I've come to the conclusion that Dunkin' Donuts is my favorite donut franchise.
Once again, while buying a dozen donuts, the Dunkin' Donuts guy gave me 5 extra donuts free of charge.
And they're open 24 hours a day.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Bonus Word of The Day!
Scrape.
Turns out you shouldn't get into a neck fight with a tree. It'll probably win.
Yet another exciting and random injury sustained during mountain biking.
Turns out you shouldn't get into a neck fight with a tree. It'll probably win.
Yet another exciting and random injury sustained during mountain biking.
Today's Word Of The Day
DVR Face.
The DVR seems to be exceptional at pausing at the exact time to capture exciting faces.
I give you Burton Guster from Psych:
The DVR seems to be exceptional at pausing at the exact time to capture exciting faces.
I give you Burton Guster from Psych:
Friday, July 30, 2010
Travel Channel
I'm amused by the fact that there is a show called "Factory Made" followed immediately by a completely different show called "How Its Made".
Seems like the market should only really support one show in this particular niche, but apparently I'm wrong in that assumption.
Seems like the market should only really support one show in this particular niche, but apparently I'm wrong in that assumption.
Oompa Loompas are creepy as shit
Just thought you should know.
Especially when they're computer animated, as opposed to live-action
Especially when they're computer animated, as opposed to live-action
Independence Day
Pretty sure you've all seen this movie at some point.
Starring Will "Aw, hell naw" Smith...
I'm struck by the intense inefficiency of the facility design for Area 51.
Also, never noticed the cameo by Jayne Cobb as an Air Force officer at Area 51.
Also, Major Kawalsky has a small role as one of the most useless security officers at the gates of Area 51. That's meant to be that he's the most useless security officers ever, not just the sub-set of security officers who happen to be at the gates of Area 51.
Starring Will "Aw, hell naw" Smith...
I'm struck by the intense inefficiency of the facility design for Area 51.
Also, never noticed the cameo by Jayne Cobb as an Air Force officer at Area 51.
Also, Major Kawalsky has a small role as one of the most useless security officers at the gates of Area 51. That's meant to be that he's the most useless security officers ever, not just the sub-set of security officers who happen to be at the gates of Area 51.
A Look Into My Subconcious
Had a really strange dream a couple of nights back.
Was driving down the road, and passed a bunch of people working by the side of the road. Holding a bunch of signs, but none of them the standard "Stop" or "Slow" signs that road-work people usually have. Just had signs that looked similar to the colors of one of those Simon games. A circle divided into quarters with different colors in each segment.
Then they started yelling at me for not stopping when they told me to, claiming that their signs were meant to relay that message to me.
And instead of stopping, I decided that the best thing for me to do was yell back about their use of non-standard signage.
Very strange.
Was driving down the road, and passed a bunch of people working by the side of the road. Holding a bunch of signs, but none of them the standard "Stop" or "Slow" signs that road-work people usually have. Just had signs that looked similar to the colors of one of those Simon games. A circle divided into quarters with different colors in each segment.
Then they started yelling at me for not stopping when they told me to, claiming that their signs were meant to relay that message to me.
And instead of stopping, I decided that the best thing for me to do was yell back about their use of non-standard signage.
Very strange.
Today's Word Of The Day
Struts.
Apparently they's expensive.
Don't bend them.
Still not sure what they are or how I bent them...
Apparently they's expensive.
Don't bend them.
Still not sure what they are or how I bent them...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Today's Word Of The Day
Nociceptors.
I'm not a terrible fan of those. Especially the ones that act up when you're taking a shower and the water hits a scrape.
Stoopid mountain biking.
I'm not a terrible fan of those. Especially the ones that act up when you're taking a shower and the water hits a scrape.
Stoopid mountain biking.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Yesterday's Word Of The Day
Spain.
Good day for Spain yesterday. Contador winning the Tour de France; Yor-geh Lorenzo winning MotoGP; and Fernando (humongous cockbag) Alonso winning Formula 1
Good day for Spain yesterday. Contador winning the Tour de France; Yor-geh Lorenzo winning MotoGP; and Fernando (humongous cockbag) Alonso winning Formula 1
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Silent Hill
Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden (2006) A woman searches for her missing daughter in a town that has been enveloped in a living darkness, against which the remaining humans fight a losing battle for survival.
Syfy Saturday movie from 7/24.
Its like Resident Evil. Without the zombies. And without the random and gratuitous gunplay. And the actually being a somewhat decent movie.
But, with significantly more Sean Bean.
In that there is Sean Bean. Or at least some Sean Bean. Not nearly as much as there could be. But I guess some is better than none.
Syfy Saturday movie from 7/24.
Its like Resident Evil. Without the zombies. And without the random and gratuitous gunplay. And the actually being a somewhat decent movie.
But, with significantly more Sean Bean.
In that there is Sean Bean. Or at least some Sean Bean. Not nearly as much as there could be. But I guess some is better than none.
Goblin
Camille Sullivan, Donnelly Rhodes (2010) A vacation becomes a nightmare when a malevolent sprite steals a family's baby.
Syfy Saturday movie from 7/17.
I was a little bit excited when I read Donnelly Rhodes' name in the description. You might remember (but probably don't) him from his role as Doc Cottle in Battlestar Galactica. Where he was the awesomely crotchety old doctor man.
However, he's not really in the same class of crotchetyness in this movie. More of just slightly kooky old man. Which is a terrible shame. And severely reduces my desire to watch this movie.
Also, its just a pretty standard monster movie. Ancient curse, family on vacation, scantily clad (not really scantily, but not all that covered up either) female characters... You know, the standard stuff...
Syfy Saturday movie from 7/17.
I was a little bit excited when I read Donnelly Rhodes' name in the description. You might remember (but probably don't) him from his role as Doc Cottle in Battlestar Galactica. Where he was the awesomely crotchety old doctor man.
However, he's not really in the same class of crotchetyness in this movie. More of just slightly kooky old man. Which is a terrible shame. And severely reduces my desire to watch this movie.
Also, its just a pretty standard monster movie. Ancient curse, family on vacation, scantily clad (not really scantily, but not all that covered up either) female characters... You know, the standard stuff...
Saturday, July 24, 2010
2012
Sub-titled in my mind: God hates John Cusack.
Also, best scene of the movie: Random animals being flown above a glacier dangling from helicopters. Including elephants and giraffes.
I've to to wonder about the efficacy of the design of these Ark ship things. What with the whole having the entrance gate a the bottom of the hull, and just the design in general.
Also, I'm enjoying John Cusack's daughter's penchant for hats.
Not nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be.
Also, best scene of the movie: Random animals being flown above a glacier dangling from helicopters. Including elephants and giraffes.
I've to to wonder about the efficacy of the design of these Ark ship things. What with the whole having the entrance gate a the bottom of the hull, and just the design in general.
Also, I'm enjoying John Cusack's daughter's penchant for hats.
Not nearly as bad as I thought it was gonna be.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Tour de France
Watching today's stage (a bit delayed, but whatever). On the final climb of the Tour, the stupidly difficult Col du Tourmalet or whatever.
So, basically, its the epic battle between Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador, with on the time trial on Saturday to go.
And Andy Schleck may or may not have pooed himself in the midst of the ride. Either that or has a very unfortunately placed stain.
Either way, more power to you, Mr. Schleck. Definitely rooting for you over Contador.
So, basically, its the epic battle between Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador, with on the time trial on Saturday to go.
And Andy Schleck may or may not have pooed himself in the midst of the ride. Either that or has a very unfortunately placed stain.
Either way, more power to you, Mr. Schleck. Definitely rooting for you over Contador.
Bonus Bonus Word of the Day!
Finally!
My drive home from work has one section of road with a good couple of turns.
Usually, there are a bunch of cars on the road, which prevent me from taking the turns as fast as I'd like. (Because, lord knows, people around here can't drive for shit. Especially around turns)
Today, the road was perfectly clear. It was awesome. There were a couple of times when it looked like I was going to catch up to the car in front of me, right before a turn. But, then, shortly before the turn, the car would turn off, and get out of my way.
My drive home from work has one section of road with a good couple of turns.
Usually, there are a bunch of cars on the road, which prevent me from taking the turns as fast as I'd like. (Because, lord knows, people around here can't drive for shit. Especially around turns)
Today, the road was perfectly clear. It was awesome. There were a couple of times when it looked like I was going to catch up to the car in front of me, right before a turn. But, then, shortly before the turn, the car would turn off, and get out of my way.
Bonus Word of The Day!
Ass Bobke!
The commentator guy really needs to enunciate when he announces the "Ask Bobke" segment of the Tour de France coverage. Or, actually, maybe he doesn't.
The commentator guy really needs to enunciate when he announces the "Ask Bobke" segment of the Tour de France coverage. Or, actually, maybe he doesn't.
Today's Word Of The Day
Common decency.
My faith in humanity has been restored. I was sitting at the bar of a restaurant, waiting for my take-out order to be finished. Completely out of the blue, the barkeeper guy gave me a glass of ice water. It was awesome.
My faith in humanity has been restored. I was sitting at the bar of a restaurant, waiting for my take-out order to be finished. Completely out of the blue, the barkeeper guy gave me a glass of ice water. It was awesome.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Bonus Word of The Day!
B.S.
This paperless ticket thing is a bunch of horseshit. I want a damn ticket stub from my concert. I still have my Iron Maiden/Dio/Motorhead ticket stub from freaking 2003. And my Iron Maiden ticket stub from 2006. And now I have this stupid little print out from the guy at the gate that mentions that I had access to the pit on today's date at Jiffy Lube Live. No mention of the bands, nothing.
Freaking great show, though.
Also, its been a while since I had I "Bonus" word of the day.
This paperless ticket thing is a bunch of horseshit. I want a damn ticket stub from my concert. I still have my Iron Maiden/Dio/Motorhead ticket stub from freaking 2003. And my Iron Maiden ticket stub from 2006. And now I have this stupid little print out from the guy at the gate that mentions that I had access to the pit on today's date at Jiffy Lube Live. No mention of the bands, nothing.
Freaking great show, though.
Also, its been a while since I had I "Bonus" word of the day.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Brilliant Idea
Someone needs to create an add-on to Google Navigation on phones that will call out the upcoming turns and bends in the road in the manner of rally co-driver.
I demand royalties from whoever implements this idea.
I demand royalties from whoever implements this idea.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Riverworld
Syfy miniseries that originally aired at some point during my vacation a few months ago. Just realized it turned up on the Netflix instant viewing thing.
The Mark Twain character just made reference to mountain climbing as being appealing to "lunatics, suicides, and the British". I was amused.
I'm really enjoying this one. I'm about half way through the second half right now (2 90 or so minute segments). And its ranking up there among Syfy miniseries. I still think that The Lost Room is the best one I've seen, with the Battlestar Galactica miniseries in a close second. Right now, unless something drastic happens, this'll be a very close third.
Didn't end all that great. So, definitely in 3rd place. Not as close as I'd hoped.
The Mark Twain character just made reference to mountain climbing as being appealing to "lunatics, suicides, and the British". I was amused.
I'm really enjoying this one. I'm about half way through the second half right now (2 90 or so minute segments). And its ranking up there among Syfy miniseries. I still think that The Lost Room is the best one I've seen, with the Battlestar Galactica miniseries in a close second. Right now, unless something drastic happens, this'll be a very close third.
Didn't end all that great. So, definitely in 3rd place. Not as close as I'd hoped.
The Randy Report
Looks like I won't be updating you on Randy de Puniet's MotoGP progress for a while.
Crashed heavily during the race today and has apparently broken his leg.
Right after Valentino Rossi came back from his 6-week absence due to his own broken leg suffered in a practice session.
Crashed heavily during the race today and has apparently broken his leg.
Right after Valentino Rossi came back from his 6-week absence due to his own broken leg suffered in a practice session.
The Pumpkin Karver
Amy Weber, Michael Zara (2006) A killer terrorizes partygoers celebrating Halloween on a deserted farm.
Don't watch it. Complete shit.
And really the only conclusion I can draw from this movie is that I want lunch.
Don't watch it. Complete shit.
And really the only conclusion I can draw from this movie is that I want lunch.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Supernova
Peter Fonda, Luke Perry (2005) Electromagnetic pulses wreak havoc on the Earth following a scientist's secret discovery that the sun will soon explode.
Syfy Saturday movie from 7/3.
Turns out that this movie isn't what it was billed as. Not even the slightest. As its a 2009 movie named "2012: Supernova". By the Asylum. Oh, good. This should be... special...
And in typical Asylum fashion, random things appear to be bulletproof, or bad guys seem to be shooting blanks. And the heroes can steal random vehicles without any sort of repercussion. Who leaves tractor trailers unlocked and with the keys in them? While they're no where nearby.
And some guy working on Operation Launch Nukes Into Space And Then Detonate Them Somewhere Above The Atmosphere To Do Something Ridiculous With The Earth's Magnetic Field, And Somehow Prevent The Earth's Destruction From The Tubular Supernova Radiation, That's Supposed To Blow Up The World, Or Some Similar Shit (Operation LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS for short) just asked the leader about some random eventuality that's highly unlikely. Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS responded with the ever comforting "Lets just hope that doesn't happen, then." It is so gonna happen. Probably right around the middle of the movie. And I will laugh. And mock the people who are being affected.
And apparently a pilot also working on Operation LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS has a British accent, even though the flag on her flight suit is American.
Also, prediction! These agents (who I haven't mentioned, and won't unless this prediction come true) are not actually agents, but are instead agents of the baddies come to take Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's family for some ridiculous and nefarious plan that probably has a longer acronym than the one that I keep typing.
Or they could just get obliterated with a giant boulder while I'm typing that last sentence. Yeah, that seems more likely. Especially because it just kinda happened.
Oh, and Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's real name is actually Professor Kelvin. Captain Professor Kelvin LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS. That has got to be quite possibly the longest and most convoluted character name ever. Must be a bitch for him to fill out those forms where you have to put in your name filling in those bubble things with a #2 pencil. Scan-tron or whatever. Dude's gotta run out of room an damn near all of them.
And for those of you keeping track at home, this is not one of those names that amuse me so greatly that I'm going to plan to name any of my children using it. I may attempt to name other peoples children with this, but I'm unsure how well that'll work out. Also, there are probably some pronunciation issues with "LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS".
Also, you may want to be more consistent with your CG there, The Asylum. They just showed some footage of the Space Shuttle carrying some nukes into orbit, which I have named Sir Nukes-A-Lot (He likes big bombs, and he cannot lie). The "footage" of the shuttle showed it jettison the 2 auxiliary booster rockets. And then Team LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS were watching footage of the shuttle that still had the auxiliary boosters attached.
And Pluto just became not a planet. In that Supernova blew it up. I have decided that I'm going to follow Baldy Mustacheovski's fantastic idea of referring to Supernova as a character, rather than referring to the effects or radiation of the supernova. And doing so with a Russian Accent. Don't worry, Pluto. I still love you. Even though Supernova doesn't.
And I originally thought that Baldy was played by the bald lawyer guy from Scrubs (Ted?), and that made me happy. And then I realized this wasn't the case. And then I was back to my previous state of complete and utter apathy.
And Team LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's security guy seems to be of the "Close the gate after the horse has already left the pasture" school of security. But since this is an asylum movie, it would seem that this is likely to catch the bad guy. Even though its probably Security Guy himself.
The main supernova blast is now passing your anus.
Also, it would appear that The Asylum hired a stunt driver for this movie. Whose sole skill is driving SUVs off-road. Or more accurately in the dirt areas on either side of the roads. Case and Point: A car looses control on a 2 lane road in front of Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's wife and kid. It swerves a bit right, and then mainly left. And ends up going off the road on the left. Stunt Driver! (yes, that's his name, "Stunt Driver!". With the exclamation point) decides that the only way he can safely pass this out of control vehicle is to go even further off the road to the left. Rather than using the wonderfully clear road in front of him.
And it would appear that the U.S. Government is building the beginning stages of Deep Space Nine. No sign of Quark yet. Also, no bad-ass, bald, black guy. So, they haven't yet filled the billet of Station Commander yet. Haven't seen Ben Sisko yet.
And you remember that thing? The thing which "hopefully shouldn't happen" or whatever? Yup. Totally just happened. And its just about half-way through the movie. Damn, I'm awesome.
And it would appear the the relatively ineffectual security guy has continued his tenure of uselessness. By getting his neck broke by some guy wearing a really dumb looking ski mask/goggle combo. Which, I guess means that my prediction of him turning out to be the baddy was wrong. Unless he was significantly less useless than I ever imagined, and was actually able to doppelganger-ify himself and break his own neck, beat up Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS, and screw around on the good Captain's computer for a while. For no apparent reason. Or at least no reason that was apparent to someone who's not really paying attention to the movie, except to just sorta make smart ass comments. (That's me, in case you were wondering).
Also, I liked about the lack of black guys. Well, not really. Because I mentioned bad-ass, bald, black guys. Not just regular black guys. Because they've got one of those guys in this movie. But, I have to say, not as bad-ass as Ben Sisko. Which seems to be the ruler by which I am judging candidates' baldness and bad-assness.
Also, I can honestly say that when I started this review, I never would have thought I'd end up rambling about Star Trek.
And Jupiter's moons just got blowed up. No word on Jupiter yet. Or Neptune or Saturn. But, I guess those two could be on the other side of the solar system at this point.
Also, it would seem that Stunt Driver! has now branched out into pickup trucks as well. Good for him. Quite the promotion. Although he does seem to have better luck with the pickup trucks, as whenever he did his off-road SUV thing, the characters always got a flat tire. OK, scratch that. The Pickup Truck just got a telephone pole falled on it.
Also, way to go Asylum clowns. There's a tornado outside of this house. The curtains inside the house (with absolutely no glass) were just idly flapping in the breeze.
Also, they seem to have adopted the basic standard of portraying earthquakes. "Everyone, quick! Pretend the ground is shaking!" And then everyone randomly sways back and forth, and they shake the camera a bit. And if you actually pay attention, you can tell that none of the characters are actually swaying in the same direction.
So, apparently NASA engineers are spectacularly lazy. Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS was all like "Dude. We gotta launch the shuttle manually (being that its all brokified) or else we're all gonna die". And the NASA guy responded with "But its so hard. Do you have any idea how many variables are involved?" And then the Captain was all "Dude! All. Gonna. Die. What the hell part of that don't you understand?" And NASA continued to whine about how hard it was. Granted, this was pretty paraphrased, but I feel that I captured the gist of it. And added significantly more awesomeness.
Also, the Captain may have just yelled "Shift your bacon!" Maybe, maybe not. We'll never know. I like to think that this was the primary thing on his mind during a rather dicey space shuttle launch. Sadly, I already used my Sir Nukes-A-Lot joke. Don't got no others.
I just remembered that idea I had a while ago. The one where random folks just wander on screen in the middle of bad sci fi movies, yell "Well, you's fucked now!" at the main characters, and then wander off again. Because that would make these significantly more exciting.
Also, I think that I've expanded my heterosexual man-crush list to include Colin Ferguson. Just thought you should know.
And true to form Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS went down with the ship. Or more accurately, down with Deep Space Nuke Nine. Or maybe he launched in an escape pod at the last second. Unsure. He muttered something at the last second. But then a green thing launched from the station.
Well, I guess he did. Because he survived.
But, on the plus side, that means the movie's over. And I can stop paying attention to this shit. Or at least it'll be over when this long-ass closing monologue finally finishes. Dude. Seriously. Shut up.
Oh thank goodness.
Syfy Saturday movie from 7/3.
Turns out that this movie isn't what it was billed as. Not even the slightest. As its a 2009 movie named "2012: Supernova". By the Asylum. Oh, good. This should be... special...
And in typical Asylum fashion, random things appear to be bulletproof, or bad guys seem to be shooting blanks. And the heroes can steal random vehicles without any sort of repercussion. Who leaves tractor trailers unlocked and with the keys in them? While they're no where nearby.
And some guy working on Operation Launch Nukes Into Space And Then Detonate Them Somewhere Above The Atmosphere To Do Something Ridiculous With The Earth's Magnetic Field, And Somehow Prevent The Earth's Destruction From The Tubular Supernova Radiation, That's Supposed To Blow Up The World, Or Some Similar Shit (Operation LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS for short) just asked the leader about some random eventuality that's highly unlikely. Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS responded with the ever comforting "Lets just hope that doesn't happen, then." It is so gonna happen. Probably right around the middle of the movie. And I will laugh. And mock the people who are being affected.
And apparently a pilot also working on Operation LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS has a British accent, even though the flag on her flight suit is American.
Also, prediction! These agents (who I haven't mentioned, and won't unless this prediction come true) are not actually agents, but are instead agents of the baddies come to take Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's family for some ridiculous and nefarious plan that probably has a longer acronym than the one that I keep typing.
Or they could just get obliterated with a giant boulder while I'm typing that last sentence. Yeah, that seems more likely. Especially because it just kinda happened.
Oh, and Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's real name is actually Professor Kelvin. Captain Professor Kelvin LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS. That has got to be quite possibly the longest and most convoluted character name ever. Must be a bitch for him to fill out those forms where you have to put in your name filling in those bubble things with a #2 pencil. Scan-tron or whatever. Dude's gotta run out of room an damn near all of them.
And for those of you keeping track at home, this is not one of those names that amuse me so greatly that I'm going to plan to name any of my children using it. I may attempt to name other peoples children with this, but I'm unsure how well that'll work out. Also, there are probably some pronunciation issues with "LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS".
Also, you may want to be more consistent with your CG there, The Asylum. They just showed some footage of the Space Shuttle carrying some nukes into orbit, which I have named Sir Nukes-A-Lot (He likes big bombs, and he cannot lie). The "footage" of the shuttle showed it jettison the 2 auxiliary booster rockets. And then Team LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS were watching footage of the shuttle that still had the auxiliary boosters attached.
And Pluto just became not a planet. In that Supernova blew it up. I have decided that I'm going to follow Baldy Mustacheovski's fantastic idea of referring to Supernova as a character, rather than referring to the effects or radiation of the supernova. And doing so with a Russian Accent. Don't worry, Pluto. I still love you. Even though Supernova doesn't.
And I originally thought that Baldy was played by the bald lawyer guy from Scrubs (Ted?), and that made me happy. And then I realized this wasn't the case. And then I was back to my previous state of complete and utter apathy.
And Team LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's security guy seems to be of the "Close the gate after the horse has already left the pasture" school of security. But since this is an asylum movie, it would seem that this is likely to catch the bad guy. Even though its probably Security Guy himself.
The main supernova blast is now passing your anus.
Also, it would appear that The Asylum hired a stunt driver for this movie. Whose sole skill is driving SUVs off-road. Or more accurately in the dirt areas on either side of the roads. Case and Point: A car looses control on a 2 lane road in front of Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS's wife and kid. It swerves a bit right, and then mainly left. And ends up going off the road on the left. Stunt Driver! (yes, that's his name, "Stunt Driver!". With the exclamation point) decides that the only way he can safely pass this out of control vehicle is to go even further off the road to the left. Rather than using the wonderfully clear road in front of him.
And it would appear that the U.S. Government is building the beginning stages of Deep Space Nine. No sign of Quark yet. Also, no bad-ass, bald, black guy. So, they haven't yet filled the billet of Station Commander yet. Haven't seen Ben Sisko yet.
And you remember that thing? The thing which "hopefully shouldn't happen" or whatever? Yup. Totally just happened. And its just about half-way through the movie. Damn, I'm awesome.
And it would appear the the relatively ineffectual security guy has continued his tenure of uselessness. By getting his neck broke by some guy wearing a really dumb looking ski mask/goggle combo. Which, I guess means that my prediction of him turning out to be the baddy was wrong. Unless he was significantly less useless than I ever imagined, and was actually able to doppelganger-ify himself and break his own neck, beat up Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS, and screw around on the good Captain's computer for a while. For no apparent reason. Or at least no reason that was apparent to someone who's not really paying attention to the movie, except to just sorta make smart ass comments. (That's me, in case you were wondering).
Also, I liked about the lack of black guys. Well, not really. Because I mentioned bad-ass, bald, black guys. Not just regular black guys. Because they've got one of those guys in this movie. But, I have to say, not as bad-ass as Ben Sisko. Which seems to be the ruler by which I am judging candidates' baldness and bad-assness.
Also, I can honestly say that when I started this review, I never would have thought I'd end up rambling about Star Trek.
And Jupiter's moons just got blowed up. No word on Jupiter yet. Or Neptune or Saturn. But, I guess those two could be on the other side of the solar system at this point.
Also, it would seem that Stunt Driver! has now branched out into pickup trucks as well. Good for him. Quite the promotion. Although he does seem to have better luck with the pickup trucks, as whenever he did his off-road SUV thing, the characters always got a flat tire. OK, scratch that. The Pickup Truck just got a telephone pole falled on it.
Also, way to go Asylum clowns. There's a tornado outside of this house. The curtains inside the house (with absolutely no glass) were just idly flapping in the breeze.
Also, they seem to have adopted the basic standard of portraying earthquakes. "Everyone, quick! Pretend the ground is shaking!" And then everyone randomly sways back and forth, and they shake the camera a bit. And if you actually pay attention, you can tell that none of the characters are actually swaying in the same direction.
So, apparently NASA engineers are spectacularly lazy. Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS was all like "Dude. We gotta launch the shuttle manually (being that its all brokified) or else we're all gonna die". And the NASA guy responded with "But its so hard. Do you have any idea how many variables are involved?" And then the Captain was all "Dude! All. Gonna. Die. What the hell part of that don't you understand?" And NASA continued to whine about how hard it was. Granted, this was pretty paraphrased, but I feel that I captured the gist of it. And added significantly more awesomeness.
Also, the Captain may have just yelled "Shift your bacon!" Maybe, maybe not. We'll never know. I like to think that this was the primary thing on his mind during a rather dicey space shuttle launch. Sadly, I already used my Sir Nukes-A-Lot joke. Don't got no others.
I just remembered that idea I had a while ago. The one where random folks just wander on screen in the middle of bad sci fi movies, yell "Well, you's fucked now!" at the main characters, and then wander off again. Because that would make these significantly more exciting.
Also, I think that I've expanded my heterosexual man-crush list to include Colin Ferguson. Just thought you should know.
And true to form Captain LNISATDTSATATDSRWTEMFASPTEDFTTSRTSTBUTWOSSS went down with the ship. Or more accurately, down with Deep Space Nuke Nine. Or maybe he launched in an escape pod at the last second. Unsure. He muttered something at the last second. But then a green thing launched from the station.
Well, I guess he did. Because he survived.
But, on the plus side, that means the movie's over. And I can stop paying attention to this shit. Or at least it'll be over when this long-ass closing monologue finally finishes. Dude. Seriously. Shut up.
Oh thank goodness.
Intriguing
I've figured out how to back-date posts. This one was posted after "Supernova", and yet it should show up as having been posted before.
Let's see if this actually works.
Let's see if this actually works.
Today's Word Of The Day
Urination.
Kept myself very well hydrated at the airsoft game. And am now experiencing the after-effects. A lot.
Kept myself very well hydrated at the airsoft game. And am now experiencing the after-effects. A lot.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Lumber Liquidators
They're advertising horizontal bamboo flooring.
Horizontal floors? What a concept!
Horizontal floors? What a concept!
Tour de France
Hell of a final climb by Contador in today's stage. Looked like a brutal slope that they spent a good long time climbing up.
I guess this is where Contador starts to shine. Took 10 seconds out of Andy Schleck's 40 second lead. (Schleck currently wears the yellow jersey, and Contador's in second, for those not keeping track)
I guess this is where Contador starts to shine. Took 10 seconds out of Andy Schleck's 40 second lead. (Schleck currently wears the yellow jersey, and Contador's in second, for those not keeping track)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Today's Word Of The Day
Drive-by.
Witnessed a drive-by today.
Only, less gunfire than would be stereotypical. But significantly more vuvuzela.
It was awesome.
Witnessed a drive-by today.
Only, less gunfire than would be stereotypical. But significantly more vuvuzela.
It was awesome.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
World Cup
You need another reason to watch the world cup?
The German Goalkeeper's name is pronounced "Boot".
But spelled "Butt".
Enjoy your day.
The German Goalkeeper's name is pronounced "Boot".
But spelled "Butt".
Enjoy your day.
Today's Word Of The Day
Yay!
Eureka's back.
Also, Sheriff Carter should wear fedoras more often. Its a good look.
Eureka's back.
Also, Sheriff Carter should wear fedoras more often. Its a good look.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Dinocrock vs. Supergator
Or something like that.
Syfy Saturday movie from a few weeks ago.
Yup. Didn't really pay attention.
Was one of those standard creature movies. With completely awful CG.
Syfy Saturday movie from a few weeks ago.
Yup. Didn't really pay attention.
Was one of those standard creature movies. With completely awful CG.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The Seamstress
Lance Henriksen, Kailin See (2009) A young woman and her friends face terror at the hands of a legendary ghost.
Syfy Saturday from 6/19.
I quite literally have no idea what the hell this movie was about, or what actually happened.
Syfy Saturday from 6/19.
I quite literally have no idea what the hell this movie was about, or what actually happened.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Backwoods
Haylie Duff, Ryan Merriman (2008) A group of executives go camping for fun and games until someone stalks them through the forest.
Syfy Sunday movie from 6/13.
If the footage being shown during the credits is anything to go by, this movie will just be another movie about inbred cannibals that eat a bunch of people that the viewer doesn't care about.
Basically, the same as a whole bunch of other movies. The Wrong Turn series, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't really remember at this point.
And I've been watching this movie in very short increments, as its really all I can take at any one time. Basically, the way my reviews go is that I watch until I have something to say, and then I start blogging. And this one's gotten to be almost all the way through, and I haven't yet had anything that would tell me that its any different from my initial impressions, as described by my first paragraph.
And strangely enough, the sheriff who is in league with the baddies (again, a staple of these movies) is yelling trying to attract the attention of the people we're supposed to care about, and yet, when one of the main female characters starts screaming, they shush her and prevent her from making any noise. I guess the sheriff guy just wants to be uninterrupted in his loud rambling.
And the black guy pulled the pin on a grenade and was using it as a deadman switch. But in the course of telling the baddies to back off, one of his threats was that he'd pull the pin on the grenade. But, in the end, it was just a smoke grenade. Where the smoke lasted for all of 5 seconds. So, just generally useless after all.
Also, it would seem that if you shoot the driver of a car, the car itself will explode shortly thereafter. Granted, I am leaving out a whole bunch of context here, but I like it better my way.
Syfy Sunday movie from 6/13.
If the footage being shown during the credits is anything to go by, this movie will just be another movie about inbred cannibals that eat a bunch of people that the viewer doesn't care about.
Basically, the same as a whole bunch of other movies. The Wrong Turn series, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't really remember at this point.
And I've been watching this movie in very short increments, as its really all I can take at any one time. Basically, the way my reviews go is that I watch until I have something to say, and then I start blogging. And this one's gotten to be almost all the way through, and I haven't yet had anything that would tell me that its any different from my initial impressions, as described by my first paragraph.
And strangely enough, the sheriff who is in league with the baddies (again, a staple of these movies) is yelling trying to attract the attention of the people we're supposed to care about, and yet, when one of the main female characters starts screaming, they shush her and prevent her from making any noise. I guess the sheriff guy just wants to be uninterrupted in his loud rambling.
And the black guy pulled the pin on a grenade and was using it as a deadman switch. But in the course of telling the baddies to back off, one of his threats was that he'd pull the pin on the grenade. But, in the end, it was just a smoke grenade. Where the smoke lasted for all of 5 seconds. So, just generally useless after all.
Also, it would seem that if you shoot the driver of a car, the car itself will explode shortly thereafter. Granted, I am leaving out a whole bunch of context here, but I like it better my way.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Today's Word Of The Day
Forgetfulness.
Ever since I decided that I wasn't going to religiously update my Word of The Day on days where I wasn't at my computer, I've been doing a lot of forgetting to do it daily.
Ever since I decided that I wasn't going to religiously update my Word of The Day on days where I wasn't at my computer, I've been doing a lot of forgetting to do it daily.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
The Epicurean Cow is Gone!
First time I went out that way in quite some time, and the buidling that used to house the Epicurean Cow is just standing empty.
Alas!
Alas!
Friday, July 2, 2010
World Cup
What's with World Cup games being relatively boring throughout the most of the game, and then everything exciting happening in the last few minutes?
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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