May 12, 2008
You'd think that a degenerate punk rocker like myself would be thrilled to the gills about "What We Do Is Secret," a new film about the rise and disintegration of west coast noise auteuers The Germs. Under normal curcumstances, you'd probably be right-- but after seeing this clunker of a trailer, my enthusiasm has quickly waned:
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][2]From the trailer, is seems the producers have opted for touchy-feeliness over blatant nihilism, which is already going to ostracize the core audience of Darby-ites, who are a notoriously self-destructive lot. Until I actually see the film, I can't really say whether or not the story has been sanitized for the Hollywood Theaters crowd... but I'll be more than a little surprised if they actually portray him as a queer junkie with bad teeth and a fetish for rotten food. At best, it'll be the new "Sid and Nancy." At worst, it'll be "Walk the Line" for degenerate punks. Either way, I'm looking forward to seeing more big budget rockumentaries starring Tiger Beat's hunk-of-the-moment... Dare I dream of Ryan Reynolds as GG Allin or Ashton Kutcher as El Duce? My heart is already a-flutterin'...[
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Carmenilla (anonymous) says...
Lindsey Lohan as Wendy O. Williams? How 'bout Christina Ricci as Siouxsie Sioux? Oh, the humanity!Actually, I might pay to see Ryan Reynolds as G.G. Allin take a crack whore's turd in his mouth.
May 12, 2008 at 2:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
alm77 (anonymous) says...
Rob, what was your take on 24 Hour Party People? I loved that movie, but I'm not into punk, . Maybe that would have been a better style for The Germs as well?
May 12, 2008 at 3:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
OtherJoel (anonymous) says...
The guy they cast as Pat Smear kind of works.
May 12, 2008 at 6:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
edie_ (anonymous) says...
The trailer appears to have some guy producing their record who isn't JOAN JETT, the actual producer of the record.
May 12, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
matt (Matt Armstrong) says...
Oh no! Bijou Phillips! She's not allowed to be in good movies! Poop.
May 13, 2008 at 12:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
scary_manilow (anonymous) says...
Carmenilla: Reynolds is currently scheduled to appear in Scarlett Johannsen's vagina, which I'm pretty sure is similar to taking a crack whore's turd in the mouth.alm77:I'm thinking it should be a style more like Lovedolls Superstar, or maybe even Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains!Otherjoel: He looks the part, but isn't nearly fey enough to be Pat Smear.Edie: I wonder if they'll change the lyrics in "Shut Down" so that Joan's name is replaced with whatever composite character they've cast in her place?matt: I know. I try very hard to disavow any knowledge of her existence.
May 13, 2008 at 3:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
monkeywrench (Tim vonHolten) says...
right on all counts, rob. looks like utter crap. that is to say, not like utter crap. i hope it's loaded with voiceovers by fred savage.
May 13, 2008 at 4:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
alm77 (anonymous) says...
Oh, great. Now I've two more movies to add to my summer list.... ;) Thanks for expanding the horizons of my "culturedness"
May 14, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )