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Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The

Posted by davidperkins1981 on 16th März 2010

Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1994)

IMDB rating: 2.60

Plot: A group of prom-going teens take a fatal detour into the Texas woods and get into an accidental car crash. Stranded with no place to go, they seek help in Darla, a seemingly innocent insurance agent whose office is located near by. After Darla calls for help, they set out back to the scene of the crash, and are found and terrorized by Leatherface, his crazy brother, Vilmer, and are taken to an old farmhouse where they meet the rest of the cannibalistic clan.

Directors: Henkel Kim

Actors: McConaughey Matthew,Jacks Robert,Stevens Joe,Harrison John,Cone Tyler,Gale James,Kilgore Chris,Brock Vince,Laurence David,Schirmacher Grayson Victor,Comedy,Horror,

what's your favorite old horror movie?
Mine favorites :

1920’s
Phantom of the opera (Lon Chaney)
Nosferatu
The cat and the canary

1930’s
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
Dracula
The Mummy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (With Fredrick March. The best version every made in my opinion.)
The Invisible Man
White Zombie (Bela Lugosi)

1940’s
The Wolf Man
Phantom of the opera (The remake with Claude Rains)
The Cat People
Curse of the cat people

1950’s
The Blob
The Fly
Return of the Fly
Plan 9 from outer space (Ed Wood)
House on Haunted Hill
The Giant Gila Monster
The Thing from another world
The Tingler
House of wax

1960’s
13 Ghosts
Barbara Steele movies ( Black Sunday / Nightmare Castle / She Beast / Castle of Blood )
Little shop of horrors
Bucket of blood
Bloody pit of horror
Horror Hotel
Carnival of souls
Night of the living dead
The Raven (vincent price / peter lorre / boris karloff / jack nicholson)
The Terror (boris karloff and jack nicholson)
Pit and the pendulum (vincent price)
House of user
Last Man on Earth
Black Sabbath (Boris Karloff)
Tormented
Screaming Skull
Dementia 13
The Birds
Psycho
Rosemary’s Baby

1970’s
Jaws
Jaws 2
Amityville Horror
The Exorcist
The Omen
Carrie
Dawn of the Dead
Zombie
Texas chainsaw massacre
Halloween
Tales from the Crypt
Black Christmas

1980’s
Return of the Living Dead ( parts 1 and 2 )
Friday the 13th (parts 1 – 8)
Halloween 2
Halloween 3 : season of the witch
The Fog
Creepshow
Nightmare on Elm Street
Child’s Play
Pet Sematary
Christine
Night of the Creeps

1990’s
Child’s Play 2
Child’s Play 3
Pet Sematary Two
Scream

2000’s
Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers 2
Valentine
2000’s
The Ring
1980’s
The Shining
1950’s
Ivasion of the Body Snatchers
The Hammer Films (50’s / 60’s)


This is a great list you have. You missed two in the 2000s though: REC. That French Film was remade into the inferior Quarantine. I think that’s the best horror film recently. Then you have Ringu. :D

All time favorite of mine is The Omen, but more because of the acting and the film-making than the effect of actually being scared.

wretched | May 02, 2009


pet cemetary and nightmare on elm st
Badly add!cted <—— | May 02, 2009


ALL the Hammer House of Horror Films
Tia T | May 02, 2009

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Bound

Posted by davidperkins1981 on 24th Februar 2010

Bound
Bound (1994)

IMDB rating: 7.40

Plot: Corky, a lesbian ex con hired to work in an apartment as a plumber, meets neighbors Caesar, who launders money for the Mafia, and his girlfriend Violet. The two women have a love affair and decide to steal $2,000,000 that Caesar has in custody before he gives them back to Mafia boss Gino Marzone. Caesar is set up by the two scheming women as a scapegoat but things start to go wrong when he reacts in an unexpected way…

Directors: Wachowski Larry, Wachowski Andy

Actors: Kivel Barry,Ryan John P.,Sarafian Richard C.,Pantoliano Joe,Meloni Christopher,Spellos Peter,Kane Ivan,Richardson Kevin Michael,Borkan Gene,Crime,Drama,Thriller,

How is tRNA able to differentiate on what amino acid to bind to? and where do the amino acids come from?
I understand that specific codons on mRNA code for specific tRNAs which essentially code for specific amino acids. My question is, how is the sequence of the 3′ end of the tRNA able to differentiate between the 20 amino acids? Or in other words how is tRNA able to bind to it’s respective amino acid with such specificity despite the small difference in the physical structure of its nucleotide sequence between other codons? Does it deal with molecular weight, charge of the tRNA, physical conformation?

I read into aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase as a coupling enzyme that aids in the amino acid recognition process and binding and that there are 20 of these types of enzymes for each corresponding amino acid; however, the same question would apply here again. How does the codon specify for specific amino acids, despite little physical differences between nucleotide sequences of the other codons?

Also, where are all these amino acids coming from? Are they free-floating in the ribosome? Or is there a repository for amino acids or are they synthesized in the ribosome itself?

Thank you
Fred, I see what you are saying about how the bonding in thermodynamically favorable so that answers that portion of the question. However, my question dealt more with the specifity of the codons for amino acid.


Each amino acid is coded by 3 bases, you can find out what they are but I dont know them. So your mRNA is laid out and you have a series of triplets of bases which each mean a specific amino acid as well as a bit which means stop coding here. Your amino acids (which for humans we get from the proteins we eat) are each attached to a triplet of RNA, in this case tRNA and the triplet is the "opposite" of the code for say proline. They will then arrange themselves onto the mRNA simply because it is thermodynamically favorable to satisfy the possible h-bonds to be made and then the protein is built piece by piece. From this chemical perspective it is then also very easy to see that mutations in gene tic replication are quite easy and happen often since a hydrogen bond is only worth about 15kcal/mol.
Fred | Feb 07, 2010

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How the West Was Fun

Posted by davidperkins1981 on 22nd Februar 2010

How the West Was Fun
How the West Was Fun (1994)

IMDB rating: 3.20

Plot: Twins Suzy and Jessica visit granny Natty’s dude ranch in the Wild West. The ranch has too few paying visitors and granny may have to sell the ranch to evil developer Bart unless “somebody” can help her. The twins also find the diary of their deceased mother

i download here this movie online How the West Was Fun and download

Directors: Margolin Stuart

Actors: Mull Martin,Cassidy Patrick,Cardinal Ben,Pownall Leon,Tritter Wes,Johnston Shaun,Libman Daniel,Family,Western,

Is it normal for a 14 year old to be this attached to his father?
I know this very nice african family that just moved into our neighborhood about 3 months ago from West Africa. It is just the father and the son, the boy is his only child and the mother died about 10 months ago. I have became friends with his father and made them feel welcome comfortable here and I even volunteered to drop his son off at the school every morning since since I have to head that way ever morning for me to go to work his father has to leave for work the opposite way and he doesn’t have time to do so. This morning when I went to knock on his door to pick him up so we could take off he had his backpack on and everything getting ready to walk out the door and then his dad just walked up and kissed him smack on the lips for about 4 seconds then headed out for his car. And his son just took it like it was no big.
I noticed that him and his son are very close because they are always kissing like this before they leave and start their day. And last week I just finished babysitting his son for nearly two weeks straight because his father had to fly across the country to New York regarding something that was required in his job. That day when he came over to my house to pick his son up he told me about it and said that he wanted to bring his son with him but he didn’t want him missing any school. So I said that I wouldn’t mind taking his son in and watch him for that week that he was going to be gone for, because I’ve got two other empty bedrooms, no kids and my husband and I aren’t together anymore so there’s plenty of room for his son to stay. I could tell his son really wanted to go with him too because when we were talking about it he didn’t say much. He had to leave on a Friday morning so he dropped his son off at my house at 5 in the morning because he had to be at the airport by 8. I’ve never seen a father and son so close in my life. When he dropped his son over to my house that morning we talked for about 15 minutes or so, and he told me that he didn’t want his son out of sight, he didn’t want him walking about in any stores alone, or going outside to play during the night. He is very protective of his son.
Before he left he pulled his son close to his chest, they hugged each other tight and kissed on the lips a few times. He told his son that he loved him and for him to do all of his school work. I had to help him get his son to stop hugging him because he had wrapped his arms around his fathers neck and wouldn’t let go. I literally had to hold his son down just so his father could walk out the door. He told me he will be back in a week and they he would give me money for watching him, but I refused and said I was just happy to be doing it for free as we are friends now. Then he drove on down to the airport.
Well late that afternoon when I picked his son up from school he got into my car looking upset and I could tell by his eyes all red and watery, that he had been crying at school. I asked him what was wrong, and he said that he didn’t want his father to go and that he had never had been away from his father as long as a week. I told him it he’d be fine and that we would have alot of fun, and that 7 days would go by so fast before his eyes. Well I guess I was wrong.
When I got home I cooked him something to eat, but he just kept staring into the distance as if he didn’t have an appetite. I fixed up one of the spare rooms for him and I had already had some board games out that I had planned to play with him with, but right when I finished fixing him a room up he just went straight to bed.
The next morning it was Saturday and he had asked to call his dad. He didn’t have a cellphone so I let him use the house phone. I listenend to his conversation the whole time while I was in the kitchen cooking breakfeast and all I’ve heard him do was complain and whine about how he missed him and wanted him to come back. And his father wasn’t even gone for 2 days yet!
So that day I tried to make him feel more comfortable with his father being gone, so I told him I’d take him out and around town (money wise). I can tell that his father is working hard struggling with his job and trying to make money to pay his bills because he tells me he isin’t being treated the best at work, and he is being paid very low for the type of work that he does, so him flying out of California to Newyork had to be something big for him to get a better position in his work. His father can’t afford to go out and buy him all these name brand clothes, and the boy only has 2 or 3 outfits and the rest was just his traditional African clothing and he only had a pair of sandals.
So that day I took his son out all around town and to the mall to get him some clothes and shoes to wear. He didn’t even have a coat and it was pouring down raining, his father left him his coat for him to wear but it was way too big on him. So I took him out and tried to find him one of those too. I was having fun taking him around town and picking ou
I was having fun taking him around town and picking out things for him to try on, but he just looked as if he was miserable. There was so much of nice clothes in his size too, he is very slim and he’s really tiny only about 5′1, so it wasn’t hard to find clothes in his size. But he wasn’t even interested in the clothes! I was the one going through clothing racks in the boy’s section and picking stuff out for him and he just stood there looking sad as if he didn’t want to be there. I literally bought him a new wardrobe that day.
Then when we got home that night his father called and told me that he had to stay for an extended time for about 6 more days which means he wouldn’t get back until 12 more days. He asked to speak to his son about it, and right when his son got on the phone and he told him he had to stay for 6 more days, His son started to burst into tears and he was crying so bad to the point that the snought just came pouring out of his nose. I didn’t know what else he was cr
I didn’t know what else he was crying about because he stopped talking in english and started to speak in some other african language. I took the phone back from him and his father said to tell his son that he will call him back Monday afternoon because he would be very busy all Sunday. So I told his son.
Then when Sunday came I couldn’t get the boy out of bed to eat break feast. He just layed under the blankets with his face in the pillow and said he felt ill. I have a Wii and an X box 360 but he wounldn’t even come out to play on that. He just layed there the whole day tying knots in a scarf or whatever he was doing.
When it was Monday afternoon he waited for his dad to call him back as promised, he waited all the way until it was night, and he still didn’t get a phone call. I walked in the room that night and he was under the blankets crying his heart out again. I told him that his father didn’t forget about him and that he must just be really busy again. He said that he was afrai
He said that he was afraid that something might have happened to his father and that he may be hurt. He said that his father always tucks him into bed at night, or sometimes he sleeps in the bed with his father and he cuddles him to sleep. So I tucked him in that night but I could tell that he still wished his father was there to tuck him in.
I know his father told me that he and his mother used to do alot of things togehter. She taught him how to cook, and I’ve tried his cooking before and it tastes wonderful. He cooks for his father all the time when he gets home from work.
Well the rest of the 9 days that his son was with me he was still sad and waiting imapatiently for his father to get home. The only time his son was happy was when the night that his father was supposed to arrive. He was sitting and waiting by the door the whole night, and once he heard that first knock he jumped up and opened it and he nearly jumped into his father’s arms. His father was holding the side of his
His father was holding the side of his head against his chest just hugging him and kissing him on his forehead, a few times on his lips and just rocking side to side with him still hugging him. His son started to cry again into his fathers chest as If he was releasing all the tension of being away from him.
I don’t understand because the boy was only with me for about 13 days and and I’ve been nothing but caring to him! All those clothes I bought him and video games that I tried to get him to play that he wouldn’t touch. His father had actually come home 4 days earlier just so he could be with his son and so his son could be happy again. His father thanked me he tried to pay me, but I said ”No it’s okay.” just to be nice then he just walked home with his arm around his son. I wasn’t shocked to hear when I asked his son how he felt when his father was back and he told me he felt better because he had slept in his fathers bed with him that night, and fell asleep in his arms. He says t
He says that makes him feel safe.
Do you think maybe I should talk to his father about and ask him why he’s so depressed when he is away from his? I think he needs to see some kind of psyciatrist or counsiler because I don’t think it is normal for a 14 yearold to be this attached to his father with all the crying, hugging and kissing. That usually stops at age 6 it doesn’t go on when you’re 14.
Do you think I should mention something to his father?


OK. Listen here, this boy’s mother died 10 months ago in AFRICA. Are you smart enough to put two things together???

I bet something REALLY bad happened down there and it may have traumatized him. If not, he lost his MOM less then a year ago. He probably feels very alone without his father and is scared that something will happen to him and that he’ll be all alone in the world.
Rachel B | Feb 06, 2010


Good gawd, who are you? Some kind of CIA spook? Why are you cataloguing this much about their situation? I didn’t even read it all but I’m more creeped out by *you* than by the boy or his father. They are from a different culture. It’s not abusive and beyond that it’s not your business. Let it go.
Army Cop | Feb 06, 2010


i think you just need to mind your own business.
branden n | Feb 06, 2010


Long novel
Molli | Feb 06, 2010


I agree with being more creeped out by you. Our customs and culture is not the same as the rest of the world, including Africa. Maybe the kid’s still in pain from his mother’s death and feels scared to leave his father for so long. Sheesh
Victoria | Feb 06, 2010


I wouldn’t say it’s normal but who knows what the kid’s been through. By the way, you are a very good person to care so much for your neighbors.
Mister Sensitive | Feb 06, 2010


Okay, his mom died 10 months ago in Africa…….. he must be really close to his dad now because he only has him left. Something must have happened to make them move. Something really bad. He only has his dad left, and while his dad was away, what do you think was going through his mind? That he’d never see him again.. especially the night he didn’t call. I bet his mom died on a trip or something.

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Angels in the Outfield

Posted by davidperkins1981 on 9th Februar 2010

Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield (1994)

IMDB rating: 5.40

Plot: The California Angels are currently the worst team in their division. It seems that the players have a little trouble with their teamwork. Manager George Knox would like nothing better than to dump all of them, which the owner says is impossible. Roger is a boy whose mother died and is currently living in a foster home. His father feels that it would probably be in Roger’s best interest if he becomes a ward of the state. But Roger would rather that he and his father get back together, and when he asks his father if that is possible; his father’s reply is “when the Angels win the pennant”. Roger then prays and asks if they could help the team. When Roger goes to a game, he sees some Angels come down from the sky and they help the players make some astounding catches and hits. When Roger tells Mr. Knox about it, Mr. Knox decides to keep him at every game, and it seems that Mr. Knox’s faith is put to the test cause it seems that the angel are going to help if uses his worst players, but it seems to be working.

Directors: Dear William

Actors: Glover Danny,Danza Tony,Lloyd Christopher,Johnson Ben,Sanders Jay O.,Gordon-Levitt Joseph,Davis Jr. Milton,Negron Taylor,Longo Tony,McDonough Neal,Jackson Stoney,Brody Adrien,Conlon Tim,McConaughey Matthew,Comedy,Family,Fantasy,Sport,

How are the outfield seats at Angel Stadium?
Are they good, decent, or what?

I’m sitting there so I want to know if they are good or not.


Well they’re green…
That’s all I know.
Kido (LA Angels 35-29) | Jun 19, 2009


you ought to stay off the field during the game. Sit in the seats in the grandstands….not in the outfield. It can get dangerous there…. especially with the "out’fielders the Angels have. Are they all "out" or are some still in the closet ?
Tim | Jun 20, 2009

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