Friday, September 26, 2003
Critics are full of crap
A Mighty Wind is good. Don't let them tell you any different. I especially like that the entirety of the television special is on the DVD as it would have appeared on television.
Fred Willard is a comedic genius, "Wha Happen?"
The Three Wiesman Adult Bookstore, now that's good comedy.
And remember that people in North Dakota are smarter because it's colder up there.
A Mighty Wind is good. Don't let them tell you any different. I especially like that the entirety of the television special is on the DVD as it would have appeared on television.
Fred Willard is a comedic genius, "Wha Happen?"
The Three Wiesman Adult Bookstore, now that's good comedy.
And remember that people in North Dakota are smarter because it's colder up there.
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Kiss-Aerosmith
In case you were wondering I saw Kiss/Aerosmith (and Saliva) at AmSouth Ampitheatre, or as I like to call it Starwood, on Monday. I'll have a bit more about it up later, but here for your edification (and to prove what a dork I am) is the set list for the show.
There you go ladies.
In case you were wondering I saw Kiss/Aerosmith (and Saliva) at AmSouth Ampitheatre, or as I like to call it Starwood, on Monday. I'll have a bit more about it up later, but here for your edification (and to prove what a dork I am) is the set list for the show.
Saliva: They opened and played about five songs including that Click Click Click song and one that was a Toby Keith style Don't Mess With God's America type song. They were on for 35 minutes.
Kiss
Detroit Rock City
Deuce
Shout It Out Loud
Rock and Roll
Lick it Up
Fire House
I Like It Loud
I Want You (Rock and Roll Over)
Gene Solo/God of Thunder
100,000 Years
Paul Stanley Medly Stairway to Heaven/Angie/Amazing Grace
Black Diamond
--Encore Break--
Beth
Love Gun
Rock and Roll All Nite
Aerosmith
Mama Kin
Same Old Song and Dance
Love In An Elevator
Pink
Jaded
What it Takes
Stop Messin Around (Joe Perry) from the new album
Love My Girl? also new
Baby Please Don't Go
Dream On
Back In the Saddle Again
Let The Music Do The Talking
Cryin'
Walk This Way
Tom Hamilton Solo
Sweet Emotion
Toys In the Attic
There you go ladies.
Sunday, September 21, 2003
Fun with fusion: Freshman's nuclear fusion reactor has USU physics faculty in awe
OK, so the guy builds a fusion reactor out of spare parts, big deal. The real story is the project that beat him in the rankings of the Physics competition, pulling the first award of $3,000 called "Is Eating Blueberry Pie Bad for You?" That's a damn physics project.
I can answer that question: No. Blueberry pie is soooo good for you. Where's my $3,000 intel? Here I am sitting on this perfectly good orbiting laser platform that I just need funding to complete. $3,000 would go nicely towards completing my death ray.
Now if I could just get a hang of rocket physics so that I won't accidentaly blow myself up when I try to launch it and myself into a high Earth orbit from whence I will rain fire and death down apon the Earth Old Testament Style.
The results of the competition are here.
Thanks to Gunny for pointing this one out to me.
OK, so the guy builds a fusion reactor out of spare parts, big deal. The real story is the project that beat him in the rankings of the Physics competition, pulling the first award of $3,000 called "Is Eating Blueberry Pie Bad for You?" That's a damn physics project.
I can answer that question: No. Blueberry pie is soooo good for you. Where's my $3,000 intel? Here I am sitting on this perfectly good orbiting laser platform that I just need funding to complete. $3,000 would go nicely towards completing my death ray.
Now if I could just get a hang of rocket physics so that I won't accidentaly blow myself up when I try to launch it and myself into a high Earth orbit from whence I will rain fire and death down apon the Earth Old Testament Style.
The results of the competition are here.
Thanks to Gunny for pointing this one out to me.
Strong Quake Rocks Tokyo, Some Injuries
I bring this up because Tommy had a link to this story about a self-taught Japanese astronomer who predicted an earthquake in Tokyo for this week, though he did say that it would happen on Tuesday or Wednesday and that it would be a 7 or greater.
I think that he gets points for being pretty close.
Tommy's story about the earthquake drills when we were in elementary school got me to thinking about them as well.
What I remember (though I'm probably wrong) is that they went much like the tornado, fire and killer bee swarm drills in that we all were lined up and filed out into the hallway (the so called "precious" students were led into the upper grade-boys restroom's shower, the so called "strongest room structurally in the building") then we were made to crouch in the yoga child's pose with a book over the back of our necks and heads while imploring God not to kill us, or at the very least to kill the person next to us, but not us.
During this the teachers would walk behind us up and down the hallway, occasionaly smacking one of us in the back with a yardstick for "cutting up."
Granted I think my memories of that time are a little suspect.
I bring this up because Tommy had a link to this story about a self-taught Japanese astronomer who predicted an earthquake in Tokyo for this week, though he did say that it would happen on Tuesday or Wednesday and that it would be a 7 or greater.
I think that he gets points for being pretty close.
Tommy's story about the earthquake drills when we were in elementary school got me to thinking about them as well.
What I remember (though I'm probably wrong) is that they went much like the tornado, fire and killer bee swarm drills in that we all were lined up and filed out into the hallway (the so called "precious" students were led into the upper grade-boys restroom's shower, the so called "strongest room structurally in the building") then we were made to crouch in the yoga child's pose with a book over the back of our necks and heads while imploring God not to kill us, or at the very least to kill the person next to us, but not us.
During this the teachers would walk behind us up and down the hallway, occasionaly smacking one of us in the back with a yardstick for "cutting up."
Granted I think my memories of that time are a little suspect.
Friday, September 19, 2003
Underworld
Starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman, Dir. by Len Wiseman
I've been seeing alot of negative reviews on Ain't It Cool and elsewhere for this film, and I have to say that I disagree with Harry at AICN that this is a ..soulless cinematic turd...".
It is the story of Vampires and Werewolves who have been warring for over a thousand years and it all comes to a head over the Lycans (werewolves) mysterious plans for a human named Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman). A Death-Dealer (a Lycan-hunting vampire, not the Frank Frazetta character), Selene (Beckinsale) tries to protect Corvin from both sides who seem to want him.
The plot isn't really that complicated if you pay attention, and players of White Wolf's Vampire and Werewolf RPG's will especially enjoy the fact that the story could easily be set in that universe (especially the talk of Abominations, which are characters right out of the game. Has anyone from White Wolf seen this film?). I disagree with reviews that say the plot is hard to follow. I think there are alot of people out there who just lack the proper disposition to sit and pay attention.
The action is fluid and easy to follow, with lots of trenchcoated vamps and lycans shooting at each other, and missing most of the time A-Team style. I understand Harry's criticism that there isn't enough vampire type action, not even one hunt of a human, but haven't we seen that before in films enough? This movie is more intent on the action between the vamps and Lycans and doesn't really concern itself with the human population of the unnamed European city that it takes place in. The werewolves get big and hairy and rip things up, and the vampires use guns to shoot them.
Contrast this film with one like The Breed, starring Adrian Paul, which tries for much the same Vampires in Leather with guns shooting John Woo style, and you see just how good the action in this film is. I would have liked to have seen a little more realism from Beckinsale in the gun firing department, but I will forgive that minor negative in her otherwise quite satisfactory performance.
The only glaring bad spot in the entire film for me was Shane Brolly who played Kraven, the current prince of this particular group of vampires. He's whiny and seems to only have two facial expressions, pissed and more pissed. If he is supposed to be a few hundred-year-old Knight, then he shouldn't have the horrible delivery that he has. I'm not expecting him to talk like Gary Oldman in Dracula, but I do expect him to at least sound like he recieved SOME culture in the past 600-700 years. He was either miscast, or just a bad actor, I'm not sure which.
All in all a good vampire/werewolf shoot-em-up. Not a Horror film, but not meant to be.
Starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman, Dir. by Len Wiseman
I've been seeing alot of negative reviews on Ain't It Cool and elsewhere for this film, and I have to say that I disagree with Harry at AICN that this is a ..soulless cinematic turd...".
It is the story of Vampires and Werewolves who have been warring for over a thousand years and it all comes to a head over the Lycans (werewolves) mysterious plans for a human named Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman). A Death-Dealer (a Lycan-hunting vampire, not the Frank Frazetta character), Selene (Beckinsale) tries to protect Corvin from both sides who seem to want him.
The plot isn't really that complicated if you pay attention, and players of White Wolf's Vampire and Werewolf RPG's will especially enjoy the fact that the story could easily be set in that universe (especially the talk of Abominations, which are characters right out of the game. Has anyone from White Wolf seen this film?). I disagree with reviews that say the plot is hard to follow. I think there are alot of people out there who just lack the proper disposition to sit and pay attention.
The action is fluid and easy to follow, with lots of trenchcoated vamps and lycans shooting at each other, and missing most of the time A-Team style. I understand Harry's criticism that there isn't enough vampire type action, not even one hunt of a human, but haven't we seen that before in films enough? This movie is more intent on the action between the vamps and Lycans and doesn't really concern itself with the human population of the unnamed European city that it takes place in. The werewolves get big and hairy and rip things up, and the vampires use guns to shoot them.
Contrast this film with one like The Breed, starring Adrian Paul, which tries for much the same Vampires in Leather with guns shooting John Woo style, and you see just how good the action in this film is. I would have liked to have seen a little more realism from Beckinsale in the gun firing department, but I will forgive that minor negative in her otherwise quite satisfactory performance.
The only glaring bad spot in the entire film for me was Shane Brolly who played Kraven, the current prince of this particular group of vampires. He's whiny and seems to only have two facial expressions, pissed and more pissed. If he is supposed to be a few hundred-year-old Knight, then he shouldn't have the horrible delivery that he has. I'm not expecting him to talk like Gary Oldman in Dracula, but I do expect him to at least sound like he recieved SOME culture in the past 600-700 years. He was either miscast, or just a bad actor, I'm not sure which.
All in all a good vampire/werewolf shoot-em-up. Not a Horror film, but not meant to be.
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