EdgarDiazRocks

Hey, the Giants DIDN'T make a wacky pick! First time for everything.

I thought Robot Jox was GREAT! Well . . no I didn't. But it wasn't the worst thing ever. I save Level 6 hate for the aforementioned Eli Roth and anything involving the word "saw". It's my Nickelback.

http://www.avclub.com/content/files/images/battle.jpg The AV Club has a Cult Cannon review of the movie I started this thread with back in the late 50's . . . Battle Royale In the comments section I find that the superior version of the same concept, Series 7 has gone out of print. I also had no idea that BR was so hard to get a hold of. My little local rental place had it. Koreeda's Distance on the other hand . . . the great white whale. EDIT: After re-reading that original post I take back every bad thing I had to say about BR, it is endlessly better than the gore/humor I had compared it too originally. I am a little more versed now and BR does have a lot of sub-text that is missing from the other stuff. BR II still sucks 'tho.

Been watching a TON of games with my new MLB TV package and I have been noticing a lot more broken bats than usual. It's not just me . . . LINK Damn Canadians. Fix the problem or we'll send back Alan Thicke! http://www.charlesrapp.com/Images/athicke.jpg

Wow. Really? That play was all on Prince and the rumbling, bumbling, stumbling. All I'm saying is Derek Lee or Pujols at first, that pitcher's not out for the season. They could have tagged the runner without trying to make any ankle tackle at the same time.

Wow. I'm telling you, peeps LOVE the rollerderby shots. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2503059946_04c6937fb1.jpg

I'll have you know Billy Wilder, Welles and Koreeda sneak on there . . . somewhere near the end. And I like Spiderman 2 just as much as the next guy.

No, I wonder why Evil Dead 2 is currently being held up as superior film making. Like say this hack reviewer does . . . And you call that discussion? GET OFFA MY PLANE!! no wait . . .i mean . . . GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!!

All right, with the new house I bought a big tv and got with the digital cable. Well since I want my money's worth I have been watching a lot of stuff on the free "on demand" and there's one that just confuses me to no end. Evil Dead II: Okay so I had seen the first film, and Army of Darkness and really didn't think much of them. The horror-comedy genre isn't really my style just as the torture-porn that has further developed out of it. But this film has garnered so much respect that folks now talk of it's near legendary status and before last week I was actually embarassed that I hadn't seen it. On IMDB, it scores the same ranking as Ikiru and The Searchers. Now if you know me you know that I'm all for different angles and don't ever think that any opinion, well stated is wrong. But here's a phenomenon that I just don't get. Let me relate this review from IMDB . . . Now this is average for reviews of this movie, people saying it's "awesome!" and shooting out "Grooooooovy!" Roger Ebert tries better in his Three Star review . . . Now maybe since I haven't come into this fresh, and I have seen the reprecussions of this have really come to no good (Eli Roth, I'm looking at you), but I guess I'm missing the asthetic of the subtext. Often when I see this mentioned Peter Jackson's crapfest Dead Alive is mentioned as the superior version of the same thing. I saw that early on and still wonder why anybody would watch that thing a second time for. But again, different tastes, that I get. What I don't get is how these films are currently being held up as THE superior product and movie savy folk are better watching them than say John Ford or Kurosawa. Nobody rips your movie cred if you haven't seen Stagecoach or High & Low. How is it that this little nothing of a film is the cannon upon which most of current cinema is built on? In the same vein, I also watched They Live and Big Trouble In Little China (I hadn't seen the former before) and laughed my ass off without having the airs of finally seeing something which I could finally converse through the lexicon of film with my peers. That's the best part of John Carpenter, subtext without pretension (allthou the love for The Thing is starting to approach it). He wraps his arms around his B-Movie status and stays there happily Not that I hink Raimi makes Evil Dead II a standard bearer for lowbrow might, its legion of followers screaming out lines and drowning all discussion on the intrawebs do. I guess I just don't understand *at all* what makes it a good movie in the first place. Please discuss . . . . Oh yeah I also watched Fantastic Four 2, which BLEEEEWWWW!!!! "Does it have a Hemmie?" "Of Course!" Why do people pay actual money for this crap?

French Canadian character. Oui!

I would like to send a big 'ol "Stay Classy" to Ned Yost for leaving Yo out there for another Inning and a 1/3 . . . wouldn't want to protect that investment would you neddy? I like the shots of the trainer leaning over asking Ned what the hell he's doing while Yost looks on stoically. I predict MRI reveals ACL tear and swelling, lots of swelling. Jeff Weaver he we come!

Depends on how you look. 16 HR in 400 AB over the last two years is pretty good for a non starter if you ask me. And that doesn't include Nashville . . . http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1081/1033339970_06f90441ce.jpg

And it only took 10 years to make! I have heard a couple of tracks and it's REALLY dense. As expected. Review http://www.mtv.co.uk/files/library/images/artist/portishead/portishead_500.jpg

Ugh . . .and I mean UGH! I bet it's for a little less than the $8 Million he got paid last year 'tho

When you give random strangers (degenerates for the most part) Comic Books, Baseball Tickets, and Beer and are HAPPY about it!

I've heard of the place. But man has it changed since I lived there 4 years ago. Apparently they'll let any damn punk asses live there now. A true west sider though, I don't think TLB crosses a bridge much.

Must . . . make . . . .mental image . . . .go . . .away!!! Well I suppose college is the place for that sort of experimenting. Oh wait, you're talking about your DOME aren't you. Whew.

I concur. Guys like Claudio Vargas can be plucked off the waiver wire all season long, like AZ did a few years ago with . . . Claudio Vargas.

Radon. It's everywhere. Also don't try riding the bus from Downtown to MP in Febuary. I hear it's cold. Also keep your tounge off the 9-Volts.

Are we sure he won't show up later as a Level 40 Dire Lich? Necromancers are EVERYWHERE, man. http://couchpotatosports-icg.com/catalog1/images/iron%20lich%20asphyxious%20blister.bmp

I'm still trying it out. Some folks here are kinda shady and I offend easily. I also miss my former "All-Star" status.

http://baseballevolution.com/keith/hatebrewers.html Actually, I wouldn't want to visit in February either. http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/human-torch/23-1.jpg

As for movies...A.I. was the most annoying movie I've ever seen. It should have been done in 1 1/2 hours. In fact, it had the perfect ending at that point in the movie. Then it kept going...and going... A majority opinion best stated here . . . http://www.joebobbriggs.com/drivein/2003/AI.html

Apparently today is Elliott Smith day. 1. Gorillas - Dare 2. Peggy Lee - Light of Love 3. Belle & Sebastian - We are the Sleepyheads 4. Chet Baker - But Not for Me 5. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) 6. Run DMC - Proud to be Black 7. Primal Scream - I'm 5 Years Ahead of My Time 8. Johnny Cash - When He Reached Down 9. Chuck Berry - Havana Moon 10. Wu-Tang Clan [Cheese!] - The M.G.M. 11. Spoon - Chicago at Night 12. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You 13. Yo La Tengo - Georgia vs. Yo La Tengo 14. John Barry - Scaramanga's Fun House 15. Mary Lou Lord - Aim Low 16. Zoot Sims - Blinuet 17. Blondie - Heart of Glass [edit] 18. The Kinks - Phenomenal Cat 19. Team Dresch - D.A. Don't Care 20. A Tribe Called Quest - Luck of Lucien 21. Rachael Yamagata - Be Be Your Love [Live at KCRW] 22. Lone Justice - Ways to be Wicked (It's 80's night here at EDR Central!) 23. Clifford Brown, Max Roach & Helen Merrill - What's New 24. Bjork - Hyperballad [Girls Blouse Ver.] 25. The Fratellis - Got Ma Nutz from a Hippie

This picture just makes me think Minnesota sucks. One doesn't need a pictorial prodding for that disposition. Iowa doth sucketh as well . . . http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2337/1795429803_6d747b76b3.jpg and i only take shots of arty "Toby-like" littering. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/2097870513_e884c46b5c.jpg