Entries by Rob Dean (454)
The Game
Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 12:30PM Double Dip Demands is a column in which I propose films that deserve a re-release on DVD/Blu-Ray with more special features, better transfers and other nerdy bits. Some of the films have no DVDs out there for Region 1 viewers, and some of them have a really crappy version that's bare bones or poorly put together. Who speaks for these films? I do.
The Film: The Game (1997)
Cast & Crew: David Fincher (dir.), John D. Brancato & Michael Ferris (writers), Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn.
Plot Synopsis (from IMDB) : Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life.
Is It Out on DVD currently? Yes - but with no extras. There was a laserdisc edition that had many special features and there continue to be rumors of a Criterion Collection edition coming out at some point.
Why Does it Deserve Special Features? The Game is the only film in Fincher's canon that has never received a proper DVD. Panic Room, Fight Club, Benjamin Button - hell, even Alien3 have all been repackaged with great special features, which lends credence that Fincher is a filmmaker deserving of such examination. Add on to that that this film dealt with Augmented Reality Games (ARG) before most people even knew what they were, and it seems like it's a movie well worth delving into.
What Should be On the Disc?
Verbiage - May 24, 2011
Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:00AM Today's word of the day: Pervade
1645–55; < Latin pervādere to pass through, equivalent to per- per- + vādere to go, walk
Morning, Awkwardness - May 24, 2011
Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 9:30AM Check out this amazing short film - Blood On My Name by Whitestone Motion Pictures:
Blood On My Name from Whitestone Motion Pictures on Vimeo.
I've become obsessed with the titular song in this short film. You can download the entire soundtrack for free right here.
Zelda Convention - May 23, 2011
Rob Dean On Monday, May 23, 2011 at 4:59PM 
I'm just tryna change the color of your mood ring...
Quotent Quotables - May 23, 2011
Rob Dean On Monday, May 23, 2011 at 3:30PM Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
- Wislawa Szymborska
New "After Hours" Examines Sex w/Vampires
Rob Dean On Monday, May 23, 2011 at 12:30PM I love cracked.com's After Hours. I think it's some of the most brilliant and hilarious pop culture dissection ever made - stacking it alongside AV Club and any Tarantino says in a coke-fueled diatribe. The latest installment involves sex, vampires and sex with vampires. Enjoy!
Why Everyone Wants to Have Sex with Vampires -- powered by Cracked.com
Verbiage - May 23, 2011
Rob Dean On Monday, May 23, 2011 at 11:00AM Today's word of the day is: Renaissance
[ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns, ren-uh-sahns, -zahns, -sahns; especially Brit. ri-ney-suh
ns]
- the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
- the forms and treatments in art used during this period.
- ( sometimes lowercase ) any similar revival in the world of art and learning.
- ( lowercase ) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance.
Morning, Awkwardness - May 23, 2011
Rob Dean On Monday, May 23, 2011 at 9:30AM We're back, bitches.
"My Leather, My Fur, My Nails" by Stepdad. Buy their album here (name your price)!
Resurrection Imminent
Rob Dean On Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:23PM
Stay Tuned, True Believers!
The Day Approaches, All in Accordance with the Prophecy
Rob Dean On Monday, May 2, 2011 at 8:50AM Monkey's Got a Message for All Y'all....
Rob Dean On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 9:42AM
It draws nearer....
Something's Coming.....
Rob Dean On Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 8:57PM Monkey's Gone to Hiatus
Rob Dean On Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 10:36AM Hey Everyone -
the site will be goin on hiatus until the first week of June. We'll be back with new contributors, new features and maybe some other surprises. See you all then!
Quotent Quotables - April 27, 2010
Rob Dean On Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 3:45PM The better you look the more you see.