Tyronne

Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA


Joined May 17th 2007

Number of Posts:
577

Number of Comments:
530

Karma:
7



About Me
No details about me yet :(

Tags & Posts

Bookmark Tags



Popular Tags

Blogs

Tyronne's Blogs

10678 Vote(s)
47 Comment(s)
215 Post(s)
25711 Vote(s)
642 Comment(s)
335 Post(s)
6731 Vote(s)
222 Comment(s)
74 Post(s)
$40-a-week (Member)
752 Vote(s)
10 Comment(s)
23 Post(s)
Fashion (Member)
46400 Vote(s)
2849 Comment(s)
584 Post(s)
Hunt Famous (Member)
22401 Vote(s)
503 Comment(s)
382 Post(s)
Music Times (Member)
25711 Vote(s)
642 Comment(s)
335 Post(s)
9308 Vote(s)
213 Comment(s)
122 Post(s)

I mentor these bloggers

Learn more about the Orble Mentoring Program.


I do not mentor any bloggers.

Friends

I have no friends :(

Recent Posts

Vintage Anti-Drug Propaganda

February 12th 2009 22:06
The Birth of an Addictive War Zone

marijuana, cocaine, heroin, pot, reefer, weed, drug propaganda, reefer madness
Doesn't everyone need a little lust?


Ever since prohibition failed and those in charge had to find something else to qualify keeping their jobs the war on drugs has waged. In the pre prohibition era drug use had never been seriously legislated or monitored.

Back in the depression days and earlier Marijuana was just another weed that grew on the side of highways all over America. (Some called it Hobo-wine) Sigmund Freud and Coca Cola prescribed cocaine as “cures what ails you” magic elixirs.

Pharmaceutical companies had not yet gained a stranglehold on the health system and passive smoking had not even been acknowledged.

Then came the J Edgar Hoover years and a vigilant and aggressive battle was waged that continues to fail to this day. Some of the early recreational drug use propaganda that surfaced around this era and later is amusingly misinformed.

Films like Reefer Madness prescribed that to take a toot of pot you would become a homicidal psychopath. Aside from the obvious aversion to serial killing the movie also implies that a life of crime is inevitable.

Reefer Madness Trailer



This 1960’s LSD video also uses fear tactics to achieve its message. Coming in the wake of the LSD therapy craze of the 1950’s that saw big name stars like Cary Grant and Esther Williams work through childhood traumas aided by the chemical substance. It was a time of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Acid Test’ and Timothy Leary approaching messiah status for his development and cultural encouragement of the trippy mind bender.

LSD – Not For You Propaganda Film



No doubt that all these hallucinogens and stimulants are damaging to the body, but like most things it is the synthetic man made compounds that do the most irreparable harm. The ones they sell over the counter in mass quantities.

1950’s Pot as a gateway drug film






52
Vote
   


Tarantino's latest starts the Motherless PR push


Inglorious bastards teaser poster
Teaser Poster for Inglorious Bastards


A new film from the Pulp Fiction bad-ass Director of Jackie Brown is a geek event par excellence. Today the first look teaser parachuted in to heighten the fever. Remaking the 1970’s original, expectations are high for genre hopping exploitation and cartridge in cheek tension.

inglorious bastards, dvd, video, poster, trailer, remake
The Original Bloody Eight


As usual actors were climbing over themselves in hopes of becoming immortalized as a QT character. The cast of Inglorious Bastard, an eclectic bunch assembled for a Dirty Dozen style WWII Combat adventure. Leading the cutthroat posse of Reservoir Dogs is a heavily accented Brad Pitt, whose sole purpose is “Killin’ Nazi’s” (Nat-s-ies).

quentin tarantino, inglorious bastards, film director, war film
QT coaxes a performance


Included in this blood thirsty rampage against German forces is Mike Meyers (So I Married an Axe Murderer) , Eli Roth (Hostel Director) , Diane Krueger, Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Cloris Leachman (High Anxiety), Julie Dreyfuss (Kill Bill), Maggie Cheung (Kill Bill) and Rod Taylor (The Time Machine).

Diane kruger, inglorious bastards
Diane Krueger


Removing the deeper hypocrisies and contemplation on the futility of war, Tarantino promises a rollicking yarn that romps through sex, violence and mayhem.

The throwback “boys-own” style war film has been out of fashion ever since Hollywood developed a conscious. Personally the anti war film is very satisfying but there is certainly a place for exploitation and gratuitous propaganda too. The romanticized image of war left us long ago, it will be an interesting social experiment to see how audiences behave in what could be called an extinct genre.

The Inglorious Bastards Trailer


69
Vote
   


New posters for Harry Potter 6


harry potter and the half blood prince, posters, film, movie, book, novel harry potter 6, fantasy books
Dumbledore character poster for the Half Blood Prince


After the furor surrounding the shifting release dates for Harry Potter 6, the first poster artwork has surfaced from that leaky WB cauldron of PR. (Found on msn.com)

A mild fan of the books myself, the art work look like they keep the dense atmosphere of dread that seemed to come from the typed pages.

harry potter and the half blood prince, posters, film, movie, book, novel harry potter 6, fantasy books
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince


With most of the cast (Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, David Thewlis, Jim Broadbent, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane etc) returning for the July 16th release date, this next installment is Directed by David Yates who helmed the previous film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Yates is also scheduled to helm Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows to controversy at splitting the monumental swansong in twain for a “To Be Continued” two-parter. (One in 2010, the other in 2011)

harry potter and the half blood prince, posters, film, movie, book, novel harry potter 6, fantasy books
Glasses and all for the battle begins


Back to 2009, and the current Half Blooded episode that begins the potentially tragic winner take all showdown between Harry and Voldermort. Rather than recount the novel, here is a brief synopsis of the film according to the official site:

“Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information.

Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself increasingly drawn to Ginny, and so is Dean Thomas. Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hasn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates. Then there’s Hermione, simpering with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.”

Watch the official trailer for "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"


34
Vote
   


The Lip Synched Superbowl.

February 4th 2009 22:50
Jennifer Hudson’s National Karaoke Moment

jennifer hudson, national anthem, superbowll, lip synch
Jennifer Hudson at the Superbowl

[ Click here to read more ]
54
Vote
   


Tony Stark faces Marv in our Comic Book Universe


iron man 2, comic book movie, robert downey, mickey rourke, casting
Iron Man 2 is being belted out

[ Click here to read more ]
58
Vote
   


Vintage Coca Cola

February 3rd 2009 18:03
The Fizzy Birth of a Marketing Triumph


vintage coca cola, advertising, coke, marketing, posters
Hail the women in a red dress

[ Click here to read more ]
53
Vote
   


Mischa flashes her Barton

January 29th 2009 17:51
Mischa Barton Caught Out


mischa barton flashes, paris fashion week, underwear, celebrity fashion
Mischa's Moment

[ Click here to read more ]
69
Vote
   


Chuck Jones Moved Pictures

chuck jones, aniamtor, cartoon, bugs bunny, daffy duck
Chuck at work

[ Click here to read more ]
31
Vote
   


The 2008 Razzie Nominations are In.

January 22nd 2009 15:14
The Worst Films Still Make Huge Box Office


razzie awards, golden raspberry, worst films, bad movies
An earlier Golden Raspberry

[ Click here to read more ]
36
Vote
   


The Fashioning of Princess Mary

January 21st 2009 01:47
A Brief look at Princess Mary


princess mary, denmark, royal family, mary donaldson
Reflections on Princess Mary

[ Click here to read more ]
81
Vote
   


 

Recent Comments

Comment by Tyronne
on Ernest Hemingway

September 19th 2008 00:35
Thank you Anne 1,

I'm glad you noticed I tried my hardest to follow his dictum. (Wise words those)

Comment by Tyronne
on Janice Dickinson – To be envied and worshipped?

August 30th 2008 01:51
Hi Anon,

Thanks for the heads up but, I'm in Australia and we spell it the traditional english way...there are many words that the US spell with a "z" that we do with an "s".

Here endeth the international grammar lesson for the day

Comment by Tyronne
on Megan Fox is Mother Teresa – New Trailer

August 9th 2008 01:47
Hi Ruby

Megan Fox has only just began her screen career really with a notable part in Transformers.

She was voted sexiest women alive recently and is generally one of those pretty faces with little talent that us geekboys lust after.

Comment by Tyronne
on Megan Fox is Mother Teresa – New Trailer

August 9th 2008 01:34
JohnDoe is right this is a mock trailer.

Comment by Tyronne
on Fashion Rocks. I Don’t Think So!

July 24th 2008 21:49
Hi Timmy,

The disclaimer was an attempt at comedy....i guess I failed

Comment by Tyronne
on Constitution Day 2008

June 20th 2008 00:02
Great essay question -- a few adults could do with thinking about this as well

Invest in technology! When will the politicians realise that oil is over -- done -- gone -- there is just not enough of it!

Comment by Tyronne
on "Presidential Race or Racial Campaign"

June 20th 2008 00:01
I completely agree -- how did it end up like this?

Comment by Tyronne
on Why YouTube Sucks.

June 20th 2008 00:00
Yep -- the rush to the lowest common denominator has begun..

Comment by Tyronne
on Find All The Latest Gaming Stuff

June 19th 2008 23:59
Fantastic -- looking forward to it.