Something that I didn't mention when I was reviewing the movie. It had a count-down that runs toward the end of the movie as "XX hours until extinction".
Normally when that sort of thing shows up in a movie, the main character waits around until the last possible second and then saves the day.
However, in this movie, you get really close, they don't listen to Colin "Dick-Stabber" Salmon, and then it looks like they've saved the day. The main character's son asks him whether they're gonna be OK, and the main character responds that he thinks so. At which point it zooms out a bit, shows the facility exploding, then zooms out a bit more, and shows the Earth exploding. And then in the same font and style as the countdown, it just says "Extinction".
I laughed. Thought it was actually quite an interesting ending, because there was not even a hint of a happy ending.
Movie wasn't very good. Decent, but all in all, not very good. But the ending was probably the best bit.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Cleaner
Samuel L. Jackson is a guy who cleans up crime scenes.
Ed Harris exploits this fact to get busy with some woman.
Ends poorly for Ed Harris.
Ed Harris exploits this fact to get busy with some woman.
Ends poorly for Ed Harris.
Today's Word Of The Day
Loser.
After reading all of the comments that Su finally got around to making, it would seem that I am some sort of loser. Or at least that's what about half of her comments would have you believe.
After reading all of the comments that Su finally got around to making, it would seem that I am some sort of loser. Or at least that's what about half of her comments would have you believe.
Jeremiah
I want one of those trucks.
Looks like a normal deuce-and-a-half. But the back tenty bit opens up to expose a pair of Ma Deuces...
Looks like a normal deuce-and-a-half. But the back tenty bit opens up to expose a pair of Ma Deuces...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Jeremiah Once Again
Yup. Those are definitely the SGC sets that they're using. I'd been suspecting it for a while, but now I'm absolutely certain.
I guess they filmed the scenes in Valhalla Sector during the hiatuses in shooting SG1, as Jeremiah was filmed about halfway through SG1's run. Which is what made me initially think that they wouldn't be filmed on the same set.
But, I guess SG1 and SGA were able to film 2 series using the same sets concurrently. But, then again, those were being done by the same folks, while SG1 and Jeremiah were completely different people running the 2 shows.
Also, 10 episodes left. So, that potentially limits the number of posts that will be named "Jeremiah". Although, these last 2 posts were both spawned by different occurrences in the same episode.
I guess they filmed the scenes in Valhalla Sector during the hiatuses in shooting SG1, as Jeremiah was filmed about halfway through SG1's run. Which is what made me initially think that they wouldn't be filmed on the same set.
But, I guess SG1 and SGA were able to film 2 series using the same sets concurrently. But, then again, those were being done by the same folks, while SG1 and Jeremiah were completely different people running the 2 shows.
Also, 10 episodes left. So, that potentially limits the number of posts that will be named "Jeremiah". Although, these last 2 posts were both spawned by different occurrences in the same episode.
Jeremiah Some More
Another Stargate Alum. Chris Heyerdahl plays a very convincing father to Alex Zahara. They do look rather similar.
Also, the Elliptical machine has got to be the dumbest looking, and overall dumbest, exercise machine on the planet.
Also, the Elliptical machine has got to be the dumbest looking, and overall dumbest, exercise machine on the planet.
Jeremiah
Stargate alumni! They're everywhere!
Major Lorne. That Jaffa who was also Chief Tyrol on BSG... Dr. British Guy Who Died On That Satellite In SGA... A bunch of others that I've forgotten.
Major Lorne. That Jaffa who was also Chief Tyrol on BSG... Dr. British Guy Who Died On That Satellite In SGA... A bunch of others that I've forgotten.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Somewhat of an explanation
That previous post probably only really makes sense if you realize how many posts I'd made this year, up to that point.
And yes, I've been thinking about doing that post for a while. When I realized that I was sufficiently close to the requisite number to hit it before the end of the year.
Although, I must have gotten a bit post-happy a few times, because it was looking like I'd hit it on or around the 31st, and not in fact on the 28th. So, I guess I got there a bit early. Yay for me.
Good song, though.
And yes, I've been thinking about doing that post for a while. When I realized that I was sufficiently close to the requisite number to hit it before the end of the year.
Although, I must have gotten a bit post-happy a few times, because it was looking like I'd hit it on or around the 31st, and not in fact on the 28th. So, I guess I got there a bit early. Yay for me.
Good song, though.
I left alone...
My mind was blank,
I needed time to think
To get the memories from my mind
What did I see?
Can I believe
that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy?
Just what I saw
in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?
'Cause in my dreams,
it's always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair
YEAH!
I needed time to think
To get the memories from my mind
What did I see?
Can I believe
that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy?
Just what I saw
in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?
'Cause in my dreams,
it's always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair
YEAH!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Everest: Byond the Limit (Season 3)
After watching the first 2 seasons on Netflix, I'm now watching the 3rd season as it airs on the Discovery Channel.
A nice change of pace from the first 2 seasons, as this season shows the expeditions attempting the ascent from the South side, as opposed to the North side, from the past 2 seasons.
The south side is the route that Sir Edmund Hillary took in 1953 when he and Tenzing Norgay were the first to stand on the summit. And also the route that the climbers took in 1996 that were chronicled in Into Thin Air, and had roles in the disaster of May that year.
The north side is the side attempted by George Leigh Mallory of "Because it is there" fame. The side where he and Irvine disappeared in 1924. It was interesting to see the scenery from the North side, as up until recently, the Nepal (south) side had been virtually the only side talked about. So, now I got a good view of the scenery in that area.
And now its very nice to be able to see the south side, after reading so much about it. While that Frontline special also discussed events on the south side, it was mainly focused on the events and the people, and not really on the climbing and the scenery.
Althoughy, I must say, that watching this show on Netflix is better, as you don't have to deal with commercials. Although, it does rather reduce the impact of their pre-commercial break cliffhangers.
A nice change of pace from the first 2 seasons, as this season shows the expeditions attempting the ascent from the South side, as opposed to the North side, from the past 2 seasons.
The south side is the route that Sir Edmund Hillary took in 1953 when he and Tenzing Norgay were the first to stand on the summit. And also the route that the climbers took in 1996 that were chronicled in Into Thin Air, and had roles in the disaster of May that year.
The north side is the side attempted by George Leigh Mallory of "Because it is there" fame. The side where he and Irvine disappeared in 1924. It was interesting to see the scenery from the North side, as up until recently, the Nepal (south) side had been virtually the only side talked about. So, now I got a good view of the scenery in that area.
And now its very nice to be able to see the south side, after reading so much about it. While that Frontline special also discussed events on the south side, it was mainly focused on the events and the people, and not really on the climbing and the scenery.
Althoughy, I must say, that watching this show on Netflix is better, as you don't have to deal with commercials. Although, it does rather reduce the impact of their pre-commercial break cliffhangers.
The Doctor
David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston both do a fantastic job of portraying the Doctor in Doctor Who. Able to switch from lighthearted to intensely pissed off, depending on the situation.
Fantastic actors.
Lets see how the new 11th Doctor fares when his stuff starts showing in 2010.
Just watched a couple of the Doctor Who specials that aired throughout 2009.
Fantastic actors.
Lets see how the new 11th Doctor fares when his stuff starts showing in 2010.
Just watched a couple of the Doctor Who specials that aired throughout 2009.
Annihilation Earth
Luke Goss, Marina Sirtis (2009) Two scientists must save the planet when terrorists destroy a supercollider.
Syfy Saturday movie from 12/12.
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before the whole "Oh, no! Supercolliders" thing showed up in a bad scifi movie.
Also, this is now my favorite movie ever, solely because of the first scene. Marina Sirtis with a "southern" accent. Thing is, she didnt' actually get rid of her other accent, so its a combination of Counselor Troi and some random southern-ness. As in, the beginning of the sentence will be straight Counselor Troi, and the end will be strangely southern. Its fantastic!
Oh, no! The teetotaler is drinking beer! Something terrible is about to happen. Also, the teetotaler in question happens to be Colin Salmon. Also known as that black British guy in some of the James Bond movies. M's assistant. Or someone hanging around M for no apparent reason... But, I'm guessing that he has a reason to be there, because he certainly had a lot of lines, and no one seemed to be too bothered by him being there.
And terrorists just blew up a quarter of France by blowing up a collider. And people seem to care. Science fiction, indeed!
But, sadly, I haven't really started to care about any of the other characters. Just Counselor Southern Troi. And she doesn't seem to show up enough. Probably going to end up being the person behind everything, too. Right now, she's just just the boss in charge of the network of Super-colliders.
Also, one of the main characters (Aptly named Baldy by me) has an underling with a really big chin. Not David Coulthard style (really wide jaw), but really long. Vertically. Couple him with Coulthard, and you'd probably have the biggest face ever.
Also, check out last week's episode of Top Gear. The one where they do the art gallery thing. The Formula 1 driver who assists Clarkson in his paintballs-through-the-F1-Car painting is David Coulthard. And Clarkson does make fun of Coulthard's chin. When he's introducing Coulthard, he fakes like he's going to introduce the Stig with the "Some say..." style of introduction. Something to the effect of "Some say he has a gigantic chin. Well, because he does... Ladies and Gentlemen: David Coulthard." And apparently the British pronunciation of the name involves pronouncing the "th" sound. I've always gone with "Cool-tard".
So, check it out.
And Giganto-Chin may have just been obliterated by a satellite falling from the sky. Damned Earth's magnetic field. Being all magneticy. Or something. I really wasn't paying attention when the described why exactly the satellites were falling. And why they all seemed to be aimed at the main characters.
And once again, all of the main characters' female coworkers are all rather well endowed. And all wearing tank tops for no apparent reason.
And in case you were wondering, you better hope that the International Space Station never gets sucked into the atmosphere by magnetic fields. Because it'll clone itself. And then there's a shit-ton of debris falling from the skies.
And Colin Salmon may have just dick-stabbed a terrorist with a pen. And then chucked him out a window into the depths of the collider innards.
And then they solved the problem. Or thought they did. And then the world blew up.
Because they didn't listen to Colin Salmon. Because they thought he was a terrorist. But he wasn't because he dick-stabbed the terrorist.
So, the moral of this story is: Listen to people who dick-stab terrorists, or the world will blow up.
Important words of wisdom...
Syfy Saturday movie from 12/12.
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before the whole "Oh, no! Supercolliders" thing showed up in a bad scifi movie.
Also, this is now my favorite movie ever, solely because of the first scene. Marina Sirtis with a "southern" accent. Thing is, she didnt' actually get rid of her other accent, so its a combination of Counselor Troi and some random southern-ness. As in, the beginning of the sentence will be straight Counselor Troi, and the end will be strangely southern. Its fantastic!
Oh, no! The teetotaler is drinking beer! Something terrible is about to happen. Also, the teetotaler in question happens to be Colin Salmon. Also known as that black British guy in some of the James Bond movies. M's assistant. Or someone hanging around M for no apparent reason... But, I'm guessing that he has a reason to be there, because he certainly had a lot of lines, and no one seemed to be too bothered by him being there.
And terrorists just blew up a quarter of France by blowing up a collider. And people seem to care. Science fiction, indeed!
But, sadly, I haven't really started to care about any of the other characters. Just Counselor Southern Troi. And she doesn't seem to show up enough. Probably going to end up being the person behind everything, too. Right now, she's just just the boss in charge of the network of Super-colliders.
Also, one of the main characters (Aptly named Baldy by me) has an underling with a really big chin. Not David Coulthard style (really wide jaw), but really long. Vertically. Couple him with Coulthard, and you'd probably have the biggest face ever.
Also, check out last week's episode of Top Gear. The one where they do the art gallery thing. The Formula 1 driver who assists Clarkson in his paintballs-through-the-F1-Car painting is David Coulthard. And Clarkson does make fun of Coulthard's chin. When he's introducing Coulthard, he fakes like he's going to introduce the Stig with the "Some say..." style of introduction. Something to the effect of "Some say he has a gigantic chin. Well, because he does... Ladies and Gentlemen: David Coulthard." And apparently the British pronunciation of the name involves pronouncing the "th" sound. I've always gone with "Cool-tard".
So, check it out.
And Giganto-Chin may have just been obliterated by a satellite falling from the sky. Damned Earth's magnetic field. Being all magneticy. Or something. I really wasn't paying attention when the described why exactly the satellites were falling. And why they all seemed to be aimed at the main characters.
And once again, all of the main characters' female coworkers are all rather well endowed. And all wearing tank tops for no apparent reason.
And in case you were wondering, you better hope that the International Space Station never gets sucked into the atmosphere by magnetic fields. Because it'll clone itself. And then there's a shit-ton of debris falling from the skies.
And Colin Salmon may have just dick-stabbed a terrorist with a pen. And then chucked him out a window into the depths of the collider innards.
And then they solved the problem. Or thought they did. And then the world blew up.
Because they didn't listen to Colin Salmon. Because they thought he was a terrorist. But he wasn't because he dick-stabbed the terrorist.
So, the moral of this story is: Listen to people who dick-stab terrorists, or the world will blow up.
Important words of wisdom...
That's Why He Seemed So Familiar!
King Miraz from the Prince Caspian movie reminded me of Jean Reno. Looked very similar. Except for the whole Jean Reno being French, and the Miraz guy being Spanish.
Yesterday's Poop Was Good
Just thought you were all living in suspense since you heard about my need to poo yesterday.
'Twas a good poop.
'Twas a good poop.
Dominion: A Prequel to the Exorcist
Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann (2005) While visiting an excavation site in Cairo, Egypt, a former priest sees signs of demonic possession.
Syfy Sunday movie from 12/20.
This description may sound familiar. Because its is very similar to the one for "Exorcist: The Beginning" or something like that. The movie I reviewed a while ago. And the thing is, yes, it is a very similar description. Because its a very similar movie. Apparently they both use much of the same footage, but are just 2 different editors' takes on the footage that was shot.
So, we'll see how far we get into this one, before I decide that its too similar, and I don't even care anymore. Probably won't take too long, as I haven't seen much of a difference yet. But according to Wikipedia, this version is supposedly better. Also, I'm not really paying attention, so this might last a bit longer than it otherwise might. Also: Stellan Skarsgård. And his awesome accent. And the fact that he has a circle in his name.
And I've had enough of this movie. I think I'm gonna go to the store and buy some food.
Syfy Sunday movie from 12/20.
This description may sound familiar. Because its is very similar to the one for "Exorcist: The Beginning" or something like that. The movie I reviewed a while ago. And the thing is, yes, it is a very similar description. Because its a very similar movie. Apparently they both use much of the same footage, but are just 2 different editors' takes on the footage that was shot.
So, we'll see how far we get into this one, before I decide that its too similar, and I don't even care anymore. Probably won't take too long, as I haven't seen much of a difference yet. But according to Wikipedia, this version is supposedly better. Also, I'm not really paying attention, so this might last a bit longer than it otherwise might. Also: Stellan Skarsgård. And his awesome accent. And the fact that he has a circle in his name.
And I've had enough of this movie. I think I'm gonna go to the store and buy some food.
Alice (Part 2)
Caterina Scorsone, Kathy Bates (2009) A young woman searches for a way to escape from the fantasy world Wonderland. Based on the novel by Lewis Carroll.
Well, looks to be that they didn't actually get around to writing separate descriptions for the 2 halves of the mini-series.
Figured I should finally get around to watching the second half at some point. And that some point is now!
Those pink flamingo flying machines have to be the most ridiculous flying contraptions ever. Pretty sure you want some more control methods, rather than just throttling the flamingo. And as much as that sounds like a euphemism, it really isn't.
And the main Club guy has an awesome bowler, and a very awesomely pointy goattee. Darn awesome goattee.
Well, looks to be that they didn't actually get around to writing separate descriptions for the 2 halves of the mini-series.
Figured I should finally get around to watching the second half at some point. And that some point is now!
Those pink flamingo flying machines have to be the most ridiculous flying contraptions ever. Pretty sure you want some more control methods, rather than just throttling the flamingo. And as much as that sounds like a euphemism, it really isn't.
And the main Club guy has an awesome bowler, and a very awesomely pointy goattee. Darn awesome goattee.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Special
Enrolling in a drug study to spice up his humdrum life as a low-paid meter reader, Les Franken begins taking an experimental antidepressant, which proves to have a few unexpected side effects.
Starring Michael Rapaport. Also known as that red-haired guy who can't act, and always reads his lines as he rocks forward and backward. He was on Prison Break as the DHS guy for a while. He's been in a bunch of other stuff, but usually I'm too annoyed by him to pay any attention.
Actually an interesting portrayal of a man who thinks he has super-powers. And his relationships with other people who don't believe him, and can't see his supposed demonstrations of super-powers.
Starring Michael Rapaport. Also known as that red-haired guy who can't act, and always reads his lines as he rocks forward and backward. He was on Prison Break as the DHS guy for a while. He's been in a bunch of other stuff, but usually I'm too annoyed by him to pay any attention.
Actually an interesting portrayal of a man who thinks he has super-powers. And his relationships with other people who don't believe him, and can't see his supposed demonstrations of super-powers.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
In the epic battle of Narnians vs. Regular Dudes, I'd definitely have to side with the army that has Minotaurs. And tigers. Leopards. Centaurs... That stuff. Not just regular dudes.
Also, Miraz's battle helmet looks a hell of a lot cooler than Peter's. Probably because of the simulated facial hair. As a matter of fact, I'm now rooting for the Telmarines due to the awesomeness of their facial hair.
So, it looks like we're tied. But the Narnians have a character named "Bulgy Bear". Which is superior to the character name of anyone on the Telmarine side.
But Miraz does have much better mid-fight Crazy-Eyes. And sufficient Crazy Eyes are definitely to be respected. Dangit. We're tied again.
Also, a lot of killing for a Disney movie.
And now for the Telmarines to take their first lead. They've got automatic catapults. That's pretty dang cool. No idea how they're powered, but they're still dang cool.
And I'm really not sure how to score Reepicheep. He's rather annoying, but he's also just kinda randomly humorous. So, I guess we'll call that a wash...
But the Narnians do have Liam Neeson on their side. Which is a definite plus.
Also, personally, if I were fighting in a shield-wall sort of formation, I'd definitely not want to get jumped on by a centaur. I think that would kinda suck. Just a bit.
So, looks like it was pretty even in the end.
And I'll leave you with one final thought: Lions have gigantic heads. Gigantic, pretty hilarious looking heads.
And another thought: It seems that whatever this movie tries to do, the Lord Of The Rings series has already done previously.
Also, Miraz's battle helmet looks a hell of a lot cooler than Peter's. Probably because of the simulated facial hair. As a matter of fact, I'm now rooting for the Telmarines due to the awesomeness of their facial hair.
So, it looks like we're tied. But the Narnians have a character named "Bulgy Bear". Which is superior to the character name of anyone on the Telmarine side.
But Miraz does have much better mid-fight Crazy-Eyes. And sufficient Crazy Eyes are definitely to be respected. Dangit. We're tied again.
Also, a lot of killing for a Disney movie.
And now for the Telmarines to take their first lead. They've got automatic catapults. That's pretty dang cool. No idea how they're powered, but they're still dang cool.
And I'm really not sure how to score Reepicheep. He's rather annoying, but he's also just kinda randomly humorous. So, I guess we'll call that a wash...
But the Narnians do have Liam Neeson on their side. Which is a definite plus.
Also, personally, if I were fighting in a shield-wall sort of formation, I'd definitely not want to get jumped on by a centaur. I think that would kinda suck. Just a bit.
So, looks like it was pretty even in the end.
And I'll leave you with one final thought: Lions have gigantic heads. Gigantic, pretty hilarious looking heads.
And another thought: It seems that whatever this movie tries to do, the Lord Of The Rings series has already done previously.
Jenson Button on Top Gear
Interview with the F1 World Champion on the latest episode of Top Gear. FYI.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Frontline: Storm Over Everest
Interesting to see, and be able to put faces to the names that I'd read about so long ago in Krakauer's "Into Thin Air".
Quite powerful documentary.
And it definitely shows a different side than Into Thin Air. For example, from what I remember, Makalu Gau didn't get portrayed too sympathetically in the book. However, this documentary has pretty extensive parts where he explains his side of the story, which was lacking in the book.
And through the course of the interviews, you can really get a sense of the intense destruction these people have subjected their bodies to due to their experiences in 1996.
Quite powerful documentary.
And it definitely shows a different side than Into Thin Air. For example, from what I remember, Makalu Gau didn't get portrayed too sympathetically in the book. However, this documentary has pretty extensive parts where he explains his side of the story, which was lacking in the book.
And through the course of the interviews, you can really get a sense of the intense destruction these people have subjected their bodies to due to their experiences in 1996.
Jeremiah
There was an elephant on the episode of Jeremiah that I just watched.
Just thought you might be interested to know.
Just thought you might be interested to know.
Bobsled
You know what's better than watching bobsledding?
Watching bobsledding when the announcers have heavy German accents.
Watching bobsledding when the announcers have heavy German accents.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Figure Skating
I just can't get into it. Even though they're doing some pretty impressive stuff, like spinning 4 times in the air and landing it, it just doesn't come across as visually impressive. I imagine that if you're gonna spin 4 times in the air on one jump, you gotta be spinning pretty quickly. And then you're spinning fast enough that you can't really tell that they are in fact spinning so much, if the announcers didn't tell you...
However, when Will Ferrel is parodying the sport/activity/whatever, it is significantly more interesting.
However, when Will Ferrel is parodying the sport/activity/whatever, it is significantly more interesting.
TSO
We are currently just about at the end of the 1 week or so long period where listening to about half of Trans-Siberian Orchestra's music is acceptable...
Bonus Word of The Day!
Raspberries.
Haven't had the "random word" style Word of the Day lately. Now that's changed. It just randomly popped into my head. And I decided to share.
Haven't had the "random word" style Word of the Day lately. Now that's changed. It just randomly popped into my head. And I decided to share.
Happy Christmas Eve
Happy Christmas Eve, everyone.
Or should it be "Merry"? I dunno. I always figured that "Merry" only goes with just "Christmas", and "Happy" seems to fit better with "Christmas Eve".
But, honestly, who cares?
Or should it be "Merry"? I dunno. I always figured that "Merry" only goes with just "Christmas", and "Happy" seems to fit better with "Christmas Eve".
But, honestly, who cares?
Assassin's Creed II
And now, with that, I've beat my one video game of the year.
Earlier it looked like Resident Evil 5 was going to be the game, but the person I was borrowing it from ended up requiring it back...
So, now if I can borrow another copy from somewhere, I've really only got about half a game to beat...
Earlier it looked like Resident Evil 5 was going to be the game, but the person I was borrowing it from ended up requiring it back...
So, now if I can borrow another copy from somewhere, I've really only got about half a game to beat...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Denny Crane
So, I was driving down the road, and saw a guy with a pickup truck, and one of those cover things for the bed. And on the back window of the cover thing, he had one of those big window-decal-things that you can see through. And it said "Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Denny Crane" on it, and said something about the 2008 presidential election. So, I was sort of intrigued, as I'd never heard that candidate's name before. And obviously this guy cared a lot about his particular candidate.
Then I stopped behind the truck at a stop-light, later. And upon closer inspection, there was a picture of this Denny Crane character in the middle of the decal. And he looked remarkably like William Shatner. So much so, that in order to remind myself later, in order to post here, I made the back-of-the-envelope calculation that "Denny Crane = Shatner". By which I mean, I wrote it on the back of an envelope I happened to have sitting on the passenger seat of my car.
Later, I decided to look up this guy. I started by looking in the most obvious place: at the article about 3rd party candidates in the 2008 presidential election on Wikipedia. By this time, I'd forgotten the last name, and had left the envelope in my car. So, I couldn't find any candidate named Denny. A little perplexed, I moved on to the Google search, which allowed me to figure out the candidate's last name.
So, I returned to Wikipedia. And discovered that Denny Crane was in fact Shatner. Or at least the character Shatner plays on Boston Legal, or some similar show. And then I became confused and intrigued as to why someone would proclaim their support for a fictional candidate on the back of their truck. And, mind you, this thing was a whole lot bigger than your standard "Republicans for Voldemort" or whatever bumper sticker.
And then I realized that I had no reason to be confused. He was, after all, supporting Shatner for President. And do you really need any other reason?
Then I stopped behind the truck at a stop-light, later. And upon closer inspection, there was a picture of this Denny Crane character in the middle of the decal. And he looked remarkably like William Shatner. So much so, that in order to remind myself later, in order to post here, I made the back-of-the-envelope calculation that "Denny Crane = Shatner". By which I mean, I wrote it on the back of an envelope I happened to have sitting on the passenger seat of my car.
Later, I decided to look up this guy. I started by looking in the most obvious place: at the article about 3rd party candidates in the 2008 presidential election on Wikipedia. By this time, I'd forgotten the last name, and had left the envelope in my car. So, I couldn't find any candidate named Denny. A little perplexed, I moved on to the Google search, which allowed me to figure out the candidate's last name.
So, I returned to Wikipedia. And discovered that Denny Crane was in fact Shatner. Or at least the character Shatner plays on Boston Legal, or some similar show. And then I became confused and intrigued as to why someone would proclaim their support for a fictional candidate on the back of their truck. And, mind you, this thing was a whole lot bigger than your standard "Republicans for Voldemort" or whatever bumper sticker.
And then I realized that I had no reason to be confused. He was, after all, supporting Shatner for President. And do you really need any other reason?
Schumacher Returns to F1
Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher is returning next year to race for Mercedes.
Schumacher is arguably the best driver (at least in terms of statistics, if not more) that F1 has ever seen. He retired after the 2006 season. I started watching F1 in the 2007 season. So, I'm actually sort of excited to see him race. It'll be interesting to see how he does after 3 years away from competitive driving.
You may remember that there was a possibility of Schumacher returning after Felipe Massa's crash earlier this season in Hungary. Now it seems that he'll be racing full time for Mercedes.
The Mercedes team that used to be known as Brawn GP, until it was bought by the German car manufacturer. You know that team that won both the Drivers and Constructors championships in 2009? Yeah. That team.
Lets see if they can repeat their success. I'm hoping that they don't, as I have been firmly in the Sebastian Vettel/Red Bull Racing camp for quite some time now. But, Schumacher's return adds another talented driver to the paddock. Hopefully should be for some good racing.
Schumacher is arguably the best driver (at least in terms of statistics, if not more) that F1 has ever seen. He retired after the 2006 season. I started watching F1 in the 2007 season. So, I'm actually sort of excited to see him race. It'll be interesting to see how he does after 3 years away from competitive driving.
You may remember that there was a possibility of Schumacher returning after Felipe Massa's crash earlier this season in Hungary. Now it seems that he'll be racing full time for Mercedes.
The Mercedes team that used to be known as Brawn GP, until it was bought by the German car manufacturer. You know that team that won both the Drivers and Constructors championships in 2009? Yeah. That team.
Lets see if they can repeat their success. I'm hoping that they don't, as I have been firmly in the Sebastian Vettel/Red Bull Racing camp for quite some time now. But, Schumacher's return adds another talented driver to the paddock. Hopefully should be for some good racing.
I had a dream...
About loading large boxes/cartons/containers of food onto battleships.
I have no idea where that came from.
T'was very weird.
I have no idea where that came from.
T'was very weird.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Jeremiah
Luke Perry's ass. Did not need to see that.
A character just used the term "fuckocity".
A post-apocalyptic TV series. The apocalypse in this case was the death of all adults, leaving only the children. Story picks up a number of years after that happened. Not sure of the exact number, but over 15.
Luke Perry stars as Jeremiah, a survivor, who is in search of Valhalla sector, a place where his father left shortly before the "Big Death". Watching the premiere right now. And they seem to be implying that his father had something to do with the "Big Death".
I've actually wanted to see this series for a while. Originally aired in 2002 to 2004. The first couple of episodes showed up on SciFi a while back, but they never aired any more of them... So, I watched about half of the first episode, and then never got around to watching the rest. But the first and second (actually, the only 2) seasons have been hanging around on the NetFlix Instant Queue for a while, so I decided I should actually watch them.
Also, Tricia Helfer's character pronounces the word "nuclear" with an extra "u" sound. As in "nukular". Which annoys me greatly.
Also Kandyse McClure AKA Dualla from Galactica is also in this show. We'll see how many random other Battlestar Galactica/Stargate alumni show up. We've also had Col Samuels from SG1 show up as Jeremiah's dad. And Alex Zahara. And Dr. Frasier/Teryl Rothery show up as Jeremiah's mom. And this is just the first episode.
So, I'll definitely be watching further.
Unlike Dead Like Me. I watched 2 episodes of that yesterday, and don't think I'll be picking it up again. Its sorta interesting, but not really worth it in my opinion. Perhaps if I run out of everything on the DVR and Netflix, I'll give it a go. But not while there are more worthy options out there.
A character just used the term "fuckocity".
A post-apocalyptic TV series. The apocalypse in this case was the death of all adults, leaving only the children. Story picks up a number of years after that happened. Not sure of the exact number, but over 15.
Luke Perry stars as Jeremiah, a survivor, who is in search of Valhalla sector, a place where his father left shortly before the "Big Death". Watching the premiere right now. And they seem to be implying that his father had something to do with the "Big Death".
I've actually wanted to see this series for a while. Originally aired in 2002 to 2004. The first couple of episodes showed up on SciFi a while back, but they never aired any more of them... So, I watched about half of the first episode, and then never got around to watching the rest. But the first and second (actually, the only 2) seasons have been hanging around on the NetFlix Instant Queue for a while, so I decided I should actually watch them.
Also, Tricia Helfer's character pronounces the word "nuclear" with an extra "u" sound. As in "nukular". Which annoys me greatly.
Also Kandyse McClure AKA Dualla from Galactica is also in this show. We'll see how many random other Battlestar Galactica/Stargate alumni show up. We've also had Col Samuels from SG1 show up as Jeremiah's dad. And Alex Zahara. And Dr. Frasier/Teryl Rothery show up as Jeremiah's mom. And this is just the first episode.
So, I'll definitely be watching further.
Unlike Dead Like Me. I watched 2 episodes of that yesterday, and don't think I'll be picking it up again. Its sorta interesting, but not really worth it in my opinion. Perhaps if I run out of everything on the DVR and Netflix, I'll give it a go. But not while there are more worthy options out there.
Smells of My Commute
A few days ago Vienna smelled like a toasted ham sandwich. You know that smell when you put mayonnaise on warm toast, and it sorta melts, and then you put some ham on it? Yeah, that one...
And today, some random corner smelled like fried chicken. And there were no chicken restaurants nearby. Or anything that should have smelled like chicken...
And today, some random corner smelled like fried chicken. And there were no chicken restaurants nearby. Or anything that should have smelled like chicken...
Today's Word Of The Day
Traffic.
Left work at quarter to 7. Just got home. Normally takes about a half an hour.
Left work at quarter to 7. Just got home. Normally takes about a half an hour.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Dead Like Me
Apparently, based on the recommendation of a coworker, the series is much better than the movie that followed it.
And also, it has Mandy Patinkin in it. And what was the first thing that popped into your head when you read that name?
Was it: "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."? If it wasn't, you're a terrible person.
And also, it has Mandy Patinkin in it. And what was the first thing that popped into your head when you read that name?
Was it: "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."? If it wasn't, you're a terrible person.
There is Chocolate Sauce In My Goattee
Not that its a problem. Its just that its beyond licking range.... Thus denying me any benefit...
Shaken & Stirred: Racing Classic Astons at Spa (continued)
Watching a $1 million + Aston go into a wall is a damned painful experience...
And then watching them take a hacksaw to the body work, and replacing the damaged bits with cardboard and gaffer tape...
And then watching them take a hacksaw to the body work, and replacing the damaged bits with cardboard and gaffer tape...
Today's Word Of The Day
Get Off The Gorram Phone When You're Driving In The Snow.
Yeah, its a sentence. Get over it.
Yeah, its a sentence. Get over it.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Shaken & Stirred: Racing Classic Astons at Spa
Car racing from one of Europe's most glamorous events, Spa's Six-Hour Endurance Race.
Spa means Spa-Francorchamps, the race track in Belgium, and not some nutters driving Aston Martin's around a spa...
I must say that Eau Rouge looks a lot different in road cars, compared to how it looks in Formula 1.
And apparently these Aston's are about a minute and a quarter to a minute and a quarter slower than Formula one cars. Which might not seem that much, aside from the fact that Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap of the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix at 1:47. So, these cares are considerably slower. But are you really surprised that almost 50 year old cars are slower than current Formula 1 cars?
Also, looking it up, the Aston Martin DB4 (what we're watching currently) was built between 1958 and 1963. Which makes it about 50 years old. I'm actually quite surprised that it is in fact that old.
Spa means Spa-Francorchamps, the race track in Belgium, and not some nutters driving Aston Martin's around a spa...
I must say that Eau Rouge looks a lot different in road cars, compared to how it looks in Formula 1.
And apparently these Aston's are about a minute and a quarter to a minute and a quarter slower than Formula one cars. Which might not seem that much, aside from the fact that Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap of the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix at 1:47. So, these cares are considerably slower. But are you really surprised that almost 50 year old cars are slower than current Formula 1 cars?
Also, looking it up, the Aston Martin DB4 (what we're watching currently) was built between 1958 and 1963. Which makes it about 50 years old. I'm actually quite surprised that it is in fact that old.
Alice (Part 1)
Caterina Scorsone, Kathy Bates (2009) A young woman searches for a way to escape from the fantasy world Wonderland. Based on the novel by Lewis Carrol.
Syfy Sunday movie from 12/6.
Apparently Dr. Frasier from SG1 is Alice's mom. Haven't heard from here in a while. And her boyfriend's British. And apparently a criminal or something. Or is being followed by criminals. Or has some creepy dude-stalker... And he just got mugged. And stolen in a van.
And Matt Frewer showed up in the credits. At some point he'll probably show up. Unless he doesn't, which would actually be awesome. You might remember him from his role as Taggart in Eureka. Or as the Trashcan Man in Stephen Kings' The Stand. Or numerous other roles where he plays the eccentric character...
And I'm guessing that this old guy will be revealed to be the White Rabbit. As he's got a twin pony-tail thing going on, has white hair, a suit, and runs in a really strange way. Not that that last thing has anything to do with being the White Rabbit. I just wanted to throw that out there... And he just wend behind a door marked "White Rabbit" with a bunch of his goons.
Lets see how this stacks up, when compared to other SciFi/Syfy Miniseries. Frankly, it'll be hard to top either the original Battlestar Galactica miniseries, or The Lost Room. Frankly, I think The Lost Room is one of the best miniseries I've ever seen. Quite worth watching, if you have the chance.
I think this one's done by the same people that did the retelling of the Wizard of Oz miniseries. Tin Man. Very similar visual style.
Apparently the stock market in Wonderland trades in emotions. And the required dress code involves fancy hats...
And apparently this is running on the idea that the Alice in Wonderland story was real. I guess it is similar to the Tin Man miniseries, as that had the same sort of idea...
And Chief O'Brien from Star Trek: The Next Generation AKA Cowan from Atlantis seems to be the king.
And the Walrus is played by a fat guy with a massive mustache.
And apparently the Jabberwocky has massive buck teeth.
Mat Frewer is the White Knight.
Also: "Mad as a box of frogs" is a pretty fantastic saying.
Syfy Sunday movie from 12/6.
Apparently Dr. Frasier from SG1 is Alice's mom. Haven't heard from here in a while. And her boyfriend's British. And apparently a criminal or something. Or is being followed by criminals. Or has some creepy dude-stalker... And he just got mugged. And stolen in a van.
And Matt Frewer showed up in the credits. At some point he'll probably show up. Unless he doesn't, which would actually be awesome. You might remember him from his role as Taggart in Eureka. Or as the Trashcan Man in Stephen Kings' The Stand. Or numerous other roles where he plays the eccentric character...
And I'm guessing that this old guy will be revealed to be the White Rabbit. As he's got a twin pony-tail thing going on, has white hair, a suit, and runs in a really strange way. Not that that last thing has anything to do with being the White Rabbit. I just wanted to throw that out there... And he just wend behind a door marked "White Rabbit" with a bunch of his goons.
Lets see how this stacks up, when compared to other SciFi/Syfy Miniseries. Frankly, it'll be hard to top either the original Battlestar Galactica miniseries, or The Lost Room. Frankly, I think The Lost Room is one of the best miniseries I've ever seen. Quite worth watching, if you have the chance.
I think this one's done by the same people that did the retelling of the Wizard of Oz miniseries. Tin Man. Very similar visual style.
Apparently the stock market in Wonderland trades in emotions. And the required dress code involves fancy hats...
And apparently this is running on the idea that the Alice in Wonderland story was real. I guess it is similar to the Tin Man miniseries, as that had the same sort of idea...
And Chief O'Brien from Star Trek: The Next Generation AKA Cowan from Atlantis seems to be the king.
And the Walrus is played by a fat guy with a massive mustache.
And apparently the Jabberwocky has massive buck teeth.
Mat Frewer is the White Knight.
Also: "Mad as a box of frogs" is a pretty fantastic saying.
I Feel Like Milo
You know. The character from The Phantom Tollbooth.
Right about the time that he, Tock, and the Humbug meet up with the Terrible Trivium who gets them to move a pile of sand using only tweezers, move a well's contents using only an eyedropper, and drill a tunnel using only a toothpick.
Clearing the snow to free 2 cars using only a dustpan seems like it fits right in...
Right about the time that he, Tock, and the Humbug meet up with the Terrible Trivium who gets them to move a pile of sand using only tweezers, move a well's contents using only an eyedropper, and drill a tunnel using only a toothpick.
Clearing the snow to free 2 cars using only a dustpan seems like it fits right in...
Anaconda 3: Offspring (continued)
"ATM Teller". Never heard that one before. Unless, of course, I have actually seen this movie before. Usually they go with "ATM Machine" if they decide to randomly repeat words that are already in the acronym...
And I've decided that I have actually seen this one before. And have no intention of doing it again...
And I've decided that I have actually seen this one before. And have no intention of doing it again...
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Anaconda 3: Offspring
David Hasselhoff, Crystal Allen (2008) A mercenary and a scientist join forces to stop a giant snake and its pregnant counterpart.
Syfy Sunday movie from 11/29.
The final thing I have on my DVR that was recorded prior to the Syfy Miniseries re-telling of the Alice In Wonderland story.
And just because I can:
I feel like I've seen this one already. But I can't find it in my blog archives. Well, either way, here goes.
And I'm going to type a few more paragraphs so that I don't have David Hasselhoff emanating from his own crotch staring at me as I type. And I think it was my "brother" who said it best when he noted how remarkably similar David Hasselhoff looks compared to male genitalia when he is superimposed on his own crotch.
And one more paragraph ought to do it...
Aw crud. He's still there at the top of the screen... But, luckily when I end this paragraph, he'll be completely gone from my sight...
And this is an old one... It says "Sci Fi Presents". That, and the whole 2008 date of the movie...
Oh, good. Its got John Rhys-Davies in it, too... Man, he's really lowered his standards. Its almost gotten to the point where you can't have a Bad SciFi Movie (tm) without him.
Upon some further review, it seems that I've actually seen the sequel to this one. Feel free to look it up. I reviewed it earlier... And on continued watching, I'm really getting the feeling that I have in fact seen this one. Either that, or this one, and its sequel are exactly the same movie.
But, either way, I've had enough for tonight. I'm gonna go read and then go to bed... I'll pick this up tomorrow... (Stupid me for telling myself that I'd watch everything on the DVR before I watch Alice. I"m curious to see what they've done with the Alice In Wonderland story...
Syfy Sunday movie from 11/29.
The final thing I have on my DVR that was recorded prior to the Syfy Miniseries re-telling of the Alice In Wonderland story.
And just because I can:
I feel like I've seen this one already. But I can't find it in my blog archives. Well, either way, here goes.
And I'm going to type a few more paragraphs so that I don't have David Hasselhoff emanating from his own crotch staring at me as I type. And I think it was my "brother" who said it best when he noted how remarkably similar David Hasselhoff looks compared to male genitalia when he is superimposed on his own crotch.
And one more paragraph ought to do it...
Aw crud. He's still there at the top of the screen... But, luckily when I end this paragraph, he'll be completely gone from my sight...
And this is an old one... It says "Sci Fi Presents". That, and the whole 2008 date of the movie...
Oh, good. Its got John Rhys-Davies in it, too... Man, he's really lowered his standards. Its almost gotten to the point where you can't have a Bad SciFi Movie (tm) without him.
Upon some further review, it seems that I've actually seen the sequel to this one. Feel free to look it up. I reviewed it earlier... And on continued watching, I'm really getting the feeling that I have in fact seen this one. Either that, or this one, and its sequel are exactly the same movie.
But, either way, I've had enough for tonight. I'm gonna go read and then go to bed... I'll pick this up tomorrow... (Stupid me for telling myself that I'd watch everything on the DVR before I watch Alice. I"m curious to see what they've done with the Alice In Wonderland story...
Commercial
So, there are a couple of kids looking at presents under the tree.
The younger one notices a big box is for him, and asks his brother what he thinks it might be.
The brother responds, "Its either the video games you want, or a big box of meat."
I think I know what I'm gonna give as a gift this year for Christmas....
The younger one notices a big box is for him, and asks his brother what he thinks it might be.
The brother responds, "Its either the video games you want, or a big box of meat."
I think I know what I'm gonna give as a gift this year for Christmas....
Pie!
Nothing like not wearing any pants, watching TV, and eating some pie...
And contemplating how my car is actually going to be able to move in the near future...
And contemplating how my car is actually going to be able to move in the near future...
Shovels
You know what I don't have in the aparment? Or in my car?
A shovel.
So, the aforementioned cleaning was accomplished with a broom, a squeegee, and a dust pan.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised by how well it worked out. Actually, not "well", but "not terrible"
A shovel.
So, the aforementioned cleaning was accomplished with a broom, a squeegee, and a dust pan.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised by how well it worked out. Actually, not "well", but "not terrible"
Crazy Snow
I've cleaned off my car 3 times today. Each time I cleaned a minimum of 3 inches of snow off. With about 12 to 14 the first time...
Freaking ridiculous.
Freaking ridiculous.
Dollhouse
So, they're going to go figure out what happened to Victor.
So, that guy (whatever his name is, who was Echo's handler at the beginning) asks Echo for help. And she decides they have enough time for her to put on earrings before they go figure it out...
I guess they don't particularly care about him all that much...
So, that guy (whatever his name is, who was Echo's handler at the beginning) asks Echo for help. And she decides they have enough time for her to put on earrings before they go figure it out...
I guess they don't particularly care about him all that much...
I Suck At Snow
This time, I remembered to bring my boots in before the snowstorm.
But I forgot my hat and gloves in the car.
But I forgot my hat and gloves in the car.
Today's Word Of The Day
Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal
Since I already used snow yesterday, I'll have to go with the other great accomplishment of yesterday. I actually found Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal!
Since I already used snow yesterday, I'll have to go with the other great accomplishment of yesterday. I actually found Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Today's Word Of The Day
Ha ha!
Today, I just wanted to note that even though I've been using multiple words for the past few days, I won't be changing this to "phrase of the day". Sorry. Not gonna happen.
Today, I just wanted to note that even though I've been using multiple words for the past few days, I won't be changing this to "phrase of the day". Sorry. Not gonna happen.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Today's Word Of The Day
Assassin's Creed II
Borrowing the game from a co-worker. So, figure I should try it out..,.
Borrowing the game from a co-worker. So, figure I should try it out..,.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Ghost Town
Jessica Rose, Randy Wayne (2009) Deadly ghosts terrorize a group of college students.
Syfy Saturday movie from 10/24
About dang time I cleared this off the DVR.
Again a movie set in the Wild west, or at least the opening scene is. And there are a significant amount of modern guns. Seem to be the same props as that "High Plains Invaders" drivel, or whatever that crap was. The one about the spherical aliens. That sucked. The movie, not the aliens. Well, actually, the aliens were pretty crappy...
It is strange to see the "31 Days of Halloween" graphic in the corner of the screen, though...
This bus-driver is quite possible the worst ever. He somehow ended up on a rutted, one lane country road, and didn't bother to think twice about it until he was questioned by one of the passengers.
So, looks like we're going to see the blossoming love of Girl Whose Mom Is Wiccan and Nerdy Guy Who Apparently Can Count Cards At BlackJack. I know this, because GWMIW was the one who lost their team the debate, and everybody dislikes her because of it. But she's cute, and doesn't seem to be annoying and/or slutty. And NGWACCCAB has the flowy hair and appropriate level of swagger to be the lead. And the two really nerdy guys are too dang nerdy to be the lead. Although, one of the nerdy guys does look vaguely like James May. But is distinctly more annoying. And less hilarious.
And is it wrong that the token black guy is the bus-driver?
And they sent 2 guys out to get help, after getting stuck in this ghost town... And instead of actually going to go get help, they decided to wander about the town for no apparent reason. And then got ghostified. Which, in this case doesn't mean that they got turned into ghosts, but that they got deathed by ghosts.
And this guy that supposedly hung himself is quite obviously harnessed up, and not hanging by his neck...
Apparently the combination to the ghost town's bank vault is 8. Yup, the combo is a single number. That's damn secure. No one will ever think to try just one number...
And for the record, the two main characters were exactly who I thought they'd be... Pretty obvious to tell from the first moment they showed up on screen.
Syfy Saturday movie from 10/24
About dang time I cleared this off the DVR.
Again a movie set in the Wild west, or at least the opening scene is. And there are a significant amount of modern guns. Seem to be the same props as that "High Plains Invaders" drivel, or whatever that crap was. The one about the spherical aliens. That sucked. The movie, not the aliens. Well, actually, the aliens were pretty crappy...
It is strange to see the "31 Days of Halloween" graphic in the corner of the screen, though...
This bus-driver is quite possible the worst ever. He somehow ended up on a rutted, one lane country road, and didn't bother to think twice about it until he was questioned by one of the passengers.
So, looks like we're going to see the blossoming love of Girl Whose Mom Is Wiccan and Nerdy Guy Who Apparently Can Count Cards At BlackJack. I know this, because GWMIW was the one who lost their team the debate, and everybody dislikes her because of it. But she's cute, and doesn't seem to be annoying and/or slutty. And NGWACCCAB has the flowy hair and appropriate level of swagger to be the lead. And the two really nerdy guys are too dang nerdy to be the lead. Although, one of the nerdy guys does look vaguely like James May. But is distinctly more annoying. And less hilarious.
And is it wrong that the token black guy is the bus-driver?
And they sent 2 guys out to get help, after getting stuck in this ghost town... And instead of actually going to go get help, they decided to wander about the town for no apparent reason. And then got ghostified. Which, in this case doesn't mean that they got turned into ghosts, but that they got deathed by ghosts.
And this guy that supposedly hung himself is quite obviously harnessed up, and not hanging by his neck...
Apparently the combination to the ghost town's bank vault is 8. Yup, the combo is a single number. That's damn secure. No one will ever think to try just one number...
And for the record, the two main characters were exactly who I thought they'd be... Pretty obvious to tell from the first moment they showed up on screen.
Monday, December 14, 2009
My Shampoo smells like Watermelon
Just like the title says, my shampoo smells like watermelon. But not real watermelon. Watermelon flavored Jolly Ranchers. That artificial watermelon flavor...
I'm currently using Head & Shoulders shampoo. And this latest bottle smells like watermelon. I don't remember what my previous bottle of shampoo was, but I'm sure it didn't smell like watermelon. I think it was Head & Shoulders, too. But I can't be certain.
Anyone else notice this? Is it a new development?
I looked on the bottle, and it doesn't obviously say that its scented in any way... What an incredibly great mystery.
I'm currently using Head & Shoulders shampoo. And this latest bottle smells like watermelon. I don't remember what my previous bottle of shampoo was, but I'm sure it didn't smell like watermelon. I think it was Head & Shoulders, too. But I can't be certain.
Anyone else notice this? Is it a new development?
I looked on the bottle, and it doesn't obviously say that its scented in any way... What an incredibly great mystery.
I'ma go cut my hair
Its getting long enough that I have to actually do something with it in the morning. Which tells me that its time to cut it again.
Especially because its winter, and the potential for hat-hair is greatly increased...
Especially because its winter, and the potential for hat-hair is greatly increased...
Platypus Name
I've finally decided on a name for the platypus that rides around on my dashboard.
Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald.
Today's Word Of The Day
Cake.
I visited my parents for dinner tonight. And acquired left-overs. Including cake.
I visited my parents for dinner tonight. And acquired left-overs. Including cake.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Hernadezeseseses Redux
Perhaps its a channel thing.
On HD Theater (or whatever its called), they showed the commercial without the extra syllables (what prompted me to complain)
On NBC Universal, they just showed the commercial with the extra syllables.
Intriguing...
On HD Theater (or whatever its called), they showed the commercial without the extra syllables (what prompted me to complain)
On NBC Universal, they just showed the commercial with the extra syllables.
Intriguing...
I have a new favorite WRC driver
I've mentioned previously that I enjoy the Norwegian Solberg brothers, because they're always so dang cheerful.
And now a quote from 2003 WRC Champion Petter Solberg, which cemented him as my favorite driver: "I know its been difficult many times, you know, through the years, I know maybe people have doubted, but, uh, 'Up Yours' the people have doubted". Not really sure how to punctuate that, as it was Solberg giving an interview immediately after finishing the stage, and before he'd even climbed out of his car. I imagine that he had quite a bit of adrenaline running through his system, and speaking such that his quote was accurately punctuationable by me was not his top priority.
Although, next year, Solberg will have to vie with Kimi Raikonnen for my affections. Don't remember if I said it yet, but Kimi is officially taking at least a year-long break from F1, and will be driving for the Citroen Junior Team next year for the 2010 season. Depending on how he does, he may be promoted to the top Citroen team for 2011, or he may return to F1 with the Red Bull team. I'm hoping for the latter, as an F1 team of Kimi and Vettel would be awesome...
And now a quote from 2003 WRC Champion Petter Solberg, which cemented him as my favorite driver: "I know its been difficult many times, you know, through the years, I know maybe people have doubted, but, uh, 'Up Yours' the people have doubted". Not really sure how to punctuate that, as it was Solberg giving an interview immediately after finishing the stage, and before he'd even climbed out of his car. I imagine that he had quite a bit of adrenaline running through his system, and speaking such that his quote was accurately punctuationable by me was not his top priority.
Although, next year, Solberg will have to vie with Kimi Raikonnen for my affections. Don't remember if I said it yet, but Kimi is officially taking at least a year-long break from F1, and will be driving for the Citroen Junior Team next year for the 2010 season. Depending on how he does, he may be promoted to the top Citroen team for 2011, or he may return to F1 with the Red Bull team. I'm hoping for the latter, as an F1 team of Kimi and Vettel would be awesome...
The Hernadezeseseses
Have you seen that Orbitz commercial, where the guy shows up on his hover-ship, and greets a couple named "Hernandez".
Originally, I'm pretty sure that the original version of the commercial had him refer to them as "the Hernandezes", and then followed it by muttering a few more "es" syllables.
But, lately, those extra syllables are no longer there.
I enjoyed the extra syllables.
I'm wondering if someone thought it offensive or something... But, that's dumb.
Originally, I'm pretty sure that the original version of the commercial had him refer to them as "the Hernandezes", and then followed it by muttering a few more "es" syllables.
But, lately, those extra syllables are no longer there.
I enjoyed the extra syllables.
I'm wondering if someone thought it offensive or something... But, that's dumb.
Beyond Sherwood Forest
Robin Dunne, Erica Durance (2009) The Sheriff of Nottingham uses a shape-shifting monster to destroy Robin Hood.
So, Robin Dunne is one of the main characters in the Sanctuary show that I stopped watching quite some time ago... And Erica Durance played the role of Teal'c's girlfriend in that one episode of SG1 where Teal'c gets a house outside of Cheyenne Mountain.
Also, it has Julian Sands in it. Who has an awesome accent. You might remember him from his role as the Doci of the Ori in seasons 9 and 10 of SG1. And in the first few minutes, he's stabbing a naked chick with his sword. But, in his defense, it did seem that the naked chick was in fact a shape-shifting monstery thing. And it seems that Julian Sands might in fact become the Sheriff of Nottingham. Which would be cool, because he's got a fantastic accent.
Robin Dunne will be playing the role of Robin Hood. By the way, even though he's named Robin, he is in fact a dude. Just so you know. Or at least a very beardy lady. Who looks and sounds like a dude. And plays a lot of dude roles when he/she acts.
And Dr. Lee from SG1 (and Atlantis) seems to be Friar Tuck. And now he's no longer playing that role, as he has been deathed by monster.
So, Robin Dunne is one of the main characters in the Sanctuary show that I stopped watching quite some time ago... And Erica Durance played the role of Teal'c's girlfriend in that one episode of SG1 where Teal'c gets a house outside of Cheyenne Mountain.
Also, it has Julian Sands in it. Who has an awesome accent. You might remember him from his role as the Doci of the Ori in seasons 9 and 10 of SG1. And in the first few minutes, he's stabbing a naked chick with his sword. But, in his defense, it did seem that the naked chick was in fact a shape-shifting monstery thing. And it seems that Julian Sands might in fact become the Sheriff of Nottingham. Which would be cool, because he's got a fantastic accent.
Robin Dunne will be playing the role of Robin Hood. By the way, even though he's named Robin, he is in fact a dude. Just so you know. Or at least a very beardy lady. Who looks and sounds like a dude. And plays a lot of dude roles when he/she acts.
And Dr. Lee from SG1 (and Atlantis) seems to be Friar Tuck. And now he's no longer playing that role, as he has been deathed by monster.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Domino
2005 - Tony Scott pilots this intriguing action-thriller based on the life of Domino Harvey -- the offspring of actor Laurence Harvey and model Paulene Stone -- who eschews a career in the fashion industry for a life as a bounty hunter.
First off, Keira Knightley is hot. In other news, Natalie Portman is hot. But that is not relevant to the movie at hand. The only reason I mention it is because they look so darn the same.
Secondly, I'm not a fan of the phrase "Tony Scott pilots". Seems a very strange and pretentious way of stating that this movie was directed by him.
Also, good use of "eschew" in the movie description.
Also, Delroy Lindo! You all know how much I like Delroy Lindo. And his name.
Interesting movie. Blend of truth and fiction. Sometimes showing both in the movie...
Well that was interesting. And now I'm going to bed...
First off, Keira Knightley is hot. In other news, Natalie Portman is hot. But that is not relevant to the movie at hand. The only reason I mention it is because they look so darn the same.
Secondly, I'm not a fan of the phrase "Tony Scott pilots". Seems a very strange and pretentious way of stating that this movie was directed by him.
Also, good use of "eschew" in the movie description.
Also, Delroy Lindo! You all know how much I like Delroy Lindo. And his name.
Interesting movie. Blend of truth and fiction. Sometimes showing both in the movie...
Well that was interesting. And now I'm going to bed...
Right At Your Door
2006 - What begins as just another day for everyman Brad quickly disintegrates into an ordeal of terror when a dirty bomb is unleashed on Los Angeles.
First off, it seems that they're talking about a bomb carrying toxic/chemical materials as a "dirty bomb". Sadly, "dirty bomb" implies radiation contamination. Radiological dispersal device or whatever... Also, the Wikipedia entry for "Dirty Bomb" refers to an RDD (Radiological dispersal device, as my previous sentence) in its second sentence without actually defining the acronym.
Special Emergency Medical Epidemiology Nexus. That has got to be one of the most awkward acronyms ever.
Actually, quite a good movie. Sort of a disaster move meets Rear Window sort of thing. Just about the entire movie takes place in and around one house.
Basically, one guy seals himself in his house to keep the toxic dust out, and then has to deal with the consequences of the attack, and interact with people, including his wife, without breaching his protective bubble.
Pretty intense last scenes. I'm not going to ruin it for you, as this one's actually worth watching.
First off, it seems that they're talking about a bomb carrying toxic/chemical materials as a "dirty bomb". Sadly, "dirty bomb" implies radiation contamination. Radiological dispersal device or whatever... Also, the Wikipedia entry for "Dirty Bomb" refers to an RDD (Radiological dispersal device, as my previous sentence) in its second sentence without actually defining the acronym.
Special Emergency Medical Epidemiology Nexus. That has got to be one of the most awkward acronyms ever.
Actually, quite a good movie. Sort of a disaster move meets Rear Window sort of thing. Just about the entire movie takes place in and around one house.
Basically, one guy seals himself in his house to keep the toxic dust out, and then has to deal with the consequences of the attack, and interact with people, including his wife, without breaching his protective bubble.
Pretty intense last scenes. I'm not going to ruin it for you, as this one's actually worth watching.
Liechtenstein?
Liechtenstein has athletes? Really?
Tina Weirather apparently exists. And skis for Liechtenstein.
Tina Weirather apparently exists. And skis for Liechtenstein.
Pinks Some more
So one of the racers' occupation is "Horticulture". Yup, I'm pretty sure he grows pot for a living... And he's obnoxious.
And there is a ridiculously absurdly egregious amount of commercials. Which is probably telling me that I should stop watching.
And in 2 successive episodes, a tubby redneck just won himself 2 new cars.
And there is a ridiculously absurdly egregious amount of commercials. Which is probably telling me that I should stop watching.
And in 2 successive episodes, a tubby redneck just won himself 2 new cars.
Pinks
So, I turned on the TV, and it was on SPEED. So I decided to watch this show while I was doing some other stuff.
And have come to the conclusion that this show is dumb.
Case and point: They keep talking about (and showing on screen) "Nitris". I'm pretty sure that its actually "Nitrous". As in Nitrous Oxide. Dumbasses.
And they don't even try to make the audience sympathetic to the loser...
And have come to the conclusion that this show is dumb.
Case and point: They keep talking about (and showing on screen) "Nitris". I'm pretty sure that its actually "Nitrous". As in Nitrous Oxide. Dumbasses.
And they don't even try to make the audience sympathetic to the loser...
Dollhouse
The last few episodes have been better than earlier ones this season...
So, I guess that proves the point that anything's better with Alan Tudyk.
So, I guess that proves the point that anything's better with Alan Tudyk.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Fringe
Yesterday's episode was really good. Starting to pull a whole bunch of pieces of the puzzle together.
Good show, overall.
Also, Anna Torv (the main character) is strangely hot. Occasionally she seems really hot, and others, not so much... And she has an awesome last name.
Also, Agent Dunham (Torv's character) is an amazing shot. Graped 2 guys with 2 shots. One of them the driver of a van. The van was in motion. The other was Curtis from 24. Who seems to get deathified in everything he's in. Although, I was quite surprised by how long he lasted on 24...
Good show, overall.
Also, Anna Torv (the main character) is strangely hot. Occasionally she seems really hot, and others, not so much... And she has an awesome last name.
Also, Agent Dunham (Torv's character) is an amazing shot. Graped 2 guys with 2 shots. One of them the driver of a van. The van was in motion. The other was Curtis from 24. Who seems to get deathified in everything he's in. Although, I was quite surprised by how long he lasted on 24...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Another Random Thing That Just Popped Into My Head
"I like red."
I'm not sure if my brain was thinking about the color. Or the concept. Or who knows what... But, there you go.
So, take that for whatever its worth.
I'm not sure if my brain was thinking about the color. Or the concept. Or who knows what... But, there you go.
So, take that for whatever its worth.
The Best Soundtrack Ever
The Best Soundtrack Ever Award goes to:
The Rock Soundtrack. It makes anything you do seem awesome. I was listening to it on the way home today. T'was one of those days...
The Rock Soundtrack. It makes anything you do seem awesome. I was listening to it on the way home today. T'was one of those days...
Bonus Word of The Day!
Laser-monkeys!
I really have no idea where that came from. Just something that popped into my head...
I really have no idea where that came from. Just something that popped into my head...
Caprica
Was just watching some commercials for that prequel thing to Battlestar Galactica.
I think I wanna watch it. Mainly because a lot of the characters seem to have fancy hats. And you know how much I like fancy hats.
I think I wanna watch it. Mainly because a lot of the characters seem to have fancy hats. And you know how much I like fancy hats.
My favorite Star Wars Character
That's right, its Max Rebo.
And my second favorite Star Wars Character:
A GNK Power Droid. Also known as a "Gonk Droid" due to the sound it makes. Which sounds strangely like "Gonk". Weird how that works out, isn't it? Or also known as a "Trash Can Droid" due to its uncanny resemblance to a trash can.
Fire From Below
Kevin Sorbo, Alex Meneses (2009) Chaos strikes when lithium combines with water to create an environmental disaster.
Syfy Sunday movie from 11/22.
Damned chemistry! Stupid chemical reactions...
And apparently Kevin Sorbo hasn't seen a pair that big since he was in the Navy... He claims he was referring to a pair of meteors entering the atmosphere. I'm not sold.
Apparently this company is planning to make aircraft bits out of lithium. Which seems to have the interesting quality of reacting violently to water. Being all lithium and stuff... And apparently they're using a really special isotope of lithium or something. It supposedly makes fantastic batteries, airplane bits, and apparently "seeks out water almost intelligently".
Picture the water tentacle thing from The Abyss. Only made of fire. And instead of interacting with people that you've become attached to, as you've been watching the movie for a while, its interacting with a bunch of people that just showed up on screen. And by "interacting", I mean eating. Or burning. Or roasting.
And now I'm sad. Because for a short while, there was a character named Bubba. Who was an awesome old mechanic guy. Who was very fond of sexual in-yer-endos. And was just sort of old-ishly awesome. Not quite crotchety. But, the lithium stuff blowed up him and his bathroom/shack/outhouse... Although, if you can choose the way you go, getting blowed up by intelligent lithium in the bathroom, after just taking a pee seems to be a good way to go...
And just to set the back-story: Kevin Sorbo is returning to his boyhood home for vacation. And will inevitably end up saving the town.
OK, apparently this intelligent lithium crap hates people who have to pee. Because we just witnessed a man taking a leak, and the lithium tinkerbell things just lit his pee on fire, and caused him to spontaneously combust. I'll admit. I laughed.
Is "demolitionist" actually a word? Because it sounds funny. I think the term should actually be "demolitioneer". Or not... Actually, the word "weaponeer" is actually a word. Or at least certain people seem to think it is. I had to write that a bunch for a project I worked on a while ago. And it aggravated me to no end. Because it's not actually a word.
And did I mention that this movie has Kevin Sorbo in it? And did I also mention that I think that Kevin Sorbo is hilarious? I don't know why, but I seem to enjoy the crap that he's in... Plus he has fantastic hair.
Also, its got that Secret Service Agent guy named Aaron from 24 in it...
Quote from a news report: "inexplicably, the water's surface has caught fire". Unfortunately, the next sentence was not "Experts say that God hates those people."
And Kevin Sorbo survives the evil fire thing/stuff! I'm so happy.
Syfy Sunday movie from 11/22.
Damned chemistry! Stupid chemical reactions...
And apparently Kevin Sorbo hasn't seen a pair that big since he was in the Navy... He claims he was referring to a pair of meteors entering the atmosphere. I'm not sold.
Apparently this company is planning to make aircraft bits out of lithium. Which seems to have the interesting quality of reacting violently to water. Being all lithium and stuff... And apparently they're using a really special isotope of lithium or something. It supposedly makes fantastic batteries, airplane bits, and apparently "seeks out water almost intelligently".
Picture the water tentacle thing from The Abyss. Only made of fire. And instead of interacting with people that you've become attached to, as you've been watching the movie for a while, its interacting with a bunch of people that just showed up on screen. And by "interacting", I mean eating. Or burning. Or roasting.
And now I'm sad. Because for a short while, there was a character named Bubba. Who was an awesome old mechanic guy. Who was very fond of sexual in-yer-endos. And was just sort of old-ishly awesome. Not quite crotchety. But, the lithium stuff blowed up him and his bathroom/shack/outhouse... Although, if you can choose the way you go, getting blowed up by intelligent lithium in the bathroom, after just taking a pee seems to be a good way to go...
And just to set the back-story: Kevin Sorbo is returning to his boyhood home for vacation. And will inevitably end up saving the town.
OK, apparently this intelligent lithium crap hates people who have to pee. Because we just witnessed a man taking a leak, and the lithium tinkerbell things just lit his pee on fire, and caused him to spontaneously combust. I'll admit. I laughed.
Is "demolitionist" actually a word? Because it sounds funny. I think the term should actually be "demolitioneer". Or not... Actually, the word "weaponeer" is actually a word. Or at least certain people seem to think it is. I had to write that a bunch for a project I worked on a while ago. And it aggravated me to no end. Because it's not actually a word.
And did I mention that this movie has Kevin Sorbo in it? And did I also mention that I think that Kevin Sorbo is hilarious? I don't know why, but I seem to enjoy the crap that he's in... Plus he has fantastic hair.
Also, its got that Secret Service Agent guy named Aaron from 24 in it...
Quote from a news report: "inexplicably, the water's surface has caught fire". Unfortunately, the next sentence was not "Experts say that God hates those people."
And Kevin Sorbo survives the evil fire thing/stuff! I'm so happy.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Ben Stein has really weird ears
Just thought you should know.
Also, this commercial involves some guy playing Whack-A-Mole with random people in holes in the ground... I'm mildly amused. But still very disturbed by Ben Steins ears.
Also, this commercial involves some guy playing Whack-A-Mole with random people in holes in the ground... I'm mildly amused. But still very disturbed by Ben Steins ears.
Uhh...
What demographic watches NBC Universal (also known as the Bobsled Channel)? Because they're incessantly advertising the "Trojan Vibrating Mini". Or something like that...
Immediately followed by the Mike Slocum law firm commercial. Yup, the one with Shatner. Coincidence, I think not.
Also, that means I might convince someone to buy my commercial idea. The catch phrase is "Wanking!: It's Great!". Although, if I intend to sell this commercial idea, I should probably come up with something more than just the catch phrase. But I really don't wanna.
And I still have to pee... I think I'm gonna go change that.
Immediately followed by the Mike Slocum law firm commercial. Yup, the one with Shatner. Coincidence, I think not.
Also, that means I might convince someone to buy my commercial idea. The catch phrase is "Wanking!: It's Great!". Although, if I intend to sell this commercial idea, I should probably come up with something more than just the catch phrase. But I really don't wanna.
And I still have to pee... I think I'm gonna go change that.
Speed Skating
Long track speed skating is just like cross-country skiing in its level of miserableness.
I have to pee.
Just thought you should know.
And I really haven't mentioned it in quite some time. I know you all were missing knowing such facts...
And I really haven't mentioned it in quite some time. I know you all were missing knowing such facts...
Ice Twisters
Mark Moses, Camille Sullivan (2009) A disastrous experiment creates killer tornadoes that shoot shards of ice.
Syfy Saturday movie from 11/14.
Interesting that this movie has Alex Zahara and Dion Johnstone. Mainly because they both were actors who played a bunch of characters in the Stargate series. Usually under a bunch of make-up or prosthesis. But, you'd really have to be a gigantic SciFi nerd to know that. And an even giganticer nerd to realize that from seeing the people when they showed up on screen, without having to look it up.
Also, Duck Phillips from Mad Men is a novelist who writes about natural disasters. Lets see how he compares to our other favorite on-screen novelist. But its pretty dang hard to top anything involving Nathan Fillion. Apparently his novel is "Ionos-fear". He just took a big step up in my book. And he has a goattee.
Apparently the "Federal Science Foundation" exists. Guess they didn't want to slander the "National Science Foundation". Because they're inevitably going to be the evil ones. And by inevitably, I mean that they've been shown from almost the beginning to be responsible for everything. But, obviously, as they are a scientific organization, and thus, in Syfy-land, they are evil. Damned Science! Being all.... sciency.
So, Dion Johnstone is an office drone, working for the main bad guy who is hijacking the good research for evil purposes. Alex Zahara is a random guy working with the FSF (so, therefore a decently good guy) just got deathified by the titular ice twisters. Getting all perforated by ice shards or whatever.
And even though the doors of the building just got sucked open, and caused a security guard to be sucked into oblivion, the winds apparently aren't strong enough to blow over some antennas.
Actually, not a terrible movie. Not very good. But not terrible.
Also: "Senate Investigation Committee". That apparently exists.
Syfy Saturday movie from 11/14.
Interesting that this movie has Alex Zahara and Dion Johnstone. Mainly because they both were actors who played a bunch of characters in the Stargate series. Usually under a bunch of make-up or prosthesis. But, you'd really have to be a gigantic SciFi nerd to know that. And an even giganticer nerd to realize that from seeing the people when they showed up on screen, without having to look it up.
Also, Duck Phillips from Mad Men is a novelist who writes about natural disasters. Lets see how he compares to our other favorite on-screen novelist. But its pretty dang hard to top anything involving Nathan Fillion. Apparently his novel is "Ionos-fear". He just took a big step up in my book. And he has a goattee.
Apparently the "Federal Science Foundation" exists. Guess they didn't want to slander the "National Science Foundation". Because they're inevitably going to be the evil ones. And by inevitably, I mean that they've been shown from almost the beginning to be responsible for everything. But, obviously, as they are a scientific organization, and thus, in Syfy-land, they are evil. Damned Science! Being all.... sciency.
So, Dion Johnstone is an office drone, working for the main bad guy who is hijacking the good research for evil purposes. Alex Zahara is a random guy working with the FSF (so, therefore a decently good guy) just got deathified by the titular ice twisters. Getting all perforated by ice shards or whatever.
And even though the doors of the building just got sucked open, and caused a security guard to be sucked into oblivion, the winds apparently aren't strong enough to blow over some antennas.
Actually, not a terrible movie. Not very good. But not terrible.
Also: "Senate Investigation Committee". That apparently exists.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Cross-Country Skiing, Pt 2
There's a guy named Ola Vigen Hattestad.
Scandinavians officially have the awesomest names ever. (He's Norwegian by the way)
Scandinavians officially have the awesomest names ever. (He's Norwegian by the way)
Cross-Country Skiing
You remember how I said that Cross-Country skiing was so mesmerizingly terrible and agonizing?
Well, apparently, if you turn it into a relay, and do it on a very short lap, its actually pretty hilarious.
Especially the transition between skiers. Because there's just no clean way you can do it...
Well, apparently, if you turn it into a relay, and do it on a very short lap, its actually pretty hilarious.
Especially the transition between skiers. Because there's just no clean way you can do it...
Today's Word Of The Day
ARGH!
I think I may have to change this to "Words of the day" or "Phrase of the day". Because "Don't block the intersection", "Learn to drive", and "What the shit?" aren't actually words.
And, since its getting close to Christmas, and I work close to a rather major mall in this area, I'll probably be cursing drivers on my way home from work for at least another month.
So, today, I learned that it really fucks up traffic if you drive into the intersection even though there's no room for you to get fully through it. (Hence "don't block the intersection" and "learn to drive".)
The "What the shit?" moment was when the green light for my direction lasted for a grand total of 3 seconds. And that isn't an exaggeration. And couple that with the whole "dumbasses stuck in the intersection" thing, and it leads to a bunch of frustration.
I think I may have to change this to "Words of the day" or "Phrase of the day". Because "Don't block the intersection", "Learn to drive", and "What the shit?" aren't actually words.
And, since its getting close to Christmas, and I work close to a rather major mall in this area, I'll probably be cursing drivers on my way home from work for at least another month.
So, today, I learned that it really fucks up traffic if you drive into the intersection even though there's no room for you to get fully through it. (Hence "don't block the intersection" and "learn to drive".)
The "What the shit?" moment was when the green light for my direction lasted for a grand total of 3 seconds. And that isn't an exaggeration. And couple that with the whole "dumbasses stuck in the intersection" thing, and it leads to a bunch of frustration.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Mutants
Michael Ironside, Steven Bauer (2008) A security expert and his girlfriend must contain an infection that turns people into mutants.
Seems like the sort of thing that would have made a fantastic Syfy Saturday movie. But this one showed up on a Thursday.
Something about sugar. Genetically modified sugar or some crap, causing mutations. Or something. Who really knows? And who really cares?
Or maybe its just infected sugar. Not really sure what its infected with. Also, not really sure I care.
Seems like the sort of thing that would have made a fantastic Syfy Saturday movie. But this one showed up on a Thursday.
Something about sugar. Genetically modified sugar or some crap, causing mutations. Or something. Who really knows? And who really cares?
Or maybe its just infected sugar. Not really sure what its infected with. Also, not really sure I care.
Pass Time
People basically bet on how fast they think cars will drive some distance. Perhaps its a quarter mile or something standard. But they haven't defined it while I've been watching. Or they did while I wasn't paying attention...
But, it it quite possibly the dumbest show ever. FYI.
But one of the guys drove a Factory Five Cobra replica. Which is probably the closest I'll ever get to a Shelby Cobra. Its a kit car, and is apparently a pretty good kit. And significantly cheaper than getting an actual Shelby. Its based off a donor Mustang, so it's probably pretty decently reliable.
And apparently it is a quarter mile.
Also, the host-guy has a strang mohawk-y thing going on...
But, it it quite possibly the dumbest show ever. FYI.
But one of the guys drove a Factory Five Cobra replica. Which is probably the closest I'll ever get to a Shelby Cobra. Its a kit car, and is apparently a pretty good kit. And significantly cheaper than getting an actual Shelby. Its based off a donor Mustang, so it's probably pretty decently reliable.
And apparently it is a quarter mile.
Also, the host-guy has a strang mohawk-y thing going on...
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Reason Dan Needs A Vacation: #452
While watching Sunday Night Football, every time they show the abbreviation (SNF), I immediately think of "SECRET//NOFORN" (abbreviated (S//NF)).
War Wolves
John Saxon, Michael Worth (2009) A squad of U.S. soldiers searches for the carrier of a werewolf virus.
I think this was a Syfy Saturday movie at some point. Or maybe it was SciFi Saturday when it first aired. But I sort of remember watching the beginning of this, and never acutally finishing it for whatever reason. Probably because its terrible.
It looks like this was filmed at the same place as that other movie where I kept making the "The Sleeper Has Awoken" jokes. Sand Serpents or whatever. Same camo and gear and guns and stuff. Setting looks very similar. They've got a very strange mix of desert MARPAT, ACU, DCU, Woodland, and Khaki. Pretty much running the gamut of everything out there, except for Woodlamd MARPAT. And ABU. But ABU's so new, that it doesn't really surprise me that its not in this movie.
And HOLY CRAP! A Dell commercial just used some clips from Stargate SG1. Its the one with the british guy. You might recognize the blowing up of a planet and a few Goa'uld motherships from the episode "Exodus". The one where they blow up that star. I'm rather impressed and intrigued...
Is it bad that the one of the 2 comments I've had in the first 40 minutes of this movie is about the commercials, and not the movie itself? I'm currently leaning towards "probably".
Turns out I'm pretty sure that I actually watched the entirety of this movie the first time. And I paid about as much attention then as I am now.
But, since I didn't review it on the blog earlier, I didn't know this. So, now its on the record that I've watched this.
And there's a sign on the beach that reads "PIKUPAFTRURDG". Took me a minute to understand what it meant. But, I'm thinking that you could probably have just spelled it out properly with all the white space that was on the sign. But that would make too much sense.
And this main character is quite possibly the worst wood-splitter ever. He's not even putting any effort into it. And he's looking ridiculous while he's at it.
Some guy was ranting about anti-military stuff to a couple of ex-military characters. So, the ex-military guy punched the other guy. His partner asked about what had happened. Ex-military guy responded: "He was a little to the left, so I gave him a right". I laughed...
Perhaps I didn't watch the entire movie after all. That's the kind of comedy gold I would have felt compelled to report.
Also, you remember the Matrix? The movie with all the wire-fu? How it looked pretty cool? For 1999? Even though this movie is 10 years newer, it still can't pull it off without looking completely ridiculous. Perhaps because they actually made it look like punches and kicks were connecting in the Matrix. They really haven't gone for that sort of fight choreography in this one. They've gone for the whole "fake punch someone, and then cut to a shot of them reacting to the hit, even though the fist/foot that supposedly hit them wasn't even in the picture" school of fighting. Or what I like to call the "Crap School of Fight Choreography". For relatively obvious reasons.
I think this was a Syfy Saturday movie at some point. Or maybe it was SciFi Saturday when it first aired. But I sort of remember watching the beginning of this, and never acutally finishing it for whatever reason. Probably because its terrible.
It looks like this was filmed at the same place as that other movie where I kept making the "The Sleeper Has Awoken" jokes. Sand Serpents or whatever. Same camo and gear and guns and stuff. Setting looks very similar. They've got a very strange mix of desert MARPAT, ACU, DCU, Woodland, and Khaki. Pretty much running the gamut of everything out there, except for Woodlamd MARPAT. And ABU. But ABU's so new, that it doesn't really surprise me that its not in this movie.
And HOLY CRAP! A Dell commercial just used some clips from Stargate SG1. Its the one with the british guy. You might recognize the blowing up of a planet and a few Goa'uld motherships from the episode "Exodus". The one where they blow up that star. I'm rather impressed and intrigued...
Is it bad that the one of the 2 comments I've had in the first 40 minutes of this movie is about the commercials, and not the movie itself? I'm currently leaning towards "probably".
Turns out I'm pretty sure that I actually watched the entirety of this movie the first time. And I paid about as much attention then as I am now.
But, since I didn't review it on the blog earlier, I didn't know this. So, now its on the record that I've watched this.
And there's a sign on the beach that reads "PIKUPAFTRURDG". Took me a minute to understand what it meant. But, I'm thinking that you could probably have just spelled it out properly with all the white space that was on the sign. But that would make too much sense.
And this main character is quite possibly the worst wood-splitter ever. He's not even putting any effort into it. And he's looking ridiculous while he's at it.
Some guy was ranting about anti-military stuff to a couple of ex-military characters. So, the ex-military guy punched the other guy. His partner asked about what had happened. Ex-military guy responded: "He was a little to the left, so I gave him a right". I laughed...
Perhaps I didn't watch the entire movie after all. That's the kind of comedy gold I would have felt compelled to report.
Also, you remember the Matrix? The movie with all the wire-fu? How it looked pretty cool? For 1999? Even though this movie is 10 years newer, it still can't pull it off without looking completely ridiculous. Perhaps because they actually made it look like punches and kicks were connecting in the Matrix. They really haven't gone for that sort of fight choreography in this one. They've gone for the whole "fake punch someone, and then cut to a shot of them reacting to the hit, even though the fist/foot that supposedly hit them wasn't even in the picture" school of fighting. Or what I like to call the "Crap School of Fight Choreography". For relatively obvious reasons.
Ultraviolet
Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright (2006) As worldwide civil war looms, a superhuman woman becomes the protector of a boy who is perceived as a threat to humanity.
Again, a pretty bad movie. But a visually interesting movie.
And Milla Jovovich continues her trend of wearing improbable costumes that seem to never cover her midriff.
And, some really, really bad CG. I mean terrible.
Again, a pretty bad movie. But a visually interesting movie.
And Milla Jovovich continues her trend of wearing improbable costumes that seem to never cover her midriff.
And, some really, really bad CG. I mean terrible.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor.
Saw the first two a while ago. And now thanks to Netflix, I'm watching the 3rd one. Yay!
And by "watching", I mean... uh... yeah... not so much.
Distinct lack of Kate Beckinsale in improbable leather outfits.
Saw the first two a while ago. And now thanks to Netflix, I'm watching the 3rd one. Yay!
And by "watching", I mean... uh... yeah... not so much.
Distinct lack of Kate Beckinsale in improbable leather outfits.
Live Free Or Die Hard
Bruce Willis, Justin Long (2007) John McClane grapples with a villain who plans to shut down the United States by attacking the country's vulnerable computer infrastructure.
I am fond of Mr. McClane because of his proclivity to talk to himself while he does whatever he does... And he's pretty delightfully calm about everything.
Holy Crap! It's Tuvok! Haven't seen him in a while. Since Star Trek: Voyager, probably... And that's just showing my Nerdosity. Because I remember watching the series premiere when it first came out. (And this time, you'll notice that I used the proper spelling of "premiere")
And this French guy with a massive chin is very flippy. John McClane agrees with me, referring to him as a "damn hamster".
This movie is just as egregious as its predecessors. Maybe even moreso.
Also, its not "the 695". Its just "695". Adding "the" to interstate names is a stupid convention from California. It doesn't happen here on the east coast. (And the scene is taking place in Baltimore, by the way) So, my comment is actually accurate, and not just me bitching about Californian stupidity.
And I'd be interested to see if an F-35 can actually pull off those wacky maneuvers. I was thinking that it was just a short take-off option, and not pulling this helicopter-like maneuverability.
So, basically, this movie is the Die Hard series merged with True Lies. With enough ridiculous action scenes to be considered the appropriate spawn of both of those movies.
I am fond of Mr. McClane because of his proclivity to talk to himself while he does whatever he does... And he's pretty delightfully calm about everything.
Holy Crap! It's Tuvok! Haven't seen him in a while. Since Star Trek: Voyager, probably... And that's just showing my Nerdosity. Because I remember watching the series premiere when it first came out. (And this time, you'll notice that I used the proper spelling of "premiere")
And this French guy with a massive chin is very flippy. John McClane agrees with me, referring to him as a "damn hamster".
This movie is just as egregious as its predecessors. Maybe even moreso.
Also, its not "the 695". Its just "695". Adding "the" to interstate names is a stupid convention from California. It doesn't happen here on the east coast. (And the scene is taking place in Baltimore, by the way) So, my comment is actually accurate, and not just me bitching about Californian stupidity.
And I'd be interested to see if an F-35 can actually pull off those wacky maneuvers. I was thinking that it was just a short take-off option, and not pulling this helicopter-like maneuverability.
So, basically, this movie is the Die Hard series merged with True Lies. With enough ridiculous action scenes to be considered the appropriate spawn of both of those movies.
Quite Possibly the Dumbest Idea I've Had In A While!
Just in case you were wondering, those Vibram Five-Fingers shoes are in fact not the best choice for Winter footwear. The soles are, in fact, not waterproof. So, if you step in snow or melted snow, its gonna seep into the shoe, and make your feet really cold.
And part 2 of the dumbest idea thing: I left my boots in the car. Which was buried under 3 or so inches of snow. So I had to unbury my car (while wearing the Five-Fingers) to rescue the shoes that are actually appropriate for this weather. That was awesome...
Now please excuse me while I try to regain feeling in my toes.
And part 2 of the dumbest idea thing: I left my boots in the car. Which was buried under 3 or so inches of snow. So I had to unbury my car (while wearing the Five-Fingers) to rescue the shoes that are actually appropriate for this weather. That was awesome...
Now please excuse me while I try to regain feeling in my toes.
Word Of the Day Follow Up
Crap.
Just realized that I've got no food in the apartment. Now I need to go brave the elements (and idiot drivers) to go acquire some. Crap, indeed.
Just realized that I've got no food in the apartment. Now I need to go brave the elements (and idiot drivers) to go acquire some. Crap, indeed.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Stargate Universe
So, this show is called Stargate?
Really?
Pretty sure we haven't seen the gate in an episode or two. They congregated in the gateroom in tonight's episode. And that's it.
Well, spoke too soon. They actually found a planet. Lets see if they decide to actually go to said planet.
I guess Dr. Rush hopes wishes that they hadn't decided to use the gate in this episode... Although that storyline could be interesting. Should they decide to actually do something with it. It could also be terrible. But you never know with these guys. Sometimes you get episodes that are completely awesome like Lost City Part 1 and 2 for SG1, and you get other ones that are far too rushed, and have to be wrapped up with a ridiculous Deus Ex Machina (e.g., the "wormhole drive" in Atlantis' series finale Enemy At The Gate)
Really?
Pretty sure we haven't seen the gate in an episode or two. They congregated in the gateroom in tonight's episode. And that's it.
Well, spoke too soon. They actually found a planet. Lets see if they decide to actually go to said planet.
I guess Dr. Rush hopes wishes that they hadn't decided to use the gate in this episode... Although that storyline could be interesting. Should they decide to actually do something with it. It could also be terrible. But you never know with these guys. Sometimes you get episodes that are completely awesome like Lost City Part 1 and 2 for SG1, and you get other ones that are far too rushed, and have to be wrapped up with a ridiculous Deus Ex Machina (e.g., the "wormhole drive" in Atlantis' series finale Enemy At The Gate)
You Money-Grubbing Nincompoops!
Seriously? This whole selling TV seasons in 2 DVD box sets (Season 1.0 and 1.5). That shit's gotta go. Especially because you're charging the same as you used to for an entire season... So, stop it, jerkfaces...
Realization!
I came to a sudden realization while watching the second episode of Dollhouse:
Lots of situations would be improved if the Good Guys showed up in helicopter gunships.
And just because I think its hilarious:
Lots of situations would be improved if the Good Guys showed up in helicopter gunships.
And just because I think its hilarious:
Holiday Cards
I think if I ever send out holiday cards to people, instead of "Merry Christmas" or whatever, I'm gonna go with "Bah Humbug". And then a picture of me being crotchety somehow...
Dollhouse
Summer Glau's glasses look completely ridiculous.
And I guess it was only a matter of time before she showed up on Joss Whedon's show.
And, once again, she seems to be playing the same character. Or at least a slight variation thereof.
And for some reason after a good long break from actually showing any episodes, they're now showing 2 tonight... I guess they're just clearing the archives, as the show's been cancelled...
And I guess it was only a matter of time before she showed up on Joss Whedon's show.
And, once again, she seems to be playing the same character. Or at least a slight variation thereof.
And for some reason after a good long break from actually showing any episodes, they're now showing 2 tonight... I guess they're just clearing the archives, as the show's been cancelled...
Today's Word Of The Day
SakoontraDuck.
I had a quite long debate with myself about whether to get Chinese take-out or SakoontraDuck. I decided on SakoontraDuck.
I had a quite long debate with myself about whether to get Chinese take-out or SakoontraDuck. I decided on SakoontraDuck.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Follow Up
Follow up to yesterday's Word of the Day:
Dear America:
While you're learning what to do at stop signs, you should also learn about turning right at red lights, as well...
Dear America:
While you're learning what to do at stop signs, you should also learn about turning right at red lights, as well...
Nicknames
If your son's name or nickname is "Duke", you should never attempt to make an affectionate nickname out of it, by adding a "y" to the end. Sounds... wrong.
Just in case you were ever tempted...
Just in case you were ever tempted...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Quarantine
Interesting that they used the final shots of the film in the trailer and the movie poster.
Good movie though. Good use of the hand-held single camera to shoot the entire movie from the perspective of the camera man following Dexter's sister around as she plays the role of a reporter shadowing some firefighters. I have no idea what the actress' name is, but she plays the role of Debra Morgan in the TV show Dexter.
Good movie though. Good use of the hand-held single camera to shoot the entire movie from the perspective of the camera man following Dexter's sister around as she plays the role of a reporter shadowing some firefighters. I have no idea what the actress' name is, but she plays the role of Debra Morgan in the TV show Dexter.
Far Cry
Another Uwe Boll movie.
Just about what you'd expect. And the beauty of it being an Uwe Boll movie is that everyone has a random accent. We've got a Brit, a bunch of Germans...
Actually, this was possibly the best Uwe Boll movie that I've seen in quite some time. Not that that's actually saying much of all.
Just about what you'd expect. And the beauty of it being an Uwe Boll movie is that everyone has a random accent. We've got a Brit, a bunch of Germans...
Actually, this was possibly the best Uwe Boll movie that I've seen in quite some time. Not that that's actually saying much of all.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
2009 Rally Finland
So, they have actually mentioned Kimi, and shown him a few times. I'm hoping for an interview, but I'm guessing that's unlikely.
We'll have to settle for an interview with his co-driver. Kimi's co-driver is currently talking about the rally on the WRC coverage. And he sounds almost exactly like Kimi. Slightly more intelligible, but same sort of tone, accent, and enthusiasm. Its quite fantastic.
And we got an interview with Kimi, too! I'm happy with the coverage now.
And I'll take this opportunity to keep you up to date on Kimi's future. He's no longer racing for Ferrari in F1, now that Ferrari has bought him out of his contract for 2010, to bring enormous cockbag Fernando Alonso onto the team. Right now it looks like Kimi'll be taking a sabbatical from F1 for the 2010 season. And apparently, he has some personal sponsorship from Red Bull. Hopefully that means he'll return to F1 on the Red Bull Racing team in 2011, once Webber is no longer under contract. Ideally the team would then be Vettel and Kimi. Which would quite possibly be the awesomest F1 team in the history of time. Two extremely quick drivers who have their heads screwed on properly. And if we could some how figure out how to get Valentino Rossi involved somehow, and it would be the awesomest team in the history of motor racing. Hopefully Red Bull keeps creating such quick and pretty F1 cars... One option for Kimi is to go into the WRC for the 2010 season. We'll see what happens.
And apparently now Sebastian Vettel's showed up! Man, this is the greatest rally ever. Vettel was hanging around the Citroen garage, talking to World Champion Sebastian Loeb. Which makes some good sense, since Vettel drives for Red Bull Racing, and Red Bull seems to be one of the principle sponsors for the Citroen Rally Team.
I have come to the conclusion that rally car driving has got to be either fantastically terrifying or terrifyingly fantastic. Either or both.
And Norwegians are awesome as well. They've got awesome accents, and they're very expressive when they talk. If the Solberg brothers can be considered prototypical Norwegians. They're always enjoyable to watch whenever they show up in the coverage. Basically, it seems that Scandinavians are just plain awesome.
And Mads Ostberg just decided to randomly visit some random people that lived along the path of the rally. Or perhaps he took a wrong turn. I'm not sure.
And Kimi's rolled it. And even though it looks like he's just come out of the car, he's already wearing the red Ferrari F1 baseball cap. Which always looks slightly oversized. Although it is interesting to see the relatively large number of Ferrari red shirts and hats in the crowds watching the rally stages. I guess, if Kimi does go to the WRC, he'll have a good amount of followers. At least in Finland. And on this couch.
And now for a picture of Kimi and his hat. Plus bonus Sebastian Vettel! And extra bonus: Strange face by Kimi!
We'll have to settle for an interview with his co-driver. Kimi's co-driver is currently talking about the rally on the WRC coverage. And he sounds almost exactly like Kimi. Slightly more intelligible, but same sort of tone, accent, and enthusiasm. Its quite fantastic.
And we got an interview with Kimi, too! I'm happy with the coverage now.
And I'll take this opportunity to keep you up to date on Kimi's future. He's no longer racing for Ferrari in F1, now that Ferrari has bought him out of his contract for 2010, to bring enormous cockbag Fernando Alonso onto the team. Right now it looks like Kimi'll be taking a sabbatical from F1 for the 2010 season. And apparently, he has some personal sponsorship from Red Bull. Hopefully that means he'll return to F1 on the Red Bull Racing team in 2011, once Webber is no longer under contract. Ideally the team would then be Vettel and Kimi. Which would quite possibly be the awesomest F1 team in the history of time. Two extremely quick drivers who have their heads screwed on properly. And if we could some how figure out how to get Valentino Rossi involved somehow, and it would be the awesomest team in the history of motor racing. Hopefully Red Bull keeps creating such quick and pretty F1 cars... One option for Kimi is to go into the WRC for the 2010 season. We'll see what happens.
And apparently now Sebastian Vettel's showed up! Man, this is the greatest rally ever. Vettel was hanging around the Citroen garage, talking to World Champion Sebastian Loeb. Which makes some good sense, since Vettel drives for Red Bull Racing, and Red Bull seems to be one of the principle sponsors for the Citroen Rally Team.
I have come to the conclusion that rally car driving has got to be either fantastically terrifying or terrifyingly fantastic. Either or both.
And Norwegians are awesome as well. They've got awesome accents, and they're very expressive when they talk. If the Solberg brothers can be considered prototypical Norwegians. They're always enjoyable to watch whenever they show up in the coverage. Basically, it seems that Scandinavians are just plain awesome.
And Mads Ostberg just decided to randomly visit some random people that lived along the path of the rally. Or perhaps he took a wrong turn. I'm not sure.
And Kimi's rolled it. And even though it looks like he's just come out of the car, he's already wearing the red Ferrari F1 baseball cap. Which always looks slightly oversized. Although it is interesting to see the relatively large number of Ferrari red shirts and hats in the crowds watching the rally stages. I guess, if Kimi does go to the WRC, he'll have a good amount of followers. At least in Finland. And on this couch.
And now for a picture of Kimi and his hat. Plus bonus Sebastian Vettel! And extra bonus: Strange face by Kimi!
Aamco Commercial Soundtrack
Interesting use of Jessica by The Allman Brothers Band in the background of the commercial. You might recognize the music (probably not the name, as I, myself, had too look it up) as the musical theme for the ever so fantastic Top Gear.
Wolvesbayne
Jeremy London, Mark Dacascos (2009) A real-estate developer is bitten by a werewolf and is subsequently drawn into a war between vampire factions.
Syfy Sunday movie from 10/18. Probably should get back to reviewing the Syfy original movies. We'll see how long this newfound motivation lasts. Probably has something to do with the fact that I just got back from a rather nice ride on the bike.
The main character just did an internet search for the term "Werewolve".
Also, it doesn't really seem that this is just a war between vampire factions. There seem to be werewolves involved as well. If the previous paragraph didn't make that point already. And the title of the movie.
And one of the vampire factions seems to speak German amongst themselves. Or perhaps "themselve" to keep with the ridiculous theme of this movie. And its not always translated properly in the subtitles. Or at least translated completely.
Female character takes her top of 56 minutes in. Which is horribly depressing, as it means that this movie is less than half over.
And this movie seems to have invented the world's first select-fire Beretta 92. The 93s are select-fire, but not the 92s. And they look significantly different. (Its been a while since I made some random comment about firearms)
Mahna manNA! (Doot doot doo doo doo)
I kinda wish I had some idea what was going on. But I actually don't because then I'd probably just be depressed about how terrible this movie actually is.
And once again, a retrovirus is to blame for whatever abnormality is featured in the movie of the week. In this case, it seems to be the cause of the vampirism. Or werewolve-ism. Or something. But its definitely a retrovirus that caused it.
And apparently these guys never heard the whole "Never bring a knife to a gunfight" thing. Because they're now sword fighting. After a pretty prodigiously long gunfight.
I really want this movie to end, so I can watch the coverage of the Rally Finland. Hopefully they make some mention of Kimi Räikkönen. ALthough, for some reason, I keep wanting to spell it with only 1 K and 2 Ns. Well, actually 3 Ns, but with 2 of them in a row, and one at then end of his name.
OK, I have quite literally no idea what just happened. But its over now. And I don't care.
Syfy Sunday movie from 10/18. Probably should get back to reviewing the Syfy original movies. We'll see how long this newfound motivation lasts. Probably has something to do with the fact that I just got back from a rather nice ride on the bike.
The main character just did an internet search for the term "Werewolve".
Also, it doesn't really seem that this is just a war between vampire factions. There seem to be werewolves involved as well. If the previous paragraph didn't make that point already. And the title of the movie.
And one of the vampire factions seems to speak German amongst themselves. Or perhaps "themselve" to keep with the ridiculous theme of this movie. And its not always translated properly in the subtitles. Or at least translated completely.
Female character takes her top of 56 minutes in. Which is horribly depressing, as it means that this movie is less than half over.
And this movie seems to have invented the world's first select-fire Beretta 92. The 93s are select-fire, but not the 92s. And they look significantly different. (Its been a while since I made some random comment about firearms)
Mahna manNA! (Doot doot doo doo doo)
I kinda wish I had some idea what was going on. But I actually don't because then I'd probably just be depressed about how terrible this movie actually is.
And once again, a retrovirus is to blame for whatever abnormality is featured in the movie of the week. In this case, it seems to be the cause of the vampirism. Or werewolve-ism. Or something. But its definitely a retrovirus that caused it.
And apparently these guys never heard the whole "Never bring a knife to a gunfight" thing. Because they're now sword fighting. After a pretty prodigiously long gunfight.
I really want this movie to end, so I can watch the coverage of the Rally Finland. Hopefully they make some mention of Kimi Räikkönen. ALthough, for some reason, I keep wanting to spell it with only 1 K and 2 Ns. Well, actually 3 Ns, but with 2 of them in a row, and one at then end of his name.
OK, I have quite literally no idea what just happened. But its over now. And I don't care.
Horse Boarding
Was out on the bike today, and saw a sign advertising "Horse Boarding". I was wondering if that was what President Bush had planned before the SCPA complained, and he had to settle for Water Boarding.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Jekyll
A modern sequel-ish thing to the Jekyll and Hyde story, put on by the BBC.
Rather good. I think I'm watching episode 4 right now. Of 6. I guess that's the thing with British TV shows. The seasons are much shorter than we're used to in the U.S.
And apparently the pronunciation of Jekyll in Britain is "Jeek-ill". I'd always gone for the "Jeck-ill" pronunciation. Or apparently, that they actually pronounce it "Jeck-ill". They just used Dr. Jeek-ill as an artifact of this particular story.
Also, James Nesbitt does have a pretty damn awesome/creepy Evil Grin.
OK. I'm amending my review. From "Rather" to "Quite". Not in "Very" territory yet, but I'm imagining that episode 6 will get us there. But, that'll have to wait until tomorrow. As its bed time now.
Rather good. I think I'm watching episode 4 right now. Of 6. I guess that's the thing with British TV shows. The seasons are much shorter than we're used to in the U.S.
And apparently the pronunciation of Jekyll in Britain is "Jeek-ill". I'd always gone for the "Jeck-ill" pronunciation. Or apparently, that they actually pronounce it "Jeck-ill". They just used Dr. Jeek-ill as an artifact of this particular story.
Also, James Nesbitt does have a pretty damn awesome/creepy Evil Grin.
OK. I'm amending my review. From "Rather" to "Quite". Not in "Very" territory yet, but I'm imagining that episode 6 will get us there. But, that'll have to wait until tomorrow. As its bed time now.
Ice Cream Van
Apparently, the British word for "Ice Cream Truck" is "Ice Cream Van". That just makes it seem so much sketchier.
Bobsled (More Of Winter Sports In General)
Its a terrible shame that the Swiss winter sports no longer use the Swiss Cheese color scheme that they used a few Olympics ago (probably over 10 years, but whatever). It was definitely a unique look.
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin (1998) In hiding for two decades, a traumatized woman learns her murderous brother has returned for her.
Finally getting around to clearing this off the DVR.
I must say that it amuses me greatly that the famous mask worn by the villain Michael Myers is simply a William Shatner mask painted white.
Finally getting around to clearing this off the DVR.
I must say that it amuses me greatly that the famous mask worn by the villain Michael Myers is simply a William Shatner mask painted white.
Curses
Right before I went to bed last night, I had a ridiculous idea that I was gonna post. But instead of posting it, I went to bed, figuring I could post it in the morning.
But, now its morning, and I've forgotten the idea completely. I'll keep you updated if I remember it.
But, now its morning, and I've forgotten the idea completely. I'll keep you updated if I remember it.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Clementine
I just ate a clementine. All the segments were awesome. Except for the last one. Which was bitter. Of course, it would be the last one...
Metropolis
Sorry Fritz Lang. I tried. I really did. But I'm just not in the mood for a silent film today.
Beavers: IMAX
You know what's hilarious: Watching a bear chase a beaver.
Followed closely by watching a bear climb a tree.
Followed closely by the tree that the bear is in being cut down by beavers.
That was kinda ridiculous. And hilarious...
Followed closely by watching a bear climb a tree.
Followed closely by the tree that the bear is in being cut down by beavers.
That was kinda ridiculous. And hilarious...
Gigantour
Big tour/festival thing that Dream Theater and Megadeth did a few years back.
Sadly, I'm not a fan of all the bands they chose.
Megadeth is pretty good.
Dream Theater is fantastic.
And now for the guests:
Symphony X is fantastic. In fact, I think that Russell Allen has quite possibly one of the best voices in heavy metal today.
Life of Agony: Not terrible. That's all I'm gonna say. I don't hate them. Well, actually, now that's it.
The rest, not so much
Also, if you wear really long shorts, and you sag them quite significantly, you end up looking like you're wearing Manpris. Take note of that fact, Fear Factory.
So, basically, I need to see Symphony X and Dream Theater in concert. They're both fantastic. Did I mention that yet?
Sadly, I'm not a fan of all the bands they chose.
Megadeth is pretty good.
Dream Theater is fantastic.
And now for the guests:
Symphony X is fantastic. In fact, I think that Russell Allen has quite possibly one of the best voices in heavy metal today.
Life of Agony: Not terrible. That's all I'm gonna say. I don't hate them. Well, actually, now that's it.
The rest, not so much
Also, if you wear really long shorts, and you sag them quite significantly, you end up looking like you're wearing Manpris. Take note of that fact, Fear Factory.
So, basically, I need to see Symphony X and Dream Theater in concert. They're both fantastic. Did I mention that yet?
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Assault on Precinct 13
This taut action flick from writer-director John Carpenter pits an understaffed police station against a bloodthirsty gang's angry horde gathering outside the precinct's walls.
Not sure I'd ever use the word "taut" to describe a movie. Just seems kinda wrong...
Also, take note that this is the original one, not the remake with Laurence Fishburne and Ethan Hawke.
Very John Carpenter-esque main theme. Heavy on the bass and synthesizers.
Apparently if you randomly shoot from a long distance into a police station, each shot will hit a different pile of papers, causing them to fly through the air.
And apparently, if you're a criminal who's killed a bunch of people, you can rapid fire a pump action shotgun. Or perhaps get multiple shots from each shell. Not really sure which, but it does seem to be a pretty useful skill. I guess that's one positive thing for the whole "being on death row" sorta deal...
Not sure I'd ever use the word "taut" to describe a movie. Just seems kinda wrong...
Also, take note that this is the original one, not the remake with Laurence Fishburne and Ethan Hawke.
Very John Carpenter-esque main theme. Heavy on the bass and synthesizers.
Apparently if you randomly shoot from a long distance into a police station, each shot will hit a different pile of papers, causing them to fly through the air.
And apparently, if you're a criminal who's killed a bunch of people, you can rapid fire a pump action shotgun. Or perhaps get multiple shots from each shell. Not really sure which, but it does seem to be a pretty useful skill. I guess that's one positive thing for the whole "being on death row" sorta deal...
Redline
Redline - Fast cars and beautiful women are the order of the day in this auto racing thriller about an aspiring rock star and car fanatic who finds herself caught up in illegal drag races organized by a bunch of bored billionaires.
Its like The Fast and the Furious, in that its got a bunch of fast cars, and a lot of characters that you really dislike.
However, this one has the benefit of actually nice cars. Lambos, Ferraris, and stuff, rather than ridiculous Civics and stuff.
So far, we've seen 2 Shelby Cobras. One blue one with white racing stripes (my dream car), in a race, getting scratched up in a race against a Corvette and a Ford GT. And a silver one later, wich thankfully doesn't get damaged.
And apparently this movie is one of the reasons for the global economic meltdown.
And I'm trying to figure out whether the Ferrari Enzo is attractive or not. Seems a bit... forward... feels like it should have a spoiler on the back or something. The back just seems sort of empty. But not a spoiler like the FXX. I think that just looks terrible.
Also, I'm not a particular fan of the Porsche Carrera GT. It looks like a blend of the front of a 911, with weirdness at the back.
But it seems that pretty much anything by Lamborghini is pretty darn attractive. In this case, the Diablo and the Murcielago.
Also, for some reason, due to the excessive speed, the rear spoiler failed on the Diablo. Which then caused the front of the car to lift off and caused the car to flip. Pretty sure that losing the rear spoiler would cause the rear of the car to come unglued, not the front. There's probably a moral to this. Don't use Nitrous in a Lambo. Nitrous is for lamers who drive riced-out Civics and shit. Not for Lambos. And now you've gone and ruined a perfectly awesome Lamborghini Diablo. Which you could have given to me instead. And while you're at it, send me the Murcielago, and the Enzo. You can keep the SLR, unless you're really looking to give it to me... Not a particular fan of it. Oh, yeah. Give me the 2 Cobras as well.
Also, I can't really complain about the female lead character's wardrobe choices... She seems to have a thing for relatively low cut tops.
And I have to say, I'm not a terribly big fan of Maseratis. Just a bit too plain. I think that's why I like Lambos. They're just so over-the-top with their cars, that they look like horribly expense, hyper-fast supercars. And that's why you gotta get them in yellow, orange, or neon green.
Also, I'm pretty sure that Northeast and Northwest are about 90 degrees apart from each other. Not 30 or so, as this movie's fancy binoculars would have you believe.
In other news, the Saleen S7 looks a whole not better in silver than it does in orange. Which I guess is contrary to what I just said 2 paragraphs above.
And the editor of this movie has no sense of consistency. In one shot, one car'll be miles ahead, and in the next it'll be behind everyone else.
And I've come to a conclusion. After seeing the Enzo in motion in this completely ridiculous movie, I have to say, it is an attractive car after all...
Its like The Fast and the Furious, in that its got a bunch of fast cars, and a lot of characters that you really dislike.
However, this one has the benefit of actually nice cars. Lambos, Ferraris, and stuff, rather than ridiculous Civics and stuff.
So far, we've seen 2 Shelby Cobras. One blue one with white racing stripes (my dream car), in a race, getting scratched up in a race against a Corvette and a Ford GT. And a silver one later, wich thankfully doesn't get damaged.
And apparently this movie is one of the reasons for the global economic meltdown.
And I'm trying to figure out whether the Ferrari Enzo is attractive or not. Seems a bit... forward... feels like it should have a spoiler on the back or something. The back just seems sort of empty. But not a spoiler like the FXX. I think that just looks terrible.
Also, I'm not a particular fan of the Porsche Carrera GT. It looks like a blend of the front of a 911, with weirdness at the back.
But it seems that pretty much anything by Lamborghini is pretty darn attractive. In this case, the Diablo and the Murcielago.
Also, for some reason, due to the excessive speed, the rear spoiler failed on the Diablo. Which then caused the front of the car to lift off and caused the car to flip. Pretty sure that losing the rear spoiler would cause the rear of the car to come unglued, not the front. There's probably a moral to this. Don't use Nitrous in a Lambo. Nitrous is for lamers who drive riced-out Civics and shit. Not for Lambos. And now you've gone and ruined a perfectly awesome Lamborghini Diablo. Which you could have given to me instead. And while you're at it, send me the Murcielago, and the Enzo. You can keep the SLR, unless you're really looking to give it to me... Not a particular fan of it. Oh, yeah. Give me the 2 Cobras as well.
Also, I can't really complain about the female lead character's wardrobe choices... She seems to have a thing for relatively low cut tops.
And I have to say, I'm not a terribly big fan of Maseratis. Just a bit too plain. I think that's why I like Lambos. They're just so over-the-top with their cars, that they look like horribly expense, hyper-fast supercars. And that's why you gotta get them in yellow, orange, or neon green.
Also, I'm pretty sure that Northeast and Northwest are about 90 degrees apart from each other. Not 30 or so, as this movie's fancy binoculars would have you believe.
In other news, the Saleen S7 looks a whole not better in silver than it does in orange. Which I guess is contrary to what I just said 2 paragraphs above.
And the editor of this movie has no sense of consistency. In one shot, one car'll be miles ahead, and in the next it'll be behind everyone else.
And I've come to a conclusion. After seeing the Enzo in motion in this completely ridiculous movie, I have to say, it is an attractive car after all...
Mystery Science Theater 3000
How is it possible that I've not actually ever seen this before today?
Highly recommended. Its like reading this blog, only actually funny. And I don't have to type as much...
Highly recommended. Its like reading this blog, only actually funny. And I don't have to type as much...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Finland!
Virpi Kuitunen (Cross Country Skiing)
Kimi Räikkönen (F1)
Jari-Matti Latvala (WRC)
Mika Häkkinen (ex-F1)
Mikko Hirvonen (WRC)
Heikki Kovalainen (F1)
Emppu Vuorinen (the band Nightwish)
Finns do have the awesomest names. FYI.
And further proof, Kimi was born in a town called Espoo. Don't you wish you were born in Espoo?
And another guy born in Espoo (apparently he's a figure skater, but I'd never heard of him before, but he does have a sweet name) is Oula Jääskeläinen. I don't even know how to pronounce that. But still. He's got two "ä"s in his name. In a row. Perhaps if Kaaawa was in Finland, rather than Hawaii, it might have 3, but we'll just have to stick with 2 in a row.
Kimi Räikkönen (F1)
Jari-Matti Latvala (WRC)
Mika Häkkinen (ex-F1)
Mikko Hirvonen (WRC)
Heikki Kovalainen (F1)
Emppu Vuorinen (the band Nightwish)
Finns do have the awesomest names. FYI.
And further proof, Kimi was born in a town called Espoo. Don't you wish you were born in Espoo?
And another guy born in Espoo (apparently he's a figure skater, but I'd never heard of him before, but he does have a sweet name) is Oula Jääskeläinen. I don't even know how to pronounce that. But still. He's got two "ä"s in his name. In a row. Perhaps if Kaaawa was in Finland, rather than Hawaii, it might have 3, but we'll just have to stick with 2 in a row.
Mike Slocumb
He's a lawyer who's got William Shatner doing his commercials. So, I know who I'm going to if I ever get into legal trouble.
That's right. William Shatner.
That's right. William Shatner.
Bobsled Channel!
Oh, how I've missed you Bobsled Channel.
Nice to have you back playing winter sports. Rather than random other crap that I don't care about. Not that I care too much about winter sports, but they're fun to watch. And by watch, I mean, have on in the background as I do other stuff...
Nice to have you back playing winter sports. Rather than random other crap that I don't care about. Not that I care too much about winter sports, but they're fun to watch. And by watch, I mean, have on in the background as I do other stuff...
Doubles Luge
Seriously? Who invented this sport? It has got to be one of the strangest sports ever.
Also, how much would it suck to be the second guy... You just ride down the hill staring at the back of another guy's head. And I'm guessing you don't do a lot of steering, due to the whole "not being able to see" issue.
Also, how much would it suck to be the second guy... You just ride down the hill staring at the back of another guy's head. And I'm guessing you don't do a lot of steering, due to the whole "not being able to see" issue.
Dear Red Bull:
Why? I really must know.
But, I have to say, your choice in aircaft is pretty impressive. An F-4U. A P-38. Those are sweet airplanes. Probably 2 of the most awesome WWII era aircraft...
But, I have to say, your choice in aircaft is pretty impressive. An F-4U. A P-38. Those are sweet airplanes. Probably 2 of the most awesome WWII era aircraft...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Fencing
Not the best of sports on TV. Everything happens so dang quickly, and you really can't tell what actually happened. Until the announcer tell you.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
MLS Cup '09
David Beckham, get a dang haircut. Although it does make you very easy to spot on the field.
Probably a good thing for the L.A. Galaxy that they've got to the MLS finals. What with the whole David Beckham thing and all.
Galaxy scored first. Really nice set-up from Beckham, to some guy, to some other guy who ended up scoring pretty nicely.
Real Salt Lake scored next. A lot scrappier of a goal. Good awareness of the guy who scored though. A lot of pinballing action bouncing off a whole bunch of different folks.
And Beckerman just fouled Beckham. And they both have ridiculous haircuts.
Why must you go to overtime? I want to go to bed...
And the Real Salt Lake goalie just dove into his own net quite spectacularly, and broke the mounting system for the net.
And LA's backup goalie seems to be doing quite a good job. Their original goalie hurt his wrist or something, and apparently became the first goalie to get subbed out in the MLS final. And he's got a beard, so I've got to root for him.
And now we're in to penalty kicks.
First 2 guys for each team all scored. Next guy for each team all got blocked. LA guy sails it over the net, and the Real Salt Lake guy scored. Then the LA guy scored, and the Real guy didn't. So, now its down to sudden death.
Both guys scored. LA guy gets blocked. And the Real Salt Lake guy scored. And they win.
And now I'm going to bed.
Probably a good thing for the L.A. Galaxy that they've got to the MLS finals. What with the whole David Beckham thing and all.
Galaxy scored first. Really nice set-up from Beckham, to some guy, to some other guy who ended up scoring pretty nicely.
Real Salt Lake scored next. A lot scrappier of a goal. Good awareness of the guy who scored though. A lot of pinballing action bouncing off a whole bunch of different folks.
And Beckerman just fouled Beckham. And they both have ridiculous haircuts.
Why must you go to overtime? I want to go to bed...
And the Real Salt Lake goalie just dove into his own net quite spectacularly, and broke the mounting system for the net.
And LA's backup goalie seems to be doing quite a good job. Their original goalie hurt his wrist or something, and apparently became the first goalie to get subbed out in the MLS final. And he's got a beard, so I've got to root for him.
And now we're in to penalty kicks.
First 2 guys for each team all scored. Next guy for each team all got blocked. LA guy sails it over the net, and the Real Salt Lake guy scored. Then the LA guy scored, and the Real guy didn't. So, now its down to sudden death.
Both guys scored. LA guy gets blocked. And the Real Salt Lake guy scored. And they win.
And now I'm going to bed.
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Jason Statham, John Rhys-Davies (2007) As war looms in an idyllic kingdom, a man sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge their murdered son. Based on the video game "Dungeon Siege."
Syfy Saturday moving from 11/21.
Directed by the ever popular, and ever amazing Uwe Boll. He who is quite possibly the greatest director ever....
Wait...
Looks like this one's gonna be about Jason Statham and Ron Perlman beating the piss out of some ugly dudes.
And it appears that Ray Liotta the evil sorcerer seems to have broken the cardinal rule of Jason Statham movies: Don't fuck with Jason Statham's family. Or random chicks he finds in the trunk of his car. Although, for this movie, its a bit of the former, and not too much of the latter...
And John Rhys-Davies seems to be playing the role of Sorcerer Foreshadowing. And just to let you know who's playing other roles, Burt Reynolds is playing the role of King. Who I am naming "King". I think that "King King" has a certain ring to it.
Also, ArchMagus Foreshadowing's daughter is a whole lot more attractive than ArchMagus Foreshadowing himself.
However, even with the realtively famous people making up the cast of this movie, I've seen better acting from the piece of chicken that was in the soup I had for dinner.
And even though Jason Statham's character's name is Farmer, I'm going to call him "Angry" from now on. Because in this movie, he is playing the generic Jason Statham role, which, if summed up in one word, would be named "Angry".
Also, Kristanna Lokken is significantly more attractive without dreadlocks.
Apparently, the extent of this movie review will consist of me commenting on the relative attractiveness of its female characters.
It appears that Ray Liotta has harnessed the power of the pimp coat to poison King King. Its a darn shame, because I was looking forward to referring to King King incessantly. And to show how off of my game I currently am, it only now just struck me that I should have instead named Burt Reynolds' character Kong.
Also, in completely other news, John Rhys-Davies isn't using a prosthetic for his missing fingertip. Also, I was under the impression that he lost his fingertip in a more badass way, and not actually in the process of changing a van motor... I know he used a prosthetic for the fingertip in his role as Gimli, but I'm not sure about any of his other movies... I'll have to keep a look out for that...
Oh, good! King King/Kong is not in fact dead! That means the ridiculosity can continue! Not dead, but dying. I guess I'll have to capitalize while I have the opportunity.
If you're wondering what a bunch of computer generated soldiers standing in front of a computer generated castle, you should totally watch this movie.
In case you were wondering, it seems that Jason Statham is Burt Reynolds' son. Or maybe Angry is King King/Kong's son. Something like that.
And for some reason, the battle strategy is to send the cavalry right behind the infantry charge. Seems like a ridiculous plan. You'd think that you'd want the cavalry out front, so that they could crash through the front lines of the enemy, and then the infantry could come in behind them, and engage them when they're recovering from the whole "being run over by horses" thing.
In other news, I have finally decided a name for the General-guy. I was originally thinking "Token", because he seems to be one of the only black guys in this movie. But, instead, he shall henceforth be known as Lewis Hamilton. Due to his remarkable resemblance to the 2008 Formula 1 World Champion.
And I'm pretty sure that Angry has decapitated the ugly guy that Ray Liotta is magically controlling 4 or more times... Or at least 4 times that I've counted. And Ron Perlman may have just face-stabbed another... Probably a good thing that Ray Liotta has a seemingly endless pile of schlubs to call upon.
And thus dies King King/Kong. He got arrowed by his nephew. And with his passing, the new king, is none other than King Angry. I wonder if he will be less angry now that he's king. And although he's now king, it seems no one's willing to pony up and let him borrow some armor...
Also, the bad guys are launching some of their own into battle via catapult. Which might make some comical sense if they were just launching into a bunch of the enemy, knocking them down, and then chopping them to bits. But they're actually hitting some of their own guys in the middle of combat. That can't be a good thing, because its taking your own soldiers out of battle...
And just FYI, not more female lead characters have shown up, so I can't really comment on their relative levels of attractiveness.
And now King Angry seems to have decapitated Ray Liotta for real this time, which in turn decapitated all of his schlubs. But I'm not gonna count those, because Angry didn't actually do it himself...
Remarkably not that bad. Granted, it was a terrible film, but it was still sorta fun. If you're expecting high cinema, and acting, and that sort of stuff, don't watch it. But if you're expecting Jason Statham being angry and breaking things, it might be a decent one to watch... Any of his other stuff would probably be better, but this one wasn't downright awful...
Syfy Saturday moving from 11/21.
Directed by the ever popular, and ever amazing Uwe Boll. He who is quite possibly the greatest director ever....
Wait...
Looks like this one's gonna be about Jason Statham and Ron Perlman beating the piss out of some ugly dudes.
And it appears that Ray Liotta the evil sorcerer seems to have broken the cardinal rule of Jason Statham movies: Don't fuck with Jason Statham's family. Or random chicks he finds in the trunk of his car. Although, for this movie, its a bit of the former, and not too much of the latter...
And John Rhys-Davies seems to be playing the role of Sorcerer Foreshadowing. And just to let you know who's playing other roles, Burt Reynolds is playing the role of King. Who I am naming "King". I think that "King King" has a certain ring to it.
Also, ArchMagus Foreshadowing's daughter is a whole lot more attractive than ArchMagus Foreshadowing himself.
However, even with the realtively famous people making up the cast of this movie, I've seen better acting from the piece of chicken that was in the soup I had for dinner.
And even though Jason Statham's character's name is Farmer, I'm going to call him "Angry" from now on. Because in this movie, he is playing the generic Jason Statham role, which, if summed up in one word, would be named "Angry".
Also, Kristanna Lokken is significantly more attractive without dreadlocks.
Apparently, the extent of this movie review will consist of me commenting on the relative attractiveness of its female characters.
It appears that Ray Liotta has harnessed the power of the pimp coat to poison King King. Its a darn shame, because I was looking forward to referring to King King incessantly. And to show how off of my game I currently am, it only now just struck me that I should have instead named Burt Reynolds' character Kong.
Also, in completely other news, John Rhys-Davies isn't using a prosthetic for his missing fingertip. Also, I was under the impression that he lost his fingertip in a more badass way, and not actually in the process of changing a van motor... I know he used a prosthetic for the fingertip in his role as Gimli, but I'm not sure about any of his other movies... I'll have to keep a look out for that...
Oh, good! King King/Kong is not in fact dead! That means the ridiculosity can continue! Not dead, but dying. I guess I'll have to capitalize while I have the opportunity.
If you're wondering what a bunch of computer generated soldiers standing in front of a computer generated castle, you should totally watch this movie.
In case you were wondering, it seems that Jason Statham is Burt Reynolds' son. Or maybe Angry is King King/Kong's son. Something like that.
And for some reason, the battle strategy is to send the cavalry right behind the infantry charge. Seems like a ridiculous plan. You'd think that you'd want the cavalry out front, so that they could crash through the front lines of the enemy, and then the infantry could come in behind them, and engage them when they're recovering from the whole "being run over by horses" thing.
In other news, I have finally decided a name for the General-guy. I was originally thinking "Token", because he seems to be one of the only black guys in this movie. But, instead, he shall henceforth be known as Lewis Hamilton. Due to his remarkable resemblance to the 2008 Formula 1 World Champion.
And I'm pretty sure that Angry has decapitated the ugly guy that Ray Liotta is magically controlling 4 or more times... Or at least 4 times that I've counted. And Ron Perlman may have just face-stabbed another... Probably a good thing that Ray Liotta has a seemingly endless pile of schlubs to call upon.
And thus dies King King/Kong. He got arrowed by his nephew. And with his passing, the new king, is none other than King Angry. I wonder if he will be less angry now that he's king. And although he's now king, it seems no one's willing to pony up and let him borrow some armor...
Also, the bad guys are launching some of their own into battle via catapult. Which might make some comical sense if they were just launching into a bunch of the enemy, knocking them down, and then chopping them to bits. But they're actually hitting some of their own guys in the middle of combat. That can't be a good thing, because its taking your own soldiers out of battle...
And just FYI, not more female lead characters have shown up, so I can't really comment on their relative levels of attractiveness.
And now King Angry seems to have decapitated Ray Liotta for real this time, which in turn decapitated all of his schlubs. But I'm not gonna count those, because Angry didn't actually do it himself...
Remarkably not that bad. Granted, it was a terrible film, but it was still sorta fun. If you're expecting high cinema, and acting, and that sort of stuff, don't watch it. But if you're expecting Jason Statham being angry and breaking things, it might be a decent one to watch... Any of his other stuff would probably be better, but this one wasn't downright awful...
The Prisoner, Part 2
The second part of The Prisoner wasn't particularly good. Seemed to suffer from the Lost illness of just heaping on a lot of confusion and stuff, and not actually explaining anything... We'll see how the last part turns out when I get motivated to watch it.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Lockjaw: Rise of the Kulev Serpent
DMX, Wes Brown (2008) A veteran soldier must kill a monstrous serpent that has a taste for human blood.
Seemingly could be subtitled: Douchebags Get Eaten By A Snake. And Dan Cheers It On.
Female douchebag takes her top of 28 minutes in. FYI. And then she's back in only her underwear at some later point. Didn't bother to figure out when, though...
And then for some reason, the snake disappeared. I really don't understand why. It got hit by a rocket, and then disappeared into sparkles. Not a pile of guts as you might expect, but sparkles...
Well, I'm glad that was only an hour and a half, with commercials... Although, they could have probably used that extra 30 minutes to actually make some sense. But, honestly, who cares....
Seemingly could be subtitled: Douchebags Get Eaten By A Snake. And Dan Cheers It On.
Female douchebag takes her top of 28 minutes in. FYI. And then she's back in only her underwear at some later point. Didn't bother to figure out when, though...
And then for some reason, the snake disappeared. I really don't understand why. It got hit by a rocket, and then disappeared into sparkles. Not a pile of guts as you might expect, but sparkles...
Well, I'm glad that was only an hour and a half, with commercials... Although, they could have probably used that extra 30 minutes to actually make some sense. But, honestly, who cares....
Today's Word Of The Day
Dangit.
And that'd be the word of the day, because I've already forgot what the original one I though of was...
And that'd be the word of the day, because I've already forgot what the original one I though of was...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Today's Word Of The Day
I came up with a Word of the Day on the way home from work. But unfortunately, I've forgotten it already. So, I'll stick with my old standby:
Monkeys.
Monkeys.
The Prisoner
Jim Caviezel, Ian McKellen "Arrival; Harmony." A man awakes in an isolated town called The Village; Two attempts to assimilate Six; Six meets his brother and tries to escape; Two confronts his son about his growing sense of rebellion.
We want information. Information. Information.
Who are you?
The new Number Two.
Who is Number One?
You are number Six.
I am not a number! I am a free man!
Hahahahahaha!
*Drum Intro*
etc.
Perhaps that last bit might make a bit more sense if you realize that its the intro to an Iron Maiden song titled "The Prisoner" (see, it makes sense) that basically told the story of the original series from the 60s.
Aside from listening to the song, I have had no interaction with The Prisoner thus far. I'm guessing it might have something to do with the fact that my freshman roommate in college had the series on DVD. I wasn't a particular fan of my freshman roomate, and thus I think that I subconsciously have some aversion due to that fact. But enough of my subconscious business...
Also, Hawkins from Jericho. Again without his natural British accent. I'm intrigued. Especially because this show will have Ian McKellen showing up at some point soon, and I'm pretty sure he's going to have whatever accent he normally has.
Interesting montage of Number 6 runs away from The Village while Ian McKellen eats cake.
Magneto: "Have you had sex with your mother, 70"
Random Dude: "No, never."
Gandalf: "Well, don't."
Very strange conversation...
And now its 1/3 over.
We want information. Information. Information.
Who are you?
The new Number Two.
Who is Number One?
You are number Six.
I am not a number! I am a free man!
Hahahahahaha!
*Drum Intro*
etc.
Perhaps that last bit might make a bit more sense if you realize that its the intro to an Iron Maiden song titled "The Prisoner" (see, it makes sense) that basically told the story of the original series from the 60s.
Aside from listening to the song, I have had no interaction with The Prisoner thus far. I'm guessing it might have something to do with the fact that my freshman roommate in college had the series on DVD. I wasn't a particular fan of my freshman roomate, and thus I think that I subconsciously have some aversion due to that fact. But enough of my subconscious business...
Also, Hawkins from Jericho. Again without his natural British accent. I'm intrigued. Especially because this show will have Ian McKellen showing up at some point soon, and I'm pretty sure he's going to have whatever accent he normally has.
Interesting montage of Number 6 runs away from The Village while Ian McKellen eats cake.
Magneto: "Have you had sex with your mother, 70"
Random Dude: "No, never."
Gandalf: "Well, don't."
Very strange conversation...
And now its 1/3 over.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Today's Word Of The Day
Poop.
Let me tell you: Slight urge to poop + Motorcycling + Chili + More Motorcycling = Oh lordy!
Let me tell you: Slight urge to poop + Motorcycling + Chili + More Motorcycling = Oh lordy!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Spirit
Above shadowy, crime-infested streets a a masked avenger watches . Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht) was one of Central City's finest cops until a gangster's bullet ended his life. Now Fate has brought him back from the beyond as The Spirit, a street-hardened hero who faces off against seductive foes like the voluptuous Sand Saref (Eva Mendes) and the alluring Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson). Then, of course there's his evil archenemy, the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), with a mission to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality in this graphic action-thriller.
Apparently the descriptions on DVD cases are significantly longer than those on the DVR. So, I have actually gone out of my way to borrow this DVD from a friend, so I can watch it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to regret that choice. Mainly because everything I've ever heard about htis movie says its downright terrible. Including the person I've borrowed the DVD from. So... yay?
Anyways, onwards!
Also: Sweet crap. Its 10PM already... Wouldn't have figured that, had I not just looked at the clock... but hey, whatever... I'll just kind of have to deal with that fact...
Thus far, we have learned, that the director has done some sort of post-processing to make this look like a blend of cartoon and live action. Its sort of interesting. The red of The Spirit's tie really stands out in the generally black and white look of the rest of the movie. And I'm being sort of weirded out by the fact that his shoes are blindingly white.
Also, The Spirit seems to wear a fedora. So, I guess score one for him.
And Samuel L. Jackson has a thing for kicking The Spirit in the butt. And also has a ludicrously large hat.
And apparently he enjoys changing costumes. Ludicrous costumes.
Visually, a very interesting movie. In every other way, crap.
In other news, the Apache looks more menacing of an attack helicopter than the Cobra or Supercobra. The Cobra just looks sorts of skinny and weird.
Also, if you stay through the credits, you will be treated to drawings involving the words "sploot" and "spang". And potentially others, but I really wasn't paying attention...
Apparently the descriptions on DVD cases are significantly longer than those on the DVR. So, I have actually gone out of my way to borrow this DVD from a friend, so I can watch it. I'm pretty sure I'm going to regret that choice. Mainly because everything I've ever heard about htis movie says its downright terrible. Including the person I've borrowed the DVD from. So... yay?
Anyways, onwards!
Also: Sweet crap. Its 10PM already... Wouldn't have figured that, had I not just looked at the clock... but hey, whatever... I'll just kind of have to deal with that fact...
Thus far, we have learned, that the director has done some sort of post-processing to make this look like a blend of cartoon and live action. Its sort of interesting. The red of The Spirit's tie really stands out in the generally black and white look of the rest of the movie. And I'm being sort of weirded out by the fact that his shoes are blindingly white.
Also, The Spirit seems to wear a fedora. So, I guess score one for him.
And Samuel L. Jackson has a thing for kicking The Spirit in the butt. And also has a ludicrously large hat.
And apparently he enjoys changing costumes. Ludicrous costumes.
Visually, a very interesting movie. In every other way, crap.
In other news, the Apache looks more menacing of an attack helicopter than the Cobra or Supercobra. The Cobra just looks sorts of skinny and weird.
Also, if you stay through the credits, you will be treated to drawings involving the words "sploot" and "spang". And potentially others, but I really wasn't paying attention...
DVR Problems resolved
Apparently, DVRs follow the standard Dan Method Of Fixing Things:
Call it a jerkface; Unplug it; Plug it back in.
Call it a jerkface; Unplug it; Plug it back in.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Everest: Byond the Limit
Interesting to see footage from the expedition. Mainly because most everything is usually shown from the south/Nepal side; the route that the Sir Edmund Hillary summitted for the first time in 1953. The expedition they're following in the show is from the north/Tibet side. The side where George Leigh Mallory disappeared in 1924. After potentially summitting. But no one knows, because they didn't come back, and frankly weren't found until sometime in the 90s. (They being Mallory and Irvine)
And apparently at the time of filming, an Everest expedition cost around $40,000. Which is a rather significant drop from the $65,000 that it cost in 1996 when Jon Krakauer's "Into The Wild" was written.
And the worst part of this show (aside from the fact that the theme song keeps singing/whispering "Ever.... ever.... rest...", and its freaking annoying), is the fact that they're not going on the southern route, and therefore, we get to hear the word "North Col" alot, and not the ever superior "Western Cwm". Because the word "Cwm" is quite possible the awesomest word ever.
Not a big fan of the flash-forwards or whatever they keep doing. Although, they probably do need to keep the average viewer interested in the early episodes where they're just sort of futzing around basecamp and stuff.
And also, mad respect for the guy with 2 prosthetic legs...
Show does a really good job of portraying the climbers' emotions. Or at least thus far, they've done a good job of portraying the intense disappointment of the 2 climbers who had to come off the mountain early.
And now I'm staying up past my bedtime to watch the last episode. That should tell you something...
Probably also should mention the ridiculous respect that I've got for the Sherpas...
And apparently at the time of filming, an Everest expedition cost around $40,000. Which is a rather significant drop from the $65,000 that it cost in 1996 when Jon Krakauer's "Into The Wild" was written.
And the worst part of this show (aside from the fact that the theme song keeps singing/whispering "Ever.... ever.... rest...", and its freaking annoying), is the fact that they're not going on the southern route, and therefore, we get to hear the word "North Col" alot, and not the ever superior "Western Cwm". Because the word "Cwm" is quite possible the awesomest word ever.
Not a big fan of the flash-forwards or whatever they keep doing. Although, they probably do need to keep the average viewer interested in the early episodes where they're just sort of futzing around basecamp and stuff.
And also, mad respect for the guy with 2 prosthetic legs...
Show does a really good job of portraying the climbers' emotions. Or at least thus far, they've done a good job of portraying the intense disappointment of the 2 climbers who had to come off the mountain early.
And now I'm staying up past my bedtime to watch the last episode. That should tell you something...
Probably also should mention the ridiculous respect that I've got for the Sherpas...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Dear DVR once again:
It seems that retracting the "jerkface" didn't do what was required. Perhaps it was me calling you "jerkface" in the beginning that caused you to give me access to Monday, and now that I have retracted the insult, you have no incentive to allow me to access Sunday. So, you leave me no choice.
Jerkface. Jerkface.
You had it coming. You can't deny it.
Jerkface. Jerkface.
You had it coming. You can't deny it.
Mad Men
Really good show. Surprised it was already the season finale this past Sunday.
Really good show. Gotta start from the beginning, though, as you really won't have any idea what's going on if you start halfway through.
Really good show. Gotta start from the beginning, though, as you really won't have any idea what's going on if you start halfway through.
Dear DVR some more:
OK. Now that I've brought attention to your negligence, you have allowed me access to Monday on the DVR schedule. But, unfortunately, The Prisoner starts on Sunday. So, if I were to retract the "jerkface" from my earlier post, would you give me access to Sunday as well?
Dear DVR:
Please load the dang schedule for the future. I wish to record the new Prisoner thing that AMC's doing. But for some reason, the DVR doesn't want to load. Jerkface.
V (The new one)
Episode 2.
Pretty slow. Not saying that's a bad thing, just an observation. A nice change of pace after the very hectic and fast-paced premier.
Probably could have waited a few more episodes for the reveal about Wash, but I guess that was a good a way to start the series off. And also, it probably worked out so they didn't have to pay Wash for more than one episode.
Premiere probably could have been well served as a 2-part episode, or a 2 hour premiere. But I guess they've got a very limited amount of episodes to make their mark before the show goes on hiatus. Apparently that's going to be relatively soon.
Another way they could have made the premiere a little less cluttered would be to cut down on rather long opening sequence. But, I really liked the opening sequence, and think it worked very well as the relatively slow sequence that it was.
Did I mention how I like the new design of the Visitor ships more than the old saucer-type design? Because I do.
And the reporter guy reminds me of Jamie Bamber/Lee Adama.
Also, I'm wondering what they did whenever they shoot the Visitor characters. Because they certainly look strange. Well, maybe not strange, but different. Sort of pale-ish. And potentially elongated vertically somehow. Or that could just be Inara's freakishly long neck. She may be ridiculously attractive, but you have to admit she's got a stupidly long neck. And almost every other shot of her looks very strange. I really can't describe what it is, but its just strange.
I'm guessing Apple's got some sort of sponsorship, or product placement, thing going on. Everyone seems to have an iPhone.
Pretty slow. Not saying that's a bad thing, just an observation. A nice change of pace after the very hectic and fast-paced premier.
Probably could have waited a few more episodes for the reveal about Wash, but I guess that was a good a way to start the series off. And also, it probably worked out so they didn't have to pay Wash for more than one episode.
Premiere probably could have been well served as a 2-part episode, or a 2 hour premiere. But I guess they've got a very limited amount of episodes to make their mark before the show goes on hiatus. Apparently that's going to be relatively soon.
Another way they could have made the premiere a little less cluttered would be to cut down on rather long opening sequence. But, I really liked the opening sequence, and think it worked very well as the relatively slow sequence that it was.
Did I mention how I like the new design of the Visitor ships more than the old saucer-type design? Because I do.
And the reporter guy reminds me of Jamie Bamber/Lee Adama.
Also, I'm wondering what they did whenever they shoot the Visitor characters. Because they certainly look strange. Well, maybe not strange, but different. Sort of pale-ish. And potentially elongated vertically somehow. Or that could just be Inara's freakishly long neck. She may be ridiculously attractive, but you have to admit she's got a stupidly long neck. And almost every other shot of her looks very strange. I really can't describe what it is, but its just strange.
I'm guessing Apple's got some sort of sponsorship, or product placement, thing going on. Everyone seems to have an iPhone.
iTunes
Do you know exactly how long it takes to delete almost 24 days of music off of an iPod? Well, neither do I, but its certainly a while.
Turns out the deleting doesn't take all that long. Its the re-loading that takes forever.
Turns out the deleting doesn't take all that long. Its the re-loading that takes forever.
Monday, November 9, 2009
2009 Rally Italy
Figure I should talk about WRC eventually. Petter Solberg just got a new car. With a larger intercooler. I wonder if its 50% larger or 100% larger?
And I'm guessing that comment's not going to be all that interesting and/or funny to anyone who is not my (potentially imaginary) brother.
And I'm guessing that comment's not going to be all that interesting and/or funny to anyone who is not my (potentially imaginary) brother.
2009 Valencia Motorcycle Grand Prix
Randy de Puniet finished in 11th, to finish out the season. Got passed by everyone and their mother in the second half of the race...
Valentino Rossi in 2nd behind Dani Pedrosa, and in front of teammate Jorge Lorenzo. Now lets see how the interview goes.
Oh, and Casey Stoner crashed out on the warm-up lap. Way to go! But you're a whiny, tiny Australian, so we don't really care about you. You are far less awesome than Rossi or de Puniet. And me. And many other people. (Can you tell that I'm not a big fan?) Also: Warm-up Lap... Please excuse me while I laugh hysterically.
The last Valentino Rossi Podium Speech of 2009 was cancelled since they only showed what Dani Pedrosa said... Wieners. So, we'll have to wait until 2010 until it returns.
Valentino Rossi in 2nd behind Dani Pedrosa, and in front of teammate Jorge Lorenzo. Now lets see how the interview goes.
Oh, and Casey Stoner crashed out on the warm-up lap. Way to go! But you're a whiny, tiny Australian, so we don't really care about you. You are far less awesome than Rossi or de Puniet. And me. And many other people. (Can you tell that I'm not a big fan?) Also: Warm-up Lap... Please excuse me while I laugh hysterically.
The last Valentino Rossi Podium Speech of 2009 was cancelled since they only showed what Dani Pedrosa said... Wieners. So, we'll have to wait until 2010 until it returns.
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