{"id":20216,"date":"2015-02-26T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=20216"},"modified":"2015-02-25T22:22:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T03:22:07","slug":"gimme-something-to-watch-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/gimme-something-to-watch-primer\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Something to Watch: Primer"},"content":{"rendered":"
I love nerd shit so much that I can’t help but write nerd posts about nerd shit so it is quite\u00a0convenient that this glorious site boasts a category of “Nerd Shit” (Joe, if I ever abuse this power please let me know and I’ll go back to reviewing shit music<\/a>). Today I want to sell you on Primer<\/em>, a fantastic sci-film film that was made on a shoestring budget of around $8,000* and released in 2004.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *I want to get this out of the way very quickly: \u00a0there is a SMALL amount of controversy surrounding the film’s budget. For example, the director had a friend who worked for a metal fabrication company who made some props for free for use in the film. It’s connections like these that may skew the “official budget” of the film. I’m pretty sure the director had no ill intentions here.<\/p>\n In this day and age, any John Q. Driveway can bedroom-produce an album and sell it to the masses. Occasionally, one of these bands will come out of nowhere with a brilliant record and make a HUGE impact on the metal scene (for instance Cloudkicker<\/strong>). On the flip-side, well established bands who may possess\u00a0a seemingly limitless amount of money can produce absolute turds (COUGH, Metallica,<\/strong> COUGH). Sometimes that tiny budget makes an artist hungry to create something amazing, as perfectly exemplified in the indie Sci-fi\u00a0film “Primer”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Primer<\/em> is the most air-tight time travel film ever created. I’m not spoiling anything with that description. You can easily discover about what this film is by reading any review of it. The tagline of the film is “What happens if it actually works” and the back of the DVD case will tell you about some engineers who stumble upon an invention with dire consequences or something. Non-spoiler alert<\/strong>: they inadvertently create a time machine!!!<\/p>\n