There's something I've been DYING to ask you. What's in the BASKET???

When I was a teenager returning from living in Holland for a year, my family made me a coming-home cake in celebration. Of course...in my case it wasn't a normal cake. It was an attempt to duplicate the figure of the parasitic siamese twin (Belial) that went on a murdering spree in the cult movie BASKET CASE after being cut off of his twin brother Duane in a bloody dining table operation and then left outside in a hefty bag for the garbageman.



The evil "twisted lump of flesh" Belial got his revenge of course, on Dr. Cutter, Dr. Needleman and Dr. Lifflander who performed the surgery. (coincidentally appropriate names for doctors since one lifted him on the table, one stuck in the needle and one did the cutting)

My father, cutting the cake while my sister Wendy watches in excitement.



We like to celebrate each christmas by watching Basket Case, reciting all the lines, and Basket Case Trivia Games.



My son has followed in the great family tradition of putting a stocking over his head and disk gloves on and popping out of a laundry basket in reenactment of the scenes (though he doesn't remember doing it because he was young and we bribed him to do it with promise of Disneyland tickets. He later threw a fit because he thought it was a rip off). I also once handmade a commemorative shrinky-dink of Belial as a family heirloom, but some irresponsible person lost it.

You too can enjoy Basket Case this holiday season with all the family with the 20 year anniversary edition of the DVD, including the documentary about the making of Basket Case!


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Nikolai Wolf:
Do you know how hard it is to make it as an indie band these days? There are SO many of us, and we're all so cute and it's like if you don't get on Letterman or some retarded soundtrack, you're screwed, okay? Satan is our only hope.

Tarantino to release new Kill Bill installment??? KB 3?

Kill Bill was the original inspiration for my book, THE MODERN AMAZONS: WARRIOR WOMEN ON-SCREEN. I actually dragged myself into the theater the day after my first cancer surgery where they cut off 2/3 of my left breast (a rather amazonian action in itself) and while still bandaged up and doped I watched Kill Bill Vol. 2. I watched the scene with Uma Thurman buried alive in a coffin and how she dug herself out of the grave and it just really hit home, considering my situation and how I was going through all kinds of horrible surgeries, chemo and radiation in order to try and live.



These several years later I have experienced a horrible surprise revisit from breast cancer in late 2008, and more surgery, and back trying to stay out of the grave again (that whole experience was documented in my other journal, TheModernAmazon.com). And now I see news that a third Kill Bill movie may be resurrected from the grave also for a new third installment.

I heard reports of this purported sequel/prequel from long ago, interviews in which Tarantino was always asked about whether he would make a volume three. He seemed interested in doing so, but maybe in different form - maybe animated, maybe something about the early life of O-Ren Ishi. But then there was also talk of making a film about the daughter of Vernita Green seeking revenge later in life, but most of all there was talk of a prequel. My guess would be a prequel. But then again I think it could well be an all out fight between the daughters, Nikki and Beebe.

Here's the news from Variety:

Tarantino wants to 'Kill Bill' again

Filmmaker announces plans for third installment

By JAMES YOUNG

Quentin Tarantino confirmed he will be making the third installment of the "Kill Bill" series on Saturday at the Morelia International Film Festival

There to promote "Inglorious Basterds"- the festival opener – the geek chic filmmaker wanted to give Uma Thurman's central character and her daughter Beebe 10 years of peace before the next bloody installment – which would push the project to 2014.

In a conference alongside "Basterd"star Eli Roth, he said that there would be one film in between, saying he was "wide open"to his next project. Tarantino added that he would like to do a "re-imagining"to a number of genres including a western or a 20s/30s "Pretty Boy Floyd"type gangster movie.

Tarantino also explained how he has more than enough material for more "Inglorious Basterds" installments saying that a future project could include a prequel or sequel.



Check out my coverage of the Kill Bill films in THE MODERN AMAZONS. I present some very unique and insightful views that you probably haven't considered before.

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Love Thy Surrogate Self? | h+ Magazine

I saw the film SURROGATES last night and will soon offer up my own review. In the meantime, let's start with an interview from the author, and his intentions. h+ magazine (which has a fall issue now on newstands, so go grab a copy my fellow transhumanists) has featured an interview with author Robert Venditti and a Flesh and Bones review of the movie version. Click the link below to check out.

Love Thy Surrogate Self? | h+ Magazine

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