About Me
I love reading, writing, recalling bizarre bits of movie/TV trivia . . . and being funny when you least expect it. I also love running, staying fit and staying active. Who I am and what I'm about can best be described by this brief exchange from the awesome 90s rollerblade film Airborne:
Mitchell: Popeye, now there was a great man. Do you know why?
Wiley: He never joined the Hairclub For Men?
[buzzer sound]
Mitchell: Wrong. Because his motto was: I am what I am. Do you think Popeye ever worried about what he wore just so he could get Olive Oil in the sack? I should say not, Dude. And do you know why?
Wiley: He was gay?
Mitchell: Because he is what he is.
I am a freelance screenwriter, but I also have a full time regular job so I'm stable in at least that sense. Relationships are never perfect because people aren't perfect and you really have to discover each other's flaws and either love them despite those flaws, or in some weird cases, love them because of those flaws. I'm always working on mine and trying to overcome them. Thus ends the sappy portion of my profile.
My first comic book is actually came out 'Dark Revelation' -- 2 whole issues on store shelves which is very cool. SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: (check it out at www.darkrevelationonline.com).
FAVORITE MOVIES: (a few favorites) ALMOST FAMOUS, PAN'S LABYRINTH, CHILDREN OF MEN, ZODIAC, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Until the End of the World, Dark Knight and Rises, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Step Up movies (that's right and I don't care who knows it), Avengers, Cabin in the Woods, Hunger Games, Nowhere in Africa, Looper, In Bruges, In the Loop, Assassination of a High School President, The Brothers Bloom, Heat, Easy A, Bandslam, Nothing But the Truth, Iron Man 1-2, Super 8, Summer Wars, Who's Harry Crumb?, Tron Legacy, Source Code, The Departed, Blood Diamond, Casino Royale, Illusionist (Ed Norton/Jessica Biel one not the French animated one), The Town, Prestige, Legends of the Fall, Fright Night (2011), Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Neverending Story, Bon Voyage, Scream 1-4, Naked Lunch, Wonder Boys, Jerry Maguire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Braveheart, Hellboy 1-2, Juno, Speed, Legend of Billie Jean, Point Break, anything not direct to video that stars Steven Seagal (Under Siege 1-2, Hard to Kill are faves), Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Mystery Science Theater 300: The Movie, Matinee, Murderball, Anything Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Nausicaa, etc.), X-Men: First Class, Thank You For Smoking, Fast and the Furious 1 & 4, Fast Five, Slither, Harry Potter series, The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean 1-4, MI:III, City of Lost Children, Dazed and Confused, The Great Outdoors, Star Wars IV-VI, Star Trek anything, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Kill Bill 1-2, Goonies, Gremlins 1-2, Brick, Transformers 1 & 3 (not Revenge of the Fallen), Serenity, Daydream Nation, anything with Muppets (Great Muppet Caper, Take Manhattan, and Muppet Christmas Carol are the best). Guilty pleasures include movies about werewolves, giant crocodiles, any version of invasion of the body snatchers and of course dance flicks.
Hated movies I love: Howard the Duck, Last Action Hero, Super Mario Brothers, Showgirls, Ernest movies (Camp, Saves Christmas, Goes to Jail and Scared Stupid), Crossroads, Jonah Hex, Cool World, I Am Number Four, Silent Fall, Chill Factor . . . more to come
TV: This list could go on forever, but all time favorites Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, Roswell, Veronica Mars, Alias, The O.C., Dead Like Me, Adventure Time. Current favorites are Game of Thrones, Revenge, Suburgatory, Happy Endings, The League, Revolution, Arrow, Hellcats, Shameless, Teen Wolf, Better With You, Venture Brothers, Fringe, Big Bang Theory, Tower Prep, Survivor (always), Rubicon, Raising Hope, Lost, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Pretty Little Liars, Better Off Ted, Community, Chuck, Party Down, 24, The Good Wife, Walking Dead, Blue Bloods, Killing, Bob's Burgers, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Felicity, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, My So-Called Life, Sports Night, Burn Notice, White Collar, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Dollhouse, Friday Night Lights, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Pushing Daisies, Mercy, Life Unexpected (until the network ruined it), Justified, Homeland, I Just Want My Pants Back, etc.