This year, they’re re-re-re-releasing “Star Wars” on DVD. This time, it’s the “original” version bundled together with the special edition. (Of course, it’s not done with all the digital bells and whistles to clean up the sound and picture, so expect another release at some point in the future as Lucas milks this particular cow to the point of being abusive.)
While one could, in theory, run the two movies side by side and watch all the things that have changed (most notably freaking Greedo shooting first for no reason I can wrap my head around), one of Lucas’ Stormtroopers has done the work for you, with a shot-by-shot comparison of what was changed between 1977 and the 2004 Special Edition (Now With All Character Growth Removed For Your Protection).
Hopefully the rumors of a similar set of changes being made to “Jaws” are just a rumor.
Wow, was that awkward for anyone else when Ryan spontaneously began having sex with that piano? Very, very uncomfortable and, frankly, I’m not sure the piano rental company was too happy about it, either.
Great work by Toby and the obligatory great work by Dilana as well. I thought Storm was strong, but not as strong as those two. My gut says this may be the week she goes home, although I think others (piano-humpers who shall remain nameless) deserve it more.
I was looking at the Rock Star Wikipedia page and realized the separation of the wheat from the chaff is pretty obvious: Up until now, no one who has ever gotten an encore has ever been eliminated. Starting this coming week, that’s no longer possible.
It’ll be interesting to see if getting more than one encore/special performance marks the same sort of line between contestants. Storm and Lukas are the only two of the six remaining who have only had one encore/special performance.
(And yes, once the show ends, I’ll find something else to talk about incessantly.)
Dilana Robichaux 1/1
Lukas Rossi 10/11
Magni Asgeirsson 3/1
Patrice Pike 21/1
Ryan Star 5/1
Storm Large 7/1
Toby Rand 5/7
I don’t bet — I just don’t have the gene that gets a thrill from the risk — but I guess that means Vegas has them ranked Toby, Lukas and Dilana as 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices, with Magni, Ryan, Storm and Patrice bringing up the rear.
I find Ryan exasperating at best — the guitar-throwing stunt last night reeked of trying to desperately please Supernova — but with the possible exception of Toby being so highly ranked, that certainly sounds like what I hear a lot of other people saying.
On the show, each contestant earns $1,000 a week. Handlers hold it for each performer, doling out cash as needed. The cast has their meals catered. They have no housework or chores in the mansion to speak of, other than doing their own dishes.
If Storm wins, she will earn $5,000 a week, plus possible bonuses. The recording of the album would begin almost immediately, and the first gig of the Supernova world tour is scheduled for New Year’s Eve at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Last season’s “Rock Star” winner, J.D. Fortune, fronted a revived INXS. The Australian band’s new album has sold 370,000 copies. The band performed last January at the Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City.
Even with touring and recording, Storm says she’ll stay based in Portland. She likes the “roots” she has. And she hopes to pay off the $98,000 on the house she shares with boyfriend Davey Nipples (Portland native David A. Loprinzi II), who is the bassist for the Balls.
Interesting. Given that INXS’ new album, Switch, hasn’t even gone gold, $260,000 isn’t a bad salary.
Twelve minutes to airtime in the dressing room, the cast is subdued. Contestant Toby Rand of Australia listens to an iPod. Ryan Star from New York breathes in clouds of pure air from a portable steamer. Iceland’s Magni Asgeirsson looks through digital photos of his wife and child who had been allowed to visit him two weeks earlier. “I don’t think I would have survived another week without them,” Asgeirsson says.
What about the “Rock Star” family?
“(Storm) is the anchor in the house, you know. Storm is the mommy, and I’m the daddy. She’s the queen,” he says smiling. “And I honestly think she should win this.”
Storm doesn’t sing one of the two sing-your-own-originals slots tonight, but instead sings (highlight it to read) “Cryin'” by Aerosmith. It could be interesting, but having heard a lot of her originals, it’s probably time to stop letting the Zayras, Patrices and Ryans have that shot instead.
