A rough collection of small ramblings and rants from the previous week, that SHOULD have been brought to you on Friday:
* Went to see Babylon AD Friday morning and realized why all the missed Hollywood "opportunities" I've had might have been for the best. There MUST have been a pretty good movie in there somewhere, just don't ask me exactly where. Look, we have your gritty depressive sci-fi world, your bright and shiny futuristic sci-fi world, some action using snowmobiles, oh, and we'll try to make a religious statement here too. All I can say is that I sat through it, was liking it in parts, and then the whole movie just kind of shredded in a bad haze of "you know what would be REALLY cool here..." and ending with a "Oh yeah, this was all based on a book, here's the end of the story", then CLUNK an "epilogue" that left we saying "oh yeah, the lead character would really do THAT!". Is Vin Diesel in control of his scripts because this was kind of the way I felt after watching Riddick, only Riddick was a lot more fun over all (more cool shit to look at), with that family oriented Disney film brought up for the last scene. I kind of expected either a large explosion, or some animated talking forest creatures there at the end- oh well.
*So, back to my original point above, after watching Babylon AD and Clone Wars a week or 2 before, perhaps my not making a great Hollywood connection isn't all bad, and no wonder I'm a cynical bastard when it comes to that kind of shit. I've had enough "talk" with agents, and moguls (producers and the like), and seen enough clunky film making to DESERVE to be cynical- though one meeting of Hollyweird "talk" with an unbounced check at the end of it would probably change all that- HAH!
*I've been trying to add more comic oriented stuff here to the blog, and I've got 2-4entries started and will probably finish at least a couple of them this weekend, so if all the video and non comics stuff has been boring you of late hang in there, I'll catch up.
*This last week has been a bit of a low energy week for me, I ran through a torrent of work these last few months and have been steadily working this week for sure, but it seems like mostly low paying almost "catch up" type work. I'm still aching to get something a lot more creative going really really SOON.
*Lately I've been getting into political discussions that I really don't mean to do. After defending some big party political move I've been catching myself thinking "But that's all because they're running for office, once they get in it'll be the same ol' shit". Honestly politics normally bore the crap out of me and I try to avoid them, so I'll use short hand and say 1) Yes, Obama looked REALLY presidential, and Bidden gives off the aura of being a stand-up guy and there might be real "Change" happening here. 2)Hillary's speech (what I was able to sit through) seemed forced, fake, and too saccharin, but I hope she convinces enough women to look at their personal lives before voting for Palin and decide which of the 2 PRESIDENTIAL candidates could do the most to better their existence and vote that way, which I honestly think most intelligent women will do 3)McCain is a joke, comes off as a wiley snake, and for the last 2-4 years now- really ever since "The Straight-Talk Express" came to a screeching halt, has come off as a wishy-washy bastard- the crap about his houses is sad and funny at the same time and 4) the STUNT CASTING of Palin is interesting, like the republicans think women will just vote for a women. I LIKE Palin's economic record (what little one she has), but her anti-gay, anti-choice stance sickens me, PLUS the fact that she's a "slash and burn" politician who in the short time she's been politicking has left a trail of former candidates (mostly from her own party yet) cut off at the knees with their political throats slit and shit down- THAT might make her a GREAT vice president if she was doing all of that "justice seeking" because of her conscience and not for all the political gain she has aquired- THAT'S REALLY SCARY.
*I did win a small bet from my Republican friend that McCain didn't choose Lieberman as his VP- but I told him when we bet that McCain probably had as much choice in his VP as I did over the casting of the Watchmen movie. Again, Palin is a GREAT choice, but in the upcoming weeks I'm thinking the words "Republican ploy" and "backstabber" will follow her like her shadow. I told my buddy for her to be but a little footnote in history, of less importance than Dan Quayle, but then again I could be wrong.
*Now I'll be getting a lot of work done away from the TV for the next week because I've already heard all the republican rhetoric, and quit honestly I've been sick of this political crap for months, so I suppose I desperately need to STFU and find more important, much less depressing, much more fulfilling stuff to talk about!
*So maybe that's why I'm a bit depressed this morning, too much politics and not enough FUN!
*Is it me or are we looking at a horrible season of new TV? Very little "new" in there isn't it? I'll probably address that in a future post, but there's not a whole lot starting up this year (at least not this fall) that's catching my attention. But then, I'm still pissed that Chuck gets a second season and Journeyman never made it past a 13th episode.
*Speaking of Journeyman- have you been to Fancast.com? Awesome of them to set up free showings of some true fan favorite TV. Sure the broadcasting is a bit flawed, but the episodes are still watchable, and really perfect for small screen "browsing" while working on more important stuff- look them up if you like that kind of thing.
*Well, that's it for now- more soon- and thanks for reading my ramblings- hope your week went well.
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