Archive for June, 2010
Everybody reads the same newspaper in TV and the Movies.
Uncategorized: June 6th, 2010Found this via Boingboing. And then look at this gallery. The first thing that stands out is that article with the woman. If you look hard enough, it’s the same paper in every screen capture in the gallery. It’s like that lorem ipsum thingee that keeps appearing everywhere!
Mortal Kombat Reboot?
Uncategorized: June 9th, 2010This video has apparently been making rounds in the blogosphere and twitterverse: Nice (and Jeri Ryan)! Naysayers say (ha!) it’s too different from the original franchise but I actually like the gritty, noirish feel to it. Is it fan-made or a demo reel? Unlikely, given the production value and the b-list stars in it. Some [...]
Hey, it’s Ralph Macchio: The Original Karate Kid
Uncategorized: June 12th, 2010So we got the new Karate/Kung Fu Kid movie out with Will Smith’s spawn. This obviously raises a lot of questions: couldn’t they get another Miyagi (Pat Mortia, RIP), did Will Smith resort to nepotism to get his kid cast and what the hell are they thinking calling a kung fu movie “The Karate Kid”? [...]
Could you do what Jesus would do?
Uncategorized: June 13th, 2010Disclaimer: I’m agnostic. I just don’t think that any one religion got it right. They’re all just too humanly structured, too humanly flawed to encompass the divine. I respect whatever people believe in–that’s cool–it’s your thing but I get offended when people can’t fathom if other people don’t share their faith. That said, here’s a [...]
Russian Spies and Tabloids
Uncategorized: June 30th, 2010I’m sure by now, you’ve heard about the 11 Russian spies arrested in the US this weekend. The idea was these spies would become so Americanized that no one would suspect them to be working for Russian intelligence. When arrests were made, neighbors were awestruck; remarking that the spies were living very American lives (some [...]
