The NY Times (once again, I’m the NYT’s bitch) had an article this morning about a new movie coming out titled This Film Is Not Yet Rated. It is a documentary about the American film rating system (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) and how it is not at all as transparent or rule-bound as some …
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Dragon*Con 2006
Wahhhhhh!!!!!! As you may notice from the categories tags, Dragon*Con was a multi-threaded, awesomely spectacular, ravingly cool, devastatingly delicious weekend. There’s so much to talk about, I’m not sure where to start. This will probably end up being a multiple posting. I’ll start by saying, I bought a new camera the week before Dragon*Con, and …
Snakes on a Plane
As several of my friends have already noted, a bunch of people in geographically disparate locations saw Snakes on a Plane this opening weekend. My general impression/review is: Exactly what I expected. Campy, stupid, yet still righteously awesome. I found it to be a little bit too gratutitously violent, though. Especially when the violence/gore didn’t …
Superman Returns
I was going to review this movie, but Phil Plait (who will be at Dragon*Con this year! I’ll see you there, Phil!) did a great job and hit all of the high spots. Except a few… SPOILERS FOLLOW Such as:
Movie Reviews
I’ve been a critic of movie critics for a good long time now. I have found that they do not jive with my own views (usually) so there’s no real point in listening to them when I’m going to go see the movie anyhow and formulate my own opinion. Then I moved to Atlanta, and …
WWAD
What Would Aslan Do? This link has been sitting in my “to blog about” folder for a while. It neatly sums up my feelings concerning the media warriors and their interpretations of the facts surrounding us. I hate being lumped in with a group and then told what I think. The problem stems from the …
Moronic Self Loathing = "Treasure Hunt"
I just wasted 45 minutes of my life. Usually, I don’t mind pissing away the allotted time I have before death, but this time, I resent it right down to my toenails. We Tivo’d NBC’s Treasure Hunt (to which I refuse to hyperlink) this evening. We sat down and started up the Tivo and slowwwwly …
Prairie Home, Hurricanes, and Levi's Call
Messy title, for a messy post. Here goes… We saw A Prairie Home Companion on Friday. I confess that I had high expectations for this movie, given the character of the radio show from Minnesota Public Radio. We arrived a few minutes before show time and didn’t have any problem getting seats. Let’s just say …
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Pern on Film
There is news that Anne McCaffrey’s world of Pern will be brought to film sometime soon. We’ve heard this before, of course, but this one looks more positive. Ms. McCaffrey mentioned that there were negotiations ongoing when we saw her at Dragon*Con last September. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I …
Mission: Unwatchable
We saw Mission: Impossible III, last night, a serious waste of my precious time. This movie was so disjointed, such a strange mix of action and “feeling” that I still feel a bit whiplashed. J.J. Abrams directed and helped to write this movie. It certainly shows. As you may be aware, I’ve expressed my opinion …