Some time ago, not long after I first got into Doctor Who, there was a phony rumor that David Tennant would be soon stepping down to be replaced by Jason Statham as the Eleventh Doctor. You know, the big, burly, bald guy who tends to play the same, big, burly, bald tough guy in such films as The Bank Job, the new Deathrace, and the Transporter soon ( Read more... )

For the couple of you that read this and watch Doctor Who (assuming you've not heard already, which is super-unlikely):

http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkkVFEVAkpSmGYjFYL

David Tennant is stepping down come the end of the 2009 specials, making ( Read more... )

Was watching Dr. No the other day, and it reminded me of a quirk of the old Bond pictures I'd rather forgotten: his theme tended to follow him around, regardless of his actions. I mean, of course, his rip-roarding, full-bore, brass-heavy "Ba-da-da-DA" that starts every Bond picture even today and usually accompanies his more action-laden sequences ( Read more... )

So, Quantum of Solace is due out in the States on November 17th, and I'm getting into full-blown hype mode. I've been reading anything I can that's not loaded down with spoilers (not easy), which has lead me to reading wikipedia articles on the character's history. This lead to the following gem from Albert R. Broccoli - the man who helped create ( Read more... )

Now, I normally don't read celebrity gossip; the personal lives and private pecadilloes of the rich and famous don't really matter to me, unless it somehow affects a film/franchise/program I am invested in. For example, not a day goes by where I don't worry that Robert Downey, Jr. might become a drug-and-booze-addled fuck-up again and ruin the ( Read more... )

New Bond theme, new list. I felt like  the last one, merely listing best to worst, was a bit vague, if only because it lacks any sort of scale. The quality gap between, for example, my #1 and #2 songs is much, much smaller than the gap between, for example, the #16 and #17 songs. With that in mind, I have added another layer of "this prick has too ( Read more... )

So, what’s happened in the nearly one month since I last updated?

Well, I finally spent some proper time in NYC, something I’ve been wanting to do for literally twelve years, now. It was all awesome, seriously. The mad rush of people, the near-claustrophobic effect of being surrounded by endless, huge buildings, the sheer absurdity of the ( Read more... )

Schatzi and I had dinner at Uno's tonight for a friend of hers birthday. On our way to Kenmore station, I see this guy buzzing up the street on a Segway in an Abe Lincoln costume. When he goes by, I see he has "Segway Abe" written on the back of his coat. Marketing ploy, I figured, and decided I'd bite. So I googled him and found a comment from him ( Read more... )

It's Beaker from the Muppets. Won't tell you what he's doing, just watch:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xpcUxwpOQ_A

It's Beaker, you know, the lab assistant, "Meep meep meep," all that jazz, so why haven't you  gone yet?! Stop reading this and go!

OR: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford Pretending  He's Still 35.

I work with a pleasant Engilshman by the name of Lee, who has a fine taste in films. We've been talking for some time now about the approaching (and now-arrived) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Like all Indy fans, he was, on the one hand, excited to see it while being ( Read more... )