The Sweet End of a Bank Holiday Weekend

[dotinthesky]

My holiday bank weekend was very calm and relaxed. I ended up staying home for most of the time, with a few exceptional walks to Hyde Park (where I spotted Queen Amidala) and sojourns at the local swimming pool to break the routine. I finally finished reading Full Circle, by Peter Straub, and now I desperately want to buy the movie rights and write a screenplay based on it. This feeling was only compounded yesterday by watching House of Wax and realizing that I was born to be the new Master of Horror and teach all those idiots in Hollywood how to make proper scary films. Although I do have to say that it was hilarious to have scenes with Paris Hilton where the background music is going "she's a ho, what a ho..." And her death scene was also a classic - everyone in the theatre laughed. ;-P

Am seriously addicted already to Big Brother, which is pathetic really. Must fight the temptation to watch the live stream, as I do still have some dignity left in me. Consolation comes in the fact that none of the Sissys ever watched Big Brother and are also slowly getting sucked into the trash vortex. I'll know I've hit the bottom of the barrel when I enter a betting house and put a tenner towards Makosi. Triple-evil Big Brother? Scary, more likely.

Just ate a tuna baguette. Now I'm going to degust a canteen banana, then a pear, and catch up with the lives of my sweet cyber lemmings.

Comments

[idioticpoet.livejournal.com]

Natalie Portman is a knockout...she's got a beautiful face/eyes. I'm a sucker for eyes. I however, do think she could stand to gain a li'l bit of weight/muscle mass.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she was very petite. But, because her head was shaved, maybe the gaunt look went towards whatever role she's working on now.

BB

[dawnage.livejournal.com]

I know... having E4 is threatening to make this week unproductive... :(

Re: BB

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Specially at night when there's less censoring! Have you got any favourites already?

Re: BB

[dawnage.livejournal.com]

I quite like Kemal and Makosi. Disappointingly, I've changed my mind about my early favourite, Derek. I thought Maxwell and Science might have hidden charms, but I was wrong about that. Lesley is not as hideous as she seemed at first. I also quite like Mary, as she's actually not that barmy after all.

Do you actually like Makosi, or is it just that you spot her potential?

Re: BB

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I think the same as you actually! Enjoying Kemal, Makosi and even Lesley a whole lot more than Science or Maxwell... Derek is amusing, but would never want him to win. And yeah, love Mary! Can't wait to see her rock out to The Cult tonight. :)

I think Makosi is going to win... she's a much bigger character than the others.

we're like lemmings to the sea!

[i-am-scowling.livejournal.com]

the simple fact that people like paris hilton get cast in movies -- even if they are just cheesy horror ones -- tells you what state hollywood here is in. i'm waiting for you to sink this cheese-ship, ollie pants!

Re: we're like lemmings to the sea!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I want to make a movie where Paris Hilton is a zombie that eats people's brains!

[jeffster.livejournal.com]

the only reason i still wanna see House of Wax is to watch paris die...i heard it was great!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

And the last scenes with the house are wicked too. There's another gross scene but I won't spoil it by telling you what it is. :)

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

Ooh that reminds me, because you liked full circle so much I went to the library and checked out Ghost Story. It was absolutely brilliant, thanks for that.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it! I read that book decades ago... I need to read it again. A movie was also done but I can't remember if it's that good.

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

I was up all night reading it. Couldn't put it down. I think I'll go check out another of his today. What should I get?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Full Circle! (it also goes by Julia.) I haven't read many of his books, and his latest ones don't appear to be that good (specially the ones he co-wrote with Stephen King.) Just look for anything he wrote a long while ago.

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

They didnt have it. I got Shadowlands. My library is shit. You would swear it just morphed here from 1975.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you can find it second-hand too.

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

I'll look.

[twinner.livejournal.com]

the movie is truly bad.....

[twinner.livejournal.com]

Ghost Story, that is; it stars Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Melvyn Douglas, & John Houseman & is so far from the original novel, it's unreal. Now that you mentioned the other name of Full Circle --- Julia, I know which novel you're talking about; yes, that is a great horror story.

[twinner.livejournal.com]

By the way, I'm looking forward to seeing your first horror film; Foreign horror films (especially British) are so much better than ours

[twinner.livejournal.com]

Last posting: I vaguely remember a film version of Full Circle, so I looked it up: The Haunting of Julia starring Mia Farrow & filmed in 1976; I remember it as being slow & not too interesting; Have you seen it? It's only available on vhs.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've heard it's terrible.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Haha! Well... if I ever manage to film anything, I'm sure it's going to be one of those homemovies that only amuse close friends. ;)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I saw Ghost Story a long time ago, so I really don't remember it. Too bad that the movie versions of Straub's books are terrible... he deserves better.

[4q.livejournal.com]

hi, it sounds like you had a good weekend. And I don't know about this house of wax remake. That's all hollywood does is remake old good movies and turn them into new more expensive crappy movies.

and so it goes.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Time for a new batch of talent to arrive in Hollywood.

[twinner.livejournal.com]

Off the wall question: What is Crazy Frog Axel F?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Haha! You don't want to know...

Why do you ask?

[twinner.livejournal.com]

Read something about it in USA Today this morning; said it had gone to the top of the pop charts in Great Britain after being used in place of the usual ringing sound for cell phones. That's one way to sell cds...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It's a very annoying song aimed at children, with a cute animated video... and it first started its life as an annoying cellphone ringtone.

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

I must say that your kinda wrong… I WAS BORN TO BE THE NEXT MASTER OF HORROR!!! LOL!!! Hahahahahaahahaha!! I have the plot for my first (long) film since I was 20… and I have to say that it’s a fucking great idea… Will I have the oportunity to take it to the screen?? Would you like to co-direct it?? hahahahahaha

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I would love to co-direct it! Hell, I'd even be your coffee boy if you let me. ;)