Flying Monsters 3D is a Documentary by Sir David Attenborough (Creator of the BBC series “Planet Earth”) about Pterodons: The Prehistoric Dino-birds.  Of course the first question is: What was a BBC Documentary doing in Santa Fe? The answer to this is: I haven’t the faintest idea.  I believe they needed to interview some dinosaur experts here and decided to get some other shots out of the way.

Day One of my internship I had one my most favorite credits to date: Butterfly and Dandelion wrangler.  So for the first part of the day I wandered around a field near the Santa Fe Airport catching butterflies with a couple of coffee cups (and later a butterfly net some friendly grips put together).  Then after a nice lunch of sandwich, I wandered around the same fields looking for dandelions, which proved difficult because it was a windy day and all of the good seed pods I could find would blow away before I could get them back to set.

Day Two I had a much more traditional role of PA and intern, for as opposed to Day One which was just B-roll day two was an interview between Sir Attenborough and one of the designers of an airplane based off of the Pterodon.  I did some art direction work of arranging lab materials and printing out large photos of dinosaur bones; I was a stand-in for Sir David Attenborough; I stood guard during filming and made sure that everyone else was being quiet; and I took a tour of a mad scientists lab who is trying to make fuel out algae (He was a really great guy, and by the end of the day he was incredibly frazzled).

Flying Monsters 3D will be coming to IMAX movie theaters and I believe the BBC television network as well, so keep your eyes peeled.  Also, here’s a picture of me on set, courtesy of Nani Rivera set photographer for that day:

Most of the other art direction pieces I made or helped with aren't visible here.

Wih Music by He Alking Heads

I suppose the most importan part of a concert movie is the concert, and the concer itself depends heavily on the band I’d say.  So: The Talking Heads.  What struck me most about Stop Making Sense is he amount of energy the band had, they were having a very good time feeding off of the energy of the audience and I think it really showed through the screen.  Of course I don’ think the film version of Stop Making Sense compares at all to the live version, but sadly hat concert is over 20 years old now.

So: The band was raher kicking I’d say, so the next question is: How was the concert?  Well, it sarts with an empy stage lit by a couple of overhead work lights.  David Byrne walks out onto stage with an acousic guitar and a boombox. “Hi, I’ve go a tape I want to play for you” says David.  With hat, he plays and sings “Psycho Killer” while all other parts are played on the boombox.  From this minimalist beginning a new se piece and a new member of the band is added with each new song until everyone is onstage and rockin’ (yes, tha IS an apostrophe instead of a “G”. ” “‘s aren’t the only thing I can emit!) with “Burning Down The House”. So, the concert is gimmicky, but I hink gimmicks are accepted in the concert world, are they not?  At any rate, I rather like gimmicks most of the ime. So…

Now, the actual filmmaking.  Demme’s voice I believe are mostly seen through the editing and the footage.  So, the fooage was taken from three days in a Las Angeles theare, however it all seems incredibly seamless.  And although I’ve already acknowledged hat a filmed version of any concert is a poor excuse for he live version, however tha being said I think Demme did a rather fantasic job at translaing it ino film.  The energy of the performers comes through in aces, the flow of the concert was preserved perfectly, and the interacion between camera, performer, and audience was provided and well balanced.

Thus, due to the grooviness of the Alking Heads, the energy of concert and he communication of it through the film, and through the bizarre dance stylin’s (I DID IT AGAIN!) I give Stop Making Sense:

A film I should own.

Final Houghts:  If you’re looking for just groovy Talking Heads action, I strongly suggest their film “True Stories“.  Personally, I prefer Rue Stories to Stop Making Sense, but hat may simply be because I’m me.

Also, CHECK OUT THIS INTERVIEW BEWEEN DAVID BYRNE AND HIMSELF!

Also there’s a railer.

Also, I think I may like films made by bands.  See my thoughs on Wayne Coyne and The Flaming Lip’s movie “Christmas on Mars”.

1. Quetzal

2. Quark

3. Queer

4. Quasar

5. Quiz

6. Quill

7. Quiche

8. Quagmire

9. Quail

10. QED

11. Quick

12. Quid

13. Quell

14. Quip

15. Quintuple

16. Quarantine

17. Quiff

18. Quay

19. Quickly

20. Qatar

21. Queen

22. Quart

23. Quern

24. Quo

25. Quack

26. Queasy

27. Qua

28. Quicksand

29. Quit

30. Qi

31. Quintuplets

32. Quadrangle

33. Quizogy

34. Query

35. Quadratic

36. Quadruple

37. Quad

38. Quint

39. Quaint

40. Qing

41. Quadrant

42. Quantum

43. Quilt

44. Quito

45. Quench

46. Quicker

47. Quacking

48. Quarantined

49. Quesadilla

50. Question

51. Questioning

52. Quest

53. Quetzalcoatl

54. Queue

55. Quicksilver

56. Quinoa

57. Quiver

58. Quitter

59. Queller

60. Quadric

61. Quintic

62. Quadruped

63. Quintoped

64. Questionnaire

65. Quilter

66. Quarto

67. Quacky

68. Quote

69. Quotation

70. Quotable

71. Questionable

72. Quenchable

73. Queried

74. Quatrain

75. Queenly

76. Qualm

77. Quicken

78. Quantity

79. Quantify

80. Quantic

81. Quartz

82. Quitting

83. Quantification

84. Quality

85. Quilting

86. Quelling

87. Queasiness

88. Queenliness

89. Quebec

90. Quebecois

91. Quintessential

92. Quiet

93. Quainter

94. Quirky

95. Quirk

96. Quested

97. Quixotic

98. Quotient

99. Quota

100. Quibble

This first one is a project Andrew Gingerich and I shot last summer when we were trying to decide on a movie to watch, and instead decided to make this.  Remember Skin Removal Cream? Well that was for this same project. Enjoy!

Next is a commercial for Drunk Button, the button that makes you instantaneously drunk!  This is apparently for a multi-media play that’ll be showing in Santa Fe in the near future.

And finally… RRRR? That’s on the internet? Well okay, I guess this’ll work I guess. RRRR is from my Sophomore year of High School. It’s about Scrabble and the end of the world and… oranges maybe?

So there.  And, no, I’m not a one-dimensional actor.  Why would say that?  I’M THE GREATEST IN ALL THE WORLD!

I have a new credit on IMdB.  No, it’s not because I’ve submitted some of films to festivals.  It’s for a movie I acted in and helped with locations the summer before I stepped foot in the halls of art school. It’s a film whose title is 16 Heads and Counting: A Love Story With Teeth.

For some reason, the film’s website is still up.  Here, I shall link you to the trailer.

So there. I play a crazy man in a dog suit, and yet I am not credited as such.  Discuss.

Also, on the subject of IMdB.  The latest worst film: Daniel: Der Zauberer, followed closely by Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2.

Since I’ve decided this to be the month of the Alphabet, I will now tell you about everyones friends: The Phoenicians.

The Phoenicians were an ancient civilization who lived along the coastline of modern Lebanon, Israel, and Syria.  They primarily traded through man-powered sailing vessels.

The Phoenicians are most known for their alphabet, which was spread through the Phoenicians extensive maritime tradings.  The Phoenician Alphabet is classified as “abjad”, because it only records consonant sounds.  The Phoenician Alphabet did not record vowel sounds. The Phoenician Alphabet consisted of the following consonant sounds: ‘, B, G, D, H, W, Z,Ch, T, Y, K, L, M, N, S, `, P, C, Q, R, Š, Th.  Although our modern alphabet is bigger, the Phoenician Alphabet was made around 1050 BC, so its okay that they didn’t have a “Tzc” sound.

The Phoenician Alphabet was non-pictoral, unlike any of the other languages that came before it.  But that didn’t stop the Phoenicians from having wacky symbols, like this one!

It's like "R"!

This looks funny to us, but then again so does “W” and “L”, and we like those letters! The Phoenicians also liked to trade Wine.  From this letter, descended the Grecian “M”, and a sound like the modern day “ts” or “ch” sound.  That’s complex for such a little symbol!

Although the Phoenicians were highly developed in terms of Alphabetic symbology, they did not have a strongly developed artistic style. This is because the Phoenicians liked to take Art lessons from the Egyptians and the Greeks.  They also liked to take religion lessons from the Egyptians and Greeks, as they believed both in Egyptian Gods like Osiris and Shed, but also in Greecian gods like Adonis and Baalat Gebal.  Those crazy Phoenicians!

The Greeks called Phoenician ships either horses or tubs.

In conclusion, the Phoenicians were a highly developed and influential civilization that gave us letters like M. Thanks Phoenicia, but no thanks for polytheism!

I feel that this might be one of the tightest films Culbert has made, although you can view many others by looking at the Naculbrionic Vimeo page.  He’s also the one who brought us the documentary into the life of Evan Bustria, filmmaker (?), Creeper, and Globetrotter.

Also, here’s one that I’m in.

Culbert has a specific voice in all of his works, and that certainly gets in the way of comprehension at points, however considering that the most recent film he’s done is Manifest Destiny, I think he’s certainly improving and growing beyond general film school fair.  So keep it going, Mr. Culbert. I’m fighting for you with laser beams and robo-boots.

Also, he did the epic tale of MANCATTE:

Firstly, the numbers:

This marks the 104th post. As of its writing there have been a total of 183 comments on The Great and Powerful Henceblog.  This is balanced out by the fact that there have been about 4,190 Spam comments made.

All in all, the comments on The Great and Powerful Henceblog average out to 94% spam and 6% Legitimate (This is, however, a massive improvement over where we were in the middle of the year).

The month where the most Legitimate comments were made was October with 43. The month where the most Spam comments were made was May with 794.

The Great and Powerful Henceblog has 17 Categories and 61 Tags.  We now move away from what may appear as a guilt trip, and onto much more fun areas.

Such as: The Most popular posts (with 7 comments each):

1) About Film, Time, and Pumas

2) A Letter to Mr. Whedon

3) Halloween: A Retrospective

4) Without the T’s: Slither

Now on to the most viewed films of mine in 2009:

1) Disfigurement Man: The Fear Wake

2) Skin Removal Cream

3) Lamplight Breakfast on a Burning Kitten

4) Coo Coo Clam and the Gravity Brigade

5) Deadisode 8

The most used tags are: Video (34), Things Better Than Hobgoblins (22), Kaboom! (19), Misco (17), Past (14), Discussion (14).

The least used tags are: Birthday Funtime! (1), Crustaceans (2), FAT (2), RO-BOT (2), Wind- (2).

The most useless posts are:

1) Filler

2) This one

3) A Letter to Mr. Perez

And so, to close: Here is 2009 in a picture:

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Here are what I remember of the previous one hundred posts:

1. We’re still not eating pie.

2. The relationship between Gary Coleman and Gary Oldman is still… being researched.

3. I’m still looking, Mr. Icke. I’m still looking.

4. Vvinni: Episode 1 was just too long.

5. Vvinni: Episode 2 was even longer.

6. Vvinni: Really? Posting three all at once?  You could have saved some.

7. Vvinni: Now you’re just running out of ideas.

8. IMdB is much more Puppy now. And thank God for that.

9. Mr Coyne: You are still groovy as Hell. Never forget that, will you?

10. Vvinni: Nobody watches these, you know.

11. JCVD: One of the year’s best?  Certainly one of Van Damme’s Best.

12. Vvinni: I like your hat.

13. The birds still want to eat the noodles, but they never will.

14. You know, Mr. Gaiman?  I think I’m seeing a common motif in your work.

15. Vvinni: YOU’RE MIXING PLASTICS WITH GLASS.

16. It’s almost time for my Yupd!

17. ZARDOZ. ZARDOZ. ZARDOZ. Beyond 2001, Beyond 2010, Beyond Love, Beyond Death.

18. Vvinni: We’re going back to the graveyard.

19. Shopping Penguin? Shopping Penguin.

20. I gave it  the “Lizards” tag because the Dream-Eating monster is only able to use the reptilian part of his brain. I AM WITTY.

21. He-Yah! We gotta save the farm, rope those… cows…

22. My other documentary was about carpet.

23. It’s changed in ways you can never imagine.

24. PEA SOUP?!

25. Hello.

26. Vvinni: It makes me feel kind of bad I haven’t been having as many adventures this semester.

27. Worship me as a God.

28. YOU’RE TERING ME APART, LISA!

29. It’s still dripping blood all over my floor.

30. I left off here.

31. I picked it back up here.

32. Then I got shot by some bullets.

33. It’s cold inside, you’ll have to wear a cape.

34. I feel I’ve made much more intriguing work than what I did Freshman year.

35. Really? This is when the quest began?  And I haven’t picked it back up until… a few weeks ago?  I am NOT doing a good job questing.

36. Vvinni: You’re trying to hard. Stop it.

37. Exploding Goldfish Films. Check them out, why don’t you?

38. OH MY GOD, IT’S A BEAR!!!!

39. See. This is a documentary about Carpet!

40. Help! It took six months to make this!

41. I kill you both.

42. Andrew did this, I have nothing to say about it.

43. Eggs: A common motif of mine.

44. The world would melt were it made of cheese.

45. OH DEAR GOD IT’S ANOTHER BEAR!

46. One of the best of 1991?

47. I got the problem fixed, but now I can’t see my tongue.

48. That’s definitely a Bear.

49. Chickens, Money omelets, and axe-wielding.

50. Gum: It’s really a disappointment nowadays.

51. No, Bicycles!

52. Goodbye.

53. Ethan Holbrook: He Travels through time and Astronauts.

54. If you want to know more about Discouraging Words, then you should be reading the EXGfilms blog. I’m too busy posting movie reviews that are too long and Filler.

55. The cat represents life because we are all being held by the arms of fate that are attached to the torso of our decisions and that torso is the torso of another cat which, oddly enough, represents the plight of minimum wage worker at Wendy’s.  So, in conclusion: A Cat is a hamburger.

56. J’ai besoin d’étudier à un examen français.

57. Sharks.

58. Sharks.

59. Sharks.

60. Sharks.

61. Sharks.

62. Sharks and Film.

63. Sharks.

64. Skin Removal Cream, Skin Removal Cream, Skin Removal Cream. SKIN REMOVAL CREAM! Skin. Removal. Cream. Skin Removal Cream? Skin Removal Cream! Skin Removal cream skin removal cram, skin, removal cream. Skin Removal Cream. Skin Removal Cream. SKIN. REMOVAL. CREAM. Skin, Removal, Cream, Skin, Removal, Cream. Skin Removal Cream; Skin Removal Cream. Skin Removal Cream: If it weren’t a product, it would BUY YOU! SKIN REMOVAL CREAM?!!!!

65. It is five o’ clock, and so Tea Time is over.

66. A Surprisingly coherent corpse, unlike a certain other one coming up.

67. One of the best of Moon-related sci-fis of 2009?

68. THERE ARE TOO MANY BEARS ON THIS BLOG.

69. ❦

70. Something (A Post).

71. Discouraging Words: Coming Summer of 2010.

72. Nom nom nom nomnom nom nom nom. Nom nom nom nom nomnom nom. Nom nom nom nom nomnom nom. Nom nom nom nom nomnom nom. Nom-nom, nom-nom, nom-nom, nom-nom. Nom-nom, nom-nom, nom-nom, nom-nom. NOM NOM NOM NOMNOM NOM NOM NOM. NOM NOM NOMNOM NOM NOM NOM. NOM NOM NOM NOMNOM NOM NOM NOM. NOM-NOM NOM-NOM NOM-NOM NOM-NOM NOM.

73. I don’t even care what the next post was, THERE WERE HAMSTERS IN THE LAST ONE.

74. Let’s see… Was there a tiger in this one? No, just time travel.

75.  Nathan Fillion: A Man of many talents. Like being both an astronaut and cowboy. Also, being pure evil’s right-hand man and an award-winning novelist.  Truly he accomplished more in a lifetime than any man can.

76. Nick Vogt: A Man whose cat might be a monster.

77. Trail of Terror?

78. I can’t stop this feeling. Deep inside of me. Girl you just don’t realize what you do to me. When you hold me, in your arms so tight, you let me know everything’s alright. I-I-I’m hooked on a feeling. And I’m high on believing that you’re in love with me.  Lips as sweet as candy, your taste is on my mind. Girl, you got me thirstin’ for another cup of wine. Got a bug from you, girl, but I don’t need no cure. I just take your picture (?) If I can be sure. All the good times, when we’re all alone, keep up girl. Yeah, you turn me on. I-I-I’m hooked on a feeling and I’m high on believing that you’re in love with me, oh yeah. All the good times, when we’re all alone. Keep it up girl, yeah you turn me on I-I-I’m Hooked on a feeling and I’m high on believing that you’re in love with me. I said I’m hooked on a feeling. And I’m high on believing that you’re in love me. Yeah, I’m hooked on a feeling!

79. A whole new web is about to be spun, methinks.

80. Does this mean I might be the next Batman?

81. 100 Untitled pieces, most them involve things breaking.

82. Nathan Fillion: He also battle killer slugs from outer-space. Truly, he is a god.

83. Heart attacks.

• 84. OH NO, IT’S ANOTHER BEAR!!! THIS MAKES FOUR! FOUR BEARS!!!
• 85. Beat yourself with a 2×4.
• 86. OooOooOooOOOO Castles. SpoOOOoOoooOOky.
• 87. But doesn’t that explain us all?
• 88. I’m thinking of being Everything next year for Halloween.
• 89. Towed away at owner’s expense.
• 90. Vvinni: I’m thinking of a wall now to block their thought beams.
• 91. I am Rea-Gan! I am-Rea-Gan!
• 92. Don’t even think about coming to rescue me because I’m probably dead.

93. I just made another letter which I baked in the oven with a honey glaze. It was for Christmas.

94. Sword of Doom: One of the best?

95. Why did you kill this Lawn Ornament?

96. Wagga wagga wagga.

97. You’re tearing me apart, Mummy and Robot.

98. Ronald Q. Metellus: Man of Mystery and probably Sandwiches.

99. Joss Whedon: I wish you luck in your ventures outside of the television box, for I shall be on your side when all comes crashing down.

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Ronald U. Metellus? NO.

Ron first came to the internet as the Emperor of Ice Cream, however sadly Ice Cream Land was thrown into chaos when a military coup, calling themselves the Waffle Alliance, overthrew the Emperor in order to restore the old “Republic of Frozen Yoghurt”.  But, if you wish to reminisce about the glory days of the empire and read/look at several ice cream related things, go ahead.  You MIGHT recognize a name of someone who has two ice cream related posts.  Because that person MIGHT have his own rarely-read blog.

Ron has escaped the ice cream land, and has taken over a small south pacific domain nation that he has renamed “The Blog of Ronald Metellus”. He is joined by the Chief of Fire Safety Nick Vogt (I’m also pretty sure he’s the head of Metellus Islands’ military [read: shaolin warriors]) and master of Mysticism Rex Horner (who is also probably also in charge of Propaganda).  Together these three, this triptych, form a blog that reaches through television, football, popular culture, esoteric Santa Fe-related references, and the Ghost Zone of the forgotten 90′s.

The Isle of Metellus, even though it was started in September, already has a sizable number of Citizen-Posts nearly living up to Mr. Ronald G. Metellus’ claim that on the “Ronblog”, as it is known, you can learn something new everyday.

Just in case you can’t read through my mixed metaphors and grammatical errors, I will share with you now some of the things I’ve learned on the “Ronblog” or on the “Isle of Metellus” or on the “The Blog of Ronald Metellus” or on the “Not The Emperor of Ice Cream Because THOSE BASTARDS TRIED TO KILL ME Blog”:

JCVD: One of the years best?

X-Files: A Ghost. A Ghost… of christmas?

Spacemen: They’re music now?

Evan Bustria: Filmmaker, or creepy guy?

Suspira: SpooOOooky?

Dollhouse: Another Cancelled Masterpiece?

Ronald Q. Metellus: Does he really like colons?

In a similar train of thought: Does he have Colon cancer?

These are questions that can be answered in the land of Ronald Metellus. It is a magical land, and perhaps you should visit it.  They have a pretty great tourism bureau. It’s run by a flamingo. A Flamingo that’s also… A RUSSIAN SPY?! Yes. And if you don’t visit it, that flamingo will fight you. And that flamingo is ME. Except I don’t run the tourism bureau. And… and I’m not a Russian Spy.  But I can still poison you with Uranium.