To them you're just a freak. Like me!

Well, I did it. I got to see I Am Legend. I don't want to get really critical about it. But here are some thoughts:

So personally, I really did not like the movie, which I did expect. Ian loved it, and that got me excited to see it, though I was still disappointed. I mention that I had read the book, but long before deciding to watch the film version I decided not to do a whole comparison of book to movie. They are two different beasts and I get that. I kept wanting to like it. But mostly felt bored and like I was being treated like a child by the storytelling techniques employed. I'll just say the one thing I wanted to see was that the core concept of I Am Legend be preserved no matter what other crazy stuff they decided to put in. Ultimately the filmmakers decided to just take the title of a great book and make a mediocre "B-movie" out of it. Much the same with the other Will Smith starring adaptation, "I, Robot". Both extremely cool titles, but utterly wasted on these movies. It's a sad thing I was really just hoping to see little references to small details in the book but it had nothing even remotely recognizable. I just wonder why they couldn't use this idea of, the last man on earth and weave a more suitable, audience acceptable motion picture out of the thing. Borrow ideas from I Am Legend, make some of your own, have fun with it. I think they were more concerned with keeping with the tone of the original story and forgot to take some of the elements that truly made it worth knowing about. You could have done so much with it. Made it more expansive. Epic. Rather than attempt a very shortsighted view of a classic vampire tale.

So as an adaptation it's horrible. Which is okay. But, as a movie, it was really hard to watch. I really like Will smith, but I do think he over does it sometimes. In this he didn't go overboard though. It's funny, the whole time i saw him interact with any thing I imagined him saying, "Now that's what I call a close encounter" or "Welcome to earf!" Haha, anyhow. So I'd say see it if your curious. I'm glad I did. But, if not than don't worry about it. Or rent the DVD. But, if you really want to know the truly brilliant idea behind I Am Legend and really know what I'm talking about, then you should have a go at the book. It's short, you can read it in like two days. No biggie. It really is something spectacular. Here's a semi-decently expressed review for you:


On the up side, just as predicted, The Dark Knight trailer was shown before the movie. And also as predicted it was fucking mind-blowing. I dare say this version of Batman will live on as dogmatic law for further Batman films. Tim Burton is goddamned mental. He had know idea, nor do I think he cared when he made those atrocious, amusement park, versions of the caped crusader. All it takes is a little know how and some goddamned attention to the source material. For christ's sake man if you don't like the way a story is being told, just make up your own. No ones got any imagination anymore. Okay, now I'm rambling. But, I mean it all.

Oh and for those of you who might not be seeing I Am Legend this weekend, The Dark Knight Trailer will be debuting at this site tomorrow night, er...tonight, I guess:


Yet another of the Joker's Viral sites. And if you haven't yet try and get in on the viral marketing campaign Warner Bros. is doing for this movie. It's really cool!


As for me. I hit the Johns for some much needed hours. Then worked on some music at home. For those that don't know, something like the past two or three years I've been playing my own brand of progressive metal, fully recorded and engineared(not try to brag just sharing my stuff with you). I've enjoyed very much doing it and maybe soon find a way to post some of my favorites here on the Tendrillar blog. Lately, though after some thirty or so finished to semi-finished tracks i've decided to explore my musical talents and branch out. I'm now working on something very much like the Gorillaz. I know you've read my praise for that whole project here a few times. A now i've finally decided to throw my hat into the ring and try my hand at some stuff I feel is more upbeat and danceable. It's a mix of all types of music in a collage sort of way. None of it is done yet. But when it is i'll show you i'm not full of shit and that I can in fact do all these things i speak of. (some really old shit here: www.myspace.com/tendrillarmusic) 

That's all I did today.

I was on Facebook earlier and noticed my ex-girlfriend's already got some new chap to cuddle. And, I gotta say it was an odd feeling to see something like that. It's been something like six months. I feel like that's early to get started on somebody again. But, i've been known to go long times without any kind of affection or the thought of dating somebody. Don't know what it is about me that I'm able to sustain such "dry spells" as their called. And as much as I wouldn't mind some affection, I fear somehow the advent of a relationship, only because I feel i've made a lot of progress with my own projects and personal state of living that throwing someone in the mix of all that would bring me to some sedated state of co-dependance that I don't think is good for anyone. let alone someone dating me. I'm batshit crazy. Jake says i'm much funnier these days having not been with anyone in months. It's like that episode of Seinfeld where George stops having sex, increasing his brain activitiy dramatically, only to have him rendered incompetent the very moment he gets some. Yeah... i know you know what i'm talking about.

So there's a personal little tidbit for you.

Woo doin' it!!

I go home to Denver in a week or so. I'm having so much fun here that I almost don't want to. I hate to fly. It's not that I'm afraid or anything, but i hate the paranoia of the airport. It's such a hassle to fly these days, I'd almost prefer to take a bus.

Alright i'm getting lazy now. Soon I'll just be typing monosyllabic requests to the internet for food, or porn. I'm gonna find something else to do for a couple more hours.

Peace foo!