May 27, 2004

They're re-doing, with Denzel Washington, "The Manchurian Candidate."

Too bad John Frankenheimer isn't around to do it himself. For that matter, too bad John Frankenheimer isn't around anymore.

[Four separate links in that one, by the way]
Gotta love it when you spend two hours on something.

Think you're done.

Only to realize you skipped one very small, but very important, step.


And you have to do it all over again. Because you've now made a bunch of equipment completely useless.




But, that's okay.

When I look up to the calendar, or the running count I have posted next to it, I have only ten days left. Ten days.

Then, I don't return until August 17th. But, I still get paychecks.

May 26, 2004

Got a new project on the way: '63 Falcon Futura (mine, of course, is much more thrashed than these)

Not sure exactly what the hell I'm going to do with/to it. But, the price is right, and it needs a shit load of body and other such work before it gets time to decide. In other words, next summer it'll get the billy-badass V8.

Now I have somthing to do all summer.
Son of a bitch.

Mr. Golightly, I presume?

It's no so much who has left, but who amongst us has been stupid enough to come back. I, for one, am included in the latter group.

May 18, 2004

First off...

Wow, what the hell happened to the whole blogger interface? It's all... different.

Oh well, no matter. Anyway, I'm just writing from work... I started yesterday, which was filled with a day long orientation. A DAY long! But otherwise it wasn't too bad.

They had donuts. Yummmm.... donuts.

Now I would be working, but both people I would be working for have the day off, which means I have the day off... so I thought I'd write a little something here, since I haven't had the time or chance to post in awhile.

But now I guess I will go and try to decide what sort of long term health plan I need to have.

Seriously. What happened to all of us when the biggest decision we had to make was whether or not to take James with us to the PX? Being told that you have to decide whether or not you want to have part of your paycheck sent to basic life insurance really, really makes you feel old. I'm only 23 damnit!

Oh well, I'll forget all about that when I get paid on the 4th.

May 16, 2004

http://www.fasco-cs.com/works/viridian/index_e.html

crimson room 2. i beat it in 20minutes.
you can pay for the next room. laffo.

May 13, 2004

test.

fucking blogger.

hee hee, i knew if i waited long enough comments would be easy to acquire.

May 08, 2004

Clickety


I'm still wondering what the definition of "un-American" or "Anti-American" is exactly.

Specifically when applied to an act of free speech. By an american citizen.

Ranks right up there with the old "just go back to Africa" argument.

Things that make you go "hmmm..." or perhaps "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?!?"
Yeah, I had forgotten Junior...

The last time I saw it though, I was still in middle school, and I wasn't really even paying attention to it.

I actually thought Eraser wasn't too bad, it wasn't great, but it wasn't too bad, so it didn't make the cut for me, either way. The Running Man... it wasn't extremely bad or good, so I couldn't decide, but I was considering it.

Terminator III made the list, just barely, for worst Arnold flicks because it was a Terminator movie, but lacked a certain Terminator quality that made the other Terminator's great. By a movie itself, it was actually pretty good for an action flick. It was certainly better than Collateral Damage, but with Collateral Damage, it wasn't supposed to be anything more than what it was. I had certain expectations for Terminator III that weren't completely fulfilled.

May 07, 2004

Well, I saw "Collateral Damage" yesterday...

which means I think I've seen all of the Arnold Swartzeneggar flicks, except for maybe three that I'm not thinking about...

Either way, I think I've seen enough to make a preliminary top five list of the best Swartzeneggar flicks made, that I can remember and have seen (for all those of you who are undoubtedly about to get all pissy that i forgot one in the list).

And this list goes as:

  1. Terminator II

  2. Predator

  3. Terminator I

  4. Total Recall

  5. Twins


And the top five list for the worst Arnold flicks ever, from Core-level to "not so bad I suppose":

  1. End of Days

  2. The 6th Day

  3. Batman and Robin

  4. Jingle All The Way

  5. Terminator III


Yeeup, End of Days was my pick as the all-time horrible Arnold Swartzenegger movie, of the ones that I can remember seeing, mind you.

May 03, 2004

That might work... I'm spoken for on the 15th (during the day) otherwise it's all good.

Ran into Mr. and Mrs. Collins today. Good stuff. Didn't know you were in Cali.

Hey, Steve, give me a call.
wanna do something 14/15/16 like a big party/barbeque/camping thing when i get back?

thats what im asking people.
i know its difficult for aaron because he works them days.
i wont be able to get 'confirmation' from people until like the 12th, when i get back.

basically it'll be a " dude you guys rule " party.
after staying in california and realising that you guys just are awesome.

i have a spatula and a fresh memory of what to get for a barbeque from jimmoi's quick-impromptu-barbeque.

please post here/tagboard if you're interested and/or could make it,
if not just an apperance. so i can thank you for being you.
I saw that trailer too Bradbury...

When it comes to movies that are adaptations of books, or just remakes of books, I don't even bother to view the movie as an adaptation. Most of the time they aren't anyway, so there's no point in it.

In the case of "I, Robot", I'm just gonna watch it as a movie about robots and Will Smith gettin' Jiggy wit' dem. That's it. It's not an adaptation. That's my mantra. That should increase the viewing acceptibility of the film by a bit. Provided that the film, by itself and not as an adaptation, is actually entertaining.

And for Martain Chronicles, I was thinking Jackie Chan. He's the more likable martial artist... at least he's more Americanized than Jet Li.

May 02, 2004

What's next?

"The Martian Chronicles" with Jet Li?
What. The. Fuck.


Just watched the "I, Robot" trailer. Man, are they fucking that up. Aaron, I was seriously hoping that you were just fucking with me. Now, I have to read it again, just so I can see exactly how bad they're fucking it up.

Damn. I don't mean to say it looks like a bad movie, but that's sure as hell not how I remember the story.