A couple months ago, a bomb blew out the window of a Starbucks on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. No one was injured, and it probably would’ve been pretty badass to watch. Now they’re saying the culprit was some kind of Fight Club copycat. A 10-years-too late copycat, apparently.
The explosion appears to have been modeled on a scene [a scene? did they blow up a Starbucks in Fight Club? I don't remember that part] from the 1999 film “Fight Club,” the New York Police Department said. The predawn Memorial Day blast, from an explosive device, damaged a sidewalk bench and shattered windows at the shop, but no one was injured.
The teenager, Kyle Shaw, 17, of 250 West 27th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, charged with arson, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said.
Wait, you can print a 17-year-old’s name and address in the newspaper now?
Mr. Shaw was arrested near his home, and the authorities found on him a DVD of “Fight Club” and a box of sparklers as well as a newspaper clipping reporting on the Starbucks bombing. Mr. Shaw had bragged to friends that he was responsible for the bombing, police said, and had started an underground fight club modeled on the one in the 1999 film. “His statements indicated he was launching his own Project Mayhem,” police said. [NY Times]
Yeah? What tipped you off, the sparklers? See, this is why I’m glad I didn’t grow up in New York. I’m not saying planting bombs at Starbucks is okay, but what’s a kid supposed to do when he doesn’t have a bonfire to throw trashbags full of gasoline and aerosol cans into? Seriously, tell me, I’m from the country, I don’t know these things. (It also helps to keep a couple shotguns handy in case the aerosol cans don’t blow up right away. So I hear).
Seven employees at a Texas imbecile asylum (that’s what they’re called nowadays, right?) have been suspended for allegedly staging a retard fight club.
“Corpus Christi Police Captain Tim Wilson says the fight clubs were uncovered when someone gave an off-duty police officer a cell phone containing videos of fights at the Corpus Christi State School. Wilson says the videos show mentally disabled adult clients punching, shoving, and striking each other while the employees watch.” [Breitbart]
“Authorities say vivid video footage captured on cellphone cameras shows staffers goading young mentally disabled male residents of the institution into physical altercations, then shoving them at each other until fights ensued.” [DallasNews both via /Film]
I think any type of fighting, even dueling, is acceptable as long as both parties are willing combatants. And if no one’s being forced to fight, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to watch. With retarded people it’s a tough call. It’s hard to say whether they have the mental capacity necessary to know what they’re getting themselves into. Plus, it’s hard to get them to sit still long enough to attach the blades to their forelimbs.
IGN just premiered the UK poster for Choke, starring Sam Rockwell, based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk. The new Choke poster’s very much like the old Choke poster, the main difference being that the new one has panties. Oddly enough, the panties-halfway-down version seems way dirtier than the completely naked version. Maybe because I’m imagining that they’re moist. I guess what I’m trying to say is, all of a sudden I really want to bone a black chick.
Friday for All is a regular feature on FilmDrunk in which I post videos that are neither relevant nor newsworthy. I’m a dick like that.
This video, which is apparently old, comes from the set of Fight Club, and depicts Ed Norton and Brad Pitt singing a song about penises. It’s a lot less sexy than it sounds. Anyway, according to the DVD producer, the bit didn’t make the DVD because Frankie Avalon is an a-hole.
"The Penis Song was something everyone wanted on the disc. Everyone, that is, except Frankie Avalon, who wasn’t amused by the parody of his song Venus. He promised to sue if we used it, so there you are."
Here I am indeed. I cut the ass off this gorilla suit so I can wear it while I poop.
Sorry, that was sort of a misleading headline. Actually, Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club, Choke, etc.) has a new book coming out, and they made this fake movie trailer (for "The Wizard of Ass") to promote it. It stars “Cassie Wright, star of ‘Chitty Chitty Gang Bang’ and ‘The Twilight Bone’.”
The book’s called Snuff, and I’m sure it’ll be a movie at some point. Here’s the rundown:
Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room.
Darn, I was hoping it’d be about tobacco, LOL!
