I now have a laptop. And a new fedora.
So, expect some more updates while i watch bad sci-fi.
And I really have to pee.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Marabunta
You know what makes a really terrible villain for a bad Sci-Fi movies?
Ants.
That's right, ants. Picture that one MacGyver episode in South America, only this time, about 2 times as long, in Alaska, about 2 times less good, and about 52,000 times less mullet.
You just can't make ants scary... especially with the bad CG that they use on these movies... plus, you probably shouldn't reuse the same shot of ants walking over something, trying to give the impression of the relentless advance of the ants. Because it looks like they're just covering the same ground (which in fact they are), and are making no progress at all...
Anyways, this movie had Colonel Caldwell as the local sheriff, but he was significantly less crotchety, and thus significantly less cool.
At some point near the end of the movie, the characters have to rappel down a cliff, get some dynamite, and then climb back up. Things were looking good, as the guy seemed to actually set up his gear right, and rappel properly. But then the ascent kinda went wrong. Instead of climbing, they decided to use the winch of the Jeep to pull them up. So, the chick went first, and of course made it up safe. But when it was the dude's turn, the Jeep started to act up, and thus the winch wouldn't work. So, the dude was stuck at the bottom of the cliff, with ants relentlessly advancing. So instead of climbing, he decides that the best course of action would be to yell at the guys at the top like a little bitch, wondering why they aren't pulling him up. I almost hoped he got et.
And then there was the obligatory Bad Sci-Fi Ending Shot Where The Creature That You Thought Had Been Eradicated, And Thus Providing A Happy Ending, Is In Fact Still Alive shot, as the queen ant crawls out of the river.
So, all in all, I wasn't sure who to root for in this movie. The human characters were all crappy and whiny, and the ants were, well, ants, and therefore crappy.
Ants.
That's right, ants. Picture that one MacGyver episode in South America, only this time, about 2 times as long, in Alaska, about 2 times less good, and about 52,000 times less mullet.
You just can't make ants scary... especially with the bad CG that they use on these movies... plus, you probably shouldn't reuse the same shot of ants walking over something, trying to give the impression of the relentless advance of the ants. Because it looks like they're just covering the same ground (which in fact they are), and are making no progress at all...
Anyways, this movie had Colonel Caldwell as the local sheriff, but he was significantly less crotchety, and thus significantly less cool.
At some point near the end of the movie, the characters have to rappel down a cliff, get some dynamite, and then climb back up. Things were looking good, as the guy seemed to actually set up his gear right, and rappel properly. But then the ascent kinda went wrong. Instead of climbing, they decided to use the winch of the Jeep to pull them up. So, the chick went first, and of course made it up safe. But when it was the dude's turn, the Jeep started to act up, and thus the winch wouldn't work. So, the dude was stuck at the bottom of the cliff, with ants relentlessly advancing. So instead of climbing, he decides that the best course of action would be to yell at the guys at the top like a little bitch, wondering why they aren't pulling him up. I almost hoped he got et.
And then there was the obligatory Bad Sci-Fi Ending Shot Where The Creature That You Thought Had Been Eradicated, And Thus Providing A Happy Ending, Is In Fact Still Alive shot, as the queen ant crawls out of the river.
So, all in all, I wasn't sure who to root for in this movie. The human characters were all crappy and whiny, and the ants were, well, ants, and therefore crappy.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
I'm speechless
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/22/obese.woman.ap/index.html
Good lord... 1000 pound woman...
That's really all there is to say about that...
Good lord... 1000 pound woman...
That's really all there is to say about that...
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Something New
Damn. I'm on a roll (role?) tonight...
Something, that at least to the best of my memory (which is pretty crappy at best) has never happened on this blog: A discussion of music.
http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601119
New Metallica.
I'm currently listening to it as we speak. Well, more as I type.
The drums on the intro sound a bit weird, but they get sorted as the song progresses.
I'm liking that they actually have an instrumental section. Because that's actually what originally got me hooked to Heavy Metal. You might think that it was Iron Maiden that got me hooked. First it was Metallica, and their instrumental portions. Then I heard some Maiden, and well, the rest is history.
Hetfield's vocals in the beginning don't really seem to fit with the music... but then it seems to get back to some more classic Metallica sounds.
More instrumental parts through the latter half of the song... I like.
I'll have to give it another listen, to ensure that some of the crappiness in the sound that I was hearing was due to the fact that I was listening to it on my crappy computer speakers running at full blast, and not part of the actual track itself.
But I think that Metallica have recovered from the filth that was and still is St. Anger. I'll have to give this album a bit more of a listen before I pick it up, though, as Metallica lost any chance of me buying any of their albums without hearing them first when they released St. Anger.
Something, that at least to the best of my memory (which is pretty crappy at best) has never happened on this blog: A discussion of music.
http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601119
New Metallica.
I'm currently listening to it as we speak. Well, more as I type.
The drums on the intro sound a bit weird, but they get sorted as the song progresses.
I'm liking that they actually have an instrumental section. Because that's actually what originally got me hooked to Heavy Metal. You might think that it was Iron Maiden that got me hooked. First it was Metallica, and their instrumental portions. Then I heard some Maiden, and well, the rest is history.
Hetfield's vocals in the beginning don't really seem to fit with the music... but then it seems to get back to some more classic Metallica sounds.
More instrumental parts through the latter half of the song... I like.
I'll have to give it another listen, to ensure that some of the crappiness in the sound that I was hearing was due to the fact that I was listening to it on my crappy computer speakers running at full blast, and not part of the actual track itself.
But I think that Metallica have recovered from the filth that was and still is St. Anger. I'll have to give this album a bit more of a listen before I pick it up, though, as Metallica lost any chance of me buying any of their albums without hearing them first when they released St. Anger.
Pictures?
And I just figured out that I can add a slide show to the side of my blog... so, I'm now taking submissions of pictures to be included in the new and improved Dan's Daily Drivel slideshow...
You should be able to scour the archives of this blog for the types of pictures that amuse me...
And yes, I am just making all these separate thoughts in separate posts to make it look like i haven't taken almost a year off thanks to apathy, inability to access Blogger at work, and sundry other reasons/excuses... mainly laziness and apathy...
You should be able to scour the archives of this blog for the types of pictures that amuse me...
And yes, I am just making all these separate thoughts in separate posts to make it look like i haven't taken almost a year off thanks to apathy, inability to access Blogger at work, and sundry other reasons/excuses... mainly laziness and apathy...
And Rob?
When has this blog ever been about the interesting things that I do (or don't do, for that matter).
This blog was started as an extension of my Facebook notes, which were designed to keep people up to date with how my carrots tasted. But that sort of went by the wayside when I stopped having carrots for a bit, and this basically turned into a way for me to ramble about things that I think and things that I think about things that I watch.
So, I shall keep you up to date with whatever things I feel like telling you, and keeping all the interesting parts of my life (should they even exist) to myself...
Note this is a reference to former W&M climbing club member Rob, and not TFB? Rob.
Oh, and I'm totally listening to a song called "Heavy Metal Hamsters" right now... FYI...
This blog was started as an extension of my Facebook notes, which were designed to keep people up to date with how my carrots tasted. But that sort of went by the wayside when I stopped having carrots for a bit, and this basically turned into a way for me to ramble about things that I think and things that I think about things that I watch.
So, I shall keep you up to date with whatever things I feel like telling you, and keeping all the interesting parts of my life (should they even exist) to myself...
Note this is a reference to former W&M climbing club member Rob, and not TFB? Rob.
Oh, and I'm totally listening to a song called "Heavy Metal Hamsters" right now... FYI...
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