Fulci would have been all over this.

[featherynscale]

triadruid finally talked me into seeing Grindhouse on Saturday. I enjoyed the hell out of it, but I did come away with the feeling that it was not so much a movie, but the world's most expensive in-joke. Still, it was wildly funny -- both films were, but for different reasons. The Rodriguez picture is just over-the-top gore and bad dialogue (and Freddy Rodriguez riding to glory on a kid's minibike -- he's like a Shriner from Hell). Tarantino's effort is his typical shtick, lots of people sitting around talking in coffeeshops, punctuated by ludicrous unexplained violence. It has the added charm of featuring vengeful stuntwomen indulging in some joyful car-crashing, which I enjoyed immensely.

In retrospect, though, I believe that if triadruid had told me that seeing this movie would involve having to think about Quentin Tarantino's cock (there is a scene for this in the Rodriguez film, which is easily the most over-the-top in the film), I might not have gone. I have a list of things I do not want to ever have to think about, and while Tarantino's cock is probably not #1 on the list, it's still in the top twenty.

For extra bonus awful, we were at the Ward Parkway Theater. So, if you've been watching the news out of the Great Midwaste, you will be aware that on Sunday, some crazy fucker went up to the mall there and shot a bunch of people more or less at random. So that's exciting. Yeesh.

Comments

[archway.livejournal.com]

LOOOOOVED Grindhouse...~S~

Question: I am venturing into my first foray into rennie garb. I was wondering if you could offer suggestions/ideas/warnings about getting started?

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

What sort of person will you be dressing as, or have you decided yet?

[archway.livejournal.com]

Peasant/wench...~S~

At the moment, the garb I access to is all male. I'm gonna be cross-dressing at Muscogee this coming weekend unless something wonderful/unexpected/Susi-blessed happens...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

That should be pretty easy to come up with.
I'm not an authority on garb, but I can offer this: the sort of bodice with a central front panel and two rows of front lacing looks very nice, but is extremely difficult to manage by yourself. The sort with a single lace up the middle is much easier. (I say this, but of the two bodices I currently own, one is the center-panel type, and the other laces up the back like a corset, and absolutely can't be gotten into without assistance.)

Also, you'll probably want a good belt and some frogs for hanging crap off of. I can't seem to go to faire anymore without a pouch and a mug and a basket...

You're welcome to come raid our garb if you like (and if it's feasible. I'm not sure where you're staying these days.). We're not going to Muscogee, so we're not going to need it anytime soon.

[archway.livejournal.com]

I am generally in Olathe these days.


You're welcome to come raid our garb if you like
Thank you! ~surprised/happy smile!!~ That is very kind of you!! What can I do in return?

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Eh, treat the stuff well and return it when you're done with it? :)

[archway.livejournal.com]

I can do that...~BG~

What does your schedule look like in the evenings?

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Hrm... tonight is good, Thursday night is good. Other than that, this week is sort of shot.

[archway.livejournal.com]

Tonight works for me too...

i have bamphed my email to you ala yahoo. Directions, times and so forth?

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

My favorite part was the revelation of the secret barbeque recipe between Michael Biehn and Jeff Fahey's characters...in the middle of the zombie apocalypse!

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You knew that was going to happen though, because the Heavy Hand of Foreshadowing had been applied. Overall, brilliant.

[kittenpants.livejournal.com]

WAIT WAIT WAIT. Jeff Fahey was in it? Damn. Maybe I should have gone to see it.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine that you would have liked this at all. Well, maybe the second film, but he's not in that one.

[theslice.livejournal.com]

I thought "Death Proof" was pretty good as it had most of the theater hanging on the edge of their seats for 15 minutes then almost everyone cheered at the end.

But what really made it worth it to me was the Nicolas Cage cameo in the middle.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Our theater cheered at the end of Death Proof too. Of course, the whole crowd consisted of me and triadruid, and about five other people, but it still counts.

And Your Moment of Nicolas Cage really did crack me up. Bonus points because they rip on his version of Gone In Sixty Seconds later.

[theslice.livejournal.com]

What really did it for me on both those counts was there was a (real) preview for "Next" before Grindhouse started.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Bonus. We were late, so we missed all the real previews, and came in just at the start of the fake ones.

quentin's cock

[rio-luna.livejournal.com]

oh great now i'm thinking about it.

one of the great adventures of sleeping with aaron is hearing the FREAKY weird dreams he has, while still in a preconscious state. much bewilderment ensues as our deep psyches engage in dream-theatre pillow talk. my fave exchange:

a: i had a dream about Harvey Keitel.
me: (sleepy) Did you see his penis?
a: (confused) no. why?
me: if you didn't see his penis, how do you know it was Harvey Keitel?
a: I've never seen his penis.
me: any time i've ever seen harvey keitel, i also saw his penis. (which isn't true, but in my sleepy state i was thinking of Bad Lieutenant and The Piano)
a:...what are you talking bout?
me: what are YOU talking about, man? you WOKE me, motherfucker...sleepy mumbling....

Re: quentin's cock

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

That's why I mentioned it, so that someone else would have to think about it. Because disturbedness shared is disturbedness halved. Or something.

I don't think I have ever seen Harvey Keitel's penis, so I can sympathize with Aaron's bewilderment.

Re: quentin's cock

[rio-luna.livejournal.com]

wel, i'm happy to halve your disturbance, i've got room for yours today.

i guess it is strange

[crookedface.livejournal.com]

That Lady and I quit going to Ward Parkway Mall to the theater because of the regular shooting (yeah, random shots fired while we were there and the theater staff reported it as a regular thing). Sunday's event seems to be notable because it was an unusual style of shooting for the mall--by an adult determined to actually kill people.

I'd already written off any notion of returning to Ward Parkway Mall, so the latest incident was simple reinforcement for that decision.