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Hands down the best actor ever (well, along with Boris Karloff). A fantastic singer, an even better actor and on top of that an even better person. Simply my all-time favourite film persona along with Boris Karloff. Absolutely unique in every way imaginable. A man who cannot get enough praise. Is there any other actor who've had as many memorable roles as this man? Nah, not even the great Boris Karloff did. All hail!
 

Hands down the best actor ever (well, along with Boris Karloff). A fantastic singer, an even better actor and on top of that an even better person. Simply my all-time favourite film persona along with Boris Karloff. Absolutely unique in every way imaginable. A man who cannot get enough praise. Is there any other actor who've had as many memorable roles as this man? Nah, not even the great Boris Karloff did. All hail!
 

Hands down the best actor ever (well, along with Boris Karloff). A fantastic singer, an even better actor and on top of that an even better person. Simply my all-time favourite film persona along with Boris Karloff. Absolutely unique in every way imaginable. A man who cannot get enough praise. Is there any other actor who've had as many memorable roles as this man? Nah, not even the great Boris Karloff did. All hail!
 

I must apologize. I mistook Monochrome Heaven for a discussions forum where people were allowed to discuss everything from music to films to art and to dildos, and where people were allowed to state their own opinions and share them with everybody. I will obviously not do something as stupid as this again. God forbid if people dared to state their opinions around here if they disagreed with something. What an awful thought.

I spent half my work day building a badass miniature train rail with a kid while listening to good music. A good way to earn money.

I spent half my work day building a badass miniature train rail with a kid while listening to good music. A good way to earn money.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - A nice little Eurospy spoof that lies somewhere inbetween James Bond and Austin Powers. Think James Bond meets The Pink Panther meets The Man with the Naked Gun. Everything about this film, from the way it is shot to the way it looks, sounds and feels are authentic 60's James Bond. The film is directed by Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), and stars both Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, also known from The Artist, and all does a great job. It's fun, it's exciting and it's really good.
 
By the way, it should be said that this film is based on Jean Bruce's character OSS 117. Jean Bruce wrote 88 novels about OSS 117, and he even predated Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 by four years, so the character itself isn't a James Bond rip off or anything, and the first film was made all the way back in 1957. This film, and its sequel, are parodies and homages to the original OSS 117-series, old James Bond films and Eurospy films in general.
 
I can't wait to watch the sequel. Should be much fun!
 
 

 
 
 
Hot Girls Wanted - A documentary about the amatour/internet porn industries. I thought it was pretty poor to be quite honest. It doesn't shine a single light on anything unfamiliar, and throughout the documentary I never managed to find out where the directors actually wanted to go with it. The overall tone is very changing throughout the film.
 
But the main problem with this documentary, for me at least, is that it doesn't aim for the proper negative sides of the industry, the exploitation and abuse. What it does is that it follows some girls who's bored of their everyday boring lives and want to make some quick cash, then go to this young agent they meet on the internet, live there for half a year and decids it's not for them. These girls aren't forced into the business in any way possible. They want do make it big, live in glamour and have a good time. When it doesn't work out the way they wanted and imagined, they go home to their mamas and cry out like bitches. It follows a bunch of fools, and as you know, I've got no sympathy for fools.
 
There's some many negative sides about the porn industry and someone decides to make a 85 minute long documentary about this shit. Fuck off!

Jon Bernthal will play The Punisher in Daredevil season 2. That's gonna be cool. The punisher, man. What an ultrabadass man!

Uwe Boll's third crowdfunding campaign failed. He's sad now.
 
 
I want to give him a hug.
 
(for those who don't know him, he's one of the worst movie directors in the world today)

Damn, been having a massive canadian thrash/speed metal kick lately. This is a scene that's always been overlooked, but I don't get why. It's not any worse than the american or german scene IMO. So many great albums. My top 10 Canadian thrash/speed metal albums:
 
1. Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy
I have written about this album many, many times on this forum, and I will keep on mentioning it because it's one of the finest thrash metal albums ever. It's borderline death metal at times and it's dark and evil sounding. A must if you're into early Slayer, Hobbs' Angel of Death, Possessed and more.
2. Razor - Evil Invaders
Razor, a band that is just as known for their ridiculous coverart as their music, but fuck the haters, both Executioner's Song and Evil Invaders have top notch artwork. Anyway, the band started out as a speed metal-influenced band, but already on their second album, Evil Invaders, they had moved much closer to the thrash metal of Slayer, Sacrifice and Dark Angel, despite being released just months after their debut album. Evil Invaders is an ridiculously catchy thrash/speed metal album.
3. Slaughter - Strappado
Death/thrash with one of the coolest productions ever. to me, this is death metal, just like Possessed and early Death. Mentioning Death, Chuck Schuldiner of Death was in the band for a short period of time in 86, and they've released a rehearsal with him. Anyway, raw, brutal death/thrash that should please fans of old Death, Possessed, Hellhammer and Celtic Frost.
4. Exciter - Violence & Force
This band named themself after Judas Priest's proto-speed metal anthem "Exciter", and is considered one of the first speed metal bands. At the time they released their debut they were considered one of the fastest and heaviest metal bands up until then, and they didn't exactly cool down for their follow-up either. This IS speed metal. This sums up everything that speed metal is. Essential!
5. Voivod - War and Pain
"Everyone" knows Voivod, but not everyone knows their first two albums. The band would go in a more progressive direction with each album, but their two first albums, and especially the debut, is a punky thrash metal album with more attitude than they would ever show again. Most people consider the more progressive Killing Technology and Dimension Hatrösstheir masterpiece(s), but I consider the two first, and especially the debut, to be their best.
6. Voor - Evil Metal
Another death/thrash masterpiece, but unlike the other bands in this list, these guys never got as far as releasing an album... or an EP... or a single. Two demos in 85 is all they got to release until almost 30 years later when they reformed and released a new EP. Anyway, both demos are collected on the 2010 compilation Evil Metal and it's worth getting i you're into first wave death metal. Think Venom goes death metal. Top notch!
7. Sacrifice - Forward to Termination
Fast, brutal thrash metal in the vein of early Slayer or Dark Angel. Pretty brutal for being thrash metal and not bordeline death metal or anything. A must!
8. Razor - Custom Killing
As weird as it might sound, this is an album I've recently started listening to, despite being more than familiar with the band. Razor's been known for makign shorter, fast and furious songs, but Curstom Killing is Razor gone prog. It's pretty boldy for a thrash metal band to kick off both the A and B side with 11 minute long songs. It's more epic and way darker than their other albums. This album is Razor's black sheep of the familiy, but I don't get why because this album is amazing. Do not stay away! This will most likely move up on my list as I let it grow on me in the future. Just need some more time to grow. Anyway, it's amazing after 10-15 rounds.
9. Annihilator - Alice in Hell
Fantastic, technical speed/thrash metal. Think a mix of early Megadeth and Testament, just way better and more exciting than both. It's more to dive into and more to grab a hold on. Neither of the two mentioned bands would even dare dream of making something as bold and cool as this. The attitude, man. Jeff Waters' riffage combined with Randy Rampage brilliant vocal delivery makes this one of the best prog metal albums of all time.
10. Infernäl Mäjesty -Unhoulier than Thou
While the production is a bit off for this album, I never understood the negativity towards this masterpiece. Dark, mean thrash metal with more attitude than your mom. Underrated as fuck!
 
 
 
It's very even, though. I could easily have swapped some of these albums for Sacrifice's "Torment in Fire" or "Soldiers of Misfortune", Infernäl Mäjesty's "Unhoulier Than Thou", Voivod's "Rrröööaaarrr", Razor's "Executioner's Song", Exciter's "Heavy Metal Maniac" or Soothsayer - Have a Good Time. Hell, maybe even , Agression's "The Full Treatment", Dissection's "Final Genocide" or Overthrow's "Within Suffering". So many great bands and albums.

That's one hell of a way to end an album. Majestic and catchy. A brilliant album closer, and an even better concert closer.

The only Kubrick directed movies left to watch for me are Barry Lyndon and that early-career movie I forgot the title.
 
I may not praise him as much as others do (didn't like A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket much...) but I think it's great that watching a movie of his, it's often instantly recognizable as his product, and yet the movies are very different. Sci-fi, drama, comedy, heist, horror, many things. Except maybe Spartacus, that one was a little "standard", it could've been made with many directors.
 
He's got that personal trademark that's hard to describe. Other people such as Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard and Woody Allen have it too... though that last name is probably the least diverse of the list.
 
I recognize what you're saying about modern movies Nisimaldar but I think it's mainly that the unwritten rules of "mainstream" moviemaking have changed: the pace, the editing, the camera. Like today you can't make a big budget movie and insert several minutes of desert footage with basically nothing happening like in Lawrence of Arabia. That would bore most of the audience.
 
The whole "the cameraman has no clue what's happening" style is a LOT more present these days too. Like when something in the corner of the screen happens (a car blows up for example), the camera suddenly changes its focus and swings to the blown up car, while in older movies they tend to build up tension and slowly move the camera to the car, making the audience wonder what's going to happen with the car and then BOOM.
 
Of course in "non-mainstream" filmmaking there's a whole lot to explore still, both past and present, and they have a tendency to bend the unwritten rules of cinema more often creating more variety. I guess that's the main reason I don't get excited about most big budget movies anymore... like the new Jurassic World or Mad Max movies. I'll watch them eventually but I'm not eager to buy a ticket.

I fucking hate job interviews. Jesus christ. Lana Del Ray's been saving my life today. Or part two weeks. What an artist and what a god damn amazing voice.

Jex Thoth is the best female vocalist in the world today.

I guess most people have heard about this music now. It's also known as 80's retro revival, and with good reason. The new retro wave is a form of electronic music that takes its inspiration from 80's pop culture, and it's been really popular the last few years and hit the top when Kavinsky was included on the Drive soundtrack. The film Drive used this kind of music in its soundtrack, and both games Hotline Miami and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon used it too. So it's been getting kinda popular as of late. This music just oozes of Miami Vice, neon lit cities, cool, sexy 80's cars, 80's Sylvester Stallone and sleazy 80's workout videos. This is basically the perfect summer music, and I am not joking. I've loved it for many years already and I still can't get enough of it.
 
And I'll just get to it and post some songs and let you know how it sounds, even though most of you would know by now. Some of my favourite artists:
 
Kavinsky:
 
Cluster Buster
 
Miami Nights 1984:
 
Action Jackson:
 
Power Glove:
 
 
Anyone else into this kind of music? You better be!
 
PS: Cluster Buster's "Maniac 1980" is 2014's best album so far. Inspired by different 80's films, you just gotta love it. Amazing album!

Drinking black coffee and watching Shakira moving her ass. Heavenly.
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Also, job interview today. Yay!

Kagrra, Kagrra, Kagrra and Rentrer en Soi.

Getting ready for Cannibal Corpse on the 16th. Should be fun!

That was massive. Simple as that.

That was massive. Simple as that.

The song was up on youtube for some time too before it was removed. Didn't get to hear it myself, but read that it was very Slayer-esque and metalish, just like the band promised whent hey started talking about this album a soon after their previous one was released. This is gonna be so god damn good, and if they've managed a better production this time this might end up as one of the highlights of the year,

That looks neat.

That guy is annoying. One of the more punchable faces in the world at the moment.

By the way, for those interested there's a documentary called Japanese Extreme Metal - the Documentary on youtube. You can find all the parts  HERE if you're interested. It's a decent watch, if not a must or anything.

The first(?) song and video from Till Lindemann's new project Lindemann together with Peter Tagtgren is out now. Sounds a bit like expected - a mix between Rammstein and Pain. Catchy as fuck and very cool. Really like the lyrics and video too. Hah!