Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 25
Sign: Aries
City: FAIRFAX
State: Virginia
Country: US
Signup Date: 12/10/2004
|
|
|
|
Saturday, December 06, 2008
|
..tr>..table> ..tr> BDK visits "Boondock Saints 2" set - Live updates
| 
12/5/2008 9:09P.M. - CRAZY DAY ON SET - Meeting Julie Benz and hanging with Bob Marley/Brian Mahoney
Today, at least for me, has been a lot more laid back than the rest of the days. I have been bugging Andrew for the video of my interviews with Sean, Norman and Clifton. I want to get those up on YOUTUBE once I get them approved. One of the big highlights of the day has been hanging out alot with Bob Marley, Brian Mahoney and David Ferry, who play three police officers in the film. They are just such funny guys and they love to hang out and chat. The scene they have been filming today dealt with them on a murder investigation. I can't say exactly what was happening in the scene but it involves some kick ass dialogue and some great perfomances from Paul Johansson (Kuntsley) and Julie Benz (Eunice). Again, Eunice's character is along similar lines as the character that Willem Dafoe played (considering they are both FBI agents). Anyways, so Bob, Brian and David would do their scenes and then come down and hang out with me and chit chat it up. That has been a blast.
While I was sitting around, the 2nd Assistant Director (Catherine Gourdier) came up to me and asked if I wanted to interview her and I was like, OF COURSE! She was so awesome, explaining her job duties and excactly what she has to do on set on a daily basis. She is like the busiest person alive. She is responsible for making sure the actors have what they need for the scenes and making sure they are on time, etc. After I interviewed her, we took a picture (which you can see below) and then I found out she also did work for one of my favorite movies "Lucky Number Slevin." Really cool person to talk to and great insight into the film making process. People have no idea how hard it is to make a movie.
Then, I finally built up the nerve to go over and talk to Julie Benz. She is just so freaking hot and intimadating but when you actually start talking to her, she is the sweetest girl in the world. She took a picture with and signed some autographs. You know her from "Dexter" and movies like "Rambo," "Saw V" and "Punisher: War Zone." What is funny is that she said her schedule has been so busy, especially playing EUNICE in Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day, she hasn't even had time to see those last two flicks yet. "Saw 5" has been out since Halloween and she stars in the movie and has not watched it! She said she is finally going to see "Punisher" tomorrow. Very sweet girl and wait until you see her scenes in this movie! THEY ARE INSANE!!!!!!
I was just hanging out on se when they were filming more of Bob, Brian and David and they were looking at me while they were on set and joking around. Here are more pictures below. That is KUNTSLER choking me out!
BRIAN MAHONEY (DUFFY) and I
12/5/2008 6:04 P.M. - Been on set for roughly 4 hours so far today - Been a blast
Having a great day so far on set. They have been shooting a lot of action scenes and I have been able to meet and hang out with alot of the actors. Cool pictures coming your way shortly.
12/5/2008 1:02 P.M. - A line of dialogue that I fell asleep with in my head
I was on set many hours yesterday just soaking everything in. Here's the best part though. I was like a kid in the candy store just walking around smiling. Troy was filming a scene with Clifton Collin's Jr. where his character just comes into a room blazing with bad-ass looking guns. Now, I can't give anything away but there is a particular line of dialogue that will definitely make a T-Shirt eventually. Clifton had to repeat this line a million times and I couldn't stop laughing behind the producers. I felt bad because we were supposed to be quiet on set. When you see this scene, you have to see Clifton's eyes. The way that guys eyes light up are insane! We were on set very late last night but all the actors were still bringing their A-game completely. One of the best parts of the trip so far was being able to see the brothers (Norman and Sean) do the famous prayer live in person. I almost removed my pants and went to a corner. Norman and Sean couldn't be cooler, as well as Clifton. The best is after they shoot a scene, they come over to see how it turned out. Last night my broke ass was frantically look for a ride and a driver ALECK happened to offer me a ride. But, there was a catch. Clifton Collins Jr and Judd Nelson happened to share my same vehicle. So, I just sat in the back in complete silence and let them talk the whole way. I swear that Clifton Collins Jr is every single movie ever made. The guy has 10 movies coming out next year alone, including the new STAR TREK and CRANK 2. I just got to the set and now I am hanging out with Andrew and David and I am about to go down stairs to watch more of the filming. I would say that yesterday, I was on set for many hours just watching guns blazing, explosions and just bad-ass acting. The best is when Don, the producer is "motivating" and hurrying the crew to shoot the shot. This guy has the greatest lines ever and they are not even in the movie.
I JUST GOT OFFICIAL WORD that I am allowed to announce JUDD NELSON and PETER FONDA are in the film.
ON SET WITH THE CLIPBOARD 12/4/08
CLOSE UP OF CLIPBOARD
ON SET 12/4/08
ON SET 12/4/08
12/4/2008 - 11:23 P.M. Funny discussion with director Troy Duffy and Set Updates
TROY and I just had the funniest discussion ever. He just got done shooting a huge action sequence and we were talking interestingly about the number 2! I was literally crying I was laughing so hard. We were just discussing the different dynamics of it and this was right after Troy had just shot one of the coolest action scenes I have ever seen.
It has been an insanely long day of shooting but every minute of it has been great. All of today has been for the shooting of the massive gun battle at the end of the flick. For a lot of the scenes, they have four cameras rolling, some of which are filming at 120 frames per second to get those bad-ass slow motion shots. Being on the set has a ton of perks because the actors just hang around. I just end up bumping into Clifton, Norman and Sean all the time. We all just talk like normal guys. If there is one thing this experience has taught me, it is that actors and crew are just people doing a daily job. This is not easy work. All of the shots you see in a film take a ton of rehearsal shots and ton of patience. Luckily, the director, Troy Duffy, is a stand-up guy and just really enjoys what he is doing. Some of the highlights of the shots today have been when the saints are sliding into a massive gun battle and they had a half dolly track for a camera just going around them in slow motion when they fired off their guns.
A true test to how hard it is to make film came today when I saw these 2 stunt guys trying to pull off this one scene where they are hanging upside down and have to flip back over and go into a gun battle. They must have rehearsed and shot the scene like 5 times. Don, the producer of the film, was sitting in a chair just becoming extremely frustrated because he wanted the shot to work out. They eventually stopped the shot for a little while and I just ran over to the part of the set to see Romeo's (Clifton Collins) scenes. I am not going to give away what the scene is but let's just say that it is full of violence and just bad-ass weapons. What is cool about this set is that there are three parts of it. One part is where the stunt guys are working and then the other part is this main room where a huge action sequence is going to go down.
I think I may be going def! There have been so many guns going off today on set because they are shooting the pivotal action sequences. There have been a ton of squibs (which are wires that run up an actors' body and explode to simulate the person being shot). In this particular scene, there are like 6 glass casings that are just being completely demolished and Troy really only has one take to do these. The process it takes to rehearse these scenes and shot them is amazing. I was sitting on set and they set up a track for a camera to go around a certain part of the set. This camera is there to follow the action during this massive gun battle. I just love how Troy sits in his chair and just asks the actors to do slow rehearsals so the actors can get their parts completely down pat. You just hope the actors can do the shot right when the cameras are officially rolling. You know they are rolling when the buzzer goes off (like a fire alarm in an old fire station). The crew says the guns are "hot" and that sound is rolling. Troy counts to 3 and then it is action. Everyone on set just watches in amazement as the action unfolds. My favorite part is after the action scenes are shot, we get to re-watch what was filmed.
I wish I could give more information away but I have some great videos. Once these videos get approved, I will be able to show them. For now, check out these pictures below.
12/4/2008 - 3:53 P.M. ONE OF THE COOLEST SHOTS EVER
I just had the pleasure of witnessing an amazing camera shot on set. The two saints were holding 2 guns each and they had a camera on a half circle dolly track that circled around the brothers as they fired their weapons. I watched the replay with Norman Reedus and I was practically because of how bad-ass it was. Then, I walked outside and talked to Bob Marley and Brian Mahoney (Duffy) in their trailer. We had a great time just chatting it up.
SEAN PATRICK FLANERY (CONNOR) and NORMAN REEDUS (MURPHY)
12/4/2008 - 2:45 P.M. ON SET WITH EVERYONE!!!!!! BIG STUNT SCENE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TODAY HAS BEEN INSANE SO FAR!!!!! If you had any idea what I have been seeing, you would lose your mind. Today is the SQUIBS and BLANKS day. There is a scene in the film where two characters (I won't say who) are sliding on the f floor with 2 guns each and just firing away at a bunch of people. I was able to stand right on set as they were shooting the scene and I almost started crying. Norman Reedus anid Sean Patrick Flanery came over to watch one of the scenes and it was just insane watching them watch their own scenes and make comments on the shots. After that MONSTEROUS shot took place, comedian/actor Bob Marley came over to me and we did a 15 minute interview outside of the studio. He said hey to the Junkies and said that everytime he comes on the show, he gets a million emails. He loves the Junkies and will be back on with the guys in February. After talking to him, we did the hackiest thing of all time and walked over to the original Boondock Saints poster and took a picture of his pointing to his name. If you have seen the first one (which if you haven't, you better go rent it right now), he played Greenley, which was the cop who bantered all the time with Willem Dafoe's character. He was basically the COFFEE BITCH. After that interview, I was able to sit down with PRODUCER CHRIS BRINKER (CB) and Sean Patrick Flanery and have an amazing interview. It was cool to get an ACTOR and a PRODUCER together for an interview. We were disussing the first film and the need for a sequel. That interview lasted about 15 minutes long. I CAN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH. THE SCENES that I have been watching and seeing shot live are BRUTALLY AMAZING. This movie is going to be GENIUS and I can't wait until everyone see's it. I have some great footage from the set and great video interviews that I will release once I get approval. You are going to be cised. Below are some pictures from the set and pictures with the stars. Keep checking back for updates.
BOB MARLEY AND I
12/04/08 11:20 A.M. Back on set after a long night - Shooting until 1:00 AM
Yesterday was one of the most insane days of my life. Shocker, I used a superlative. The best part about being up here in Canada on set for this film is just being around all the actors and crew and having a great time. Last night, they were shooting until around 12:30AM. The amount of time and effort it takes to shoot a movie is astounding. Literally, there is a shot they had to shoot last night that took hours to set up and the shot only last about 10-15 seconds. I can't give too much away but there were stunt guys that had to be put up on wires and then shot down through glass. Now, obviously, human beings don't want to be put through glass, so the production designers and crew had to set up explosives on the glass so that the glass would break right as they were hitting it. Troy Duffy knew that he only had one take of this shot, considering the type of glass and the set-up it took. It was amazing because everyone and their mom's (literally - Troy's Mom was on set) came out to watch this shot. I was hanging around and Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus and Rocco were just chatting it up. Sean Patrick Flannery might as well be a comedian because he is the funniest guy I have ever met. He just goes into impromptu acting off set. So, we are all waiting around for this shot to happen and just shooting the S. Once the shot finally happens, everyone goes into a great uproar and clapping about how well it turned out. Luckily, since everyone was hungry, the studio was awesome enough to bring a late night snack by and we all just hang out and ate. I have to say right now that there is this guy in the film named Bob Rubin who is going to be a huge star. He was walking around set with just this little PINK SPEEDO on and he's a HUGE DUDE! At one point, Troy Duffy, Rocco, Andrew, Paul and I were hanging out outside and Bob Rubin walks up in a huge overcoat and grabs a pizza box. The dude removes his overcoat and fake delivers the pizza to us with his pink speedo.
I just got to the set around 10:30am (Which was the time of the crew call) and I have been hanging around. I walked on set and was able to catch Troy Duffy. We sat down in the directors chair and I was able to film a video interview for about 10 minutes just talking about last night's shot, today's shooting and the MPAA ratings on violence. Super cool dude but he made fun of my camera! It was a little nubs camera. I will post that video on YOUTUBE either tonight or tomorrow. TODAY IS A BIG DAY FOR ACTION SCENES and GUN BATTLES. I am excited to see CLIFTON COLLIN'S JR in action and Bob Marley will be back on set today as well. I am not kidding when I say this but wait until you see this movie. I have seen about 9 or 10 scenes in Troy's trailer that are literally MIND BLOWINGLY AMAZING. I am not just saying that because I am on set. I know that it would be easy to like something because I am on set but if you liked the first movie, this one is going to be even better. BOONDOCK SAINTS 2: ALL SAINTS DAY COMING 2009!!! Check back for more interviews and updates later on today.
12/3/2008 - 10:53 PM -- STILL ON SET WAITING FOR THE BIG STUNT SHOT
Hey everyone, I am currently still on set waiting for this final stunt shot to be done for the event. I have been on set for almost 11 hours now and we have been waiting for this shot all day. All of my interviews will be heard on the air this Sunday and next Sunday on my show. I just finished up interviewing one of the big producers for the film, Don Carmody. He was one of the producers on the first film and we were discussing this one stunt shot that has to be done in one take. Essentially, there will be two stunt guys going through glass. I can't give too much information away but I have a bunch of pictures and videos which I will either post tonight or tomorrow.
Producer DON CARMODY and I
12/3/2008 7:29 P.M. - Interview with Saint Norman Reedus and Production Designer Dan Yarhi
I have been running around all day long doing interviews and hanging out on set watching "The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day" get shot. It has been truly an amazing experience and I am ready for more tomorrow. I am hanging out on set right before a major action scene is about to be shot and my buddy Paul and Andrew come to get me to interview Norman Reedus, who you know as one of the Saints and from Blade 2. I sat down with Norman in his smoke filled trailer as he watche The Incredibles. That dude is just so laid back. We then chatted it up afterwards and made fun of Sean Patrick Flannery for drinking Muscle Milk.
NORMAN REEDUS (Murphy) and I
12/3/2008 5:50 P.M. - Watching scenes with director Troy Duffy in his trailer
So, I go upstairs for the 4:30 lunch call. This is where the entire cast and crew take a break from the busy ass day of shooting and just eat and chill out. I am walking around like a kid in a candy store just trying to figure things out. I have my CBS microphone and I obviously look like I am lost. So, I get upstairs and start looking around for the actors. I had ran into Norman Reedus (the Saint on the right above) and we shook hands and talked for a split second. That was right before lunch. I am walking around the lunch room and I am about to get a plate of food and the director, Troy Duffy and his wife, are sitting down at the table next to the buffet. He pulls me over, after saying earlier that he didn't I was that young. He was just asking how long I was up here, etc. Then I said, when are you going to show me that scene you mentioned to me on the air that was so bad-ass? He said, well, do you want to come back to my trailer and watch it? I had to keep my cool and not freak out. I said sure thing! He said that he would be there in 10 minutes and I said I will see you in 15. So I am scarfing down my food and David Della Rocco (who played ROCCO "Funny Man") came and sat down next to me to ask me how I got up here, etc. I am talking to him but all I could think about was what Troy was about to show. I was about to go to a director's trailer and watch scenes that probably only a dozen or so people have seen in full. I get to his trailer and Andrew (his assistant) comes in with the dvd's. We are feverishly looking around Troy's trailer for a remote and then we finally find it. The dude had a freaking nice flat screen and surround sound in his trailer. He throws the dvd's on and I get to watch like 9 or 10 scenes from the movie that were roughly edited together. THEY WERE SO BAD-ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS ONE PARTICULAR SCENE with JULIE BENZ!!!! We sat there and watched them and now I am heading back to the set to watch the action scenes live as they shoot them. I will try and get pictures. Please keep checking back for updates.
12/3 - 4:34 P.M. - Still on set in Canada - Interview with Clifton Collins Jr.
This day just keeps getting better and better. As I am typing up my last blog, they coming running up the stairs saying that Clifton Collins Jr. wants to do an interview. I am freaking out because I am wondering why this acclaimed actor who was in Capote, 187 and the upcoming Star Trek film wanted to do an interview. I get down stairs and we immediately start talking and we decide to do the interview sitting on the floor under the original BOONDOCK SAINTS poster. We sit there for about 15 minutes, chatting it up and I am just in complete awe. I then make a bad joke about his hair cut looking like Jean Claude Van Damm's hair from Hard Target but we moved on and that was that. After the interview was over, we shot the S for a little while longer. He was telling me great stories about working with JJ ABRAMS on the new Star Trek and about how Mike Judge is the most down to earth and humble guys he has m. He was saying that Abrams would be beat boxing on set! Check out this picture below and listen to my show this Sunday night from 4-5:30pm to hear all of my interviews!
CLIFTON COLLIN JR. (ROMEO) and I
12/3/2008 - 3:19 P.M. - Getting to the set in Toronto, interviewing Sean Patrick Flanery
I have officially made it to set and have been here for about 3 hours now. Needless to say this has been the greatest day of my life. Walking onto an official movie set for the first time is pretty insane. There are so many cameras and I happened to walk in during a pivotal scene in the story, which I can't give away. Below are some pictures of the set though. I basically just sat back and watched them film this scene. I ran into Troy Duffy a little bit and chatted it up but he was really busy. Andrew, Troy Duffy's assistant has been a big help and letting me get shots of the set. Then, the best part of the day came so far! THE INTERVIEWS! I sat in SEAN PATRICK FLANNERY'S trailer with his dog, DONUT, for over 20 minutes just chatting away. Below is a picture of him and I. Obviously, you know him as one of the saints, CONNOR. He's amazing. Norman Reedus wasn't available at the time. When I was on set, they were filming a scene with JULIE BENZ (you know her from "DEXTER"). SUPER HOT! Needless to say, this has been a fun day so far. There is way more to come though. We are all eating lunch at 4:30pm and then the best part of the day happens, "SQUIB DAY" as Troy Duffy called it. They are shooting some amazing action scenes today and tomorrow. The film is on a 35 day shoot and this is the last week of shooting! It's going to be silly. Check out the pictures below.
PICTURES FROM THE SET
 
SEAN PATRICK FLANERY (CONNOR) and I
 
12/1/08 10:21 PM - Packing last minute
It is 10:21PM and I just saw a flick called "Doubt" and I have to wake up at4am to catch my flight. Fortunately, I did not do any U-Turns on the way home from the movie. Check back to this link for pictures, videos and interviews live from the "Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day" set. I am visiting the set for three days from December 3rd-December 5th.
|
|
| ..table>
Powered by  | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
|
Sup everyone,
Just checking in from LA at 12:20am over here, so it's like 3:20am over on the east coast. I am dead tired but I couldn't help but get on here and describe what happened to me over the past 8 hours!
So, Paramount Pictures flew a listener/guest and myself out to LA for the LA Premier of "Tropic Thunder," which officially opens in theatres on Wednesday, August 13th. The plan was for us to be on the red carpet and then go into the film.
We get to hotel and take a shuttle bus that leaves at 415 over to the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, CA. We arrive around 5pm and we have to get checked in and security has to make sure we aren't carrying anything bad, etc.
We are walked onto the red carpet and the winners, Teri and Kayla, go over to the radio winner's area. They put all of the radio deejays's on the interview circuit with all of the tv crews, etc. It was a great set-up becuase they actually had all of the camera photograhers on one side of the carpet and then the interviewers on the other side. I had to share my area with another radio station, WMMR out of Philadelphia. We had our own camera man and audio guy but only one camera. Therefore, we had to switch off.
So, we sit there, awaiting the stars and then they start piling in. Now you have to understand that I am thinking that I will barely anytime with the three lead actors of the film; Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. WJFK-FM is silly but obviously not as big as E! or People Magazine, etc. Luckily, Paramount hooked us and gave us a great place on the carpet and EVERY STAR THAT CAME DOWN THAT LINE, talked to us!!
Here are the people I did one on one interviews with:
1) Robert Downey Jr (was only able to get one question in because he had to move fast, but he shook my hand and answered it and was very nice)
2) Jack Black (let's just say we sang a DIO song together called HOLY DIVERR---made my entire night---totally cool dude)
3) Ben Stiller (AWESOME DUDE--let me ask 3-4 questions---very nice)
4) Jon Voight (Are you kidding me?---the guy is a legend)
5) Christine Taylor (Stiller's wife---very nice lady)
6) Steve Coogan
7) The Cast of "American Teen"
Now, those are just the people I talked to first hand. I also shook hands and chatted with Danny McBride, Bill Hader and Brandon T. Jackson.
Now, here's the other cool part. There were a ton of stars that were there to hang out and not do interviews but because of my placement on the carpet, I was right next to all of the action. I saw Tom Cruise, Tobey Maguire, Matthew McConaughey, Jodie Foster, Amy Adams, Katie Holmes, Jenna Malone, etc.
PICTURES FROM THE PREMIER!
http://www.wjfk.com/Tropic-Thunder-LA-Premier-Pics-from-BDK-s-Camera/2778261
The winners for the trip, Kayla and Teri, were amazing and Kayla is the biggest and most obsessed fan of Robert Downey Jr. He actually kissed her on the cheek and said that it made his night to see her that happy. VERY FREAKING COOL!! 106.7 WJFK-FM HOOKS IT UP AS ALWAYS!!!
Well, how was the movie you ask? I can't officially say until Tuesday night at 12am but I will say this. Nothing that happened on the red carpet will persuade what I thought about the film overall. I have been waiting for this movie for months, even before I found out I was going to the premier.
The cool part was after the film was over, I was able to jump back like 10-15 rows and talk to Downey Jr and congratulate him on his role. Very cool guy!!! I also was able to talk to Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor as they walked out! Very approachable people!!
Remember, check out Tropic Thunder in theatres August 13th!
LITTLE FUNNY VIDEO FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE
-BDK (8-12-08 12:38 AM West Coast Time) with edits on 8-17-08 with the videos being added
Check out my movie show every Sunday night, live on 106.7 WJFK-FM 4p-6p
www.wjfk.com
www.junkiesradio.com
www.bdkreviews.com
 | Currently listening:
Agony & Irony
By Alkaline Trio
Release date: 2008-07-01 |
|
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Saturday, August 02, 2008
|
Sup everyone,
The Junkies are sending me and a lucky listener + 1 guest to L.A. on August 11th for the LA PREMIER of TROPIC THUNDER! How do you get into it you ask?
Well, for one, you will be riding on a 5 hours plane ride with me to LA. Can you handle that? I don't know if I can even handle myself for 5 hours on a plane. 2, if you do win, did I mention that you get to bring a friend of yours?
Here is all you have to do. Keep listening to the Junkies on 106.7 WJFK all next week and on Wednesday, during their GAME SHOW WEDNESDAY trivia, they will somehow give away that lucky slot for the TRIP TO LA to see the premier of TROPIC THUNDER
Did I mention that ROBERT DOWNEY JR, JACK BLACK and BEN STILLER will be there, along with a bunch of other stars!
You know that WJFK always hooks up the best prizes to stay tuned for other great giveaways in the future!!
Also, stay tuned to my show this sunday 4p-6p and I will be giving away tickets to the WJFK-FM advanced screening of TROPIC THUNDER happening at TYSON'S CORNER on August 12th! I will be joined by Madeline Carroll (little girl from SWING VOTE) and Director JAMES MARSH, who directed the documentary, MAN ON WIRE, about the guy who tight roped across the World Trade Centers.
-BDK
www.bdkreviews.com
www.junkiesradio.com
www.wjfk.com
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
|
This is just an open letter to George Carlin.
The man was seriously my favorite comedian of all time and I am just saying that because he just passed away. I own 3 of his books, had the fortunate chance of seeing him live and I even had his calendar on my desk at work. The guy was/is a freaking genius and here is why. Not only was he funny as hell but everything he said made you think. It was almost as if he wasn't trying to do comedy. It was like he was just trying to get the right message out to the world. Everytime I would hear one of his jokes/stories, I would honestly question what I thought about the particular subject.
I think the best thing he ever did was a dialogue about being born as an old person and living your life in reverse.
The dude was a genius and if you never had the chance to enjoy him, please check out his books or his HBO specials. I just wanted to put this blog up in rememberance. Not that he needs it because everyone else in the world will be doing tributes. Either way, RIP George Carlin. You will be missed and comedy wouldn't have been the same without!
George Carlin once said:
The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends.
I mean, life is tough.
It takes up a lot of your time.
What do you get at the end of it?
A Death. What's that, a bonus?
I think the life cycle is all backwards.
You should die first; get it out of the way.
Then you live in an old age home.
You get kicked out because you're too young,
you get a gold watch and you go to work.
You work forty years
until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement.
You do drugs, alcohol, you party,
you get ready for high school.
You go to grade school,
you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities.
You become a little baby,
you go back into the womb,
spend your last nine months floating
and you finish off as an orgasm.
-BDK
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
|
Sup everyone,
I am going to try and start posting a regular blog with my thoughts on new releases etc. Well, I was browsing through the web just now and I stumbled upon the R-RATED trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's new film, "THE HAPPENING." Now, there is something you don't see everyday; an MPAA rating of R and the director M. NIGHT in the same film or sentence. The guy has been making PG-13 horror films since 1996, when he broke out with "The Sixth Sense." If I meet one more person that tells me they saw that twist coming, I am going to punch you in the face. There is absolutely no way you could see that twist coming if you didn't know there was a twist to begin with. Now, if you were someone that knew going into the film that there was a big twist, then you might be searching for it and be able to figure that out. But if you went into that movie expecting nothing, there is no chance.
M. Night, at least to me, is a modern day/poor-man's Alfred Hitchcock. The guy is doing what he loves and is very successful at that. He is Hitchcock for a lot of reasons; 1) that he puts himself in all of his movies 2) he just has this undying love for the thriller/horror genre. Now, am I saying that Shyamalan is on par with Hitchcock. NO CHANCE. I think if someone told M. Night that, he would even think you are crazy. Hitchcock created some of the greatest films of all time, with my personal favorite being a little movie called "ROPE" with Jimmy Stewart. This movie had 8 CUTS the entire 80 minutes of the film. Only two of these cuts were visible. The way he did that was by zooming into blackness or someone's coat and then coming back out. The audience never knows he cut the camera. He was just so innovative. The "Vertigo" shot is one of the most innovative shots of all time. Anytime Jimmy Stewart would look over the ledge in that film, you would get that really eerie camera notion. Hitchcock would zoom in the camera as fast as he could and then pull it back at the same exact time, creating this crazy foreground stay/background leave effect. It is so f-ing trippy.
Getting back to M. Night Shyamalan, the point of the blog, I really like the dude. I have actually enjoyed all of his films, with "Signs" being my least favorite. Everyone slept on "Lady in the Water" because they didn't understand what he was trying to do. He was mocking HIMSELF!!! He didn't give you the twist ending that everyone expected. HE FOOLED THE AUDIENCE. It was hilarious and amazing to see people just walking out of the movie theatre all pissed off because they didn't get their twist ending. You can call me stupid, but I liked "The Village" as well.
All things said, I dig the guy. I think it's a genius move on his part to go for the R-Rated film here with "The Happening." The initial trailers for the movie freaked the hell out of me. When those people are falling from the buildings, so helplessly, it just sent shivers through my spine. It looks insane and the best part is that no one knows what it's about. All we know is that it stars Mark Whalberg and something is happening, no pun intended. People are starting to oddly off themselves, like some kind of disease that makes you commit suicide. Some of the death scenes you see in the trailer below are a bit of a show. Especially the one where the freaking dude just puts himself under a riding lawn mower. GEEZUS!!! Chad was telling me about that and I couldn't believe him until I saw it with my own eyes.
Anyways, I found this RED BAND trailer online (meaning that the trailer itself is R-RATED) and if you want to see the sort of antics that M. Night has up his sleeve, check this shit out. It looks amazing and I cannot wait till text week to see it. Check back for my review next Thursday night at 12am at www.bdkreviews.com
Feel free to comment back on your thoughts about his movies in general and what you think this movie will do for him. Alot of people out there hate his films because it is the cool thing to do. "Oh dude, did you see the Village. The ending sucked and I could see the twist coming from a mile away." Well, that has become common tongue when talking about any of his movies past "The Sixth Sense." People just build up the twist too much in their minds. I hope he doesn't put a twist at the end of "The Happening."
His movies in order of my liking:
1) "The Sixth Sense"
2) "Unbreakable"
3) "The Village"
4) "Lady in the Water"
5) "Signs"
ENJOY!
-BDK - Movie Reviewer on the Junkies 106.7 WJFK-FM, FOX 5 TV, www.rottentomatoes.com
Listen to my boys, The Junkies, Big O and Dukes and Mike O' Meara every day 6a-7p on 106.7 WJFK-FM- the best damn radio station in the world!
Don't miss my show every Sunday night at 5pm!
www.wjfk.com
 | Currently listening:
Black Star
By Black Star
Release date: 2002-06-04 |
|
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
|
Sup everyone,
First of all, thanks alot for checking out the blog. Everyone who listens to WJFK-FM is amazing and I really appreciate you liking the reviews and my weird antics on the Junkies.
I have been doing my mediocre movie reviews on The Junkies for over 2 years now. What's funny about that is that I never intended on that ever happening. I walked by the Junkies studio one day and JP was sitting there doing his daily schedule of the show and I said, "hey, that movie phone guy kinda stinks, I love movies and I would love to do reviews for you guys!" They brought me on the show, at first, to make fun of my OCD and I just started coming on weekly doing reviews of movies that had already come out in theatres. I never thought I would make it on any press lists or ever get to interview any of my favorite directors/actors.
Now, for the past 2 years or so, I have been trying to get my reviews featured on rottentomatoes.com. I must have sent A MILLION emails trying to get on there. They had a moratorium on their site since 2005, not letting any critics on there, but since I am a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association, I should have been automatically allowed. Well, 2 years goes by and nothing ever happens. FINALLY, my boy Ryan at www.rottentomatoes.com sends me an email tonight saying that I had been added. I am still in shock and cannot go to sleep, considering I have to be up for work in 6 hours.
To add to that, CK came to me today telling me that the ratings for my Sunday show at 5pm have gone way up and they are trying to sell it to get it sponsored. The ratings have actually gone up like over 200% in certain demographics. So I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who listens to the show. It is because of you guys that that is possible.
I know the guys will probably never read this, but to the Junkies, I just want to say thanks for everything you have given me. I know we always give each other shit on the air, but you guys are my boys and I will never forget any of the opportunities you have given me. Yes, EB, I love you too man. You and your wife!! ha...CK and BRET...you guys are my boys!
Click here to check out my rottentomatoes.com profile. I have only uploaded a couple of my reviews for now. I need to spend a day and add them all. What is cool is if you go to www.rottentomatoes.com and click on IRON MAN on the top left. MY REVIEW is the first one on the list.
Thanks for checking out the blog and stay tuned to 106.7 WJFK-FM for all your advanced screenings this summer. WE DID "IRON MAN" and hopefully we will be having the other big releases as well. SO STAY TUNED TO ALL THE SHOW!! THE JUNKIES, BIG O AND DUKES, MIKE O' MEARA! Live and Local all day long!
-BDK
www.bdkreviews.com
www.junkiesradio.com
www.wjfk.com
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Friday, October 12, 2007
|
Sup everyone,
I attended the Washington DC red carpet premier of "Gone Baby Gone" last night at the AMC LOEWS GEORGETOWN. Ben Affleck, who wrote and directed the film and Casey Affleck, the star of the film were both there for interviews. Check out the interviews below. The movie opens on Friday October 19th and is based on a book by Dennis Lehane (which is the guy who wrote the book for "Mystic River."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZPslkhp7ko (this is the Ben Affleck interview)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPibIT5d9Fg ( this is the Casey Affleck interview)
Thanks for checking out the interviews!
-BDK (movie reviewer for the Junkies)
www.bdkreviews.com
www.junkiesradio.com
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Friday, October 12, 2007
|
Sup everyone,
I attended the Washington DC red carpet premier of "Gone Baby Gone" last night at the AMC LOEWS GEORGETOWN. Ben Affleck, who wrote and directed the film and Casey Affleck, the star of the film were both there for interviews. Check out the interviews below. The movie opens on Friday October 19th and is based on a book by Dennis Lehane (which is the guy who wrote the book for "Mystic River."
Thanks for checking out the interviews!
-BDK (movie reviewer for the Junkies)
www.bdkreviews.com
www.junkiesradio.com
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Monday, September 03, 2007
|
Hey everyone, On Friday, August 31st, 2007, I had my first movie review appearance on FOX 5 in Washington D.C. I did my reviews with Tony Perkins on the morning show at around 8:45am. Tony Perkins does weather for the station and also used to do weather for Good Morning America. I reviewed HALLOWEEN, BALLS OF FURY and DEATH SENTENCE. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO: Comment back and let me know what you think! -BDK www.bdkreviews.com www.junkiesradio.com www.wjfk.com
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
|
Sup Everyone,
Check out this video of me learning a Wizards Dance Routine. This was definitely fun.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nn11CFv4U1c
BDK
www.bdkreviews.com
www.junkiesradio.com
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
|