In the spirit of the Twitter meme of cellphone movie titles that THE FUTURIST! posted a week or so ago ... here is another game of wordplay that ensued on 8/12/10 and the entries made by THE FUTURIST!
RAGING GUERNSEY
THE MALTESE SPARROW
BOB & CAROL & TED
BRAVELIVER
WILLY WONKA AND THE BREATH MINT FACTORY
HUG ME KATE
ANGELS & IMPS
THE SAFE DEPOSIT BOX OF THE SIERRA MADRE
BLADE STROLLER
THE GRACIE ALLEN OVERDUE PARKING TICKET CASE
THE OVERLY FRISKY BUNCH
BELL BOOK AND MATCHSTICK
BASEBALL PENNANTS OF OUR FATHERS
TANGO AND POCKET CHANGE
SLAP THE PIANO PLAYER
HUMMIN' IN THE RAIN
BABETTE'S SNACK
THE BRIDESMAID OF FRANKENSTEIN
MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE BOUNTY
SID CAESAR directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
JUST KNEE HIGH AND LOW
VAGUE REFERENCES ABOUT EVE
A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE WATERFRONT
SUPERMARKET STRAWBERRIES
and his personal favorite:
m
There were two submitted by Glenn Kenny ( @ ExtAngel ) that THE FUTURIST! really liked:
VARNISH YOUR WAGONSand THE BATTLE OF THE SLIGHT PORTUBERANCE
and one by Craig Phillips ( @craigary ) of GreenCine:
THE FUTURIST! recently participated in a Twitter exchange of creating film title puns or such with names of cellphones or cellphone reference points. The esteemed Vadim Rizov, writer, musicologist, film critic, and cynic made a good suggestion. He wrote that THE FUTURIST! should save these to his blog in a post. Below are THE FUTURIST!'s creations.
LOST VERIZON
RUN MOTOROLA RUN
TEXT ME THAT YOU LOVE ME JUNIE MOON
DR. NO-KIA
THE AT&T TEAM
LG TOPO
WHO'S MINDING THE SPRINT?
I NEVER SAMSUNG FOR MY FATHER
WHITE HUNTER, BLACKBERRY HEART directed by Sprint Eastwood
WIRELESS IN SEATTLE
THE TAKING OF PELHAM NEC
YOU'VE GOT VOICE MAIL
A CINGULAR MAN
T-MOBILE AND SYMPATHY
SANYOJIMBO
Thank you, Dear Readers, for bearing through all that! That's called killing time.
The above picture is being used as THE FUTURIST!'s Twitter avatar. Upon its first appearance, @iFiction, a very intelligent and philosophical THE FUTURIST! follower on the 140 character communication social network, loved it and called it "pretty fantastic". When THE FUTURIST! asked him what the picture "said to him", @iFiction replied:
"it 'says' that identity, framed and separated into an individual ego, is ultimately a reflection of the surrounding universe."
THE FUTURIST! likes that reply.
It could say that ... or it could be THE FUTURIST! peering at his new iSad computer tablet, which is available exclusively in Utter Despair, N.J. It is being test marketed in the saddest place in the United States. It enables you to read emails, check websites, view High Def films, like CRIES AND WHISPERS, and can be used to read depressing eBooks. THE FUTURIST! is currently reading NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND by Dostoevsky.
Recently, THE FUTURIST! was involved in a whirlwind of craziness on the social networking site TWITTER. John Lichman, online producer of the Current TV Rotten Tomatoes Show, posted the new trailer to the remake of Bad Lieutenant by Werner Herzog. The trailer is incredibly mind boggling in its acting, dialogue and potential storyline. This prompted Lichman to begin an inspired, yet insane, mission to start creating ideas for Werner Herzog remakes and posting them in the required 140 characters or less on TWITTER. If you are able to create enough posts using a certain topic, it can become a Top 10 trending topic, which is then posted on the right of the screen for all "Tweeters" to see. Most trending topics are references to the Jonas Brothers, Jimmy Fallon, American Idol, OMGILOVEGOSSIPGIRL and Swine Flu. Getting wernerherzogremakes to the point of being a trending topic seemed so insane, so funny, so anti-Twitter ... therefore it had to be done. THE FUTURIST! participated and below are some of his contributions. A knowledge of Mr. Herzog (director of Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, Encounters at the End of the World and more), his films and themes and his frequent use of actor Klaus Kinski helps you understand the satire ... otherwise you may be lost. Of course, as most quests for happiness conclude, wernerherzogremakes never became a trending topic and the mission was a failure.
As an added bonus, THE FUTURIST! includes (at bottom) a video of Herzog being shot by a sniper during an interview.
WERNER HERZOG REMAKES
THE GOLD RUSH: Herzog eats shoe in snowbound cabin. Errol Morris interviews him & envisions Herzog as giant chicken.
HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIENastassja Kinski as Pop Singer Schizophrenic. Has sex with father Klaus Kinski & square dances.
GRIZZLY MANHATTAN: Neurotic NYer beset by shallow friends, ex-wife, criticized for affair with bear. Bear kills everyone.
MONKEYS ON A PLANE: Herzog unleashes 100 squirrel monkeys on jet liner after takeoff. Films resulting melee & narrates.
DER FLEIDERMAUS RETURNS: Depressed super hero battles suicidal insane Penguin. Both walk off into snowy void of doom.
MY DINNER WITH KLAUS: Herzog films dining in restaurant with Kinski. Talk of life, philosophy, God, suicide, murder.
DER SIEBEN SAMURAI: 7 Asian dwarves ride into small western town, throw excrement, curse and spit.
THE MUZAK MAN:Con Man Kinski comes to Midwest American town selling music lessons. He sings, dances & rapes librarian.
THE TAKING OF PELHAM EINS, ZWEI, DREI:Herzog films actual hijacking of NYC subway car just for fun ... no ransom.
MR. FRAU:Kinski tries to handle family stay at home chores while wife Teri Garr works. Their children flee screaming.
THE OSCAR:Herzog strangles Philippe Petit with trapeze wire after losing Oscar for Best Doc. Elke Sommer cameos
KINSKI VS KINSKI: Klaus Kinski sues himself for custody of his sanity. Sanity played by dwarf resembling Justin Henry
GREY GARDENS: Doc. of Herzog & Kinski in house dresses & sun bonnets living in Long Island house. Murder attempts ensue.
LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY DOWN TO RIO:Soldier imprisoned by Viet Cong attempts to stage musical number on plane wings
JAWSZECK: Insane German actor terrorizes New England beach community by biting vacationers.
STROSHREK: Ogre travels to America with talking donkey, moves into trailer home, works as mechanic & gets disillusioned
MR. KINSKI BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE: German business executive tries to erect suburban cape cod in Amazon jungle.
NOSFERATOOTSIE:Vampire dresses in drag for role on German soap opera.
AGUIRRE THE WRATH OF OH, GOD!Spanish conquistador travels down Amazon on raft with George Burns and 65 squirrel monkeys.
THE ENIGMA OF DOOGIE HAUSER, M.D.Adolescent doctor arrives in city hospital, cannot speak, stand erect or bill medicare.
GRIZZLY MAN FOR ALL SEASONS:Sir Thomas Moore loses head after getting too close, then not agreeing with King of Bears.
