“I have had it with these motherf---ing snakes on this motherf---ing plane!”

Snakes on a Plane Attacks Audiences with Fear, Laughter and Full-on Entertainment Also Inside: Dave Navarro’s New Band Reviewed ASI Production Working Hard for Us Concert Calendar, Web Extras and More 2 Editor’s Letter: CONTENTS: Dear Buzz readers, Welcome to the Fall 2006 semester, and thanks for reading the Buzz. I’m not sure that I will do a letter each issue, but I will for this one to introduce you to the Buzz and myself. 03 Inside Buzz/Concert The Buzz contains arts and entertainment information relevant to fellow Cal State Fullerton students. This semes- Calendar ter, I hope to focus on a lot of what’s happening at CSUF, such as any band performances, theatre shows, art shows, 04 Snakes on a Plane Review etc. I’m also going to stick with having movie and album reviews along with some other media-friendly words as well. For this issue, I chose to go big with Snakes on a Plane. Probably not the greatest movie of the summer, but hey, the hype that it received from the Internet and the creative advertising methods they used made it worthwhile. So if you 06 Preview Reviews/New DVD hate it, let me know. If you like it, you can also let me know. Getting feedback from readers would be great. Now that you know a little about what the Buzz is going to be about this semester, I’ll tell you a bit about 07 Panic Channel CD Review/ myself. This is my last semester at CSUF as I’m graduating this December. I’ll be getting my degree in journalism in ASI Working Hard for hopes of having a career at a magazine. I would like it to be a well-known magazine, of course, but who knows what will happen. I love going to shows, although I haven’t been in a long time. I love music so much and have an iPod CSUF filled with many different genres. I watch a lot of TV with the help of my TIVO and most of it is reality, but I have been watching more scripted shows more recently like Lost, 24 and Desperate Housewives. Of course, my favorite has to 08 Bootlegging Ripping the be The OC, although I think it will probably go downhill big this season. I love movies, mostly comedy and horror but Film pretty much everything else as well.

AUG. 21, 2006 AUG. I’m going to try to bring a wide range of everything entertainment to the Buzz this semester and I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks for reading!Industry : ) COVER: Apart,ATTENTION: One DVD at The Buzz a would Time/ love to have letters coming in. Whether you love us or Snakes on a Plane Theatrehate us, Preview let us know. Tell us about your day, your life, anything. with Samuel L. Jackson reviewed Or tell us if you disagree with a movie review. Maybe you hated Snakes on page 4-5. on a Plane and want the world, or at least the school, to know it. Or Check out bonus maybe you’re in a band and you’d like some recognition. Please don’t be material online at myspace.com/ shy. Send all of your thoughts to [email protected] or send messages dailytitanbuzz through myspace at www.myspace.com/dailytitanbuzz. Tuscany Club ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Kirsten Alto &

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calender for good for them! Are they engaged or what? Tomkat’s baby was never seen. Or was it? Does it even exist? Katie Couric

QuickTime™ and a decompressor the month of are needed to see this picture. left the Today show, which meant filling positions on the View, which still haven’t been completely filled, and there’s August, visit new people coming and going. I don’t even watch that show. Devil Wears Prada did a lot better than expected in myspace.com/ dailytitanbuzz theatres. If you haven’t yet, do. Futurama planned a comeback for 2008. Hopefully it doesn’t go the way Family Guy did. Taylor Hicks won American Idol thanks to all of you voters out there. Aaron Spelling passed away and Tori is left with August a smidge of the three million he left behind. Michael Jackson had to sell Neverland because he’s going broke. Don’t hassle the Hoff! What’s happened to Lindsay Lohan’s career? Was it the whole fire crotch thing?Weezer broke up and we only wished it was before the last album ever came out. K-Fed is planning on performing at the Teen Choice Awards 21 Monday and we’re all wondering why. More importantly, why are he and Britney going to renew their vows after less than a Aventine year of marriage? Some crazed woman rushed the stage to supposedly attack Colin Ferrell on The Tonight Show. Kid Chain Reaction Rock and Pamela Anderson got married … and are still possibly on their month-long wedding tour. And who can for- Anaheim get the most memorable moment in celebrity gossip? Mel Gibson went crazy ranting about how he believes Jews are responsible for everything gone wrong. Not to mention, he was drunk, so that also doesn’t bode well for his career.

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23 WEdnesday What Do You Think Wednesday-13 Whiskey ??????????????????? Los Angeles Do you agree that pornography is too accessable for children? 24 Thursday Agent Orange Galaxy A: YES: With a click of a button that Santa Ana proclaims “yes, I am over 18,” chil-

25 Friday dren can access porn online through Dave Matthews Web sites, whether they be just video Verizon Wireless Irvine clips or photos on Craigslist. And chil- dren these days can get through any 26 Saturday parental controls set on the computer. American Idols Staples Center OR Los Angeles A: NO: Although children can access eep it, it’s completely up to the parents, n 27 Sunday American Idols not the porn industry, to control their ouch The Pond children. Having an advisory warning Anaheim CSUF ONLINE YEARBOOK before enterting porn sites is good For a one time fee of $20 gain 28 enough. Monday access to your digital yearbook Foo Fighters Pantages Theatre -Keep in touch with friends, classmates and alumni Los Angeles ANSWER AT MYSPACE.COM/DAILYTITANBUZZ -Get updates on school related events -Leave personal comments -Upload pictures 4 Fun, Exciting and as Ridiculous By Joe Simmons at it sounds. Daily Titan Copy Chief he opening scene of the instant cult classic pans across a beautiful Hawaiian island, replete with bikini- clad beach bunnies and the Jack Johnson-inspired, feel-good track “Lovely Day” by Donavon Franken- reiter. This, of course, is playing to the fact that we’re all in the theater waiting to see snakes … on a plane. TThe story itself is pretty simple. Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) witnesses the mob killing of a prominent prosecutor in Hawaii. The FBI, lead by Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson), rescues him and takes him to Los Angeles to testify against the mobsters’ leader, Eddie Kim, Played by Byron Lawson. Kim’s henchmen booby-trap the plane to release hundreds of vicious, poisonous snakes while in flight. The entire movie refuses to take itself seriously, which is one of its greatest strengths. The entire plot is laid out within the first 15 minutes of the film, and it’s then that we’re seeing the namesake reptile carnage for the remain- ing run time. Speaking of the carnage – it is surprisingly fairly tame. The movie earns its R rating, however, the gore isn’t even a factor compared to, say, Hostel, or the most recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In fact, if it weren’t for the sheer vol- ume of snake attack scenes, the movie’s violence would have likely warranted it’s original PG-13 rating. 21, 2006 AUG.

By Nicole M. Smith Rachel Blanchard, from TV’s Clueless, co-stars in New Line Cinema’s Snakes on a Plane

This may turn off many hardcore b-movie fans who were expecting the kind of low-budget but realistic and hyper- excessive gore of movies like Dead Alive or Bad Taste. The rest of us can feel comfortable that we probably won’t get sick. Sprinkled among the snake attacks are some hilarious one-liners and quirky jokes. I found myself laughing out loud several times. From Samuel L. Jackson shouting the movie’s iconic line, “I’m tired of these motherf---ing snakes on a motherf---ing plane” to the over-the-top portrayal of Eddie Kim and his gun-happy mob, the movie plays upon its b-movie roots with a mix of glee and reverence. The cast, a motley crew of no names and b-list actors, with the exception of the inimitable Jackson, works well together. The characters are all typical horror and action stock; it would be a stretch to suggest that this is an actor’s movie. Still, it’s clear that a lot of thought went into the casting and writing. While the film never gets bogged down in overwrought drama or character development, the characters are all well-developed enough so audience members will likely find themselves rooting for their favorites and against the positioned enemies. Generally speaking, this is nothing that action movies should strive for. Yet, the movie’s funny, the action keeps mov- ing and there aren’t any dead scenes. The Buzz’s Top 3 YouTube Snakes on a Plane Watch at myspace.com/dailytitanbuzz

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Snakes on a Plane By: Czaplin Earn Your Wings Trivia

Thought you knew all there was to know about Snakes on a Plane? In case you were wrong, which you probably were, here are some interesting facts about the movie. --Samuel L. Jackson only signed on to do the film because of the title. When he was told upon walk- ing onto the set that the title was not the intended true title of the movie, he told them that he only picked the script because it was called Snakes on a Plane. --The famous quote from the movie (see Buzz’s front page) was actually spawned online and a five- day shoot was added just to make that quote a real line in the movie. --450 snakes were used in the making, including a 22-foot long Burmese Python

*ALL TRIVIA INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MOVIE DATABASE 6 Review a Preview We didn’t see the movie, but On DVD 8/22 By Kirsten Alto we saw the preview Daily Titan Buzz Editor Lucky Number Slevin Director: Paul McGuigan Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city’s most rival crime bosses. Just My Luck Director: Donald Petrie Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine Ashley is the luckiest woman around. After an encounter with an unlucky man she realizes that she’s swapped her fortune for his. Poseidon Director: Wolfgang Peterson Starring: Kurt Russel, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss On New Year’s Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Posei- don, capsizes after being swamped by a tidal wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival. Silent Hill Director: Christophe Gans ACCEPTED THE ILLUSIONIST MATERIAL GIRLS Starring: Justin Long Starring: Edward Norton Starring: Radha Mitchell, Jodelle Ferland Starring: The Duff Sisters After Sharon’s continuous sleep-walking epi- sodes, her mother decides to go to the place Not that there hasn’t been a If Edward Norton is in this, This is surely going to be a hit mentioned in her dreams — Silent Hill. fair amount of b-movie clas- it’s bound to be a good one. with teen girls, like the film sics out there, especially in Jessica Biel doesn’t have the Mean Girls. Though Hayle Duff the genre of teen comedy. QuickTime™ and a decompressor best reputation as an actress, may not be the prettiest thing are needed to see this picture. Web Poll of the Week: However, I doubt this film but oh well. I think coming out there, I think the sisters will do well, especially when out in the summer may not are decent enough to make Log on to www.myspace.com/dailytitanbuzz to up against Snakes on a Plane. have been the best move for a cute chick flick with the rest The idea is just idiotic. Why this film, but it will do well ei- of ‘em. The story sounds a bit vote on our weekly poll. The question this week wouldn’t these kids just go to ther next weekend or make lame: rich girls turned poor. is What TV show’s fall season are you looking a community two-year college up some profit in rentals and But for some reason, I think it forward to most?? Is it The OC? LOST? Desperate like everone else who doesn’t DVD sales. The plot seems in- will be an OK flick. But what get accepted to the college of triguing. Who doesn’t like a do I know? I love Mary-Kate Housewives? Dancing with the Stars? Something their choice? I don’t get it. magician after all? I know I do. and Ashley Olsen films. Else? You tell us! Grade: D Grade: B- Grade: B -----myspace.com/dailytitanbuzz------

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The Panic Channel, the new alternative rock foursome, features Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, Chris Chaney and former MTV VJ Steve Isaacs, would have been better in the ‘90s. But, the sound is quality, and at least it isn’t the same indie sound heard from so many bands these days, considering most new bands breaking out in that genre aren’t very good. We have been hearing a lot of fake classic rock around also, though, and Navarro did tell Rolling Stone that some stuff off of the album sounds like a cross between “Led Zeppelin and punk rock.” Dave Navarro’s been around the block in this business so we can expect good things from his new band. Isaac’s vocals sound familiar, a mix of Dave Grohl in certain Foo Fighter songs and a grunge sound. I’m not hearing too much of that Zeppelin sound in anything off of this album, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In the slower songs like “She Won’t Last,” we can really hear that the guy has some tal- ent, unlike many lead singers out there. The band even put two of their slow songs on their Myspace page instead of having the all powerful songs on main focus. The group ended a small national tour in June, which hopefully hyped some of the other stuff off of the new record as well as the slower, more melodic material. Judge the album on “Why Cry,” the best song on the album. I’m not sure I can recom- mend buying the album versus just downloading the few good songs off of iTunes, but either way, check it out.

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ASI Planning Ahead to Entertain CSUF Students By Julie Anne Ines Daily Titan Executive Editor

s some students opt to hit the ground running at the beginning of this fall semester by hitting their books, they may also want to remember to enjoy the entertainment that Cal State Fullerton programs have to offer. To paraphrase a line from Jack Nicholson’s character in The Shining, all work and no play can make for a dull college experience. A That’s where Associated Students Inc. Productions comes in. Each semester the members of this small production team put together programs for CSUF students to enjoy to encourage student participa- tion and enliven school spirit. This semester’s team is headed up by Connie Moreno, the new administrative director. The administrative director oversees all the events that ASI Productions produces from concerts in Becker Amphitheatre, to events in the Off- Campus Pub, to movies screened in the Titan Student Union Theatre to special events and workshops. Each event, Moreno said, will be planned by one to two CSUF students in ASI Productions. This semester Veronica Esquivel is charged with Pub Monday’s, Francis Sanchez with Pub Tuesdays, Dan Lower and Lauren Seipel with Wednesday concerts, Jessica Travis and Francis Sanchez with Pub Thursdays, Anthony Galleran with Films Thursday, Natalie Alvidrez and Jenelle Amparano with Union and Special Programming, Dyani Halpern with publicity and Oscar Martinez with the newly added end-of-the-year con- cert. Planning for each of the events can range anywhere from a week to a month to book bands, or to a year for the end-of-the-year concert, which will take place at the end of the spring semester, Moreno said. “[ASI Productions staff] work really hard coming up with new ideas just to entertain the campus and make the most of the student fees,” Moreno said. Ultimately, though, the goal of ASI Productions is not just to entertain students, but to get them involved and make them part of the univer- sity community, she said. To find out when ASI events are taking place, refer to the free Fall 2006 ASI Calendar of Events now available at the information and services desk in the Titan Student Union and the Pollak Library. 8 Bootlegging: Ripping the Film Industry One DVD at a Time CSUF Theatre Preview

By Adam Levy ers to members of the Motion Picture of Academy and Sciences. Daily Titan Head News The screeners are circulated to bolster their film’s chances of By Alicia David award consideration or for promotion. For The Daily Titan You or someone you “A lot of these [piracy] groups invite people in [to the business], know may have a pirated copy of a hot new movie, people who get early releases, access to warehouses or [motion emblazoned on a blank DVD. Bootlegged movies are picture] Academy members. If a movie is gonna get Academy everywhere, available at swap meets, liquor stores, the Award attention we have connects everywhere — and those are backrooms of some mom-and-pop video stores and on the best ones to get.” The theatre department will be hard at work this the street corners of major cities across the globe. Once contacts are found, the films are then duplicated and semester providing several productions to entertain The business of copyright infringement is a boom- returned in the blink of an eye. everybody’s taste. ing one, evidenced by the estimated $6.1 billion loss “The whole thing takes less than 24 hours, I throw them $200 to The first of five plays to take place on campus is “The incurred by movie studios last year, according to a borrow it, then I rip the DVD which takes 30 to 40 minutes,” Ortiz Sea Gull” directed by Svetlana Efremova and co-di- study conducted by the Motion Picture Association of said. rected by Joseph Arnold. America. The study also revealed that college students In hopes of quelling the epidemic, the MPAA stopped issuing The play has various shows beginning Sept. 29 to account for as much as 44 percent of the piracy in this screeners altogether in 2003 but later resumed dispensing them Oct. 15, performed in the Young Theatre.

AUG. 21, 2006 AUG. sophisticated wireless age. with a new policy and contractual agreement. The FBI launched The play was written by Anton Chekhov and ex- Dave Bruemmer, a 34-year-old computer science major, has an investigation in January of 2004 based on a screener copy of plores dreams of fame and glory and the desire for amassed a collection of over 20 bootlegged DVDs. He enjoys the a film that was circulating the Web with identifying earmarks. love, art and freedom. mystique of having top ten films without the hassles that accom- Subsequently, actor and Academy member Carmine Caridi was The next production is “Seussical” directed by pany a trip to the cinema. fingered as the source and expelled from the academy. Still, Ortiz Patrick Pearson with musical direction by Mitchell “There’s sort of a perverse satisfaction in having something ex- and bootleggers have little trouble acquiring their goods. Hanlon. clusive that others don’t,” Bruemmer said. “I can watch something Another risky element to the business is timeliness, as the boot- The show will be performed from Oct. 13 to 29 in others can’t — there’s something to that.” leg movies have the shelf life of french fries with a brief window the Little Theatre. According to the department cal- As Hollywood continues to churn out bigger and better block- from becoming “must-have” items to a shoddy throw-away ver- endar listing, it is based on the works of Dr. Seuss and busters, there is an underground industry of bandits looking to sion of the much higher-quality DVD released by the studios four discusses the power of imagination as The Cat in the have the films in the hands of consumers before their theatrical to six months after the film’s theatrical release. Hat leads audiences through Dr. Seuss’ magical world premieres. “Without timing, you’re done in this market,” said Ortiz. of characters and adventures. “The money in this business is so good that I never hesitated CSUF Media Law Professor Genelle Belmas believes the movie “Spring Storm” is the third production of the semes- once,” said Ortiz, a 33-year-old bootlegger in a phone interview, business needs to adapt to the surging technology to stay com- ter and will be performed Oct. 27 to Nov. 12. using a pseudonym out of concern for legal repercussions. “I petitive with the pirates. The play was written by Tennessee Williams and will turned a $25,000 profit offStar Wars: Episode III.” “The music industry is just now finding ways to use the online be directed by James Taulli. The go-getter has gradually become a major player in the busi- environment to its benefit rather than just being kicked around “Williams is one of America’s most famous play- ness since selling his first bootlegged film, the 1998 action movie by it. The film industry has to follow suit,” she said. wrights,” said Taulli via an e-mail interview. “He also Blade. Of course, the most hazardous aspect shadowing this business wrote a “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Lured away from the legitimate commerce of video stores by is the hand of Johnny Law, as copyright infringement standards Tin Roof. the fast cash of bootlegging, he deals on a macro level, buying hold those in question to a high level of culpability, with punish- “The play is a steamy story primarily concerned with thousands of illegally copied motion pictures with a legion of un- ments including incarceration, fines, and a Pandora’s box of law- four young adults who feel trapped in a small provin- derlings who venture out in the trenches to sell them. The movies suits from the studios who produced the films originally. Though cial southern town in the late 1930s,” he said. come to him at a cost of 12 cents a piece and sell for around $10 acknowledging its risks, Ortiz seemed cavalier about the inherent The fourth performance is “The Fall Dance Theatre” once they hit the black market. legal repercussions of his trade. coordinated by Gladys Kares and will be performed in “People like to show [the movies] off when they have friends “I know how this business works and the money’s too good to the Little Theatre Nov. 10 to 19. and family over,” Ortiz said. “And who likes waiting in line at the let that stop me.” According to the theatre department’s poster list- movies, to pay ten or fifteen bucks to bump elbows with ing, the production is inspiring, eclectic and often- strangers and get ripped off at the concession stands? times riveting. With me, they get the movie for ten bucks, the end.” Cal State Fullerton’s choreographers and dancers Bruemmer, though he owns a lot of bootlegged films, weave compelling stories, capture life’s frail, frantic knows the quality isn’t the best. and most precious moments and remind us why “At best you have some kind of message that runs along spending a brief time in the theatre sharing the joy of a ticker at the bottom, at worst its real dark and grainy, dance should be one of life’s mandatory experiences. you can see the boom microphones hanging from the The last play for the fall semester is “The Man Who rafter--sometimes they’re unwatchable.” Came to Dinner” directed by Eve Himmelheber. In an industry where innovation is pivotal to stay ahead The comedic performance will be held in the Young of the curve, the bootleggers have many tricks up their Theatre and run from Nov. 17 to Dec. 10. sleeves to acquire the copies of the films long before you Tickets for all shows can be purchased in advance are standing in line waiting for the next sold-out show. at the CSUF performing arts center box office. Single “There’s a big network of piracy groups all feeding off tickets are also available for purchase online at www. each other,” Ortiz said. tickets.com. KIRSTEN ALTO / Daily Titan Buzz Editor Prime sources bootleggers have are industry insiders. FOR UPDATES ON WHAT’S GOING ON IN CSUF THE- Bootleggers use blank DVDs and screener copies of new releases to make cash. Studios routinely release advance copies, known as screen- ATRE GO TO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DAILYTITANBUZZ