tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33092052024-10-19T12:47:42.813-04:00Random Acts of Mike WattThis is a little journal to keep anyone - particularly me - posted on my terribly rambling film and journalism careerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-37020158317931819172013-11-06T22:12:00.001-05:002013-11-06T22:12:25.602-05:00A New B'ak'tun
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-62033269723500101312013-07-03T21:00:00.001-04:002013-07-03T21:02:49.924-04:00New on MOVIE OUTLAWComing soon: more RAZOR DAYS news.
But in the meantime, there's been quite a bit of new activity going on over at MOVIE OUTLAW.
New articles on:
*Tom Conti as a non-believer experiencing miracles in:
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO VIC (1986)
* Johnny Depp's first portrayal as an American Indian in
THE BRAVE (1997)
* Lindsay Anderson finishes the "Mick Travis Trilogy" with Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-11911025673472492072013-05-02T19:27:00.001-04:002013-05-02T19:27:40.431-04:00THE EVIL DEAD IS NO EVIL DEAD
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The cast: Amy Lynn Best (and producer), Debbie Rochon, Bette Cassett (ThinkGeek's Zombie Girl), David Marancik (The Sadist), Alyssa Herron Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-63059309609905456162011-04-11T15:57:00.001-04:002011-04-11T15:57:18.292-04:00The Key to Earthly Nirvana
Attention men and women everywhere - since "abortion" is currently the new emotional buzzword (until we all remember how much we all hate Mexicans), and it's an inflamatory subject for both sides, may I make this proposal: take extra steps not to get pregnant. In fact, even if you WANT to have a baby, don't do it. The only way we can rid the planet of the scourge that is humanity is by Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-28793246517899645972011-02-11T11:25:00.001-05:002011-02-11T11:30:21.661-05:00LBP'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY FAREWELL THROW DOWN
Like Brett Favre, KISS and Cher, the Low Budget Pictures consortium has announced their retirement. The brainchild of one Chris Seaver (as if there were more than one), who, at the tender age of 12, conceived, shot and completed four movies in one afternoon. Twenty years later he and his loyal compatriots have a completed catalog equal to Bollywood’s annual releasing schedule.
Seaver and the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-34176527181598703822011-02-02T10:58:00.000-05:002011-02-02T10:58:57.473-05:00Down With Fetuses!Not sure if you’ve seen THIS, THIS or THIS yet, but in their constant campaign to protect the fetuses, the GOP wants to redefine rape. They are doing this so that taxpayer money will not go towards healthcare funding for abortions. Only in the cases of “incest involving a minor” or “forcible rape”.
Forcible rape.
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Anyone unfamiliar with Richard Moore’s work to date is truly missing out. His latest series, Boneyard, is a rich blend of classic horror movies and off-beat humor. Moore has a flair for visual story-telling, and his artwork shows a unique gift for comic timing, as the first issue illustrates with a three-panel gag about a vampire, a frightened human, and a phone book mistaken for a bible.
“Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-5987043072435263162011-01-27T12:32:00.000-05:002011-01-27T12:32:00.554-05:00THINGS I LOVE: The New Adventures of Queen VictoriaI tripped over The New Adventures of Queen Victoria accidentally one day, perusing GoComics.com and praying for death. Or, you know, something else to do. Created by Pab Sungenis, TNQoQV is a surreal and extremely funny cut-out strip about the former Regent and her extended family.
The style is reminiscent of Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python cartoons in that Sungenis uses photographs and familiar Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-80019231996565759772011-01-26T13:43:00.001-05:002011-01-26T13:43:14.317-05:00FLAME OUT - FANTASTIC 4 NO MORE
So someone took the Human Torch down and passed him around, or something. The result is: he’s dead. Like Captain America, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Angel, Kraven the Hunter and endless more before him, The Human Torch is as dead as can be legally allowed by the Comics Code (also dead. Thanks Archie Comics).
Those responsible for Johnny Storm’s murder are writer Jonathan Hickman and his Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-56805775158425245872010-12-31T12:03:00.000-05:002010-12-31T12:03:47.729-05:00Mike's Picks for Best Top 10 Lists of 2010
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And so we say good-bye to 2010. You had your highs, you had your lows. The Tea Party showed its Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-42912020962802915562010-12-22T12:11:00.003-05:002010-12-22T12:14:04.779-05:00The First Amendment: A Mother-Fucking Civics LessonAs a creative-type person, as well as someone universally-recognized as having a big mouth, I’m a fan of the First Amendment. In fact, you could say it’s my favorite of all the Amendments, particularly the Top Ten. Not to take anything away from the others, like the Third Amendment, for instance, preventing the quartering of troops and ensuring I’m not up to my elbows in enlisted men, tromping Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-44855378866574736592010-12-16T14:07:00.003-05:002010-12-16T14:58:40.343-05:00We Don't Take Kindly To People Who Don't Take Kindly To People Around HereOr… My Yearly Screech Against So-Called “Civilization”.
This time of year gets me to banging my head on my desk a little more than usual. Maybe it’s the lack of sunshine, the shorter days, the eternal struggle between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” or maybe just general winter ennui, but for the last few years, as soon as the calendar flips its pages to December, all I want to do is Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-6492843793026487662010-12-15T21:10:00.000-05:002010-12-15T21:10:17.289-05:00New All-Things Mike WattSo... new updates to the grand ol' Mike-Watt.net website... I spent several days writing new code for it, then finally said "screw it" and went with a Google Site template.
Don't judge me.
ALSO, since video trailers for books seem to be the "in" thing, and everyone knows how "in" I truly am, I created a trailer for my new novel Suicide Machine. Amy Lynn Best reads as Tanith, I stole some unusedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05840622317899413996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309205.post-1370029215085145222010-12-01T16:18:00.001-05:002010-12-01T16:18:13.975-05:00Book Review: It Lives Again! Horror Movies in the New Millenium (yeah, I read!)
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