March 25, 2005
Blasphemy
Travolta is in and out of town, setting up production for a film shoot. Imagine my dismay when I realized this thing, called Lonely Hearts, is based on Ray Fernandez and Martha Beck, two killers who preyed on lonely hearts respondents in the 1940's. In other words, this is a remake of Leonard Kastle's brilliant 1970 classic The Honeymoon Killers.
Fuck all. The original is so dark, so depraved, so far beyond noir it is generally considered a crime to even consider a remake. An entire soundtrack of Gustav Mahler, Shirley Stoller as Martha Beck, you can't go there.
I, for one, won't spend a penny on this travesty. Goddam Scientologists.
Wait. I had a picture somewhere. Yes. Here it is:
Mo Bettah.
Oh man, I sure didn't want to read this at 6AM, breaks my heart. You are so right, Goddam Scientologists.
Posted by: BeeBee at March 26, 2005 6:56 AMWhat else would you expect from a man who thought making Battlefield Earth was a good idea?
BTW...is that Lee Van Cleef adorning the homepage? Bitchin'!
Posted by: David K at March 27, 2005 3:08 AMOn the same level as the idiots who decided to remake "The Lion In Winter".
Posted by: Mark at March 27, 2005 5:10 AMI watched the last half of "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" last night. While paying attention to the long, final shootout in the graveyard, I paid close attention to Lee Van Cleef. He was missing the tip of his right middle finger. The thumbnail online biographies state that he nipped off while building a dollhouse for his daughter. They also mentioned that he had one green eye and one blue eye, and that he wore tinted contacts. I looked very closely, and it appeared that his left eye was the lighter tinted one.
Blondie: You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig
Posted by: Wall at March 27, 2005 4:04 PMI've never seen the movie, so I'm going to skip right over it to what really matters.
How in the hell did they get an obese woman to take off her clothes for all the world to see.
Kathy Bates did it, and I still can't get over it.
I can't even wear sleeveless shirts without feeling self-conscious.
Posted by: jmflynny at March 27, 2005 6:15 PM