the ASK ME/RATE ME game!

Well, I'm bored, and I'm trying to get people to know me a bit better here on the CHUD site, so I thought of a game (which only rips off Diva's idea SLIGHTLY).

Here we go---ask me anything, anything you want. Even if it's something like "What are your thoughts on this movie" or "what are your thoughts on this political issue." I will answer it honestly.

Then, depending on your satisfaction with the answers, you can rate me!

Okay, so in reality I'm just trying to get people to rate me, because I updated my profile today and I noticed that I had a combined average of 2.67. I be slipping.

Should I care? No, but I do. And I'd like people to get to know me better. So ask and rate away!

Film has always been a two-sided art form: creativity and commerce. While the director is usually is in total control of the "creative" side of a film, the producer is in charge of raising the money so that the film can be made, the actors can be paid, the filming can be done on time, etc. The producer usually either finances the movie him or herself, or rounds up some investors, gets them interested in the project, and cuts them a deal.

This isn't to say that the role of the film producer is all about the money, and has nothing to do with film. Often, producers will pick a novel (or a comic book) and fight valiantly for the project to be made. They have a hard time convincing studios that it can be made into a movie, or that a maverick director is right for the part, etc. Therefore, classifying producers simply as "money men" is stereotypical and crude.

Lately, our society has been looking at financial success more favorably than artistic success. Therefore, it's no surprise to hear a movie being advertised as "A JERRY BRUKENHEIMER FILM." People know Bruckenheimer. They know his movies. They either like them, or don't. Many people must like them, because more likely than not, they do well.

Is it wrong to call it a Jerry Bruckenheimer film? Well, I don't know. Personally, I think it is. While he deserve the right to claim it as his film since he is "the producer," I have to argue that it's the director who should eventually take the credit (good or bad) for any film.

For example, it was widely advertised the Steven Spielberg was the executive producer on Back to the Future. To this day, my dad thinks that means he MADE the MOVIE...even though it was directed by the excellent Robert Zemeckis. Such is life, however.

Rate on!

On the LABYRINTH issue---when I was a kid I didn't know who the hell David Bowie was. A swore that it was a witch in that movie. A very masculine witch...which is why that huge pelvis was made all the more scarier.

Imagine a four year old kid watching a masculine witch with a huge cock bulge tossing a baby up and down in the air while singing....SINGING!

I had nightmares. However, I never did question my sexuality. That happend much, much later.

Thanks for the fiver! By the way, your new screen name incarnation is quite clever and made me chuckle.

Well, that depends. Do you enjoy your job? And why can't you get IM at work anymore? Is it possible to find an alternative (ICQ, Yahoo messanger, etc?) If not, then well...if you hate your job that much, maybe this IM thing is a message telling you it's time to move on to better things.

Or maybe you should just bite the bullet and do some work. wink

Actually, I JUST got out of the shower five minutes ago, so it IS POSSIBLE that I WAS NAKED when you posted this. Possible...but not probable.

As for why I'm not naked now? Well, it's a nice day and the window shades are up. I respect my neighbors too much to give them a free show. They got to pay just like the rest of 'yall.

Thanks for the fiver!

Thanks for he fiver, Scott!

Chewie. He'd step on Gizmo and that's all there is to it.

Good point, but I figured that Gizmo hadn't turned into a full blown Gremlin yet. Because if he had, he'd be given an "ugly" name as opposed to a "cute" name. Like "Spike." Personally, I'd rather be named Spike than Gizmo, but go figure.

Bush Apologists, hands down. I can understand Star Wars apologists. In fact, I don't consider many of them apologists. I know very few people who weren't at least somewhat disapointed by the prequels.

As for Devin, he's okay. Just take him with a grain of salt. At least the kid is smart, even if he does try REALLY HARD to let everyone know it.

Thanks!

Just to show what a good sport I am, I'm hooking you up with FIVE stars. BOO-yah!