“Night Watch” and “To Watch Tonight”
I watched a movie on DVD last night called Night Watch (click for the trailer) and was totally AMAZED at the visual FX. Yes, it’s a Vampire-Type Blood and Guts typical "guy movie" but what I liked most about it was how they did the Subtitles (98% of the film is in Russian).
I’m not usually a fan of reading subtitles in movies (though I ‘d rather read them than listen to someone try to overdub the voice) but these were very artistically done. For example…when the "spooky voice" was saying something…the subtitle would be blood red and drip off the screen. Or… I recall the letters all shattering in one point in the film. Quite clever actually!
I’m not saying this is a one of the best movies ever but it certainly was some very nice Eye Candy! If you’re not into Vampire type films with gore and gloom and wild FX…avoid this film.
New Subject:
Let’s see…tonight we get to watch plagiarism at it’s best/worst…I’m talking about THE GONG SHOW disguised under the name of "America’s Got Talent". I’ll watch [I loved The Gong Show]… but the name of the show sort of bugs me a little. It’s sarcastic to say America’s Got Talent and then show a David Letterman "Stupid Human Trick" …at least The Gong Show was saying "hey, we’re going to show you some messed up crappy people with maybe one or two folks who have real talent mixed in there but we’re going to gong the hell out of them"… From the few commercials for A.G.T. that I’ve seen, it’s painfully obvious that they REALLY should have called it The New Gong Show…Instead, they’re pumping it as some fresh new idea created by American Idol’s Simon Cowell.
I don’t mean to rip on the show…I haven’t even seen it yet but I can’t help but feel a little jaded. The Winner gets a lousy Million Dollars? Compared to other shows, the cost to put on this show isn’t much at all… and they’re going to make a killing off advertisements as it’s riding the coattails of Idol. Why not raise the prize money to 5 Million a season? That’s chump change for these people and they could still make killer profits. Ah well…I guess I need to wait and see what the show’s actually like before I vent on and on about it. But one last thing … I sure hope it isn’t a DUD like that other lame ass show "America’s Great Inventor" (or whatever it’s called).
Excuse the snippy manic blog..I’m still going through these damn nicotine withdrawals. I know it’ll eventually get better and easier but for now I’m cranky as hell.
That trailer made ME cranky!
Ditto on AGT, but Simon has an awfully nice bank account now, doesn’t he. And the winner of the “Great American Inventor” did come up with something that will save lots of kids lives… so I have to give credit for that even though the show was painful to wade through. God Bless DVR!
yeah DVR makes TV fun again.
I wanted to like the Inventor show…the show seemed like it was trying too hard or something…can’t put my finger on it.
I never thought about the “good” that could come out of a show like Inventor…good point
I still can’t bare to watch it though 
You’re right. A million dollars is not a lot of money but the publicity alone for the winner is worth much more than one million dollars. It all depends upon getting the right people to take advantage of all that hype.
Speaking of inventions, about 10 years ago I was thinking, “Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could invent a gadget that could record TV while being watched then pause it and go back to watching it again?”
I wish someone would invent a pair of glasses that would enable me to see through people’s clothes. Sick huh? But admit it. Who wouldn’t wanna buy something like that?
yeah…but i’m not sure winning the Gong Show is going to really take you anywhere though…it’s not like Idol where the winners get a recording deal or anything….or who knows…maybe the winners of this show will get a spot in the traveling circus or something?
Russian Vampires? Sounds like a netflix error? Where exactly does one shop for Russian Horror?
this is Searchlight Fox so you should be able ot get it anywhere
This is more or less related, or maybe just unrelated, but I never did, never have, and still don’t understand or appreciate reality TV, i.e., Beauty and the Geek, or Survivor, etc. I can appreciate the work that goes into producing a show like that, but it’s just not my bag of dirt. Does that make me a bad person?
LOL
naw..it’s ok if you don’t like Reality TV
I don’t lke most of it…but i have to admit there are some i really love 