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Rodriguez and Trejo In June Start Wielding MACHETE!!
I am – Hercules!!
They just fucked with the wrong Mexican!!
I looks like “Machete” will soon be sliced onto more than a single reel!
The unexpectedly deadly day laborer first introduced in my favorite mock “Grindhouse” trailer will now serve as the title character in a feature expected to start shooting in June.
Danny Trejo, who played the title character in the pretend trailer, returns to headline the motion picture.
Robert Rodriguez, who created the trailer, wrote the feature's script and will co-direct with longtime editor Ethan Maniquis.
Variety has the premise:
Machete is a Mexican ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, who is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator.
Will "Lost" star Jeff Fahey reprise his role as the state senator?
That's one question not answered in the Variety story on the matter found here.
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now I just don't believe it will happen.
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now this? The guy/girl that said Rodriguez had 5 things in development wasn't far off. Too funny.
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Apr 23, 2009 11:50:13 PM CDT
they should have followed the advice of Edgar Wright's trailer
by tvs_frank
and DON'T!
if this is really coming to fruition, Michael Biehn and Jeff Fahey hafta be in it too.
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Now beat that!!
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...than anything Rodriguez has done in years. If it's tongue in cheek, it could be quirky cool.
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Should be at least a 15 minutes block of the movie.
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This just in, Robert Rodriguez announced he's planning on making every movie out of Hollywood for the next 20 years. ROBERT RODRIGUEZ'S PAUL BLARTT: MALL COP 2: RED HANDED! ROBERT RODRIGUEZ'S HOUSE BUNNY 3 STARRING LINDSAY LOHAN IN HER LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SALVAGE HERSELF! ROBERT RODRIGUEZ PRESENTS: DUCKTALES: THE LIVE ACTION MOVIE! Look motherfucker, Shit Or Get Off The Pot.
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Eli Roth plans to shoot his Grindhouse trailer, as well - THANKSGIVING. (tinyurl.com/ccmnth) These could be pretty cool.
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Eli Roth is making it right after his next film.
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Love Danny Trejo on the screen. Get some!
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Apr 24, 2009 12:10:47 AM CDT
Were the fuck is Red Sonja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by illuminate
Were are updates on the coolest project that he could make: Red Sonja. What's the matter? Rose Mcgowan is not sucking his dick and swallowning his cum like she did at the audition for Grind House. Robert Rodriguez would rather direct this and those crappy fast food kids movies than Red Sonja. What a bunch of bullshit.
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Don't get me wrong. Machete looks like a great rental but I am not going to buy a ticket for this.
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The guy is excellent on lost and Planet Terror. It's not Machete without him.
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To do Red Sonja right, and without making it look cheap, would require a good amount of pre-production. And since Rose Mcgowen is the lead, they are going to need to hire some awesome supporting cast to compensate for her lack of range. I'm thinking.... The Rock, Rosario Dawson, and the guy that played the part of Geoffrey Chaucer from A Knights Tale. That might be enough to keep me from focusing on how one-dimensional rose mcgowen's acting is.
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hollywood's go to hispanic guy and keeps on making em. can't wait to see him enter his dramatic la strada and zorba the greek phase later on.
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... Thanksgiving and Machete in to Grindhouse 2. I'm sure the fake trailers will be better than the feature films. I have a hard time getting excited about anything Robert Rodriguez is doing... If you ask me he still has to make a good film. From Dusk Till Dawn and Sin City where cool and fun, but in my opinion they weren't really good films though.
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Cool to see him on Breaking Bad last week, even though they chopped off his fucking head and stuffed it on top of a turtle.
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who thinks this is fucking awesome? i've been waiting for this news for years. i even have a mock machete poster in my room. now let's see if it comes to fruition and rodriguez goes back to his roots of ass-kicking mexicans.
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don't think that's been done before. Trejo is boss.
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And Rose McGowan better not mess it up. In fact, don't let her be in it at all.
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...huge-budget flicks he's had his name on since Grindhouse. Go fuck yourself if you want to make a $100 million Barbarella remake.
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I agree. Also, who cares about Eli Roth? I wish the guy the best but come on.
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Hope so.
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and he will own your asses in Predator 3: We're All Gonna Die.
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you know her ugly ass is going to show up in this movie.
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Don't
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Had and awesome cameo in the last Breaking Bad. Too bad no one is watching the best thing in any form of entertainment right now.
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dammit!!!
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RR has been attached to 5-6 different projects lately and none have come true. So fuck it. Besides, RR isn't what he once was. Once he cheated on his wife with Rose McGowan, I lost ALL respect for him. Fuck him.
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I want to see Cheech as the Padre!I wonder how many other films will be made from the Grindouse faux trailers?
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Filming on the feature of that is supposed to start soon as well.
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Apr 24, 2009 1:57:23 AM CDT
That trailer isn't even that good. HOBO W/SHOTGUN is better.
by dannyglovers_dickblood
Much better.
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DT has been talking it up for a minute now, and he doesnt talk unless he really has the part.
basically the senator has an agenda against undocumented workers, gets his money man to hire a day laborer to try adn kill him, but they set up said day laborer by shooting him, making the bill easier to pass against mexicans. Danny goes into hiding but comes back and kills em all. lol@ them not knowing he was really a fucking retired mexican agent. obviously a classic steven segal revenge flick, i cant wait. -
...But what's a little political progress compared to some KICK ASS FUCKING RODRIGUEZ/TREJO ACTION!
You immigrants are just going to have to wait until I get my fill of FLYING, GATLING-ENHANCED MOTORCYCLE MEXICAN ACTION!!! -
Apr 24, 2009 2:10:33 AM CDT
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by toby_fn_wong
I always wanted to see a full Machete film. RR and Trejo are gonna deliver.
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....can scream "I'VE ALWAYS LOVED GRINDHOUSE FILMS!!" grindhouse grindhouse grindhouse grindhouse. This is gonna be fun.
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Do you like anything?
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I'm not a huge Rodriguez fan, but really liked "Planet Terror" and think that the "Machete" trailer is one of the most awesome things ever made. I'm glad he's making this, but hope that he doesn't go the "Grindhouse" route with missing scenes and digitally aged "film". That trick was played out before the credits rolled on the theatrical "Grindhouse".
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Now if we can get thanksgiving and werewolf women of the ss i'll be a happy camper
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Same actor, same name...
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Apr 24, 2009 2:34:40 AM CDT
Red Sonja is about as dead as John Millius' King Conan
by alucardvsdracula
And for the latter I weep a single Cimmerian tear. For the former I coudln't give two shits. Wouldn't mind him maybe making a few cooking videos though. The last one was ace.
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Apr 24, 2009 2:37:47 AM CDT
Drop the "old film" effect??? That's the whole charm of it!
by orionsangels
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Oh i can't wait for the inevitable Predator 3 movie announcement and the talkbacks hitherto (not sure what word means but it sounds like a fancy end)
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Dude that was some crazy shit.i love breaking bad along with true blood i think it's the best thing out right now.i live in tucson,az right near the border and there is definitely crazy shit going down right now due to the drug war.so to me that wasn't unbeleivable at all.shit i think they just found 6 heads in coolers in the desert a few weeks ago.btw your screen name rules
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dont you remember the wonderful commentary on the conan dvd after all of those "oooh her legs" and "gyahahaha that vuz funee" they make a vow to CROM that nothing matters except TWO stood against many to make Conan 3, and if CROM wouldn't help them, then TO HELL WITH HIM!
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DON'T or bust.
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Hope they keep the scratches and pops and all that other "old film" effects.
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Seriously. Fucking awesome. T&A, Danny Trejo, Mexican violence...what can go wrong? Lets send him after El Chapo.
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I've got some lego and a tin of red paint. What can you bring to the table? I recently spoke to John Millius and asked him what I could do to help him finish his vision. He asked me if I liked to watch naked men wrestle? I said no. He said "To Hell with You!!!"
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Why?
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Yeah, like you would tell Ms. Rose
"I am happily married, I can't do this, please get your asshole off my lips...please"
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Hiding behind right wing hate and gun love.
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...when the fuck is "Black Dynamite" coming out!?
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and he needs to be in this movie. Him and Cheech Marin. That would kickass!
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Come on, you fuckers, make it happen. I still refuse to watch Planet Terror or Death Proof until I get the complete Grindhouse experience, with mock trailers, on DVD. I mean, if a 3-disc boxset of Pearl Harbour can exist, then surely this isn't impossible.
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I second m_reporter...MACHETE and WEREWOLFWOMEN OF THE SS or THANKSGIVING.
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I would - but then, I don't go for idiotic ladies who make fucking retarded comments in favour of the IRA.
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"You're about a quart low." Muhahahahahahah
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"You're about a quart low." Muhahahahahahah
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...so I'm not too optimistic about this. I really hope it kicks ass but RR is losing it these days. Give it to someone fresh says I.
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Wasn't the point of the trailers that they were JUST TRAILERS!?!?! Making a movie seems like killing the original joke, dunnit? RR please just make Sin City 2 and then retire.
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wasnt he going to do that?
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—I don't know if it's still going. I'm biased, unfortunately. I really want to see this. And, the SF film that was announced a few weeks ago.
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But can I please get a proper DVD/Bluray release of Grindhouse first?
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They would actually film it, why did the project stop?
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That's what always happens...
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Why is that guy not a huge star? Him and Biehn should do a buddy movie.
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Damn. Just checked out Danny Trejo on IMDB. The guy is definitely busy. Also looks good for being a 64 year old man. Who knew?
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Why not have the "day laborer" get drunk, and run people over to kill them. Then hand the police one of three fake ideas, then "advocacy' groups like La Raza make excuses for him. It happens in North Carolina about ever two weeks. Toodles....
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I can't wait for part 2, PENNYKNIFE (starring Paul Dano, and part 3, SCALPEL (starring Michael Clarke Duncan).
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they should do another double feature thing and make the second film Thanksgiving. And only let Quentin do a mock trailer this time and not a shitty feature like Deathproof.
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I love Robert Rodriguez movies but god damnit! No one cares about how many movies you're attached to, we want to watch movies you've made! "Shorts" is not a movie I will care about NO MATTER WHAT though.
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Fahey is legend.
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He had a few big screen hits: Body Parts and The Lawnmower Man. Then, there was unfortunatley short-lived TV series The Marshall. Fahey is so talented, but so underrated. If Trejo, Cheech, and Fahey are all in this then my money is out of my wallet in Rodriquez's hands.
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from Lost. While a great show, they need to get an edumacation on Fahey.
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RR is a fantastic director. I love his (and Tarantino's) films. Machete will kick so much ass! I'd like to see what he does with Perdator as well! :)
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Hell, she'd cheat on me with Rose McGowan.
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Kickass!Woohoo
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Right after Nigella Bites. That'd be an hour of must see tv.
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We're not going to say something dumb like "If Jeff Fahey's not in this, we're not going to watch it" but we will point out that, if Jeff Fahey's not in this, then opportunity wasted.
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Until then, well it's pretty much all speculation that this will even happen. This is just another reminder of how the Weinsteins fucked over Grindhouse by releasing it on EASTER weekend! Maybe if they had waited until an appropriate month (like say, October) we'd already have seen Machete in a feature length film.
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but yes, definitely opportunity wasted.
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How can you mention Fahey and not mention his awesome performance opposite Clint "The Man" Eastwood in White Hunter Black Heart?
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Machete was introduced as the "uncle" of Carmen and Juni Cortez in SPY KIDS.
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Like in the trailer. Best. Thing. Ever.
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Damnit, make it already. Fuck.
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make another film to go with it. Grindhouse 2, anyone? I'd like another double feature of greatness. I'd kinda only want another QT feature after the RR one, though. Hrm.
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That's one of the few Clint movies I've never seen, and I've seen Paint Your Wagon. I'll have to catch it now.
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Breaking Bad was the peak of Trejo's career.
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was so badass even as great as he is, everything from then on was downhill. Nothing compares to him in that, but Machete could.
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We NEED to see A Dame To Kill For with Salma Hayek while she's still hot enough. Just fucking DO IT already!
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I live in the UK and Grindhouse was one of my most anticipated movies back in 2007. Then they scraped the early summer release date, pushing it back about six months and spliting it into two seperate films. To this day I still haven't seen either movie and I refuse to until they finally get their shit together and release a definative DVD that contains both films back to back with all the mock trailers. It still makes my head spin at how they were able to create such a monumental clusterfuck of the UK release and make people like me, who were looking forward to this flick actually end up boycotting it on principle.
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"Where's my wife and daughter?!"
Fahey's wife and daughter HAVE to be played by Nigella Lawson and Rose McGowan for the gratuitous waterfall sex scene.
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F69 - thank the fucking lord that you haven't seen DEATH PROOF.
Wondering why there's such a talkback backlash againt Tarantino? It's cos that film really is as bad as people say.
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Give me a triple feature: Machete, Thanksgiving, and Hobo w/ a Shotgun!
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A very memorable guest-spot as well....
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think thats why i liked DEATH PROOF more than PLANET TERROR..
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Didnt he already film half of this movie already?
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Six Demon Bag - McGowan was in both of 'em you knucklehead.
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that would be be pretty amazing.....to make a trailer...THEN the film. he should keep the style IDENTICAL
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Apr 24, 2009 12:48:12 PM CDT
Holy shit! Is Rodriguez the luckiest/busiest filmmaker working t
by a goonie
Seriously, dude's got some kids movie coming out soon, he's got Red Sonja somewhere in early development, he's attached to remake Barbarella, he's now going to be doing a Predator movie (fucking sweet that is), and now he's making Machete!!! This is a crazy amount of projects to be developing simultaneously. Or did I miss something and one of those Rose McGowan-starring remakes has fallen by the wayside?Either way, I love Rodriguez even if I don't love all of his movies (Once Upon a Time in Mexico was a really shitty way to cap off an otherwise great series), so this is good news for me. The idea of Predators making a big-screen return that won't involve raping the possibilities of Aliens vs. Predator is reason enough to get me very excited. But news that Danny Trejo is going to fuck people up as Machete all feature-length style is just awesome on so many levels. Trejo is a fucking badass and he deserves a big, meaty leading role. I can't wait.
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Is one of the most twisted images I've ever seen on television, network or cable, and why this show deserves a weekly TB.
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of Mad Men last year. I suggest a Breaking Bad episode directed by DePalma. That would be beautiful.
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Oh dear God. Please let Cheech Merin be in this movie, and let them film it with the same granularity as they did the fake preview. If you do this one little favor for me. I won't make fun of the people praying outside of the abortion clinics.
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But the damn thing cut me off, because it is a cruel subject line cutting thing.
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The main one being, of course, causing me to feel dissappointed by a movie starring Kurt Russell and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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Was hoping RR would do this.
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It's the best show on cable right now, hands down. The last two episodes have been fucking riveting viewing. But the AICN gurus don't tend to favor shows like that for some reason. For instance, they seemed to dislike The Shield as well. Why some shows get talkbalks while others do not is a mystery to me--especially when they give them to piece-of-shit reality shows.
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Apr 24, 2009 1:37:13 PM CDT
DANNY TREJO IS A SCARY, FRIGHTENING, INTIMIDATING AND IMPOSING M
by bringingsexyback
I have no doubt he's as nice and gentle as a teddy bear in real life.
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lol Paint your Wagon. You know I kind of like that one.
Anyway White Hunter black Heart is great. Definitely check it out.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umIsbaQ9cco
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Look at IMDB to be impressed. He spent most of the '60s in and out of prison. He's had close to 200 appearances since Runaway Train. He and Rodriguez are second cousins. and so on..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFM-FZQwrI
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fucking RR!!!
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and drink margaritas!!!!
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Nigella Lawson and Sandra Rinomato(Property Virgins)as the Matchette dykes. Both are MILF's though.Matchette Melon festival.
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I found a metal stick in an alley and sharpened it into a fine sword in a burning fire, had the hobos tell me the riddle of steel and slowly practiced with it on santa monica beach in the evening sun. i put on some war paint and tried sneaking into the studios but they caught me and crucified me on the tree of woe. arrgghhh.
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I was hoping that Rob Zombie would make Werewomen of the SS. But RR's Machette? aw hell naw. Happy for trejo as the man has gotta eat....Tacos!
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Titties
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True story: I met him very briefly while I was working at a sound house and he had come in to do some ADR (can't remember name of the movie, but it was a low budget rip off of the Usual Suspects). While he waited in the kitchen for his turn to do ADR, he talked to me and a couple of co-workers and the guy was all class. He talked about how grateful he was to have a career and thanked us for being fans of his; I mentioned I was a big fan of his late buddy Edward Bunker so Danny told us a couple of stories about him; joked around when I mentioned I was in LA County once, and then talked to another co-worker of mine who is an ex-con, and the talked about how important it is to stay in the Program. Then he went in to do ADR and some no-name dude came out talking on his cell phone complaining about what a small time facility this was and how he shouldn't be doing ADR today because his voice is soar and he wasn't feeling it today.
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I know this will probably not set the box office on fire who cares cult fim I say, but speaking for myself bring it on that trailer makes me smile every time I think about it, props to Danny Trejo
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http://tinyurl.com/58l99s.
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is it confirmed yet?
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" I don't always drink beer, but when I do ... I prefer dos equis (XX) ". That would be the shit!
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Fuck the "NC-17" shit. This movie better be rated "X" or else I'm stickin' a machete up someone's ass!!
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The trailers were the best part of that rotten fucking turd Grindhouse. Now, as if it can actually be done, they are ruining that. Boring. Fucking cruel.
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Apr 25, 2009 2:13:16 PM CDT
Robert Rodriguez can make three films at the same time...
by mrmysteryguest
if need be! :)
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Jus' sayin.
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but it damn BETTER be putas! pass the coronas.
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There's two Rodriguez talkbacks, how come one of us thought of this earlier.
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Priceless.
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Even when they are fake and become real.
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Not so sure about his "Predator" though.
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