Caught up on Justified and Archer yesterday. Justified is great. I seriously love everything about that show.
59. Hellcat
58. Nay, More
I caught up on The Walking Dead last night, since I’d already had the shit spoiled out of it. Goddammit. What don’t people understand about “I haven’t watched it yet!” or “I’m waiting for it on DVD!”?
Also watched Bates Motel. I had watched the first episode during HorrorHound last weekend in my hotel. I was tired and depressed, so it didn’t really register with me and I came away not liking it. I rewatched the first episode last night and I actually enjoyed it and caught things I missed, like an entire actor (Bat Manuel!).
The second episode, not so good. It’s like this show is desperately trying to be a cross between Twin Peaks and Smallville, only instead of a town full of weirdos with a complex mystery, it’s just a town full of weirdos with a boring mystery. And instead of the coming of age story of Clark Kent, it’s coming of age story of Norman Bates, who at 17, seems fairly normal for a guy who will dress up as his mother and kill folks. So, y’know, swing and a whiff.
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Back on the movie horse after about a week. Might jump off it this weekend, though, as everyone in the world is threatening to not let me enjoy The Walking Dead when it comes out on DVD, as I prefer.
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11-11-11. I’ve never lost so much interest in a movie so quickly while watching this one. It’s a horror tale about the coincidence of repeating numbers. There are interesting ideas present, the last 5 minutes are great, but otherwise, eh.
The Sentinel Late 70s horror about a woman who moves to a creepy apartment. It’s good, but I was distracted by the cast. Jerry Orbach and Jeff Goldblum have glorified cameos – former Gutter Trash Interview subject Chris Sarandon is the male lead. Burgess Meredith may be the devil. Beverly D’Angelo masturbates on camera. Repeated viewings of the “Vacation” movies will be awkward. You know it’s weird when Tom Berenger shows up in the very last minute of the movie and has more dialogue than Christopher Walken who repeatedly shows up as a detective.
So here’s a thing. Both movies have dream sequences. 11-11-11 has one where the lead character has a nightmare in which a tragic episode from his past replays in full detail. This is pretty common in movies and tv. The Sentinel’s lead character dreams in monochrome blue and there are crazy angles and a naked Beverly D’Angelo plays the cymbals.
I dunno ’bout you, but I’ve never had a dream where I just simply remember a thing. I get that it’s a storytelling thing to get some exposition in there, but there’s got to be a better way, right? My dreams tend to play out more like the lady’s in The Sentinel, including the naked Beverly D’Angelo. Dreams are weird and make little sense, and when they are more straightforward “stories”, it’s still just more bizzare or “off” than anything else.
Just something that bothered me. I’ll shut up now.
56. Classic X-Men
Post-it sketch. I wanted to try a heavy shadowed figure, stark contrast with no hatching, and then it turned into Cyclops. Then I added the recognizable silhouettes. I hope anyway.
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Post-it doodle of a bulldog/frog/fish-man. And he wants beer. Apparently.
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Doodled this while spending three hours on the phone with Time Warner trying to get my dad’s internet back. As of 11pm, still not up. Putting my already fouler than usual mood into overdrive.
53. Baron Von Porkchop
Something felt off. Then today I realized that I had forgotten to upload this sketch I did at HorrorHound. I don’t know how or if he knew that I have a tenuous connection to Baron Von Porkchop, but Baron super-fan Stephen Alexander commissioned this sketch from me at the show. Luckily, the Baron was also at the show and I was able to get a photo to use as reference. I still can’t believe I forgot this, but hey, it all worked out. The Baron deserves better than being lumped in with a bunch of other shitty sketches.
52. HorrorHound Day 3
Sketches from Day 3 of HorrorHound Weekend. We’ve got Jack Skellington from some movie, Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd, and a punk rock zombie.
And with that, we are done with the show. It wasn’t good, as far as finances and getting seen goes, but it was a ton of fun. Hung out with some good friends, ate good food, saw a ton of cool cosplayers and pretty ladies and got out of the house for a bit. I’m not soured on it. I may do HorrorHound in Indianapolis. At least I know a person or two I can stay with there.
Ok, PANIC!: Sean Hartter Tribute
This was a “me” pick. Sean was a friend of a friend who had died, and I believe my friend asked if I could pick this as a topic. Sean often made alternative movie posters, so that was the gist. For some reason, this one for the underrated Bubba Ho-Tep came to mind. Again, always fun to do something graphic design-y.
51. HorrorHound Weekend – Day 1 and 2
Sketches from Days 1 and 2 of HorrorHound Weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio. I’m not doing great sales-wise. The prints aren’t moving, but lots of people love ’em – just not enough to buy ’em.
So, we’ve got Leatherface advertising the sketch deal, followed by an alien from the movie BAD TASTE, The Tall Man from PHANTASM, a Ghoulie from GHOULIES, a templar knight from TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD, horror host A. GHASTLEE GHOUL, and BATMAN. From BATMAN.