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Quote of the Month
“Drinking water is healthy”
– Bryan Otis
Denzel Washington Venn Diagram
“Someone has created a Venn Diagram giving us a visual representation of the many different haircuts and head-wear actor Denzel Washington employs in his movies. I’m not sure who created this image. I found it on Paul Scheer’s blog, where he commented “Finally someone breaks it down”. Scheer discovered the diagram on ziesgotyouhigh.“
The Phantom Menace 70 Minute Review
Watch this review.
“Chances are you probably didn’t like Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. You might be a Star Wars fan, or at least a fan of the original trilogy. After waiting in line for hours, days, weeks, you may have even written a mini 200-400 word review on an internet message board somewhere. If you were a working movie critic, you might have even written a 1,000-2,000 word review of the film for some newspaper or magazine. All of this exists in the realm of possibility…but what about a 70-minute video review?
Some guy named Mike from Milwaukee, WI put together a 70-minute video review discussing the many reasons why the movie was horrible. And this isn’t your usual fanboy rant, this is an epic, well-edited well-constructed piece of geek film criticism. In fact, the way I learned about the video was from Lost co-creator and Star Trek producer Damon Lindelof, who said “Your life is about to change. This is astounding film making. Watch ALL of it.”
This review is incredible. He pretty much nails why The Phantom Menace is not a good movie. Compared to the other prequels, its the best of the bunch in my view. I don’t find it a particularly good movie though. I wished for more, but the rage it caused the geek community is fun to experience at times and this 70 minute video review is one such example.
The Devil Sends a Letter To Pat Robertson
“Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished. Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth — glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen “Crossroads”? Or “Damn Yankees”? If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox — that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it — I’m just saying: Not how I roll. You’re doing great work, Pat, and I don’t want to clip your wings — just, come on, you’re making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That’s working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.
Best, Satan “
The Simpsons Season 20
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The Simpsons: Twentieth Season
The Simpsons: Twentieth Season [Blu-ray]
Excerpt from an Amazon comment:
“No matter what your opinion of the various seasons of The Simpsons, you could count on a lovingly constructed DVD release full of special features, particularly audio commentaries for each episode. In skipping many seasons ahead to coincide with various Simpsons 20th Anniversary events it appears FOX (who knows who all was involved with this decision) all that goodwill has been erased with these barebones releases. The only “special feature” is an abbreviated preview of the just-aired 20th Anniversary Special. No commentaries, no animatics, no nuthin’. While the DVD version still has a full booklet with episode summaries, the Blu-ray has a tiny insert that lists only the titles. Neither has the customary Groening welcome letter. This is a blatant cash grab, I guess we’re expected to double-dip once the older seasons are finally released? I am ashamed to have purchased these releases, and the long-running staff of The Simpsons should be likewise embarrassed to have these releases sit alongside more than a decade of hilarious, feature-packed DVD sets that came before.”
I own The Simpsons on DVD. Seasons 1-10 and 12. I skipped 11 because it wasn’t on sale anywhere for less than $20. I picked up season 12 for $12. I love the show quite a bit. Always have a soft spot for The Simpsons. Seasons 1-8 id say were quite good. The remaining are good, just less good than the one before it. For instance, season 12 is fine it just has a few episodes that are fairly boring.
So after releasing season 12 they skipped to season 20. I am not really sure why they did this. Perhaps to skip to commemorating the 20th year? Since season 20 is in high def perhaps they want a bluray release as well? I am by nature a completist. I like to finish all the side quests in a game and explore the entire board in Doom The Board Game. But I am not sure that will mean I pickup all the seasons of The Simpsons. Ive had season 12 for a few months now and I am still a few episodes away from completing it. Watching The Simpsons in high def sounds good but receiving no commentary seems off. I watched every season 1-8 episode with commentary and it was really fun hearing what they had to say.