tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081255290515734362024-03-05T05:40:31.557-05:00THE FUTURIST! Observations from Utter Despair, N.J.THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.comBlogger743125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-50424525875820692922011-09-13T12:44:00.001-04:002011-09-13T12:44:48.081-04:00Tumblr ExperimentTHE FUTURIST! is experimenting with a tumblr account blog.This would not mean the end of this fount of information you are currently reading and have grown accustomed to, but you may be interested in seeing what he has composed or posted on this other blog.Please visit:thefuturistiswriting.tumblr.comHopefully, it will entertain you and your loved ones.THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-79136245645384137852011-08-03T11:00:00.002-04:002011-08-03T11:05:38.894-04:00See You Next Wednesday!In honor of director JOHN LANDIS' birthday today,THE FUTURIST! posts a trailer, as usual, but a trailerfrom the TRAILERS FROM HELL website which features Mr. Landis narrating over a trailer from PLANET OF THE APES (1968).Happy Birthday, Mr. Landis. THE FUTURIST!'s "See You Next Wednesday" weekly trailer featurewas originally created in reference to you and a trademark featurein most of your films.THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-42112578585676263482011-08-01T12:46:00.004-04:002011-08-01T12:51:11.682-04:00ExperimentTHE FUTURIST! is experimenting with a tumblr account blog.This would not mean the end of this fount of information you are currently reading and have grown accustomed to, but you may be interested in seeing what he has composed or posted on this other blog.Please visit:thefuturistiswriting.tumblr.comHopefully, it will entertain you and your loved ones.THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-3296073033882150492011-07-31T12:54:00.002-04:002011-07-31T13:01:14.227-04:00Saturday Music from a Film That Means a LotTHE FUTURIST! feels a bit melancholy today ... but when doesn't he? Being that par for the course, his Saturday music post for today is a bit of music of lament from a movie that means very much to him ... so very much. One day perhaps, he will reveal why BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID is such an important movie in his life, but for now let him just present this bit of music without much THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-59168214266004014812011-07-27T12:35:00.001-04:002011-07-27T12:36:41.693-04:00See You Next Wednesday!THE CAR (1977)dir: Elliot SilversteinTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-83249466114557738052011-07-23T14:41:00.005-04:002011-07-24T23:44:22.318-04:00Saturday Music Expressing a Weather ReportThere has been a heat wave embracing the United States and THE FUTURIST! has felt it's horrible humid, sticky, suffocating, stinky hug every single minute in Utter Despair, NJ. Oh, it is so so hot. One must find shelter in their home and shopping malls and their own place of employment ... that is if these places have air conditioners or central air cooling systems. Thankfully most are equipped THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-67864995016124138232011-07-20T13:09:00.000-04:002011-07-20T13:10:36.953-04:00See You Next Wednesday!COMMANDO (1985)dir: Mark L. LesterTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-26280597474980023332011-07-20T01:07:00.000-04:002011-07-20T01:08:14.267-04:00Woody QuotesHobie: "God, you, uh, you look, uh ... you look very pretty in this candlelight."Melinda: "Well, I'm sure anyone would look amazing with all these flickering shadows and all the wine you're drinking."Hobie: "Right, right, uh ... well, I-I-I'm - I'm drinking because life moves so fast ... so unpredictably. You know, it's-it's over so fast and in the end what is it? Chekhov said a soap bubble."THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-43354765293099869762011-07-16T14:06:00.005-04:002011-07-17T12:59:14.535-04:00Saturday Music that Says it All Using a Fruit MetaphorThis clip from PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981)does what it does very well. 'nuff said.Except to add that the cherries at the bottom of THE FUTURIST!'s bowl are a bit mushy.Listen:LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIESfrom the film PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981)performed by Walter S. Harrah, Gene Merlino, Vern Rowe, Robert Tebow and Al VescovoMimed onscreen by Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, and Jessica HarperTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-49761898950809625362011-07-15T11:14:00.002-04:002011-07-15T11:18:28.063-04:00"This is Gon-na Hurt More Then When Snape Killed Dumble-dore!"Yes, it will hurt much more ...THE FUTURIST! learned through a very reliable source thatthis song was performed in full dress and make-up outside The Hive Multi-Megaplex midnight showing ofHARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2.Prepare to receive a Stupify-ing Curse.(THE FUTURIST! wished he had been there concealedunder James Potter's Invisibility Cloak)THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-5109424481695850442011-07-13T23:15:00.004-04:002011-07-13T23:33:39.009-04:00THE FUTURIST!'s TV DENTHE LONE GUNMEN was a spin-off of THE X-FILES.It featured a trio of characters that were acquaintances of FBI agent Mulder. They were three nerdsof high intelligence and high paranoia. However, oft times,their seemingly loony suspicions of government malfeasance and cover-ups had a basis in cold hard truth. THE FUTURIST! liked this short lived show and its quirky humor.It was not always good, butTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-79506026594580998352011-07-13T01:13:00.000-04:002011-07-13T01:14:11.392-04:00See You Next Wednesday!REAL LIFE (1979)dir: Albert BrooksTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-64087648540660779922011-07-12T13:01:00.001-04:002011-07-12T13:02:55.806-04:00Woody QuotesPeter: "Is there anything more frightening other than the destruction of the world?"Lloyd: "The knowledge that it doesn't matter one way or the other ... it's all random ... resonating aimlessly out of nothing and eventually vanishing forever. I'm not talking about the world. I'm talking about the universe ... all space ... all time ... just a temporary convulsion."THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-69022915848144881342011-07-09T15:04:00.006-04:002011-07-10T19:07:26.990-04:00Saturday Music for LeavingTHE FUTURIST! attended a "going away" festivity of sorts. It was a gathering of co-workers who were saying goodbye to one who decided she had had enough. This person of THE FUTURIST!'s acquaintance may not be going to anywhere better financially or appropriate to her educational background, but the parachuting from the the huge airliner of despair, aggravation, humiliation and tedious disregard THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-52028865718656079212011-07-06T00:24:00.001-04:002011-07-06T00:26:25.969-04:00See You Next Wednesday!THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (1970)dir: Arthur HillerTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-32115908462545357662011-07-04T21:44:00.000-04:002011-07-04T21:45:18.734-04:00The Perfect 4th FoodTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-15246257253603927662011-07-02T07:31:00.008-04:002011-07-03T14:51:48.422-04:00Saturday Music for "Summer Jammin'" with Dr. PortoSummer time is a season of memories past and future. THE FUTURIST! finds certain songs evoke those childhood flashbacks of fun, frolics, fantasy and, sometimes, regret. Everyone has those certain Summer Time Songs locked away in their brain memory vaults. The tumblers on those vaults can be easily twirled to and fro to unlock visions when hearing melodies. Speaking of the mind and the THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-16993191947478969602011-07-01T23:42:00.003-04:002011-07-01T23:45:47.373-04:00THE FUTURIST! Recalls His 1st Job InterviewHe did not get the position.Thanks to Old Hollywoodfor the photo.THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-4477814507583072622011-06-30T23:58:00.003-04:002011-07-01T00:03:08.198-04:00"Mommy! I Want to Exterminate! NOW!"THE FUTURIST! really dislikes small children.Look at how happy they are riding around in those death machines.He has no doubt if they were real Daleks, those terror tots wouldgladly fire death beams and incinerate anyone if they didn't get their way.And who the Hell thought this was a great toy for undeveloped minds?THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-10460937019593421812011-06-29T17:31:00.003-04:002011-06-29T17:49:32.642-04:00Day Off = Time to Do LaundryTHE FUTURIST! is glad he is not currently living in an apartment dwelling.He would not like to find the aftermath of the above situation when arrivingto clean a full basket of personal garments.THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-15849984198037904022011-06-29T12:05:00.001-04:002011-06-29T12:07:26.766-04:00See You Next Wednesday!JAWS 2 (1978)dir: Jeannot SzwarcTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-1118406299218227442011-06-28T13:29:00.004-04:002011-06-28T13:34:33.910-04:00It's Tweesday!!THE FUTURIST! doffs his summer straw boater to Mr. Matthew Henderson (who wishes he was British)and his wonderful encyclopedic near idiot savanttalent of summoning up songs of "twee".Tweesday has it origin in his influence.THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-84571148569473192242011-06-25T10:52:00.006-04:002011-06-26T01:04:17.143-04:00Saturday Music for the Gays Across the StreetIn near by New York State, they have passed a law legalizing marriage between persons of the same sex. This has excited the homosexual community to such an extent that they are celebrating in the streets, crying, laughing and dancing dressed as half naked bird/human hybrids in loin cloths, feathered hats and Mardi Gras masks. They are so happy to finally be able to be just as legally unhappy as THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-76362198427077426402011-06-24T08:57:00.002-04:002011-06-24T09:09:40.351-04:00Bears on IceTHE FUTURIST! has, as previously stated in prior posts, a fear of bears.This is not to say he is not adverse to looking at them and their acts of random destruction and violence. Those instances only enhance his white knuckled phobia and provide evidence to relate to others. They are not cuddly and cute and sing songs while hunting for honey trees or assisting other woodland creatures out of THE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1908125529051573436.post-85750369565162695852011-06-23T11:54:00.001-04:002011-06-23T11:56:13.674-04:00"Dear World ...""Dear World. I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck." - Actor George Sanders' suicide note before taking an overdose of Nembutal at age 66. Best roles as Addison DeWitt in ALL ABOUT EVECousin "Jack" in REBECCALord Henry Wotten in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAYThe voice of Shere Khan in THE JUNGLE BOOKTHE FUTURIST!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13738269851546208405noreply@blogger.com4