Friday, November 05, 2004
Zombies hate clotheslines...
Warning: there is nothing too introspective about this blog today…
Thursday was a better than average day for old Carl. I got to see some my coworkers (who I haven’t been able to stay in touch with now that I am in Pharmacy school), and I also became the owner of two very cool things.
The first is a new DVD. My favorite horror movie of all time, if I have failed to mention it (grin)… Night of the Living Dead. I already had a copy, but the new version was on sale. A little back-ground; the movie has long been the subject of fierce copyright battles. Now, pretty much anyone can package this movie for sale. So there are a lot of horrible copies of it out there… and no real “authorized” or definitive editions.
The new edition is issued by 20th Century Fox, so I could expect high video quality and great sound. It pays off on both counts. There is a gimmick or two that also make it interesting… first of all, it offers a colorized version of the movie. (YAWN) And, by the way, IT HAS A COMMENTARY TRACK BY MIKE NELSON! Yes, the same Mike that hosted Mystery Science Theater 3000 (greatest TV show ever) for half of its run.
The commentary is simply hilarious. It is like a one man version of MST3K, complete with pop-culture references, and nick names for the movie’s actors. One particularly great MSTie moment is when a zombie has a lady trapped inside her locked car. Mike riffs about what the On Star call might have sounded like in that situation. Mike even calls the heroine of the movie a “load,” which is a trademark MST3K slam. Dude, it makes me miss MST3K a lot. I do miss Crow, Tom Servo, Gypsy, Nanites, Torgo, and TV’s Frank, even more than I miss Seinfeld. I need to start getting episodes of that show on DVD again…
As a side note, Mike has lost none of his form. It makes me wonder… could we ever see a MST3K reunion? It has been about 5 years or so since the show ended. Surely they are feeling nostalgic, and Rhino Home Video has been doing reasonably well with the MST3K DVD collections.
The second thing I came into possession of is a new digital camera! I have never owned one, but have always wanted one. It is a Canon A85 (4.0 MP). I absolutely love it! It was an early 30th birthday gift from my wife. So a dream of mine has come true… and you can expect a ton of pictures to be popping up on the site in the future.
What was the first subject of my photography career? My sock monkey, of course! I had teased that I would post pictures of it eventually. I have had this thing since I was a small child. In the USA, it used to be common for mothers and grandmother to make these toys out of actual socks. Many heavy, winter socks had heels that were a different color than the rest of the sock. This worked out well for making a monkey. My monkey is of a particularly fun variation… it also has a red “heel” area located on his rump… I used to make my little brother kiss it when we were young (instead of saying uncle). I love my sock monkey!
So, as soon as I post this, I will also post a photo of my dear sock monkey. Be ready for a flood of pictures from me and my new toy! Who knows what I will come up with now!
See ya!
PS – I'm Huge! (for you MST3K fans out there…)
Thursday was a better than average day for old Carl. I got to see some my coworkers (who I haven’t been able to stay in touch with now that I am in Pharmacy school), and I also became the owner of two very cool things.
The first is a new DVD. My favorite horror movie of all time, if I have failed to mention it (grin)… Night of the Living Dead. I already had a copy, but the new version was on sale. A little back-ground; the movie has long been the subject of fierce copyright battles. Now, pretty much anyone can package this movie for sale. So there are a lot of horrible copies of it out there… and no real “authorized” or definitive editions.
The new edition is issued by 20th Century Fox, so I could expect high video quality and great sound. It pays off on both counts. There is a gimmick or two that also make it interesting… first of all, it offers a colorized version of the movie. (YAWN) And, by the way, IT HAS A COMMENTARY TRACK BY MIKE NELSON! Yes, the same Mike that hosted Mystery Science Theater 3000 (greatest TV show ever) for half of its run.
The commentary is simply hilarious. It is like a one man version of MST3K, complete with pop-culture references, and nick names for the movie’s actors. One particularly great MSTie moment is when a zombie has a lady trapped inside her locked car. Mike riffs about what the On Star call might have sounded like in that situation. Mike even calls the heroine of the movie a “load,” which is a trademark MST3K slam. Dude, it makes me miss MST3K a lot. I do miss Crow, Tom Servo, Gypsy, Nanites, Torgo, and TV’s Frank, even more than I miss Seinfeld. I need to start getting episodes of that show on DVD again…
As a side note, Mike has lost none of his form. It makes me wonder… could we ever see a MST3K reunion? It has been about 5 years or so since the show ended. Surely they are feeling nostalgic, and Rhino Home Video has been doing reasonably well with the MST3K DVD collections.
The second thing I came into possession of is a new digital camera! I have never owned one, but have always wanted one. It is a Canon A85 (4.0 MP). I absolutely love it! It was an early 30th birthday gift from my wife. So a dream of mine has come true… and you can expect a ton of pictures to be popping up on the site in the future.
What was the first subject of my photography career? My sock monkey, of course! I had teased that I would post pictures of it eventually. I have had this thing since I was a small child. In the USA, it used to be common for mothers and grandmother to make these toys out of actual socks. Many heavy, winter socks had heels that were a different color than the rest of the sock. This worked out well for making a monkey. My monkey is of a particularly fun variation… it also has a red “heel” area located on his rump… I used to make my little brother kiss it when we were young (instead of saying uncle). I love my sock monkey!
So, as soon as I post this, I will also post a photo of my dear sock monkey. Be ready for a flood of pictures from me and my new toy! Who knows what I will come up with now!
See ya!
PS – I'm Huge! (for you MST3K fans out there…)
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