Rudolf

Oh Steven, you silver tongued flatterer, you!

If I was a girl you'd make me swoon with words like that :)

I have to say, this comment, and the one Dave gave me here (http://www.karmacritic.com/node/1878...) are among my treasured favorites.

Thank you so much man!! :) 

 
Well, I just like the "suspend the disbelief" line by Frederick, heheh, but I'll change it so its not so obvious :)

Man, I'm over the moon, like the brits said, that you liked this stuff! "Sickos R Us" dreaming up twisted shit since 1977! :) 

Sure, sure, if you are a woman, not so much fun if you are a guy.

Steven Gladstone

Director/Cinematographer

http://www.gladstonefilms.com

 
Right up there with pies to the face, or elaborate slip-and-fall sequences :) I think its coded in our genes the instinct to laugh at that, something about survival of the genes or something :)

I'm delighted you liked this and laughed!!  

 
That deep down, most of us are not that impossibly far from Jeremy and Tom and his gang as we'd like to be... are we good because of goodness inside, or just lack of opportunities to safely act evil outside? :) That was my line of thinking with the Tom character. Heh! I find that funny too :)

Well, who knows, do I identify with Jeremy, or do I identify with Rudolf?? Heheh, most likely both... I read somewhere that just like all actors use a part of themselves to make a character feel alive, so do writers. Vader and Skywalker are just different sides of George Lucas, the saying goes, and so on.

Anyway, the onion peel theory you commented upon the "Sedatives" video applies here too I think: those who seem nice in the first layer, are twisted one level down, then nice again at the core. If that is true, someone who writes about sundaes and unicorns and rainbows and care bears, deep down probably would kick a zombie in the nuts if he had the chance in real life.. while me, I just write about it :)

Anyway, I'm really delighted you liked this! And yup, my personality is a bit of a messs... someday I'll post my astral chart just to count the oppositions :)

Thanks for reading!

 
Lol, nah, in the zombie universe this would be right before the massive spread out, when the world was still a fun place to be. Hey, maybe Rudolf is the first zombie who started it all! Or, most likely, the two scripts have nothing to do with each other, heheheh :) 

But why you ask, did you hate it? like it? 

 
I like the spaghetti idea for one of the tortures, maybe... heheheh!

Victor, I'm so glad you liked it! You're giving me ideas to write the sequel already .... hehehe, the first draft did go in that direction of zombies multiplying in the cellar, back then Rudolf was "the bloody nosed reindeer" and the rest of the zombies were the other reindeers, Blitzen and Gretchen, or whatever they're called, and Jeremy was going to dress as Santa and use them to pull his sleigh on the street... heheh.. I dont know why I didnt go in that direction in the end :)  ... I didnt plan this script, it just kinda happened.

So glad you liked it, thank you! 

 
Yes!!

Thats what I call Variations on a Theme! Use the montage sequence to dress Rudolf as whatever is funny or meaningful to you, and then work out that aggression, like Dawn said! Yeeehaw!! :)

Loved it man, thank you!! 

 
I love that reaction!! if the written page causes this, imagine how delicious, er.. I mean, how squirm inducing the actual film could be!

Thanks so much Donna May!! :) 

 
I have to admit, while typing up this thing, I kept thinking of how two people would react to it: MelioraEric and you :)

Eric, god bless his heart, I just wanted to see if I could actually disgust him. I know it sounds so mean, but..... its kind of like a joke.. or a game.. you're such good person Eric! I'm just testing where the limits are.. heheheheheh, it made writing this so fun.

And you OuchMouth, because with Camp Machete you proved to be authority on the genre, knowing what's been done, whats stale, what's fresh, etc! I'm SOO glad (like the brits would say "over the moon") that you considered this a solid twist on the genre! man, that's awesome to hear :)

OKay, answer time: Joe, .. Rudolf chomped on his forehead.. I didnt write that Joe died from it, maybe I should have. Hehe..

As for the tone... you're so right once again. I read somewhere.. that horror and comedy are NOT that far apart.. that if you push one far enough, you'll land in the other. Too much horror becomes funny, too much funny becomes horror. So yeah, I was looking for the line to push it :) If I was able to type things well, I would love the whole first scene to be done in one-shot, from the side, and fairly far away. Its wordless anyway, its just like a vignette.. .. darkness -> lights come on -> jer comes down -> kicks rudolfs nuts -> walks back up -> turns off light. Thats it. I saw that scene while in Disney (dont judge me!) and the whole script came from there. I didnt want to spoil it with words, and as a director, I would do it all in one shot. Anyway, yes, this is a test of skill, the director has to make this very disturbing thing... sooo disturbing, thats the audience cant possibly do anything but laugh :)  That was the goal :)

As for Glenn Beck... yeah. .. I -know- you're right, but my judgment is clouded by hatred. He had a rant against Mexico the other day, I saw it in YouTube and smoke was coming out of my ears. I hope one day I'm famous so that he invites me to his show, and I'll ask if we're taping live, when he replies yes, I'll kick him in the nuts. I'll gladly do time for that. Anyway...

YES! I thought that idea and I LOVED IT, specially considering I was doing two zombie scripts for Brendan at the time with dealt with the end of the world (here and here), but I never knew how to express that idea in the screen. But I love it!

Your last scene with Rudolf's petting Jeremy's dismembered junk.... oh man, its one of those things thats sooo sick that it becomes funny! Let me think about it a little bit, I may do this! :)

(I mean.. I may -write- this..... ehem..)

Thanks for the review as always man! Very honored! 

Well, its early here, but I hope it turns out to be a good day, we're off to a great start.

Man, coming from you of all people, this encouragement means triple to me! And HELL YES we'll put that quote on the DVD cover! We'll even have a cartoon monkey or something:

Anyway, I'm really really thrilled that You of all people liked this! I've succeeded, thank you!

 
Aye, I'm planning do some sort of weird animation, something like this:

http://www.karmacritic.com/node/714

I hope it comes off a little bit better if I can, given that I have more time to plan it out, but yeah, more or less along those lines.

P.S. I'm gonna start a log of your comment titles, cuz if they were movie titles, I'd pay tickets for sure.  

This is why I don't have a steady girlfriend! Big Sugar and I have talked about chicks over the phone.  There are, however, some girls out there that will let you be. It is very rare though. Cause for some reason, most girls want to change "who the man is" fuck that. I'm not gonna change for any woman. Well, there is one that I adore, and maybe her. But there is a difference there, she and I have known each other since I was 19 yrs. old. She's a tight friend, and now my Ex-Girlfriend. I think everyone has this one single chick they would do anything for.

But for the most part, I stay single. There are just too many hot chicks. And when you start drinkin', every chick is hot. So I prefer not to have a girlfriend.

 I think, Eric should get laid.

And after getting laid, DO NOT FALL IN LOVE. i repeat.

DO

NOT

FALL

IN

LOVE

Have fun. And if you do fall in love, then maybe you're gay, or you found the right person for you. In either event, my best advice is--HAVE FUN WITH LIFE AND WOMEN. Women are great. And I believe, that being honest with a girl is the best thing, cause the moment you lie to them, they become your worst enemy, evil as fuck. So, if you meet a chick you just want to fuck, tell her that. Don't start fuckin' her and make her believe that there is more there than that. Set the rules. Set the boundaries and limits right off the bat. That's what I do. It works. And if the chick is game, she'll play BY MY RULES. And you'll know instantly if she isn't game, cause she won't enter the field.

What I'm trying to say is this. Stop jacking off to that cheerleader video you're editing and go bone at least two of them. haha

Seriously. What's holding you back? You're single. I'm sure some of those girls are single. You have nothing to lose. What? You'll get a "no I don't want to go with you tonight". And if that is what happens, then you say cool. For every 10 "no's" there is a yes. And it isn't scary to ask a girl out, it's easy, you just do it. And you know what, chicks dig that shit. Girls don't like pussies. They already have one, why would they want to talk to one?

That's why we're called MEN. And this isn't directed to anyone, I'm just blab blab blabbin'. Men have lost their balls in our era. Come on guys, be MEN. Don't be scared. Men were built to fuck and protect. Women were built to provide and support. It's simple fucking logistics. But in order for a woman to provide and support, the man has to fuck and protect and her at all times.

And here is what dudes forget nowadays. Women have desires also. Want to fuck too. It's normal shit. It's human. So don't be afraid to go up to a woman and talk to her. I know really really hot chicks, and they get frustrated when men don't go up to them cause they're afraid of rejection. Chicks want us to go to them. That is the nature of men and women. So go up to a chick and say what's up. It's that simple. What do you lose? A couple of words and two breaths to say'em.

Don't forget to tell them you're a filmmaker. Works for me! but then again~~I'm EZEQUIEL! haha

EZEQUIEL

Lady Parker! You rock mama!

People like us are wild. And people like us should not ever never get married. We work crazy hours, work with hot people and there is way too much temptation. So that is why I don't lie to any girl that wants to go out or fuck. I'm straight out. I always tell them "I don't have the time to take you out to dinners" "I do see other girls, some as hot as you or hotter" "I don't want a relationship" "if you fall in love with me, your heart will only get broke, so don't fall in love with me" "if you're horny, call me" "if you're ugly, call me and make sure I'm drunk first" haha

I'm a fucking pirate.

And Captain Lady Parker is right. If you're not fuckin', you should be writing! Or both at the same time.

For guys that don't understand this concept, here is how you do it. It's simple. You position the girl in "doggy style" position. Set your laptop on her back and start working it! It's all about multi-tasking.  

EZEQUIEL