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1,377 Reply by Eddie

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Plan 9 is one of those movies that SOUNDS like it would be fun.  Try actually watching it.  My Dad owned it on VHS and the novelty wears off very quickly.  Sorta like the Star Wars Holiday Special.

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1,378 Reply by Eddie

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I am serious.  And it's spelled SHIRLEY.

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1,379 Reply by Eddie

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As a fight fan, I like fights where all ranges are utilized and seemlessly transitioned from and to.  A great stand up exchange with a dramatic takedown, a scramble, near submission, and recovery to the feet is one of the most exciting things to watch, for my money.  I look forward to a day when fight choreographers and performers understand this and can have fights that are not just specifically one thing.

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1,380 Reply by Eddie

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Well, as a practitioner of said style, I do like watching it on film, with the caveat that some of the choreo in Redbelt was a bit stiff.  I actually think there is a way to make sub-grappling exciting on film, and have toyed with it in some of the choreo that I do.  I think as MMA becomes more widespread we'll see more examples of exciting grappling exchanges and therefore give choreographers a better frame of reference to choose from.

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1,381 Reply by Eddie

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That's refreshing to hear.  Not a lot of people do.  Even those in the Jiu Jitsu world are mixed on it.  What's crazy is just how long they wanted to do it.  Renato Magno was my original coach at the Machado Jiu Jitsu school, and almost as soon as he opened his own school, David Mamet became a student.  This was in 1999.  I give Mamet credit for making a good movie that is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as fuck, and using many real fighters (Randy Couture, Rico Chipparelli, Frank Trigg, Johnny Machado, Dan Inosanto) as window dressing.  I also give Chewitel Ejifor a ton of credit...his Jiu Jitsu didn't look horrible in this. 

Cinematically, its very much a Mamet film, but also a throwback to a western or a classic noir in some respects.  A solid little movie.

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1,382 Reply by Eddie

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It got brought up during 2012, but I'd like to do Redbelt.  That movie has a few levels of interest for me, since my old instructor was the fight choreographer for that movie, and I've actually trained or fought (gotten my ass kicked by, more realistically) many of the people in that film.

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1,383 Reply by Eddie

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Man, that guy un-ironically loves The Asylum.

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1,384 Reply by Eddie

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Um yeah, Greg.  Having your own production company doesn't mean you self finance.  He still has to get money from distributors to largely bankroll his movies.  You can make the argument that because his movies do well that he can get financing, but don't say he's spending his own money when he's not.

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1,385 Reply by Eddie

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***He beats Voldemort in the end***

end spoilers

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1,386 Reply by Eddie

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I LOVE Officeer and a Gentlmen.  The first 8 minutes is some solid ass expository writing.

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1,387 Reply by Eddie

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I actually have a slight personal connection to Private Benjamin.  Astute DiF listeners might know.

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1,388 Reply by Eddie

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No dude, I was quoting Stripes.

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1,389 Reply by Eddie

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Settle down, Francis.

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1,390 Reply by Eddie

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During the commentary you will undoubtedly hear me sing the lyrics to every song on the soundtrack.  And I'm not just talking about "You're the Best," or "Cruel Summer."

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1,391 Reply by Eddie

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Oh, I'd like to self correct as well.  I (correctly) stated that John Huston is a renowed film director.  Where I scerwed up is in saying that some of his earlier films were with John Wayne.  That was John FORD I was thinking about (Director of Stagecoach) and not John Huston.  JH directed Treasure of Sierra Madre and Maltese Falcon, two of my all time favorite films.  I can't believe I made such a silly mistake.

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1,392 Reply by Eddie

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John Huston actually did a lot of VO work later in life.  He's also the Narrator in The Black Cauldron.

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1,393 Reply by Eddie

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1,394 Reply by Eddie

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I'm in.

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1,395 Reply by Eddie

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Walking Dead is easily in my top ten comic arcs of all time.  It's so consistantly good.

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1,396 Reply by Eddie

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I'm the....not quite sure what- one.

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1,397 Reply by Eddie

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Looks fucking awesome.

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1,398 Reply by Eddie

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The blu-ray of apocalypse now is especially awesome.

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1,399 Reply by Eddie

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It's like how GNU stands for Gnu's Not Unix.

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1,400 Topic by Eddie

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Hey everyone. 

If you are LA based and available on either the 19th or the 20th of October during the day, I may need you for roughly 2 hours for a shoot my company is doing for a sizzle reel.  No pay, and knowledge of comics is a plus.  You don't have to be an actor.

Email me at

ed@bciitv.com

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