I just don't understand why companies spend millions to make films that suck. The average movie these days is a horrible bomb. I think the main problem is, screen plays generally arent written by good authors. Many of my favorite movies were made from stories written by some of my favorite authors. The Stand, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, ( Read more... )

In the mid 20th century marijuana was illegalized. Not because of it's effects, but because of the tobacco company's greed. Don't get me wrong, I love my RJ Reynolds products, but the tobacco industry's greed knows no bounds. When marijuana started to become a popular thing, the tobacco industry saw it as a threat to thier profits. They used thier ( Read more... )

Is it just me or is Thirst from the new Sprite commercials really annoying? Same thing with the Sierra Mist commercials, where the guy jumps from the balcony into a pitcher of water, followed by his dog. You cant tell me that would be atall refreshing. I dont find urine-lemon carbonated water, such as Sprite and Sierra Mist, to be refreshing to ( Read more... )

Lets talk folks. Video game violence is an uppity subject these days. Old people and the like whine and cry about the evermore realistic and violent games coming out each year. GTA: San Andreas will be out by October and there's already a bustle going around about it. Thier arguement is that violent games make for violent gamers. This is just not ( Read more... )

My car sucks. It is a 1995 Ford Taurus GL. Its hunter green with a 3.0L v6. It has a bad transmission that only gives me first and second gear most of the time, and the lines are brittle and cracked so ATF sprays all over the place. I put about 3 liters in a week. It also has 4 bald tires. They all came from Don's auto for $15 a peice to replace my ( Read more... )

It is now one hour into the 15th of March, 2004. To us nerds, geeks, and lovers of good polygon counts, today should be marked as a national holiday. Today is the release of the hyped up, played up, loved up follow up of the ever loved Unreal Tournament 2003. Unreal Tournament 2004, as it is called, takes the series in a whole new, but surprisingly ( Read more... )