Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
U2 on SNL
Holy Shit!!!! What the hell happened to U2...When did they becomes a horrible sounding band? I can not believe this. Maybe the predictions of 2012 are for real and the world is coming to an end. That 1st song was just horrible. And I just figured this out too. Megan Fox is a fembot from Austin Powers. Damn my head hurts...
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
The Adventures Of Admiral Hoshii
As I begin to like the Galactica finale less and less, I find myself
wishing someone could pick up the story with Hoshii taking the fleet
on a quest for an Earth more akin to what happened on Galactica 1980
(imagine it done right).
wishing someone could pick up the story with Hoshii taking the fleet
on a quest for an Earth more akin to what happened on Galactica 1980
(imagine it done right).
The more I watch the finale the less I buy it.
Hey I'll tell you what. You guys go renounce technology and live off
the land but how about leaving me the broken Galactica, a few raptors
and the Agro and Tillium ships. I'll take a comfy bed and some air
conditioning - and if I feel like hunting I'll come down.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Star Trek III Holds Up Well
After I finished with the abomination that is Star Trek V I decided to watch Star Trek III for the first time in a long time. It holds up well.
For one, Shatner and Nimoy both look 50ish as opposed to the 60ish they do in 5, and although DeForest Kelley is starting to look old, it works for where the character is mentally in this film. Jimmy Doohan still looks like "movie Scotty" too and gets lots to do in this one, as he will in IV.
The Enterprise seems more scarred than it did when Khan was finished with it, and Robin Curtis as Saavik is awful, and a character-killer. (Saavik will get about 3 minutes of screen time in IV.)
Sure it's annoying that Admiral Morrow says the Enterprise is "20" years old - maybe since the Gary Mitchell-era paintjob (when they painted the railings red and removed the gooseneck speaker things) but it's clearly more like 40. However, the stealing of the Enterprise is fun and Christopher Lloyd and crew behave like real Klingons, not the mumbo-jumbo philosophical versions that we saw 78 years later hanging out with Picard.
The special effects are quite good...watching this film made me realize even more (if this is possible) that Star Trek V is a piece of crap.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Guess What: Digital TV Doesn't Work
Now that digital (only) TV has been around for 6 months or so, I decided to futz around with the antenna here in suburban New York City to see if I could get any channels.
The best I can do is get my signal for NBC up to about 39%, and that's after messing with the antenna for half an hour. 39% gets you a picture most of the time, with significant pixelation.
CBS will occassionally come in, as will FOX.
ABC? Doesn't exist. WABC-7 used to have one of the strongest signals in the area. You could be inside Indiana Jones' nuclear fridge and you'd still get a signal. These days, forget it.
As is usually the case I can get 7000 versions of useless the old UHF channels. Who cares.
Do I have cable, yes. This is the extra set down by the treadmill.
The feds screwed the pooch on this one. Anyone getting decent signals? Didn't think so.
The best I can do is get my signal for NBC up to about 39%, and that's after messing with the antenna for half an hour. 39% gets you a picture most of the time, with significant pixelation.
CBS will occassionally come in, as will FOX.
ABC? Doesn't exist. WABC-7 used to have one of the strongest signals in the area. You could be inside Indiana Jones' nuclear fridge and you'd still get a signal. These days, forget it.
As is usually the case I can get 7000 versions of useless the old UHF channels. Who cares.
Do I have cable, yes. This is the extra set down by the treadmill.
The feds screwed the pooch on this one. Anyone getting decent signals? Didn't think so.
Marvel And Disney: Relax It Will Be Fine
Will everyone please calm down.
Disney didn't buy Marvel to make all the characters wimpy. They bought them to make money.
What you'll wind up seeing is even more of the characters. Disney doesn't know how to reach boys, but they do know how to make cartoons. You know how DC has made a few good Batman/Superman TV cartoons - maybe now we'll finally get good looking and well written animated Spidey and X-Men.
Nobody has done justice to the Fantastic 4 yet whether it has been Herbie the Robot or two awful movies. Never mind Thor, Hulk, and the under-served Captain America.
This will be a good thing long term. Relax.
Disney didn't buy Marvel to make all the characters wimpy. They bought them to make money.
What you'll wind up seeing is even more of the characters. Disney doesn't know how to reach boys, but they do know how to make cartoons. You know how DC has made a few good Batman/Superman TV cartoons - maybe now we'll finally get good looking and well written animated Spidey and X-Men.
Nobody has done justice to the Fantastic 4 yet whether it has been Herbie the Robot or two awful movies. Never mind Thor, Hulk, and the under-served Captain America.
This will be a good thing long term. Relax.
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