a few things i'm excited about...
1. even though the ass-rapers of childhood, platinum dunes, are "re-imagining", or whatever fucking word you want to use for it, friday the 13th and a nightmare on elm street-- i can take comfort in this: the director of both is marcus nispel. did anyone see the texas chainsaw massacre remake? yeah, it was bad. someone from team michael bay still needs to explain to me how it is humanly possible for jessica fucking biel to cut off leatherface's arm when he's holding a chainsaw....but did you see texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning????
it was good. it was pretty damn good. it had the good parts of the bay remake (of which there were few), but it was well written, had better actors, and the best part was: NO JESSICA BIEL. score! so you like tcm: the beginning? the director of that film was first time movie director marcus nispel (previously famous for music video work). he nailed that shit, nukka.
well, he's directing both the nightmare and friday the 13th reboots. and the writers? the same guys that did freddy vs. jason (that goalie was fucking pissed!). i think they are probably the most suited for this work, to be honest. jason x was wayyyy too corny (srsly. enough with sending jason around the world. is he carmen fucking sandiego? jason in space! jason takes manhattan!--manhattan would've rocked had they gotten the muppets involved. no?)....freddy vs. jason was a perfect blend of the old school cheese we loved in the movies back in the 80's, and the scare and gore factor was definitely satisfactory.
so platinum dunes isn't totally ruining my life, i guess, but we'll see.
2. SAW V! fuck yes. that's all i need to say. oh, and the fact that the trap at the end of the film was based on a drawing by the director's 7 year old son. that's pretty sweet. and the video game is coming out soon. charlie clouser did the music for it, and the original writers came back and wrote the script for it.
3. the best news of the day:
