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.