Author: Ga2so

  • Retro Movie Pass Adventures: Back to the Future

    Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future
    Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future.

    Still holds up.

    The science makes no sense, but this movie’s really a fantasy story so that’s okay. Still weird that Marty’s mom has a little chuckle over the guy waxing her car being the guy who sexually assaulted her in high school, though.

    I used the Back to the Future poster for a movie earlier this year, so it seems right to go the other way for this fake poster:

    A poster for Back to the Future mimicking the poster for Bring Her Back.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Dracula

    Adonis Tanta in Dracula
    Gabriel Spahiu in Dracula

    This is the worst movie I’ve seen all year (sorry, Star Trek: Section 31. You don’t even get to be at the top of the worst list any more).

    Some people love this movie. They call it anti-art or meta-cinema, and I can see someone having that take, but when does something move from absurdist meta-commentary to stale and unwatchable?

    I figured out what this feels like. Sometimes musicians start out with zero money and make great music with bad equipment and no budget because they’re driven and talented. Then they start making money, their technical skills and instruments get better, the music gets more polished and generic, and they get accused of “selling out.” So they decide to go back to basics, get out their old crappy instruments, and make an album “like they used to do it.” And it sounds fake, because they know too much and can’t do it the way they used to do it.

    Are there good performances? Sure. Whole scenes, even some whole stories work. But most of it was three hours (THREE HOURS) of barely watchable stories full of (intentionally bad) AI generated graphics and (fake) AI written stories.

    I’ve hear that “bad” art makes you think more than “good” art. If that’s true, congratulations Dracula: you made me think a lot.

    A fake poster for Dracula mimicking the poster for Eraserhead.
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  • Botober drawing dump: Days 24-31

    I really struggled to stay motivated to finish this project, so the drawings are even worse than usual, but they are DONE. There’s at least one idea in here that I thought was funny.

    I’m glad I did this, but I think I’ll skip it next year.

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  • Walk of Fame Adventures: I Married a Witch and Fredric March

    Veronica Lake and Fredric March in I Married a Witch.
    Veronica Lake in I Married a Witch.

    When the witch is Veronica Lake, of course you marry her.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Fredric March's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the right, a black and white portrait photo of Fredric March.

    Here’s some bad luck that messed with the legacy of Fredric March (1620 Vine Street): He was once part of a group at school called the Ku Klux Klan- but it was a student honor society, completely unrelated to the infamous Klan, that was founded before the Klan had a significant presence. The student group changed their name when the bad Klan gained notoriety, but when the original name was discovered people thought March had been racist. In fact, March worked with the NAACP and other civil rights organizations for a half century.

    Witches? Significant trees? Maryland? Today’s fake poster was practically begging to be made.

    A fake poster for I Married a Witch mimicking the poster for The Blair Witch Project.

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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Bugonia

    Emma Stone with a shaved head in Bugonia.
    The eyes of Jesse Plemons in Bugonia.

    Not as Yorgos as you might expect, until it becomes exactly as much Yorgos as you’d expect.

    Here’s your fake poster:

    A fake poster for Bugonia mimicking the poster for The Apartment.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: If I had Legs I’d Kick You

    Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.
    A$AP Rocky in If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.

    A movie that made me so glad I never had a kid. Two hours of unrelenting stress (complimentary).

    Today’s base poster was chosen purely for similar title length.

    A fake poster for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You mimicking the poster for The Man Who Knew Too Much.
    I like the way this makes it look like the movie is a romantic comedy.
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  • Classic Movie Adventures: Young Frankenstein

    Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein
    Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, and Marty Feldman looking wild-eyed in Youn Frankenstein

    You can’t make a parody movie this good without loving and respecting the source material. There are tons of scenes that would seamlessly blend right in to the original movies. But the jokes work on their own- knowing the original Frankenstein movies adds some layers, but everything holds up on its own merit.

    Also: How did Mel Brooks manage to have Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein come out in the same year?

    Today’s fake poster in from a movie about a different abnormal brain.

    A poster for Young Frankenstein mimicking the poster for Memento.
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  • Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: Little Miss Hoover and Eugene O’Brien

    Marguerite Clark and Eugene O'Brien in Little Miss Hoover.
    Eugene O'Brien in Little Miss Hoover

    If you’ve ever wanted to waste an hour watching a lifeless story about a woman raising chickens at the end of World War One, then this is the movie for you!

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Eugene O'Brien's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the right, a black and white portrait photo of Eugene O'Brien.

    Eugene O’Brien (1620 Vine St) plays Major Baldwin, who pretends he isn’t a soldier so he can more easily talk to the locals. Everyone hates him for not being a soldier, so that didn’t work.

    There are very few images for this movie online, so I went with the simple and obvious choice. Fun fact: this is the first one of these posters to include horrible blackface. Not that there’s good blackface.

    A poster for Little Miss Hoover mimicking the poster for Little Miss Sunshine.
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  • Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: Too Late for Tears and Lizabeth Scott. Also: Alice Lake and the weirdness of Vine Street

    Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea in Too Late for Tears
    Lizabeth Scott and Arthur Kennedy in Too Late for Tears

    If a mysterious car throws a bag of money into your car, just take it to the police and say you found it. When no one claims it, it’ll be yours. Seems a lot easier than murder and stuff.

    Also: Mulholland Drive has barely changed in 75 years. While I was watching them drive I kept thinking “I’ve been there on my bike!”

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Lizabeth Scott's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the right, a black and white portrait photo of Lizabeth Scott.

    Lizabeth Scott (1624 Vine Street) is the casual femme fatale. No planning here; just a lot of “I guess I’ll fix this with murder.”

    And now, the fake poster. It’s weird and stretchy because the original is weird and stretchy.

    A fake poster for Too Late for Tears mimicking the poster for The Crying Game.

    Alice Lake

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Alice Lake's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the right, a black and white portrait photo of Alice Lake.

    Alice Lake was often the female lead in Fatty Arbuckle shorts. I watched her in “Good Night, Nurse!,” where she played the important role of “Crazy Lady.” Her star is sometimes listed at 1624 Vine Street, and other times at 1620 Vine Street. I understand the confusion, since street number order on that block is really weird. If you look on Google Maps the street numbers overlap and flip around.

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  • Botober Day 23: rub the bog

    Line drawing. A man on his hands and knees is rubbing a marsh while a woman stands watching. He is saying "Like this?" and she is responding "Uh... sure."

Text at the bottom reads "Tina actually asked for a back rub, but this was working for her."

Labels at the bottom read "BOTOBER 25" and "23: RUB THE BOG."

    Did I almost go with toilet paper? Maybe.