They just played the first bit of Stand Up and Shout by Steel Dragon during a break in the game.
The thing is, Steel Dragon's not actually a band. You remember the movie Rock Star? With Marky-Mark/Mark Wahlberg? The one that was basically the Judas Priest/Tim "Ripper" Owens story? The one about the band named Steel Dragon?
Yeah, that one. Well, anyways, Steel Dragon, and that Stand Up and Shout song are from that movie. Interesting that the song actually showed up somewhere that wasn't that movie.
Although, I really can't complain, as I have that song on my iPod.
Also, is it pathetic that I didn't need to refer to any sort of reference material for this entire post?
And now there's a bit of Ozzy going on. Crazy Train.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Today's Word Of The Day
Welshman.
Hmm... Where'd that come from? I haven't even watched Doctor Who or Torchwood in quite some time...
Hmm... Where'd that come from? I haven't even watched Doctor Who or Torchwood in quite some time...
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Land That Time Forgot
C. Thomas Howell, Timothy Bottoms (2009) Castaways become stranded on an uncharted island populated by dinosaurs and a German U-boat crew. Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Syfy Saturday movie from 2/20.
C. Thomas Howell. You know what that means? Yup, its another one of those wonderful movies by The Asylum! Looking forward to it already.
I'm really hoping this is a modern movie, and the German U-boat crew mentioned in the description is a bunch of crotchety 80 year old dudes bumbling about the island...
But unfortunately, it would appear that our modern-day adventurers have just gone through some sort of portal. Which I'm guessing has taken them to the past, and thus the U-boat crew will likely be not what I'd hoped for.
And some guy I don't care about just got et by a Pterodactyl. Sweet! Spelled it correct on the first go! Anyways, I realize that "some guy I don't care about" doesn't really narrow down the list of characters any. Although I am kinda enjoying the fact that C. Thomas is attempting to rock the manpris.
Also, word of warning: If we ever find ourselves stuck on an island, being chased by a poorly rendered CG T-Rex, find that our boat is missing once we get back to the beach, and you take that opportunity to start getting all frantic and stop being helpful to the situation (i.e., you become the typical frantic movie female character), I'm just going to punch you square in the face. No matter who you are. Because that's what I was hoping was about to happen in this movie. But alas.
And C. Thomas is really making use of his anxious face... He probably'll wear it out by the end of the movie. I'm really looking forward to seeing what will take its place. But maybe he'll get an extra ration of anxious face because his character's name is "Frost". And by name, I mean first name. Its a plausible last name. But more improbable as a first name.
Also, for some reason, the little yacht thing that our intrepid adventurers were traveling on uses those blue water-cooler type jugs for its drinking water.
And T-Rexes have got to be the most inefficient hunters ever. Because they seem to have to stop every few seconds to roar while they're hunting. Or maybe that's just the poorly rendered CG type...
And the Deus Ex Machina of the movie is the fact that the captain guy just happens to know how to build a petroleum refinery out of spare parts...
Also, the director really needs to learn the definition of the world continuity. Because he kinda sucks at that game.
Also, apparently, WWII German torpedoes were launched by explosives, and not by air pressure. Really helps with the being silent thing.
And then they just blew up the poorly rendered CG T-Rex with a hand grenade. With the biggest explosion yet. Even though they've been chucking dynamite and a whole mess of other things. And the fact that grenades aren't meant to create big explosions. They're more suited to creating a whole mess of shrapnel. Or at least the kind they were chucking.
And very charitable of that refinery thing to explode only after C. Thomas had decided that he wanted to get off his lazy ass and run away from the fire...
Syfy Saturday movie from 2/20.
C. Thomas Howell. You know what that means? Yup, its another one of those wonderful movies by The Asylum! Looking forward to it already.
I'm really hoping this is a modern movie, and the German U-boat crew mentioned in the description is a bunch of crotchety 80 year old dudes bumbling about the island...
But unfortunately, it would appear that our modern-day adventurers have just gone through some sort of portal. Which I'm guessing has taken them to the past, and thus the U-boat crew will likely be not what I'd hoped for.
And some guy I don't care about just got et by a Pterodactyl. Sweet! Spelled it correct on the first go! Anyways, I realize that "some guy I don't care about" doesn't really narrow down the list of characters any. Although I am kinda enjoying the fact that C. Thomas is attempting to rock the manpris.
Also, word of warning: If we ever find ourselves stuck on an island, being chased by a poorly rendered CG T-Rex, find that our boat is missing once we get back to the beach, and you take that opportunity to start getting all frantic and stop being helpful to the situation (i.e., you become the typical frantic movie female character), I'm just going to punch you square in the face. No matter who you are. Because that's what I was hoping was about to happen in this movie. But alas.
And C. Thomas is really making use of his anxious face... He probably'll wear it out by the end of the movie. I'm really looking forward to seeing what will take its place. But maybe he'll get an extra ration of anxious face because his character's name is "Frost". And by name, I mean first name. Its a plausible last name. But more improbable as a first name.
Also, for some reason, the little yacht thing that our intrepid adventurers were traveling on uses those blue water-cooler type jugs for its drinking water.
And T-Rexes have got to be the most inefficient hunters ever. Because they seem to have to stop every few seconds to roar while they're hunting. Or maybe that's just the poorly rendered CG type...
And the Deus Ex Machina of the movie is the fact that the captain guy just happens to know how to build a petroleum refinery out of spare parts...
Also, the director really needs to learn the definition of the world continuity. Because he kinda sucks at that game.
Also, apparently, WWII German torpedoes were launched by explosives, and not by air pressure. Really helps with the being silent thing.
And then they just blew up the poorly rendered CG T-Rex with a hand grenade. With the biggest explosion yet. Even though they've been chucking dynamite and a whole mess of other things. And the fact that grenades aren't meant to create big explosions. They're more suited to creating a whole mess of shrapnel. Or at least the kind they were chucking.
And very charitable of that refinery thing to explode only after C. Thomas had decided that he wanted to get off his lazy ass and run away from the fire...
Cold Creek Manor
Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone (2003) An ex-convict plagues a couple and their two children after they move into his former mansion.
Syfy Sunday movie from 2/14.
Nothing like Valentine's Day to show a crappy movie about some redneck type guy harassing Dennis Quaid and his family. But I'm guessing that when you're the Syfy channel, you don't have that much choice of movies...
So, is it obvious that I'm only watching this because its a Syfy Sunday movie, and reviewing those is sort of my blog's thing? Which I'm kinda regretting. Because there have been a lot of just bad movies. And not the fun kind of Bad Sci-Fi movie. Not even Sci-Fi... Just horror-ish crap...
Although Dennis Quaid just punched his wife in the face... Which I guess makes up for this movie's failings.
And the wikipedia entry for this movie refers to one of the characters as "slatternly".
Those 2 things have been the high points of this movie... And knowing these 2 things means you don't have to waste 2 and a half hours of your life (assuming you're too incompetent to fast forward through commercials).
Also, this movie had a distinct lack of helicopter gunships. Bad SciFi movies definitely need a lot more helicopter gunships. Just a thought...
Syfy Sunday movie from 2/14.
Nothing like Valentine's Day to show a crappy movie about some redneck type guy harassing Dennis Quaid and his family. But I'm guessing that when you're the Syfy channel, you don't have that much choice of movies...
So, is it obvious that I'm only watching this because its a Syfy Sunday movie, and reviewing those is sort of my blog's thing? Which I'm kinda regretting. Because there have been a lot of just bad movies. And not the fun kind of Bad Sci-Fi movie. Not even Sci-Fi... Just horror-ish crap...
Although Dennis Quaid just punched his wife in the face... Which I guess makes up for this movie's failings.
And the wikipedia entry for this movie refers to one of the characters as "slatternly".
Those 2 things have been the high points of this movie... And knowing these 2 things means you don't have to waste 2 and a half hours of your life (assuming you're too incompetent to fast forward through commercials).
Also, this movie had a distinct lack of helicopter gunships. Bad SciFi movies definitely need a lot more helicopter gunships. Just a thought...
F1 cars: Hispania Racing Team HRT
The last of the 2010 F1 challengers to be revealed. The Hispania Racing Team (formerly Campos Meta) hasn't run their car at any of the preseason tests, and are apparently going to show up in Bahrain in a week. They're the last team (and the last of the new teams) to reveal their car, now that USF1 and StephanGP have both been conclusively denied entry this year.
So, without testing, they're probably going to be slower than poo. And lucky to finish a race.
The HRT will be driven by Bruno Senna (Nephew of the late triple World Champion Ayrton Senna, who may be driving in this team solely due to the "Senna" name), and Karun Chandhok (Bruno Senna's former (less successful) teammate in GP2 in 2008).
Looks like poo. Gonna drive like poo. Doesn't spell well for their chances.
Also, is it a bad thing that every other car has some sort of number following it (implying that their car is part of a series), while this one is just the HRT. Does that indicate how likely they are to be competing by the end of this season and into the next one?
So, without testing, they're probably going to be slower than poo. And lucky to finish a race.
The HRT will be driven by Bruno Senna (Nephew of the late triple World Champion Ayrton Senna, who may be driving in this team solely due to the "Senna" name), and Karun Chandhok (Bruno Senna's former (less successful) teammate in GP2 in 2008).
Looks like poo. Gonna drive like poo. Doesn't spell well for their chances.
Also, is it a bad thing that every other car has some sort of number following it (implying that their car is part of a series), while this one is just the HRT. Does that indicate how likely they are to be competing by the end of this season and into the next one?
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