Archive for March, 2007
What’s going on?
It’s not even Easter, and the weirdos are dressing up and parading around like little kids. Personally, I think that the folks at my old place of employment wear these costumes year round for sexual purposes, but this photo is the only proof I have. Rumor has it that they dance around a female employee three times, chanting the magical words “Chinga-linga-ding dong”. After that the costumed freaks sacrifice their quarry to the Easter gods in the hopes that they’ll be given many Easter gifts of staplers and printer cartridges.
Or something.
Turkish “E.T.”
I guess the Turkish must have taken a little creative license when they remade Steven Spielberg’s classic story about a coked out 7 year old lush (Drew Barrymore) who befriends a disgusting little alien that looks like a recovering burn victim. For those having difficulty remembering the original story, E.T. was on a camping trip with his family when bad men with flashlights and lots of keys showed up to chase them off. Unfortunately for E.T., his parents didn’t love him enough to make sure he was aboard their ship before blasting off, so E.T. was left to fend for himself. Luckily he met Drew Barrymore’s character and they started dating. He liked her because she could start fires with her mind, and she liked him because he had a large head and a ribbed telescoping neck. It was a win-win situation for all. After several years of dating and living together, they both died in a car wreck while on vacation in Italy.
Let’s take a look at a short clip from the wonderful Turkish remake:
This clip clearly shows that the Turkish filmmakers behind it had little regard for maintaining Spielberg’s original storyline. I see no firestarting (unless you count the part where E.T. becomes frightened and loses control of his “smoke gland” when the friendly human father is about to give him a high-five). About the only thing this film does seem to have in common with its American counterpart is the presence of an ugly-mutant-burn-victim E.T. character that I’d really like to see get punched in the face. On a side note, I feel that the film could have been greatly improved by including Borat Sagdiyev in at least a brief cameo.
Three cheers for Turkey!