everybody knows I’m a huge fan of takeru kobayashi and his dominance in the arena of competitive eating.
so then everybody would know what a sad day it is, not just for me but for the world of competitive eating, that it’s looking unlikely he’ll be able to continue to compete.
on saturday night we caught the screening of hard boiled as part of the new york asian film festival. as it’s a classic piece of asian cinema the show was sold out and I anticipated a big crowd… but goddamn, we got there 50 minutes before showtime and there already was a pretty big line. by the time they started letting people in we were around the half way mark.
so sunday rolled around and I was extra psyched for I’m a cyborg but that’s ok. this one sold out even faster than hard boiled, fueled by the star power of rain in the starring role. fearing what happened the previous night for hard boiled I got to the theater close to an hour before showtime.
turned out that even though the cyborg tickets sold out faster, the fans who snatched them up weren’t as hardcore as chow yun fat fans. I was seriously like the fourth in line.
I felt like such a loser. a loser with Really Fucking Good Seats, but still.
it’s june! you know what this means… if you said new york asian film festival then you are absolutely correct.
I have my eye on about 10 films this year. I’ll post comments for each one as I see them. there are a few I’m a little too looking forward to, which means they’ll let me down.
this year most of the screenings are going to be at the ifc center, which is great for the festival because it’s tons more accessible than the previous locations.
if you’re in the area you really, really ought to see some of these films.
there was a time in recent months that I was bonkers over programming on bravo but lately they’ve been leaving me kinda cold.
well, move over bravo because here comes the discovery channel. I’ve been going nuts over some of their shows, namely the deadliest catch and man vs wild. if you’ve seen those shows you know what I’m talking about… if not, well, that’s why I put those links up!
my buddy dave summed it up best (describing deadliest catch): dude, that is some rough shit
I rest my case.
I cannot stop watching this. Super Mario Brothers Frustration.
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