io9 is running another list feature, this time on the Best Worst SciFi Movies. I am apparently awesome because I have seen every single one of the movies and like most of them. In fact, my favorite movie of all time is on this list…
Empire Strikes Back is on Spike TV right now, and I want you to think about this. When the Empire is looking for the Millenium Falcon in the asteroid belt, Vader gets a call from the Emperor and has the Executor (Super Star Destroyer drool) move out of the belts. This is odd because he does it “to get a clear signal.” Even though they have FTL communication across the galaxy, they can’t go through a couple of rocks…
As it turns out, Imperial is not butter. 
I do not wish to go back to the store, soooo I will look like I was attacked by a large heathen tomorrow. I can say however my virtue is still intact and his eye will be black and blue… and he only bled a little.
So, I’m going to Discovery Church here in Orlando, Melson (the former Melton) and Robbie hooked me up here and I was thinking I wanted to join a bible study or small group, anything really to get out and meet people. None of them looked appealing though until I hit “Kung Fu.” Yes, you heard it, my small group is Kung freaking Fu. Win. Anyways, it’s on Thursdays at 7:15pm, cool right? Well, I just got a job working for The Mouse and it’s full time so I don’t know what hours I will have for free time until Tuesday sadly, so I might not be able to continue.
BUT at least I know the basics of defending myself and how to hurt someone REALLY badly… They didn’t really teach us how to hurt someone though, that was an added bonus since my partner got about as serious as I did. Everyone else was going all nice and slow, we were like lightning speed, fists were flying everywhere, round house kicks were being blocked, it was cool. Anyways, I didn’t mean to punch him in the face. No really, I didn’t. I tried to aim(link) my punches over his shoulder to avoid doing said move. We basically would try to start slow, but then we would escalate to matrix speed and he blocked my right but wasn’t fast enough to block my left punch and he didn’t swerve as planned (he’s good at swerving, like a boxer or something), so I got him in the glasses (good thing b/c my ring is somewhat sharp) and the nose. Good news is, there was only a little blood, and his glasses didn’t break, bad news is he will have a nice shiner tomorrow.
Mind you, I did not escape unscathed. Why I wish I had butter: starting at my wrists and ending at my elbows I’m bruising from blocking punches and his roundhouse kicks, as well as my right shin from my round house being blocked. Oddly enough my sides (where he repeatedly punched me, I hope he isn’t bruising there too) don’t hurt nearly as much as my poor wrists. So, what did I learn about myself? My right leg and arm do not like to move without each other… (kick then punch sometimes ended up being kick and punch, oops!). Slow motion is not for me. Matrix, on the other hand, is something I can do.
It was a crazy awesome work out, which was half the attraction. There was lots of laughing, lots of pain, some apologizing, and I met people. I was really good at some moves, and need practice at others. Overall it was a good time investment of an entire evening. I really hope I can get a schedule with my Thursdays off so I can continue this. And now if you will excuse me, I’m off to the shower, and find some ice…
Why does every movie need a midget now? Was it Austin Powers or did they get a better union?
Kevin Anderson and Brian Hebert, authors of the Dune prequels (varying levels of success), just announced that they are on-board with a new version of Dune coming from Paramount.
We’ve been working on this for years, and we can finally make the proper announcement. Brian Herbert and I will be official co-producers on the film.
Ok… Here is what I see as a giant problem:
The filmmakers consider its theme of finite ecological resources particularly timely.
Fuck, it’s going to be An Inconvenient Truth in SPAAAAAAAACE.
Not mine, found it in a bio:
Our hybrid ammo
Who art in blasters
Hallowed be thy damage
Thy tracking come
Our optimal done
In low sec
As it is in Empire
Give us this day
Our daily wrecking shot
And forgive us our magentic field stabiliser 2’s
But we won’t forgive those
That use them against us
And lead us not into stasis webifiers,
But deliver us from scramblers
For thine is the thermal,
And the kinetic
Love them
I put Otter to sleep on Sunday night by watching the new Knight Rider. Short version: not even good enough to be background noise for WoW.
What I remember from two days later is all the negatives. First, Val Kilmer as the voice of KITT takes a while to get into the role. Yes, he’s an emotionless supercar but it seemed like they didn’t give Kilmer any footage to work with to get an idea of what is going on. He was reading off a .txt document into a computer mic for all the effort he gave in the first 90 minutes.
Then, why do I need a supercar when clearly the regular Ford Escape – which I think is what the bad guys were driving – can get to Vegas and back faster than the air-foil deploying Mustang Shelby 5-Billion Cobra KR or whatever KITT is IRL.
How about the costume department coming through on The Hoff’s suit for the final scene, when he gets handed the biggest pass ever for leaving a kid 25 years ago. As far as the suit goes, either the girdle broke in the middle of filming or they just had really, really unfortunate wind angle that consipired to make the suit jacket look far too small.
cue sappy music I love how the love interest is developed through the course of the two hours. He’s got two chicks in bed (WTF did they go anyways, freakin’ hotties), she has a never-seen, referenced once (twice?) boyfriend named Brock (hur-hur-hur). They had one summer of making out that made her think they were meant to be together 4evah, and he just figured he was “from a different world.” So the final bit is of course her lip-locking him before he slides out of the CGI-130 to save the day. Seriously, zero effort on the romance development.
Let’s see, what else can I pick on. Oh yeah, apparently KITT is a FREAKIN’ FORD. Just in case you didn’t notice, the bad guy vehicles and every single advertisement were ALSO FREAKIN’ FORDS. I honestly expected a giant Ford logo on the side of the airplane in the last scene. Can I buy a Dodge now?
Some other reviews seem generally positive on the show: Sy Fy Portal and SFSignal.com. Good luck to ‘em, it won’t be on in my house.
Even though I haven’t been a fan of their latest work, I think I’ll end up getting R.E.M.’s new album anyways. Video at the link, a much better sound I think than Up. Three bands I always buy: R.E.M., Tool, Live.
… that Nicole Kidman is starring in The Golden Compass which is a indictment of all religions. Of course the movie version is toned down but the books are highly critical of the Catholic Church which is what some people are up in arms about. FWIW, Nicole was married to Tom Cruise, the noted member of a “church” that is about as dogmatic, controlling, and secretive as anything the Catholics have come up with (possibly short of the Inquisistion).
shrug