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2.18 Hollywood Babylon

McG: "Brad, this is a horror movie."
Brad: "And who says horror has to be dark?"

This is the sort of tongue-in-cheek satire that is very difficult to do well. They did it very, very well. The in-jokes were so thick on the ground that you could trip over them.

There was nothing about this episode that I didn't love. The urban legends about haunted sets, particularly the famous ones. McG as the maniacal, smarmy director. The wonderful Gary Cole as the obnoxious studio suit. I particularly loved how Marty the writer kept stealing the genuine horror stuff from the boys and putting it in the movie. I bet the cast and crew had fun doing this one. Plus, this must have been the easiest location shoot they've ever done.

Dean was so much fun. He was absolutely in his element. In record time, he knew everybody's name, what they did, and where everything was. He was a fabulous PA, he got to have sex with a movie star, and his obsession with the food was a hoot. And I loved his encyclopedic knowledge of every bad horror movie ever made. I love Dean. I really, truly do.

Bits and pieces:

-- "From the producers of Cornfield Massacre, Monster Truck, and the director of Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and Hell Hazers, comes a new experience in terror!" At the bottom of the green rating screen, it said, "This film is not yet rated. Also not yet written, cast, shot, edited or scored."

-- Dean did a pretty good imitation of one of Bruce Willis' lines in "Die Hard."

-- I thought the naked black and white ghost with the neck wound was startling. The guy with half his head missing was cool, too. Good effects.

-- This week, we went to "Los Angeles." And of course, the boys masqueraded as PAs.

-- The studio tour passed the set where they filmed "Gilmore Girls." (I know, not real, make believe.) Jared Padalecki was in "Gilmore Girls".

Quotes:

Sam: "Dude, you wanted to come to L.A."
Dean: "Yeah, for vacation. I mean, swimming pools and movie stars, not to work."
Sam: "Does this seem like swimming pool weather to you, Dean? I mean, it's practically Canadian."

Sam: "They're saying the set's haunted."
Dean: "Like 'Poltergeist'?"
Sam: "Could be a poltergeist."
Dean: "No, no, no. The movie 'Poltergeist'. You know nothing of your cultural heritage, do you?"

Dean: "What's a PA?"
Sam: "I think they're kinda like slaves."

Marty: "Jay, the poor bastard killed himself, like, for real. Shouldn't we shut it down or something?"
Jay: "We had a moment of silence for him at breakfast."

Marty: "I'm not married to salt. What do you want? We still sticking with condiments?"

Dean: "It's like 'Three Men and a Baby' all over again. (Sam looks blank) Selleck, Danson and Guttenberg. And... I don't know who played the baby."

Sam: "Maybe the spirits are trying to shut down the movie because they think it sucks."

Marty: "You are one hell of a PA."
Dean: "Yeah. I know."

Marty: "I cannot believe there's an afterlife."
Dean: "There's an afterlife, all right. But mostly it's a pain in the ass."

No real deeper meaning. But this one was as funny as "Tall Tales," and I didn't think that was possible. Four stars,

Billie





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