So you know what's not hard?....recycling. And if you're gonna take the time to recycle, is it really all that hard to separate paper from plastics? This isn't bloody rocket science people. Paper products go in one trash can, plastics and other recyclables go in another. Not that difficult.
So I have extremely low expectations for Transformers 2 and the GI Joe Movie. So the first Transformers was decent, but on repeated viewings it struggles mightily to be as good as it was in theaters. Now comes news that they're changing the Soundwave character. Soundwave was always one of my favorite transformers and easily the coolest decepticon. Now I'm fine with movies diverging a little bit from their source material (for example making Bumblebee into a Mustang and turning Megatron into some sort of plane), but this is too far. You need Soundwave as the transformer ejecting boom box. What's the point of changing him? Fuck you Michael Bay, you pretentious piece of shit. This movie's gonna suck.
Then you get to GI Joe which, along with Transformers, was one of the integral cartoons of my childhood. A movie with an ensemble cast like this obviously cannot be easy to do. But take a clue from X-men. What made the first two movies of that franchise so good was the inspired casting of the villains - Ian McKellen as Magneto and Brian Cox as William Stryker. So who do we get as the villainous, ghastly Cobra Commander..... Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Yes, the kid from 3rd Rock From the Sun. Now for all I know he may be a great character actor and may knock the role out of the park, but let's just say that I'm extremely skeptical. Suffice it to say that I don't see him bringing the necessary intensity and evilness to the role to give it that sense of realism.
And let's not even go into Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (which I would only see for the ridiculously hot Kristin Kreuk and Moon Bloodgood) and the truly awful looking Dragonball Evolution (if someone could explain to me why Goku is white that would be awesome). Again, I could be horribly wrong with all these movies. And maybe that's a good thing. Go in not expecting much, and you might be happy just getting a little.
On the other side of things, I'm ridiculously excited for the Watchmen movie. Zach Snyder looks to have a done a thorough job from the clips I've seen. Will it be as good as the graphic novel? Doubful. But does it have a chance to at least be fairly decent? I'd say that's highly probable.
The word 'delish' bothers me. Can we just agree to stop using it?
Words/phrases that should be brought back:
1) Queef - I'm shocked this word never entered the public consciousness
2) Peace out bitches - so maybe it never officially 'left,' but it's so horribly nerdy and white, it just needs to be used more often
3) Bitchin - another word that really never came into it's own
4) Cracker/Honky - is anyone actually offended by either of those terms?
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
I watch waaay too much TV...
So I've been on a TV show binge of late. I'm a total TV junkie and I've seen waaay too many shows of late. I finished the fantastic third season of Friday Night Lights earlier today. This show is just too fucking good. The characters are so well written and developed that they have a realism to them that forces you to root for them....all of them. Most shows have characters that you absolutely cannot stand (for instance, I don't get how we were supposed to be cheering for Tony Soprano - he was a fat, greedy, lazy fuck that repeatedly cheated on his wife and shot his 'beloved' cousin rather than go to war; I would've throw a party if he got killed) but you don't find that with FNL. It's impossible not to relate to at least some aspect of every chacracter on the show. Despite the critical acclaim, people still aren't watching this show. Personally I blame the lack of publicity NBC gives it and it's Friday night time slot. Now I understand people not staying home to watch FNL. I'm rarely home on Friday nights. Simply put, no show's gonna succeed given such a shitty time slot. But here's what blows my mind.... more people are watching Ghost Whisperer than are watching Friday Night Lights!! You gotta be fucking kidding me. Have you seen Ghost Whisperer?! I'm a huge Jennifer Love Hewitt fan; I'll watch pretty much any movie she's in. But this show is fucking terrible! And more people are choosing to watch it than the utterly terriffic Friday Night Lights?? This blows my mind. What the fuck is wrong with the viewing public? That's just absolute bullshit and beyond my comprehension.
While I'm on television shows, I really think Friday Night Lights, The Office, and How I Met Your Mother need to come with some sort of warning: 'Caution: the following show may contain highly upsetting, heart-wrenching moments of emotional anguish.' Seriously, I don't know if there are three other things that have collectively made me yell so much. All three shows are incredibly well-written with characters that you can't help but get invested in. If you have any sort of heart at all then there will undoubtedly be a few moments during the viewing of these shows where you'll want to scream, cry, or both. Betweem Pam and Jim, Ted and Robin, and the entire cast of FNL, I was simply not ready for the toll these shows would take on me. So looking out for future viewers, I think it only appropriate that The Office, Friday Night Lights, and How I Met Your Mother come with some sort of disclaimer. That way, before you get truly invested, you'll know what you're getting into.
So I finally finished the fifth and final season of The Wire. If there's one show out there that can honestly be described as 'horribly underrated,' it has to be The Wire. The show tackled uncomfortable subjects that other shows have simply avoided all together. I'm not gonna go into a big diatribe on how good this show was, or how much ground it broke, or what it says about our society that it got barely any recognition (I'm sure you can find all that with a simple google search), but I will say that I think it's only a matter of time before we get an urban studies course that's taught using only The Wire. The show's as powerful as any documentary but infinitely more entertaining. It's a show that was likely ahead of it's time and it's a shame that it couldn't be continued for a few more seasons. After finishing the last episode I had an empty feeling inside; it felt like one of my friend's had just moved away forever. The Wire will make you think while you're watching it, and it literally had me pondering for a day after I'd finished the last episode. It was that fucking good and it's a shame that we have nothing like it to fill the gigantic void it has left in the television landscape. Suffice it to say that According to Jim just doesn't fill the space.
While I'm on television shows, I really think Friday Night Lights, The Office, and How I Met Your Mother need to come with some sort of warning: 'Caution: the following show may contain highly upsetting, heart-wrenching moments of emotional anguish.' Seriously, I don't know if there are three other things that have collectively made me yell so much. All three shows are incredibly well-written with characters that you can't help but get invested in. If you have any sort of heart at all then there will undoubtedly be a few moments during the viewing of these shows where you'll want to scream, cry, or both. Betweem Pam and Jim, Ted and Robin, and the entire cast of FNL, I was simply not ready for the toll these shows would take on me. So looking out for future viewers, I think it only appropriate that The Office, Friday Night Lights, and How I Met Your Mother come with some sort of disclaimer. That way, before you get truly invested, you'll know what you're getting into.
So I finally finished the fifth and final season of The Wire. If there's one show out there that can honestly be described as 'horribly underrated,' it has to be The Wire. The show tackled uncomfortable subjects that other shows have simply avoided all together. I'm not gonna go into a big diatribe on how good this show was, or how much ground it broke, or what it says about our society that it got barely any recognition (I'm sure you can find all that with a simple google search), but I will say that I think it's only a matter of time before we get an urban studies course that's taught using only The Wire. The show's as powerful as any documentary but infinitely more entertaining. It's a show that was likely ahead of it's time and it's a shame that it couldn't be continued for a few more seasons. After finishing the last episode I had an empty feeling inside; it felt like one of my friend's had just moved away forever. The Wire will make you think while you're watching it, and it literally had me pondering for a day after I'd finished the last episode. It was that fucking good and it's a shame that we have nothing like it to fill the gigantic void it has left in the television landscape. Suffice it to say that According to Jim just doesn't fill the space.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Screw You Obama
So I was really happy with the election of Barack Obama. It's nice to have an intelligent, eloquent man as our president. In general I enjoy hearing Barack speak. He's extremely articulate and tends to actually answer questions that are asked of him. Now, before Obama was elected he took out a 30 minute spot before game 5 of the World Series. I wasn't all that pleased by this, but it wasn't that big of a transgression.
Let's explain one thing here first. I'm a big television fan. That being said, Monday's are probably the best TV night of the week....Chuck, Heroes. Big Bang Theory, and How I Met Your Mother. I look forward to my Monday nights like a crack addict looks forward to his next fix. My Monday night schedules are intricately planned around my shows. So when I heard Obama was gonna be doing a little talk thing from 8 to 8:30, I wasn't exactly enthralled. But still, he's gonna change the world etc. etc..... so fine, whatever. At 8:30 I turned on CBS to watch the excellent How I Met Your Mother, and what do I find?....Obama's still on! WTF?! Barack ended up not being done til 9. How I Met Your Mother DID NOT AIR! Now President Obama, if you're gonna talk for an hour, so be it, but don't fucking tell me that you're gonna be done by 8:30 and get me all excited to watch a show only to tune in and find you still talking. Not cool. You get a pass this time, but if it happens again, well, I smell impeachment.
Oh, and a note to the reporter that asked Obama what he thought about A-Rod admitting that he did steroids. Really?? You get one question to ask the president, and that's it? You gotta be fucking me. What the hell did you expect him to say? Unless Obama's gonna be like 'I love 'roids, I use them all the damned time' that's a useless fucking question. You know the answer! And honestly, does this shock anyone? Baseball was already more or less a joke, and no one likes Rodriguez anyways. Um, and pretty sure we have more important concerns than a baseball player doing steroids 6 years ago. Get your fucking priorities straight.
Let's explain one thing here first. I'm a big television fan. That being said, Monday's are probably the best TV night of the week....Chuck, Heroes. Big Bang Theory, and How I Met Your Mother. I look forward to my Monday nights like a crack addict looks forward to his next fix. My Monday night schedules are intricately planned around my shows. So when I heard Obama was gonna be doing a little talk thing from 8 to 8:30, I wasn't exactly enthralled. But still, he's gonna change the world etc. etc..... so fine, whatever. At 8:30 I turned on CBS to watch the excellent How I Met Your Mother, and what do I find?....Obama's still on! WTF?! Barack ended up not being done til 9. How I Met Your Mother DID NOT AIR! Now President Obama, if you're gonna talk for an hour, so be it, but don't fucking tell me that you're gonna be done by 8:30 and get me all excited to watch a show only to tune in and find you still talking. Not cool. You get a pass this time, but if it happens again, well, I smell impeachment.
Oh, and a note to the reporter that asked Obama what he thought about A-Rod admitting that he did steroids. Really?? You get one question to ask the president, and that's it? You gotta be fucking me. What the hell did you expect him to say? Unless Obama's gonna be like 'I love 'roids, I use them all the damned time' that's a useless fucking question. You know the answer! And honestly, does this shock anyone? Baseball was already more or less a joke, and no one likes Rodriguez anyways. Um, and pretty sure we have more important concerns than a baseball player doing steroids 6 years ago. Get your fucking priorities straight.
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