Tag: movies
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Quick Thought About Video Games and Movies
I’ve never understood why some video games go through the trouble of creating an entire world, then putting that entire world in the darkest setting possible. Movies do the same thing, but I think that’s because they are still stuck in the “this will be seen on a huge screen in a dark room” mentality.
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Update to the Movies Have Never Seen List
When I made my list about the ten movies I have never seen, I completely forgot about The Dark Knight Returns. I might have forgotten because while I think Nolan’s Memento is one of the best movies ever made, the rest of his filmography leaves me unimpressed.
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Meme Challenge: Movies I Have Never Seen
My good friend Keith Cunningham was challenged by his good friend Christian Kocinski to list ten movies he has never seen but should, “a mix of cultural touchstones and historically significant films. Stuff I need to see to be a part of the conversation.” I decided to get in on the fun and list MY…
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Stephen Won’t Watch ‘Gremlins’
My son Stephen and I were watching TV when a commercial for a showing of the movie Gremlins came on. I was a little excited because I thought he might want to watch a movie that I remember liking when I was younger, but at the same time I thought it might be a little…
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Sleepy Philosophy
In the post-apocalyptic landscape of life, most people think they are Mad Max, when we are actually the Helicopter Guy.
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Oh yes.
If the real Nancy Spungeon was even as half as irritating as Chloe Webb played her in the movie Sid and Nancy, I would have stabbed her ass too.
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I need some Steve McQueen help
I was on the 11 O’Clock Comics forum in the political talk thread. Patti was sitting next to me looking at the screen. She looked at the screen and saw this avatar for one of the other posters: This is the conversation that followed: Patti: Who’s that guy? Me: What guy? Patti (pointing to the…
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Two Things 7/27
I am heading out for the day but I have two things I wanted to share. 1) My cassette adapter is still broken, so I have a bunch of old tapes with me: Expose-What You Don’t Know, Whodini-Escape and The Best of Charlie Parker Vol 2. 2) I saw Dark Passage today for the first…