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?
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