Author: Ga2so

  • Botober Day 16: medium clothedbell

    Line drawing. Some sort of wizardy-looking dude waves his fingers at a hovering bell and tiny shirt. The wizardish guy is saying "You might think I'm using telekinesis, but I'm actually commanding ghosts!" Text below the bell reads "Did I add a text balloon to cover my confusion of psychic abilities? Maayyybeee..." At the bottom are the labels "BOTOBER 25" and "16: MEDIUM DRESSED BELL." Yeah, I wrote dressed instead of clothed,

    Not enough sleep + short lunch break = whatever this is.

  • Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Outfit and Jane Greer

    Joe Don Baker and Robert Duvall in The Outfit.
    The eyes of Robert Ryan in The Outfit.

    An aggressively standard old school crime thriller (complimentary). Really fun to watch a movie from when they used to actually film in Los Angeles. I’m pretty sure part of this was shot at a motel that’s around the corner from my apartment.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Jane Greer's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the right, a black and white portrait photo of Jane Greer.

    Jane Greer (1634 Vine Street) only has one scene in this. I should have watched something else and saved this until I needed a Joe Don Baker movie.

    Fake poster time!

    A fake poster for The Outfit mimicking the poster for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
    My favorite part of this one is Duvall’s giant head.
    Fediverse reactions

  • Botober day 14: lightly spather

    line drawing. A crystal version of the salt bae guy is doing his salt thing and saying "I'm gonna spather all over you!" someone out of frame is responding "Not too much! I have high blood pressure!" Text at bottom right reads: One definition of "spath" is "a crystal with clearly defined facets. Like salt, bae Labels at the bottom read "BOTOBER 25 14: LIGHTLY SPATHER"

  • Botober Day 13: pickled cubiwery.

    line drawing. A man is faced down at a bar, his right arm raised with a glass in it. around him are various bottles and glasses. Text at the top reads "You might know about Dry January, but very few people know about the secret month known as Pickled Cubiwery. A word balloon pointing to someone out of frame reads "What'll you have now?" The man responds "Yes." On the wall behind him is a calendar showing Cubiwery, with a picture an arrow pointing at a wine bottle, with "YES!" written next to the arrow.

    I probably should have done something with pickles and cubes.

    Fediverse reactions

  • Classic Movie Pass Adventures: A Matter of Life and Death

    Kim Hunter and David Niven in A Matter of Life and Death.
    Two small figures sitting on a massive staircase in A Matter of Life and Death.

    There’s a scene in the first Captain America movie that homages the first scene in this film. David Niven is a pilot who manages to contact a radio officer on the ground. He knows the plane is going to crash and is certain he will die. In the few minutes they have they manage to fall in love. It’s absurd and it works- just like the rest of this movie. Is it a war romance? A medical drama? A study of religion? A courtroom drama? An argument about American and British sensibilities?

    Yes it is.

    Is it about a crazed fan of a talk show? Nope, but somehow that’s the movie poster I copied.

    A fake poster for A Matter of Life and Death mimicking the poster for The King of Comedy.
    Fediverse reactions

  • Botober Day 12: lemuffir

    line drawing of a lemur standing next to a muffin. The upper left corner has text that reads "TMZ EXCLUSIVE." The upper right side has text that reads "HOT NEW CELEBRITY COUPLE JUSTIN LEMUR AND MAGDALENA MUFFIN (aka 'LEMUFFIR') SPOTTED AT A VAN NUYS 7-11." The lemur is saying "WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE US ALONE?" Bottom of the image is tagged "BOTOBER 25 12: LEMUFFIR"

    The idea was that the couple’s portmanteau name is Lemuffir, not that Lemuffir was the muffin’s nickname. I’m not sure that that was clear, but it is the most important thing you will ever learn.

    Fediverse reactions

  • Movie Pass Adventures: A House of Dynamite

    Rebecca Ferguson in House of Dynamite
    Gabriel Basso in A House of Dynamite.

    I was worried when the movie started with a wall of text, then more worried when the Obviously Symbolic Dinosaur appeared, but the movie won me over as it ratcheted up the tension.

    Then it started over from a different viewpoint, and it mostly lost me.

    The it started over again from yet another viewpoint, and it pulled me back in a bit, but not all the way.

    Then it just… ended.

    I get what Bigelow was doing with the repetition. The first version is the full bureaucracy angle, showing all of the agencies coordinating to deal with the attack. The second version focuses more on the smaller group of people doing everything they can to avoid escalating the situation, and the third narrows even further to one man deciding whether to start a nuclear war. We see tons of people worrying about the consequences of their decisions, but we never see any of those consequences (and sometimes we don’t even see the decisions).

    …but maybe that’s my problem. Tons of people loved this movie. All I know is that I got one of my best/dumbest fake movie posters out of it.

    A fake poster for A House of Dynamite mimicking the poster for Napoleon Dynamite.
    Fediverse reactions

  • Botober day 11: catsian spinach.

    a drawing of a cat looking at a can of spinach. Text on image reads: CAT SEEIN' SPINACH IT'S LATE. I'M TIRED. JUST ACCEPT IT. ALSO: ONE OF MY CATS LOVES SPINACH. FREAK. BOTOBER 25 11: CATSIAN SPINACH

    Note to self: remember to draw these before 11 at night.

  • Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Westerner and Fred Stone

    Walter Brennan and Gary Cooper leaning in to talk over a bar .
    Gray Cooper's head and a horse's ears.

    Gary Cooper was forced to make this. He didn’t want to do it because he thought you couldn’t have a western without gunfights. There is one gunfight at the end, and I wonder if that was added to appease him.

    …and it’s really more of a love story between Cooper and Walter Brennan, who plays the friendly murderous judge with charm Cooper can’t resist. Oh, you’re supposed to think he loves Doris Davenport, but Brennan’s the one he spends the most time with- and wakes up with in bed.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Fred Stone's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Fred Stone.

    Fred Stone (Walk of Fame: 1634 Vine Street) plays Davenport’s father. He was best known as a stage performer. He was the first person to play The Scarecrow in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz.

    Black and White photo of Fred Stone dressed as the Scarecrow from the stage production of The Wizard of Oz.
    …and he looked pretty freaking cool!

    I’m not sure how this movie connects to a movie about an Australian woman obsessed with ABBA and weddings, but here you go:

    A fake poster for The Westerner mimicking the poster for Muriel's Wedding.
    Fediverse reactions

  • Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: Doctor X and Lee Tracy

    The monster from Doctor X shown in high contrast with bright solid color overlays.
    Lee Tracy and Fay Wray on the beach in Doctor X.

    Two words:

    SYNTHETIC FLESSSSHHHHHHH!

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Lee Tracy's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Lee Tracy.

    Lee Tracy (star at 1634 Vine Street) plays an obnoxious reporter who saves the day with the power of cheap magic shop pranks.

    Today’s fake poster is all about tic-tac-toe.

    A fake poster for Doctor X mimicking the poster for The Story of O.
    Fediverse reactions
→←