Samsara. Coming to theaters August 24th.
According to Samsara’s Facebook page, “Samsara is new non-verbal film from Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, creators of Baraka (1992) and Chronos (1985).”
Why? Because FUCK YOU that’s why.
“Finding Nimoy.” (Via George Takei.)
![‘Avengers’ Damage to Manhattan Would Cost $160 Billion, Disaster Expert Estimates (Exclusive)
In an exclusive report for [The Hollywood Reporter], KAC, led by Chuck Watson and Sara Jupin, employed computer models used for predicting the destruction of nuclear weapons and concluded that the physical damage of the invasion would be $60 billion-$70 billion, with economic and cleanup costs hitting $90 billion. Add on the loss of thousands of lives, and KAC puts the overall price tag at $160 billion.
For context, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks cost $83 billion, Hurricane Katrina cost $90 billion, and the tsunami in Japan last year washed away $122 billion.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vlxgoYXF1qztsh3o1_1280.jpg)
‘Avengers’ Damage to Manhattan Would Cost $160 Billion, Disaster Expert Estimates (Exclusive)
In an exclusive report for [The Hollywood Reporter], KAC, led by Chuck Watson and Sara Jupin, employed computer models used for predicting the destruction of nuclear weapons and concluded that the physical damage of the invasion would be $60 billion-$70 billion, with economic and cleanup costs hitting $90 billion. Add on the loss of thousands of lives, and KAC puts the overall price tag at $160 billion.
For context, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks cost $83 billion, Hurricane Katrina cost $90 billion, and the tsunami in Japan last year washed away $122 billion.
Will Hunting explains why he wouldn’t be a good fit for the N.S.A. — or any other segment of the military-industrial complex — in this three-minute scene:
“Why shouldn’t I work for the N.S.A.? That’s a tough one, but I’ll take a shot.
“Say I’m working at N.S.A. Somebody puts a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I’m real happy with myself, ‘cause I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people I never met, never had no problem with, get killed.
“Now the politicians are sayin’, “Oh, send in the Marines to secure the area” ‘cause they don’t give a shit. It won’t be their kid over there, gettin’ shot. Just like it wasn’t them when their number got called, ‘cause they were pullin’ a tour in the National Guard. It’ll be some kid from Southie takin’ shrapnel in the ass. And he comes back to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, ‘cause he’ll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks.
“Meanwhile, he realizes the only reason he was over there in the first place was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And, of course, the oil companies used the skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices. A cute little ancillary benefit for them, but it ain’t helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And they’re takin’ their sweet time bringin’ the oil back, of course, and maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and fuckin’ play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain’t too long ‘til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic.
“So now my buddy’s out of work and he can’t afford to drive, so he’s got to walk to the fuckin’ job interviews, which sucks ‘cause the shrapnel in his ass is givin’ him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he’s starvin’, ‘cause every time he tries to get a bite to eat, the only blue plate special they’re servin’ is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State.
“So what did I think? I’m holdin’ out for somethin’ better. I figure fuck it, while I’m at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected president.”
Wasn’t it great watching six superheroes beat the shit out of Johnny Weir?
Brandon Scott Jones on The Avengers (via chamberlain)
(via popculturebrain)
Box Office Report: ‘Avengers’ Even Bigger With $207.1 Million Opening
On Sunday, Disney’s estimates put the domestic debut of The Avengers at $200.3 million — the biggest three-day opening of all time at the domestic box office.
But thanks to a better-than-expected Sunday, the Joss Whedon-directed tentpole came in even higher with a projected $207.1 million…
Saw “The Avengers” in 3-D IMAX today and in regular 3-D yesterday; I highly recommend this movie. Great action, lots of laughs (the Hulk steals the film towards the end with two comic scenes), and Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Evans are verrrrry easy on the eyes. Now I go to celebrate Arizona’s third-biggest drinking holiday after New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo.
Gay men in film have historically fit into two roles: the best friends of the female protagonist (The Devil Wears Prada, My Best Friend’s Wedding), or the victims of an untimely death, usually from an AIDS-related illness (Philadelphia) or a hate crime (Brokeback Mountain). If they are kept alive for two hours or manage to evade certain doom for a few seasons, gay men frequently appear as flaming queens—sassy, fashionable, and slightly sociopathic.
“I think Hollywood script writers have just recently discovered the phenomenon of the masculine gay man,” says Adomian, who was a finalist on Last Comic Standing in 2010. “There are a lot of people who are beginning to feel comfortable being themselves and not fitting into the straight narrative, but they may not follow the standard gay pattern of going to the White Party, dancing with their fabulous asses, and having a witty repartee about Judy Garland. I mean, I love Judy Garland, but I also like Johnny Cash. There are a lot of people that don’t really fit into boxes that have been established for them.
“I think Hollywood script writers have just recently discovered the phenomenon of the masculine gay man,” says Adomian, who was a finalist on Last Comic Standing in 2010. “There are a lot of people who are beginning to feel comfortable being themselves and not fitting into the straight narrative, but they may not follow the standard gay pattern of going to the White Party, dancing with their fabulous asses, and having a witty repartee about Judy Garland. I mean, I love Judy Garland, but I also like Johnny Cash. There are a lot of people that don’t really fit into boxes that have been established for them.
That awkward moment…
…when you’re alone at home and channeling Channing Tatum in “Magic Mike,” bumping and grinding to that killer dubstep baseline in Alex Clare’s “Too Close” while straightening-up the living room only to discover Housemate #2 and your father watching you from the back porch where they were sitting and drinking beers until you obliviously came Chippendaling along.
And then H2, ever the merry fucking prankster, convinces my father that I’ve lost my job and have turned to stripping at Dick’s Cabaret to pay my bills.
In other news, H2 is never going to have the pleasure of seeing me naked again. EVER.
Money, drugs, guns and gangs: Child actors shame Mexico’s politicians with mockumentary
A video “mockumentary” that shows children as kidnappers, corrupt cops and drug traffickers has sparked a fierce debate in violence-torn Mexico, with some people calling it a needed wake-up call while others described it as political manipulation or even child abuse.
Kids playing the role of businessmen, criminals and corrupt officials are seen robbing, paying bribes and shooting it out in a mock Mexico made up entirely of children, all to the deceptively laid-back tune of the 1970s ballad “Una Manana,” or “One Morning.”
Produced by a foundation supported by private companies and universities and distributed over the Internet, the video ends with a direct message to the candidates in the Mexico’s July 1 presidential race.
A little girl faces the camera and says: “If this is the future that awaits me, I don’t want it. Enough of working for your political parties instead of for us. Enough of cosmetic changes.”
“For Greater Glory” aka “Cristiada.”
“The Mexican epic Cristiada is about the Cristeros war of 1926 to 1929. Rebels started the uprising when the government tried to secularize the country and remove the influence of the Catholic Church.”
Well it’s a good thing that the forces of secularism lost! Without religion, Mexico today might be a hotbed of criminal activity where gangs fight urban wars over turf, most rapes go unreported, and people who speak out against the violence get beheaded. Let’s all thank religion for making Mexico a safe and wonderful place to live!
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