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If you have read Quint's review of GHOSTS OF MARS then you read about my 'cameo' in John Carpenter's latest film. Well... Just moments ago Moriarty informed me that due to my head being TOO RECOGNIZABLE, my scene was cut from GHOSTS OF MARS! That's right... They have cut my cut off head from GHOSTS OF MARS! Sigh... I know... I know..... A disaster on scale with the last San Francisco Earthquake... On par with 3-Mile Island and the upcoming SCOOBY DOO... but we will survive.
I believe if we all begin writing SONY now, we can get the scene as an extra on the dvd! hehehee, just kidding. I love this... My head was cut from the film! hahaha! My head no longer graces a pike in GHOSTS OF MARS... whimper... whimper... waaaaaaaaaah!!!! That's not true! That Can't Be! Waaaaaaaaaah! Sniffle... cough... I'm ok. I am. I understand... my head is too recognizable.... How does Clark Kent do it? I mean, I shaved my big beard off for the role of the disembodied head and everyone still knows it is me.... He just takes off his glasses and nobody knows him! IT IS NOT FAIR!
Can GHOSTS OF MARS still be a success? Well, let's see. Thus far Harry has appeared in BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE, THE FACULTY, MONKEYBONE, COLIN FITZ and a couple of documentaries... and they all were under-performers at the box office... So I'd say that GHOSTS OF MARS will probably make $400 million at the box office due to cutting my head out of the film. Again... that's why John Carpenter is the master... He knows the odds!
Sigh... Oh well... I guess I'll be like Bill Maher in the RUN RONNIE RUN flick... languishing on the cutting room floor....
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The last thing Carpenter needs to worry about is whether Harry's head should be lopped from a scene. I've seen the trailer for this movie and I've seen every Carpenter flick back to They Live and The Thing, and the way his movies have been going lately, John C. needs all the help he can get. I'd probably be MORE likely to go see it if Harry's head were in it ("It's a virtual planetoid!" Name that movie.). Just a suggestion: cut off Ice Cube's head in the film and replace it with Harry's...now that's a film to see.
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guess this frees you up to being able to give an honest review...
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But there's still a chance for you'r head to appear in futurama!
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Somehow I doubt that a viewer of the movie (Ghost of Mars) submitted a credit to you as "head on a pike". Seems very very premeditated to me. Ain't going to get you SAG medical coverage...
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I always thought that the fat ginger research guy on the boat at the start of titanic looked scarily like harry.
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Sorry,that was really poor!
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May 28, 2001 8:33:24 AM CDT
Don't worry Harry, you're in good company along with...
by maxcalifornia.
Ashley Judd and Denis Leary cut out of Natural born killers, Jim Caviezel who got cut out of Any Given Sunday. Then he got to make out with Jennifer Lopez in his next movie, so there ya go :) (Jeez I guess the moral here is don't bother accepting a small part in an Oliver Stone flick).
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Carpenter doesn't have it anymore. This also has a second rate cast. Plus, Mars movies have not done so well lately. Carpenter should just release a 2 hour loop of his Big Trouble in Little China music video.
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May 28, 2001 9:29:37 AM CDT
Sorry, Harry, I know how much you want to get ahead in this busi
by hardyboy
OK, I'll admit it--I should be shot for that subject line. But, seriously, Harry, doesn't your willingness--nay, desire--to appear in movies give ammunition to your critics? I saw both Ben Stein and Bill Maher grill you about your visit to the set of The Grinch; and it seems to me that those who are negatively disposed toward you see your APPEARANCE in movies--or filmmakers' exploitation of your now-familiar image--as something that compromises your objectivity and integrity. Don't get me wrong: Yours Humbly appreciates the fact you're honest and upfront about your biases (unlike most other film critics); and especially that you've given a voice to geeky fanboys everywhere and shown that their opinions on and insights into movies are every bit as important as those of journalists and film school grads. I'm just wondering if it's worth it to you to have your reviews tainted--to know that the highbrow critical establishment is saying, "Well, Harry Knowles, you can't take HIM seriously--he schmoozes with the filmmakers and gets parts in their movies"? Or do you feel that you're a pioneer, blurring the line between criticism and participation, and let history judge the consequences?
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ME NEITHER!!! This is so cool! We're like family, man! Awesome! We should go get some drinks with everybody else who isn't in "Ghosts of Mars"! It'd pick us up, y'know? We just need to find a pub with 5 billion electric dart boards. I have two, if that would help. This has been a Moment with User ID Indeed! Dahmit, I'm ah bahstard when mah bellay's fulla chicken.
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First, Harry, I'm sorry I won't be seeing your head on a pike on the big screen. Second, to all the Harry detractors out there: Harry's style of journalism has never strived to be objective, and he has stated this clearly many times over the years. His is a blend of standard critical anaylsis and gonzo journalism. In case you're unaware, gonzo journalism is a style whereby the experiences of the writer in getting and writing the story are as, if not more, important than the subject of the story. This was a style pioneered and perfected by the great Hunter S. Thompson, he of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas fame (or is that "infamy?"). If you don't like his style, you don't have to visit this site! And Harry, you're in good company. Don't let them grind you down (unless that's the only way you can get leaner ;-) and keep up the good work!
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... but I'm sure even having had the opportunity to appear in the movie, visit the set, pretend you're "in the biz", will be sufficient to ensure Carpenter a solid revue and tons of promotion on your site.
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...fat head out of GHOST OF MARS, coz it wouldn
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Harry Knowle's work, which I enjoy, does not fall into the relm of Gonzo journalism. Actually his attempts at working in this style have been some of the weakest writing to come off of my screen from this URL. Knowles work does fall into the "New Journalism" school of writing, however. He is obviously more of an impressionist than a strait journalist. He does not adhere to the school of objective journalism for "objective journalism is a pompous contradiction of terms" according to the great Tom Wolfe. Harry falls into the seat of PJ O'Rourke...doesn't have the balls to be a Thompson. As for being a sell out- even HST still writes for Rolling Stone, a magazine which is the poster child for Journalistic and cultural sell out.
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He is like a little kid in a room full of adults." Listen to me, listen come on I have something to say, why won't anyone listen to me"? Hey Bill go fuck yourself. You JACKOFF
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