Southland Tales

"Southland Tales" is writer-director Richard Kelly's follow-up to "Donnie Darko," which I made every single one of you see.

The trailer is a friggin hot mess:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809233751/video/4164037/


What to make of it? I don't know, but I'll see it. Hell, any trailer set to the Pixies' "Wave of Mutiliation" has got my $8. Plus I really to understand why Kelly felt the need to cast Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as his leading man.

Here's the plot summary, taken from imdb.com:
"California is at the epicenter of a political and environmental disaster that threatens to destroy the world in this ambitious fusion of comedy, drama, dystopia science fiction, and music. In the year 2005, a nuclear attack wipes out part of the state of Texas, and three years later America is a virtual police state, with the government taking control of nearly every part of people's lives, supposedly for their own good. A German firm has found a way to generate energy using seawater, but both public and private concerns are desperate to prevent the new technology from being introduced in the gasoline-starved United States. A Marxist underground based on the West Coast is determined to bring down the federal government through violent revolution. In this midst of this chaos, we follow a number of stories that continually return to three principle characters. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock) is an actor famous for his role in action films; he's trying to secure financing for a new project, but reality keeps mirroring the events in his script and he struggles to hold on to his identity following a bout with amnesia. Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a porn star who is reinventing herself as a television pundit offering her views on politics, contemporary culture, and teenage sex. And Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott) is an L.A. police officer whose identity has mysteriously split in two and he struggles to track down his other half. "

How can this possibly work? Based on its reception at last year's Cannes Film Festival, it isn't, which is why Kelly is re-editing it for theatrical release this fall.

Terrifically behind

Well, hello there!

The following are responsible for the posting drought:
1. Spring travel
2. Job search because I didn't like the Spring travel
3. Job interviews
4. New job
5. New job's busy season
6. Blog fright. you know what I mean.

Randomness:

Top 10 Movies of 2007 (so far)
1. "300"
2. "Zodiac"
3. "28 Weeks Later"
4. "Superbad"

oh, hell with that...it's too depressing.

Question of the Post: What will happen on the next season of "Friday Night Lights"? I just finished catching up with the final episodes of the first season, and I love it to death. It's a truly well-written show that feels genuine even though the cynical, tv snob part of you knows it's a teen soap opera dressed down for easy, guilt-free consumption.

Possible plot points next season include (SPOILER WARNING for those who have not seen the entire season):

1. Coach Taylor begins his job at TMU and leaves his wife and daughter behind to enjoy their happy lives in Dillon. In doing so, the audience is treated to not ONE, but TWO opportunities for football game drama. That is, the show will follow TMU's season as well as the Panthers'. Hurray! Or is this bad? In the same way "The Others" was bad for "Lost"? Hmmm...
2. Jason Street competes for the Head Coaching position of the Dillon Panthers, but settles for QB coach.
3. Smash is recruited but can't handle the pressure and turns to steroids...again. The show begins it's downturn.
4. Matt Saracen proposes to Julie and the final episode of the season is the wedding. The Maid of Honor and Best Man, Tyra and Landry, hook up, and I cheer.
5. Minka Kelly, the actress who plays Lyla Garritty, wins the role of Jennifer Lopez in the upcoming made-for-TV movie of the singer's life.
6. Jesse Plemons, the actor who plays Landry Clark, wins the role of Matt Damon's ugly twin brother in the next "Bourne" film.

The new season of "Friday Night Lights" premieres on Friday, October 5th at 9pm ET. Why Friday? Because NBC stands for "Nincompoop Broadcasting Channel." Ha! Eat your heart out, Jay Leno.