"Bad Guys I Can Deal With--But Aliens Creep Me Out" Saturday, August 09, 2003

The above quote from a nifty little B movie, "Velocity Trap," passed on by a buddy who knows B movies like nobody's business. An original storyline, some solid performances, a little sci-fi kung-fu--what more do you want? On top of that, it's a heist movie. For those of you who have been following my performance-anxiety hand-wringing over the past few years, you'll know that the sci-fi heist concept is near and dear to my heart. Glad to see somebody pulling it off!

A guy I used to know who wrote about movies once said the problem with Hollywood is that it forgot how to make "cheap, smart trash"--Roger Corman movies, Steve McQueen movies, stuff like that. VT fits that bill. (Best in the past decade: "Deep Rising." Trust me.) My quibbles: I would've killed the first twenty minutes. Otherwise a swell rental.

My astonishing wife arrived upstate safely and picked up her parents' dogs at the sitter. There is apparently an instigator there, a puppy the size of her hand, named Bubble. Am currently listening to the Ass Ponys song "Ford Madox Ford." Bubble, Velocity Trap, Ford Madox Ford--renewed purpose. Life is wonderful. Bona notte.

@ 12:15:00 AM,

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