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Boy oh boy, talk about a Tinselturd losing it hey, this guy is exactly what goes on elsewhere in this horrible industry as well. Because of the profanity I won't post it here, but here is the youtube link to hear exactly what a typical Tinselturd sounds like,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLXVuy0h29c

and yes, I have faced down a few aholes like this. They honestly aren't as bad as they like you to think they are when they start speaking tinselese as Christian has done. See, these jerkwads in the entertainment business don't respect people who are supporting the production, in fact they like to glare down at them, spit on them and stomp on them, hence why unions have to exist along with attorneys. Unfortunately the production assistant has to remain subserviant to this foulmouthed jerkwad, otherwise the bigger Tinselturd schmucks who can't make half an honest film these days, won't let the production assistant find work.

I say screw em all, let everyone of these putzes get treated like this and see what they feel like. There is no place for this in any work place, and it wreaks of just how bad tinselese can be wielded upon the hapless in times of mistaken moments.

Hopefully this foulmouthed Tinselturd can go "F" himself before the Executive Producers on that production, and then can go on the soup lines where he belongs along with some other industry names in the BIZ who are even more powerful and far worse in tinselese threats then this jerkwad made.

By the way, he did threaten the production guy with physical violence. Maybe the Cops could investigate this foulmouthed tiny little Tinselturd with his massive ego, and stick him in a cell with real inmates. Guarantee you the first time he mouths off to the real prison inmates, he will become a quiet little, pipsqueaking (Bubba...bent-over) Betty real quick!

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

the middle class homeowners and families. Easy, Mr. President. Take the money and find out what a homeowner owes on their buyout mortgage. Cut the homeowner a special check they sign for their bank or mortgage company. Here is what happens.

1.) The homeowner is bailed out of losing their home.
2.) The banks screaming for their monies get paid.
3.) The homeowners become consumers buying other things for their families. If they take out another mortgage then they are on the hook, no more bailouts.

The government check cannot be spent on anything else but to be endorsed and mailed to their mortgage company or bank. Home eviction problem solved. It is simple, fast, effective solves all the homeowner issues point blank and bang, it works too!

It would be a lot less than giving thieves at banks Treasury monies to the tune of trillions of dollars and the middle class would be propped up overall. Unfortunately this government is so screwed, doesn't read the blogs and won't do the right thing to fix the problem, but trust me, this would for most cases work and fix a few problems too!

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

Most authors seem to have the ending and beginning nailed down in their stories, though many moments as of late have not been completely up to snuf. So I will turn back to my own work as examples and look back at a few of them. Perhaps by example, if my own work can influence others or inspire them, then it was of course worth the posting.

Now my favorite genres are usually ones that have a lot of action in them, wild, untamed, always moving the plot and characters from place to place. The wilder it gets, the better. In my recent Sci-Fi Titan One, the big Russian is left floating amongst Saturn's rings with the Shepard moon and base on Pandora, over 2,000 miles across the "F" ring. In this case because of the attack on the small asteroid in the belt being destroyed, his heart had stopped pumping as soon as the lifesupport shut down... Here we go for a few entertaining moments. Of course this is only one character and just a moment from the story, but it is also pivotal as well since the Robot in the small retro ship nicknamed a Torpedo because of its shape, leaves a new path open. Will the big, Black Russian miner Antonin be able to overcome his plight.

    Antonin glanced back at the higher plateau, which seemed pretty distant. Than he checked his power band on his left wrist which showed ample supplies of oxygen and power. He had time to explore, and so he did just that. Turning on his infrared, Antonin bravely entered the large inviting cavern on this large boulder. Everything seemed on the up and up as he walked into the large cavern. His infrared showed him a large descending path, which seemed at times to narrow, as it went deeper into the rock. He tapped his powerband on his wrist checking his levels. He was still safe as he turned to go and ascend the path. It had been an experience that nobody would ever have the satisfaction of ever following in his footsteps. At least they wouldn’t for a very long time if ever. He wondered if the Zetan’s had ever been here or if they ever would be. As he reached the top and the exit he spotted something. “Hello comrade, are you monitoring the drilling,” he asked over his local COM?
    There was no answer. Antonin exited the cave and several rocks flew past him through space just missing his position. He glanced around to see where they came from. Than two explosions on both sides of him occurred. He ducked down as the blasts missed him by inches, one of the small rock blast fragments damaging his suit, but not life threatening yet. The internal computer warned him. “Life support system failure in fourteen minutes.”
    “Crap, who do this to me?”
    Kevin came flying by at a rapid velocity in the torpedo taking again shots in his direction. Antonin jumped out of the way as the bolts of energy came in at high velocity through space. It caused debris to fly up in a blast that knocked him back to the cavern entrance.
    “What are you crazy,” Antonin shouted?
    “Terminate contract Antonin,” Kevin replied on the COM. The ship fired another blast at the cavern causing the outer edge to fall on Antonin; half burying him in a slow motion as the torpedo zoomed around for another pass. “What...what contract, what terminate,” Antonin called out? But there was nothing but static as the torpedo rapidly closed on the small rock shooting several blasts that began the collapse of the cavern entrance down upon Antonin. With his energy low and an internal system warning him of failure of his systems, he leaped from the mess further into the boulder as more blasts shook the rock violently. He climbed down further into the dark cavern while his infrared flickered on and off, at times leaving him in blind darkness.
    Kevin bore down on the rock and fired additional shots, which began to cause it to break apart. Than Kevin fired one blast that caused the rock to break into fragments.
    Antonin found the walls of the cavern’s protection separating as a blast zoomed by him causing debris and a flash all around him. Suddenly a round of new shots caused him to be thrown clear of the debris into the ring as he bounced off another rock. The internal computer started telling him “Life support failure in thirty-two seconds.” His systems began shutting down rapidly as his suit and body in it, spun out of control from one smaller or larger boulder to another.
    Kevin activated the ship’s grid. Than he pulled up Antonin’s Bio signs. All indicators were that he was dead by the ship’s monitoring. “Antonin contract terminated,” Kevin told himself turning the ship. He aimed it at a distant orange disc, leaving Antonin to float forever in the ring system.
    Antonin’s arm moved as his lights internally came back on. “Auxiliary system activated,” his suit informed. He was sweating inside that helmet, but he was alive.
    Antonin immediately shutdown his COM system as he glimpsed the distant rockets of the torpedo. He turned his eyes to another distant light as he tumbled through space. It was Pandora and it was quite a distance for him to make. In fact he hadn’t thought of how to get there from where he was, because he was tumbling through zero gravity space right now. Each time he spun around, Saturn rotated as if watching his desperate plight with anxiety. But it wasn’t what he needed. He had to formulate a plan for now to survive and anything was on the table. “Okay, now robot Kevin is gone,” he told himself. “I must get to Pandora.” The small dot and the debris all tumbled around him from his perspective.
    The torpedo sped over the rings away from Saturn, with Titan in the foreground, growing larger by the moment.
    “Terminate contracts? What is mean terminate contracts? Now how I get back to Pandora,” he again thought out loud, as he continued tumbling out of control. Than with his right hand he reached down to the boot and adjusted the gravity while trying to aim his leg at a nearby boulder. He continued to spin as he flipped his leg again, narrowing the beam. As he spun into position once again the beam caught and he intensified it as it began to drag him to the boulder’s surface. He adjusted the beam power down so it didn’t become a harsh landing. His feet touched down slowly and he was standing on a large rock that rotated slowly. It worked and he waived his arm in the direction of Titan. “Now comrade, I am back.” The F ring, though small, appeared pretty vast from his vantage point as he set his sights on Pandora.
    Antonin tapped his armband and noticed his power was low but not at critical yet. He pulled up a holographic grid and than punched in a code. “Calculating distance at nineteen hundred and two kilometers” came the computer’s voice. He looked up at Pandora and the supply base. The bigger question was he had an idea of how to move through space, but would his life support systems hold out for the journey and what about the power? He pondered what Riker had informed him. The boots steal power from the system. With his system in its current state, would he be able to make it? The alternative was very evident. Stay here and he would permanently become part of the ring. He reached down and zeroed his gravity. Than he gathered his strength squatted and with all of his energy pushed off to the next nearest boulder. He reached down to his right boot, and aimed the intensified gravity onto that boulder. It worked as he landed fairly hard on this smaller rock. He crouched a moment before standing up, again gazing across the vast distance at Pandora. It was becoming clear that this would never work. Hopping from one rock to another could take days, maybe even a month and his time was short.
    Now was the time to gamble as he pondered a better plan of action. If he was going to make it, there had to be a faster way. He thought back to what Riker told him, to be careful with reversed gravity. These were special new boots, greatly enhanced and he had something that could work, if he only tried. He didn’t like floating helplessly in open space, but a distant Pandora was out there, so close and yet so far and there was no spaceship. He realized he had to take a gamble, a very large gamble and with only a small chance, there was no turning back once he took the shot he had to take. It was clear Titan for now was too distant for his boots, but Pandora was available on that long shot, and he leapt from the boulder towards the F ring. As he did so, he aimed his right boot out and than brought it cautiously about, intensifying the beam to narrow and maxed out power, while hoping his aim was good. A moment passed and nothing seemed to be happening except the power going down a notch from his backup systems. “Okay comrades, I will make it or die trying,” he told himself.

2,000 miles is a long distance to travel when you have less than 30 minutes oxygen and no rockets to propel you. But what about the new Gravity boots that Riker gave Antonin to try out for the company before he left with the Droid Kevin.

You see it coming, it happens and sets up for the next step of action within the chapter. Most important is the telling of the story and keeping your reader going. Yes it is a craft and not for everyone, but unfortunately for the swelling ranks of those authoring tales these days, it also remains an acquired art that requires persistence more than anything. In fact the more you put it into it, the more you get out of it, as well as those who follow.

One last aspect. Titan One was deeply researched and the facts about the Saturn system and its moons and the planet itself were fascinating providing all kinds of wonderful and grand new materials that were incorporated into the story. Life is stranger than fiction and by taking the time as an author, being persistent and cutting your imagination free, you provide great moments like this for others to find and travel with you and your characters.

My Sheriff Wyler Scott as American as apple pie. Let us take a moment from one of those older novels and see where it takes us in something as simple as a plug.

   Mohany made his way down the Devil's Slide trail. The darkness did little to stop him from doing what hewas determined to do, while his jacket kept him warm from the cold night that taunted him. He pulled the knifefrom the sheathe, staring at the blade. It shined quite well in the light of a full moon. He felt its razor sharp edge, intending to slice throats at the circus tonight. There was a show that he intended on being at, a show he was going to perform in, and what better crowd to do it in front of, than the people of the town he once was
a member of. No doubt there would be news reporters there as well. The Congressman would be his first performance. Putting the knife back in the sheathe, Mohany continued down trail. He got the feeling that Garyson could take him possibly at the circus, but that the Indian wouldn't expect him now. How wrong he was. Garyson stepped out, along a wide section of the trail. "Did you think your trick would take me down so quickly? Do I look that stupid to you?" He was pointing the gun at Mohany's chest.
   "No, but you look stupid to me." Wyler came out from behind Garyson. He had that forty four magnum pointed at Garyson's back.
   "Very good Sheriff. Now, the game just got more vicious." Garyson turned slowly. "I didn't suspect that you would find me so easily."
   "I wouldn't have, if his Aunt hadn't filled me in on some facts." Wyler looked at Mohany. "Did you know that your buddy here is a paid killer. He even killed a man in Blythe, shot two of my Deputies. Your Aunt told me about this place, Mohany. It wasn't hard to put the facts together at that point. Why don't you put down your gun, [...]" Wyler instructed Garyson. "Or oblige me to save tax money."
   "I can't, it's a personal game. I'm not afraid to die, so Sheriff, let's say that you put down your gun and oblige me, or I'll kill Mohany right here, in front of you."
   Wyler had a decision to make, and he knew where he stood. This man was a killer, and that meant that Mohany would drop in the process, possibly himself if he didn't drop the gun. But if he did, he was a dead man for sure. Garyson turned slowly keeping Wyler and Mohany in front of him. Wyler let up on the hammer, slowly easing it down, as Mohany closed his eyes, concentrating his thoughts.
   Garyson smiled, thumbing the hammer back. "I think I'm going to kill the both of you anyway." He lifted his gun as Wyler lifted the Dan Wesson.
   A rock of good sized proportions flew threw the air in split second timing, nailing Garyson's gun hand, knocking the gun slightly to the side, as Wyler fired a shot. It hit Garyson in the lower chest.
   "Screw you Sheriff," Garyson remarked as he went down, trying to lift the gun once more.
   Wyler squeezed off another shot, and that one nailed Garyson in the neck, severing his head. "No, screw you [...]," Wyler replied.

In this scene, the innocent, hard working, ex-Viet Nam green beret and budding Witchman of Palm Springs California a Pu~ul, Mohany Rodriguez had been recognized by the tough but fair and good sheriff Wyler Scott, and of all places on the Devil's Slide Trail, just a bit east of Idyllwild at Humber Park and at night time too boot. This was a part of the second story in the series named "Idyllwild" after the town nested in the backside of the high San Jacinto Mountains overlooking Palm Springs California. This of course takes place in 1983 which was a very long time ago. I actually finished this up in 1985 and had great fun walking the trails, snapping photos with the misses and friends. We even camped at the haunted site up there called "Caramba" which is a vague spanish word translating to "strange", something out of the ordinary. It shows again a moment, just one in the story where Mohany used his telekinetic abilities to move that rock through the air and save his life and that of the Sheriff. By the way I had a lot of fun in the third one. Just went wild and consider that today my best storytelling. Because there is more than one story here, Hollywood considers this what they would call a franchise and especially loves franchises, even in these tough times.

In my love story The Interracial Couples, I decided to try my hand at something different here, though in this case it turns out that while funny, things remain sad of a grouchy old guy who may be on the edge of a major disease which by no means itself is a laughing matter, giving two insurance guys a tough time. Check it out, sit back and enjoy the moment.

   Both men entered the elevator from the underground parking to the lobby. Dan studied the card then went forward, followed by Fred to the express elevator and entered with other business people.
   At the twenty-ninth floor, they exited the elevator and directly into the waiting room for Mister Courtney’s offices. There were two women each seated at a desk aside from the entry door to the offices. “Gentleman,” the older woman asked, while Fred smiled politely at the younger busty Brunette who looked to be in her late twenties if even that. She had a killer figure, and his actions gained a quick scowl from the older Secretary, followed by a glimmer of a Cheshire grin for a second, which    Fred caught. “She is his niece,” the secretary warned Fred. Dan elbowed Fred politely and that seemed to get things back on track.
   “Gentlemen, he’s been expecting you. I must caution you that he is in one of his moods today,” the secretary told them.
   “I see,” Dan grimaced in a semi polite manner. “Well, I’m sure we will get things on an even keel.”
   She buzzed the door and opened it for the two men as they entered a beautifully styled office with oak walls and a large mahogany desk. The chair was a very expensive Corinthian leather with actual gold rivets that ran along its edges. The old man had been staring out at the downtown landscape and the distant San Gabriel Mountains etched against an autumn blue sky. He took a deep breath as the door gently and quietly closed behind both salesmen. It could be said that Courtney Mayfield was a distrusting old coot, who worked more on a traditional handshake than anything else, but there was even more to him then that. He was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and hadn’t been diagnosed as of yet, so most people passed him off as just another crazy Senior Citizen to be looked down upon, or ignored as being senile and crazy. His disease had brought out a somewhat playful and funny side to the man, if but for the sad state he was falling victim to. It was as though his mind was still in a different era, long gone. He slowly turned in his chair to glimpse both approaching men. Then he got up, walked past them and lay back on a sofa besides the wall. “What’s this,” he asked in a stern voice, glimpsing both men? “TheGestapo.”
   “No sir, Mister Mayfield,” Dan pointed at his coworker. “This is Fred Arnold.”
   “Another hypocrite, trying to peddle goods,” Mayfield told them as both Dan and Fred turned to each other. “You fellers are always trying to sell things,” he continued in a stern and sarcastic tone. “Why I see your kind on television all the time,” he continued putting his right hand out. Mayfield stuck his index finger out at Fred. “Pull it,” he taunted Fred.
   “What,” Fred hesitated?
   “Pull it boy,” he shoved his finger at Fred. “Don’t be scared, if you don’t pull the finger, you’ll never know what you missed,” he chastised Fred in a sarcastic manner that was becoming aggressive with each passing moment.
   Fred cautiously reached out as Dan watched with pandemonium stricken for the possible loss of a big account. Then Fred gently grabbed the old man’s finger and pulled gently. The old man pulled his arm back, cranked his arm and pushed a loud gassy one out, with a sudden rush of laughter. “You’re a stupid bastard, aren’t ya,” he laughed blowing another loud fart on the leather sofa. “Why I’ll bet you believe everything ya hear,” he chuckled. “Ya wanna know a secret,” he asked Fred?
   “What” Fred, replied, trying to keep a straight face, remembering what was at stake here?
   “I’m not gonna tell ya,” Mayfield chanted.
   “Oh, C’mon,” Dan begged grinning at the old man. “I like secrets.”
   “It’s the government,” Mayfield suddenly grew an angry scowl on his face.
   “Those bastards are robbing us blind.”
   “They are,” Fred asked?
   “You really are a stupid bastard, or course they are. Why just the other day, they sent a couple of young fellers like you boys and dipped into my piggy bank.” He pointed to a large brass real large Piggy Bank on the floor across the room from them. “This government is always taxing something, why I’ll bet in a few years they’ll be taxing you on the crap that you two young fellers dump in the toilet.”
   Fred and Dan turned to each other, cause they couldn’t believe how far this guy was going off the deep end. Then they turned back to Mayfield who continued his rant against the United States Federal government. “Them boys took my twenty-dollar bill for taxes.” Then Mayfield glanced around the room, and turned to the two men, motioning them closer. “I don’t trust this government,” he told them in a whisper. “They rob people blind. So,” he grinned in a normal voice as the both men stood up again. “What kind of crap are you boys peddling on me today?”
   “Well sir,” Dan started telling him. “We have a revamped policy to cover...”
   “My [...],” Mayfield chuckled, interrupting Dan.
   “We can do that too,” Fred chimed in, as he couldn’t resist standing there and taking this from the old man anymore. Mayfield glanced up, then stood up eye to eye with both men. He wasn’t laughing anymore.
   “Are you being a smart-[...],” he asked Fred in a harsh tone? “You are being a smart-[...],” the old man grinned, face to face with Fred, who tried to look to the side at his friend and co-worker, who shrugged his arms. But Mayfield caught Dan’s gesture as well. The old man stepped back from them, continuing to dump on Fred for the previous comment. “I know your kind. Why I’ll bet you’ve marched in them hippie demonstrations,” he added.
   “Why yes I have,” Fred smiled proudly, which might be putting their major deal in jeopardy. But Fred had tired of the shenanigans by now. Things had gone too far, and it wasn’t business anymore, but seemed more like an abuse and he wasn’t playing the game even though Dan was motioning him to back off the old man.
   “I like you,” Courtney suddenly broke a grin, patting Fred on the shoulder.
   “Wanna know a secret,” the old man asked? Fred rolled his eyes, while Dan standing behind the old man, gestured not to in
desperation. “Pull my finger,” the old man told him.
   “Sure,” Fred smiled, obliging Courtney’s request. The old man blew a loud standing fart that left their sinuses in bad shape as he laughed hard.
   “That’ll teach ya stupid young bastards. I’ll bet ya want me to sign something so you can rob me of more money just like the government does?”
   “Well kind of, but not like them,” Dan replied as Mayfield turned to him.
   “Stealing is stealing, boy. You bastards all wanna pick me dry, take advantage of an old man. I’ll bet you people get your jollies watching an old timer like me going down homeless,” he continued on Dan. Courtney popped another small fart. “The check-in lady signs my bills, and she’s outside.” He watched both men’s bewilderment. “Well, what are you both waiting for? I know you young fellers are anxious to rob me blind, as fast as possible.”
   “I guess we should be going now,” Fred told him.

Kind of funny till you realize this guy has a disease that is just kicking in, which explains the old man's antics. However, there are many fine and respectable old men, there are still others who like to be wise guys, so with or without being diseased as was the case here, we see a moment between young and older characters. What especially makes this important is the dialog and the reaction between the characters. The moments and scenery are both relying on dialog as well as physical reactions between them, if but in a slapstick type of manner. Also in comparison between this genre tale and the previous Sheriff's tale note how that one relied more on the physical descriptions and actions rather than the dialog which was more of a rider, making it the complete reverse of the above tale. In comparison, in the first one, which in Titan One is almost action and environment driven, yet all three should entertain respectively and at the same time differently. In the Interracial Couples, the story is much deeper and the characters have more issues we investigate and watch as opposed to a straighter character type in the Wyler Scott series, versus semi deep characters in Titan One. All important small notes to consider when authoring tales, but important nonetheless.

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

A long time idol of mine growing up, and a tremendous inspiration. This elegant Mexican born actor amazed us all. A super nice gentleman just as you saw him on TV and in flicks, just one of the best. Mr. M, you will be missed greatly by this person, more than you can imagine...you were the best and will remain the very best in spirit in our hearts and souls always. Thanks with love always...





American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

What can be said of John Glenn the astronaut as a western town Marshall? For years I have followed Ed Harris, and here is a western blockbuster in the style of a traditional 60's western you might expect from John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, of course with Ed Harris as the main star. The story basically is about a Marshall hired to go after a landowner and local prominent businessman who killed the town's former Marshall and deputies. I sat and as a major western fan, watched a story plot unfold, that was very well written though somewhat predictable as well, since every western ever made has been made, over and over again. With that in mind, it comes down to the production authenticity, acting and action amongst other issues in new westerns, and on those counts the movie doesn't fail. It contains all of the traditional elements you would expect to see in a late 1960's John Wayne western. Action, Indians, shootouts, jails, bad guys, romance, the bar room show downs, they are all there and entertaining as well.

Though the movie has an "R" rating, I found no nudity, nor did I find a lot of heavy profanities so I found it odd. Because mainly the action was mild compared to some TV shows these days including FOX's own 24, where the agent bit part of the guy's neck out, a grisly scene indeed, so in this film it was no more than television offers. Thus this puzzled me why it got an "R" rating. I believe the MPAA should re-register this to a PG rating and will mention this to mpaa friends as well. It is a very valid point that should seriously be reconsidered on this film.

Ed Harris film was written and directed and produced by him partially in several of these aspects which only reinforces my long time recogntition of his abilities showing I am right on the mark when it comes to mister Harris true talents as he is multi-facted. The co-stars played by Renee Zelwegger and Viggo Mortenson are all powerful performances. The bad bug played by Jeremy Irons also was a very good performance on cue. I most enjoyed the cinematic work of a wide open landscape and the feel that we are back in 1882. Then there are the Chiricahua Apaches. This plays very well into the plot since Geronimo would still be locked in a brutal war against the American government and its citizens. The Apache chief and his band of Indians would not officially surrender until Spetember 4th 1886 almost anothr 4 years, to General Miles, so this works well in the movie story as well.

Because I actually enjoyed this western, its story plotline, though a bit predictable, it works out well. The cinematic FX were spot on and memorable and the characters are characters you might watch again several months down the road in a repeat performance. I cannot find much that is negative so I will give this western movie a 4.75 rating out of 5, with the exception being that on the .25 minus rating, the story in just a few areas dragged if but for a minute or too. I also feel the ending could have been grander had I authored such a western but then again, this is my perspective as a writer and for the most part it does work out very well. I believe that Ed Harris if he takes a step back could do more westerns based on this character, albeit fictional westerns, but some great stories. His character as a Marshall has a lot of juice left in him, and I hope if Mister Harris reads my review he might consider doing a couple more stories with new plots, characters and law enforcement in the old west to be carried out. Don't be surprised if he doesn reprise this role.

And now, so you can have a flavor of this movie...here is a youtube trailer to enjoy!







American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

What can I say about Mickey Rourke? I remember him from the 80’s in the “Pope of Greenwich Village” and from that time on he has cast himself as a powerhouse action  Dramas.  Throw in cute New Yorker Marisa Tomei and you have a great dramatic works here. Now for those expecting something different, please don’t. Mickey has always played for the most part, tough and gritty dramatic characters in social situations and the Wrestler is typical Mickey Rourke. Where I was a bit surprised was in Marisa Tomei going topless in the film. From an author’s point of view and looking at the production, she didn’t have to perform topless shots. This film could have insinuated this just the same, and this is where I have major issues with the degenerate Tinselturds these days in production. It seems that they must take a talented woman such as this and get her naked on screen to try and sell flicks. In this case, the story would have held up without the topless shots as a very good drama.





This story is about an aging professional wrestler who faces a career ending heart attack and has to come to terms with what he has done in his life and how it affected people around him. Living alone in a trailer that he sometimes is locked out of for lack of rent funds, he shows us the life of a fading star, facing a desperate end of loneliness, and a guilty conscious, and yet with all of this negativity, you still feel for the character and this is where Mickey Rourke shines as an actor. With many other acting talents the character would have remained a pathetic unbelievable character whose existence was negligible, but Mickey’s performance in the life of this character shows us so much that you are drawn to watch what happens with him from scenario to the very next. This is not an action movie and it really is not about professional wrestling per say, but rather about  the life of this fading star, a daughter who hates him and his wanting to better know the stripper played by Marisa Tomei, who shuns him throughout most of the movie.





In a sense, people are picking Frank Langella for Frost Nixon in the Drama category, but I have to say that Mickey Rourke’s performance I found a better pick, so when it comes Oscar time, my pick goes to Mickey Rourke, a better talent and a deeper character in a very human story at that.

For my own rating on this, while I rate Rourke at top of his class in his abilities, my rating must go for the overall rating of the film. First off, this film will be remember mainly by many as another Marisa Tomei nudy flick, since she has already performed topless scenes in another previous film. The story is the norm, and Rourke's acting coupled with Marisa Tomei doing nude scenes is mainly what carries it, which is a crying shame, because aside from nudity, Marisa's under developed character in the story denies her a much grander scheme. She is a top notch talent and I see no reason why she had to do nude scenes to have achieved the character much better. As hard as it is to speak a different tune, I need to call it as I see it. As for the ending, I feel it could have been better defined. It left open, did he or didn't he croak? In a sense in this case, the audience is greatly short changed, because like the ending, they are left hanging and there is no completion here or closing of the story which I blame squarely on the Director more than anyone else. My overall rating is a 3.5 out of 5 mainly because of being able to see Mickey Rourke performing. I still feel he can nab the academy award even with a fair at best movie, and the real shame goes to the wasted talents of Marisa Tomei for being forced to nudity when she is such a much greater talent as a performing artist. Over time except for her nudity as mentioned, this film will mainly be forgotten, when it could have been remembered.

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

They had a chance to revive a nice amusement park for you and your family to have a day of fun whenever you wanted and these blind city council idiots in Long Beach California gave you the middle finger, spit on you and through their actions said drop dead. "We are shoving another piece of crap mall down your throats!" That's right. With everyone not shopping anymore they committed suicide. Instead of letting you enjoy an old fashioned "Midway" amusement park like your ancestors did, this city council through their redevelopment actions as god damned liberals, spat on you and said "go drop dead!" Now, if you don't believe me, just watch the next three videos and I am sure you will see exactly what I am talking about, and oh, to the liberal scum at the long beach city council, back at ya from every citizen in SoCal especially the native ones like myself, who recognize what you denied us.








Now if you want to see what the schmucks in the long beach city council want you to do, they want you to ride bikes instead of a coaster or other thrill ride on the midway...What a bunch of losers!







American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

A different type of Eastwood. This film is not Dirty Harry, though it is a gritty Eastwood the way some will love him. But many will not as he plays an over stereotyped white racist character who seems to usual racial epitaphs on every non white and even calls younger kids names as well. This is the biggest issue I had with the film. Also the cursing was a bit out of character for Eastwood, however of the films I watched this week, I did end up liking this one a lot and cannot help but wonder if this will be Eastwood's farewell film to his tough guy characters he has played? I suppose only time will tell.

The film plot is actually very straight forward and the outcome is easily predictable. Of course the results arising from the outcome are what keeps you guessing. Eastwood plays a single old man living alone sometime after his wife passed on. Internally angered by the lonely years and memories from a war he served his country in, he has become somewhat of an isolationist at least where his Asian neighbors are concerned, however when a neighboring kid fails to steal his car, that's when things begin to happen. While Eastwood does carry a fatal disease that is taking him down, his character  of Walt Kowalski, a white Christian American of Polish descent. As mentioned an Asian kid who is actually a Hmong tries to steal his car which the flick is actually named after. A mid 70's Ford Gran Torino. He catches the kid named Tao (played by Bee Vang in his first acting role) and lets him go at gun point, along with his cousin and their Asian gang bangers and this is where the real problems surface. It is an unusual film because it pits a non Asian against an Asian gang and this in and of itself is unusual. The film also takes a look at Asian violence by gang members which usually is pretty low profile as most gangs in the news are usuaully Latino or Black, but rarely do you hear anything about Asian gangs.

The story has a greatly human side to it while maintaining a good level of action. It's start is a grabber and though as mentioned that Eastwood seemed a bit out of character if only a bit, this film builds to a big ending with a twist. If you can go see a film, bear in mind that I believe this got an "R" rating, but well worth the action, as an Eastwood action film and that brings me to my very next point. Eastwood at his best is Dirty Harry and riding the saddles. It is time for him to finish up his remianing career days doing this, providing us again with tough gritty characters. The reason is that this is Eastwood and not only does he do well putting the bad guys away, but we all like to see that too.

My rating out of 5 is a 4.8 with .2 withheld because of the profanity Eastwood's character had to use. This film is definitely worth seeing, a goo rocket ride on the hood of his Gran Torino if nothing else.





American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

Ya gotta hand it to the Tinselturds to make Vietnam into a comedy. I know there was Robin Williams and some other flicks that did this like Good Morning Vietnam which was more a drama than a comedy film. With that said, I do have to admit I was laughing hard at some scenes. I usually try to benchmark a film by seeing where it drags and this film did not drag at all. That does not mean it moved consistently either, just that I couldn't pin a spot where the plot lagged.

Essentially this film is about the BIZ and some pretty large Tinselturd egos as well. This crew is trying to film another Vietnam war film presumably in Vietnam. The Director finds a crew he has lost control of from actors demanding rewrites with their own performance issues to a Pyrotechnician whose work is off queue so-to-speak, and just when things could not get worse, the angry producer played by a barely identifiable Tom Cruise (whose performance as always was quite extraordinaire) unleashes a potty mouth as some Tinselturds I have come to know in this industry in the past can do, and believe me. If you think that the Executive Producer played by Cruise is a fiction, I can guarantee you that with a production tanking under an infective Director, this does happen folks, at least for those of you who have not dealt on that end of the BIZ.

With pressure from the media and a report on the war heroes careers as acting talents, Stiller's character as Tugg Speedman, a soldier in Nam, is about to be his last. A supporting role by Nick Nolte as a so-called Veteran of the real war in Nam informs the British Director to drop the actors in the middle of the jungle and tell them they will have cameras to film them off-script in real action. The plan is for the pyrotechnics to have been established already as well as fake Viet Kong to chase the actors. But not everything goes according to plan (as if it ever was) and the fake soldiers soon find themselves being chased by what they believe are Viet Kong soldiers. I won't spoil the ending, but will say the movie does start off somewhat bad. The start could have been different without the hip hop music and cuts which made it confusing for many viewers. The acting is straight forward for a flick and the nearest thing I can compare this to is an old 70's film "Harold and Maude"... Now why that deranged love story?

Well in Harold and Maude, the comedy started out with a hanging. I remember many folks getting up in the theater and walking out, before the plot turned hilarious, and in this respect, Tropic Thunder does something similar. Instead of a hook they added a lot of crappy things at the start. Remember the term keep it simple or hook your audience. However, with that being said, the movie really begins when we see the producer tell the key grip to go over and punch the director in the head, which happens. And yes, stuff like that does happen in tinselturd town as well, though it is much more rare than you might think it as being. We do have labor laws and attorneys you know.

Are there any corny areas of the flick? Yes there are some and there are other things that drag on as well. The movie does poke fun at black Americans as well as Americans who are gay mails, and these folks might not take it in stride for the fun it was intended to be. Is it a good plot? Not bad, not bad at all, and the story does close up at the end so every thing as they say is a "wrap." This then brings me to my overall impression, is it worth ten bucks for the laughs I got out of it, as you may or may not know, that people can just as easily get a Bluray DVD on a wide screen and in high def Dolby watch this flick. My suggestion would be to get the DVD when it comes out, however if you are into the kookiness of Ben Stiller, then go for it. Be aware though there is a lot of cursing and graphic violence and that is not suitable for kids to watch. Now all you will need is a Paramount studios tie-in drink "Booty Sweat" and you are good to go...





American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

Frost Nixon is a powerful and somewhat riveting liberalized view of the Nixon interviews originally performed by David Frost in the mid 1970's. He is a journalist whose work is best known of the interviews he performed with major political figures and Richard Milhouse Nixon is one of those.

Directed by someone I have met in the past Ron Howard the work for what it is , is quite good and the actors performances were indeed spot-on. Brian Grazer has to be seriously commended for this project as a great deal of work went into his production, and he has had a good string of hits over the years.

Rather than an action drama flick, I would say this is more along the lines of a powerful docudrama with entertaining value elements following. For those wanting to see a straight forward movie, you may be disappointed, for others who like the news or are addicted to it, they should find this interesting.

The plot essentially centers around a series of reports and its affects on Richard Nixon in a string of interviews, post Watergate.

When the word impeachment comes, we see Nixon leaving the Whitehouse and a scheme forms for an interview between Frost and his friend John Birt a news producer. They take a flight to California and on the plane and Frost meets an attractive woman named Caroline Cushing (played by a stunning and effective Rebecca Hall). At Frost's invitation she accompanies him to visit Nixon and they receive an estate tour.  Bob Zelnick and James Reston Jr., two friends of Frost's help finance the money he had to pay to get the interview with Nixon. Bear in mind we are talking about 1977 now.

Frost tries to sell his initial 4 interviews to the networks and was turned down. With low funding, he managed to scrape together funding for additional interviews and they proceed. Later on in the flick as Frost's involvment with Caroline has grown he receives a surprise call from Nixon who is portrayed as being drunk and blurting out how the upper class sold him down the drain. Frost eventually gets around to asking Nixon if he took part in the coverup, but this is thwarted at the last moment by Nixon's friend and Cjief of Staff Brennen played by actor Kevin Bacon in another fine performance in his career.

At the end, Frost and Caroline end up visiting Nixon one last time over "Cheeseburgers" which you will completely understand if you have seen this flick.

While it is a riveting drama, I found it dragging many times throughout, really like beating a long dead political horse. I suppose when it comes to Hollywood production entertainment, why they cannot get on with things, that it has come down to a film like this, which by the way carries Liberalized viewpoints.

If you are a history buff and you are a bit on the political left you probably will have seen this. I am sure that many conservatives will quickly realize this for what it is, another Hollywood hit piece only this time beating a dead horse that cannot be beaten anymore.

Still for the production work and acting, it does present a quality and here is where my dillema lies. Damned if I do rate it great and damned if I don't, plus I may well lose an old friend of sorts over this. So I will say that while I believe this to be a 3.8 out of 5. If you like historical political news documentaries you may well enjoy this. If you like Dirty Harry, Stallone, Love stories or other historical dramas such as for instance "John Adams" you might not enjoy this as much.






American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

Let us take a look at Chrysler Corporation first. Streamline production. You will carry four models.

Coronet - I s actually a model, not a division as the other cars will be. The Coronet is an every man’s car with four doors, a front wheel drive V6, power windows, locks, air conditioning and an automatic transmission. This car has several color options and the interior is cheap vinyl, but of decent quality, and that is it.

Challenger - is the sports car. It is actually a Challenger but simply called a Dodge. It features a high performance engine, 6 speed stick shift, vinyl or cloth interior, power windows, power locks. This model called the “Dodge” is simply the performance based model and has several options mainly a spoiler and some graphics. That is it.

Hemi Pickup truck, full size. Power windows, locks, power steering, brakes, 4-wheel drive. Large engine and automatic transmission. Options include a cover for the pickup bed. This model is a four door truck with an average pickup truck bed.

Imperial is basically the luxury car and here is the feature list. Large engine, 6-speed automatic OD transmission rear wheel drive. Digital dash with trip computer, automatic power locks, power windows, seats preheated or cooled, 4 way airbags, antilock brakes, 6 way split bench seats, rear climate control, multi speed wipers, electric trunk release, moon roof, premium sound system, leather interior signature signed, rear defroster and side window and side mirror heating, power side mirrors, USB hookup for Ipod or other players, GPS system and for rear passengers, built-in to the front passenger seat headrests, two DVD screens with a built-in DVD player. Hookup for a portable PC and wireless Internet connection.


Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor company has 5 models to select from.

The first is a car called a Mercury. It is a very basic plain 4 door compact front wheel drive vehicle featuring power brakes, steering, locks and air conditioning that is basic air. The car has an am/fm radio with a line in for an Ipod connection. The interior is vinyl and comes in several base colors to match the outside paint job or contrast the paint as required.

The next car is called a Mustang and it basically is the mid range performance car. This car does not have power windows or locks, but does come with power steering, brakes and a choice of automatic transmission or manual 6 - speed with performance package. It has a mid sized performance engine and is rear wheel drive. Comes with a premium sound system as standard including a jack for an Ipod input. Interior is color stylized cloth with racing being the emphasis.

The next vehicle is simple the F-150 and it is a full sized regular bed pickup with large engine, power steering, automatic transmission and four wheel drive as standard. The interior is vinyl. It also has basic air conditioning and an am/fm radio with a fixed antennae.

Van is the name here and it is a full sized Ford Cargo Van with power steering, automatic transmission, power brakes and power windows. The van comes with a standard vinyl interior, though outside firms can customize this. The engine is a V-6 though a larger V-8 is available.

The next car is fully loaded and is simply called a Lincoln. It is a four door full sized automobile and comes with the following features. Full power everything, windows, door locks, brakes, abs anti lock system, 6 way seats with heaters and coolers, 4 passenger compartment climate control, moon roof, rear and windshield defrosters, power mirrors, digital dash with trip computer, GPS, premium top of the line sound system with DVD movie player, electric screen for rear passengers to preview DVD movies, electric trunk release, air spring system. Leather interior is a designer series top of the line Lincoln logo system. Warranty coverage for this model is for the first 10 years.


The next company is General Motors. This once large company has 6 models for sale.

The very base model car is called a Impala. It is a 4 door car with mid sized engine and automatic transmission. Power steering and brakes, vinyl interior, am-fm radio, power locks. Several generic plain paint colors.

The next model car is called a Riviera and it is a cross between a sporty car and a luxury car with a large engine - all wheel drive, automatic transmission, stylish interior and dash, power windows, power locks and power seats, rear window drops and is powered, full premium stereo system with USB and Ipod inputs. Front seats are 6 way power. Front headlights are activated by electric servos and are covered during the daytime driving.

The next model vehicle is called simply a C-20 and is a full sized 1 ton pickup truck with a mid sized engine, full bed comes with an automatic transmission, full time 4 wheel drive, power brakes, steering, door locks, optional winch package and optional towing package, optional bed cover or shell.

The official van would be called the G-20 and feature a mid sized engine, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, power door locks, full sized van with regular bed, 3/4 ton axel, optional tow package.

The official sports car for General Motors would be the “Corvette” and this model would feature a performance dash, the biggest engine, 6-speed manual tranny, power steering, power brakes, power windows, leather interior stylized in racing format, GPS and full blown sound system. It would be available in a T-top configuration . Limited interior and exterior colors for contrasting or matching available.

General Motors top of the line car is simply called a “La Salle” and you thought I was going to call it a caddy... The La Salle is a 4 door sedan, rear wheel drive and has every power option, signature leather interior, moon roof, digital dash with trip computer, GPS DVD movie player and rear passenger and front side passenger screens, 8 way power seats, all level climate control system for all four zones front and rear, same engine as a Corvette, with a 6-speed OD tranny installed. There are no other options as this car is loaded with everything, except what color you want it to have inside and out.  Ten year warranty included.

All of these vehicles and the parts for them are made in America and all vehicles are through rigorous testing. Electronics are simplified modules mechanics can plug and play to replace broken modules.

* All automaker models have at least power brakes and power steering.

Oh, one other thing. All of these vehicles use a Hydrogen power system that runs on water and provides hydrogen from simple tap water to any of the engines. No gasoline is required.

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

Sonny Charles and the Checkmates still alive and kickin'. They still are doing Vegas acts mainly I think. This song was played on many radio stations back in 1969 when I was frolicking as an old kid on the Santa Monica beaches with Pacific Ocean Park and the full length Santa Monica piers on each side. Also Coppertone used this song for their suntan lotion back then so it was all over. Great tune, hot summer, nice gals on the beach (ouch that hurt Ellen, ouch, okay... I won't mention the girls again!) well somethings stay the same ;) The 1960's are long, long gone, though many remnants of the best decade of the 20th century are still around with us today thankfully. Anyhow, if you like this tune, please support the artist and buy their albums or CD's. Every bit counts for them...thanks!








American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

In the sci-fi story from 1993 "Thunder Dead" a team must scale a frozen gravitate Ice Anvil cloud to the top of its record created cell at 69,068 feet where it tops out. Now in the story the climber weight was reduced through artificial gravity and they weighed less then 5 pounds. This helped them to scale the frozen cloud, but also made it a far more dangerous race to the top, amongst other things. For example, the outside of the frozen cloud was like a snow covered field and the sheer walls, sometimes ten thousand feet of straight up climbing, was like scaling a wall of snow covered ice. The danger was that while the outside of the frozen cloud was solid, the interior was the same violent place, dark, cold, winds moving at hundreds of miles per hour, updrafts and downdrafts, hail the size of baseballs, and if a climber hit a thin spot, they would get sucked right through that ice thin vail into that darkness. If the tremendous electrical bolts didn't get them as they were falling to their death in that hell like place within the cloud, than the hail might. A dangerous place to have a sport, yes. Now to make matters worse, they only had 3 days to reach the top, something that would make K2 climbers think twice at the challenge, because this was a death race and only the first team to reach the top would be gently set down upon Earth. No parachutes or gravity devices for the losing teams, they got back down the fast way....SPLAT! So will technology ever convert those puffy white mountains in the sky? When you look up next time at those puffy white mountains, remember Saint Cirrus climbing high atop, saving humanity and the heavens from an evil worse than any nightmare, and his ragtag band of rebels confronting overwhelming forces in a good versus bad episode, and also take a peaceful moment to realize just how grand the giant white puffy clouds are. Now feel free to listen in on the Thunder Dead action as Chris forces his way to the winners place, opposite the Dark Angel himself and some legendary spiritual figures backing Chris!









Th Devil sabotaged Chris built-in computer, but it appears that Chris may well be on the mend, meanwhile Major Don Rogers and his fleet of American built Flying Black Triangle ships is about to attack the huge dimensionally shifted Zetan platform to even the odds for Cirrus Rebels members atop the frozen cloud.









Day of reckoning as destiny takes over. Can Chris defeat the devil atop the frozen cloud?




American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!

United Nuclear has put together a conversion kit that will let you car run on both hydrogen and gasoline both. The kit is a two pronged process requiring their generator at your home. The generator can be used to manufacturer your own hydrogen in your garage and store it there in cells or plug directly into your car. They have logged over 50,000 miles on this system and it works providing that your engine has a compression ratio of 9.5 to 1. So essentially your car has the tanks and then the generator which will create the hydrogen via solar panels, windmill or even household electricity, through the former are nearly costless.

I felt it important to pass this latest news on to all of you, because American ingenuity is at work here and it won't take ten years, rather but a very short time. The state of Michigan has already approved this and it won't pollute either, but, the State of California has yet to approve your usage of hydrogen which may be illegal in the golden state to use and convert your existing gasoline engine to.

Another note: Smog checks send your car's information to the state's central computer, but be aware if your car registers to low on the State's minimum smog specs for your car, the state might reject your smog certificate. This is because the computer has a maximum and minimum suspected tolerance to meet guidelines and smog specs that are too low for your model and make of car, it will be rejected as being a fault with the readings, even if the reading of low smog levels is correct.

A legislature in the state needs to be made aware of this computer practice and remove the minimum specs and also the laws in California must be changed so that your exhaust system modifications to hydrogen are not illegal as they currently are.

To read more on what is coming and United Nuclear go here to

http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/h2.htm

American Author, Poet, Songwriter and Filmwriter
"Mark Paul" Sebar
The Power To Write The Best!