Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
I saw a private screening of Black Dynamite last night. I didn't know a thing about it, except it did well at Sundance. You'll be hearing about it. It's a "lost" Blaxploitation film, so it's in perfect style, perfectly bad good. Michael Jai White was amazing and it seemed perfect. There's everything in it. Pimps, Black Power, lovin', cuss words, Nixon, drugs, orphans, food, and a lot of...
I saw a private screening of Black Dynamite last night. I didn’t know a thing about it, except it did well at Sundance. You’ll be hearing about it. It’s a “lost” Blaxploitation film, so it’s in perfect style, perfectly bad good. Michael Jai White was amazing and it seemed perfect. There’s everything in it. Pimps, Black Power, lovin’, cuss words, Nixon, drugs, orphans, food, and a lot of strangeness. MJW is a humble dude, from his days playing Spawn to now this. His martial arts is a little too good to be from that period, but what the heck. Well done. The Sundance hit is sold to Sony. Sorry about the crappy photo. To end a night, it’s so odd to see this. It’s near 2:30am, in front of my house. David Choe and Harry Kim are eating Taco Bell on the hood of a rental car. It’s not the food, or the scene, but it’s the fact that they were talking about relationship stuff, and from afar anyone can hear the advice going back and forth. “That’s not what you should do!” “But, that’s what I have to do for her.” “Nooo, Harry! that’s stupid” in between bites of taco. It reminded me of some scene that didn’t exist from Lethal Weapon between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. It was like seeing a buddy film.
Continue reading
The pics might be out of order, but maybe not in my mind. That's Dave taking a bite out of a gigantic rib. I didn't know they come out that large, but then again, it's a cow and those are big. We're in Las Vegas. I think by now, we're at the Palazzo Hotel which is near the Wynn, but I ended up calling it the Nguyen. I went to Vegas for less than a day to see BJ Penn fight in UFC 94. The event was...
The pics might be out of order, but maybe not in my mind. That’s Dave taking a bite out of a gigantic rib. I didn’t know they come out that large, but then again, it’s a cow and those are big. We’re in Las Vegas. I think by now, we’re at the Palazzo Hotel which is near the Wynn, but I ended up calling it the Nguyen. I went to Vegas for less than a day to see BJ Penn fight in UFC 94. The event was grand and fun, even in the nosebleed seats which were going to be four digit money. Last time I was at the Wynn was Murakami’s event and I had dinner on Steve Wynn. He said an arms length away, and I swear I thought he was made of wax. He was actually pretty cool. Johnny Bravo, wait that’s not his name… it’s Mickey Avalon. That’s Mylan on the right, peering out of the car. Yes, only limo rides, buffets, and so on. Vegas is a weird place. Some people have great access to everything. I had that for less than a day. Lions at the Palazzo. Sucks to be them. David and Pat from RVCA. If you’re rolling in RVCA, then having the Toshiro Mifune hairdo is possible. If you’re rolling like David, then wearing an Adidas sweatsuit jacket with a big Vietnam logo on back is possible too. David also walked around with a pillow case with a hand drawn $ sign on it everywhere. Bets anyone? I lost on BJ Penn, but won on Karo Parisyan. Part of a buffet at the Wynn. People say that it’s the best buffet in vegas. I agree. But of course, you end up overeating and I was in pain for two days. That fat meat thing with pepper on it is bacon. It’s very harsh to your system. Mickey A and BJ Penn art. BJ lost in a harsh way. I wonder if he enjoyed the painting.
Continue reading
I'm a new fan of this fighter. He's tiny compared to Mr Jon Fitch, but it's great to see the UFC trying out different people. What the heck, right? You never know who'll knock out who. Gono's quite a good fighter and actually a great competitor. You never saw him get into that much trouble, and he was a good defender from getting smashed hard. Fitch is just too powerful and looks twice as huge....
Continue reading