Idea for music for Fantasia (1940)

I was just thinking, if anybody here has video editing ability, ELO's Fire on High could make pretty interesting music to accompany the famous Night on Bald Mountain segment, from Fantasia. Actually, this is not really an original thought. Somebody left a comment under the YouTube video for Firee on High saying this: " In my imagination the "gothic" intro was like a misty eerie predawn fog and the instrumentals got "sunnier" and more epic as a new day just began. Like someone emerging from the trials and tribulations of a treacherous night to bask in the glory of the rising sun!!!" And, that reminded me of Night on Bald Mountain.

Look at the video for Night on Bald Mountain, and see if you agree. Someone would have to break it down, and edit it back together so it matched the music.

Here is Fire on High:




Here is Night on Bald Mountain:




By the way, it looks like they probably stole the style of the flying demons in the credits for Night of the Demons (1988) from the Night on Bald Mountain segment.

Mission Impossible Series

I'm all caught up now.

MI1 - I remember a lot of hype for this when it came out. Not really worth that hype, but I guess it's not as boring as some other spy movies. At this point, Brian De Palma started to decline.

MI2 - I did watch it. I swear. But I wasn't paying attention because it was boring me and thus I forgot it entirely. Some motorcycle... some Metallica song...

MI3 - Finally, a more engaging entry. This is where JJ Abrams stepped in, and it starts out with a bang. Literally. Philip Seymour Hoffman played a good villain, even though I've never found him actually intimidating, but I definitely hated him, that's for sure. This one also brings in Simon Pegg, and he's always great. This is perhaps the only film in the series that felt like it had real stakes, but ironically, the scene that made those stakes feel real was negated at the end, but that doesn't matter. Still a pretty decent flick.

MI4 Ghost Protocol - Jeremy Renner came in on this one, and I always remember ads featuring that suction/window stunt. That's probably the most memorable part in that movie, but it wasn't bad.

MI5 Rogue Nation - I started zoning out again by this movie. I mostly remember that water scene, but I do appreciate that TC likes to do his own stunts. It's very cool. He held his breath for 6 minutes or so during actual production? I can hold my breath for a few seconds...

MI6 Fallout - This one was pretty cool. I think Henry Cavill is to contribute to that, but the setting and nuke plot was also pretty good. Cool action scenes and whatnot. Plus, they finally brought in our seemingly written out character of Julia. And no Renner this time.

So overall, the series was better than I was expecting. The first two are still pretty mediocre, but thank God^scientology for 3rd chances. My faves would be III and VI:Fallout. Will I be anxious to see the next one in theaters? Probably not.

1923, that western show

I gave this a whirl, but I'm not caught up on the other shows. Never saw Yellowstone, and I didn't even know there was another prequel show "1883". It's pretty decent so far. What a weird time, though. It's set after the first World War, but there are still new frontiers to conquer.

There are a few threads going on. The main one has Harrison Ford running his land in regard to resources and boundaries, another has a war vet hunting animals in Afirca, and then you have a sadistic catholic school girl situation going on. Wow.

Thoughts on this? Thoughts on the other two shows?

Tulsa King

Paramount+ premiered the first episode today. Stallone's never done a tv show, so this is quite interesting. His crew sends him to take over Tulsa, and there's a bit of culture shock to a guy who spent a quarter of a century in the big house.

I visited Tulsa once. I stayed at some hotel and looked out the window at the downtown big buildings and all that, but man... what a ghost town. There was nobody on the streets, no cars... seemed like something you'd see in a zombie apocalypse. And that's where Stallone's got to set up shop? He actually sees a lot more people there than I did, otherwise the show would be really boring.

Fortunately for my lack of time to binge things, they only put out one episode at a time, but Stallone never disappoints. I can tell he's having fun playing a gangster, and it makes you wonder why he never played one before. Well, he was in John Landis's Oscar, which was pretty funny, therefore not a real gangster story. I'll stay tuned for sure.

Upcoming Movies of 2023

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February) - How are we going to handle Kang?! He's obviously the main reason to be interested, because he'll be so integral to the upcoming slate.

Cocaine Bear (February) - Ray Liotta's final film. The premise sounds GREAT. Will that type of animal horror subgenre make a triumphant return?

Creed III (March) - My guess is that Rocky will be deceased at this point, because why wouldn't the character make an appearance otherwise? Did Stallone get written out of his own series?

John Wick: Chapter 4 (March) - Because why the hell not? Plot doesn't matter in this one bit. I do hate the greater council type storylines, and the fact that every single person in these movies is an assassin, but as long as he kills a LOT of people, I can forgive any shitty plot. Keanu rules.

Evil Dead Rise (April) - Ash is not included. I'm guessing it'll be closer in tone to the "remake" and aim to be scarier rather than splatter flick fun. With that said, I don't have great expecations, but I'll give it a whirl anyway.

Renfield (April) - Not sure about this one, but to see Nic Cage as Dracula sounds magnificent. The logo is also a throwback to the Universal title cards.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May) - I didn't even see the Holiday Special, but these are still decent films in an otherwise inconsistent library. I'm sure Disney is still anxious to cut ties with a Troma veteran.

Scream VI (March) - Ghostface Takes Manhattan. It's a change-up for sure, and supposedly the goriest of the franchise. There aren't a lot of slashers set in city. Maniac was a prominent one.

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (March) - Still not sure at all how the Synderverse and spin-off movies will (or wont) be assimilated into the chaotic-seeming new plan of the DC shit-show, but I didn't hate the first one. It'll probably be a mildly amusing romp. It can't be any worse than Black Adam.

The Flash (June) - Fuck Ezra Miller. I'm only there for Keaton. WB still has no idea what they're doing, because they canceled Keaton's Batman Beyond movie, as well as the entire Batgirl movie he was in. It's an insult, I say. But they haven't canceled this movie. Yet.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (June) - Because why the hell not? Harrison Ford is pretty good in 1923 so far, and it'll be amusing to see such an old action hero acting like he's still got it. It can't be any worse than Crystal Skull, and guess what? I don't mind that movie. I think it is okay.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (June) - The first was good, and this is supposed to include a lot more versions of the character. "The Spot" as a villain can be a visual extravaganza. I'm not sure how you can defeat a character like that, but I'll find out.

The Expendables 4 (September) - Why did it take almost a decade to shit out another one of these movies? Give us another throwaway plot and we'll be happy seeing our guys kill whoever gets in the way. When will Stallone run out of steam?

The Exorcist (October) - I loved DGG's Halloween trilogy. I thought there was a lot of effort and attention to detail that went into each and every one of them that I can give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. I don't hold the franchise in high regard, only the first movie. That's the same treatment we're getting with Exorcist, having the other movies not count. Continuity? Who needs it! I'm hoping for the best.

Kraven the Hunter (October) - Sony's track record is awful. You'd think they'd have a clue by now, and they keep announcing stupid offshoot projects that nobody wants, like movies with Bad Bunny and a hypno-hustler. But Kraven is an interesting character that's been omitted from every live-action effort thus far, and he's got potential to be great. I still don't have much faith in it being good, but I am curious.

Saw 10 (October) - Another one, huh? I still haven't seen Spiral, but I probably will by the time this comes out. Maybe.

Short Humourous  Vids

From - the new Lost?

So I finally got around to watching the Sci-fi channel show From. I'm currently 8 episodes in with 2 more to go in season 1. I'm finding that the mystery of what's happening really draws me in. In a nutshell, and this is established very early in the show, people arrive at a town and find that they are unable to leave. To make matters worse, as soon as darkness falls the monsters come out. The show likes to drop little bits of information for you every so often which only serves to deepen the mystery. There are also character flashbacks that give further story and hints. I've seen opinions that it's reminiscent of the show Lost, with people asking if From is the new Lost. Incidentally both shows star Harold Perrineau, although this is pure coincidence. I can certainly see what they mean though by drawing parallels between the two shows. I've definitely become hooked on wanting to know what is going on, but unlike Lost I hope we are actually going to get some answers! Haha

2022 in review

listening to 'silver mt zions' 'horses in the sky' ATM new years eve 10:20 and its so ... think about what the fuck you have done...
Well I did go and see the band this year in barcelona (as godspeed and it was part of a festival so I didnt want to go, but I did, And Im glad, I was fuxken broke at the time had like 1.3 euros so bought a 90c box of wine, but fuckin cool )
always do the experience even if it leaves you near broke, memories are worth more than 30 euros of food.

anyways big year for me.

1. birth of only child (janurary)
2. ukraine war (march)
3. see godspeed (september)

next year will be even better (health issues should improve for one thats not a suicide gif btw its the thought they cant get worse)
ATM I sit 1.5 hours before new years, total wealth 30 euros (I have to start selling mt guitars next week, Im like hell Im in my 50s and this is my life, same as the 20s)
but fuck it


listen to horses in the sky


FWIW listening to the attillery fire in kyiv this year was a top 5 moment of my life (more than the birth of my child, oddly addictive)

I did think of this a while ago my top 5 moments (in my life), and yes that broke in.

Next year Im hoping to meet up with my best mate Mike(aint seen him for 25 years) meeting him in oz after 1.5 years apart was one of the best moments of my life. I remebner it so well, fuckin long story ha ha so funny esp the background, me sleeping on the street after getting arrested, getting picked up on the way to work

anyways we drunk wine looking at artwork until they threw us out...
fuckin magic, anyways I hope to meet him


daughter: It looks like its going good with her head, sweeling is going down. She is starting to say dad-da which is nice ... so bad going to hospital and hearing the children just crying and leia is always happy, god to work in a child hospital is the worse job in the world, for her to talk to me would be great



game: getting this out next week as a demo, full game halfway in the year





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Favorite 5 films of 2022?

In years past I would've said strictly horror but the output of films of recent years dulls in comparison to the days of the HB. Last year I had a tough time making a top 10 list including all genres. This year I'm having a tough time making 5 albeit there are a lot of films I have yet to see this year including The Northman, Pearl, RRR and I hear good things recently about The Menu. I thought it was another subpar year for cinema but here it goes...

Barbarian
X
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun Maverick
The Banshees of Inisherin (liked this film a lot til the ending)

I need some recs and respect all opinions here so tell us your favorite 5 or even 10 of 2022.

Don't Open Till Christmas 1984

Not the worst Christmas slasher. Overshadowed by the ultimate SNDN from the same year, this London-set holiday horror has a few things to offer. There's a body-count straight away. We don't have a killer Santa here, but rather a guy who kills Santas because he hates Christmas, due to some backstory which is only revealed in a dream at the end? Yeah, I don't get it either, but it's a nice scene.

It's a mean spirited movie. Our kills aren't that graphic, but they're still pretty cool. Stabbings through the head, castrations, some other shit... There's some nice women and nudity, too. Caroline Munro is in there somewhere, and then it gets kinda boring at the climax, but I still found the showdown amusing.

When it comes to the title of the movie, there is some shenanigan involving a wrapped gift. What's in the box?! But if that present was mentioned earlier in the movie, then I absolutely wasn't paying attention at that part.

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