It's always cool to get appreciated for something when you work really hard on it. I figured this story is really unique so I'd share it all with you.

I like to combine my love of wrestling and editing and make music videos. Ive done it to hype wrestlers, fueds, and just for kicks really. The world of myspace has made it really easy to send videos to the stars who I base them on. Usually I get a 'Wow that was awesome" or a "great Job", but in the past couple months I received one that really made me feel like the man essentially.

It was a video I did for a wrestler named El Generico, I sent it to him in like July but he responded in October with these words

Hola amigo,
Forgive the extremely late reply.
I wanted to thank you for the video, I have seen many fan videos on youtube, but yours is my favorite. I am sad to see it no longer works on youtube :(

Id like to ask you if its possible to maybe send me a link to where I can download it in a higher quality? To be honest with you I liked it so much that I would like to use it as a video resumee to send to a promoter! The higher the quality the better. Let me know if this is okay with you and at all possible and thanks again for your hard work in this video and continued support.


So rad

The video can be seen here

http://themvzone.com/videos/coc2/%5Bbenpas%5Delg.wmv

Whatever happened to the action movie?

I mean really, when did everyone decide that movies had to be serious in order to be enjoyable.

It seems like everyday I meet people who just despise the movies I live, especially the film Crank.Crank is a ridiculous action movie about a man injected with a poison that can only be combated with adrenaline. The movie is just an hour and a half of pretty much non-stop action and people despise it

"Its stupid"
"That would never happen"

Who cares?
I mean, I didn't go to see Crank to go see Jason Statham giving elaborate monologues on the state of Darfur. I went to see people die and stuff get blown up. Seriously, it's just a ridiculously rad movie which serves it's purpose to entertain.

Is that so wrong?

Im kind of ridiculous

Media has totally seeped into my life.

At least, that's what I realized today as I was going through the day. Let me give you the brief overview of all the media that seeped into my life

Constantly singing "Im on a boat" by SNL stars The Lonely Island
Bringing up Rocky 4 in a regular conversation
Wearing my Backstreet Shirt
Making American Psycho references
Making Christian Bale references
Singing a David hasslehoff song in a popular internet meme

Just to name a few

I'm constantly quoting and referencing other movies and television shows and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Shaffer are geniuses.

It's that simple

I dont' know if any comedy team has ever made me laugh as hard as the dudes from The Lonely Island.
Their latest video, I'm on a Boat has been tearing up the internets and Ive found myself watching it well into double digit figures.

Its facsinating that this three went from a moderatly known team of internet filmmakers to releasing an album and creating movies.

The Internet rocks

They say that a hero can save us

I feel as though this blog is almost becoming my own personal confessions of a not so dangerous mind.

Best part of that is I wasn't think of Sam Rockwell when I said it, but Dangerous Minds with Michelle Pffifer which lead to the classic song Gangsta's Paradise. Yeah...I owned that cassette and I listened to that song
over
and over
and over

Anyways, back to the business at hand. I don't know if this will even get my points but I kinda feel like talking about it. Reading about binary oppossitions in the Chapter 2 readings led me to ponder about villians and heroes and trying to think of the best dichotomy of the two.

I've tried to thing of the best examples of a hero and villian in an opposite and rad manner, The answer I came up with for my personal favorite in opposites

Hans Gruber versus John McClane.

I mean look at the epic struggle you have here.

Hans Gruber is a European, highly intelligent cool and calm terrorist whos planned to great detail his attempt to leave the plaza as a very rich man

Then theres John McClane, a two time loser thrust into a situation he never expected. I mean seriously, he doesn't even wear shoes in it and he's still the man. He's completly improvising and winging it and in the end......he is able to send hans flying to his death

I mean...the visual of Hans looking all spiffy in his nice suit standing next to a brusied and battered John McClane wearing a tanktop really sums up the whole idea.

God Bless America.