Mac 'N' Nude Day!

Richard Benjamin famously said it: 

in the introduction to his most-forgettable film 

"Saturday The 14th" (which co-starred his better half, 

Paula Prentiss - and both stopped acting afterwards.) 

as his voice is heard, off-camera, stating this simple fact - 

"things get bad on Friday The 13th 

but they get rrreally bad on Saturday The 14th!"

(we merely paraphrase here...!)

Well, on this year of Our Lord 2018 

~in the hot month of JULY, yes~ 

within the misbegotten USofA, 

Saturday The 14th is, also, 

(on top of being "the day after the 13th") 

two very incompatible things: 

AND

NATIONAL 

NUDE 

DAY! 

... okay, it might have been

*international* really...!? 

NOT to be confused with 

''National Send Nudes Day'' 

nor any 

kiwi streaking 

habits... 

(really... FB!!!)

anyway!

...every day is "naked day" for most of us...

and even more so for some in particular...

hmm?

...it has been this way for a long, loooong time now...

...like, you can't shower with your clothes on now ~ can ya? 

or rather DON'T. 

Er... That's one way to participate...?!? 

Don't get us started on PLASTICS again, though...!!! 

But really now... 

That is mighty unwise 

to have those two, er, 

"holidays" 

coincide like that...!!! 

 IT IS NOT SAFE 

to eat your macaroni 'n' cheese 

HOT FROM THE STOVE 

when you have no clothes on!!! 

FOOLS! 

  YOU MIGHT BURN YOURSELF...  

  LIKE... ALL OVER!!!  

Ew ~ yeah, like, that's supposed to be reassuring? 

... yeah, and then the boyfriend (or the girlfriend - meh) 

might take this as a clear hint to do as that ol' band from the 70s 

used to suggest everyone does, in their lone hit that time forgot: 

... just to make it all better - eh?

Easter Tune - En Français!

By Mister Toon (?) Mystère Toune (?!?) - Pierre Palmade and... Michèle Laroque, grande actrice de la nouvelle génération de comédiens Français *et* protégée de la grande Line Renaud (qui l'appuie sur son propre site. Wow. Bravo! Bravissimo!)



Bon - disons que ce n'est pas ''Lapin Pouet Pouet'' (pouah! pouah! Oui...) qui me fera croire au lapin de Pâques... Mais le fait est que RIEN au monde ne m'y ferait croire à la créature improbable, là - pas même la délectable Mademoiselle Laroque! (Ni Madame Renaud, d'ailleurs!)

(Elle peut se réessayer avec le Yéti, le Chupacabra, Nessie, Champ, Bigfoot, la Fée des étoiles et/ou des dents perdues, le Père Noel et tout le reste - je ne demande qu'à me faire convaincre par Michèle Laroque, absolument! Elle était très convaincante d'ailleurs, dans Le Placard...! Mais, ça, c'est une autre histoire! Nota Bene: she did do other films, but I'm drawing a blank - check out her site for a detailed filmography! Just click on her pics above! What am I here - the IMDB Man? Not - unless they pay me to be! Ohh, alright - some samples, below...)

Maybe this next song, with the expatriated pretty boy destined-to-be-a-huge-star but never quite became it, Roch Voisine, will be more convincing...?



Hmm.. Considering the fact that she seems to be straining to sing there - while she acts very well - and he is a singer with a repertoire that never lives up to any sort of expectations (and his lone foray into acting was as partner to Mannix - Mike Connors - on his swan song film...)
Well...
Tant pis!
Joyeuses Pâques quand même, tous les deux! Mais - Ne Venez Pas!
And don't bother coming either, Easter Bunny! ;)

1984 took an extra 22 years to come true...

As reported by... Entertainment Tonight, not the Associated Press?!? (Okay - BOTH, simultaneously... with news this big, y'know!)

China Cracks Down on Blogs, Search Engines
Jun 30, 2:26 AM (ET)

BEIJING (AP) - China's Internet regulators are stepping up controls on blogs and search engines to block material it considers unlawful or immoral, the government said Friday.

"As more and more illegal and unhealthy information spreads through the blog and search engine, we will take effective measures to put the BBS, blog and search engine under control," said Cai Wu, director of the Information Office of China's Cabinet, quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency.

The government will step up research on monitoring technology and issue "admittance standards" for blogs, the report said, without providing any details.

China encourages Internet use for business and education but tries to block access to obscene or subversive material. It has the world's second-biggest population of Internet users after the United States, with 111 million people online.

China launched a campaign in February to "purify the environment" of the Internet and mobile communications, Xinhua said.

China has 37 million Web logs, or blogs, Xinhua said, citing a study by Beijing's Tsinghua University. It said that number was expected to nearly double this year to 60 million.

The government has launched repeated crackdowns on online material considered pornographic.

Orwell warned us... He just didn't think the slit-eyed superior race would beat Amerika to it - that's all. 

Confusing Franchises At The Box Office

George Lucas was recently quoted saying "(...) obviously, fans would love to see a movie about Darth Vader running around killing people..."
Hmm... that would actually be... The Terminator!
And I thought only fans were prone to not confuse but mix and match film franchises whenever they make their contribution to the overall gross gross (that is no redundance nor typo) at the box office for any single one of them... If only in their wishful thinking... perhaps?!?

I used to DREAM (lo, many long years ago, when I was but a pre-pubescent, idealistic, naive, sweet innocent child who just LOVED movies) of the ULTIMATE SCI-FI ACTION THRILLER! Without taking into account the kind of nightmarish budget it would take to make such a film... of course!

In it, TERMINATORS, PREDATORS AND ALIENS attack both the Federation and the Empire (Star Trek and Star Wars - united in fighting a common threat! How diabolical was I for such an idealistic, naive, sweet innocent child - HUH?)
Cameos by Flash Gordon, Superman, John Carter Warlord of Mars, Tarzan, Ripley, Barbarella and Vampirella would be allowed - after all, against such a tri-fold onslaught, ANYONE WOULD WELCOME THE HELP!

I didn't stop to think, as a kiddo, at the implications of such an unholy alliance between the Federation and the Empire. Then again, they say that the truth comes out of the children's mouths - and is it really so different from the Federation's tolerance of the very much barbaric Klingons ("Huns in Space", I always called them) to see it tolerate the evil Empire? Besides, such an unholy alliance would make Luke Skywalker and Han Solo want to kick all of Starfleet's butt - and that is just too "sweeeet"! It is a key element of all good crossovers: the heroes must be coaxed into fighting each other - as a preliminary bout, at the very least! It does not have to be a conclusive thing with a decisive winner - however, my money would be on the Jedi against the Vulcan; and on Solo against Kirk! But that's just me... ;)

Some surprises could be thrown into the mix too; after all, Mel Brooks did it, in Spaceballs! So, the final battle would come crashing onto the PLANET OF THE APES... decimating it! In outer space, Transformers and even the eclectic cast of several forgotten and simply under-appreciated gems such as the film Black Hole, the TV shows Buck Rogers, Lost In Space and Land of the Giants and even the unforgettable Ultraman could show up!
And while we're at it, let's throw in Gojira, King Kong, Goldorak, the Gerry Anderson shows (both live action and of masterful puppetry...!) and the Battle of the Planets toon!

Hey - CGI can do it all - right?

I will not even begin to calculate what kind of a budget it would take to make this all fit into a 120-minute theatrical release... 90-minute? 80-minute? 75...?!?

As always, I would say "wait for the DVD release!" ;)