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“Greetings, Programs!”
“The Grid – a digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I’d … Continue reading
I could SWEAR there was a Muppet named Elwood.
A couple weeks ago, in one single weekend, The Wife and I watched not one but two movies (along with The Daughter for one of them) with the following plot: guy finds out that an important piece of real estate … Continue reading
“This isn’t ‘Nam, this is bowling. There are rules.”
I’ve heard for years about The Big Lebowski, enough to know that it’s about a slacker dude who mainly hangs out in a bowling alley. I knew that he was called “The Dude”, and that his most famous line is, … Continue reading
All heckling to be done by Statler and Waldorf, of course.
Apparently there’s a grassroots movement afoot to get the Muppets brought in to host the Oscars. I endorse this without reservation, because it would be awesome.
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Mr. Williams
Check out this list of Top Ten John Williams filmscores, which actually picks some very interesting scores, including a couple from Williams’s very early career. I haven’t even heard all of them! There are two here that are completely new … Continue reading
“Be he ne’er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition”
It is St. Crispin’s Day. So go to France and win that battle!
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Truth, Justice, and the American Way!
This is totally sick, and utterly hilarious: How Superman II should have ended. This will appeal to those who never liked how Superman is able to erase Lois Lane’s memory by somehow “magically” kissing her. The standard “Superman grinning at the … Continue reading
YARRRR!!!
Today was Talk Like a Pirate Day, which is always fun. I mostly observe this on Facebook by, well, talking like a pirate all day, and posting YouTube videos of piratey stuff. Here are the items I posted: Yarrr, I … Continue reading
Yippee ki-yay….
I didn’t want to see Die Hard when it first came out. Mostly it had to do with a strong distaste I had for Bruce Willis, whom at the time I only knew of via Moonlighting, which was a show … Continue reading
Is the space opera over when the fat alien lady sings?
MD Jackson links this IO9 piece by Charlie Jane Anders about the fact that space opera has all but disappeared from filmed entertainment these days. It’s really a shame, I think, and I hate to think its partly reflective of … Continue reading