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Coolest Movie Promotion Ever??? Robert Rodriguez - Why Isn't This In Austin?!?!?!?
Hey folks, Harry here... I remember back around the time of the permiere for SIN CITY here in Austin, I really was bemoaning the fact that the afterparty for SIN CITY really belonged in a local "Gentleman's Club" - but that none of those in Austin really fit. It was a conversation I had with some animators at Stubb's while Nick "Yellow Bastard" Stahl was woofing down BBQ. Well, leave it to the fantastic, miraculous, genius culture of the Japanese to take Movie Promotion to its logical ends. They made a club/restaurant/stripper-performers/bar that was opened to promote the film in September - and is closing at the end of the year. BUT - with more SIN CITY coming - and a possible Television franchise... Why not open a series of SIN CITY joints around the country. Go all out. Hire someone reputable to make the first one (here in Austin) and just let go from there. I mean, imagine NANCY lapdances where she really is topless and really does have that Miller-esque physique. Why not just go crazy like the lovely Japanese! A series of SIN CITY clubs are certainly more tantalizing than PLANET HOLLYWOOD or HARD ROCK CAFES. This could be the 21st Century Playboy clubs! And it would certainly sell SHITLOADS of fetishry. The Japanese are right! Follow their lead! GENIUS! Vast sums of money are being left unstripped from the horny clutches of American Men wanting this concept to take flight!
Hi, Harry and Moriarty,
I thought you guys might find this cool: There's a
Sin City theme bar and restaurant in Tokyo to promote
the movie's theatrical run in Japan. It opened Sept.
16 and will close at the end of the year.
More info and pics here:
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Bar's website here:
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Movie's Japanese website here:
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Cheers,
--GB
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cool
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the japs are strange btw...
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Nov 13, 2005 6:44:57 AM CST
Man, that ultra-damn looks cool... But just don't order the
by negative man
My eyes stung for a week after that drunken slurring of words... All I wanted was more Saki. What I got has scarred me for life.
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Sin Shitty was over-hyped, poorly acted, bloated and unsatisfying frozen horseshit on a popsicle stick. It didn't even have enough peanuts or corn to be considered real shit. A theme bar just proves how desperate some folks are to join ANY kind of 'in-crowd'. And Jessica Alba may be a cutie, but she couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag with a Ginsu Steak Knife, and you ALL KNOW IT.
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Those "Kevin" and "Yellow Bastard" drinks scare me. What would you put in them to match the characters?
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Why piss, of course.
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Nov 13, 2005 7:36:23 AM CST
URL for Japanese site is wrong; should be http://www.sincity.jp/
by qualopec
The link for the movie's Japanese website goes to its IMDB page instead.
It should be:
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Nov 13, 2005 7:45:29 AM CST
"how is austin suddenly NOT the center of the universe...why did
by thirteen 13
Well actualy Austin is no longer the center of the universe for several reasons. Austin has surrendered 6th street to gang members and fratboy shot bars. They have outlawed smoking everywhere even though smoling is still legal. And the only thing that keeps "Austin Weird" are guilty white liberals from Westlake attending Willie Nelson shows. Austin stopped being a cultural Mecca long long long ago. LOL!!!!!
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Those japs are, along with the Germans. Shows you how a socially stifling environment manifests itself into completely depraved sexual debauchery.
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BWAHAHAHAAAAA!! You KNOW you want it
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Peter Weller at the piano, a young Ellen Barkin at the bar...
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And who wants to go to a strip club you can't smoke in thanks to the fucking Armstrong wanna-be health nazi's that ARE NOT going out to these businesses that are LOSING business because of the smoking ban?
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whah whah whah...poor little smokers, quit your damn bellyaching. You can't whip it out and piss all over someone in public either but I don't hear you bitching about that. Sorry but just like I don't want someone's urine all over me, I do not want to breathe someone's cancer spew in either, and in closing, anyone who refuses to look at naked tities bouncing in their face unless they can take a drag from a cancer stick, really needs to re-examine their priorities.
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Are we sure Frank Miller approved?
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Nov 13, 2005 10:22:50 AM CST
The Japanese. God bless those little bat shit crazy bastards
by citizen arcane
Having put many a stripper through college in my 28 years, strip clubs are kind of boring to me now unless I can get a full lap dance and a phone number but I'm sure there's a market for this. If they kept the nudity at a PG-13 level they might even get to stay open. Make the entire restaurant black and white. There won't be any gay guys in there so no one will complain. While we're recreating Robert Rodriguez sets, I'd like to see a Titty Twister in my town too so let's get moving on that.
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How many more people will rave about Sin City 2 when they realise that after the first Rober Rodriguez released Shark Boy and Lava Girl, arguably the worst film of his career. I saw Sin City on DVD and couldnt see what all the fuss was about. on the whole I though the film was nasty unsympathetic and cold. In the movies arent there characters that you are supposed to root for. Well there werent any in Sin City. Robert Rodriguez does have anknack for special effects and I suppose making a film in black and white does take giant cajones. But next time he should write a better screenplay. The reason why lord of the rings worked was even though Jackson was a fan he didnt just have the fan in mind when he wrote the movies....
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Nov 13, 2005 11:16:11 AM CST
a line runs directly from robert rodriguez's ass onto this s
by chief redcock
what comes out of one place ends up at the other. that having been said, this is a neat idea... these look a lot hipper, trendier, and more subcultural (word?) then that planet hollywood b.s. just keep that assclown sylvestor stallone away from it (that's right ABKing, i'm calling you out, bitch!!!) and serve american food, not that japanese weird shit they've got on the menu. also, make sure you have scantily clad women, even if they can't get naked. oh, and i also want a titty twister. that is all.
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Nov 13, 2005 11:16:25 AM CST
Why not have one in Houston? We have more strip joint per capita
by big bad clone
I shit you not.
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You mean studios care about areas outside of NY and LA?
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I'd go if they did.
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I love the japs
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Nov 13, 2005 12:54:35 PM CST
Yet Another Reason Why Japan Really Is The Coolest Place On Eart
by zombiesolutions
having lived there for just over a year working as an English teacher, I can say that Japan really is the coolest place on earth. not just because of the operatic level of meticulous detail and effort put into fetish and geekery, but because you can't not get laid by dozens of cute japanese girls without even trying. break up with your girlfriends, quit your job, get the fuck out of Jesusland (if only for a while) and get yourself some J-action. trust me. it will radically alter your perception of your life on earth. in truth: japan saved my life. i was close to suicidal depression before i went to japan, now i'm the fucking buddha. go. go. go. go. go. go before the next major earthquake sends this wonderful island into the ocean forever. (also: don't be a jerk gaijin and stay there forever. get in, get yer fun, and get out. peace.)
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. . . just when you thought watching movies was the closest they'd come to getting laid.
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I'll meet you at Sin City. I'll be probably the only white guy there. If there's more than one, I'm the guy planted in perverts row.
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The concept of a titty bar is lame enough. But a corporate-sponsored, ad-revenue-supporting titty bar?
Only a straight man would think of something like this. -
Nov 13, 2005 3:39:31 PM CST
"Only a straight man would think of something like this."
by zombiesolutions
well, duh! your keen insight into the minds of heterosexual male geeks (hipster or otherwise) is truly astounding.
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Nov 13, 2005 4:14:59 PM CST
No character from the Sin City Books would be caught dead in a p
by jocutus
That's all that need to be said.
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Are you going to make them a regular "end of the month" feature?
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The one who's taking notes in a little spiral bound notebook, who never tips, drinks soda all night, knows all the girls by name and they know him. They patronize him because they feel sorry for him but they also know they're not getting any money out of him. But hey, Harry's too busy attending Uwe Boll screenings to go to stripclubs, right? Fuck any town or city that's in Texas. Hopefully Miller's getting PAID for this.
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Talk about movies.
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Something that has made my decision to move to Japan worthwhile! I am sooo there!
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Nov 13, 2005 10:28:28 PM CST
Finally, a reason for the geeks to leave their basements...
by windowlicker74
one problem though; the bars will be filled with REAL people..
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Actually most of the bar's guests will be CG.
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...no matter how close to the theme it gets, there's one thing you can't duplicate:The crowd. Sin City works because it's a picturesque mix of leather losers and interesting characters; I can't imagine a Sin City Bar full of Knowles-que geeks drooling over some bimbo or some L.A/N.Y Yuppy Celebrities with posse wagons dressed in the latest fashion. The very people who would actually belong would be left outside by a cheesy doorman in a tux.So why don't you all forget about it, drive miles away from your cities, find the divest of the dive bars in the middle of nowhere and share a few beers and stories with the locals. With some luck you'll get your Sin City moment...NSOMNIA OUT
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Frank Miller USED to know how to write a bar, but nowadays...well, it just feels like a PARODY of a Frank Miller bar...
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Just like his recent Batman outing.
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Because Austin doesn't fucking deserve it. A few words about the fair town of Austin, folks: it's a shithole, populated largely by stuck-up, pretentious, bourgeois liberal asswipes who are somehow convinced that the entirety of the cultural universe revolves around them and that, unfathomably, a white dude with a feather-adorned hat and a goddamn soul patch is the greatest blues musician in all of recorded history. All you ever hear out of these people is how great Austin is, how they're the "live music capital of the world" or some such, and y'know... if I were into shitty stoner college bands that were all trying to be Ween or Phish, I'd probably dig the Austin music scene, too. Of course, you can't mention the power and the glory of Austin's music scene without discussing 6th Street. Jumping Jesus, what a waste of good real estate THAT place is. As someone mentioned earlier, it's rapidly becoming a haven for gangbangers and fratdaddies. Good. That'll knock 'em down a few pegs. It'll be even better when Austin finally becomes the sort of miserable urban cesspool that Houston is.
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...good old Derby, England. My home is but a humble city that is a total and utter cultural wasteland. Bring us Sin City and watch it get ran over by townies, slappers and other drunken charisma vacuums...we deserve it!!!!
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Stubbs
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Nov 14, 2005 3:24:39 PM CST
Wow, what a surprise that the "coolest movie promotion ever" is
by chickychow
And why not open a chain of Sin City bars? how bout cuz its a fucking stupid idea? piece of crap movie..
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but this idea is utter shit
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Hey, dr_buggerlugs... that's my home town too and exactly why I stopped visiting Saddler Gate etc on a Friday night.
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cesspool, miserable? My home this is.
"It'll be even better when Austin finally becomes the sort of miserable urban cesspool that Houston is."
Cesspool, miserable? My home this is.
"That'll knock 'em down a few pegs. It'll be even better when Austin finally becomes the sort of miserable urban cesspool that Houston is."
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where the fuck do these people come from? America's basements can't be that big...
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my machine servant got wet and stuttered...
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