Sunday, October 9, 2011
See? You can make a good decision when you try.
After a sad week for Apple and fans of innovative geniuses, Monolith and Bear Trap discuss the impact and legacy of the late great Steve Jobs. Monolith surprises all with some eloquence on the subject. Bear Trap surprises no one by providing none at all. And then just to take the energy down a notch, the discussion shifts into inspiration in art and what motivates us to do creative work. It's kind of navel-gazey but, you know, just let it play in the background while you surf the net. Whatevs. We enjoyed ourselves. Some highlights: Listen to the girlish delight when Bear Trap finds out from Monolith that one of Metallica's early albums is called "Kill 'Em All", find out how a 12-year old Bear Trap thought film scores were created, and discover the truth behind Monolith's previous life as a practitioner of the performing arts. You know what to do next.
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Good show, good show. Obviously the death of the Steve is a sad and unfortunate one. All good observations especially the one about fuck cancer. If anything, I've been discouraged by how little to zero attention has been given to what actually killed Steve Jobs in the press I've seen. It's as if the fact that his cancer was well publicized for the past several years meant that its factor in his death was somehow passe at this point. Bullshit, I say! This should have been used as a call to arms. We should be asking who/where is the Steve Jobs of cancer research? Instead, silence. My mom and two of her three siblings have all had cancer (all thankfully surviving) and honestly I don't even feel like that is all that unusual anymore. It makes me wonder what the tipping point is. Is there a number you have to hit nationally/globally for cancer to be looked at as a type of epidimic? (not sure if that's the right word, but you know what I mean)
ReplyDeleteBut speaking of cancer, go see 50/50. I think they did more than admirable job with that film given the subject matter. It's a very difficult movie to dislike.
God, Fedak's childhood sounds a lot like mine minus the Star Trek junk. Guitar, music, metal, movies. (And I got a kick out of hearing how foreign Metallica's titles sounded to you Crane. I take it you never had a mullet.) I definitely think there's more pure joy in the process of creating music than creating a movie. Not sure why that is - maybe it takes less planning.
Bridesmaids. I gotta disagree with you guys about longing for them to take that plane all the way to Vegas. I totally thought that's where the movie was going just like everybody else (thanks advertising), but was so happy and relieved when they didn't do that. Because you know what? If they had I guarantee you'd be calling it "Hangover for girls" as a criticism. Think about it: what could they have done in Vegas that you haven't already seen?Instead, yeah it's just a pretty great character study. Felt much more like 40 Year Old Virgin to me and I was happy for that. And I'm with Crane...that scene with her driving the car past the trooper over and over had me rolling. As did the dress fitting/food poison scene. You gotta see these movies with an audience, Pete!! I saw it at a packed theater and I'm telling you they were eating up every single line. People were flipping out. Which means sequels. Yay?
The cat pee film composer novel story is possibly the new highlight of this whole podcast venture for me. Awesome. Keep it coming.
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ReplyDeleteI must find out at what depth of pages the cat pee made it to. Perhaps wagers should be made...
ReplyDelete100% agreed. Fuck cancer.
ReplyDeleteAll this talk of Steve Jobs makes me wonder - what are the ideas that he dumped? I can't imagine everything that sprang from his head became a thing. Are there any famous trashed ideas out of Apple?
Reading scared - this reminds me of the only time I actually felt fear while reading a book. It was King's 'IT'. I was probably around 13 years old. And out of the 3000 pages of that book, there was one bit where a young Bill Denborough finds a photo of his dead brother George in a photo album and the photo comes to life and starts bleeding. I remember breaking into a cold sweat when I read that scene. Only time I've ever had such a physical reaction to something I read.
While I haven't seen Bridesmaids, I disagree heartily with the disdain for Kristen Wiig. Maybe I'll feel differently once I've seen the movie, but her humor works for me. I thought about this idea of Wiig sort of having this pathetic persona, like the kid trying to get her parents attention and make them stop fighting. I thought about this and I couldn't come up with a comedian or comedic actor I like whose persona is confident. So that's probably just a matter of taste. And maybe I'm not thinking deep enough. But the one actor that comes to mind is Aziz Ansari, who generally plays a confident asshole and man - I just can't take that guy. It's like I don't get the joke. Everything out of his mouth falls flat for me.
The one exception might be Eddie Murphy, but then that confident persona only went so far. After Coming to America, there was something about him that was TOO confident. Infallible. I don't know. Except for maybe Bowfinger, where he got ridiculous again. But then, I didn't watch much of what he did after Coming to America. So… Kristen Wiig good.
I love the talk about what inspired you guys. Crane, I think we all need to see those 120 pages. And Peter, let's see some video of the breakdancing. I'll post a horror movie I made in my backyard called 'The Cross', so named because there was a Prince song called 'The Cross'. Realizing just now that that is a song about Jesus. But the movie is about murdering people with a pitchfork. Enjoy.
Hahaha - totally forgot about the Gremlins novelization story. That's so awesome. Do they still do novelizations? I think I read the Tim Burton Batman one. Probably others. Never scared though. Never scared.
ReplyDeleteI want "The Cross" and Peter "Popcorn" Fedak breakdancing videos on the internet in five minutes. Please make this happen.