Sweep the Leg
They say a picture is worth a thousand words
So how many words is a video worth?
I have been accused of neglgecting the blog, so here’s a little love:
It seems like the media today is obsessed with taking my childhood. recreating bits and pieces of it, and making more money off of it. Battlestar Galactica, Transformers the Movie, Batman Rebooted, Return to Xanadu – Electric Booglau, and Saul of the Mole Men. I’m not saying this is bad (in fact, I kind of like Saul of the Mole Men), but its kinda like this wierd sense of Deja-Vu. (anyone else notice this?)
I recently came across a video by a band called “No More Kings” called Sweep The Leg, which reminds me once again of my childhood.
This time, it’s directed by the guy who was “Johnny” in the Karate Kid movies. It shows the actor who played Johnny and the actors who played the goons all hanging out in a trailer park, whatching the Karate Kid over and over. Eventually you get to see what could have happened. Its a bit slow at the beginning, but it is worth it.
Probably my favorite line: I was super hero, king of 1985, I showed No Mercy, I was always Cobra Kai
Heh. I’m not much of a fan of the music, but I like the concept.
Still, I have to admit that this entire series of Hollywood remakes, reinventions, retreads, and sequels is really making it hard for me to go watch any movies without breaking my “no sequels, no remakes” rule-of-thumb, which I already know that I’m going to violate with “Spider-Man 3” and “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”.
Alongside the ones you and I noted above, this spring and summer count among their refried fare: TMNT, Disturbia (Rear Window), 28 Weeks Later…, Shrek the Third, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Ocean’s Thirteen, Hostel: Part II, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Evan Almighty, Rescue Dawn, Hairspray, The Simpsons Movie, Underdog, The Bourne Ultimatum, Rush Hour 3, Daddy Day Camp, Bratz: The Movie, Mr. Bean’s Holiday, Resident Evil: Extinction.
And those are just the ones that I could figure out on a quick perusal. Among those, I think the one that annoys me the most is “Hairspray”. It’s taking the same route as “The Producers” – film to Broadway musical to film again, and it’s sheer laziness.
You know.. Some of those may be good 😉
Resdient Evil,
Ok, most of them are going to probably suck.
That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen . . .
..by far the most cool and entertaining video I have seen in YEARS! I had to turn it off and watch it later cause i was laughing too hard at work. Why isn’t this all over MTV?