Monday stuff

Just a bit over 48 hours until we head north for Arisia! Woohoo!

Speaking of heading north, the Giants won't be (well, Chicago's actually south, but I need a segue), as they just blew yesterday. Wow. Almost makes me happy to be a Jets fan. I also feel bad for the Bengals.

TV-wise, we caught the next-to-penultimate episode of Teen Titans, which kicked such ass. Yesterday, I caught the latest Simpsons, yet another retread of the Homer/Abe father/song relationship that gets tossed out once every two years.

Finally finished watching High Tension yesterday. The amount of time it took me probably speaks volumes about this incredibly overrated movie that can't tell the difference between homage and fromage, as it were. The opening twenty-five minutes were brilliant (albeit with some utter stupidity mixed in, like a killer who lifts up a mattress instead of just looking under the bed, and a heroine who mixes intelligence with stupidity over and over again) and brutal. The remainder of the movie, although nicely paced, mixes predictability with sheer nonsensicalness. While that's an impressive combination in some ways, it doesn't make for a great film.

Honestly, the best thing you could do would be to rent this and stop it at the thirty-minute mark. You'll get most of the best horror moments, with precious little stupidity.

Trunk Monkey!

Face it. You need a Trunk Monkey.

The same website also has footage of the original Mac press conference some 22 years ago.

Amazon DVD sales!

Amazon's got a bunch of 50% DVDs back for sale again. A lot of them (to be kind) are for movies that I can't imagine buying even for $.75, but some of these are damned good deals:


Stripes Extended Cut: $9.97 (50% off)

Amityville horror: (2005 remake): $14.47 (50% off)

Are we There Yet (featuring lovable family film star Ice Cube): $9.97 (50% off)

Hitch: $9.97 (50% off)

Be Cool: $9.97 (50% off)

Bewitched (2005 Nicole Kidman abomination, not the TV series): $14.47 (50% off)

BoogeyMan: $9.97 (50% off)

Christmas With the Kranks: $14.47 (50% off)

Closer (Superbit Edition): $9.97 (50% off)

Dave Chapelle: For What It's Worth: $9.97 (50% off)

Ghostbusters 1 and 2 Giftset (probably the single best deal on this list, but is there anyone who doesn't already own these?): $9.97 (50% off)

The Grudge (which I actually liked more than most folks did): $9.97 (50% off)

Hotel Rwanda: $9.97 (50% off)

The Karate Kid Collection (all four movies, featuring Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Oscar Nominee Elizabeth Shue): $18.47 (50% off)

Resident Evil: Apocalypse $9.97 (50% off)

Spanglish: $9.97 (50% off)

Spider-Man 2 (two-disc version): $9.97 (50% off)

Stealth (two-disc version): $14.47 (50% off)

That's Entertainment: The Complete Collection: $19.97 (60% off)

Granted, some of these (like Stealth) probably aren't worth owning at any price, but all three box sets there are damned nice deals, and there are definitely some other gems there (Stripes, Hotel Rwanda, etc)

Aquaman, the series

WB greenlights the Aquaman pilot.

Then again:

"In the comic, Aquaman's the lost king of Atlantis, but in our version, he is Arthur Curry, this twentysomething who owns a dive shop."

Not a king, but a bait-shop owner. So, in other words, they've greenlit a show that actually isn't Aquaman. It's Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel, the Series.

Adam's reasons why not

Reasons not to watch Emily's Reasons Why Not

1. Because it wastes the talents of the beautiful-but-underappreciated Heather Graham, and the gorgeous and simply wonderful Nadia Dajani (best known as Amanda on Ned and Stacy).

2. Because it took nearly fifteen minutes for the first laugh to come.

3. Because even by the end of the show, there were fewer than five laughs.

4. Because there wasn't an original moment on the entire show.

5. Because it just plain sucks.

Seriously, a great cast and no laugh track don't make up for mediocre writing. I wanted to like this show -- I adored Graham's run on Scrubs -- but this was just weak.