Forget the talk of Zombies on the loose this Halloween in Glasgow, you should be on the lookout for a giant Donkey (who I have now dubbed 'Stan') wandering about in the environs of the stylist Scottish city!!!!! This is NO mere Loch Ness sighting, no indeed, its the real thing - a sad strange large yet cuddley Donkey, looking for ...a home, a kind soul to pay him heed, or... an audience ;)
as witnessed in the video below....
DEAR PEOPLE OF SIGMA FILMS, I LOVE YOU
and this hilarious marketing/ad for the wonderful "Donkeys" film is quite fun!
GO SEE DONKEYS IN SCOTTISH THEATRES NOW!
www.facebook.com/donkeysmovie for locations and dates!
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Do You Follow Facebook Etiquette?
I interrupt my own blog for some useless Snark ;0 A friend just sent me this sorta amusing video about Facebook manners and dread dating/flirting/revenge gone amuck. Maybe not so funny to some, but as admitted Facebook junkie this cracked me up. Good if you are bored I guess.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Qik! To the Top of the Sundance Slopes We Go
I suppose Sir Hillary would be proud of this lol: the tasks are well underway at the Sundance sidebar task for Ashton Kutcher, as the 24hoursatSundance event began a few hours ago, and the next hurdle involves planting a flag at the top of ole Sundance. In the tradition of all great explorers adventurers or in this case, ground breaking bloggers and following the vision of Ashton and Co LOLOL -they have to take a flag theyve secured, somehow get it up on one of the ski slopes outside the festival, write their cell numbers and the phrase for a good time call hahahaha. Ive been amused by the vlogs of the others, YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL HERE, including one who said they needed to get someone else to go up to the mountain for them lol
BTW NO WORD yet on the Spread premiere tonight, but hopefully more is to come.
Update! Task no's 3 & 4 involve videos (enjoyed the beer chugging one lmao, but frankly would have loved those boots Meghan I think went shopping for,nice!) and now the gauntlet has been laid down with an addendum NO.5...and YOUTUBE! The quest for the mighty viewer clicks begins lol!
BTW NO WORD yet on the Spread premiere tonight, but hopefully more is to come.
Update! Task no's 3 & 4 involve videos (enjoyed the beer chugging one lmao, but frankly would have loved those boots Meghan I think went shopping for,nice!) and now the gauntlet has been laid down with an addendum NO.5...and YOUTUBE! The quest for the mighty viewer clicks begins lol!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Serious Facilities Excellent Irn Bru Commercial
OK so this is random, but someone hilariously sent me a link here, featuring a commercial for IRN Bru, suggesting it would help me recover from my recent binge. LOL thank you!
I also checked this out and it turns out that, according to the Guardian, not only does this commercial feature a voice over from Martin Compston (Sigma's Red Road, upcoming Rounding up Donkeys), but was also made by the fine folks at Serious Facilities, who of course are part of the Trifecta of S at Film City Glasgow. As noted on the site "Beautiful directed by the unstoppable Martin Wedderburn, creating stylish vignettes of a clever slant on Scottish Life. Needless to say we love this ad and we hope you do too. Edited by Simon, VFX by Bren."
WELL DONE WELL DONE INDEED! to all involved. So funny! I realise now this has been out a few weeks and Im slow on the uptake again, but this gave me a much needed laugh today, so many thanks for the heads up!
I also checked this out and it turns out that, according to the Guardian, not only does this commercial feature a voice over from Martin Compston (Sigma's Red Road, upcoming Rounding up Donkeys), but was also made by the fine folks at Serious Facilities, who of course are part of the Trifecta of S at Film City Glasgow. As noted on the site "Beautiful directed by the unstoppable Martin Wedderburn, creating stylish vignettes of a clever slant on Scottish Life. Needless to say we love this ad and we hope you do too. Edited by Simon, VFX by Bren."
WELL DONE WELL DONE INDEED! to all involved. So funny! I realise now this has been out a few weeks and Im slow on the uptake again, but this gave me a much needed laugh today, so many thanks for the heads up!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Post that is no longer relevant to the old title
EDIT: Youtube yanked the video clip of the SNL Cougar den skit alas, which makes this entry fairly useless -UPDATE 2: You can see it here now -woot -go quick lol
If you've ever ventured into any of the forum discussion of any of David Mackenzie's films or those of Sigmas, I think it's safe to say you are usually going to find at least one conversation about that pesky three letter word...sex.
Incredibly, there are still ongoing long conversations about the Jackie/Clyde sex scene from Red Road, and plenty of reference to sex as well in both the reviews and discussions of Hallam Foe. However, while most of them focused on the 'Oedipal' aspect, there was also discussion on Kate being with a younger man.
While Kate surely was no Mrs. Robinson and wasn't that much older, the fact was that Hallam was a younger guy and she didn't have a problem with that ...the peeping thing is another matter of course lol. Jamie Sives is like 7 or 8 years older than Sophia Myles, yet the only discussion of that relationship was that he was a married man and his character was a big jerk, but ZERO on the age difference... and what if Hallam had been like in his early 20s and Kate in her 30s or 40 and REALLy looked more like his mother, would that have made a difference? In fact, if I think about it a couple of the women in David's films have been a few years older than their male love interest, although I'm not sure if that was a deliberate thing, but most likely it just was a fluke or it is deliberate, but has little to do with the overriding plot points of importance and nothing the viewer is supposed to focus on. Hmmm I need to go look that up eep, and heh maybe its just my faulty OLD mind because Natasha Richardson looked a lot older than Marton Csokas in Asylum, although technically I guess she is only a few years older...same for Tilda and Ewan; Ewan looked really young in that movie Young Adam I thought. Anyway, I would love to hear some comments from David, who clearly isnt shy at all about discussing sex, on what he thinks about this matter.
I remain confused as to why this issue of older women/younger is such a big deal anymore. Yes I know here in the States our views on matters of sex are more err conservative or repressed or less open about it than our UK/European friends, this is true (and heh there is more sexuality used on tv in the UK, and our papers have NOTHING on the UK tabs especially who well woah lol) While I hardly am what anyone would call a babe or 'cougar' material lol, and perhaps it's because I've dated younger and older men, but to my way of thinking this issue of younger guys with older women shouldn't be a big deal, and yet there surely is a plethora of media attention about this 'phenomena' lol. (BTW The urban dictionary describes "Cougars" as older women on the prowl for younger men). One of the most frequently mentioned couples used as an example of 'defying the odds' with their relationship (as opposed to something you know dull, like having a successful happy marriage that survives continual media scrutiny at every turn)involves the star of David Mackenzie's latest film Spread.
As noted last weekend, Ashton Kutcher was a guest host on Saturday Night Live, and today someone uploaded that hilarious skit where he and they poked fun at this cougar label. With this added bonus of actress Cameron Diaz, they had a good skit mocking the ludicrous "cougar den'' label and it really made me laugh. Perhaps it might be not so funny to the British mentality but to me it was funny, and I gave him (and Ashton's wife the OLDER woman gasp!, Demi Moore, who was there in the audience) loads of credit for this. Yea it was silly crude humor, but ooh the hidden truths and funny! (bjoy ..joy, well its certainly not a job! and then lmao look, its not going to be as gross as you think LOL) POUNCE ON IT! hahahha
VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE -BOO!!
If you've ever ventured into any of the forum discussion of any of David Mackenzie's films or those of Sigmas, I think it's safe to say you are usually going to find at least one conversation about that pesky three letter word...sex.
Incredibly, there are still ongoing long conversations about the Jackie/Clyde sex scene from Red Road, and plenty of reference to sex as well in both the reviews and discussions of Hallam Foe. However, while most of them focused on the 'Oedipal' aspect, there was also discussion on Kate being with a younger man.
While Kate surely was no Mrs. Robinson and wasn't that much older, the fact was that Hallam was a younger guy and she didn't have a problem with that ...the peeping thing is another matter of course lol. Jamie Sives is like 7 or 8 years older than Sophia Myles, yet the only discussion of that relationship was that he was a married man and his character was a big jerk, but ZERO on the age difference... and what if Hallam had been like in his early 20s and Kate in her 30s or 40 and REALLy looked more like his mother, would that have made a difference? In fact, if I think about it a couple of the women in David's films have been a few years older than their male love interest, although I'm not sure if that was a deliberate thing, but most likely it just was a fluke or it is deliberate, but has little to do with the overriding plot points of importance and nothing the viewer is supposed to focus on. Hmmm I need to go look that up eep, and heh maybe its just my faulty OLD mind because Natasha Richardson looked a lot older than Marton Csokas in Asylum, although technically I guess she is only a few years older...same for Tilda and Ewan; Ewan looked really young in that movie Young Adam I thought. Anyway, I would love to hear some comments from David, who clearly isnt shy at all about discussing sex, on what he thinks about this matter.
I remain confused as to why this issue of older women/younger is such a big deal anymore. Yes I know here in the States our views on matters of sex are more err conservative or repressed or less open about it than our UK/European friends, this is true (and heh there is more sexuality used on tv in the UK, and our papers have NOTHING on the UK tabs especially who well woah lol) While I hardly am what anyone would call a babe or 'cougar' material lol, and perhaps it's because I've dated younger and older men, but to my way of thinking this issue of younger guys with older women shouldn't be a big deal, and yet there surely is a plethora of media attention about this 'phenomena' lol. (BTW The urban dictionary describes "Cougars" as older women on the prowl for younger men). One of the most frequently mentioned couples used as an example of 'defying the odds' with their relationship (as opposed to something you know dull, like having a successful happy marriage that survives continual media scrutiny at every turn)involves the star of David Mackenzie's latest film Spread.
As noted last weekend, Ashton Kutcher was a guest host on Saturday Night Live, and today someone uploaded that hilarious skit where he and they poked fun at this cougar label. With this added bonus of actress Cameron Diaz, they had a good skit mocking the ludicrous "cougar den'' label and it really made me laugh. Perhaps it might be not so funny to the British mentality but to me it was funny, and I gave him (and Ashton's wife the OLDER woman gasp!, Demi Moore, who was there in the audience) loads of credit for this. Yea it was silly crude humor, but ooh the hidden truths and funny! (bjoy ..joy, well its certainly not a job! and then lmao look, its not going to be as gross as you think LOL) POUNCE ON IT! hahahha
VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE -BOO!!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Hallam Foe and Hobbes, Weirdos from Planet Scotland
Huzzah! I've found my favorite review of Hallam Foe to date I think, but not because its great writing or anything, rather it says what I suspected all along: Hallam Foe=Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes, my all time most favorite cartoon!Talk about weirdos from Planet Scotland...Wheee!
Mister Foe
[GREAT BRITAIN] Evoking a grown-up—and supremely disturbed—version of Hobbes’ comic-strip pal Calvin, Hallam Foe (Jamie Bell) is a truly unique creation. Obsessed with his mother’s death, Hallam spends his days in a tree house, spying on neighbors. But at the prodding of his wicked
stepmother, Hallam heads to Edinburgh in a bid to grow up—only to all but stalk a hottie who bears a resemblance to mum. Voyeuristic and oedipal, David Mackenzie’s oddball film is also lighthearted and surprisingly romantic, with Bell giving a charismatic turn as the troubled man-boy. AP KRYZA. WH, 8:45 pm Thursday, Feb. 14. BW, 3:30 pm Saturday, Feb. 16.Not going to even get into the fact that the film is screening in the States YET AGAIN before the US premiere at SWSX in March lol.*gives up on hope for a proper roll out*
Side note: While I strongly suspect David Mackenzie and his brother Alistair Mackenzie (Monarch of the Glen fame) were quite the handful when they were little,
the one who I think is probably most closely like a Calvin all grown up is COLIN
EXHIBIT A:
Besides being drop dead gorgeous and drown worthy blue in color, look at his eyes... the expression is nothing but pure trouble, just like Calvin...yep! :)))
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