1. “Avatar” Trailer Ain’t All That
I skipped the 15-minute 3D preview because I’d rather get my “Avatar” fix in one sitting in December. My compromise was watching the teaser trailer. On first view, it’s impressive. But second-time around, the irreverent mind turns ever so slightly to, well, jokes.
-- Where does Sam Worthington’s breathing tube go? Is that giant blue guy in the medical room based on Quentin Tarantino (Avatarantino), right down to the foot fetish?
-- Do the Na’vi dudes get their hair braids done by the same stylist who did Hugo Weaving’s in “Lord of the Rings”?
-- Why are the members of this Blue Man Group restrained by modesty pouches while Dr. Manhattan swung free and proud?
And so on.
The serious side to this is that the hype level invites such forensic scrutiny, which makes it feel way-too-familiar way too soon.
My hope is that this is not to “Titanic” what “Bruno” was to “Borat."
2. "Twilight’s" Getting More Interactive
Hmm, how to put this delicately? Let’s just say that adult toy The Vamp promises to bring new, er, buzz to ladies’ (and, I presume, some gents’) lusty R-Pat fantasies. For all intents and purposes, the item appears just like any generic plastic phallus, but the sex-aid spruiker Tantus sets new standards in tenuous linkage by promising: “deathly pale flesh tone reminiscent of the new moon's glow." Needless to say that this product is not official "Twilight" merchandise.
3. Is George Hamilton Batty?
“Twilight” isn’t just giving the adult sex toy industry crazy ideas? George Hamilton -- whose skin definitely isn’t “deathly pale flesh” etc. -- reckons he’s going to make sequel to his 1979 vamp-comedy “Love at First Bite” called: “Batrimony: Love at Second Bite." The 70-year-old told WENN: “Now I have a find a way to bring my 'Love at First Bite' character into that kind of story and make it funny and not be at all like 'Twilight' and I think I found a way to do that."
4. Jason Eisener Needs to Make a Feature
A few years ago, Jason Eisener’s wonderful “Hobo With a Shotgun” won the SXSW Robert Rodriguez Grindhouse Trailer Competition to create the best fake-grindhouse “coming attractions” preview. Then he wowed with his follow-up short film, “Treevenge," which won a slew of awards. Now he’s back with “The Number to Heaven," an entry in Fantastic Fest’s Filmmaking Frenzy competition. The rules are simple: keep the film to 30 seconds, feature a monster, feature a kid.
This is seriously twisted. Someone should snap Eisener up.
