Thursday's Jig

Cell Phone in the 1920's?????
Back to the Future Trilogy on BluRay (M.J. Fox not the original Marty *footage)
Funny Bone - South Park Trashes Snooki
Trailer Park - Paul - Scream 4 - Inhale


Cell Phone in the 1920's?????

So I'm 'surfing the net' and I come across this article with a guy name George Clark who claims he has footage from the 1920's with some lady on a cell phone. Right away I wanted to say that this is a complete bullshit. Hell, the first time I read this I almost skipped it as I just thought this was a hoax so stupid its not even worth time to look into this. But hey I didn't have nothing to do in particular and I gave it a spin. George here is apparently a big fan of Jackie Chan and Charlie Chaplin (this kinda makes sense as Chan's main idol growing up was Chaplin). Anyway he is watching the behind the scenes of Chaplin's "The Circus". In this, he states, that he sees a woman walking around in front of the theater talking on a cell phone.
I have to say, I dont' know exactly quite what to make of this. What exactly was this woman talking into? If it is some sort of recorder, I'll remind you that its 1920's. The recorders at that time were the size of cars. George has a great and completely reasonable explanation for this, the lady is a time traveler. This is why I dont' know what to make of this, I mean I know that it can't be time traveling even though my inner geek is screaming, "I fucking new it, time traveling is possible!"

But the more sensible side is telling me how this is impossible. Doctored footage would be perfect reasoning except that this is a product that is out there for the general public. I guess its still early, but nobody has said that this 'behind the scenes' footage in question doesn't really exist. I'd get this sucker myself and check it out, but... while I am a Jackie Chan fan, I have to say that I am not as familiar with Mr. Chaplin's work. The guy on the video seems honest enough (at least as honest as guys on YouTube videos look), and he seems genuinely puzzled by this (You can hear his whole explanation of it or just jump to the 2:32 mark where the footage begins). You make the decision: time traveler or crazy lady talking into her hand.




Speaking of time traveling:


Back to the Future Trilogy in BluRay (M.J. Fox not the original Marty *footage)

I know you've seen these movies. This is one of my favorite set of movies that I've ever had the pleasure to see. As a matter of fact, I've never ran into anyone who can honestly hate on this trilogy (though some hate on the third one). Every time I see any of them on I'll click over 'for just a couple of minutes'. Those couple of minutes usually take me all the way to the end credits.

Now I will admit that these movies are on TV quite a bit and since they're generally PG-13 (not a lot to censor) there is no real need to get this. However, for big fans of the trilogy there are plenty of reasons to get this. For me there are two main reasons why I am getting this package. First, I loved this movie, I would really like to see this in the highest definition possible (BluRay is better that HD broadcasts). I'm just that kinda geek sometimes. The second reason (admitedly also a geek reason) is the behind the scenes. Now I bet that all of the 'behind the scenes' features are a hoot. They include like 13 deleted scenes (some of which I wish they would've been kept in), and the 'making of' which detail how they got the movie together and why they replaced some casts members. But there is one feature in particular which has my geek senses flaring, the footage of the original Marty McFly. That's right, (you've probably heard by now) while Michael J. Fox was the first choice to play Marty, he actually didn't originally get the part. Yeah, this is heavy.

This was back in the 'Family Ties' days. This was Michael J. Fox's series that first got him some attention. The director of 'Back to the Future', Robert Zemeckis, knew that Fox was Marty. His sense of timing, his humor, his look and all other things. However since 'Family Ties' (which was pretty big back then) already had a co-star out on maternity leave, they refused to let their main star miss the tapings for some other project. Fox was under contract and unable to accept the role. Since the show must go on, Zemeckis hired Eric Stolz to play the part. And so the camera's began to roll with Eric Stolz as Marty McFly. Great Scott!

However, After 5 weeks, and even though they liked the kid, the director realized Eric was miscast. While they found him to be a terrific actor, his comedic timing and general tone just didn't fit what they were trying to do with the movie. So the director tried to make a deal with the 'Family Ties' people again until they finally relented... sort of. They said they could use Michael as long as it doesn't interfere with his duties on 'Family Ties'. All of them agreed and Michael began to work two full time jobs. He did 'Family Ties' rehearsals from 8am - 6pm and rush to 'Back to the Future' to film from when he got there until 2:30am. And thank God he did as they all made one of the most kick-ass trilogies in the history of kick-ass trilogies.

Here is a snipet of the Eric Stolz footage:


Funny Bone - South Park Trashes Snooki
If you know me, you know that I'm no fan of Jersey Shore. I hate that show. I've seen 2 minutes of it once and I just hated it. It gives Jersey such a terrible name. I would accept this in a very low level if these fucks were actually from here, but instead we got some of the most 'ignant' New Yorkers taking a shit on Jersey. I know NY shits on Jerz a lot, but its never fucking televised. I'm just glad that none of these degenerates are Spanish. I don't know exactly how the Italian community feels about this, but I'd be fucking embarrased if any of these people were Peruvian. I'd be up for bringing back linching for one night and go check these people out. Of course this is also a stain on our culture as these asses are not only able to thrive in showbiz but they're actually doing quite well. I'd rather go into hooking than make money by shitting on myself, or my family (by association).

Anyway, the South Park guys lay it thick on Snooki. As I said, I don't watch this show, so I don't really know too much about this chick. I did hear she cried because she couldn't get laid or something. Well, I have to say that this clip really shows how I feel about her (from the very little I know about her) and that show.


Trailer Park
     Paul - This movie looks like winner. Its with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Don't know who they are? Well they're the main characters behind movies like 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz'. If you've never seen these movies you are missing on some pretty good takes on horror (Shaun of the Dead) and buddy-cop comedy (Hot Fuzz). I liked 'Hot Fuzz' a lot better than 'Shaun of the Dead', but both movies are a hoot. This one ups the ante and also stars Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, and the voice of Seth Rogen. The premise is kinda dumb (two English losers find an alien who speaks English), but that's just how I like some of my comedies. Hell just look at these two guy's faces and tell me with a straight face that they're college graduates.



     Scream 4 - Because 3 wasn't enough, here is Scream 4. I loved the first time I saw the first one. Kinda disliked the second one. And the third one... I can't really remember. But here, in all its 'glory', the 4th one:



     Inhale - What would you do if your kid was dying? Would you do anything to save them? Are you sure? Anything?