Star sightings and such
I ran into John Waters on Polk St. Sunday on the way to Walgreens to get disinfectant spray! He was in red slacks, a black coat, and sunglasses, and quite a bit receding and graying up top (but then, he is 63 years old). I just sort of stared at him as he passed by, and only later regretted not asking for a picture because I knew no one would believe me. But I would hate to bother a celebrity with such an irritating request.
It was just like the time I was in line behind Andy Bell at Safeway at 4:00 in the morning one night. I just sort of stared all awestruck, but didn’t want to annoy by asking for a pic.
The problem with all these epic movie trilogies is that the villains are so blindly one-sided and lack true motivation.
So the machines in "The Matrix" enslave humanity so they can subsist. What the fuck do they do in the meantime when they’re not focusing on keeping the matrix intact and functioning, and fighting off the Zionists?
So the Empire in "Star Wars" wants to rule everything and creates this Death Star to keep people in check. What do they do when they’re not terrorizing the galaxy to give cause and purpose to their dominance?
So Sauron and company want to conquer the free peoples of Middle Earth and reclaim the ring in "Lord of the Rings". What do they then plan to do with a war torn, fucked up land? Especially considering the base nature of the goblins and orcs and all that crap who make up his army.
One day, someone needs to come up with an epic movie triology where the villains aren’t uniformly evil. Where there is some gray to their nature, and you as an audience member may actually side with them.
That’s some real story-telling.
