I like quoting movie lines... sometimes at the most inappropriate times..........
"Yippie kayey muthaf**ka!"
I'd like to meet:
Fellow superheroes... so that we can form a group of superfriends and stop Mount Vesuvious from erupting while Aquaman is busy talking to fish...
Music:
Dan Hegarty (Drummer for hire)
Max Xiantu
composer. producer. performer. deejay
The Murdersuit Fiasco, Federal Annihiliation Committee, Butterknife Assassins, Ennio Morricone, AC/DC, House of Pain, Vivaldi, Korn, Pantera, PuffyAmiYumi, Wu-tang Clan, Metallica, Tenacious D, Guns'n'Roses, Danny Elfman, Fear Factory, Public Enemy, Sybreed, Thompson Twins, Maria Rita, My Chemical Romance, Def Leppard, 8mm, DethKlok, Iron Maiden, Jay-Z, and many others....
Movies:
Flics by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Tim Burton, Ed Wood, Jerry Bruckheimer, Akira Kurosawa, Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson, Mel Brooks, Chan Wook Park, Takishi Miike, Gore Verbinski, Lloyd Kaufman....
Specific props to (in no particular order):
Conan the Barbarian, Cobra, Scarface, Spiderman series, Batman series (The Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan flics), Pirates of the Carribean series, X-Men 1 & 2, Rush Hour series, Superman 1, 2, and Returns, Evil Dead series, Ricki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, Nightmare on Elm Street series, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars series, Matrix (only the first one), Shanghai Knights, most anything else with Jackie Chan in it, Romeo Must Die, Summer School, Better Off Dead, Cobra, Rocky series, Rambo series, The Punisher (both the Thomas Jane and Dolph Lundren versions), The Pirate Movie, The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai, The Toxic Avenger series, Plan Nine from Outer Space, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Godfather series, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Naked Gun series, Scary Movie series, Battle Royale, Chan wook Park's Vengeance Trilogy (Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy, and Lady Vengeance), Ichi the Killer, Mallrats, Clerks 1 & 2, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Alien, Aliens...
Also, feel free to give props to my collaborators and fellow filmmakers...
Gung Ho Girl (Director of Photography/Cinematography)
Caroline Ledgin and Inquiring Minds Films (Documentary Filmmaker)
Moniere (Writer, director, producer)
Joyce Artinian (Writer, director, advertising genius)
John the Tobas (Warrior poet)
Television:
South park, Family Guy, Metalocalpse, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, MXC, Fresh Prince of Belair, GI Joe, Robotech, Voltron, The Dave Chapelle Show, Tom and Jerry, Lost, Saved by the Bell, Sopranos, The Gong Show, Samurai Champloo, Dungeons and Dragons, Scooby Doo, Pokemon, Entourage...
Books:
All the Harry Potter books... that's about it. Books not about or involving wizards and sorcery, for the most part, aren't particularly worth reading if you ask me.
Heroes:
Gonzo and Fozzy Bear ("Muppet Babies"), Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Roadblock and Shipwreck ("GI Joe"), Spiderman, Batman, The Joker, Angus Young, Dave Chapelle, Clint Eastwood, John Rambo, John McClaine ("Die Hard"), Rocky Balboa, Rudy, Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Captain Jack Sparrow, Groucho Marx, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, Jack Burton ("Big Trouble in Little China"), Caster Troy ("Face Off"), any given character who isn't a cannibal or a yellow bastard in "Sin City," Heckle and Jeckle, Jay and Silent Bob, Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Norton and Kramden, Beavis and Butthead, Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens, Marion Cobretti ("Cobra"), Frederico Fellini, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Kanwar Saluja, Dean Choi, The Fresh Prince of Belair, Ricki-Oh, and My Dad who can kick your Dad's ass.