Jason Griffey

Just some quick shots from my weekend…The upper left pic is Barron, the co-creator of Raw Deal, who drove down from Connecticut for the tourney. The upper right is a shot of the crowd playing, and the lower right is a picture of the WWF Hardcore Belt that was the prize for the tournament on Saturday night.

The lower left pic deserves some special explanation….one of the many things that fans of a wrestling card game do is, well…some of them tend to make you remember that *fan* is short for *fanatic*. This is a wrestling move known variably as the Acid Drop or the Dudley Dog, and the picture is of Dan Lopretto and Rob Drexler executing said move. Don't ask what the outcome was.

Just some quick shots from my weekend…The upper left pic is Barron, the co-creator of Raw Deal, who drove down from Connecticut for the tourney. The upper right is a shot of the crowd playing, and the lower right is a picture of the WWF Hardcore Belt that was the prize for the tournament on Saturday night.

The lower left pic deserves some special explanation….one of the many things that fans of a wrestling card game do is, well…some of them tend to make you remember that *fan* is short for *fanatic*. This is a wrestling move known variably as the Acid Drop or the Dudley Dog, and the picture is of Dan Lopretto and Rob Drexler executing said move. Don’t ask what the outcome was.

I just saw my favorite movie of the year thus far: Kill Bill. I'm not sure that it's the best movie of the year, but it may be the most well crafted. Tarantino once again shows that he can not only make violence look like the most beautiful thing in the world, but he can do so with pinache and verve. His choices for music, as always, are just perfect for any given scene. Uma Thurman gives an outstanding performance as The Bride, and unfortunately I think the subtlety of her work in this film will be vastly overshadowed by people commenting on the bloodshed. Plus, it has David Carradine in it.

For anyone who enjoys the aesthetic of violence at all, or likes the Tarantino aesthetic, this film is his return to greatness.

I just saw my favorite movie of the year thus far: Kill Bill. I’m not sure that it’s the best movie of the year, but it may be the most well crafted. Tarantino once again shows that he can not only make violence look like the most beautiful thing in the world, but he can do so with pinache and verve. His choices for music, as always, are just perfect for any given scene. Uma Thurman gives an outstanding performance as The Bride, and unfortunately I think the subtlety of her work in this film will be vastly overshadowed by people commenting on the bloodshed. Plus, it has David Carradine in it.

For anyone who enjoys the aesthetic of violence at all, or likes the Tarantino aesthetic, this film is his return to greatness.