Thursday, January 17, 2013

Cities on Fire Flame

1. People like movies where mutant monsters lay waste to a city.

2. People like vigilante movies where some law-abiding citizen is pushed to the breaking point by one outrage too many while the cops stand by, and wreaks brutal revenge against those who have done him wrong (or her).

3. It follows by an ineluctable process of simple geometrical logic that people will like even more movies about a vigilante city that sets out after the perpetrators after its Sister-city in Japan is trampled flat (again) by Mothra or Ghidorah or Megalon, leaving a trail of dead monsters behind (and let's face it, these creatures are all in cahoots so it doesn't really matter which one you kill, amirite?).

Our script is even now wending its way to the New Zealand Film Commission and I have high hopes for generous financial support. We will see if Tom Cruise is available. I have no idea what "wending" involves but AK assures me that it is standard practice in the movie world.

Parenthetical Updates:
(1) Title changed to appease needy pedants.
(2) In comments tigris points out that an alternative choice of lead actor would allow us to use the title "City Come A-Walken".

I figure that we can borrow some little building maquettes from ZRM for the special effects.

33 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Ah yes, the process of getting Wendy Morgan to be in your movie.
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tigris said...

We will see if Tom Cruise is available.

No no no: Christopher Come a'Walken!

mikey said...

Clearly, Peric's a Prepper and he's got all his spam and weapons and diesel oil stashed right there at the office...

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

It follows by an ineluctable process of simple geometrical logic that people will like even more movies about a vigilante city that sets out after the perpetrators

Artist's conception at 13:40.

OBS said...

Related

Also captcha suggests "60 epurchen" but I think that is probably a few too many.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Oddly, I feel helped.

Substance McGravitas said...

A username and password are being requested by http://bloggergadgets.googlecode.com. The site says: "Google Code Subversion Repository"

That was interesting...

OBS said...

That was interesting...

Yes. "Recent posts if blogger can be arsed" is being a fidgety widget.

Hamish Mack said...

I am also getting that message Mr. McGravitas. What is a Google Code Subversion Suppository?

Substance McGravitas said...

I blame tigris.

OBS said...

What is a Google Code Subversion Suppository?

While one could be understood to think that it's where google puts the code it wants to subvert, "Subversion" is a source code version control system.

OBS said...

I blame tigris.

I'm glad I reloaded before posting almost exactly that same thing.

Hamish Mack said...

Yeah tigris , even though you used a capital "T", we know it's you. SUBVERSIVE!!!

tigris said...

Hello, it CLEARLY says "former website." I blame these guys

Smut Clyde said...

That is not a friendly message to confront random visitors to Riddled; might have to disable the widgets until they sort it out.

Hamish Mack said...

might have to disable the widgets until they sort it out.

Yep, Make it so, Mister Clyde.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

That is not a friendly message to confront random visitors to Riddled;


Thus, it is entirely appropriate. Random visitors to Riddled deserve what they get.

El Manquécito said...

I didn't take it personally because I already knew you hate me you bastards, you'll see, just you wait.

Hamish Mack said...

WTF, El Manquécito can still post? One would question the filtering ability of the code subversion suppositories.

El Manquécito said...

I was gonna suggest reversion suppositories but w'evs.

All hail the power of cancel.

El Manquécito said...

Also, two, tired travelers from the intarwebz who stumble into 'riddled' after searching for "phoneutria nigriventer bite" must be coddled or they'll go off.

M. Bouffant said...

"Fire?"

Smut Clyde said...

That seems to have fixed the Subservsion Password problem.
So we have a "random post" feature but no "recent post" feature. I'm sure people will cope.

Hamish Mack said...

What? We have random posts? But I made a wall chart with the logical progression of posts leading to full monitization in 2016! This why my next post is "You know, maybe President Nobama is a Muslim Devil Baby"

Smut Clyde said...

"Fire?"
That is the problem with building this city on rock and roll, MB: it turns out to be a flammable foundation material.

OBS said...

Now if only the title could actually have little animated flames coming out of the top. If only...

Smut Clyde said...

Sadly, there is no Google Book Preview of "City Come A-Walken'" so I can't put up a screen-grab of Shirley's call-outs to BOC.

El Manquécito said...

Extra bonus Faulkner points for use of 'ineluctable'.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Smut Clyde said...

"Fire?"


I LOLed. I figured I would let someone else point it out though.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

"Faulkner? I barely KNOW 'er!"

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Sadly, there is no Google Book Preview of "City Come A-Walken'" so I can't put up a screen-grab of Shirley's call-outs to BOC.

Can you at least tell us the pages of the Christopher Walken shout-outs?

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

Remarkable likeness of me at my work-table though.

mikey said...

Things I learned today from the keywords list over at my shitty little blog:

комнатные растения

That's all. Carry on...