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interesting documentary on the early days of apple and microsoft. a must see for nerds.

just watched parts of this tonite. and its a very interesting dvd. its mainly just the girls dancing, but really, what else do you need from a bellydancing video. the soundtrack is awesome. the girls are quite...ummmm...talented.

interesting film. very tim burtonish... neil gaiman is an awesome writer and this film demonstrates his keen sense of the weird.

oh metallica...how the mighty have fallen. i loved you guys when nobody wanted to. i even kind of endured the napster days, with lars whining and crying about people stealing their music. i'm all for copyright protection too, but when your claim to fame has been "Rock and Roll! Seek and DESTROY, Pillage! Chaos!" - "But dont steal our music!" umm...ok. whatever. but i was able to make it through that. but then you filmed this documentary. and it was as if you took all my awesome rock and roll metallica memories and pooped on them. and i'm talking a full-on "just ate sauerkraut" kind of poop. seriously....watching hetfield crying through his recovery and his emotional "issues" made me wanna barf up my corn flakes. and a therapist sitting in band meetings? are you friggin kidding me? who signed off on that idea? Lars should have jumped across the table, choked him and shoved a drumstick in his eye. but no...there you were sitting at the table talking about your "feelings". waaa waaa wooo. this is rock and roll baby. its supposed to be hard. its supposed to be self-destructive. so anyway... take this dvd and eat it. you could probably chase it with some sparkling water while cruising town in your mini-van listening to barry manilow brighten your day. You guys used to rock, but now you're just a bunch of pansy-nancy soccer moms. you guys suck. suck hard.

yup...i'll be there when this opens. not for the plot. but because milla is awesome.

i dunno. this film really didnt do a whole lot for me. not as powerful as some of his other stuff. and i just couldnt get used to the Hulk being the main Israeli. The movie really never seems to go anywhere. Seemed to be lacking a sense of direction and meaning. I guess that I was supposed to feel bad when his teammates get iced, but really, why should I? the story doesnt really build character history for anyone, including the main dude. Theres a hint that maybe mom was a crappy parent and dad was an inmate. but aside from that, i never really got into why he hated palestinians. aside from the fact that they were palestinians. i dunno. just didnt do it for me i guess.

ok....aside from the suspension of disbelief, i'd like to propose a much shorter version of the film that perhaps JRR Tolkien overlooked:

Frodo gets the ring.  Gandalf finds out.
Gandalf Summons a Great Eagle for Frodo to ride on.
They get to Mordor in perhaps a day or two.  Drop off the ring.
Blammo....done.  The end.  No big battles with huge losses of life.
No hobbits getting stabbed in the shoulder.  No Elves moving back to Elfy land.
but i guess that wouldnt have been as dramatic or engaging.

:)

 

	o.k....seriously. how did i NOT ever see these episodes until today? ever have one of those film moments when you're watching something that you thought that you'd already viewed only to realize "holy crap! i can't believe this slipped underneath the radar!" Well I had just such a moment.
As much as this rocked, it was still sad to see it come to an end. if you're looking for an awesome WW2 experience, this is the CD set to get. Action scenes were so intense that I found myself dodging bullets in the comfort of my living room.

http://www.spout.com/films/BandofBrothers/204024/default.aspx
Pick this one up. You wont be disappointed.

i've been watching the new doctor who episodes that are released for bbc only.  unfortunately I must torrent the episodes if i want to watch them and you'll have to do the same if you want them.  there were rumors that bbc would have some form of downloadable content (or full length episodes) available to the web community, but I'm not seeing it.
so anyway....the next series started on xmas day with a new Doctor Who.  So far the "new Who" seems to pull off the character seamlessly.  The show does tend to center on Rose a little too much but its bearable for now.
The special effects seem to be a bit more elaborate this season...
So anyway...the bbc site can be found at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/index.shtml

again...if you want to see the episodes, you'll need to download them as there is no broadcast on the sci-fi channel that i know of.

King Kong

The wife and i checked out Peter Jacksons rendition of Kong tonite.  It was pretty impressive.  The dino/kong battle was incredibly awesome.  i just about fell out of my seat when kong picked up the dead dino head and kinda played with it a bit.
The lead actress (sorry forgot who at the moment) was a cross between Tea Leoni and Nicole Kidman, both of whom I enjoy watching.
It was a tad long, more so than it needed be.  But a visually appealing film.  I'd definitely recommend it.