Sweep the leg, Johnny
August 13th, 2008
Ahh 80’s geekiness revisited with relish, Karate Kid 1 and 2 available now on hulu.com - wax on… wax off.
Classic.
The Catholic Church bars film crew entry.
June 19th, 2008
What’s the matter, boys? Faith can’t handle the pressure?
Among other sources, the Houston Chronicle has the full story.
Now while not a person of faith (obviously), I think that spirituality is a wonderful thing, so I would never deny that people of faith, who actually live by that faith, aren’t potentially good human beings.
But having said that, I still believe that the attitude:”My Faith’s better than your faith” is a bone-headed way to carry on.
Still, it’s their property (ahem paid for how? hmmm?) and they are entitled to privacy. I think their PR approach of sticking their heads up their collective asses is probably less effective than letting the crew in to film, and saying that because “its a wonderful creation of fiction” “of course they don’t mind obliging, by sharing these beautiful pieces of art in the making of the film”.
Probably because they’re worried people might think they meant something else.
Keep up the good work, Vatican boys!
Skep
Superman Returns - why am I weeping?
June 18th, 2008
for joy.
Seriously. Something is very wrong with me. I read somewhere else on the blogosphere about the next Star Trek movie.
But I watched Superman Returns last night for about the 3rd time, and they so NAILED the nostalgia of the originals while being its own movie. I should IMDB the producers and see what else they’ve come up with because they were SO on target with this movie.
Seen it? Hate it? Love it? Wanna buy it? (I need the bucks)
More Free stuff that you might not have heard of
June 18th, 2008
hulu.com - Dumb name, great site. Its a joint venture between a couple of the major US TV networks to share current and archived shows in their entirety. The Hyper-geek in me just got through watching the first two whole seasons of Babylon 5 - all for free and with only minor commercial interruptions.
I got involved in the Beta test of this site, and since then its just gotten better and better.
In addition to the aforementioned geek fest Bab5, they also have Family Guy, The Simpsons, Hells Kitchen, The Office, shoot… the list goes on - click here for a quick index. Sometimes they only have clips or info about a show, but there are a ton of full length episodes and a decent selection of full length movies. It’s updated next day, which is a good thing because I’m always too drunk sleepy to watch Hell’s Kitchen on Tuesday nights, and I have Wednesday morning off. So guess where I’m heading next.
Skep