Pre Screening Poo bah!

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I read another poor review of a "pre-screening" of Public Enemies and basically ignored the reviewer. More in that in a few sentences.

We watched a movie called "Next" with Nicholas Cage, Jessica Biel and Julianne Moore , excellent movie - It's about a Las Vegas magician who can see into HIS future by 2 minutes and is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.

Anyway we were watching the extras and the director talked about how in the pre-screenings the character development between Cage and Biel was lacking. Even though it was an action movie they had to add some content to make the movie well rounded.

This is what is happening with Public Enemies I believe. They have the basic film but are now testing to see what needs tweaking, what is playing long and what is being missed. I have to think that directors are SO into the details that they have a hard time seeing the whole picture. They need to step back, let others view things and they enhance and tweak.

NORMALLY people do not see this process, we are clueless but being good ol' Public Enemies Fanatics we hinge on ANYTHING about the movie. (including the fact that Universal ruined a highway (Forbes) . . . .along with an antique stop light.)

These are the final two paragraphs of the article - it's fun to see articles where people don't have a CLUE where Columbus is. Basically the Associate Press wrote the piece and you will see the same words everywhere.

Columbus was the first Wisconsin filming site for the Depp movie, scheduled for a July 2 release. The small city 70 miles northwest of Milwaukee stood in for Crown Point, Ind., and Green Castle, Ind., key locations in the film that depicts Dillinger's crime spree in the 1930s.

Vintage cars took over the streets of Columbus for a week during filming. "Public Enemies" tells the story not only of Dillinger, but of the rise of the modern-day FBI, which was transformed in the hunt for Dillinger and other criminals.

A bit of odd news I must have head at one time was that Instead of Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio was slated to play Dillinger. Did I know that? I must have!

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Walgreen's. hmmmmmm . . . I'm a bit confused.

Last week I received an email telling me my Accounts Payable Vendor number was set up. This was a good thing. Perhaps the "paying" process was getting underway.

A couple days later I get a letter in the mail. Is it a check????? I open it and what do I read? It's more papers to fill out as the are asking me if I'm a bioterrorist. Answer the questions correctly and I can go free. Do I use my own car to deliver my postcards? Are they edible?

OK - I sign zee papers and I stop into Walgereens and notice they have 7 cards left. 5 days earlier they had about 50. I ask to see a manager to see if they want more and am told "Not at this time". What? You have sold 300 postcards in 3 weeks but "Not at this time". Fair enough! What can ya do. No biggie!
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We had Thanksgiving Saturday! BEAT YA!!! HA HA!!!

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Sean's West Coast Blaster was a hit with the Home Brew crowd. They all loved it. Everytime a person took his first sip I would hear "Wow, THAT is good". So I have a six pack for Left Hand Louie and of course Sean. It's not really an IPA as it's too dark but it's a very hoppy and balanced "brown amber".

Yesterday I brewed "Andy's 12 Stroke IPA". Talk about hops!!! I had a First Wort Hop addition which adds hops PRE Boil. Then it was a pretty continuous hop addition for the next 60 minutes and I'll dry hop it in a few days. I think 3.5 oz's of Amarillo and Centennial hops all told.
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I'm out of words - weird.

Rod