We first spoke about the notrious BiffCo waaaay back in our evil Mega Corporations list when we were first starting out here at STS. At the time there was little information available on the man, nay, the legend that was alternate evil Biff Tannen, but today we did get a glimpse into what might have been, as this complete footage from the Biff Tannen museum finally popped up on YouTube.
Biff Tannen, we salute you!
Seeing as The Dude himself recently saw fit to strap on a guitar and bash out a few maudlin country tunes in the Oscar-bothering Crazy Heart, cementing his place (We’ll forget about ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys for now…and forever) in an illustrious list of wandering minstrels who haven’t always managed to pluck the heart strings of the academy committee. We decided to open our ears to some new vibes, man, so join us as we update our spotify playlists with…the best musicians in movies!
Thanks to watching Hausu last week, STS has curtailed our planned Japanese vacation in favour of somewhere less likely to cause loss of control over bowel functions. Instead, the staff have decided to head west this year in search of some sun – but where to stay when we get there? Luckily the movies have plenty of suggestions– we checked through the brochures down at Kubrick’s Travel in order to find the perfect holiday location – we’re checking in, so why not join us and check out: The Best Movie Hotels!
OK, so science fiction films often have remarkably poor foresight when it comes to setting the date of their story. “No-one will be watching this in fifteen years!” they confidently cry. “We’ll all have burned in a nuclear fire by then, surely!” The most prominent example being 2001: A Space Oddysey and the best example of dodging the issue being the Star Wars saga, which is set in the past. Somehow.
In any case, despite scriptwriters’ determination to give their own work a limited shelf-life there is light at the end of the tunnel. Here follows, then, a list of things that society still has time to invent, implement and generally make happen.
When Hollywood Gets It Right…
Hollywood studios are renowned for relentless tinkering, middle managers and yes men sticking their oar in and befuddling a perfectly good script with Star Cameos, Product Placement and Giant Mechanical Spiders, usually resulting in a hopeless chud-fest that leaves the cinema crowd vomiting their bile all over the internet. It’s ruined careers – Joel Schumacher take a bow – and in some cases even bought studios to their knees – we’re looking at you Heaven’s Gate.
But just occasionally, it can be a good thing.
Over the next few weeks we’ll be taking you through some truly great movies, and showing you how totally crappy they’d have been if a few faceless suits hadn’t rocked up, treated the writers like shit and the director like a moron, and totally changed everything!
First up, a faultless 80s classic that got out alive: Back To The Future.
