HOLY SHIT

ALRIGHT SO CHECK THIS OUT

i've got an idea for my first screenplay.

we were talking about actor duos unlikely to appear onscreen together and someone said that daniel craig and jason statham will never be in a movie because they're too similar but think about this movie idea.

it stars daniel craig...and jason statham
in
TANGO AND CASH

think about it. you wouldn't really have to change the plot much; just set it in the UK and you're golden. 2 top chief inspectors on the city of london police force can't stand each other, but they've both been set up and have to work together 

to clear their name as well as exact justice on the crime syndicate that's framed them for murder. 

daniel craig (AKA james bond #5, duh) would be perfect as the slick, refined-yet-badass ray tango. and naturally the reckless, rough-and-tumble gabriel cash would be played by jason statham (AKA mr. fuck-a-woman-in-the-middle-of-a-huge-crowd-in-chinatown-because-i-need-adrenaline-to-stay-alive). dudes wouldn't even really need to get into character; they could just reprise their roles from casino royale/quantum of solace and crank/transporter 1/2/3, respectively.

cast keeley hazell as katherine "kiki" tango--teri hatcher's former role--and you've got yourself a real winner.

check out my re-imagning of this scene:

COP 1:
we've checked the whole lorry, arsehole--there's nothin in it! and you're out of your neighborhood, big city chap! i want your badge, i want your weapon, i want your ARSE! who the fuck do you think you are???

COP 2: 
[scoffs] 'e thinks 'e's james bond.

TANGO:
james bond...is a pussy. 
[tango shoots tanker truck, cocaine pours out the side]

TANGO:
whattya know. it's snowing.
[tastes cocaine]

TANGO:
anyone wanna get high?

END FUCKING SCENE.

man i swear. if they can make a reboot of the fast and the furious then they can sure as HELL reboot tango and cash. 

anyway. you heard it here first.

weekend update

it's monday. welcome to work. i won the office pool.

the bet was how much dark knight would make on opening weekend. it was a dollar per bet to buy in. "the price is right" rules (highest without going over) were in full effect and i took it with my bet of 105 million. i made 11 dollars, so it looks like i'll be seeing the movie for free, if people actually PAY UP.

went to a mariners game on friday. gorged on free hot dogs, which was awesome. i also paid $8.50 for a red hook, which was NOT awesome. i tried to hold out til we got home, but i just felt weird about being at a baseball game and not drinking beer.

i recorded with blue, pig on saturday and sunday. i'm of the mind that we should only ever "record" and not "practice" as we had many a hot cut (might have been the booze though). thinking i might throw some mp3's up here once we get everything mixed properly.

saturday night (after a screening of Ghostbusters at the fremont outdoor theater) emily and i caught the first part of sigur rós's 2007 documentary "Heima." from the Heima website:

The culmination of more than a year spent promoting their hugely successful ‘Takk…’ album around the world, the Icelandic tour was free to all-comers and went largely unannounced. Playing in deserted fish factories, outsider art follies, far-flung community halls, sylvan fields, darkened caves and the hoofprint of Odin’s horse, Sleipnir*, the band reached an entirely new spectrum of the Icelandic population; young and old, ardent and merely quizzical, entirely by word-of-mouth.

the film is beautifully shot, interspersing shots of the icelandic landscape with live performances of songs from their first four albums. here's a clip of one of my favorite parts of the film, a performance of Ágætis Byrjun:

Heima is a pleasure to watch and i'm strongly considering purchasing it for my dvd collection.

starting to flesh out plans for an upcoming trip to san francisco in august; i'll be down there for a couple days. i'd appreciate any tips on cool places to see and visit. in particular i'd be way into any recommendations for bomb-ass restaurants that i need to eat at before i leave the city.

[10:11] tomw: oh man, i ate at this sushi place, where the food was delivered on wooden boats on a stream right in front of you

that's EXACTLY the kind of thing i'm looking for.