Posted January 12th, 2010
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This week MCR takes on a heavy-hitter: the cult mini-classic “Bad Taste,” the progenitor of the slap-stick gore genre and debut effort for a current A-list Hollywood director.
Bad Taste is infantile, offensive, without redeeming social or cultural value… and oh so very funny.
***1/2 / ****
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Most people doubtless think the Mill Creek collection is made up solely of forgotten movies by no-name personalities. But proven masterpieces and cult favorites can be found everywhere, even in the public domain.
Take this early work by Peter Jackson, one of the finest producer-directors plying the craft today. [Show something unusually stupid.] Before District 9, Lord of the Rings and King Kong, Jackson helmed Bad Taste, a zero-budget sci-fi-horror parody in which malevolent space aliens, in need of carrion for an intergalactic fast food chain, conquer a small New Zealand town and harvest its inhabitants. The powers that be, fearing panic if they mobilize the military, instead summon an, ahem, elite fighting force known as The Boys in the hopes of taking care of things quietly. As our heroes reconnoiter the town they get separated.
Disaster strikes when one of them is hurt rather badly while battling with the alien zombies. Ow. Meanwhile the invaders hole up in a country home and abduct a nerdy collector to turn into kiwiburgers. An interminable firefight with the stamina of a Neil Peart drum solo ensues, and many lives innocent and guilty alike are lost before the worlds can be set right again.
Bad Taste is, in a word, gross. In three words, its really, really gross. Someve said that because Bad Taste is essentially a slapstick comedy, the gore isnt quite as disgusting as it could be. To my mind Bad Tastes lightheartedness actually makes it more disgusting. In a really disturbing horror movie, the emotional impact of a violent scene can dilute the visceral revulsion at the blood and guts hell, even a bad movie that takes itself too seriously isnt going to literally turn your stomach the way Bad Taste does.
But its hard to call this a criticism since nausea is clearly the reaction the movies after. That and laughs. Bad Taste is awful funny, and its humor can be urbane just as much as it can be broad and physical. [ministry of works joke] Jackson and company made Bad Taste over several years on a budget rumored to be around 30 grand. Although no one would mistake the result for Lord of the Rings (its actually much better), theres no doubt the moviemakers put their meager funds to work. The movies often accused of being slipshod or improvised, but its dialog is in fact tight and its shots are crisp and well laid out. Very little, other than sheep guts, is wasted. Jackson, in other words, made up for the projects budget limitations by paying attention to the things that are free: detailed and patient planning. You can see why he eventually caught the attention of the big studios.
There seems to have been something in the air about the time Bad Taste was made: The world, for better or worse, was plainly ready for the genre of gore slapstick. In what is as far as I know a coincidence, a very similar and, if its possible, even more stomach-churning movie called Street Trash came out the same year, and I had trouble watching Bad Taste without thinking of the admittedly somewhat later first-person shooter Doom, which shares not only the earlier movies fascination with humorously copious fusillades of automatic weapons fire, but also most of Bad Tastes specific armament.
A mid-20s Peter Jackson also stars as Derek, a squinty Dr. Who nerd who nevertheless provides command and control for The Boys until his unfortunate accident. As a directorial cameo its both modest and demanding. Jackson seems to have put himself at some genuine personal risk in a knee-wobbling scene on a high cliff, for instance, but his sacrifices dont tempt him to aggrandize his character. Dereks uniquely privileged vantage point seems like a metaphor for Jacksons role as a director, so then his manner could be thought of as an expression of how Jackson sees the mood of the movie: unpresuming, but at the same time competent and ambitious. This unique combination of talent and self-effacement is also in evidence in later titles in Jacksons horror satire phase, Meet the Feebles and Brain Dead. To my mind his mainstream Hollywood output is a lot less inspired; before he retires, Id love to see Jackson use the resources made available by his newfound success to make a high-budget feature thats more in keeping with his roots.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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We have been building a massive network that reaches across American the United Kingdom and Australia and into Europe. We will be releasing new programs and plans in the very near future. If you are willing to volunteer for a leadership role please contact me via skype mark.taylor11 or phone 404-287-0414 (this number will be back working in a few days it is being integrated into our new server system. Fax 206-350-7578 or email at admin@usa180.org. Another thing we did was formed a group to deal strictly with conspiracy theories. Many are becoming aware things are not right but they are being hit head on with far reaching and sometimes outright fabrications. We want to deliver fact. While we know there have been in history and are today conspiracies we have to keep it factual and not for reasons of self gain or self celebrity which has become the norm. I do not need to name those guilty as they know who they are and you do as well. We have to hit folks with undeniable facts. Even sometime keeping the deeper things from the newly aware because if you hit them with to much to strong the minds defense mechanism kicks in denial, and you lose them, and it give the process a bad name. We set up a site http://www.nwoconspiracy.org to deal with just that. It is not your average now site. We have a cool forum with it that has live video chat and all sorts of things. We are offering free website no strings attached to those pushing the message that feel they can do it, and if you do we will add a forum and other things all free. You can get your own domain name and we host it free and design your site free or we will do it on a sub domains on one of our existing sites as shown below.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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There are 360 000 domain names ending in .nz, one for every 11 New Zealanders. Last week’s re-branding raised awareness of the newer 2nd level domain names (SLD’s) in NZ such as .geek.nz, and .maori.nz by the Domain Name Commission; mentioned was the new SLD .health.nz which the Domain Name Commissioner Debbie Monahan explains in this video is a “moderated second level domain name” meaning organisations must apply and be approved for using the .health.nz domain. The NZ Domain Name Commission http://www.dnc.org.nz regulates the New Zealand domain name space including issuing the UDAI key used for seamlessly transferring your domain name to a different registrar in New Zealand, and can approve requests for new second level domain names.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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This is news from a reliable source, Mobile news magazine.
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For the whole story please see: http://tinyurl.com/aampx7
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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www.afterglowmedia.com.au
Afterglow Media is a multimedia & website design and development studio based in Brisbane, Australia. We are web designers and digital media experts offering a range of affordable digital and print based media solutions tailored to suit your individual needs.
We produce only high quality, creative websites and designs with our stringent attention to detail and product testing. You can rest assured your project will be designed, developed and managed with your needs and schedule in mind.
Servicing the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast regions & offering a range of affordable multimedia solutions including:
Website design, development & maintenance
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Digital & print media services including:
Professional corporate identity / branding
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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www.afterglowmedia.com.au
Afterglow Media is a multimedia & website design and development studio based in Brisbane, Australia. We are web designers and digital media experts offering a range of affordable digital and print based media solutions tailored to suit your individual needs.
We produce only high quality, creative websites and designs with our stringent attention to detail and product testing. You can rest assured your project will be designed, developed and managed with your needs and schedule in mind.
Servicing the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast regions & offering a range of affordable multimedia solutions including:
Website design, development & maintenance
Website marketing & SEO
eCommerce solutions
Website hosting
Digital & print media services including:
Professional corporate identity / branding
Logos
Business cards
Pamphlets
Letter heads
Email Stationery
Envelopes
www.afterglowmedia.com.au
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Posted January 12th, 2010
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This is news from a reliable source, Mobile news magazine.
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For the whole story please see: http://tinyurl.com/aampx7
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