Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
On Monday, Mark Evanier posted the video below on his site. I haven’t been able to get the song out of my head. Maybe now it’ll leave me and head over to you.
The official site for “The Happening” is now open.
Kimbo Slice knocked out Tank Abbott last night in about 43 seconds of the very first round. You can see the fight on Youtube for free. I don’t think that anyone was surprised by the outcome. Not even Tank.
It probably would have ended sooner, but the ref pulled Kimbo off Tank after Kimbo repeatedly punched Tank in the back of the head after the first knockdown. The ref walked Kimbo to the other side of the cage and allowed Tank to stand up and regain some composure. Then when the ref started to allow them to fight again, Kimbo’s mouthpiece was found in the center of the ring and the ref once again held up the action. Kimbo threw his mouthpiece into the crowd and the fight was again started. Three more quick knockdowns followed and the fight was stopped.
So what did this fight prove? Not much. Maybe two things: 1] Kimbo can put fans in the seats. The 7,000 seat arena was sold out and the place went crazy when Kimbo entered. 2] When Rick Flair retires from professional wrestling Tank Abbott can take his place because he definitely has Flair’s patented “front fall” down pat.
Until Kimbo fights a ranked fighter, we’re really not going to know how good he is or how good he can be. My guess is that Ken Shamrock [as old as he is] would have given him a much better fight. I’d really like to see
Kimbo enter the cage with Brock Lesner. I’d even pay money to see that.
Next Saturday is the next meeting of Sketch Society. The festivities will be at Java Junction Donut and Coffee. Big Beatty is going to roll in between 12:30 and 1. I’ll probably get there between 2 and 3 [hopefully earlier]. For more details click HERE and I hope to see you there!
Kimbo Slice fights Tank Abbott tomorrow night on Showtime.
Kimbo is a youtube legend thanks to his quick knockouts of big and mostly tough [but unskilled] backyard fighters. Kimbo has had one official MMA fight which lasted all of 19 seconds. He had [what is now being called] an exhibition fight where he chocked out Ray Mercer [an old boxer] in less than one minute.
Tank Abbott fought in MMA fights back when the Earth was just starting to cool. Less rules and less skills needed then. Tank would come out swinging and if you weren’t knocked out and could last until Tank gassed [which usually didn’t take too long] odds were you could beat him. Still, Tank was popular with the fans. Much more popular than his 9-13 record would lead you to believe. Tank’s had 6 fights in the last 5 years [losing five of them and none going past the first round].
Looking at their records and who they’ve fought it’s hard to imagine Kimbo vs Abbott as a main event. But I gotta admit that I’d tune in if I had Showtime.
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“Overnight” is a documentary that covers the rapid rise and fall of Troy Duffy, who in 1997 scored a million dollar deal to direct his screenplay, “The Boondock Saints” for Harvey Weinstein’s Miramax pictures. Duffy’s story was the stuff of legend. He was a bartender and part time musician who had written a screenplay that was getting lots of notice. When the dust settled Duffy was given over a million dollar deal that included his band getting to do the soundtrack for “The Boondock Saints,” Duffy getting to direct WITH FINAL CUT and the bar that Duffy worked at purchased for him.
Most people in this position would count their blessings and hope that they could live up to the hype. Not Duffy. It was amazing to hear him talk down to his friends and family. To hear Duffy tell it, his talent was going to take them all to the top. He thought nothing of making sure that his mother knew that HE was right and his brother would have to listen to him now. Duffy made sure that everyone in his band understood that he was in charge and thanks to him they would be able to make a living with their music. He was ego gone mad… burning bridges and destroying friendships. And before too long Duffy alienated the man who made it all possible, Harvey Weinstein.
Soon the movie deal was dead in the water… same with the soundtrack. To Duffy’s credit, he regrouped and found some backers to finance “The Boondock Saints” which he directed [at a greatly reduced rate]. And his band did get an album produced. It sold 690 copies... TOTAL.
“The Boondock Saints” was made but when Weinstein and Miramax passed on it, so did every other company in Hollywood.“The Boondock Saints”
was never given wide theatrical release and eventually made it’s way to cable tv and video. Where a funny thing happened… it’s popularity began to build. Word of mouth spread and it became even more popular. Unfortunately the deal that Duffy agreed to in order to get the film made did not provide him any compensation for video or dvd. Duffy’s advance from Miramax was long gone as was his payment for “The Boondock Saints.” To this day he’s never gotten another project made.Just as quickly as his star had risen, it fell… “Overnight.”
Rafael Kayanan [Raf to his friends] is an extremely gifted artist to the second power.: See, he’s an artist as in creating artwork, and an artist as in can kicking butt [martial arts]. In the comic field he’s worked on everything from Conan to Star Wars. In the film industry he’s done everything from storyboards and conceptual art to serving as technical adviser and fight choreographer on major films.
Click HERE and you’ll get an interview with Raf and you can find out what he’s been up to lately.
Roy Scheider died yesterday at the age of 75.
Although Scheider appeared in several dozen films over the course of his career, it is his work in three that is most remembered: “The French Connection,” “Jaws,” and “All That Jazz.” He received an Best Supporting Actor nomination for “The French Connection” and a Best Actor nomination for “All That Jazz” but it was “Jaws” that made him a household name.
Chris Mills said it best with: “He was part of that last generation of character actors who could play leads, before the movie industry became obsessed with pretty boys and grunting beefcake.”
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans.
I’d never seen THIS before.
I don’t know how old the song is, but I saw 
Perfectville.Many of you probably saw 
I was a huge fan of the last James Bond film “Casino Royale.” I thought Daniel Craig perfectly nailed the thugish qualities needed for the early Bond — you know, the Bond he was before he became the ultra-cool superspy.I was surprised to see a teaser poster and a behind the scenes video for QoS today at AICN. Click HERE and you can be just as surprised.
