Monthly Archives: February 2011

I Love the 80s!

Published Tuesday, February 22, 2011 | By Denver Fowler

The 1980′s. The best years of my life. I was young, free, skinny, had long hair, I was decent looking; and I had dreams and ambitions. It was the perfect time of the world for me.

What did I love about it? Let me break it down by category:

The Music – I was all over the place with the music. I loved heavy metal, rock, punk, new wave and more. It just didn’t seem to matter. I loved it all. Metallica, Poison, Def Leppard, Missing Persons, Van Halen and on and on and on! At the time, I was an aspiring drummer. I was all up in anything with a good beat. God I wished I had never given up that.

The Movies – John Hughes was a genius. His movies touched everyone I knew. Including: Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful, National Lampoon’s Vacation Series, She’s Having a Baby and my all time favorite The Breakfast Club. The movie that set a single song as the Anthem of my age, Don’t You (Forget About Me), performed by the band Simple Minds. Who initially refused to record the song, but then agreed under the encouragement of their label. There were a load of other good movies too, but his stood out. St. Elmos Fire {cough cough}

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The Girls – Were hot, sexy, wild, free, open, dangerous. From the teased hair, to the spandex outfits. Girls had it going on! High heels in jeans, skirts, and leg warmers. Stockings while wearing socks with frilly ankles.

The Colors – Were bright and exciting.

The Guys – We were carefree and crazy as hell. Parachute pants? Yeah right; but then it was the cool thing. Ripped up jeans and wild hair styles. I even got my ear pierced as reward for avoiding the hazing my freshman year. Still wear the earring in it from time to time. Then left was right and right was wrong. Now… I guess everyone is gay.

MTV – Was on at mine and all my friends houses almost 24/7. Music videos, captivating and cool. That was…. Before… Fucking Reality Shows…. Now MTV can suck it. Back then, it was music videos and weekend marathons of Beavis and Butt-head or The Monkees reruns.

The Attitude – It was about life, freedom, freedom of expression, about having all the fun you can have before you die. Sexual freedom as well, even though there was the big AIDS issue that was plastered on every TV, Radio and Billboard, we just didn’t care too much about it. We wanted it and we went for it.

I so wished I never had to let go and grow up. I’d live that era again and again and again. Get rid of the internet, cellphones and this social networking bullshit, and give me my 80s back!!

Posted in News | Tagged Era, Life, Movies, Music

It’s not as good as the Book!

Published Monday, February 21, 2011 | By Denver Fowler

This is the first thing I hear whenever anyone talks about a movie or the first thing I hear in the chatter after I’ve watched a movie at the local theater. “It’s not as good as the book!”

Thank you Captain Obvious.

If movies were to follow the books exactly. One, it would likely end up to be a six hour movie. Two, would be way over budget. Also, ever noticed the movie always says “Based on the book [Fill in Book Title Here]“. They tell you in advance it’s not going to be the same. It’s an adaptation of the book. I’m also quite sure that 99% of Books that are “based on” a true story aren’t the same as the real story. Because you need to keep the attention of the audience. Make it interesting. Books can be huge because you can put them down and read more later. Movies would be a real pain in the ass to be that long to sit through.

ad·ap·ta·tion {ad-uhp-tey-shuhn}

* the state of being adapted; adjustment.
* something produced by adapting: an adaptation of a play for television.

So when the production company is approached by the writer, they have to make changes, cut out scenes to keep things in budget and make it fit into a general time-line while “hopefully” still getting the point across and still be entertaining.

So all you Emo little book worms need to stop bitching about it being different. If all you are going to do is complain that it isn’t like the book then don’t fucking go! If you want to complain, do it about the movie itself. Perhaps the cinematography sucked, or that an actor blew chunks or … you get the idea. It’s not about how close to the book it is, never was, never will be. Get over yourselves.

Posted in News | Tagged Books, Movies, Rant

Really? Am I that old?

Published Monday, February 14, 2011 | By Denver Fowler

Six o’clock Sunday morning, and I just let the dog out. Started the coffee brewing. Just sat down and logged on to my PC to check for software and game addon updates. The same thing I do every weekend morning. Opened my email and this is the email I got:

Ready For This!

Your Going to be a Grandpa!! Misti found out last Tuesday and the baby will be due sometime between the end of October and November. If its a boy he will be Noah if its a girl either Ava Rae, or Mya Lou!

Just thought id give you a heads up. Hope to here from your soon!

Love Allen

Oddly the first thought that ran through my mind is. But I’m only 41 years old?!? Remember, don’t have any coffee in me yet and essentially I died 5 years ago, I’m only animated by caffeine and sugar, so my thought process is kind of stuck to a routine rather than instinct or cognitive brain processes.

I’m still worried about the teenager living at home, never even really thought about how near to being a grand parent in any faction. So it was the cold shower to my morning. But it’s true, I am the parent of a now 21 almost 22 year old man who is happily married to a wonderful woman. Why not have a baby? This is pretty cool. I may not have been the best Dad alive, but it’s a good feeling that my son has a family of his own now

Posted in News | Tagged Age, Baby, Family

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