Up with Dead People

Probably because I was backtracking from recent articles on the death of Brad Renfo, I came across the new Bruce La Bruce film, Otto, a gay zombie movie. It looks like the obsessions from politics have gone to death... I am not sure how the usual earthy sexiness will translate into the zombie movie... I kinda liked his sensibilities these past few years. He's gone a bit more somber, a bit less biting, a bit more genuine... Less irony, more real and gritty. (Uhh - wait, do I know what i'm talking about? No, not really

Real Girls, 77 Behavior Patterns

I went with Darryn last night to go see Lars and the Real Girl at the Crest. I was pleasantly suprised at how heartfelt the movie was -- in addition to it's subtle satire on modern relationships. It made me think of this interesting article from Salon a while back on men who buy "Love Dolls". It's very similar (probably inspired the movie at some point), these guys who can't seem to make a connection in real life so they tailor it in private. I think goes without saying that the next nonbio-logical leap will be of course Robots. Yes, this elicits a big "eww" out of alot of people, myself included. Probably the thought of anything mechanized doing the dirty is well, kind of suspect. It's not that it's simply automation, but usually people prefer to have a consciousness and desire at the other end. However I think, like the townspeople in the movie, they realize it's sort of like letting some people have practice until the real thing might materialize...