Mission Mission

In response to the news of the production of the new ape movie in North Beach, Christopher Forsley shared a piece on our Facebook page where he tells of spending a sunny day watching all the apes movies to date, and fearing an actual ape attack in San Francisco:

I laughed until the childish and trite political commentary steaming off those piece of shit flicks knocked me out with a smell so disturbingly thought provoking that I couldn’t help but ask questions about the state of American culture – questions like this: When did our nation regress to the point that our intellectual cravings are satisfied by generic, diluted, substance-lacking yarns like the Planet of the Apes flicks?

Read on.

Scenes from set- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. #film #sf #set #sanfrancisco pic.twitter.com/rR91bvyoWZ

— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) July 28, 2013

Our “Apes”. #film #sf #sanfrancisco #PlanetOfTheApes pic.twitter.com/le4O8vpZSN

— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) July 28, 2013

Great shot! RT @AlexSavidge: North Beach looks like a disaster. Luckily it’s Hollywood magic, filming scenes pic.twitter.com/3x41d9NI4y”

— SF Film Commission (@Film_SF) July 28, 2013

Meanwhile, the reviews are coming in for Blue Jasmine.

Cool short video piece by local filmmaker Bradley Tangonan. Tight editing.

Here’s the schedule, courtesy of Virgil’s on Facebook:

• Pop Up food by HELLA VEGAN EATS 7pm
• A one-time only GIVEAWAY of Virgil’s totes screen printed by KELLY MALONE (Workshop SF, Indiemart) 10pm
• A photobooth created by JORGE P (Hard French) with glamour shots care of SHOT IN THE CITY 9pm

Plus DJs Matrixxmann and Wam Bam Ashleyanne!!! RSVP and invite your friends!

UPDATE: Here’s a sneak peek courtesy of Tom:

What sort of mischief might this trio be up to? Whatever they encounter, at least they can count on Hummer support for backup.

Being unemployed is hard work.

— Chelsea Otakan (@chexee) July 25, 2013

It’s the classic game show basically, but slightly updated for the Mission in the year 2013. And with lots of cheap beer! It’s $10 at the door and $5 in advance, so by all means get some advance tickets here.

Oh and let’s give away a pair of tickets real quick while we’re at it. First person to make a funny joke about dating in the comments section below gets on the list.

[via Burrito Justice on Tumblr]

And all the parks (!!!):

– Alamo Square

– Balboa Park

– Bernal Heights Recreation Center

– Boeddeker Park

– Chinese Recreation Center

– Civic Center Plaza

– Corona Heights

– Crocker Amazon Playground

– Duboce Park

– Eureka Valley Recreation Center

– Gene Friend Recreation Center

– Hamilton Recreation Center

– Huntington Park

– Joseph Lee Recreation Center

– Justin Herman Plaza

– Margaret S. Hayward Playground

– Marina Green

– Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center

– Mission Dolores Park

– Mission Recreation Center

– Palega Playground

– Portsmouth Square

– Richmond Recreation Center

– St. Mary’s Recreation Center

– St. Mary’s Square

– Sue Bierman Park

– Sunnyside Playground

– Sunset Playground

– Tenderloin Recreation Center

– Upper Noe Recreation Center

– Washington Square

Although, no Potrero del Sol and no Precita

Read on for more info.

The other bad news is, this news is sure to render my “It’s so nice in the park right now, why are you still at work” posts totally meaningless.

(Thanks, Mikey!)

Last season’s winners won prizes from Rickshaw Bagworks, Mission Bowling Club, Cool Try, DSF, Cynic Cave, Daytime Realness, Indie Mart, Thieves Tavern, and American Tripps! Look how happy they all are!

Also, there was twerking.

Register for next season (beginning Monday) here.