STUMBLE UPON

So, at a thanksgiving debaucle yesterday, I was talking to someone and they recommended Stumble Upon. It is kind of like a Boggle machine for your internet browsing pleasure. Check it out and have a great holiday!

Danbot

Collodian Portraits, Rob Malmberg, Model: Shalia

Check out some images from a shoot that Rob Malmberg put together and had me shoot some digital images alongside his traditional Collodian portraits.

Collodian Test 01

Satan, babies, and Rosemary

For no reason in particular, I watched an odd series of movies about a week ago and thought that it might be a nice post-halloween post.

1. Midnight Meat Train
2. Hard Candy
3. Rosemary's Baby
4. Hellboy II, The Golden Army

Now, aside from maybe the last title, you might be wondering about my sanity and/or psychic state of mind. Let me explain: when my girlfriend and I went to see the latest X-files movie one of the previews in the theater was for Midnight Meat Train. After the preview was finished we both turned to one another and just started laughing. Not only is the title rather, um, suggestive but the actual sequences looked completely ridiculous. Needless to say when we found this on inDemand, we indulged our base curiosities and viewed. And...all I have to say is Midnight Meat Train! And, a ridiculous photographer who ends up eating people.

With this segue, we move onto Hard Candy. Starting out with another douche bag phucktographer who is trolling the chatrooms for underage "models." The story is in general pretty disturbing and I guess I'm not sure what I was expecting. Ellen Paige turned in a believeable and fairly demanding performance. Aside from that, I'm still not sure why this movie followed the Meat Train but it is safe to say that dreamland was a little more than disturbing that night.

So, what better way to sooth the subconscious but by watching Rosemary's Baby. Right. I had never seen this film before and when I brought it home I received some very confused looks from both of my cats and girlfriend. I had no idea what the movie was about. I had watched the Ninth Gate but only knew of Roman Polanski's status as a fugitive from America and in another twisted tangent the weekend of movies kept connecting. I thought Rosemary's Baby was great. It is completely twisted but I guess that happens when you put into play the Polanski factor, and the whole element of Satan raping Rosemary and in turn her birthing devil-spawn. The cinematography was amazing.

The quest for Hellboy II at the video store initiated all of this moviewatching to begin with and so it was fitting that it rounded off our psycotic viewing weekend.

What can I say? The creatures were amazing and Del Toro's detail was everywhere. There were complaints from many patrons that the movie was cheesy and to this and any other critic of a movie based on a comic book, it's derivative of a comic book. The script was co-written by the creator of Hellboy, so what were you expecting?

After this round of films I'll be renting only romantic comedies for the next six months to try and soften the blow to my nightmares.

Check out Hellboy II and Rosemary's baby if you haven't already, and the other two can remain possibly forever acumulating dust in the discount bin.

Danbot