Bruce f****n' Campbell

Bruce Campbell is currently touring along with the release of his new movie, Man with the Screaming Brain. Last week, I picked up the local free paper and noticed that, lo and behold, he'd be at the neighborhood arts cinema doing a book signing and a Q&A before three exclusive showings of the film. So Sawyer and I played hooky for the evening and went to see the movie. Actually, first we went to dinner at an Indian restaurant I'll definitely return to and then had ice cream at Jake's and then saw the movie, but you get the idea. We had to settle for the 11pm showing, as all the others were sold out, but it ended up being okay. No book signings, though; we decided to wait and buy the book later, then catch Mr. Campbell at a convention or something. Even though it was at 11 on a school night, the theatre was packed. We met one of the local goths while in line (he was with a group of younger people who were having a lengthy conversation about poo). Bruce was awesome, though. I'm used to him being a total jackass to his fans, but he was really cool this time. He talked about living in Oregon, and the documentary he and his wife are making about what you should do in public places, and about the state of Hollywood today. He said some things I really agree with, about how Hollywood thinks that certain poor box office returns are due to piracy, when in fact they're just due to really crappy movies. I wanted to ask about his opinions on Troma films, but I wasn't sure it was appropriate.
The movie was... strange. It was filmed in Bulgaria, and along with Bruce, starred Stacey Keach and Sam Raimi. I felt that it was far above a Sci-Fi channel quality (even though it was filmed primarily for that purpose - catch it September 10th). I'm not sure how it will translate to the small screen, though. Now, mind you, it wasn't terrific. It was a solid B film. However, it was thoroughly entertaining, and I'd watch it again.

I sort of hoped that Bruce would recognize Sawyer from the ScavHunt video (which some fan might have sent in the mail, thinking it was cool), but it didn't happen. He did brush past me while I was standing in the lobby, though.

Yeah.