Ed Quinn is on a Ketel One Vodka commercial.
You may wonder why we should care about that. And I'll tell you.
Ed Quinn is the actor who plays Nathan Stark on Eureka. Which is returning next Friday. Hopefully Stark returns.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Don't Mess With The Zohan
Don't Ever Ever Ever Watch This.
It is complete and utter shit.
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!
It is complete and utter shit.
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Exorcist: The Beginning
Stellan Skarsgard, James D'Arcy (2004) While visiting an excavation site in Cairo, Egypt, a former priest sees signs of demonic possession.
I've heard/read that this movie's pretty terrible. But its got Stellan Skarsgard in it. Who is awesome. And made all the more awesome by how his last name is actually spelled. Skarsgård. How cool is that? He's got a freaking circle in his name.
And he's got a retty sweet accent. Sort of a growly Swedish accent. All in all pretty awesome. If I ever get into the movie business, I'm gonna try and get Skarsgård and Peter Stormare in one of my movies. Which would then become the awesomest movie ever, due to the inclusion of 2 bad-ass Swedes.
You might remember Skarsgård as Gregor in Ronin. If you don't, I'd highly recommend that you watch it. I really enjoyed that movie. Didn't really know what the hell was going on the first time I watched it, but when I saw it again, I realized that it was a really awesome movie. But that's neither here nor there.
And frankly, all I'm thinking about while watching this movie is how awesome Stellan Skarsgård's accent is.
And now there's random fighting. I honestly have no clue why...
And now there's the epic battle of Ugly Chick vs. Stellan Skarsgård. Can you tell who I'm rooting for?
You remember how I said that I want to be rescued by Liam Neeson if I'm ever kidnapped? I'm gonna have add a new demand.
If I'm ever posessed by some sort of demon or something, I want Stellan Skarsgård to exorcise me. I suppose that Peter Stormare will do in a pinch. Actually, it seems that 2 priests are necessary to complete the exorcism. Or at least 2 people. So, my demand is to be exorcised by both of them.
OK, maybe not... it seems that the after-effects involve your brain leaking out... Might be worth it, though. Just to experience that level of bad-assness first hand. And the addition of Stormare to the mix might be enough to stop that from happening.
Also, it seems that something is stuck under the letter "p" in my keyboard. Making it annoying to type that letter. Just FYI.
I've heard/read that this movie's pretty terrible. But its got Stellan Skarsgard in it. Who is awesome. And made all the more awesome by how his last name is actually spelled. Skarsgård. How cool is that? He's got a freaking circle in his name.
And he's got a retty sweet accent. Sort of a growly Swedish accent. All in all pretty awesome. If I ever get into the movie business, I'm gonna try and get Skarsgård and Peter Stormare in one of my movies. Which would then become the awesomest movie ever, due to the inclusion of 2 bad-ass Swedes.
You might remember Skarsgård as Gregor in Ronin. If you don't, I'd highly recommend that you watch it. I really enjoyed that movie. Didn't really know what the hell was going on the first time I watched it, but when I saw it again, I realized that it was a really awesome movie. But that's neither here nor there.
And frankly, all I'm thinking about while watching this movie is how awesome Stellan Skarsgård's accent is.
And now there's random fighting. I honestly have no clue why...
And now there's the epic battle of Ugly Chick vs. Stellan Skarsgård. Can you tell who I'm rooting for?
You remember how I said that I want to be rescued by Liam Neeson if I'm ever kidnapped? I'm gonna have add a new demand.
If I'm ever posessed by some sort of demon or something, I want Stellan Skarsgård to exorcise me. I suppose that Peter Stormare will do in a pinch. Actually, it seems that 2 priests are necessary to complete the exorcism. Or at least 2 people. So, my demand is to be exorcised by both of them.
OK, maybe not... it seems that the after-effects involve your brain leaking out... Might be worth it, though. Just to experience that level of bad-assness first hand. And the addition of Stormare to the mix might be enough to stop that from happening.
Also, it seems that something is stuck under the letter "p" in my keyboard. Making it annoying to type that letter. Just FYI.
Rebecca
Laurence Olivier, Jean Fontaine (1940) A British gentleman's innocent bride grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.
Further chronicles of "Books I Once Read, and Now Am Watching The Movie". Based on a book by Daphne Du Maurier.
Seems to be a pretty accurate portrayal of the book. Probably a few minor differences, but I can't really tell, as I read the book quite some time ago.
What bothered me though was that they pronounce Manderley as "Man-der-lee". I figured that the "ey" would cause it to be pronounced "Man-der-lay". Eh, whatever. I'll keep pronouncing it my way...
Further chronicles of "Books I Once Read, and Now Am Watching The Movie". Based on a book by Daphne Du Maurier.
Seems to be a pretty accurate portrayal of the book. Probably a few minor differences, but I can't really tell, as I read the book quite some time ago.
What bothered me though was that they pronounce Manderley as "Man-der-lee". I figured that the "ey" would cause it to be pronounced "Man-der-lay". Eh, whatever. I'll keep pronouncing it my way...
Another One Bites The Dust?
Now that Billy Mays is dead, who's going to attempt to compel me to buy random-ass stuff by yelling at me?
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Hollywood Homicide
Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett (2003) A veteran Los Angeles detective and his partner investigate the slaying of a rap group.
Probably the best part is Harrison Ford sliding down a banister while chasing some dude. And then stealing a little girls pink bike to continue the pursuit.
Probably the best part is Harrison Ford sliding down a banister while chasing some dude. And then stealing a little girls pink bike to continue the pursuit.
Rise of the Gargoyles
Eric Balfour, Tanya Clarke (2009) An American professor tries to stop an ancient winged creature that terrorizes Paris.
SciFi Saturday movie from 6/21.
Meh.
SciFi Saturday movie from 6/21.
Meh.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Aeoaeoauoauen Flux
I'd forgotten how ridiculously flippy this movie was.
And Charlize Theron is so much more attractive without that stupid haircut.
And Charlize Theron is so much more attractive without that stupid haircut.
Targeted Advertising?
I don't know if the ads I see are targeted to the content of what I write, but there was just an ad for the new SciFi Channel series "Warehouse 13" or whatever.
I plan on recording it and seeing how it is, when it finally gets around to coming on.
Also, T-minus 2 weeks until Eureka returns. You have little to no idea how happy that actually makes me.
Might have to go back and watch the DVDs to get caught up again.
Caught a bit of the Father's Day Eureka Marathon on SciFi. What an utterly fantastic show.
I plan on recording it and seeing how it is, when it finally gets around to coming on.
Also, T-minus 2 weeks until Eureka returns. You have little to no idea how happy that actually makes me.
Might have to go back and watch the DVDs to get caught up again.
Caught a bit of the Father's Day Eureka Marathon on SciFi. What an utterly fantastic show.
White Noise
Michael Keaton, Chandra West (2005) An architect believes his dead wife is using electronic devices to communicate with him.
This movie is about a guy who thinks his dead wife and other dead people communicate through static and stuff on TVs.
Yup, its exactly as boring as it sounds.
This movie is about a guy who thinks his dead wife and other dead people communicate through static and stuff on TVs.
Yup, its exactly as boring as it sounds.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Watching a History Channel show about the battle of Leyte Gulf in WW2.
Apparently at some point, an American destroyer decided he was going to charge a Japanese fleet.
The American destroyer's biggest guns were 5 inchers.
The Japanese fleet included the Super-Battleship Yamato. Which has a bunch of 18.1 inch guns.
Lt Commander Evans, you've got some balls.
And he was apparently pretty effective. Granted he was using his torpedoes at that point. But for reference, his torpedoes had a lot shorter range than the Yamato's guns.
And apparently his ludicrous charge inspired some other American ships and planes to also attack. Which convinced the Japanese that they were facing a much bigger force than they actually were...
Well played, LtCdr Evans...
Apparently at some point, an American destroyer decided he was going to charge a Japanese fleet.
The American destroyer's biggest guns were 5 inchers.
The Japanese fleet included the Super-Battleship Yamato. Which has a bunch of 18.1 inch guns.
Lt Commander Evans, you've got some balls.
And he was apparently pretty effective. Granted he was using his torpedoes at that point. But for reference, his torpedoes had a lot shorter range than the Yamato's guns.
And apparently his ludicrous charge inspired some other American ships and planes to also attack. Which convinced the Japanese that they were facing a much bigger force than they actually were...
Well played, LtCdr Evans...
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Rise of the Gargoyles or some shit
Sci-Fi Saturday movie from last Saturday.
You know what I don't want to watch right now?
Any guesses?
That's right. This.
We'll get back to it later...
You know what I don't want to watch right now?
Any guesses?
That's right. This.
We'll get back to it later...
The Osterman Weekend
Rutger Hauer, John Hurt (1983) A CIA agent sets a trap for the questionable friends of a talk-show host.
Based on a Robert Ludlum book. A while back, I was on a big Ludlum kick, and read damn near everything he wrote. I don't remember much about this book, but I do remember that it wasn't one of my favorites.
And the movie certainly lives up to my expectations. (Translation: Its not very good)
On a related note, I can no longer see John Hurt without thinking of his role as Winston Smith in 1984. Which is a fantastic book, and a pretty good movie. Except for the whole part with John Hurt's ass in it.
On that note, I was tempted to make a Farah Fawcett joke, but have decided to refrain. Cause I'm nice like that.
Based on a Robert Ludlum book. A while back, I was on a big Ludlum kick, and read damn near everything he wrote. I don't remember much about this book, but I do remember that it wasn't one of my favorites.
And the movie certainly lives up to my expectations. (Translation: Its not very good)
On a related note, I can no longer see John Hurt without thinking of his role as Winston Smith in 1984. Which is a fantastic book, and a pretty good movie. Except for the whole part with John Hurt's ass in it.
On that note, I was tempted to make a Farah Fawcett joke, but have decided to refrain. Cause I'm nice like that.
Farah Fawcett is Dead
Normally this wouldn't be blog-worthy material, but apparently she died of "anal cancer".
That's all I'm gonna say on the matter, and leave the rest to your imagination.
That's all I'm gonna say on the matter, and leave the rest to your imagination.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Deep Rising
Some movie about monsters on a cruise ship.
I saw it referred to as an Alien rip-off. Or maybe it was Aliens. Probably Aliens makes more sense, because there's a lot more shooting.
Anyways, there's a lot less aliens and spaceships, and a lot more cruise ships and wormy things. And significantly more Famke Janssen in a red cocktail dress. Probably the best part of the movie thus far.
Correction... Not a bunch of wormy things. Merely a single very angry looking octopus-thing.
And apparently this cruise ship filled their roulette tables with some sort of explosives.
And Famke Janssen and her Jet-Ski-mate are fireproof. I guess that makes sense, cause she's all hot and stuff...
I saw it referred to as an Alien rip-off. Or maybe it was Aliens. Probably Aliens makes more sense, because there's a lot more shooting.
Anyways, there's a lot less aliens and spaceships, and a lot more cruise ships and wormy things. And significantly more Famke Janssen in a red cocktail dress. Probably the best part of the movie thus far.
Correction... Not a bunch of wormy things. Merely a single very angry looking octopus-thing.
And apparently this cruise ship filled their roulette tables with some sort of explosives.
And Famke Janssen and her Jet-Ski-mate are fireproof. I guess that makes sense, cause she's all hot and stuff...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Righteous Kill
That movie with Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino as cops. Relatively recent.
Basically, the moral of this story is that Robert DeNiro shouldn't be allowed to wear a sweatsuit. Not very flattering at all.
Basically, the moral of this story is that Robert DeNiro shouldn't be allowed to wear a sweatsuit. Not very flattering at all.
2009 British Grand Prix
Rather boring race. The driver who took pole ended up winning in a very dominant fashion, and setting the fastest lap of the race.
But unlike the previous few races, this time, that driver was blog favorite Sebastian Vettel!
He's still about 25 points behind Button (finished 6th) in the Driver's Championship, and about 3 points behind Barichello in 2nd...
Second 1-2 finish for Red Bull of the season. First time that Barichello has bested his teammate Button. Barichello finished 3rd. And he has a goatee. Which looks kinda strange on him...
But unlike the previous few races, this time, that driver was blog favorite Sebastian Vettel!
He's still about 25 points behind Button (finished 6th) in the Driver's Championship, and about 3 points behind Barichello in 2nd...
Second 1-2 finish for Red Bull of the season. First time that Barichello has bested his teammate Button. Barichello finished 3rd. And he has a goatee. Which looks kinda strange on him...
2009 Monaco and Turkish Grands Prix
Well, today is the British Grand Prix, so I figured I'd keep you updated on the last 2 Formula 1 Grands Prix that I haven't told you about yet.
Monaco was pretty boring. Another strong showing by Brawn, and an uncontested win by Jenson Button. Blog favorite Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull ended up crashing out. Sad face.
Turkey looked promising at the start. Vettel ended up taking pole, with Button in 2nd. After leading for most of the first lap, Vettel made a mistake in corners 9 and 10, and went off track for a little bit. Just enough for Button to squeak through and take the lead. Which he never gave up. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber also ended up overtaking Vettel, leaving him in 3rd. Now you're up to date, and can read today's report of the 2009 British Grand Prix with full background information.
Enjoy.
Monaco was pretty boring. Another strong showing by Brawn, and an uncontested win by Jenson Button. Blog favorite Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull ended up crashing out. Sad face.
Turkey looked promising at the start. Vettel ended up taking pole, with Button in 2nd. After leading for most of the first lap, Vettel made a mistake in corners 9 and 10, and went off track for a little bit. Just enough for Button to squeak through and take the lead. Which he never gave up. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber also ended up overtaking Vettel, leaving him in 3rd. Now you're up to date, and can read today's report of the 2009 British Grand Prix with full background information.
Enjoy.
Taken
I've decided that if anyone ever kidnaps me, I want someone to send Liam Neeson to come find me...
Things I've learned from this movie:
- Everyone in Paris carries baguettes around at all times.
- French kids don't get dinner. Dinner time is after kids' bed time.
- Liam Neeson will hit anyone, anywhere, with anything available.
And last, and certainly not least: Do. Not. Fuck. With. Liam. Neeson. (Or his kids)
Liam Neeson's character in this movie is awesome, because he's so damned... efficient. He's more of a Jason Bourne than a James Bond. Not very clean, glamorous fight scenes with random smart-ass responses thrown in, but instead a very gritty, angry, frantic fighting, that involves a lot of dick-punching and general all-around ass-kickery.
Things I've learned from this movie:
- Everyone in Paris carries baguettes around at all times.
- French kids don't get dinner. Dinner time is after kids' bed time.
- Liam Neeson will hit anyone, anywhere, with anything available.
And last, and certainly not least: Do. Not. Fuck. With. Liam. Neeson. (Or his kids)
Liam Neeson's character in this movie is awesome, because he's so damned... efficient. He's more of a Jason Bourne than a James Bond. Not very clean, glamorous fight scenes with random smart-ass responses thrown in, but instead a very gritty, angry, frantic fighting, that involves a lot of dick-punching and general all-around ass-kickery.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Star Runners
Connor Trinneer, James Kyson Lee (2009) An outer-space smuggler, his sidekick and a mysterious woman crash-land on a planet crawling with giant insects.
Sci Fi Saturday movie from 6/13.
You might remember Connor Trinneer from his role as Michael the Wraith on Stargate: Atlantis, or as Trip Tucker in Star Trek: Enterprise. And you might remember James Kyson Lee from his role as the supremely awesome Ando from Heroes.
So far, it seems to be a complete rip-off of Firefly. The cinematography is very similar, with the whole zoom to something, but its unfocused, and then it focuses on what we're supposed to be looking at.
And then there's the whole "finding the nekkid girl in a cargo container" thing...
And it sounds like Connor just said "I know its too steep, you daffy bastard!" He was talking to the computer, so its distinctly possible he didn't actually say "daffy", but some sort of word to reference the computer... I'd like to think he said "daffy" though, because that's just such an absurd thing to say when you're accidentally entering a planet's atmosphere in a space ship.
And now they've crashed, and there are bugs on the planet. So, now its gonna turn into a rip-off of Starship Troopers? Dude just said "This is no time to lose your head" and then got his head cut off by one of the bugs... excellent...
Also, we've now discovered that the nekkid girl in the box (no longer nekkid or in the box) is psychic... Totally haven't seen this one before... And she apparently has a nose ring. Well, not really a ring, but sort of a stud or something...
Also, the bad guy's have some really futuristic rifles. By which I mean they're regular rifles that have been spray-painted silver. Future!
Apparently the government nuked Nekkid Girl In The Box's home planet when she was a kid, and she somehow survived... The governement folks were gonna shoot her but their guns broke due to the radiation. Which their Tyvek suits were supposed to save them from.
Also: Laser Boobs! River Tam totally didn't have a pair of those... I'd totally have a picture if my camera wasn't still out of batteries...
Apparently the evil Captain guy's theory is "If at first you don't succeed, use all your missiles. Even if who you're shooting at has laser boobs".
Probably the best part of this movie thus far just happened near the end. Evil Captain Guy shot all his missiles at Connor and Nekkid Girl In The Box, but due to some fancy flying, all the missiles ended up hitting Evil Captain Guy's ship. Right before they hit, there was a quick shot of Evil Woman rolling her eyes at Evil Captain Guy. Good us of the "Oh, Good! You've fucked us all!" eye-roll.
Sci Fi Saturday movie from 6/13.
You might remember Connor Trinneer from his role as Michael the Wraith on Stargate: Atlantis, or as Trip Tucker in Star Trek: Enterprise. And you might remember James Kyson Lee from his role as the supremely awesome Ando from Heroes.
So far, it seems to be a complete rip-off of Firefly. The cinematography is very similar, with the whole zoom to something, but its unfocused, and then it focuses on what we're supposed to be looking at.
And then there's the whole "finding the nekkid girl in a cargo container" thing...
And it sounds like Connor just said "I know its too steep, you daffy bastard!" He was talking to the computer, so its distinctly possible he didn't actually say "daffy", but some sort of word to reference the computer... I'd like to think he said "daffy" though, because that's just such an absurd thing to say when you're accidentally entering a planet's atmosphere in a space ship.
And now they've crashed, and there are bugs on the planet. So, now its gonna turn into a rip-off of Starship Troopers? Dude just said "This is no time to lose your head" and then got his head cut off by one of the bugs... excellent...
Also, we've now discovered that the nekkid girl in the box (no longer nekkid or in the box) is psychic... Totally haven't seen this one before... And she apparently has a nose ring. Well, not really a ring, but sort of a stud or something...
Also, the bad guy's have some really futuristic rifles. By which I mean they're regular rifles that have been spray-painted silver. Future!
Apparently the government nuked Nekkid Girl In The Box's home planet when she was a kid, and she somehow survived... The governement folks were gonna shoot her but their guns broke due to the radiation. Which their Tyvek suits were supposed to save them from.
Also: Laser Boobs! River Tam totally didn't have a pair of those... I'd totally have a picture if my camera wasn't still out of batteries...
Apparently the evil Captain guy's theory is "If at first you don't succeed, use all your missiles. Even if who you're shooting at has laser boobs".
Probably the best part of this movie thus far just happened near the end. Evil Captain Guy shot all his missiles at Connor and Nekkid Girl In The Box, but due to some fancy flying, all the missiles ended up hitting Evil Captain Guy's ship. Right before they hit, there was a quick shot of Evil Woman rolling her eyes at Evil Captain Guy. Good us of the "Oh, Good! You've fucked us all!" eye-roll.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Flight 666
Iron Maiden's latest Live DVD/Documentary combo. Documents Iron Maiden packaging their entire tour onto one airplane, and going around the world, piloted intermittently by Bruce Dickinson.
The tour was called the "Somewhere Back In Time" World Tour, hearkening back to the title of their 6th studio album "Somewhere In Time". As such, they played only older songs (the newest song on the DVD is "Fear of The Dark", from the 1992 album of the same name. Their 9th. They released their 14th a few years back. Hopefully the 15th is in the works...
Nice to hear a bunch of their old songs. For example, I just listened to Revelations, which is probably one of my favoritest Maiden Songs.
In other news, Bruce is currently wearing a Sombrero... Just thought you should know...
And "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Powerslave" is still to come. Nice Set-list. I don't think we've seen either of those on a live CD or DVD since Live After Death, which chronicled the 1984-1985 World Slavery Tour... Back when they only had 2 guitar players... Nice to hear a bunch of the old songs played by the "3 Amigos", which is apparently a nickname for Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Janick Gers... Also, I don't think we've seen "Heaven Can Wait" since Maiden England.
Also, in the documentary portion, someone's wearing this shirt. Which amuses me greatly. For anyone who knows Maiden, this is obviously a fake shirt. I bought one just because it amused me so greatly....
The reason's its so obviously fake are:
- The picture of the band has Blaze Bayley in the center. Yet the words at the bottom say "Dance of Death". Which was the second album Maiden released after Blaze left, and Dickinson came back...
- Also, that iteration of Eddie never had hair. The Eddie from the first few albums (up until Piece of Mind) had hair. Ever since then, he was bald, and had the scar from the lobotomy he endured during the Piece of Mind era, with the little metal bracket holding the top of his head on. This iteration of Eddie was probably from the Ed Hunter era. It has the same sort of computer graphics that they were using around that time (see The Angel and The Gambler video), with some really crappy hair added.
So, all in all, wrong title, and stupid hair... And thus endeth my Public Service Announcement.
Also, good to see that Adrian Smith is now moving around a bit more. On Rock In Rio, he spent alot of his time just standing in the same place playing the guitar. A stark contrast to Janick Gers, who's always flipping the guitar around, and doing weird things.
Another thing: The use of cell phones as lighter surrogates at concerts. Completely ridiculous. Just ends up looking really dumb. FYI.
Good concert. I really need to see them the next time they come back to the U.S.
Gonna go see Metallica in concert in October. I think that'll be the first concert that I've bought a ticket for that hasn't had Iron Maiden on the bill. You'll notice the use of "bought". I'm not including free concerts (the Presidents of the US homecoming concert at WM), or concerts that I didn't pay for (a certain evening that we've all managed to blank from our memory).
We'll see how that turns out.
Also, good use of "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" for the closing credits of the documentary. For those of you who don't know, that's the song that they always play over the PA after the end of the show, while everyone's leaving, and they're packing everything up.
The tour was called the "Somewhere Back In Time" World Tour, hearkening back to the title of their 6th studio album "Somewhere In Time". As such, they played only older songs (the newest song on the DVD is "Fear of The Dark", from the 1992 album of the same name. Their 9th. They released their 14th a few years back. Hopefully the 15th is in the works...
Nice to hear a bunch of their old songs. For example, I just listened to Revelations, which is probably one of my favoritest Maiden Songs.
In other news, Bruce is currently wearing a Sombrero... Just thought you should know...
And "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Powerslave" is still to come. Nice Set-list. I don't think we've seen either of those on a live CD or DVD since Live After Death, which chronicled the 1984-1985 World Slavery Tour... Back when they only had 2 guitar players... Nice to hear a bunch of the old songs played by the "3 Amigos", which is apparently a nickname for Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Janick Gers... Also, I don't think we've seen "Heaven Can Wait" since Maiden England.
Also, in the documentary portion, someone's wearing this shirt. Which amuses me greatly. For anyone who knows Maiden, this is obviously a fake shirt. I bought one just because it amused me so greatly....
The reason's its so obviously fake are:
- The picture of the band has Blaze Bayley in the center. Yet the words at the bottom say "Dance of Death". Which was the second album Maiden released after Blaze left, and Dickinson came back...
- Also, that iteration of Eddie never had hair. The Eddie from the first few albums (up until Piece of Mind) had hair. Ever since then, he was bald, and had the scar from the lobotomy he endured during the Piece of Mind era, with the little metal bracket holding the top of his head on. This iteration of Eddie was probably from the Ed Hunter era. It has the same sort of computer graphics that they were using around that time (see The Angel and The Gambler video), with some really crappy hair added.
So, all in all, wrong title, and stupid hair... And thus endeth my Public Service Announcement.
Also, good to see that Adrian Smith is now moving around a bit more. On Rock In Rio, he spent alot of his time just standing in the same place playing the guitar. A stark contrast to Janick Gers, who's always flipping the guitar around, and doing weird things.
Another thing: The use of cell phones as lighter surrogates at concerts. Completely ridiculous. Just ends up looking really dumb. FYI.
Good concert. I really need to see them the next time they come back to the U.S.
Gonna go see Metallica in concert in October. I think that'll be the first concert that I've bought a ticket for that hasn't had Iron Maiden on the bill. You'll notice the use of "bought". I'm not including free concerts (the Presidents of the US homecoming concert at WM), or concerts that I didn't pay for (a certain evening that we've all managed to blank from our memory).
We'll see how that turns out.
Also, good use of "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" for the closing credits of the documentary. For those of you who don't know, that's the song that they always play over the PA after the end of the show, while everyone's leaving, and they're packing everything up.
Fancy Pants
I want a pair of whatever pants Bruce Dickinson wears... They're utterly fantastic... Let's see if I can get a decent picture...
Apparently I can't, as my camera just ran out of batteries, and the charger's in the other room...
But thanks to Google's Image Search:
Here it is!
Sadly, they don't have the full effect, unless all of the random dangly parts are waving around as he runs around like a maniac...
Here's the first song from the DVD that spurred this post... I'm sure you'll be able to see what I'm talking about...
Apparently I can't, as my camera just ran out of batteries, and the charger's in the other room...
But thanks to Google's Image Search:
Here it is!
Sadly, they don't have the full effect, unless all of the random dangly parts are waving around as he runs around like a maniac...
Here's the first song from the DVD that spurred this post... I'm sure you'll be able to see what I'm talking about...
Data's Canadian?
He just said "Zed" instead of "Zee" when saying the letter Z. That's a distinctly un-American way of pronouncing it. FYI...
It should probably be noted that I'm referring to Lieutenant Command Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
It should probably be noted that I'm referring to Lieutenant Command Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Equilibrium
Apparently the SciFi Saturday movie this week is Equilibrium. I've already seen it (in fact, I own it on DVD). Thusly, I probably won't review it.
I'm sort of curious about how they'll make it kosher for TV... what with Taye Diggs' character's final scene. The one with the face slicing and all...
I'm sort of curious about how they'll make it kosher for TV... what with Taye Diggs' character's final scene. The one with the face slicing and all...
Star Trek: The Next Generation
"The advocate will refrain from making her opponent disappear."
Seems like good legal advice to me.
Seems like good legal advice to me.
When Good Ghouls Go Bad
Christopher Lloyd, Joe Pichler (2001) A 12-year-old boy moves to a Minnesota town where a curse prevents people from celebrating Halloween.
Not entirely sure why they're showing a distinctly Halloween focused movie in the middle of June, but that's neither here nor there. Apparently its based on an R.L. Stein book. And it shows...
In other news, an extension cord is distinctly not a fuse.
"Spooktaculariousness". I kinda like this guy. That's a pretty fancy word...
This kid is worse than Dakota Fanning... Only slightly less high-pitched... but he is a lot older...
The characters are all so very over-the-top... Sort of amusing, sort of annoying...
Well, all in all, don't watch it... Not worth it... A few moments of slight amusement, but on the whole, about 2 hours of relative boredom...
I did, however, spend the time learning about all the drama that's been going on with Formula 1. Apparently all the interesting teams (including Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, Brawn) have decided to leave Formula 1 and start their own series, in protest against the FIA (F1's governing body) imposing drastic mandatory cost-cutting measures without consulting the teams.
And the stereotypical German investor guy in this movie is really lumpy. Just FYI.
Not entirely sure why they're showing a distinctly Halloween focused movie in the middle of June, but that's neither here nor there. Apparently its based on an R.L. Stein book. And it shows...
In other news, an extension cord is distinctly not a fuse.
"Spooktaculariousness". I kinda like this guy. That's a pretty fancy word...
This kid is worse than Dakota Fanning... Only slightly less high-pitched... but he is a lot older...
The characters are all so very over-the-top... Sort of amusing, sort of annoying...
Well, all in all, don't watch it... Not worth it... A few moments of slight amusement, but on the whole, about 2 hours of relative boredom...
I did, however, spend the time learning about all the drama that's been going on with Formula 1. Apparently all the interesting teams (including Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, Brawn) have decided to leave Formula 1 and start their own series, in protest against the FIA (F1's governing body) imposing drastic mandatory cost-cutting measures without consulting the teams.
And the stereotypical German investor guy in this movie is really lumpy. Just FYI.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
I Burned My Mouf... Again
This time it wasn't pizza. It was crab and artichoke dip... which was too hot...
Now it makes drinking my orange juice kinda annoying...
Now it makes drinking my orange juice kinda annoying...
Dark Ride
Jamie-Lynn DiScala, Patrick Renna (2006) An escaped murderer shelters in a park ride where he has deadly plans for a group of students.
9 minutes into the movie, and one of the female characters is already flashing her bra for the camera (They're going to the beach for Spring Break, and they ended up discussing Girls Gone Wild... obviously).
Why is it always that the non-slutty female character prettier than the slutty ones? It always ends up being that way. Probably something to do with the fact that the prettier ones are the leads, and they leads are generally not the slutty ones. The slutty ones are the characters that are there to show their cans, and then get killed in a truly gruesome way.
Another movie from the After Dark Horrorfest. I've reviewed a bunch of them on this blog, but I've never actually mentioned it. As far as I remember, only one of them was pretty good (Mulberry Street. The one about the rat-people), and the rest have been mediocre at best, and often far, far below that. This is one of those far, far below ones...
9 minutes into the movie, and one of the female characters is already flashing her bra for the camera (They're going to the beach for Spring Break, and they ended up discussing Girls Gone Wild... obviously).
Why is it always that the non-slutty female character prettier than the slutty ones? It always ends up being that way. Probably something to do with the fact that the prettier ones are the leads, and they leads are generally not the slutty ones. The slutty ones are the characters that are there to show their cans, and then get killed in a truly gruesome way.
Another movie from the After Dark Horrorfest. I've reviewed a bunch of them on this blog, but I've never actually mentioned it. As far as I remember, only one of them was pretty good (Mulberry Street. The one about the rat-people), and the rest have been mediocre at best, and often far, far below that. This is one of those far, far below ones...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Return Of The Living Dead
Rather poor 80s zombie movie. I think it was done by one of the guys who did the original Night of The Living Dead, but ended up breaking off from George Romero to create his own series. The "Return..." series are a lot more aimed at comedy, and less of the social commentary and satire that Romero's work ended up being.
Apparently it also had more nudity and cursing and stuff. Which you really wouldn't know from the TV version, as all of that is excised. Much to the detriment of the movie, as there are definitely some jumpy portions where scenes are obviously missing.
Apparently it also had more nudity and cursing and stuff. Which you really wouldn't know from the TV version, as all of that is excised. Much to the detriment of the movie, as there are definitely some jumpy portions where scenes are obviously missing.
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Continued
Neglected to mention that this movie was the Sci Fi Sunday movie a while back...
Also, now the evil dude has roasted Malcolm McDowell, so I'm not as interested in this movie anymore... But it still does have Casper Van Dien, and his rather prodigious chin. Who is currently fighting an invisible monster right now. In a fist fight... Looks completely ridiculous.
But my lack of interested by the movie is tempered by the fact that I have orange juice.
In other news, that new Johnny Depp movie about John Dillinger looks like it could be fun. Basically, Heat meets The Untouchables. With Captain Jack Sparrow and Batman. I can get behind that...
Also, now the evil dude has roasted Malcolm McDowell, so I'm not as interested in this movie anymore... But it still does have Casper Van Dien, and his rather prodigious chin. Who is currently fighting an invisible monster right now. In a fist fight... Looks completely ridiculous.
But my lack of interested by the movie is tempered by the fact that I have orange juice.
In other news, that new Johnny Depp movie about John Dillinger looks like it could be fun. Basically, Heat meets The Untouchables. With Captain Jack Sparrow and Batman. I can get behind that...
Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Island
A Michael Bay movie starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson.
First explosion was 1 hour and 21 minutes into the movie. That's a very impressively long time for a Michael Bay movie.
I like the visual aesthetic of the future city. Some modern cars, and some cars that are future-ified.
And now that they got around to having the first explosion, they've decided to turn this into a more standard Michael Bay movie. Explosions, shit breaking... all that sort of stuff.
Another thing: Why are there so many wrenches with chains attached to them? They do make great ass-whupping weapons, but don't really seem to serve much of a purpose aside from that...
Very Logan's Run-esque ending with all of the clones standing around outside the facility, being outside for the first time. Well, they weren't clones in Logan's Run, but you get the idea.
First explosion was 1 hour and 21 minutes into the movie. That's a very impressively long time for a Michael Bay movie.
I like the visual aesthetic of the future city. Some modern cars, and some cars that are future-ified.
And now that they got around to having the first explosion, they've decided to turn this into a more standard Michael Bay movie. Explosions, shit breaking... all that sort of stuff.
Another thing: Why are there so many wrenches with chains attached to them? They do make great ass-whupping weapons, but don't really seem to serve much of a purpose aside from that...
Very Logan's Run-esque ending with all of the clones standing around outside the facility, being outside for the first time. Well, they weren't clones in Logan's Run, but you get the idea.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Need Small Stuffed Animal
I'm looking for a small-ish stuffed animal... Something that would fit in a tank bag... I've got the bunny that rides on the dashboard of my car, and I needs something for my bike.
Friday, June 12, 2009
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Casper Van Dien, Jonathan Hyde (2006) An archaeologist leads a team of explorers to find an emerald tablet rumored to be within Tutankhamen's burial site.
Tutankhamun, or however you spell that. Anyways, this movie said he was the "emanation of the Sun God Ra". I thought the whole "amun" part of his name was meant to signify the worship of the god "Amun". Like Akhenaten's name signified the worship of Aten. And you can see that I typed this paragraph before I copied the description from the DVR. THey seem to spell King Tut's name differenter than I'm used to. Ah well, we won't be typing his full name anymore...
Also, this movie has Malcolm McDowell in it. I was going to say he's the prototypical crotchety old man, but he's not really crotchety. He's more of just an angry old man. An awesomely angry old man. An awesomely angry old man, with fantastic hair!
Seriously, Casper? Rocking the fedora, the man-satchel, and the white-ish button-up shirt? And being an archaeologist?
Also, they're searching for King Tut's tomb. That leads me to believe that these are either the most horrifically worstest archaeologists ever, or this movie takes place sometime in the past. I'm kinda hoping its the former, as opposed to the latter...
Dang it... Casper apparently went to Ohio State University starting in 1910. That lends a lot of credence to the whole "Its in the Past" theory. Actually, I'm gonna stick with the "Worstest Archaeologists" theory... I'm gonna say that Casper's character probably ages pretty well...
And they're finally advertising Eureka again! That means its coming soon. July 10 or something...
Also, this is a 4 hour (with commercials) TV miniseries. So we'll see how far I get before I decide to transfer to watching something else...
And I'm stightly disturbed and amused by Casper's penchant for pelvic thrusting every time he whips the camels to try to make his camel-cart/chariot go faster... It is rather odd...
And now for some pausing and waiting for later...
Tutankhamun, or however you spell that. Anyways, this movie said he was the "emanation of the Sun God Ra". I thought the whole "amun" part of his name was meant to signify the worship of the god "Amun". Like Akhenaten's name signified the worship of Aten. And you can see that I typed this paragraph before I copied the description from the DVR. THey seem to spell King Tut's name differenter than I'm used to. Ah well, we won't be typing his full name anymore...
Also, this movie has Malcolm McDowell in it. I was going to say he's the prototypical crotchety old man, but he's not really crotchety. He's more of just an angry old man. An awesomely angry old man. An awesomely angry old man, with fantastic hair!
Seriously, Casper? Rocking the fedora, the man-satchel, and the white-ish button-up shirt? And being an archaeologist?
Also, they're searching for King Tut's tomb. That leads me to believe that these are either the most horrifically worstest archaeologists ever, or this movie takes place sometime in the past. I'm kinda hoping its the former, as opposed to the latter...
Dang it... Casper apparently went to Ohio State University starting in 1910. That lends a lot of credence to the whole "Its in the Past" theory. Actually, I'm gonna stick with the "Worstest Archaeologists" theory... I'm gonna say that Casper's character probably ages pretty well...
And they're finally advertising Eureka again! That means its coming soon. July 10 or something...
Also, this is a 4 hour (with commercials) TV miniseries. So we'll see how far I get before I decide to transfer to watching something else...
And I'm stightly disturbed and amused by Casper's penchant for pelvic thrusting every time he whips the camels to try to make his camel-cart/chariot go faster... It is rather odd...
And now for some pausing and waiting for later...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Three Kings
Some movie with Marky Mark, Ice Cube, and George Clooney about soldiers absconding with Iraqi gold in post-Gulf War Iraq.
All I have to say thus far is: "Mark Wahlberg, your lungs are ugly."
All I have to say thus far is: "Mark Wahlberg, your lungs are ugly."
Rocky Balboa
The final Rocky movie. Rocky Balboa as an old fart fights some young guy, because some computer thought it'd be a good idea...
Good use of the color accent during the final fight. Which I now know how to do on my camera. Having the red of the blood or the blue of the guy's shorts show up on the black and white makes it stand out really well...
And Milo Ventimiglia, or whatever, does a good job of playing Stallone's son. Mainly because they both have weirdly droopy mouths.
Good way to end the movie series, though... where it began, with Rocky lasting the whole fight against a supposedly vastly superior foe, but losing.
Good use of the color accent during the final fight. Which I now know how to do on my camera. Having the red of the blood or the blue of the guy's shorts show up on the black and white makes it stand out really well...
And Milo Ventimiglia, or whatever, does a good job of playing Stallone's son. Mainly because they both have weirdly droopy mouths.
Good way to end the movie series, though... where it began, with Rocky lasting the whole fight against a supposedly vastly superior foe, but losing.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
WALL-E
I really like this movie. And its so much better when its on a larger screen than the one found on an airliner.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
The Rock
Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage (1996) A one-time escaped convict leads Navy SEALs onto Alcatraz to thwart a renegade colonel's's rebels who threaten the area with warheads.
The soundtrack to this movie can make anything you do seem totally awesome. I should really pick up the soundtrack, so then I can awesome-ize anything I do. Like going to the store. Normally pretty boring, but with the proper application of The Rock Soundtrack, it becomes horrifically awesome...
Also, Dr. Cox from Scrubs is moonlighting as a traitorous Special Forces soldier taking over Alcatraz.
In other news, Ed Harris is awesomely intense.
And Sean Connery is pretty badass too.
Nic Cage, however, is a pretty terrible actor...
All in all, a fun movie with a great soundtrack.
Those F18s at the end must be magic. They vary anywhere between 4 and 6 in number as they fly in formation... Sweet stealthy F18s...
Also, bulldogs, or whatever kind of ugly-ass dog Goodspeed has at the end of the movie, are really freaking ugly dogs. You might even go so far as to say they are "ugly-ass" dogs. In fact I think I just might...
The soundtrack to this movie can make anything you do seem totally awesome. I should really pick up the soundtrack, so then I can awesome-ize anything I do. Like going to the store. Normally pretty boring, but with the proper application of The Rock Soundtrack, it becomes horrifically awesome...
Also, Dr. Cox from Scrubs is moonlighting as a traitorous Special Forces soldier taking over Alcatraz.
In other news, Ed Harris is awesomely intense.
And Sean Connery is pretty badass too.
Nic Cage, however, is a pretty terrible actor...
All in all, a fun movie with a great soundtrack.
Those F18s at the end must be magic. They vary anywhere between 4 and 6 in number as they fly in formation... Sweet stealthy F18s...
Also, bulldogs, or whatever kind of ugly-ass dog Goodspeed has at the end of the movie, are really freaking ugly dogs. You might even go so far as to say they are "ugly-ass" dogs. In fact I think I just might...
Gone In Sixty Seconds
Just caught the tail end of this, while waiting for The Rock to start.
Its got Delroy Lindo in it, as well as Christopher Eccleston. And some fancy cars...
And that's all I really need to say about that...
Oh, and Angelina Jolie doesn't rock the blond dreadlocks look very well. Not that anyone really does. Or can.
Its got Delroy Lindo in it, as well as Christopher Eccleston. And some fancy cars...
And that's all I really need to say about that...
Oh, and Angelina Jolie doesn't rock the blond dreadlocks look very well. Not that anyone really does. Or can.
The Book Of Beasts
Laura Harris, James Callis (2009) A princess seeks the help of Merlin the wizard to save Camelot from and evil force.
SciFi Saturday Movie from 5/30.
You might remember James Callis from his role as Gaius Baltar in Battlestar Galactica. Except instead of having a cool accent and being sort of quirky, he's got an annoying growly voice which makes him sound completely ridiculous.
And then I left for two hours... And since there was nothing else on the DVR, I decided to finish this... reluctantly.
I think, honestly, the less said about this particular movie, the better.
In other news, I can't wait until the SciFi Channel turns into SyFy. Because that means that Eureka's gonna come back... And, frankly I really miss Eureka. Because it is a truly fantastic show.
In other news (actually talking about the movie for a minute), Mordred just killed Merlin. Since James Callis was playing Merlin, it seems that we might not have to deal with his stupidly annoying accent anymore. However, since he received top billing on the movie, he's probably going to get resurrected. And then I'm gonna be sad...
Aww dammit. They found some sort of magical fountain... But its dry! Yay! That means they can't use it! Aw dammit. The fountain has a blood oath to the Pendragon line, so King Arthur's daughter is able to activate it with her blood. With any luck, in addition to curing his acute deadness, the fountain'll also cure his stupid voice... Aw dammit. He's alive, and he still talks dum.
Oh good. They totally know their mythology. They have have Arthur's daughter trying to pull Excalibur from a stone. IT WASN'T EXCALIBUR THAT ARTHR PULLED FROM THE STONE! THE LADY OF THE LAKE GAVE HIM EXCALIBUR WHEN HE WAS ALREADY KING!
Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest...
And now its over.
Final thoughts:
Well, that was crap...
SciFi Saturday Movie from 5/30.
You might remember James Callis from his role as Gaius Baltar in Battlestar Galactica. Except instead of having a cool accent and being sort of quirky, he's got an annoying growly voice which makes him sound completely ridiculous.
And then I left for two hours... And since there was nothing else on the DVR, I decided to finish this... reluctantly.
I think, honestly, the less said about this particular movie, the better.
In other news, I can't wait until the SciFi Channel turns into SyFy. Because that means that Eureka's gonna come back... And, frankly I really miss Eureka. Because it is a truly fantastic show.
In other news (actually talking about the movie for a minute), Mordred just killed Merlin. Since James Callis was playing Merlin, it seems that we might not have to deal with his stupidly annoying accent anymore. However, since he received top billing on the movie, he's probably going to get resurrected. And then I'm gonna be sad...
Aww dammit. They found some sort of magical fountain... But its dry! Yay! That means they can't use it! Aw dammit. The fountain has a blood oath to the Pendragon line, so King Arthur's daughter is able to activate it with her blood. With any luck, in addition to curing his acute deadness, the fountain'll also cure his stupid voice... Aw dammit. He's alive, and he still talks dum.
Oh good. They totally know their mythology. They have have Arthur's daughter trying to pull Excalibur from a stone. IT WASN'T EXCALIBUR THAT ARTHR PULLED FROM THE STONE! THE LADY OF THE LAKE GAVE HIM EXCALIBUR WHEN HE WAS ALREADY KING!
Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest...
And now its over.
Final thoughts:
Well, that was crap...
Arachnid
Alex Reid, Chris Potter (2001) A pilot and her crew encounter giant spiders while searching for her brother on an island.
Apparently the Multi Function Displays on a F117 can display the message "Fatal System Failure". You'd think that instead of just saying "Stuff's gone wrong!", a more useful screen might say something to the effect of what's actually gone wrong, and not just the fact that it did. Imagine if you went to the doctor's office, and following your check-up he/she/it just said "You gonna die!" and then left. Not so useful, eh? Should give it some thought.
Also, the pilot's callsign seemed to be "Joli". I wonder if this movie was made in some foreign country where they figured that maybe that's how you actually spelled "Jolly". But he's dead now, so we'll never actually know. Or at least he seems to be dead. I'm pretty sure he'll be Deus Ex Machinaed to be alive later when his sister comes looking for him, and then there'll be a happy reunion in the midst of blowing up giant spiders. Or maybe he's actually a pilot from some foreign Air Force. Because you know we sell a bunch of stealth fighters to foreign countries.
32 minutes in, the male and female leads shirts got stuck together, so they both took them off. So, we've got the female lead without a shirt... And then she just sort of stayed in front of the camera leaning over for quite some time for no apparent reason. So I took a picture. Enjoy! Also if you look closely, you might see a reflection of me in the TV screen. Wearing my fancy new helmet.
And it seems that the guy is actually dead... we just found his body.
Also, I haven't been really paying attention, as I've been chatting with a friend. So, tough crap.
Also, I'm hungry. And I have no food. I've got 34 minutes left (including commercials). We'll see if my stomach wins out over my blogging.
In other news, I also have to pee. It seems that my body is rebelling against watching this movie. And I don't blame it.
So, while I continue to ignore this movie, I might as well ask my intrepid reader(s) a question: Did you notice my new picture scheme? Instead of having all the pictures up front, I've had them in the middle of the text. Do y'all find this preferable, or do you like having the pictures up front with absolutely no context?
And apparently this movie had some sort of conclusion that I completely ignored. So... yeah...
Apparently the Multi Function Displays on a F117 can display the message "Fatal System Failure". You'd think that instead of just saying "Stuff's gone wrong!", a more useful screen might say something to the effect of what's actually gone wrong, and not just the fact that it did. Imagine if you went to the doctor's office, and following your check-up he/she/it just said "You gonna die!" and then left. Not so useful, eh? Should give it some thought.
Also, the pilot's callsign seemed to be "Joli". I wonder if this movie was made in some foreign country where they figured that maybe that's how you actually spelled "Jolly". But he's dead now, so we'll never actually know. Or at least he seems to be dead. I'm pretty sure he'll be Deus Ex Machinaed to be alive later when his sister comes looking for him, and then there'll be a happy reunion in the midst of blowing up giant spiders. Or maybe he's actually a pilot from some foreign Air Force. Because you know we sell a bunch of stealth fighters to foreign countries.
32 minutes in, the male and female leads shirts got stuck together, so they both took them off. So, we've got the female lead without a shirt... And then she just sort of stayed in front of the camera leaning over for quite some time for no apparent reason. So I took a picture. Enjoy! Also if you look closely, you might see a reflection of me in the TV screen. Wearing my fancy new helmet.
And it seems that the guy is actually dead... we just found his body.
Also, I haven't been really paying attention, as I've been chatting with a friend. So, tough crap.
Also, I'm hungry. And I have no food. I've got 34 minutes left (including commercials). We'll see if my stomach wins out over my blogging.
In other news, I also have to pee. It seems that my body is rebelling against watching this movie. And I don't blame it.
So, while I continue to ignore this movie, I might as well ask my intrepid reader(s) a question: Did you notice my new picture scheme? Instead of having all the pictures up front, I've had them in the middle of the text. Do y'all find this preferable, or do you like having the pictures up front with absolutely no context?
And apparently this movie had some sort of conclusion that I completely ignored. So... yeah...
Friday, June 5, 2009
Darklight
Shiri Appleby, Richard Burgi (2004) A demon and a member of a secret society join forces to kill an evil beast before it can unleash a worldwide plague.
In addition to the people mentioned in the description, this movie also seems to have David Hewlett and John De Lancie, or as we know them: Dr Rodney McKay and Q/Colonel Simmons.
Oh, and to keep my nekkidness metric alive, Hewlett's already taken off his shirt 5 minutes into the movie... But sadly he's male... and not an attractive female. He is pretty awesome though... And apparently immortal... And now he's a Goauld. There's an apostrophe somewhere in there, but I don't feel like remembering where. OK, not so immortal. He just turned into a demon or something. We'll see if Hewlett himself shows up anymore, or if it'll just be his demon character... If its just his demon character, I'm gonna be rather disappointed.
Now, I think I'm gonna start tinkering with my M14... Its about time... I started last Sunday, but never got around to finishing... But first: Ice cream...
Also, a motorcycle jacket which reveals your midrif when you raise your arms isn't gonna be all that protectful. I'm pretty sure most of your innards are in your midsection, and you'd probably want to keep most of them inside and in place should you ever be sliding along the road... Missy, your jacket wouldn't help the cause all that much...
This movie is quite possibly the longest movie I've seen in quite some time, even though its the standard 2 hours with commercials. Could be that its just not very good... Even David Hewlett can't save it... Probably because he's been on screen for maybe a total of 5 minutes... That and the fact that I keep forgetting to fast forward, as I'm occupied with other stuff...
"Caution! Toxic Adhesive"... Uh... what?
Thank gooodness... that's finally over...
In addition to the people mentioned in the description, this movie also seems to have David Hewlett and John De Lancie, or as we know them: Dr Rodney McKay and Q/Colonel Simmons.
Oh, and to keep my nekkidness metric alive, Hewlett's already taken off his shirt 5 minutes into the movie... But sadly he's male... and not an attractive female. He is pretty awesome though... And apparently immortal... And now he's a Goauld. There's an apostrophe somewhere in there, but I don't feel like remembering where. OK, not so immortal. He just turned into a demon or something. We'll see if Hewlett himself shows up anymore, or if it'll just be his demon character... If its just his demon character, I'm gonna be rather disappointed.
Now, I think I'm gonna start tinkering with my M14... Its about time... I started last Sunday, but never got around to finishing... But first: Ice cream...
Also, a motorcycle jacket which reveals your midrif when you raise your arms isn't gonna be all that protectful. I'm pretty sure most of your innards are in your midsection, and you'd probably want to keep most of them inside and in place should you ever be sliding along the road... Missy, your jacket wouldn't help the cause all that much...
This movie is quite possibly the longest movie I've seen in quite some time, even though its the standard 2 hours with commercials. Could be that its just not very good... Even David Hewlett can't save it... Probably because he's been on screen for maybe a total of 5 minutes... That and the fact that I keep forgetting to fast forward, as I'm occupied with other stuff...
"Caution! Toxic Adhesive"... Uh... what?
Thank gooodness... that's finally over...
Below
Matthew Davis, Bruce Greenwood (2002) Mysterious evens occur aboard a submarine after its crew rescues three survivors from a sunken ship during World War II.
In case you didn't know, PBY Catalinas look really strange from the top. Not that they're the most normal looking of planes in general...
And the guy just pronounced the word "sub-mare-iner", not "sub-muh-reen-er" as I am accustomed to pronouncing it. Perhaps at some point we'll hear the word "ro-but". That would make me happy.
OK, that was kinda cool. As the sub submerged, there were a few cool shots of the camera interacting with the water.
And that was another cool shot. A shot of the captain's eyeball as he looked through the periscope, with the reflection of the ship he was looking at on his eye.
And the "captain" of the submarine seems to be a Lieutenant. Which seems to be a rather low rank to be commanding a submarine. Ah, I see... it seems the actual captain of the sub died shortly before the movie started, and this guy was next in line...
In other news, if you're sort of drumming on the little touchpad/mouse thing on a laptop, the computer seems to theink that you're incessangly clicking... and then you begin to wonder why the page isn't loading, and is just sort of flickering.
Are you aware that I really have to pee?
And I also need to figure out what I'm doing for dinner. Because dinner is tasty.
But I have to pee first.
But first things first, the sub seems to be sinking for whatever reason. I wonder if the survivors have to pee... Because you gotta figure with all the rain, and the being constantly surrounded by water, the urge has gotta be pretty strong.
And now for some reason, some guy just opened a box of Cracker Jacks and got a submarine as the prize/toy/thing... I wonder if the Cracker Jacks showed up earlier, and I just didn't pay attention. Well, we'll never know...
In case you didn't know, PBY Catalinas look really strange from the top. Not that they're the most normal looking of planes in general...
And the guy just pronounced the word "sub-mare-iner", not "sub-muh-reen-er" as I am accustomed to pronouncing it. Perhaps at some point we'll hear the word "ro-but". That would make me happy.
OK, that was kinda cool. As the sub submerged, there were a few cool shots of the camera interacting with the water.
And that was another cool shot. A shot of the captain's eyeball as he looked through the periscope, with the reflection of the ship he was looking at on his eye.
And the "captain" of the submarine seems to be a Lieutenant. Which seems to be a rather low rank to be commanding a submarine. Ah, I see... it seems the actual captain of the sub died shortly before the movie started, and this guy was next in line...
In other news, if you're sort of drumming on the little touchpad/mouse thing on a laptop, the computer seems to theink that you're incessangly clicking... and then you begin to wonder why the page isn't loading, and is just sort of flickering.
Are you aware that I really have to pee?
And I also need to figure out what I'm doing for dinner. Because dinner is tasty.
But I have to pee first.
But first things first, the sub seems to be sinking for whatever reason. I wonder if the survivors have to pee... Because you gotta figure with all the rain, and the being constantly surrounded by water, the urge has gotta be pretty strong.
And now for some reason, some guy just opened a box of Cracker Jacks and got a submarine as the prize/toy/thing... I wonder if the Cracker Jacks showed up earlier, and I just didn't pay attention. Well, we'll never know...
The Hard Corps
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Vivica A. Fox (2006) A former soldier must project an entrepreneur who testified against an ex-convict now seeking revenge.
Razaaq Adoti and Vivica A. Fox hire a bodyguard that they want to be inconspicuous. So they do the natural thing, and hire a Belg. That'd be Mr. Van Damme, by the way. Seems there might be something wrong with that...
And for some reason Captain Black Guy and Captain Belgish are now kicking the crap out of each other in a gym. Captain Black Guy was apparently the Heavyweight Boxing Champion at some point. But Van Damme is after all Van Damme. So, perhaps a fair fight?
Also, Razaaq (Captain Black Guy) is very, very shiny... In other news, you may remember Captain Black Guy from his role as Captain Black Guy in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Captain Black Guy the Raccoon City Police Officer, as opposed to Awesome Black Guy with the twin gold Deagles.
Also, Van Damme looks kinda dum in desert cammies...
Also, remembered what I said about Wesley Snipes yesterday? The same holds true for Jean-Claude Van Damme.
And interestingly enough, one of the characters has decided to modify the "gangsta style" of shooting. Instead of rotating the gun so that the top is pointing towards the center (pointing left, if being shot right handed), he has rotated it the other way... Regular gangsta style looks dumb enough. Modified gangsta style lookes even dumber.
So, if you've learned anything today, ensure that you don't shoot gangsta style. Or, god forbid, modified gangsta style. Because you well look dumb. Really, really dumb. And I will laugh at you.
And the movie ends with Captainess Black Guy making out with Van Damme. Or perhaps it should be Captain Black Girl. Eh, whatever. I kind of prefer "Captainess".
Razaaq Adoti and Vivica A. Fox hire a bodyguard that they want to be inconspicuous. So they do the natural thing, and hire a Belg. That'd be Mr. Van Damme, by the way. Seems there might be something wrong with that...
And for some reason Captain Black Guy and Captain Belgish are now kicking the crap out of each other in a gym. Captain Black Guy was apparently the Heavyweight Boxing Champion at some point. But Van Damme is after all Van Damme. So, perhaps a fair fight?
Also, Razaaq (Captain Black Guy) is very, very shiny... In other news, you may remember Captain Black Guy from his role as Captain Black Guy in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Captain Black Guy the Raccoon City Police Officer, as opposed to Awesome Black Guy with the twin gold Deagles.
Also, Van Damme looks kinda dum in desert cammies...
Also, remembered what I said about Wesley Snipes yesterday? The same holds true for Jean-Claude Van Damme.
And interestingly enough, one of the characters has decided to modify the "gangsta style" of shooting. Instead of rotating the gun so that the top is pointing towards the center (pointing left, if being shot right handed), he has rotated it the other way... Regular gangsta style looks dumb enough. Modified gangsta style lookes even dumber.
So, if you've learned anything today, ensure that you don't shoot gangsta style. Or, god forbid, modified gangsta style. Because you well look dumb. Really, really dumb. And I will laugh at you.
And the movie ends with Captainess Black Guy making out with Van Damme. Or perhaps it should be Captain Black Girl. Eh, whatever. I kind of prefer "Captainess".
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Burn Notice is Back!
New season of Burn Notice started tonight.
Really good show...
Also, it has Bruce Campbell. Who is awesome.
Also, the Fiona character wears the most improbable of tops.
Sadly Michael Shanks' character was killed at the end of last season. Good to know that he's getting some post-SG1 work...
I started watching about midway through the first season. I really should go back some time and watch the first half of the first season.
Really good show...
Also, it has Bruce Campbell. Who is awesome.
Also, the Fiona character wears the most improbable of tops.
Sadly Michael Shanks' character was killed at the end of last season. Good to know that he's getting some post-SG1 work...
I started watching about midway through the first season. I really should go back some time and watch the first half of the first season.
Murder at 1600
Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane (1997) A homicide detective and a Secret Service agent investigate a secretary's murder in the White House.
When will the bad guys learn. When you have the choice between shooting Wesley Snipes and shooting the guy talking to Wesley Snipes, you should shoot Wesley Snipes first.
Also Ronny Cox as the President. You might remember Ronny Cox from Stargate SG1 as Senator Kinsey, the villain that we all love to hate.
And Alan Alda as the evil National Security Advisor.
When will the bad guys learn. When you have the choice between shooting Wesley Snipes and shooting the guy talking to Wesley Snipes, you should shoot Wesley Snipes first.
Also Ronny Cox as the President. You might remember Ronny Cox from Stargate SG1 as Senator Kinsey, the villain that we all love to hate.
And Alan Alda as the evil National Security Advisor.
Massive Complaint
How am I supposed to show off my fancy loud-ass Hawaiian shirt on my driver's license if Virginia is now using black and white pictures?
Jerks. The lot of you.
Jerks. The lot of you.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Ghostbusters
This showed up on the DVR last night. I got around to watching it today.
Strangely enough, someone in a meeting made reference to this movie in a meeting today. He thought we were all to young for it. He was right (in that I hadn't actually seen it before).
I was greatly amused by the fact that the first time anyone's referenced this movie in my presence in a very long time happens around the same time as it was sitting on my DVR waiting for me.
Strangely enough, someone in a meeting made reference to this movie in a meeting today. He thought we were all to young for it. He was right (in that I hadn't actually seen it before).
I was greatly amused by the fact that the first time anyone's referenced this movie in my presence in a very long time happens around the same time as it was sitting on my DVR waiting for me.
Foosball Master Tour
I'm still trying to figure out if this is a joke or not...
Its foosball... but they're taking themselves far too seriously... but its not absurd enough to be unequivocal satire...
Its foosball... but they're taking themselves far too seriously... but its not absurd enough to be unequivocal satire...
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Definition of Schadenfreude
Watching a guy try to put his groceries into the trunk of a Porsche 911.
I chuckled...
I chuckled...
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