We're Back!

If you head over to the amyanderikwedding.com site by clicking here, you can see all the new photos from the big day and the honeymoon pics.

Honeymoon Nov. 9th (cell phone pics)

Honeymoon Nov. 11th (cell phone pics)

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Honeymoon Nov. 10th (cell phone pics)

We stopped into an internet cafe espreso place called SCANNERS to check the blog. Apparently not all my cell phone pics are being uploaded to the blog site. So if you want to see them all click on one of the photos and it will take you to the Flicker website where the photos are hosted and then click on "view slideshow" to the right of the photo and then click on the thumbnails to see each of the photos.

Hope everyone at home is doing well. We are having a fun time. It was sunny yesterday, but today has been typical Northwest rainy all day. Our hotel and beach house are awesome. So far we have had beach views every night. We can watch the storms come in every day and night. Really cool!!!

Peace out,
Erik and Amy

Honeymoon Nov. 8 (cell phone pics)

Honeymoon Nov. 7 (cell phone pics)

I'm Married

Well I'm married. More later....

Thoughts...

Sorry for not being a better blogger, but it has been busy a busy time. So here are a few things on my mind:

1. My boss Herb Pease Sr. died on Tuesday this week. I'm still in a state of denial I guess. I don't know what to do or say about it. Is that bad? Maybe so. But I really loved the guy, and he was the one person that was willing to take a chance on me and my dream, and I don't intend to let him down. I know he's up there watching me. I will miss him very much.

2. The wedding. I will be married on Sunday to the most bestest woman in the world. Things are tense now, but hopefully when all is said and done, we can get back to normal. Weddings bring out the best and worst in people. Elope is a good word. Off to the Northwest...

3. The Mavs. Played the Spurs last night. Where is Devin? Has he gone? Is he suddenly a bench player now that his mind is blown. Relax and play the game.

4. The Borat movie comes out today. I like Borat, but I am sick of seeing him everywhere. I predict his popularity will be the death of that character. PeeWee Herman anyone?

5. Halloween was a sad one with everything going on. Next year will be better.

6. Work is insane. Lots of projects coming in. Some good, some bad. I've become quite good at making bad stuff look good. I'm not sure if that is a trend I need to follow to closely.

7. Cloning, when will this happen? I need one right away.

8. Customer Service has been really bad lately everywhere I go. Maybe I'm getting old and cranky, but people are getting dumber and slower everyday. (See Idiocracy review below).

9. Movies. Have not had time to watch much. Did see History of Violence. As a Cronenberg devote I was quite disappointed. It was a mature film for him, but he's more creative than that. I thought it could have been more interesting.

10. Albert Brooks. Genius.

11. Smallville. Still enjoy the show, but where are we going? Is there an end in sight? Superman Returns Again got the greenlight. Wise move.

12. Blue-Ray or HD? That is the question. Wait it out. Got a Slingbox the other day. Hooked up only to find it does not work yet with Macs even though it says it does on the box. Took it back, then two weeks later they come out with it and it works with Macs. I can't win the technology marathon. Its hopeless.

13. Heroes TV show, Its getting really good. But again where will it go, and will we like it once we get there?

14. Bought a nightvision camera for security. Recorded Amy and I sleeping one night. I do a lot of reaching with my arms into the air for no apparent reason. Flying or climbing?

15. Wedding. Holy crap I gotta go get married!

Review: Lady Vengeance

There are movies that trick you sometimes. And I like that. Such is the case with Chan-wook Park's new film Lady vengeance (aka Sympathy for Lady vengeance. This is the last part of Park's vengeance trilogy started with the brilliant Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and even more brilliant Oldboy. (man, I still love that movie!!!) The final installment is just as inventive but more suptle than Oldboy. In fact the first hour might make you dizzy as the movie shifts through time a lot, with a lot of characters. So have some coffee. However stick with it, cause at the end Park does it again and pulls the rug out from you and serves up an ending scene that will make you think.

Lee Geum-Ja, at the age of 19, goes to prison for the murder and abduction of a child on behalf of her accomplice Mr. Baek, only to find out that she is betrayed. While in prison, she carefully prepares for her revenge by winning the hearts of her fellow inmates with her kindness, thus earning herself the nickname 'kind Ms. Geum-Ja'. Upon her release from prison after 13 years, she finally sets out to seek revenge on Baek, with the help of her former prison mates.

What she discovers about Mr. Baek sets her on a similar if not fascinating different kind of revenge plot that I felt was really interesting. I can't say I liked this as much as the first two, but its a great ending to an amazing trilogy. All the actors from the other two films are all in this playing different small roles as a kind of good-bye. The cinematography by Jeong-hun Jeong (oldboy) is again incredible. Chan-wook Park is an amazing talent to keep your eye on. I want to watch it again soon to pick up on some stuff i may have missed the first time out. Up next for me is the banned from cable film Imprint from Takashi Miike! Wish me luck.

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An Open Letter to George Lucas

Hi George. You really pissed me off this time. I'm done with you and your bullshit moves to rip off your fans over and over again. Did you catch Attack of the Show the other night where they took 200 of the new Star Wars dvds and chain sawed them all to bits. Let me explain to you why you fucked this up. You released the Star Wars original trilogy (and we will keep it to the original trilogy, the other is a whole other rant) on dvd a year or so ago. They were the special editions with the new scenes added in. That's cool, thanks for that George. I bought those on laser discs back in the day more than once. Hope you enjoyed that. I think its great that you are leading the way in new movie technology both in making and distributing them. In this area no one comes close to your genius. Keep it up. Here is where you fucked up yet again.

For years fans have been dying to have the original versions without al the extra CG scenes in. So after taking our money after all these years you thank us all by pissing in our face. You put out the original movies without cleaning up the print and in a non anamorphic transfer to boot. Meaning no widescreen. And your response was "well that's the unaltered versions". Well let me explain something to you assface. We like the fact that you clean the negative and make the film look as it were new. And we would like to see it in widescreen on our 16:9 tvs that we forked over a bunch of our hard earned money to enjoy our favorite movies. Instead you use the exact same transfers on the laserdisc and say "well that's what they wanted." George let me explain something to you. We are not six years old anymore. Don't treat us like that. As a fan of Star Wars and you as a filmmaker I don' think you get your fans. Get the FUCK out of your house and talk some real people instead of avitars. Maybe you'll learn how to write again in the process. Don't get me wrong here, you have every right to tinker with your movies, they are yours and god bless you for keeping them that way. Just don't piss on us man, we fucking made you, and we can unmake you.

Now, the next topic. A mere few days after you release your latest round of bullshit onto the public you have the balls to donate 125 million or something like that to UCLA film school. I know that's your alma mater and shit, but hey dipshit why don't you donate that money back to your fans by giving it to film schools that need the help. UCLA is fine. They are just fine, they don't need it. If you want to harbor new talent, give it to a school like UTA where I went where we barely had a working edit bay or a decent tripod. Whew, you are a real pisser George. I used to defend your ass to people that were dissing you but I'm done. Your done. These two events this closely just really pissed me off. I mean you make 125 million off some bullshit slap in the face to fans then donate all of it to rich Hollywood kids. F you dude because I care. I read somewhere that you fear that you have become what you most hated and wanted to not be. Well stop it, and get back to where you started. Otherwise I'll post all the extras that you have not released from the old laserdiscs on YouTube.