tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7110064828122203472..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: My review of SEVEN PSYCHOPATHSBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69942099872648996572020-03-01T02:38:18.230-08:002020-03-01T02:38:18.230-08:00Wait... what?
I started getting confused when you...Wait... what?<br /><br />I started getting confused when you went to Pulp Fiction instead of Inglorious Basterds for Tarantino, and then my reality broke.<br /><br />One of the hazards of being a cave dwelling hermit - Up until now i had thought that this movie was an adaptation of the 2010 graphic novel of the same name from Fabian Vehlmann and Sean Phillips. It's about Seven Psychopaths on a mission to kill Hitler, so the movie choice seemed obvious.<br /><br />I guess i'm going to have to actually watch this. Thanks.<br />-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26951839690165499552012-10-31T13:15:07.484-07:002012-10-31T13:15:07.484-07:00Ken, First off, I read your blog daily and absolut...Ken, First off, I read your blog daily and absolutely get a kick out of it. It's both incredibly entertaining and awesomely informative. I especially loved you're recent Cheers anniversary coverage, since I've been spending the whole summer and fall watching it on Netflix. Which leads me to...<br /><br />A FRIDAY QUESTION for you (or maybe just a thought to extrapolate on): <br /><br />I recently watched the "Diane Meets Mom" episode where we meet Fraiser's mom, which I was really intrigued by because the character had died by the time Fraiser moved to Seattle. There were a couple things that made me love everything about this in the Cheers episode. A) That Hestor was evil. B) That Hester was played by the indomitable Nancy Marchand (aka Livia "Tony's Nasty Mother" Soprano to those of us young enough to only just be getting into early episodes of Cheers), and how that made my brain spin at the fact that both "Cheers" Fraiser and Tony Soprano have effed up mommy issues. And B) That I can't remember how the show "Fraiser" dealt with Hestor. <br /><br />I'd love it if you had any insight into the silly meta connection between Fraiser Crane and Tony Soprano based solely by the fact the same actress played both of their mothers, and how "Fraiser" dealt with changing evil Hestor into Niles and Fraiser's dearly departed mother?Nick W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24134252711748682782012-10-26T07:27:47.288-07:002012-10-26T07:27:47.288-07:00AMC has been running "The Dead Zone" thi...AMC has been running "The Dead Zone" this month and I've been thinking about how perceptions have changed over the years. In that movie Christopher Walken was the sacrificing hero and Martin Sheen was cast as the psychopath.LinGinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886475328549600984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11484278427479919512012-10-26T05:44:50.405-07:002012-10-26T05:44:50.405-07:00Coming from a family that was devastated by a rand...Coming from a family that was devastated by a random murder, I'll pass on "violence is funny!"Michael Stoffelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29785612172684758582012-10-25T21:50:28.575-07:002012-10-25T21:50:28.575-07:00Martin McDonagh is probably my favorite working wr...Martin McDonagh is probably my favorite working writer. He gets compared to Tarantino a lot, but in my opinion his two films are much more original and interesting, his plays even more so. McDonagh doesn't seem to feel the need to comment on his pop-culture fixations every 10 seconds, and also doesn't seem to lift entire scenes wholesale from other movies, two things about Tarantino that drive me nuts.Jon Deutschmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6441162532147297872012-10-25T18:50:55.017-07:002012-10-25T18:50:55.017-07:00"C" Word... Crap?"C" Word... Crap?Doktor Frank Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513210116049815764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3278113150574365772012-10-25T13:22:07.271-07:002012-10-25T13:22:07.271-07:00Saw this opening weekend at the Arclight with a Ma...Saw this opening weekend at the Arclight with a Martin McDonagh Q & A, it was great fun! We all got one of those dog hats Bily wears in the desert, an unexpected bonus.<br /><br />In Bruges is still the best though. If any commenters reading haven't seen that yet, get on it.XJillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38122804710599813722012-10-25T13:22:05.878-07:002012-10-25T13:22:05.878-07:00Hi Ken,
I'm listening to cheesy music on the...Hi Ken, <br /><br />I'm listening to cheesy music on the radio and they have a guest DJ introducing the songs. After what you wrote about your talent of being able to speak right up until the singing starts, it is painfully obvious to me that all they had this person do is speak into a recorder, and fill in the songs after the fact. I now know exactly what you were talking about, and am even more impressed that you were able to do this live. This station had a head start, and they still couldn't get it right!allynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18055957756297108862012-10-25T11:29:28.894-07:002012-10-25T11:29:28.894-07:00Ken, for Friday questions:
Do you feel like tech...Ken, for Friday questions: <br /><br />Do you feel like technological progress has given you more or less opportunities to write jokes? <br /><br />A couple of days ago I was watching an old episode of Friends and because Rachel was waiting for an important call, no one could use the telephone. <br /><br />Nowadays this wouldn't be a problem cause everybody has a mobile phone. So this is just one example where technological progress has taken away a opportunity to write a funny story. <br /><br />On the other hand one could write now about E-Mail, Twitter followers, Youtube etc. and build good jokes about these things. Big Bang Theory does that a lot. <br /><br />So, what do you think? <br /><br />Greetings, KaanKGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700108971261541448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19465552244987696122012-10-25T10:30:16.812-07:002012-10-25T10:30:16.812-07:00A master of interesting characters and dialogue. T...A master of interesting characters and dialogue. The theater company I work with has staged "The Cripple of Inishmaan","A Skull in Connemara" and "The Lonesome West". It's an actor's dream to work with his dialogue and, in the right hands, it can be truly hilarious. I'm looking forward to seeing this.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-492630007563333412012-10-25T10:14:06.046-07:002012-10-25T10:14:06.046-07:00There is one point you make here that I find parti...There is one point you make here that I find particularly interesting. Although not a writer myself, I have always enjoyed reading fiction. One thing that I have learned from this experience is that character development is the most important part of any story (on page, screen, or elsewhere). Well-developed characters give the audience someone to sympathize with, and are the one thing that a story can give us that no other form of expression can. As such, the uniqueness of a story's characters and to what extent the story is derived from their personalities can be a good indicator of that story's quality. I am glad to see that you agree with this.Mitchell Hundrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69359313013453195802012-10-25T09:49:13.787-07:002012-10-25T09:49:13.787-07:00I adore McDonagh. When I first saw In Bruges in th...I adore McDonagh. When I first saw In Bruges in the theater I immediately realized I sucked, and went home to rewrite everything ever.<br /><br />I keep thinking that his favorite book must be Catch 22. You laugh at the absurdity, and then suddenly, without warning, you find yourself in tears. I laughed hard throughout the film, but then I even cried. Walken and Rockwell were AMAZING.<br /><br />McDonagh is seriously my idol.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58690435597609835172012-10-25T09:16:44.179-07:002012-10-25T09:16:44.179-07:00Added to my "to watch" list.Added to my "to watch" list.Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60380261752741777762012-10-25T08:31:29.994-07:002012-10-25T08:31:29.994-07:00I saw it a couple of weeks ago and liked it quite ...I saw it a couple of weeks ago and liked it quite a lot. It is indeed very funny and there's also some very heartfelt, earned moments that I liked a lot (plus, best Walken performance that's not a "Walken appearance" in years).Joseph Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168159790992899470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62607483479456182982012-10-25T08:18:15.841-07:002012-10-25T08:18:15.841-07:00I"ve seen the trailer several times, but was ...I"ve seen the trailer several times, but was hesitant to see it because not one person got hit in the crotch in it. If you say it was funny, can I assume there are several scenes of someone getting hit in the crotch that didn't make it into the trailer?Tim W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25238760460830702392012-10-25T07:57:49.750-07:002012-10-25T07:57:49.750-07:00“Y’know, I bet we could’ve gotten away with having...“Y’know, I bet we could’ve gotten away with having him kill people on CHEERS.”<br /><br />Ah, the famous missing episode "Arsenic And Stale Beer".Christodoulosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53678511290113300742012-10-25T07:47:22.935-07:002012-10-25T07:47:22.935-07:00Well nothing goes together like graphic violence a...Well nothing goes together like graphic violence and comedy! I guess I'm just the oddball who doesn't find murder to be funny.J. Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051619757979084465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79224589163559235772012-10-25T06:28:14.395-07:002012-10-25T06:28:14.395-07:00Sounds great. Of course Tarantino himself was no s...Sounds great. Of course Tarantino himself was no slouch in the comedy-writing department. I remember seeing Pulp Fiction and everybody in the cinema was falling about laughing, in between the flying-brains-gunshots-cellar-rape etc. But yeah, this sounds well worth a go. Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23898108044287275452012-10-25T06:14:42.595-07:002012-10-25T06:14:42.595-07:00What have you got against Nancy Meyers? You're...What have you got against Nancy Meyers? You're making me question my taste. I like her movies, and I love the prod/set design on them.Coconoreply@blogger.com