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DREAM JOURNAL

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SUPER RAD GIJOE DREAM LAST NIGHT

I had a super rad dream last night, where I was part of an elite 80s GIJOE covert team maneuvering down a Cambodian river on a hostage rescue mission.

Picture 'First Blood', 'Rambo: First Blood Part II', 'Rambo' and 'Apocalypse Now', but with the 80s Joe Figure Series 1-6 characters; Wetsuit, Flint, Scarlet, Gung Ho, Rock N' Roll, Mutt, Spirit, Beach Head... and for some reason, Blowtorch. Snake Eyes wasn't in there... or maybe I was Snake Eyes?!! (gasp!).

Most of the dream was killer covert snipery and full-on laying waste to the bad guys as we got the hostages safely onto our speed rafts. Unfortunately, as we were leaving, one barely-alive baddie was able to pop off a round and hit me in the neck as I shielded a hostage. But its ok, it wasn't fatal and the mission was a total, bitchin' success. YO JOE!!!!

DREAMSCAPE: WILL FERRELL GREEN LANTERN

Last night I dreamt Warner Bros had cast WILL FERRELL as Hal Jordan in the Green Lantern movie.

Then today I saw the above promo pic (sans text) and thought, "Whoa... he looks like Will Ferrell... but I thought it was only a dream..... OR WAS IT?! dum-dum-Dum!"

DREAMSCAPE: SAVE THE JOES ! !

*GIJoe #1-155. Click image to enlarge!*

Speaking of GIJOE.... Last night I had a dream where I was at my parents' house eating XMas Eve dinner. Suddenly I look out the window and the hillside is on fire ala our usual LA Fires every summer. Upon closer inspection, the fire is a lot closer than initally thought, with flames quickly burning up the lawn moving towards the house! I scream for all my family members to get the hell out, which they proceed to do (thank goodness!). But I stay inside and run into my old bedroom. As the walls ignite in flames around me, I frantically search for the comic box that holds my old 80s GIJOE comics from Marvel - if my collection is to be destroyed, I must atleast save THOSE!!! I woke up before finding them, but I like to think that I found them and we safely made our escape. YO JOE!

(I love this cover)

DREAMSCAPE: A NEW ALIEN RESURRECTION

Occasionally I'll have an ALIEN Dream that's vivid, kicks ass and makes me sad that I wake up. Often times, these dreams are sequels I'm watching on a movie screen (the better ones are me IN the movie!). The other night I had one where I was watching a different version of ALIEN: RESURRECTION; director's cut, remake, alternate reality, what-have-you. It was very similar to the original version but with about a dozen noteworthy changes. I've been thinking about this dream for over a week now and so, I share with you now those things that were changed, which made ALIEN: RESURRECTION different/better:

10) NO WINONA RYDER
The movie is already improved by 75%.

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9) NO RIPLEY-8
But she was at the beginning where the scientists harvest the queenburster from "the Ripley Clone" specimen. The brain-dead body was then disgarded.

Note: Not having Ripley8 removes the horrid scenes such as "Ripley 1-7 Discover" scene, the basketball scene, and cringing dialogue such as "Fuck?/No, Fork", "Who do I have to fuck to get off this ship", "....here... where the meat is", and more!

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8) MORE EMPHASIS ON DNA EXPERIMENTS
Not just cloning, but also crazy mad scientist shit. This increase emphasis DNA Experimentation plays out later.

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7) PREDATOR CORPSE IN LAB
Similar to the Alien Skull in 'Predator 2', the scientists were doing scientist-stuff on a Predator cadaver. How did they get it? I don't know. It was a mystery and I was fine with that. Not EVERYTHING needs to be explained, ya know?

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6) ALIENS, NOT PUMPKINHEADS

My brain knows better and reverted the Aliens back to look & sound of Cameron/Winston's Alien (ALIENS). Which meant a return to biomechanicals & rounded-back heads, no-flimsy tubes, no-KY Jelly parties, no double-joint legs, and no swimming tails. I hate the Resurrection Alien design. Atleast in my dreams they are correct!

In addition, even the eggs looked like their normal, cool static selves (not animated jelly pods).

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5) THE ACTORS WERE ON THEIR A-GAME
Most of the actors have been pretty good in other roles. Watch this movie with French Dub and its a huge improvement. The physical performances are there (for the most part) - It's the delivery that kills me. Anyway, in my dream the acting was superb.

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4) MORE ACTION SCENES (& COMPETENT MARINES)
Yes! The marines atleast TRIED to fight back and went down in a blaze of glory (no fumbling for escape pods). And the smugglers were running, pooping their pants and escaping from some vicious horrifying Aliens, while losing many of their numbers in doing so! Think more-James Cameron action.

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3) PREGNANT QUEEN
Sadly, my brain decided to keep this. Stupid brain! Stabby! Anyway, the scene was slightly better in that she looked like James Cameron's original Queen sketch. No Queen on back, spread eagle with labor pains.

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2) THE NEWBORN.....
Was the fucking Predalien.

I know, right? (Stupid brain!). Anyway, remember that Predator cadaver above by the scientists doing crazy dna experiments? Well there ya go - the Predalien was the result of DNA splicing. While I do hate the Predalien (you all know this), atleast HERE the Predalien makes some sense as a hybrid; horrible dna experiment gone wrong and an abomination in the eyes of God.

It did look a bit different tho... it was black and biomechanical in look, as if Giger himself had designed and built it. And the dreadlocks were angled back, running back along the non-queen head (not bouncing around like Sideshow Bob). It looked similar to a variation of the above Predalien concept pics and it "worked". An dit didn't procreate by raping pregnant women or any such nonsense. It was just... there.

Note: The removal of the horrible Newborn meant no "Cooing" and "Mama" wimpers, or "bitchtits" as one fan called them (classy!). And that's a mighty good thing.

Oh, and the "Newborn/Predalien" ended with the Aliens sensing the abomination that it is, swarming in on it and tearing it to pieces! Die die die!!!

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1) NO STUPID LITTLE SHIT
While most of the above inherently removed most of the stupid shit, there still remained some dangling dingleberries in the film, like:

* "Beautiful, beautiful butterfly!"
* the Hairy-Armed General pulling pieces of his brain out, staring at it cross-eyed, then collapsing....
* "Who were you expecting? Santa Claus?!!"....
* Chestburster punching through Purvis' chest AND Wren's skull....
* the Auriga's main computer being "Father"....
* ricocheting bullets & grenades....
* the Newborn being sucked out of the window through a tiny hole....
* Ripley ripping out the Alien's [limp] tongue & giving to Call...
* etc etc etc...

All those little craptastic moments were removed! Thank you brain! You will be rewarded with beer!

So there you have it....
My brain's gift to me while I slept: A new Alien:Resurrection.

I am a giant dork.

DREAMSCAPE: INDIANA SHATNER

The other night I dreamt they made RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK in 1966 with WILLIAM SHATNER in the role of Indiana Jones.

"Nazis. I.............HATEtheseguys."

DREAMSCAPE: RON PERLMAN THE THING

Last night I dreamt RON PERLMAN was exposed to cosmic radiation and became THE THING... but only from the neck down. This, I share with you all.