Commercial choices?

Watching a food-related show on the Travel Channel. And a stool softener commercial came on. Sorta ruined the mood...

Today's Word Of The Day

Fuck Tennessee.

Well, more of yesterday's word of the day, but I didn't feel like blogging yesterday.

Basically the entirety of my ride through Tennessee yesterday was rainy. 4 separate rain storms (or 3 if you count the one I rode through twice).

What good has ever come out of that state?

And its a pretender to Mississippi's crown as state with a ridiculous number of repeated letters.

Today's Word Of The Day

Dated?

So, the Science Channel is gonna start showing Firefly. Not really sure that it fits, but since most of the programming on the Syfy Channel is wrestling, I guess anything goes.

Anyways, at no point in their commercial for Firefly did the Science Channel decide to inform the casual viewer that the show is going on 10 years old.

Holy Crap

Just looked back on my archives, and it appears that I kept up doing a Word of the Day almost every day for almost a year.

That doesn't seem like me. Keeping something up for an entire year...

Today's Word Of The Day

Yay.

Cold-ish and rainy. But I was on the bike, so it was all good...

Jean-Claude Van Damme's Ass

Did not need to see that.

Also, the reason I'm no longer watching Universal Soldier, and have decided to change to some Pink Floyd.

2011 Daytona 500

Well, it would appear that they have managed to avoid red-flagging the race this time.

Also, I think the whole green-white-checker thing is stupid. The race should end after the appropriate number of laps, with no changes due to cautions. Finishing under artificial green flag racing is dumb.

Also, I think that I prefer F1 because the technological innovations are more obvious, especially with the aero package, whereas in NASCAR, all the cars look the same. And I prefer the aesthetics of modern F1 cars. I can't say that I prefer open-wheeled cars. Because I'm not particularly fond of Indy Cars. I think its the high nose of the F1 car, rather than the very low entire chassis of the Indy Cars.

Also, the fact that teammates have different colors confuses me. To many dang things to keep track of in my simple mind.

Iron Invader

'11. Infected by alien bacteria, a gigantic iron statue springs to life and goes on a rampage. Starring: Kavan Smith, Chris Gauthier, Nicole DeBoer, Paul McGillion, Donnelly Rhodes.

Kavan Smith, Paul McGillion, Donnelly Rhodes. Man, this movie's gonna be awesome. (Major Lorne, Doctor Becket, Doc Cottle)

But, sadly, Doc Cottle is far too happy. But he is wearing a pretty fancy hat... Still can't really get over Doc Cottle not being crotchety. But he did just use the word "yonder".

And Vincent from Eureka.

And the moral of this story is, when you get attacked by statues animated by bacteria from outer space, pour alcohol on it. "It don't like booze." Or maybe its just an intergalactic acoholic. They thought it was absorbing the metals out of its victims' blood, but my theory is that it was absorbing any remnants of alcohol. Poor bacteria just wanted to get its drank on.

And I'm gonna go ahead an pretend that I never said that.

And it would appear that both Vincent and Sheriff Beckett got deadified. But Lorne got the girl, and Cottle didn't get to drink his expensive booze.

Pink Floyd: The Wall

If you want to hear Roger Waters and Gerald Scarfe talk about being forced to wear "short trousers", as well as pedophiles, you should totally listen to the commentary. And I'm only about 15 minutes in.

And a brief mention of voyeurism.

Also, apparently Pink Floyd does not attract attractive groupies.

And now a discussion of the apparent death of Roy Rogers' horse in British cinema.

Keith Moon eloquently blowing up toilets with explosives.

Man, this commentary is a gold mine.

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid - Some More!

And now I care even less than before. Because Awesome Beard Guy potentially just got et. And then exploded.

If I was paying attention, I might actually know if this was the case, or why the snake exploded...

But, hey...

And the best part of the movie: both the annoying pop stars get eaten.

Actually, scratch that. The best part of this movie is that its now over.

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid

'11. Gigantic snakes and alligators battle in the Florida Everglades. Starring Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Kathryn Joosten.

Syfy Saturday movie from 1/29.

Also, this Mega Something vs. Something Else thing has to stop. Apparently there's a third one that I haven't yet seen... Starring Urkel.

And random fisherman dude just happens to have an AR-15 in his fishing boat for snake shootin'.

Also, some of the characters are breaking into rich people's houses, stealing random snakes, and then setting them free. Even though they're probably not from whatever area this. And then they somehow made a cop that was chasing them flip. I kinda hope they all get et.

Actually, now I'm rotting for the pile of rednecks. Because they apparently spend all day shooting random stuff. Doesn't hurt that one of them has a pretty awesome beard.

Also, I think that pop starts past their prime are terrible actors. Based on this sample size of 2.

And even though I had a really nice ride, and am in a pretty good mood, this is terrible. Its Kindle time!

Oh, and this is one of those The Asylum things. So, yeah... you know...

There are absolutely no sympathetic characters in this movie. I hate them all.

This is mesmerizingly terrible. With a capital SHIT.

Screw this. I need to take a shower... Back to this later...

Today's Word Of The Day

Nice.

Beautiful night. Beautiful night for a ride.

Remember That Night - Some More

Finally getting around to finishing this...

And it reminds me of what I didn't like about Guitar Hero. This concert has David Bowie as a guest vocalist for two songs in the encore, including Comfortably Numb. And when I hear that song, it only really sounds right if being sung by Roger Waters or David Gilmour. So, having David Bowie sing it, no matter how good a singer he might be, is always jarring.

And the reason I tie this to Guitar Hero is because 90% of the tracks are covers of the original, so when you're playing along, you expect to hear the music and vocals a certain way, and then it just sounds weird.

Not that I'm against cover songs. For example, Judas Priest does a really good "cover" of Joan Baez's Diamonds and Rust. But they don't just try to faithfully replicate the song exactly. Instead they basically make the song their own, putting their own spin on it.

Also: Yeah, dancing bald dude!

And watching a lot of David Gilmour concerts lately has made me begin to question my thoughts... Previously, I was of the impression that if I ever learned to play the guitar, I would want a cream/white-ish colored Strat, a la Dave Murray, from Iron Maiden. However, the David Gilmour-esque black Strat is gaining favor...

Remember That Night - David Gilmour Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Yet another awesome concert involving David Gilmour.

Also: David Crosby, from Crosby, Stills, and Nash, has an amazing mustache. Just thought you should know.

Pink Floyd: Pulse

Assuming that I can get to one of the shows on Judas Priest's upcoming Epitaph tour, the only band amongst my top 4 that I will not have seen live will be Pink Floyd.

And that's a damn shame, because it looks like it would have been an amazing live concert experience. Alas, it seems I shall have to live with just the DVDs...

There was a chance of seeing Roger Waters when he was on his The Wall Tour, or whatever it was called. But, unfortunately, the DC show was on the 10th of October. And, sadly, I already had plans for that day. Su, way to get married on a day that prevented me from seeing Roger Waters live. But I suppose you ended up saving me a good bit of money, as I think tickets for that show were absurdly expensive. I think in the neighborhood of $100 for the seats on the upper deck of the arena, furthest from the stage...

I kinda hope that David Gilmour comes touring at some point. Because, as I have expressed in multiple blog posts, I do likes me some David Gilmour. In fact between Pink Floyd's two main vocalists, I prefer Gilmour to Waters. Wouldn't mind seeing either, or both, live some time, though.

Oh, and by the way, this concert is from the tour supporting the The Division Bell album. Which is one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums. And in the course of this concert, they play the entirety of The Dark Side of the Moon. Which is another of my favorite albums.

So, all in all, a damn good concert.

At some point soon, I shall have to check out David Gilmour: Live At The Royal Albert Hall. I'm looking forward to it. But that is definitely not a tonight sort of thing...

Superman

This movie provides me the opportunity for the first recorded use of the term "Blurred Syfy Dong". Because I guess whoever made this movie decided that the viewer really needed to see a nekkid little Kryptonian kid in the first half hour of the movie...

Superman II

So, when Superman became mortal, how the hell did he get out of the Fortress of Solitude. Which, I believe is located at the North Pole. And since he flew himself and Lois there, he didn't really have any sort of transportation...

And yet he gets back to the diner in time to hear the President's abdication speech. In which he renounces his claim in the entire world. Which he didn't actually have.

And then Clark Kent seems to be able to walk back to the North Pole in relatively short order...

Also, the best scene thus far is when the spire from the Empire State Building or whatever is falling. And someone in a convertible decides that instead of fleeing, the best course of action is to close his roof.

And then another person decides the best way to put out a burning car is to kick at it.

David Gilmour: Live in Gdansk

I should probably buy this concert on DVD.

This is the 3rd time I'm watching it in a little over 2 months. And I'm not 100% sure I'm gonna delete it off the DVR when I'm done watching today.

Just such a dang good concert (and artist). Really good to relax and read some Kindle while listening to this...

Titanic II

'10. History threatens to repeat itself during a voyage to commemorate the liner's 100th anniversary. Starring: Bruce Davison, Brooke Burns, Shane Van Dyke, Marie Westbrook, D.C. Douglas, Kendra Sue Waldman. Director: Shane Van Dyke.

Syfy Sunday movie from this past Sunday.

This movie was done by The Asylum. You know how much I love those guys and the work they do...

And, you might remember Bruce Davison as Senator Kelly from X-Men, and from his roles as "that guy" in multitudinous other movies. I guess this movie takes place before X-Men, as he seems to be a colonel in this one, and hasn't yet been elected to the Senate. Or caught a ride on the Battlestar Galactica. Also, in other news, you should totally check out his Wikipedia page. Because the picture is pretty fantastically awkward. And ever so flattering. I'm sure he's glad that's how the lazy-man researcher sees him...

Also, never get on anything named after some fantastic method of transportation that failed miserably. So, if someone offers you an all expense paid trip on the Hindenburg II, don;t do it. Because its gonna blow up.

Also, random beardy guy is my hero. The boat is sinking, and everyone is running around panicking. And he takes time out of his busy schedule to start punching the owner of the boat. Good to know he's got his priorities straight.

Also, I'm pretty sure I know why this boat is gonna sink. They're running through some corridors where the walls are distinctly made of concrete.

But it would appear that beardy's fellow passengers noticed his punchery. Because he just got punched in the face trying to get on an elevator. So, I'm guessing that's the last we're gonna see of him. Although, if he's gonna die on this boat, he might as well die with his proverbial boots on. Punching everyone.

That would be awesome. And making this movie actually worth watching. Because, lets face it. This movie is made by The Asylum. And that means that it stands a very good chance of being a complete and utterly huge pile of crap. Oh, and by the way, it is.

Also, the lifeboats are death traps. Worst. Ship. Ever.

Also, you remember how the original Titanic ended up rubbing its side along an iceberg? Well, in their infinite wisdom, they decided to design its successor so the watertight bulkheads only work in the event of a head-on collision. Way to go doomasses.

And then something blew up. And boat owner man just headbutted a glass case holding a fire ax.

Also, why are they refueling aircraft at altitudes where they can be destroyed by large waves? Unless that wave was a few thousand feet high. Which would mean that not only the Titanic II is fucked.

I'm awarding this movie a subtitle: Titanic II: A Complete Primer on How to Fuck Up Everything. I mean EVERYTHING.

And the tagline is: A bunch of idiots made a crappy boat. And named it after the Titanic. And sailed close to icebergs. What the fuck did you think was gonna happen?

Well, not so much tagline, as series of taglines. Or perhaps summary.

Oh, by the way: they were talking earlier about how things under water would be strongly affected by the tsunami, and stuff on the surface wouldn't be (which turned out to be patently false. Or at least half false). So, the first thing they do is send a submarine to rendezvous with the Titanic II. And the first thing that the sub does is get horribly fucked by said tsunami. If only your experts had told you that was gonna happen...

Or perhaps a new tagline (which is a compete ripoff of Alien): In the ocean no one cares if you die. Because you are dumb. And do dumb things.

Dangit. I apparently really suck at tagline writing. I guess I shouldn't quite my day job.

Also, apparently in Titanic Land, it is perfectly plausible that you are the last person to start climbing a ladder in your group, yet be the first one to reach the top.

And for some reason, the bulkhead slammed shut on Kelly. But left a big enough gap for the dude to get through. Considering the petite female character had a tough time squeezing through the gap, Kelly apparently expanded when she fell into the gap right before it slammed closed and crushed her.

Now they're hearing someone knocking on the ship. Either its someone attempting to get in, or its someone trapped. I'm very much hoping its Beardy McPunchyPants. Because the one who's gonna free him is Boat Owner Dude. So, likely, the first thing that Beardy will do is bunch BOD in the face. In my version of this movie, anyway.

Aw, dangit. Wasn't Beardy... Some other random guy. And he didn't get saved. So there was no punching.

Oh, yes. Hiding in a cabinet will save you from the water that is flooding your sinking boat. Great plan there, chief.

Also, in other news, I think I'm gonna use this movie as justification for not being an aquatic person. Apparently everyone that works in the cruise industry is a freaking moron. As are ship designers... But I guess technically, they work in the cruise industry as well...

Today's Word Of The Day

Late.

Woke up this morning, completely convinced it was Saturday. Luckily I figured it out, and made it to work just in time for my meeting...

I was thoroughly confused as to why I hadn't turned off my alarm...

Test

This is a test. I am starting this post at 10:37 on Thursday.

I'm wondering if, when I hit Publish Post Friday morning, it will use the start time, or the time I hit the button as the official time for the blog entry.

Science!

Husk

'10. Stranded friends encounter supernatural scarecrows at an isolated farmhouse. Starring: Devon Graye, Wes Chatham, C.J. Thomason, Tammin Sursok, Bean Easter. Director: Brett Simmons.

Syfy Saturday movie from this past Saturday. I don't feel like looking up the date, as all my DVR is telling me is "SAT". So, either it is telling me the movie is shit by pinching the top of the H together, and forgetting one of the letters, or it was recorded on Saturday.

And I can already tell this is gonna be one of those movies where I stop paying attention. Its a horror movie, and I think you all know how much I like those. Also, its about evil scarecrows, so I'm pretty sure I've already seen it, or at least 7 other movies with the exact same plot, ranging from Jeepers Creepers or whatever that was called, to that movie that I watched a little while ago with Norman Reedus. Don't remember if I reviewed it, but it was crap. And there were Blurred Syfy Boobs (tm). And Reedus finding a watch in a field. And some crap about guessing the weight of a bag of corn in order to get said bag of corn for free. But that was a different movie. Which sucked. I'm guessing the suckiness of that movie will approximate the relative sucktocity of this movie's sucktacularity.

Also, Tammin Sursok. No idea if that's a male or female. Or which character that is, but I'm totally rooting for him/her/it. In fact, I'm hoping that Tammin Sursok is not actually a human actor, but a chimpanzee. Which leads me to Fingwallow's First Theorem of Acting, which states that for movies that premiere on cable networks devoted to misspelled Science Fiction and wrestling, a chimpanzee could read the lines more convincingly than 62.3% of the human actors. Which I also just kinda made up. But I think its true. And plus, if you pay said chimpanzees in bananas, you (1) save significant amounts of money, and (2) would probably have a significant amount of leftover banana peels, which you could plant on strategic areas of the set, causing the actors, who we previously proved were worse actors than the chimpanzee, to slip and fall in dramatic and hilarious manners. And it likely wouldn't affect the chimpanzee very much. Because you gotta figure if you eat that many bananas, you're well versed in dealing with surplus peels, and know how to identify them quickly and easily when you see them, thus allowing yourself to avoid them with ease, style, and aplomb.

Not that I actually know what "aplomb" means. But I've always heard the phrase "style and aplomb" used, so I guess they're pretty linked. Also, if I'd just said "with ease and style", you wouldn't have had the opportunity to read the word aplomb. So, in fact, I'm doing you a favor. I might have to come back to that one, once this movie continues its inevitable downward spiral into craptaculariousness.

Also, someone is in the corn, attacking all of the douchebag characters that neither you nor I care about. I think its Tammin Sursok, the scythe-wielding chimpanzee. The reason I'm pretty sure it is Tammin Chimpanzee Sursok is because all of the douchebags keep falling over, making it relatively easy for them to get deathificated by the scythe. Or actually, I think the word I'm looking for is sickle, not scythe. Because its a one-handed sort of douchebag deathifying tool. Whereas a scythe is longer and requires 2 hands to appropriately killage some douchebags. But, back to my original point, the reason that the characters falling down leads me to believe that the killer is a chimpanzee is that you can draw a very clear link from Chimpanzee to Banana to Banana Peel to Slipping and Falling.

So, there you go. And to further prove the theory, the attacker is wearing a scarecrow type mask, and is never on screen for more than a few seconds. So you wouldn't be able to easily tell whether it was human or chimpanzee. See, that's how the director is covering up the fact that he's using a chimpanzee as one of the actors. Because I'm pretty sure the Screen Actors Guild (or perhaps Film) would be quite displeased if they discovered that they were being replaced in their finely honed craft by someone that literally worked for bananas.

Although, after this rant, I have discovered that I should have gone with elephant, rather than chimpanzee, when I made up that theory, and wrote those last few peanuts. Because then the punchline would have been "... by someone that literally worked for peanuts." Which would have been awesome, and a fantastic conclusion to a pretty decently sized rant. But, sadly, hindsight being all 20/20 and all that... And I'm just too dang lazy to go back and change it. Also, I think I had something going on there with the whole banana peels thing. Which wouldn't work nearly as well with peanut shells.

But then again, you might be able to convince a chimpanzee to split its wages between bananas and peanuts. That way, my statement would be true, and you'd still be able to have douchebag slipping hilarity that comes with bananas.

Also, I'm pretty sure that Tammin Chimpanzee Sursok has a dog named Rover. I think its a beagle. But I'm not sure. The reason that I'm not sure is because this dog hasn't appeared on screen, and hasn't even been heard in the movie. I'm just pretty sure that a chimpanzee actor named Tammin Sursok would have a beagle named Rover. Because that's just the most natural thing in the world, don't you think? Because I do. Also, to further teach you about Tammin Sursok's life as a chimpanzee actor, he/she/it rides a T. Rex to work every day. Its name is Wilfred. And I'm still not sure if the chimpanzee actor we've been discussing for the last hour or so is male, female, either, both, a combination, a robot, or something else.

Honestly, I'm kind of hoping robot. Because if Tammin Sursok is in fact a robot, then perhaps I could coin the Dan Corollary to Fingwallow's First Theorem of Acting, which updates the discussion from regular chimpanzee to robotic chimpanzee. And potentially adds the fact that the robotic chimpanzee, in addition to being a better actor, will also be a more sympathetic character. That you will actually care about if it dies, unlike the rest of the douchebags.

Also: Aplomb.

Just had to get that out there again, and let you have the opportunity to hear yourself say it in your head again.

Also, in news completely unrelated to this blog entry, I'm now an hour and 20 minutes into this movie. Holy crap. This movie seems to be flying by. And the reason that I say "completely unrelated" is because it would appear, that despite the fact that the entry contains the title and description of the movie, there is very little else about this movie that I have talked about. Or frankly, will. Because, once again, with a little bit of imagination, you can make anything better. Especially if you are very easily amused.

But, now I feel I've exhausted the whole chimpanzee thing. So, I should probably come up with something else to blog about.

Except for this one last chimpanzee related note: For some reason I haven't used the abbreviation "chimp" at all in this blog. Until that previous sentence. For some reason, I felt compelled to spell out the full name every time.

Although knowing me, if I knew the binomial nomenclature for chimpanzees, I'd probably use that instead. Just to be difficult and annoying.

Also, this blog entry is turning out pretty well. We've got "aplomb", and "binomial nomenclature". Which are both pretty dang fun to say.

And even though I may have exhausted all discussion possibilities of the chimpanzee aspect of this (which clearly I hadn't when I said I had, because I kept going...), I'm pretty sure I haven't gotten anywhere near to plumbing the depths of the whole Wilfred the Tyrannosaurus Rex thing. Because one can never get enough discussion of Tyrannosaurus Rexeseseses. Especially when they're named Wilfred.

Speaking of which, does anyone remember the name of the Tyrannosaurus Rex that I have in my car? The fat, jolly, happy one? Because I, for the life of me, cannot remember his name. The name I thought I chose was obviously not the right one, then. If I had chosen the proper one earlier, I obviously would have remembered it. Because there would have been no question about it being the correct name.

Like, for example, Fitzgerald the Platypus. There is absolutely no question in my mind that the appropriate and proper name for the Platypus that rides on my dashboard is Fitzgerald... Can you think of a better name for a pink platypus with no front legs/arms? Because I'm pretty sure you can't. Even if you think you did or can.

Also, in other news, I'm asking for help to rename the jolly T-Rex that lives in my car. Although, technically that wasn't all that "other" in terms of news. Because I was talking about naming animals in my car. So, it was more of "in related news"... But I'm guessing you probably figured that out by now. Or, if you haven't than I'm surprised that you could comprehend the rest of my blog. Because that was probably one of the most simplest concepts in this entire entry.

Speaking of which, I once had a co-worker who didn't understand much of what I said because of my rather unique use and command of the English language. Which amused me.

Oh, I should probably mention that she was from one of the countries in the former Soviet Union, or Eastern Europe of something, so English was definitely not her first language.

Also, apparently next Saturday's movie is "Iron Invader". And it would appear to have a certain Dr. Carson Beckett as some sort of police officer or sheriff like guy. I am unsure, as instead of the standard tan or green uniform, he appeared to be wearing a dark blue uniform. Which definitely says Police Officer to me more than it does Sheriff. But at some point in the future, you'll probably find out which. Assuming I remember to make mention of it in my review of that movie.

Which, there are, of course, no guarantees. Because there are no guarantees that my review will consist of anything more substantive than the the title and description. Or anything related to the movie at all. Because, like this review, I am often capable of writing reviews with plenty of substance, but very little that is actually related to the topic at hand.

Also, apparently now I've managed to waste about an hour and a half of my time by "watching" this movie, and writing completely inane and random comments that are rather unrelated. Oh, and by the way, the "hour and 20 minutes" into the movie that I was referring to at some point earlier was not actual time elapsed, but DVR time. Counting all the commercials and stuff that I skipped through. Because I know you cared. And were wondering how I managed to type so dang much unrelated text in the space of 10 minutes. Well, now you know how: I didn't.

And with that, I shall go to bed. Because it is late.

And now for the one sentence review. That apparently comes after I have gone to bed. Because that's what my previous paragraph said I was gonna go do. But I actually haven't. In case you hadn't figured it out on your own. Which leads me back to a few paragraphs ago. Where I was subtly insulting your intelligence. Not that I was attempting to insult my former co-worker's intelligence in any way. That was more of a discussion of my awesome manner of speaking and writing, rather than any sort of judgment of her competence. So, anyways:

I would have been better off reading my Kindle.

But if I had done that, then you wouldn't have had the opportunity/joy to be able to suffer through this immense wall of text and illogic.

Can you say that? Illogic? Can you use that word in that sort of way? Oh, wait. Who am I kidding. I can say anything I dang well please, whether or not it actually makes sense (and, often I do just that). So, take that, English Language! You and your teachers can't keep me down. Even though you had 12 years of school to try to bend and break my will. But no! I's makin' my stand hear. I can speaks any danged way I wishes to. Ha!

And with that, I'm really gonna have to leave. Because its getting late, and if I keep this up, it'll just get randomer and randomer. And stupider and stupider.

Plus, I really have to pee.

And after posting this, I'm just going to edit it to add this one word (well actually 30, or 31 if you count contractions as 2 words. And 4 numbers. And some punctuation): Aplomb.

Today's Word Of The Day

Gaze

Behemoth

'11. An earthquake unleashes a gigantic creature that wreaks havoc on a small town. Starring: Ed Quinn, Pascale Hutton Cindy Busby, William B. Davis, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Garry Chalk.

Syfy Saturday movie from 1/15.

First of all: Ed Quinn. Yup. That's Nathan Stark for those of you not keeping track at home. And bonus Garry Chalk! Who you might remember from his role as Colonel Checkov on Stargate SG1.

They're doing something at oh-ten-hundred. Whatever time that might be. Luckily that happened before Ed Quinn or Garry Chalk showed up... So I don't have to mock them...

I am curious to see how long this one holds my interest before I start with the Kindle. I do like me some Stark and Checkov... Also, Checkov is apparently the Sheriff. But sadly does not wear the official tan sheriffin' uniform of the Pacific Northwest (if Sheriff Carter and that movie Sheriff Carter directed have anything to say). Darker brown jacket and pants. And a hat.

And holy crap... Thought I recognized the name William B. Davis. He's the Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Files. And he apparently is Stark's dad. He's far less creepy when he's not busy being a Prior of the Ori.

Also, the previews for this had Stark shooting a rocket launcher. So, hopefully there'll be a good bit of shooting...

And this movie has got Sheriff Andy from Eureka in it. The original from when he was Sheriff before he became Deputy Andy and was actor-swappified to be Kavan Smith/Major Lorne. He was also on Stargate and BSG...

And with that, I'm only a few minutes in, and I've already written more in this review than any other review I've done in quite some time...

This movie reminds me that they really need to bring Stark back to Eureka. He was a really good foil for Carter. Unless of course you haven't gotten far enough into Eureka to know that he had left. For some currently undefined reason. In which case, you should probably forget you read this last paragraph. Instead, I was probably talking about bunnies. Because I tend to do that.

And then I had to drop a tremendous deuce. But now I'm back. And they're facing a Singularity Event. Repeat, a Singularity Event. Not sure if it should be capitalized, but from the way Sheriff Andy was saying it, it just kinda sounded like it should be.

Thus far, a fair amount of Stark and Checkov, but significantly no shooting. And no rocket launchers. And no blurred Syfy boobs. Since I usually keep you updated on that sort of thing. Or did, back when I wasn't so dang lazy, and stopped putting any effort into any of my reviews.

And Sheriff Andy now has been killed by a Behemoth tentacle. I presume. Unless there's an even behemothier behemoth than the one that they're dealing with right now. Alas poor android, we knew thee well...

In other news, I'm pretty happy with my use of the term "behemothier".

Also, the rocket shooting doesn't take place until the last 10 minutes. But its a pretty good rocket shooting. In that the rocket splits into 5 or so separate rockets after launch.

Kung Fu Panda

'08. A clumsy panda learns martial arts with legendary masters. Animated. Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, David Cross, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen. Director: John Stevenson.

Ian McShane provides and amazing voice for a villain. Really good actor.

Super Bowl XLV

I shall be rooting for the Steelers, as it appears that they are an intensely beardier team than the Packers.

Toolbox Murders

'04. Newlyweds move into a decrepit apartment building where a killer is targeting tenants. Starring: Angela Bettis, Brent Roam, Juliet Landau, Greg Travis, Adam Gierasch, Marco Rodriguez. Director: Tobe Hooper.

Syfy Sunday movie from some time ago, but I was recording some other stuff, so I couldn't record it then.

First, there was a beginning, then there was a bunch of middle, and then an end!

Once again, providing the in depth analysis you can only find here and Dan's Daily Drivel.

And some bonus dick-stabbing.

Automobile Racing

Again, trying to understand the appeal of NASCAR...

So, what is the appeal of NASCAR over the open-wheeled series, such as Indy Cars?

Puppy Bowl VII

Screw the Super Bowl, this is the best part of Super Bowl Sunday.

Hockey Fighting

Is completely ridiculous.

Etiquette

Situation: The person in front of me in the "15 items or less" checkout lane at the supermarket has 20 items still on the belt, and has had some already removed and put into bags

So, would it be bad form to punch that person for such a gross breach of protocol?

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Is pretty terrible

Today's Word Of The Day

sWIM

Also, apparently I had caps lock on.

Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levy was dry.

52 years ago today, a plane crash in a cornfield somewhere in Iowa...

Formula 1 Cars: 2011 edition

Because I'm lazy I'm not gonna show you pictures of all the new Formula 1 cars this season. You can go look them up. But I'll give you some thoughts

Red Bull: Still looking good.
Mercedes: Last years design looked good in the studio, but never translated to looking good on track, as it was the subtle paint differences that made it look really good. They've gone with a similar livery this year, but hopefully the differences will translate on the track better.
Renault: I'm very sad that the yellow and black livery is gone. That car made me inordinately happy every time I saw it. The new black with gold accents doesn't look as good as last year's, but its OK.
Ferrari: Wow. Its red. What a surprise.
Williams: I guess that since they lost RBS as their sponsor, they've done away with the blue and white livery, and instead gone to almost all dark blue scheme. Looks a hell of a lot better. Also like the old type car number.
STR: Still looks too similar to the Red Bull. They should really base their livery on the sugar free Red Bull light blue, rather than the darker blue. I think it would look pretty slick, and differentiate them from the Red Bull team.
Sauber: Looks very similar to last years (ugly) with a few more sponsors (slightly better). But the sponsors just look like they were haphazardly strewn on the car. Not very attractive.
Lotus: Color looks good. Haven't seen too many pictures, but it seems pretty promising. Hopefully they get faster. While they were the best of last year's new teams, they did end the season a few seconds per lap behind their closest established competitor. Looks a lot better than last year, even though they have the same livery, because the car isn't so boxy...

We'll see what Force India, McLaren, Virgin, and HRT have to offer when they actually show their new car, as opposed to testing with a slightly modified version of last year's car. (And the cars should be rather different, shape-wise at least, due to rule changes)

I likes me some David Gilmour

Live in Gdansk showed up on the TV again, so I recorded it.

Been listening to a lot of David Gilmour and Pink Floyd recently...

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

Holy crap, this show is a fantastic source of absurd potential quotes.

If only I wasn't so dang lazy, I'd probably have 5 or 6 quality posts from the latest episode, rather than just the one...

I love the mouthfeel of the horse....

because its not too rich.

Thank you Andrew Zimmern.

Today's Word Of The Day

Cold.

Turns out that below freezing is cold. Especially if you're going 50 miles an hour. Not in the comfort of a car or other enclosed vehicle...

Today's Word Of The Day

POOP

Yes. It was one of those. Deserving of all caps.