Sunday, March 6, 2011

Sunday Matinee

Hello readers.  Being an 80's child one of my favorite movies was Weird Science a typical John Hughes film about the trials of being a geeky teenager wanting to be in the popular crowd.  I happened to be flipping through the channels this weekend and there it was part of my youth.  I had to stop and watch, join me won't  you?....


Starring....




Gary Wallace (Anthony Michael Hall) and his best friend, Wyatt Donnelly (Ilan Mitchell-Smith), are 15-year-old nerds with low social standing at their Shermer, Illinois high school, who, in the opening scene, are pantsed by two bullies, Ian (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Max (Robert Rusler) in front of a gymnasium full of beautiful girls

During a weekend at Wyatt's house in which his parents are out of town, the boys are inspired, by the film Frankenstein, to create a woman by feeding their desired statistics of beauty and great intelligence into Wyatt's computer and hacking into a government computer for more power, while connecting Wyatt's computer to a Barbie doll. After a lightning bolt during their experiment creates a violent explosion, a beautiful woman (Kelly LeBrock) appears before them who, in addition to being totally devoted to them, has a number of superhuman abilities, such as memory manipulation, molecular manipulation, and reality warping.
During a weekend at Wyatt's house in which his parents are out of town, the boys are inspired, by the film Frankenstein, to create a woman by feeding their desired statistics of beauty and great intelligence into Wyatt's computer and hacking into a government computer for more power, while connecting Wyatt's computer to a Barbie doll. After a lightning bolt during their experiment creates a violent explosion, a beautiful woman (Kelly LeBrock) appears before them who, in addition to being totally devoted to them, has a number of superhuman abilities, such as memory manipulation, molecular manipulation, and reality warping.


At a shopping mall, Gary and Wyatt, feeling secure after their time with Lisa, are humiliated again by Ian and Max, who dump an Icees onto them in front of the whole mall, upsetting their own girlfriends, Deb (Suzanne Snyder) and Hilly (Judie Aronson). Ian and Max offer an insincere apology to their girlfriends, who relent because Ian and Max have high social standing at school, and don't wish to give up that privilege themselves. Ian and Max then spot Lisa on the escalator and abandon the girls to run after her. When they catch up with her, she invites them to a party at Wyatt's. Gary then pulls up in a Porsche 928 and the three leave together, in order to further lower Ian and Max's self-esteem.


Lisa decides to throw a party.  The boys are skeptical that anyone will show up because they have no friends, but when the doorbell rings, a crowd of teenagers is present, and the party begins. Gary and Wyatt, however, still too intimidated to be socialize, lock themselves in the bathroom. At the party are Ian, Max, Deb, and Hilly. Deb and Hilly meet Gary and Wyatt in the bathroom, shocked to discover that they, not Lisa, are the hosts of the party. Meanwhile, Max and Ian, after being belittled by the man tending bar, encounter Lisa, and try to make a pass at her. She refuses, explaining that she "belongs" to Gary and Wyatt, and does whatever they say

Ian and Max then scheme to offer Gary and Wyatt permission to date their own girlfriends in exchange for dating Lisa, leading Gary and Wyatt to explain how they created her, and an attempt to recreate the process in Wyatt's bedroom with the computer. They forget, however, to connect the computer to a Barbie doll, instead leaving it clamped to a Time magazine on whose cover is Pershing medium-range ballistic missile. The missile, like Lisa, becomes real and ends up emerging in the middle of Wyatt's house from underground.
When Gary and Wyatt are dejected by this, Lisa decides to provoke a confrontation in order to spur them to stand up for themselves. She conjures a group of mutant bikers to disrupt the party. At first the bikers intimidate and humiliate Gary and Wyatt, but after they accost Deb and Hilly, Gary and Wyatt stand up to the mutants, with Gary producing the gun that Lisa used earlier with his parents. After forcing the mutants to leave, Gary assures Wyatt that the gun is a water pistol by firing it, but when a real bullet fires out of it, everyone present, including Deb and Hilly, are impressed by the boys. They end up pairing off, Gary with Deb and Wyatt with Hilly.



The following morning, Chet returns and is outraged by the state of the house, and further terrorizes Wyatt and his friends. Lisa, however, instructs Gary and Wyatt to take Deb and Hilly home, and then confronts Chet, informing him that he will no longer threaten, abuse or extort money from Wyatt, much to Chet's amusement.
Gary and Wyatt take the girls home, each one sharing a kiss with his new girlfriend, though they are left with the question of what to do with Lisa. Back at the house, Lisa has transformed Chet into a squat, green, grotesque, creature, humbling him enough to apologize to Wyatt. They then speak to Lisa, who understands that the boys now have girlfriends, which is all she ever wanted for them. After saying their goodbyes, she disappears in a cloud of smoke and the damage to the house, along with Chet's transformation, is immediately reversed, just in time for the return of Wyatt's parents. However, his grandparents, frozen in the pantry during the party by Lisa, are never heard from again.
In the epilogue, a group of male high school gym students socialize, until they hear the new gym teacher's whistle. When their gym teacher turns out to be Lisa dressed in form-hugging leotard and a cutoff T-shirt, the entire class of boys faints and Lisa looks to the camera and winks

Courtesy of wikepedia 

I hope go down memory lane and check this one out.

XO,
K

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Custom Cuteness

Hello Dear Reader,

I was recently commissioned to created a wedding cake topper for a lovely couple who's groom is a huge Green Lantern fan.  I just finished them and love how they turned out. I'm happy to reports so did my clients. The groom didn't want the mask but his glasses.  If you are interested I can make him with his green mask instead.

If you love Green Lantern I have him listed by himself here

I usually have several project in the works while working on orders.  Keeps the creative juices going.  I finished Super Mario Bros. Luigi and Daisy over the weekend.  Perfect for a retro 80's party or if you just like the game.  Available here


Enjoy your Wed!

XO,

K

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Matinee Sunday...

Hello dear reader.  Ready for matinee Sunday?  Is there a movie you love that anytime it's on tv no matter where it is in the movie you stop and watch?

For me its While you were sleeping  It was on last night and I had to stop and watch.


Staring.....


Lucy's life consists of constant lonliness that is until she saves Peter's life. Now she is a part of his family, and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack, Peter's brother. An extraordinarily true-to-life sequence of events begin to take place as Lucy and Jack become closer and learn more about each other and themselves than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet believable events


 
Photos and Summary courtesy of IMBD

For me this is also a nice movie to watch around the holidays.  It's not a traditional holiday movie but the events do revolve around Christmas and New Years.

A cute romantic comedy anyone would enjoy.  Check it out!

XO,

K

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Secret Superhero and Arcade Princesses

Wow 2 posts in 1 day.  I just wanted to share a custom I just finished for a lovely couple in South Africa.

Superman and Princess Peach from Super Mario Bros.  I think they came out so adorable.  I'm currently working on Luigi for another customer. I may have to throw a Mario and Princess Daisy in the mix to list in the shop.  I may tweak Miss Peach.  I think she need a little more detail.



Lois and Superman are now in the Shop


Happy Thursday,

K

All things NJ

Hello readers,

Its a beautiful 50ish here in NJ.  A nice change from all the snow and cold.  Most of the snow has melted and hopefully spring is on it's way.  I'm looking forward to sprucing up the front of my house with pretty flowers and new bushes.

I wanted to share a site I just found cruising the web.  NJ Monthly  Chock full of all things Jersey.  It's a nice site to check out if you plan on visiting or even if you are a native Jersey girl like me.

I like the restaurant links and reviews.  I know NJ gets a bad rap but check it out you'll be surprised!

XO,

K

Monday, February 14, 2011

Sunday Matinee.... Day late

Hello readers.  I'm a day late on my Sunday Matinee post my appologies. Today we have.......

Meet Me in St Louis
(1944)


Staring.....


A delightful, classic, nostalgic, poignant, and romanticized musical film - and one of the greatest musicals ever made.

It tells the story of a turn-of-the-century family in suburban, midwestern St. Louis of 1903, who live in a stylish Edwardian home at 5135 Kensington Avenue.

The city, and the well-to-do Smith family (with four beautiful daughters), is on the verge of hosting (and celebrating) the arrival of the spectacular 1904 World's Fair.

However, the family's head of the house is beckoned to New York due to a job promotion - an uprooting move that threatens to indelibly change the lives of the family members forever.  Synopsis courtesy of Filmsite.org






Do check this one out.  I stop to watch it everytime it's on tv.  I watched it on Saturday via Netflix 

XO (Happy Valentines day)

K