, Denny's future future wife? <br />
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A woman so amazing, Denny ignores his love of Lisa. In an instant. <br />
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We're all out there, looking for Elizabeth, in this college of life.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-25294515348422334582011-07-15T08:29:00.000-07:002011-07-15T08:29:29.347-07:00Johnny Gives a Life Lesson to Us AllIn today's America, we live in stress and fear. In fear that we'll be jobless, penniless, earthless, and alone. Is the sun going to burn us away, or will the polar ice caps flood us all into some "waterworld" (a term I just came up with, and in no way has been used before), or will we all be homeless when the social networking bubble bursts in 2012? <br />
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Oh yeah, and then there's 2012. When Roland Emmerich collapses the earth unto itself and we're left with nothing but more John Cusack movies. <br />
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We live in constant fear of armageddon, carmageddon, and GregAndDarhmageddon. <br />
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Truthfully, this is not a new concept. If nothing else, we are living in the best age in human civilization. We combat diseases like never before, we are so rich that we worry when we have to save for two whole weeks for an iPad2(zomg!), and we can play Words with Friends on an airplane. What more could you ask for? <br />
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But if we didn't have anything to fear, how would the local news stay on the air? You can only watch stories of cats having a litter of 12 for so long. (Okay, I would actually watch that news everyday.) <br />
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This constant cycle of fear however encompasses us all. It's the fear that drives us, but is that fear necessary. Are we doing too much for tomorrow and not living for today? Growing up, it was Alfred E Newman's "What me worry?" that was my driving force for living in the now. Today, it's every American going around saying "Don't worry about it!" <br />
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Johnny's "Don't worry about it!" lets us know that everythings going to be okay. No matter what is happening with your love life, your job, or the earth, simply "Don't worry about it!" If you have a not-quite-adopted-half-man-half-child asking you what movie to see, simply let him know that you "Don't plan too much, it may not come out right." <br />
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You're right Johnny, why make any plans at all? Afterall, they may not come out right. What if you planned on seeing Transformers 3, but they were sold-out and you had to see Cars 2? What would you do then and how could you seriously look Denny in the face after you promised him Shia LaBeouf? <br />
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Instead we say, "Don't worry about it." Worry gets us nothing but lines on our face, and planning gives us nothing but false hope. If the world does end today, seriously don't worry about it. It wasn't something we could have, or should have, planned for.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502110835102499824.post-63736766905377240922011-07-14T08:53:00.000-07:002011-07-14T08:53:03.462-07:00"I DEFINITELY have breast cancer!"When I first heard about The Room, I'll never forget what sold me on it. <br />
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I was reading an article (Variety or Entertainment Weekly, I can't recall exactly) that described the "Worst movie ever made." It was called The Room and there were midnight screenings all the time and it had developed a cult following like nothing since Rocky Horror Picture Show. I was familiar and in love with bad movies but this one had passed me by, had passed many of us by, for years. <br />
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The writer really hyped it up for being bad and something to behold, comparisons to Troll 2 in terms of level of amazement and all that. It kept on like this but while I was intrigued, while I definitely would have seen it by then, nothing had quite made me say "Must. See. Now." <br />
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Not until the writer described a scene in which the mother says "I definitely have breast cancer." and that it was never mentioned before and never mentioned again. This was the line that sold me on the movie. This was the line that forced me and my roommate to call 20 video stores before we finally found one (Thank you Amoeba Records) that had it and we could go buy it and watch immediately. <br />
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And so we sat down and watched The Room and were blown away. What an incredible accidental achievement. That's all that really needs to be said right now about how amazing the movie is, I think by now its clear I think the movie is "pretty good" <br />
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What really amazed me though is when it hit me afterwards. I never heard this infamous line, "I definitely have breast cancer." How could it be? Was I lied to? <br />
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We watched it again, immediately. Of course. Again, we ROFL'd, LOL'd, and LMAO'd. Literally we LMAO'd. I have no A anymore. It is quite depressing. My perfect Tommy Wiseau A... <br />
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Anyways, we missed it. <em>Again</em>. Finally, we had to find out exactly when she said it from the interwebs and then go back to that scene and watch intently. <br />
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Waiting for it and then boom, it happens. Turns out that Claudette DOES definitely have breast cancer. Unbelievable. Whether it was because we were laughing too hard to pay attention to every line, I don't know. But I still believe the real reason we missed it at least twice was because that's how subtle and insignificant that line was presented. This groundbreaking moment for nearly any mother, child, family, or otherwise was so non-chalantly bandied about for this moment that it not only went right over Lisa's head, it went right over my head too. <br />
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Maybe that's why Lisa shows no concern at all. Maybe she missed hearing it. "Did Mom say she had breast cancer? No, she must have said she loves Ted Danson. I love Ted Danson too." <br />
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It's funny that this moment hits all of the viewers so hard, and yet for all of the wrong reasons. We are left stunned, jaws slacked, in disbelief, and for all the wrong reasons. But does the reason matter as much as the result, if the desired result is achieved?<br />
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Touche Mr Wiseau.JerryOwenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706324007216875637noreply@blogger.com7