"Type Nerdy To Me" - A Trailer on Elm St? There goes the Neighborhood!!!

So first off, before I get under way, I would like to welcome everyone who takes the opportunity to read this, and thank you for taking part in the first part of the new TNTM.

TNTM 2.0 as it were.

The new TNTM, isn't going to be just TALK nerdy to me, but it's going to be TOTALLY NERDY TO ME! Because We're I'm not just going to talk, I am going to Type, Text, Terrify, Tittilate and Translate, as well as TRANSFORM! Well not into a car or anything, but I am going to transform the geek world! Or at least 1-12 people who actually read this.

This is going to be a "Type Nerdy To Me" situation. Basically, I am going to take topics from the geek-world and riff on them as it were. Not necessarily an installment of "Forch'N Telling", as it were, because it's not going to be based solely on opinion, but looking as something from multiple angles to examine the value of it.

This Installment of "Type Nerdy To Me" is going to focus on the 2010 Horror "Blockbuster" remake of "A Nightmare on Elm St." produced by Action aficionado, Michael Bay.



Now for those of you who listened to the previous episodes of TNTM that were aired, you'll know of my dislike of Michael Bay. I feel that as a director, he cares more about big budget effects, rather than story, which is good for action films, I suppose, but not enough to make most movies entertaining.

Case in point: Pearl Harbor.

Bay is responsible for many a 200 Million+ grossing films, so it's no surprise that at this stage in his career, he's been afforded the luxury to produce films as well. So he gets to attach his name to the credits, but not really do any work.

Now I was never one for horror films. I have seen the previous Nightmare Films mainly with my former Tag Team Partner, Ryan Blanchard. The Earlier ones were obviously scarier, and the latter ones consisted more of camp and silliness, rather than blood curdling terror.

Directing the film is Samuel "Freckles Flynn" Bayer, who appears to mainly be a Music Video director, judging by his credits, I am interested to see if the cinematography will reflect that in the movie.

Judging by the trailer for the film, it looks like it's going to have a good amount of expensive effects (A benchmark of every Bay film) as well as a pretty well-rounded cast.

Leading the Charge is Jackie Earle Haley, who most recently gained critical acclaim in the Geek Community for his portrayal of Rorschach in the Critically-panned, Fanboy-approved Watchmen movie. I think that this is an awesome choice, as Haley isn't exactly a big man, and neither was Robert Englund, the man behind the mask in all-previous Nightmare Films. He brings the stature, as well as the acting chops necessary to bring Krueger to life.

I am a huge fan of Haley's and I am glad to see the string of successes that he's been having, he certainly deserves them.

Rounding out the Cast, we have Clancy "Mr Krabs" Brown, Kyle "Impulse" Gallner and Thomas "John Connor" Dekker, as well as a bunch of people who become horror-fodder for us to enjoy.

Now judging by the trailer, you can see that the cinematography is certainly first rate, as well as the set design, and even the story seems to fit that of a Nightmare On Elm St. movie, however, it gives off the impression that Freddy was wrongfully murdered, or at least that's what Haley's performance in the trailer gives off. This might be a major turnaround from the previous backstory of Freddy Krueger, and I don't know if that will make for a better story, of course, only time will tell, right?

The only real complaint that I have, is at the end of the trailer, when Freddy's burned face is finally shown, it certainly lacks the panache that Englund's Freddy had. He looks more like a real burn victim, rather than a devilish, disfigured man. Does this add an air of realism to the movie? I suppose so. Does realism belong in a Freddy movie? Not quite.

Now personally, I can usually tell whether or not I will want to see the movie, based on the trailer alone, so does this trailer do it for me? Yes, it does. I will go see the movie. Not by myself. Perhaps Capt. Campbell and I might go see it, or even a "Road Rage Outlaws" reunion might need to be worked out to go see it. Who knows? I might even have a date? Only time will tell. I do have until April 30th 2010 to make plans...

So until Next time, This is Forch saying... Speak Geek, and I'll see you later in the week!

Are you ready for some Foosball?

Greetings, Legionnaires!!!

Well it looks like another Superbowl has come and gone, and like the Superbowls before them, I have no interest in partaking in the Annual Football culmination for gridiron supremacy. It’s amazing how little I care about the sport of Pro-Football, but then again, it lacks the pageantry of Pro-Wrestling, so of course, I lack a certain level of interest.

While that last statement is not completely true, I do not care for the sport of professional football. I have never really cared for it, and I think that the main reason is, is that there are too many rules. That, and I never really grew up around the sport of Football. My Dad never took an interested in the game, and with the exception of the 4-Peat Superbowl losses of the Buffalo Bills, I never really took much of an interest.

Now, I hear a lot of people say that they watch the Superbowl in order to watch the millions of dollars pumped into the advertising for products that in most cases, no one has any interest for. Now I am a fan of commercials, as you can plainly see by my Youtube videos, but the fact remains that commercials are still not enough for me to watch the Superbowl.

I just don’t find football very interesting.

Even in High School. I was always told that I should have played for the Football team, and even at one point, was guaranteed a spot on the team (Due to lack of interest/players) but I refused because I always hated staying after school for any reason. (The reason? I always felt that I was being punished if I had to stay there any longer than I had to)

I imagine that I would have been much more popular in High School had I played on the football team, but let’s face facts, I lack what pros call “Athletic Ability” and as a result, I am sure that I wouldn’t have done very well. I am also sure that I would have been thrown off the team for excessive force or something like that during a game, because let’s face facts, I don’t think that a suplex is actually legal in High School Football. I am pretty sure it isn’t even legal in Pro Football.

I just find Football to be very boring, and too Rule-intensive.

But then again, there’s going to be one of my friends saying: “Football? Boring? Aren’t you the guy who watches like every Orioles game? Baseball is so bloody boring, how can you watch that?” Well I answer that by saying that it’s not just the game that does that to me, it’s the idea of Baseball.

My Grandfather (The late, Great, Rusty Chindemi) and I used to watch Baseball all the time, and it was something that I grew up admiring, so it’s been in my blood for years. I have a deep-seeded emotional link to the game, and that is why I love it so. Listen to me talk baseball, and almost every single time, I will mention Rusty somehow.

Watching baseball for me, brings me back to an emotion that can only be captured, sitting at a game with Grandpa and just talking about anything, it didn’t have to be just baseball. It’s a feeling that I try harder and harder to recapture in the 6 years since he passed.

I am sure that I would have felt the same way about Football, If it were what we watched, but it wasn’t. It was baseball, and the game itself always reminds me of the man I refer to as my second father.

Not a day goes by when I don’t think of him, and the lessons that he taught me, and he’s is just as responsible as anyone for helping shape me to the person that you see today. And a lot of the lessons that he used to teach me, were using baseball references. So whenever you hear me talk about Rusty, or Grandpa, know that I am speaking about a great man, who I would give anything just to speak to again, because he certainly was someone worth remembering.

So getting back to my original point… I really don’t care for Football.

But that’s just my opinion, what do I know?

F.M.