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Star Trek (2009)
So, Star Trek. This franchise has a long and fabled history, but recently has been rather run into the ground. Enterprise was a disaster, Voyager (though I really enjoyed it) was largely asinine, and Deep Space Nine has real problems surrounding what they tried to do with some of the characters. Come to think of it, though, the original has aged so ( Read more... ) -
The Forums
I hang about a certain message board, which features a monthly "I did not need to see that Image thread". This month has included hillbillies, malformed babies, a Jesus fuckdoll, and a grandma who hates everybody. Pretty much par for the course.
Mega-shark vs. Giant octopus, however, caught my eye, and prompted this response (in part): "What does ( Read more... ) -
A Wind Named Amnesia (1993)
So, this was a blast from the past - this was, literally, the first real anime I ever saw (I'm discounting the Americanized version of Dragonball, here). And unlike a lot of things from that era of my life, it actually stood up to the test of time pretty damn well ( Read more... ) -
The Pirate's Bay
Y'know what? This is a sad day for copyright law. I'm not saying that piracy is necessarily ok, or that creators shouldn't be paid for their content. But the laws that exist are severely biased, almost to the point of being draconic. In this case, nobody wins. -
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Gorillaz is a funky little side project by Damon Alburn (of Blur fame), which has now released two full-length albums. Gorillaz isn't really a band, but it's not a solo project; Alburn gets a whole bunch of musicians to contribute, and creates a "virtual band", with all the media and visual representations done by four cartoon characters ( Read more... ) -
Watchmen
I'm not going to say much about this, because I could go on at length, but Watchmen was really good. If you haven't read the book yet, do so, but check the movie while its in theaters. I'm a little peeved at how they chose to portray Rorschach, but I do understand why they did it. Also, Billy Crudup's digitally enhanced penis was hilarious. -
Thru-You
I don't really know what to call it, but Thru-You is really something incredible. It's either the coolest remix project, video project, or whatever I've run across yet. A guy in Tel Aviv who goes by Kutiman, with some serious creative skills, noticed that there's a lot of people putting videos of themselves playing music up on youtube.com, and ( Read more... ) -
Quote of the Week
"No, no, no, man. We're talking about giant lizard porn now." -
Quantum of Solace
Well, I went out to see the new Bond flick today, and shit was I......disappointed. Let's take this in three tracks, because there's three different ways for this movie to be considered: the writing, the directing, and Daniel Craig.
First up, Daniel Craig: finally, a decent Bond. Sean Connery established the role of this character, and Craig has ( Read more... ) -
Links, and a return
Alright, so this is rapidly becoming an orphaned blog. Hurrah, I'm contributing to dead space online!
Hopefully, I'll find a little more time to speak here. In the meantime....
McCain gets served by Mr. Colin Powell. - I have always like Colin Powell, I think he's one of the most respectable members of the GOP, and he just laid a seven-minute ( Read more... )