Found on Youtube: Way to Go, Newy!

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Lisa Marie Bowman

I recently discovered that Dallas’s own Newy Scruggs has become something of a Youtube cult figure as a result of a report he filed from San Francisco shortly before the start of the World Series.

I think Newy is the sports reporter for one of the local stations down here. I’m not sure which station because, to be honest, I make it a point not to watch the news. (I rely on rumor and street innuendo for my knowledge of current events…) However, I do know about Newy because when there’s somebody living in your city with a name like Newy Scruggs, you better know about it.

Anyway, here’s Newy Scruggs visiting Arleigh’s hometown….

So, now the question is this — what lies in the future for Newy Scruggs? Will he become a famous, legendary Youtube messiah like the Garbage Day Guy from Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2?

Or will Newy Scruggs suffer the same tragic fate as past Youtube stars?

One thing is for sure. I will always enjoy randomly saying “Newy Scruggs.”

Battle: Los Angeles (International Teaser Trailer)

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Arleigh

Funny how certain films in the US get a change in how they’re titled for the overseas market.

A couple weeks ago the first trailer for Jonathan Liebesman’s alien invasion film, Battle: Los Angeles, was posted and it certainly looked a tad better than this year’s big alien invasion flick, Skyline. They share not just the type of film it wants to be but the location as well. Both are set in Los Angeles and both seem to be CGI-heavy affairs. Where the Brother Strause’s film was so bad that it was good this film from Liebesman looks to marry alien invasion with Black Hawk Down for a much more down in the ground action.

This new teaser trailer is the international version and it shows a bit more of the action we’ll be seeing in this film. There is one little change which I find more than just a tad bit amusing. When the teaser finally ends we don’t see the title as Battle: Los Angeles, but instead we get the more international sounding World Invasion: Los Angeles. I guess the studio thinks the film will do better overseas by making it sound like the invasion is global instead of local the way the original title has it.

Fret not fellow Americans! The voiceover does say, after listing cities both in the US and around the globe, that we cannot lose Los Angeles thus….USA! USA! USA!

A Quickie With Lisa Marie: The Host of Seraphim (performed by Dead Can Dance)

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Hi, out there!

Okay, for those of you who haven’t been following along, on Monday, Arleigh posted an entry about Frank Darabont firing the Walking Dead’s writing staff and how this might indicate that Darabont is planning on being the show’s sole writer.

So, of course, me being the little contrarian that I am, I had to stick my big Italian nose into it all and comment about how much I hate The Shawshank Redemption and about how Stephen King is an insecure whore. And this, of course, led to all of the boys fighting over whether or not The Mist had a good ending.

(I’m joking a little here — it’s actually been a pretty interesting discussion.)

Anyway, I’ve already taken my side in the argument, which is that The Mist had a terrible ending but that terrible ending was scored with a really good and haunting song.

And here that song is : The Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance.