Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
Thanks to our good friends Ryan and Nick, we have secured an awesome camera and some audio equipment. We are going to shoot Saturday. It is a rare opportunity for us to have access to such fine equipment, and I'm grateful to have Ryan and Nick on the te...
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
John and I have chosen the selections for the February Movie Geeks Club that will held at the time and place on February 26th. The Feb. selections were focused on classic noir. It just so happens that in 2008, we have nominated a film from 1938, 1948 and ...
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
Being a big fan of AMC's original series Mad Men, I decided to give Breaking Bad a chance. First off, I love Bryan Cranston. I thought he was great as Hal in Malcolm in the Middle, and seeing him running around in tighty whities in the commercials for B...
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
When I was a kid I used to love bench-clearing brawls. It seemed such a shift from the calm passivity of a typical baseball game. You go from 9 guys standing around on a field of grass chewing on stuff and 9 guys lounging around in a glorified toolshed ...
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
Occasionally, I like to browse YouTube for funny videos from public access shows. I found this YouTube video this morning, and it is a must-see. The first 30 seconds will hook you, but you should stay tuned until the end. This lady is a true nutcase.
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
After a month off for Christmas, Movie Geeks Club is back in full-swing this month with The Corndog Man. Capital City Bar and Grill. Tuesday, January 29th. Doors at 7:00. Movie starts at 7:30.If you've never seen The Corndog Man, you owe it to yoursel...
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
Yesterday, Micah, Aubrey, and I sat down and did a full read-through of the script. We went scene by scene, looking for places to smooth over dialogue to make the language more natural and to cut down on length anywhere we could. We made quite a few twe...
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
Here are a couple of still shots from the J2G shoot at The Lebowski Experience. Micah and I had a blast coming out and seeing everyone. Thanks for giving us a chance to be a part of something so awesome.
Posted by Just Two Guys 9 months ago.
I've been a big fan of the Wii since I first learned of its cutting edge approach to video gaming. Not to mention, I appreciate Nintendo's attempts to market the gaming engine to a diverse crowd. This isn't just a system for little kids or nerdcore gami...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Okay, so way back at the beginning of my last post, I mentioned that we haven't had any wild animals in our house since . . . last night. Well, here's how things went down.A few days ago, the girls (aka the resident security team) started acting strangel...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
In the fall of aught six, we had a raccoon break into our attic. Having little experience with wrangling wild raccoons, I deferred to our resident security team to take care of business. More on that in a later post. We haven't had any wild animals in ...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Here's a misheard lyric that I've been meaning to blog about for awhile now. It comes from the Pearl Jam album Vs., and it's from the song "Rats."The original lyric is:they don't eat, don't sleepthey don't feed, they don't seethebare their gums when they...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Lately, I have a problem. Like many afflictions, it has come upon me rather slowly, but it has now become a serious problem that I need to address publicly for two reasons. One, to warn people who may encounter me in public places. Please, people, do n...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Today's A&E section of the SJ-R features a story about The Lebowski Experience. This ought to really boost attendance for the event. I'm excited to see how the 1st Annual The Lebowski Experience will go.
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Here's another excerpt from the script. Just some background: Curt and Sid are idiots. EXT. CRÈME DE MEL PARKING LOT. MORNING.THE DUDES park their car. As they get out, SID and CURT, wearing masks, hold them up at gunpoint. SID Hey pussies. ...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
We will be looking for readers in the next month or so to read The Rickert Racket script and give us honest feedback about it. Honest. If it sucks, tell us. If it's okay, say something. If it's great, then definitely let us know.If you'd be intereste...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Here is the first script excerpt. Formatting is a little tricky in blogger, but I think you get the idea. Our reading copy format is much nicer.INT. MIKE AND JACKS APARTMENT. THE OFFICE. MORNING.JACK and MIKE are working at their computers. They are...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
BackgroundFor those of you who have been with us from the beginning, you may remember a little thing called the Springfield Community Movie Project. It was an idea Micah and I had way back when we first started working on the show to foster a community o...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Several folks locally have blogged about the UFO sightings over Texas. But, I just wanted to highlight the redneckiness () of the folks in the story. I know Dave touched on this, but I really feel like this needs its own blog post.Sorrells said he ha...
Posted by Just Two Guys 10 months ago.
Lately, I've been doing some background research on Jules Verne. When I was a kid, I thought Verne's books were wonderful. I started reading them when I was pretty young, and I always felt like finishing a good Verne book really said something about me....
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