Dec/071
Cool site
This is a pretty cool site. I stumbled upon this site when I was trying to figure out the name of this old Japanese show I used to watch (The Space Giants). I spent the better part of last Friday watching old commercials and browsing the site. Worth checking out!
Some of the 'contributors' are terrible spellers. "Wasen't"? For Real? I think I learned how to spell "wasn't" in 5th grade, if not sooner. People are really dumb, especially on the internet.
Dec/071
Parents in denial
So I'm at work, which means I'm bored. I'm sitting here reading the news trying to kill some time before I go to the dentist, and I came upon this story.
This is my favorite part: "Then, yesterday, I came home from work early and what do I find? My innocent little boy smoking pot in the back yard with two of his delinquent friends."
Please. Parents are ridiculous. They have no clue and think their children are perfect angels. Of course it wasn't his child's fault for smoking pot. It was his "delinquent" friends. Wake up! It was probably the kid's pot. He probably stole the money from the father to buy the pot. There is probably a huge stash of it upstairs under the kid's mattress! Christ he probably SELLS it. "innocent little boy" my ass.
Parents are ridiculous. They spoil their kids and create this cushy world where they get whatever they want, and never have any disappointments. They manipulate every aspect of the kid's life, from sports teams to friends. You didn't make the team? Let me go down to that school and complain and stomp around because no one says no to my little angel. You got in trouble? It's not your fault! It's your friends' fault, or the school's fault, or the cops are targeting the family. It's NEVER their child's fault.
These kids are not prepared for life. That's why you have 21 years old kids acting like 15 year olds. Because they lack the emotional maturity to deal with adult decisions. I mean, what is going to happen to these kids when the parents die? They are totally dependent on their parents, and the parents have raised them to be that way. Big spoiled brats. And what's worse is that they will go through life expecting everything to just magically happen for them. And when it doesn't, they become drug addicts and alcoholics, or depressed and popping pills, or end up in prison.
Great job parents!
Dec/070
Duh
So I looked down and realized that my socks are blue, not black as I thought they were when I put them on this morning.
Last night I was on my way to Sears and Kohl's at the Granite Run mall, and some dumb woman almost killed me! I was travelling in the left lane, which is the straight lane, and she was in the right lane, which is the right turn only lane, and she decides to go straight into my lane and totally cut me off. It was a close call; we're talking inches. I slammed on the brakes and laid on the horn. I blew the horn for about a minute, then I gave it a break. As I was about to turn into the parking lot, I laid on the horn again to make sure she knew I was pissed off. Stupid whore! Pay attention! I'm sure she didn't do it intentionally because there weren't any cars behind me or in front of me, and she wasn't driving aggressively. She just wasn't paying attention. Friggin' moron! It's hilarious to me right now, but last night I was pissed off!
Dec/072
Blade Runner 2
Well I went and saw Blade Runner Friday night at the Ritz. I enjoyed it. I don't really remember every detail of the previous releases, so I can't tell you what's different. All in all it's a good movie. It looked great, and was really loud in the theater as well, which was pretty cool.
The theater wasn't sold out like I thought it would be. It was like 80% full. A whole theater of weird, beret-wearing, Philly inner-city people. Bunch of sci-fi geeks and wanna-be film critics. After the movie they were all milling about discussing the use of shadows and camera angles and techniques, and how many seconds longer the scenes were than the previous cuts of the movie. They were all getting off hearing themselves talk. So much so that they were all trying to suck themselves off between sentences. I couldn't wait to get away from them. Can't you just watch a movie and enjoy it without analyzing it and otherwise annoying me?
**Spoiler alert!** Don't read anymore if you never saw the movie and are planning on seeing it! So now I'm going to analyze it (hold on, I'm trying to do myself...). When Rachael asks him if he's ever given himself the test, the camera lingers on her way too long. It was distracting. I'm sure it was intentional, but it felt weird. The unicorn thing bothers me. I would have never known that Decker was a replicant if Martin didn't tell me the significance of the origami unicorn. They show the unicorn early in the movie, and Decker is playing the piano, kinda lost in thought. Was that a daydream? I was kind of lost. They needed a litle more with the unicorn and I think I would have been able to piece it together. I always thought that the unicorn meant that Gaff (pimped out Adama) was at his apartment and could have killed Rachael but didn't, and was letting them get away because she was going to die anyway. Seriously. I had no idea what it really meant. I guess I'm not as sharp as I used to be. Though I did notice all the pictures Decker had on his piano. They were like the pictures the other replicants had on them. Maybe once Martin told me about Decker, that I was subconsciously looking for clues?
Harrison Ford looks so young in that movie. He's 65 now. 65!
I can't think of anything else right now. It's almost time for me to leave for the day!
It was definitely worth seeing in the theater. When will you have the chance again?
Dec/071
Blade Runner
It's been a couple weeks since the last post. Time flies when you work every damn day. I could probably post everyday from work, but I feel very exposed here (I'm at work right now!). Maybe I will. I always think of these really good things to rant about when I'm driving home or when I'm away from a computer. And by the time I am near a pc, I'm not inspired to write anymore, or my rage has subsided.
Anyway, I'm going to see Blade Runner tonight at the Ritz. I thought it would be cool to see a 25 year old movie on the big screen. It's the "Final Cut" which is supposed to be the director's definitive vision of the film. I think it's been cleaned up and remastered also. Blade Runner is currently number 103 on IMDB's Top 250. The DVD comes out on the 18th, and one edition of the DVD will contain all 3 versions of the film. I don't think I have seen every version yet. I have the Director's Cut at home, so I have seen that one. Hopefully it will be good.
I never thought I would have the chance to see it in the theater. I would like to buy a theater and show older movies on it. Have recliners and coolers and pretzel bites. And walls that block cell phone signals. And show movies like Aliens (of course), and the original Star Wars trilogy, and the Matrix, and Lord of the Rings, and countless other movies that I like. I guess that's the reason why people have home theaters with projectors and big ass screens. And recliners. And they don't have to get dressed to go see a movie, or even wear clothes at all! I should probably get a home theater.
I will let you know how it is if i don't get murdered in Philly. It's pretty freakin' cold outside, and hopefully it's too cold for the murderous thugs to be out murdering.