[ Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 ] The Wife and I have been watching Battlestar Galactica, in which there are certain robots who are quasi-organic and look/talk/think/emote like humans. One of the central plot tensions in the story, therefore, is whether these robots are persons or not. [...]
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Two things to report: (1) The Foo Fighter’s album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, is the best album I’ve heard since Coldplay’s X&Y. An essentially perfect album. (Like Joy Electric’s The White Songbook.) (Or Saints & Children’s Of Seasons, Of Souls. ;-) (2) Wall-E is fantasmagorical. It’s amazing how much they could do with essentially [...]
I’m glad people keep making films about global warming. At least, I’m glad they keep making films of this type. Haven’t seen it, of course. But it’s good to combat the illusion that climate science is a unanimous democracy (when it’s really run by a fallible priesthood).
Recent Movie Report, vol. 7
Posted in Movies on Nov 11th, 2008
[ Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Vol. 6 | Etc. ] Get Smart Awesome. Really fantastic. Huh-larious. Oceans 13 Enjoyed it. The Wife loved it. I would have enjoyed it more had I been able to actually watch it (rather than working on other things).
The New Bond Title
Posted in Movies on Sep 25th, 2008
In case anyone’s wondering, the new Bond film’s title, Quantum of Solace, is really cool. A “quantum” is the smallest possible amount of something. It’s the amount that all other (non-zero) amounts are made from, by way of addition (a quantum + a quantum + a quantum + etc. = total amount). (And without the [...]
A Neverending Parade of Stupid (UPDATED)
Posted in Events (Politics), Movies on Sep 9th, 2008
Joe Biden is at it again. Sometimes, I think everything is best summed up by Queen Latifah’s line from Hairspray: [Y]ou . . . better brace yourselves for a whole lotta ugly comin’ at you from a neverending parade of stupid. The context was interracial relationships, but it applies to politics as well. Paying attention [...]
Recent Movie Report, vol. 6
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Movies on Jul 29th, 2008
[ Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Vol. 6 | Etc. ] Tootsie Surprisingly good. Movies about people living lies really bother me, but I survived this one. Deals with some good issues regarding what it means to be an excellent person, and whether it would [...]
Recent Movie Report, vol. 5
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Movies on Jul 27th, 2008
[ Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Etc. ] Cloverfield Well-done thriller. Creates a lot of mystery through its limitation to the viewpoint of a single hand-held camera. (And you know how I feel about mystery.) The character operating the camera through most of the movie [...]
Recent Movie Report, vol. 4
Posted in Movies on Jul 20th, 2008
[ Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Etc. ] Dr. Horrible Joss Whedon continues to be a genius. Seems to run in the family, in fact (his brothers appear to have worked with him on this one). It’s a musical, and today may be the last [...]
Recent Movie Report, vol. 3
Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Movies on Jul 16th, 2008
[ Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Etc. ] Hairspray A perfect instantiation of joyousness in the midst of a problematic world. No bitterness. Haven’t actually watched it (technically), but it has been watched (multiple times, it seems) while I was in the room. And the [...]
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