A Test YouTube Welcoming Video

Youtube recommends (almost nags really) that you make an introductory clip to welcome new visitors to your "channel." I've never really played with montages before, but almost as a test of concept I threw together some classic clips and edited them down to the very essence. I was thinking of iconic bootcentric moments that most bootlovers would recognize immediately and think "this guy knows his stuff, what else does he have?" I'm fond of the result, but it's clearly a first draft. I welcome feedback about other clips that feature both modern and classic bootage. Because of the deep grudge I hold against Pretty Woman, their won't be any Julie Roberts on this clip, but I already have a Jane Fonda clip in mind.
This version is a lot more fem-dommy than I'm looking for, and I'm going to lose the "3 the Hard Way" clip at the end and break up the Mord Sith/Breakout Kings/SVU block. Anybody have suggestions?

OTK's (and others) on Dallas

The re-boot of "Dallas" occupies my least favorite niche in boot tv(the Gossip Girl/Pretty Little Liars zone). Unlike Lost Girl Or Once Upon A Time, it's not a guaranteed bootfest and but unlike a hospital drama or ANY of the Law & Order franchise, there is a good chance of some bootage. BUT the cast is so large and costume changes so frequent that spending much time with any given pair of boots is unlikely. So episodes clutter my hard-drive waiting for review.

During my spot check of the most recent episode (S03E10) I happened upon a lovely young lady in a great zippered leather coat and magnificent black leather OTK's(and we're treated to a full walking intro-the only view of those boots in the entire episode). Turns out she's a recurring character who has apparently just re-invented herself as some kind of femme fatal drug-lord wannabe - and is likely to return next week.  If you actually watch the show and I'm getting the details wrong........I don't really care. I'm just here for the boots.

Anyway, here's two nice 1080 clips. One features most of the bootage in the episode, aforementioned OTK's (with repeats at the end) and a nice pair of heeled black knee boots on Jordana Brewster (with a close-up) and a average (at best) pair of suede knee-highs on the completely superior Brenda Strong (who I have loved since Seinfeld). The second clip features only the repeats of the OTK walk-in and really I hit the repeat button a few too many times, I get carried away. The second clip is also on YouTube.


 http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/36717793/file.html (all the boots)

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http://www49.zippyshare.com/v/16927706/file.html (just the OTK's and TOO many repeats)

Blogging A Dead Horse

I wish I could say that title is the only pun I'll ever use on this blog, but that would be a lie.

I don't REALLY want to make another post extolling the virtues of flickr, but just this morning I made a flickr discovery that illustrates all the things I like about that site.
If you post pictures, you receive a notification in your feed that someone "faved" a picture (along with a thumbnail of the pic). Someone faved 4 that I am fond of (two Maureen O'Hara's, Sophie Marceau  in that musketeer movie and Kat VonD). I was very pleasantly surprised when I checked out all his faves.

We all have specific tastes beyond just the broad umbrella of "boots." For me, its boots, over the knee and worn over pants. Heel height is largely unimportant and "worn over pants" is actually more important than "over the knee."  I know there are a lot of boots-with-spiky-heel-and-hosiery (or bare leg) fans, but I'm not one of them. And I certainly don't mind some fem-dommy imagery, but I don't really like to be surprised by ultra-fetish or splooge shots (which can sneak up on you on flickr)

So,  the favorites of "kingtsang2008911" are EXACTLY what I like. I've seen many of them before, but there's something rewarding about stumbling across somebody elses gallery of 1,818 pics that I really like. Again, they might not be exactly what you like, but right now, somebody on flickr is probably creating a list of faves that is.

kingtsang2008911's Faves

 (I haven't looked at all 1,800 pics, but so far haven't seen a single NSFW image in his faves)

 

Poor Bootage in Sin City 2

If these are your idea of good "boots" you'll love Sin City 2

Saw Sin City 2 Sunday night. As a film it completely lacked the spark that made the first one so enjoyable. For bootage it was also a complete disappointment. Yes there were a few background glimpses of decent thighboots (3 seconds max), but other than that it seemed they went out of their way to piss us off. No boots on Eva Green, but no great surprise given her character. Rosario Dawson and Jamie Chung go on an extended action mission in pumps and thigh-high STOCKINGS and some kind of forgettable gladiator sandals (I think , I don't really remember.....not a good sign).

Infinitely worse was the missed opportunity that was  Jessica Alba. For a "sexy" stripper she had about the worst taste in boots I've ever seen, shorty cowboy boots and a truly hideous pair of flat ankle boots. If the movie had been anywhere near as enjoyable as the first, I could forgive poor bootage, but the movie was un-involving and horrific footwear choices only made it worse.

In fact, the clip below probably features 80% of the decent bootage in the whole film

In White Thigh Boots They Stand

http://www30.zippyshare.com/v/22177714/file.html

In these scenes from The Holy Mountain (1973) we have several helpers in mini-skirts and white thigh high platform boots. And yes it is a weird ass movie, but that's par for the course from director Alejandro Jodorowsky. BTW-this is the "clean" edit. My first edit had a brief scene with a woman with bare-breasts and an outfit that looked like Abba meets Lady GaGa. The boots were only knee-high and it was brief. Had the boots been better (or the scene longer) I might have figured out a way to include it.