Welcome back to Blaine561.com, I am now Back, big time. I have been very busy for the past year, life was up in the air and the uncertainty has hampered my ability to do any work on those things important to my sanity. That is now changing and I will be contributing to this and [...]
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Sorry I’ve not been posting for a bit, lots been happening, but currently I am visiting my Mom in BC. I am working on my rewites, doing my due diligence and studying everything I can about formating my screenplay. Do you research, plan your writing, build a frame work to begin your writing.
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So, my critique is back, and so it’s back to screenwriting 101! Now the real process of making my film script is to a salable movie prospect, the guided rewrite. Now that I have a professional critque, from a fellow screenwriter, and it has renewed the figor in my desire to be a “Hollywood” film [...]
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Blaine561 here, with your Hollywood gossip for August 25th, 2008, including film reviews and tips for screenwriters, …
Jon Voight Fires Back At Roseanne Barr
I know most people think Jon Voight is a crazy old man…but this story makes me love him in real life as much as I love his character in the National [...]
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Blaine561 here with your Holluwood update for August 7th, movie reviews and more, …
Idiocracy (Movie Review)
From Mike Judge, one of the creative minds who brought you Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill and Office Space, comes an outrageous comedy that’ll make you think twice about the future of mankind. Meet Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson). [...]
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Hi Everyone,
Sorry I’ve not been posting for a bit, lots been happening, but currently I am visiting my Mom in BC. I am working on my rewites, doing my due diligence and studying everything I can about formating my screenplay. Do you research, plan your writing, build a frame work to begin your writing.
I will be conducting a screenwriting workshop in early June, so I will keep you all posted, in the mean time, keep writing.
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So, my critique is back, and so it’s back to screenwriting 101! Now the real process of making my film script is to a salable movie prospect, the guided rewrite. Now that I have a professional critque, from a fellow screenwriter, and it has renewed the figor in my desire to be a “Hollywood” film writer.
Formatting it critical to any screenplay and mine needs some work, so I’m going to document the process as I’m going through it myself. To begin with you start with the “Bible” of screenwriters, by David Trottier. Order your copy now, if you’re serious about screenwriting, my original copy was on loan from the Didsbury Library, a much earlier version, so I’m ordering a new copy to refresh myself. Writing is learning to profect your craft, as best you can, as a screenwriter, you start here:
Another part of my formatting that also needs some intensive work, the comments have to be moved into the “Action” tags, not in the dialogue tags as they are now. That’s process gets reworked as I work through the script fomatting.
My characters need more development and after a couple of years apart from each other I’m learning more about what I wanted my characters to reveal about themselves. I’m really looking forward to this rewrite and getting to know my characters, and my movie, much better, and I’ve got a few weeks with not a lot else to do.
I’ll keep you posted on my progress and post samples of the “before and after” shots of my film.
The good news to the story is good and with a bit of work on my part this could be a winning movie in he near future, so that’s all the motivation I need, so ”on with the show this is it!”
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Save Rainforests, Save Lives
http://www.saverainforestssavelives.org/
Save Rainforests Save Lives reminds us that the rainforests are our best hope for finding cures for cancer, AIDs and other life-threatening diseases.
Today, Sunday January 11th, 2009, I’ve reach 102 square feet of rainforest saved, through ‘Lil Green Patch and ‘Lil Blue Cove, two applications on my Facebook account, that I’ve been actively supporting. Why do I do this? Our future, as this video depicts, is in the rainforests of our world, yet to be explored before we cut them down, these are the final frontier for the human race.
Global warming, climate change, mass deforestation and the raping of our seas are contributing to a no win situation for our planet unless we all get together and do something about it. If that is only the simple act of logging into your Facebook account, which you do everyday anyway, and sending out a message to 20 friends, all at once. That simple act saves 2 sq ft of rainforest, and if you use both app’s, double that to 4 sq ft of forest, saved from devastation. So as a resolution for the new year, for a new beginning to helping heal our ailing planet, join me on Facebook, if not for you own lives, do it for your grandchildren’s grandchildren lives.
Next week I’ll start counting down my top movie favorites, so more film reviews coming from Blaine56.com 1 soon, …
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One of the fun movies to come out of Disney’s studios during the mid-sixties, trying to quell an air of unrest in American society, it shows a darker side of Walt’s talent and his influence of socical attitudes in his films. Being a screenwriter, it is facinating to how a director interpets a work.
A story of being lost in the world, of not finding your real place, “The Jungle Book” a classic tale retold many times before and since, until finding out who you really are. “I want to be like you” will sit in your mind for days, is center of the writer’s philosophy. From online-literature.com In his essay titled “Rudyard Kipling” George Orwell called him “the prophet of British Imperialism in its expansionist phase.” The age we live in now is as relevant as in Disney’s social and political turmoil, only the names and the faces have change, the issues still remain.
In these troubled times we all need a little excape from our lives, this movie will do that for you. Whether an adult remembering younger years or a youngster watching this for the first time, you’ll want to watch it again and again. With technology’s advances since it’s original production in ‘67, it’s a better film for it, sharper color, only a richness Walt Disney could only dream of, but would not only be pleased with, but proud to have his name associated with this movie. Add it to your collection today.
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Disney’s 1967 animated feature seems even more entertaining now than it did upon first release, with a hall-of-fame vocal performance by Phil Harris as Baloo, the genial bear friend of feral child Mowgli. Based on fiction by Rudyard Kipling, the film goes its own way as Disney animation will, but the strong characters and smart casting (George Sanders as the villainous tiger, Shere Khan) make it one of the studio’s stronger feature-length cartoons. Songs include “The Bare Necessities” and “Trust in Me.” –Tom Keogh
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One of the most popular Disney films ever, THE JUNGLE BOOK is a song-filled celebration of friendship, fun, and adventure set in a lush and colorful world. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “Mowgli” stories, Disney’s 19th animated masterpiece was the last animated feature that had Walt Disney’s personal touch. The jubilant adventure begins when Mowgli, a little boy raised by wolves, is urged by his friend Bagheera, a wise old panther, to seek safety in the man village. Feeling very much at home in the jungle, Mowgli resists and runs off. Much to Bagheera’s dismay, Mowgli meets a new friend with a happy-go-lucky philosophy of life — Baloo the Bear, a lovable “jungle bum.” Together, the three buddies find the journey back to civilization anything but civilized! They encounter a crazy orangutan, the hypnotic and sly snake Kaa, and the menacing Shere Khan! Fully restored for this 30th anniversary edition, this enduring classic swings with jazzy toe-tapping music, including the Academy Award(R)-nominated “The Bare Necessities,” and the freewheeling “I Wan’na Be Like You”! A thrilling story for all ages, THE JUNGLE BOOK is an absolute necessity for your video collection.
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On Christmas eve, gather the family around the screen and watch another classic tale of the true meaning of the season, what is the spirit of Christmas. If you’e not convinced this is a film worth having in you movie collection, read the review at the end. This came out the year after Charlie Brown’s Christmas, but Dr. Seuss’ talent for writing for a younger generation, captured a whimsical quality, and it stuck in your brain forever. If “You’re a mean one, Mr, Grinch, …” doesn’t get you started hummimg the song, you’ve never seen this work of art and you’re in for a treat. If, on the other hand, you can’t stop singing it, I bring you relief and renewed happiness. Merry Christmas Everyone!
Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas – Part 1 of 3
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Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas – Part 2 of 3
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Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas – Part 3 of 3
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Accept no substitutes. The 1966 television adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ timeless book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!–about an anti-Santa who tries to heist the holiday only to learn a powerful lesson–is a classic in its own right, and looking better than ever in its 50th Birthday Deluxe Edition. (For those doing the math, the 50 years is counting from the book’s 1957 publishing date rather than the show’s broadcast date.) The most significant improvement is in the digital transfer, cleaning up fuzz and specks and restoring the proper colors to the program. While the awful earlier DVDs showed the Grinch in a mustard-yellow color, this edition restores his proper green gleam. Special features are mostly ported over from the previous DVD–the Horton Hears a Who program, a featurette on the songs, Phil Hartman’s special edition version, pencil tests, etc. minus the commentary track–but there is a new 15-minute featurette, “Dr. Seuss and the Grinch: From Whoville to Hollywood.” While it starts out as a fluff piece aimed at the younger set (interviews with kids, some rapping), it does provide some interesting information, including interviews with the widows of Theodore Geisel and Chuck Jones and clips of Geisel and Jones’ Private Snafu. (No mention of Jim Carrey, however.) –David Horiuchi
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Hi everyone, I’m back!
Been away for awhile, but now I’ve gotten a few things straightened out and so I’m now good to go. As you can see, I’ve changed the layout, my life’s motto has always been, “Life’s a Beach!” so why not reflect that in my blog.
This blog was created with no specific purpose, but to inform my readers on a variety of topics and maybe because of that lacked focus. I’ll be the first to admit it, I wasn’t following my plan, so I’ve taken some time off to re-assess things and come up with some format changes.
My passion for movies, and film in general, has driven me to write my own screenplay, “Power Over Others” and I’ve just put out the big bucks to have a budget done. Believe me it’s not cheap, but I will be doing a post on the service I’m using, they are the best. I did this in response to an Indian Producer asking about my film script, and though he is a very well know producer, he has budget limitations, but it has gotten my budget done now.
My passion for movies has me watching them, not only as a way to unwind, but also as a screenwriter. There are many sites online that will allow you to watch, current releases and classics, some of them are actually free. All of these are of a lower resolution than the theater or your own home theater, but are good enough to watch on your laptop. YouTube and Google have archived many of the old classics, and the latest report this author has is YouTube is currently in negotiations with some of the major studios to show their movies online.
There have been many words lobbed back and forth about illegal downloading, but what the “Big Studios” aren’t getting is the opportunity to reach a whole new audience for their product. It is not atypical to their character to only look at the bottom-line, so it is “We The People” in “Cyberspace” to show them the way.
Up front Disclaimer: Gotta put up the gobbledee goop: This site or its author do not endorse illegal downloading, period. I support the artist, writer, musician, filmmaker, producers, etc. who make all this “entertainment” we all enjoy.
So here is “my bottom-line” and I hope you will all help support my efforts and my convictions. I am going to review some of my favorite movies, bring you what others are saying about it and the movie itself, or a link to where to watch. Under each film will be links to purchase the DVD for your home video collection.
It’s that simple guys, show them the film, if it’s good then they will want to watch it again and can then order it then and there.
Is that not the way to do it? Yes!
Is there anything wrong with doing this? No!
Do I expect to get rich from this? Not on your life, this is set up on an Amazon Associate account, so a couple a bucks every month so I can buy more movies for my film collection would be good enough for me. My purpose in doing this is to get the idea in the heads of the movie studios some of the possibilities the Internet could bring as a great marketing tools.
My first video is not actually a movie, but don’t be so picky, it is the best seasonal “movie” that anyone born since the end of the “Baby Boom” has seen at least a dozen times, Charles Shultz’s classic, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. Yes, “It’s a Wonderful Life” is “The Classic Christmas Movie” hands down on every list out there, but this video is closer to the hearts of my generation.
Tears well up, just thinking about the opening scene and the music of the Vince Guaraldi trio’s “Skating” and being a bit of a C.B. when it comes to Christmas, it is easy to settle in once again into childhood memories. How many of us tap our feet every time we hear “Linus and Lucy” more commonly known as the Charlie Brown Christmas song? Or, during Linus’ recital of the first noel, is there a dry eye on the house? I hope you enjoy this classic, my Christmas present to the world, “Merry Christmas Everyone!”
Not much needs to be said by me, except that I hope you “get the message” and as Jethro Tull once sang in a ditty, “The Christmas spirit is not one you drink!” Btw: the best time of year to watch this, other than Christmas Eve, is a nice summer evening, sitting on the beach. Share Christmas year-round. I’ll be bring more holiday classics over the next few days and in the new year, I’ll be counting down my top movies list, see you at the movies!
A Charlie Brown Christmas – Remastered Deluxe Edition – Part 1 of 3
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A Charlie Brown Christmas – Remastered Deluxe Edition – Part 2 of 3
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A Charlie Brown Christmas – Remastered Deluxe Edition – Part 3 of 3
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This television classic features the Peanuts characters in the story of Charlie Brown’s problematic efforts to mount a school Christmas pageant. Everybody’s on board: Lucy, Snoopy, Schroeder, Pig-Pen, but the biggest impression is surely made by Linus, who stops the show with his recitation from the gospels of the story of Christ’s birth. –Tom Keogh
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So it is only two days to go until the most important election of our modern times for our struggling planet. Though we in the rest of the world cannot vote in this election, we want to have our say in what will happen after Tuesday’s vote. The most important thing I can do is bring to light what is the most ideal we have in a free western society, is GET OUT AND VOTE, it is your duty. Please don’t take a lesson form Canadian’s who didn’t vote this election in record numbers, it has to be the other way around, it has to be a record for voting numbers.
I have been collecting video clips for the past several weeks, and I wanted my second to last posting before the election be give you the lighter side of this election, but I found some really scary stuff out their about the Republican’s VP candidate, Sarah Palin. As you saw in my last post, she’s someone to be made fun of because she opens her mouth, a lot, and nothing intelligent comes out of it. This woman is "one heatbeat from the Presidency" and what is really known about her and her extreme right-wing politics. Here is a brief collection of some of the things I found today on YouTube, …
More Jokes On You – More Comedians On John McCain and Sarah Palin
Collection SNL Tina Fey Sarah Palin Joe Biden Queen Latifah Bush Nancy Pelosi
1/2 Alec Baldwin on the bailout, taxes and republicans, Sarah Palin
2/2 Alec Baldwin on the bailout, taxes and republicans, Sarah Palin
The Sarah Palin Church Video Part One
The Sarah Palin Church Video Part Two
Sarah Palin Wasilla Church Has Kooky Prophecy Sessions
Sarah Palin has Pastor Problems!
A Witch Hunt at Sarah Palin’s church! (Thomas Muthee VIDEO)
The ultimate reason why you shouldn’t vote for Palin.
Sarah palin is scary. The Original Video.
Sarah Palin and Her Wackey Religious Beliefs Part 1
Sarah Palin and Her Wackey Religious Beliefs Part 2
Sarah Palin’s Crazy Church
Couric/ Palin CBS interview: exclusive outtakes!
Palin’s Satanic "Message from GOD"
Sarah Palin’s Pastor says God Damns Israel
Sarah Palin sat in church during anti-Jewish tirade!
Now this is the really scary video, this is the real Sarah Palin yesterday, this woman has not got a clue, … caught with her panties around her ankles. Stef Cos is not the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Harper should be offended with this snub. I need to end on this, it already has 503,144 views, in the end she knew her fate was seal, listen closely to her final comments, and her tone of voice, "Oh my God, I really screwed up this time!"
Sarah Palin Got Pranked
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Here are some things I found on the Internet today, I thought would keep it onthe lighter side, but please don’t forget, there is nothing light about this election.
http://www.thegreatschlep.com/site/index.html
The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor. Don’t have grandparents in Florida? Not Jewish? No problem! You can still become a schlepper and make change happen in 2008, simply by talking to your relatives about Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgHHX9R4Qtk – 700,000+ views
The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.
Paid for by the Jewish Council for Education and Research, www.jcer.info, not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee.
TALKING POINTS
Whether you’re visiting in person (Great Schlep)
or making a phone call (Mini Schlep) here are some ways
to talk to your grandparent about Obama…besides loudly.
Biography
Foreign Affairs
Barack ♥ Israel and so do you.
Patriotism
He’s Black! Let’s talk about it!
Social Security
Taxes
Women
Countdown: Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman – Letterman Interview
Sarah Silverman – Niteline Interview
This started as a post on something I heard on CBC this morning, but has blossumed into an collection of funny and informative clips on the curent US election. I do not own a TV at the moment so I was seeing these videos with a fresh eye, though I have seen short clips on CNN.com Live. Please, don’t get me started on television, that’s another post on my list. But, as David Letterman said, "The road to the White House goes through his show!" and to ditch an appearance, a month before the election, and then lies about it, is not the dumbest thing to do, getting caught in makeup on another CBS studio set, in the same building, waiting to go on the air with Katie Couric. Now that’s not only dumb, that’s rude.
Letterman: Roasts, Trashes, Attacks, and Mocks McCain For Canceling Late Show Appearance And Appearing With Couric Instead – 3,034,878 views
NBC Is Letterman mad at McCain?
Letterman slams McCain for second night
John McCan cheats America and David Letterman
Craig Ferguson on McCain suspending his Campaign
CBS News not happy with David Letterman
David Letterman’s top 10 questions you would ask John McCain
David Letterman Sarah Palin Top 10 September 25, 2008
Late Show: The Sarah Palin Debate Recap – this one is really funny!
The Jokes On You – Comedians on John McCain and Sarah Palin – Part 1
David Letterman’s Old Jokes Against John McCain
Well, after that one I followed a thread to find out about what was being said about the next President of the United States, Sarah Palin. This really scares me and should most of my readers, that, as Jack so eloquently puts it, "is just one heart beat away from being president", should even be on the ticket, yips!
Matt Damon Rips Sarah Palin
A few thoughts from Jack Cafferty on CNN, …
Jack Cafferty Tells Us How He Really Feels About Sarah Palin – Jack Cafferty on CNN, September 26, 2008
Jack Cafferty Loves Sarah Palin, Part II
Jack Cafferty Empties His Sarah Palin Mailbag
Cafferty: Does McCain Undercut His Own Message With VP Pick?
Jack Cafferty Not Letting Up On Sarah Palin
Countdown: Sarah Palin is Just Like George W. Bush
Let’s give Sarah the last word on this and let you decide:
CBS Sarah Palin interview
And this is what SNL gets to do with it, … in her own words, …
SNL Sarah Palin Interview vs Real Sarah Palin
SNL Spoof – Tina Fey – Katie Couric
Now this is just funny, especially to us baby-boomers 
The Ballad of Sarah Palin
Is McCain Palin’s Bitch?
Sarah Palin: An Introduction
Sarah Palin: Maverick to Nowhere
This last weeks of the campaign is going to see a lot more nasty, doublespeak from the trailing McCain/Palin ticket against Barak Obama along the lines of this, but what will only inflame voters to actually go out and vote this time. I hope so!
McCain’s Britney Spears Ad Against Obama
Paris Hilton & Barack Obama Reply to McCain Ads
McCain’s Paris Hilton Ad Creates Stir
So you know what Barak Obama stands for, watch his appearance (which he showed up for) with David Letterman.
Late Show – Sen. Barack Obama – 610,955 views September 11, 2008
I’ll end with this, …
McCain’s YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare – 6,832,118 views
The video that should sink John McCain’s presidential dreams – 300,443 views
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I wanted to let my readers know that I’ll be changing things and doing a number of test posts. These will not be indexed and may not remain on the blog, deciding on creating a tutorial for doing this for other blogs, I am working on several of these. Actualy thes will be going out, my twitter account is picking these up any way, so here goi
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Welcome back to Blaine561.com, I am now Back, big time.
Welcome back to Blaine561.com, I am now Back, big time. I have been very busy for the past year, life was up in the air and the uncertainty has hampered my ability to do any work on those things important to my sanity. That is now changing and I will be contributing to this and several other blogs to help me get back into form.
I have decided to dedicate this website, Blaine561.com to screenwriting and writing in general and have created other sites to explore more of the other ideas I want to promote.
http://blaine561.ca is Blaine561’s voice from The Great White North, the Land and Ice and Snow! What’s so great about freezing your butt off for 6 months of the year. If you’re going to live here, you’ll need some important information, you’ll need “The Real Truth about Canada!”
http://blaine561.org is Blaine561’s voice to Mother Earth and the Conscience of the Planet! Issues face us as individuals and as peoples of a small blue ball floating in Space. “My message is Peace, my destiny is the World!”
http://blaine561.net is Blaine561, The Romantic. I will be bringing you articles and tips on how romance can secure a successful relationship with the one you love. The True Art of Love and Romance! From a True Romantic!
http://blaine561.info is my options trading strategies forum to explore important information for the options trader. Is there strength in numbers? If I have the right tools, I would succeed, if I could find the right mentor! I have the answers to these questions and more.
http://blaine561blog.com is Blaine561’s Online Forex Trading Journal and why OUForex Mastery M3 Navigator software is making me a successful Forex trader. The importance of a solid trading plan and the proper mindset, to successful trading in the Forex Market, are going to be at the core of my writings. This will likely be my most active website, as I will also be running a Chat room from the website for fellow Forex traders.
http://myblaine561.com is Blaine561’s SEO and Bookmarking website resource for the budding Internet Marketer. The Real Truth about how to make money on the Internet!
http://newblaine561.com is my retirement plan: If you dream it, you can make it happen! The No Fixed Address Too Holding Company brings you “Nofatours, a journey dreams are made of!”
As you can see I am going to be keeping myself busy, as well as trying to find a life for myself here in Montreal. My life was on hold for most of the past couple of years, but now, things are changing. I want to share some of my experiences and often frustrations with life in general, things I believe most of us have in common. In doing this I hope to share some of my insights into helping all our lives, together.
So, Blaine561.com is Back, Big Time and I am now here to stay. Please follow me on Twitter: Blaine561 or become my friends on Facebook: Blaine561, so you will be aware of any special announcement I will be making on any of my new websites.