All Shall Love Me and Despair

Sorry to spam your flist, but my roommate just sent me a link to this Brisk Commercial featuring none other than Machete himself (Danny Trejo) as a claymation figure! It's hilarious - basically the plot of Machete in one minute, so spoilers, obviously (though not much that hasn't been in the various trailers):




There's also a short behind the scenes video with Danny. ( I just love this man! )

I really need to get the DVD, now that it's out!

Many thanks to trailer_spot for pointing this out to me:

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24657

24 April 2009
Machete Is A Go For Rodriguez
And he'll re-do Predator as well

You may remember this stonkingly good trailer from the Grindhouse experience. Well, prepare to see a full-length version, with the news that Robert Rodriguez is finally moving ahead with his much-mooted Machete film. That's due to start shooting in June, Rodriguez co-directing with his editor Ethan Maniquis.

The story, in case you're in work and can't watch the above trailer, sees day labourer and ex-Federale Machete (Danny Trejo) hired to carry out an assassination, but double-crossed and left for dead. He goes on a quest for revenge against the man responsible. We can only hope that they keep the, "This time they fucked with the wrong Mexican" tagline.

Meanwhile, Rodriguez has also finished a script for Predators, the proposed relaunch of the Predator franchise. Note the "s" on the end of that name; this isn't a simple remake, it seems, but a take on the franchise that involves multiple dreadlocked freckly-faced polyjawed hunters. Let's hope it is to Predator what Aliens was to Alien, and not just another disappointing Alien Vs Predator-alike mish-mash of ideas.

But before he does any of this, Rodriguez has to finish work on Nerverackers, a futuristic sci-fi thriller due out in 2010. So now that we've got a better idea of his dance card for the next couple of years, which are you most looking forward to?

Helen O'Hara


I can't wait to see this! *bounce*

That's too funny. I had a parcel in the mail today which confused me. It was one of those yellow padded envelopes, so I was thinking it might have been from eBay since I couldn't have thought who would still send me a gift - not one this big. But the sticker said it was from Amazon. Usually they use cardboard boxes, so huh. I look inside, and it's my Lost S3 DVD set. Then I notice the sticker with the return address. No, it wasn't sent from the US, where I had ordered it, nor the UK nor Germany: it was sent from Auckland, New Zealand. o_O


Am watching Reindeer Games, with Charlize Theron (to my private amusement as a redhead), a very sexy Gary Sinise with long hair and a small moustache and beard, and Danny Trejo as one of Gary's guys. (Ben who? Oh, Affleck? Who cares? ;)) Really funny movie, witty dialogue. I liked this exchange between Danny's character and Gary's - Danny's was reading a magazine while Gary's was driving the truck they were in (this is not word for word exact, but you'll get the gist):

D: Research says that retail makes 50% of its annual profits between December 1st to 25th. That's half a year's profit in one month. Now it seems to me an intelligent country would invent a second gift-giving event in May or June, to help business.

G: Ever since you started evening school you've been giving me a headache.

Well, it was funny the way they delivered their lines. *g*

Dang, looks like I missed Danny's last scene while writing this? Oh well. *g* The film is finished, so it's time for bed - five day weekend, wheee!!!

Another example in horrible dubbing: xXx. I only started watching it because yeah, it's Vin and Danny Trejo has a small role in it. Neither of their dub voices sound anything like the real ones - not anywhere near as low and not the slightest hint of the growly quality that's so characteristic for them both. Ugh.

Oh yeah: Marton Csokas doesn't look too bad with long curly hair, though less slick would look better IMHO. :)

Well, now that Danny's gone again I can spare myself more of this 'horror' and go take that bath... ;)


Final remark in this post: TGIF!!!!

http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/bulletins/bulletins_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003678719

An Evening With ... Viggo Mortenson
November 28, 2007
Focus Features, Back Stage West, and The Hollywood Reporter invite you to join Eastern Promises star Viggo Mortenson (A History of Violence) for a screening on Thursday, Dec. 6, in Los Angeles.

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Also, congrats to PJ for being #35 on EW.com's list of the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood! :)


And last but not least, I can't wait to see the film Robert Rodriguez is making/will make based on one of the fake trailers which they apparently showed with his and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse double feature: Machete, starring Danny Trejo. The trailer - which is NOT WORKSAFE - just looks so delightfully cheesy and late-70's/early-80's-cheap-action-flick. :)



Favourite lines: "They just f**ked with the wrong Mexican!" and, "Please Father, have mercy!" - "God has mercy. I don't!" BLAM! *snigger* Yes, I obviously can have a very sick sense of humour... :D And can I just say I love it when Danny wears his hair open? *whimper*

This meme was going around about a month ago but I didn't get around to it earlier:

(1) List 5 celebrities you would have sex with without even asking questions.
(2) Put all of them IN ORDER of your lust for them. (5 - 1, 1 is the hottest.)
(3) Say which movie/show/thing it was that hooked you.
(4) Supply photos for said people.
(5) Tag five people!


Part of why it took me so long is that I wanted to not make it the obvious choices - I mean, it's no surprise when I say I'd shag Elijah or Sean Maher or Karl Urban, right? No, here's a few men I don't constantly drool and swoon about, but still find sexy and yeah, I would SO shag them without question... To make this really fresh and different, I have also avoided listing anyone who showed up on my List of Lust in February 2006. As usual it was difficult for me to put these men in a particular order, but this is about it as of today – tomorrow it might already look totally different. ;)


( The five celebs ODQ would have sex with without even asking questions )


So this was it - I hope I was able to surprise you at least a little! :) I'm not tagging anyone, so those who haven’t done it yet and want to, feel free.

Phew! Off to bed now… night night, sweet dreams everyone!