The Dog Days of Public Enemies

When I started this blog 247 days ago I had no idea what was going to happen. All I wanted was a place for the people of Columbus to know what was happening with the movie.

I contacted our Mayor who put me in touch with Todd Frey but being a "nobody" with a blog I didn't really get much attention. I depended on you guys and copying stuff I read in other towns newspapers. Well as you all know 14 days later I had 9,400 hits on my tiny blog.


ANYWAY - you all know that. Things calmed down for a while. Ramped up again when I was on the set in Oshkosh, calmed down and the final big fling was the final scenes in Columbus where the blog was once again in the upper 4000's in hits per day.

Universal went to Indiana and news out of there was sparse and I felt the end was near. Once filming was finished the gang took off to California where we had one last flirt as the PEC gang were able to get on the set at that race course.

And then the darkness came. No news, no new photos, no cool stories. We were/are in the middle of darkness.

anonymous said... "Your blog has become boring. NO wonder you chose to spice it up with a lie".

Well - not that I have to defend myself but I THINK if I say I'm making stuff up and THEN say an . . . off truth. I don't think you can call it a lie.

BUT wait!!! I see a tiny speck of light?

Another anonymous who I know knows a lot about movies and still reads the blog commented that he predicts the Public Enemies trailer will be the first week of December. His reasoning is as follows.

"based on Michael Mann's last big summer pic "Miami Vice" he had a trailer in first week of December 2005 for July 2006 release date.

Also Universal have Frost/Nixon opening 5 Dec which is R-rated and so could be a rating compatible movie to show the Public Enemies trailer with."

He stresses he has no inside information and is just basing it on movie knowledge of which I have to think is extensive.

I have to say that the first time I see the trailer it will be surreal and DJ and I will watch it a few hundred times!
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Speaking of trailers - A movie I am REALLY looking forward to is

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which comes out Christmas.


It's a 150mil production and took about 150 days to film. Most of it was shot in New Orleans in late 2006. Teh cool thing is that to age Bred Pitt realistically they used a system created by Apple called "Contour". There is an article in the NY Times about this called Camera System Creates Sophisticated 3-D Effects. I love technology.

It was SUPPOSE to be release in May 2008 but was pushed back to the last week of November and now Christmas. Not sure why the delay?
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For some reason all my TV shows were not on last night. Some sort of election. HOWEVER - I do have the Amazing Race standings which I keep forgetting about.

Jenny and Mark were the weekly winners and only received 1 point (remember, less is best). While Colette, Andy and Rod all received 4 points.

Rod and Colette have two of their top three off the board and just like John McCain once Ohio was flipped Blue . . . .it will be a tough road from here on out.

Standings

Jenny 10 points
Mark 12
Colette 13
DJ 13
Andy 16
Rod 16
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New beer label.

This is from the hops Sean was kind enough to toss my way.

Sean - if you happen to get to Sharrow Drugs, Meg's is thinking about growing hops. Might want to mention that you grow hops. Maybe I'll have to look into hops to save some money in my beer adventures.

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I was reading the election stuff in the paper today and turn the page and in bold headlines.

GREAT WOLF NAME LEADER

WOW - what a coincidence. One of the groups in the animal kingdom has elected their leader just like we did. I guess the real surprise was that somebody was able to report on it.

It's right there on page A8 of the Wisconsin State Journal.
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I had all sorts of syrupy stuff to say about how I believe this is one of the greatest days in American History. Not because of WHO was elected but because he was an African American.

Did you know America is the only Country in the world that is based on an idea? The idea that all men are created equal and free. The problem is that it is nice in theory but in practice it's been hard. I believe we took one very large step forward and all of those aliens that watch us have to be impressed (I watched a show about UFO's in case you are wondering).

Speaking of aliens. You all know how Americans are gaining weight? It's been called a Weight Epidemic!!! Yea - you know who is causing THAT don't you???

Just another reason to get in shape!!!!!

Rod