Friday notes

[yendi]

1. Bill Crider reports that Alice Borchardt has passed away. I was never a huge fan of her works (although I found her to much more talented than her sister), but I know that others are, and all indications are that she was also a nice person.

2. Had dinner at Fire+Ice Last night (for zlana's birthday). I'm still full (not that this prevented me from having breakfast). I consumed mass quantities of squid. And bacon. And other good stuff.

3. LOLCats are getting mainstream attention! It's only a matter of time before they appear on Ally McBeal next to the dancing baby. Or whatever Single Female Lawyer show is on the air these days.

4. New York Magazine's awesome Vulture blog analyzes Times critic A.O. Scott's history of slipping Simpsons references into his reviews.

5. Deion Sanders defends Michael Vick. Poorly. Could someone let Deion's employers know that his fifteen minutes expired a long time ago?

6. Um. Five versions of Blade Runner? WTF?

7. No, seriously. Why the fuck do we need five versions?

8. Joe Smith got sent down to the minors. :-( Not that he doesn't have room for improvement, but he's hardly as much of a burden on the team as Scott Schoeneweis.

9. The Linksys brand name will soon be dead.

10. So, Pat Tillman wasn't just killed by friendly fire. He was killed by friendly fire at close range with no active combatants around. Which, you know, might explain the cover-up, since it's getting harder and harder to call this an accident.

Comments

[darth-spacey.livejournal.com]

It's Single Female Doctor Show (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972412/) now, I think, FWIW (not much, as far as I can tell).

[yendi]

Too true! Although I think the series from which that's spun off also qualifies. Not that I watch either.

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

I read the TIME story last week, and the first thing I thought of was an lolcat with a "IM IN UR LIBRAL MEDIA" caption. I suppose it could be funny with the right cat picture. Or not.

[chaoset.livejournal.com]

It would be perfect on a kitler.

[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

:(

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

6. & 7. I need five versions because that's the number of edits that have been completed. Do I think that Blade Runner needed to be edited and released in five distinct versions? No, absolutely not. But the fact is, that's the number of versions that have been released, and I applaud Warner's decision to not go all Lucas-y and release each one separately, saying each time, "This is the only version we'll ever release. No, really. Okay, just one more, and that's it. Oh wait, how about this one? And this one?"

I've only seen two different edits, the original theatrical release, and the 1992 re-release sans voiceover, so I'm looking forward to seeing what's different about the other three.

[afeldspar.livejournal.com]

I dunno, that fire doesn't sound very friendly at all.

[phantom_wolfboy]

10. So, Pat Tillman wasn't just killed by friendly fire. He was killed by friendly fire at close range with no active combatants around. Which, you know, might explain the cover-up, since it's getting harder and harder to call this an accident.

They thought he was Canadian.