Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Cashiers du Cinemart 17 Now Available

Cashiers du Cinemart #17 is now available! Get it for the low price of $8.00 US directly from Lulu.com. They accept most major credit cards and paypal.

Here are more details:
ISBN978-1-300-35140-5
Cover ArtTom Bagley
LanguageEnglish
Pages200
BindingPerfect-bound Paperback
InteriorInkBlack & white
Weight1.38 lbs.
Dimensions (inches)5.5 wide x 8.5 tall

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After Last Season By Jim Donahue
The Fifty Greatest Philippines Parodies By Andrew Leavold
Dogfight By Kristy Jett
Dismembering Mama: Lost Boys, Grave Spit And Other Schlock By Don Takano
Dream Home By Dan Tabor
Flesh On Fire: The Damaged Male Psyche In Mike And Roberta Findlay's Psychosexual Trilogy By Bob Moricz
Nashville Rebel: Waylon's Good Ol' Boy Story By Zachary Kelley
The Early Films Of Andy Sidaris By Jason Coffman
The Actor Who Slunk In From the Shadows: Brad Dourif By Calum Syers
Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil By Mike Faloon
Pierre Maheu's Le Bonhomme: Whale In A Shoe Box: Communal Life, Self-Surrender And Tree-Hugging Routines In A Revolutionary Quebec By Ralph Elawani
Ricky Six By Josh Gravel
Bloodsucking Freaks By Rob St. Mary
Gunfight At The Exotic Locale By Mike Malloy
Rural Mayhem: Eat My Dust & Smokey Bites The Dust By Rich Osmond
R-Rated Films Of Chuck Vincent By Paul Frietag
The Films Of Gaspar Noe By Scott Lefebvre
Opening Credits Sequences Vs. The Disappointing Film That Follows Them By Mike Sullivan
Keith Shapiro Interview By Skizz Cyzyk
Get Yourself A College Girl By James Sanford
Edge Of 17 / Adventureland By Chris Cummins
The Making Of Vino Veritas; Or, There Is Truth In Nebraska By David MacGregor
White Collars And Lost Spoons In Olmi's Il Posto By Jef Burnham
Film Reviews By Josh Gravel
Sid Haig Interview By Mike White

Friday, October 12, 2012

Goodbye, Farewell, & Amen

I don't know why we did it but we didn't watch any of the final season of "House, M.D." when it was on. Instead, we DVRed every episode and kept them in storage... until this week when we went on a bender.

As I watched the build up to the final episode, I kept thinking of another final episode of a beloved series that infuriated me. No, I'm not talking about "Lost", "The Sopranos" or even "The Prisoner." I'm talking about "Seinfeld".

The last episode of "Seinfeld" has stuck in my craw since it aired on May 14, 1998. I didn't like the use of a trial and the sentencing of George, Elaine, Jerry and Kramer. Sure, they were kind of jerks and maybe they deserved that as characters but I think that the fans of the show deserved something better.

My idea for the finale, and it may not be very original, is that the show should have ended more in line with other episodes. Over the years, "Seinfeld" had parodies of everything from Star Trek II to The Godfather. Why not weave parodies of other famous finales into the plot of that last episode?

I'm not a good writer of fan fiction but what I've had kicking around in my head for a while goes something like this...

Jerry manages to get a gig outside of town but stuff just keeps delaying him from leaving. The whole episode has Jerry getting further and further delayed. I can imagine it playing a lot like After Hours with Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer going around New York while Jerry tries to get to the airport. If we wanted to have characters returning (like they did in "The Finale"), they could. And, if they wanted to pay back Jerry and company by delaying him, this would be the time.

At some point, George and Elaine get separated from Kramer and Jerry (perhaps in an homage to The Warriors). George and Elaine head home. Jerry manages to line up a helicopter ride to his gig that will leave shortly. Kramer manages to get a motorcycle and gives him a ride to Central Park and the waiting helicopter. As Jerry flies off to his gig, he looks down and sees Kramer standing there with "Goodbye" written out in rocks ("M*A*S*H").

We go from that to George Costanza waking up in his apartment and hearing the water running. He goes to the bathroom to find the shower running. Who's in there? Why, Susan, of course. Alive and well ("Dallas").

We go from that to Elaine also waking up as well... next to Suzanne Pleshette ("Newhart").

And, finally, we pull out from New York City... pulling out and out until we realize that all of New York was inside of a snow globe ("St. Elsewhere"). A large hand picks it up and shakes it, laughing maniacally. It's Newman.

The end. And, to me, a much better end.