- Non-Stop – Liam Neeson plays an air marshal who is being framed for being the hijacker of a flight he’s guarding. Looks interesting, but why must they put the entire plot of the movie in the trailer? Something tells me that this one won’t be making the rounds on in-flight entertainment. Probably a rental.
- Transcendence – Visionary scientist gets assassinated by a bunch of neo-luddite terrorists, but his wife downloads his mind into a computer, from which he appears to start remaking the real world. Looks really good, but it’s a Johnny Depp movie not directed by Tim Burton. To be honest, I don’t want to watch the grittier reboot of Max Headroom that much. Probably a rental.
- The Railway Man – A World War II ex-POW goes hunting for the Japanese soldiers who tormented him while he was used as slave labor. This looks like something I’m going to have to go see. May make a good date-night movie.
- Neighbors – A young couple has their quiet, suburban life destroyed when a bunch of rowdy frat boys move in next door. To me, this looks like a lame ripoff of a John Belushi movie of the same name, with a healthy ripoff of Animal House thrown in for good measure. Pass.
- That Awkward Moment – A buddy movie built around dating and relationships. In other words, a gender-reversed chick flick, complete with eating ice cream to deal with depression. If you go see this movie, I don’t want to know you anymore. Yes, I’m being harsh and judgmental after watching a two minute trailer, but after sitting through 20 minutes of commercials and then having this gilded turd shown to me, I got a little irritable.
Coming Soon
Posted by daddybear71 on January 11, 2014
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Movie Quotes – Day 11
Hello handsome. You’re a good looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you, people hate you, but why do they hate you? Because… they are jealous. Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. Do you wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a God. And listen to me, you are not evil. You… are… good. — Young Frankenstein
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
Flattery is sometimes necessary. Sometimes the only thing keeping you from getting ripped limb from limb, metaphorically or realistically, is a smile, some small talk, and giving the other person reason to believe that you believe they are a special person and that you admire them. Of course, it never hurts for that to be true.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 11, 2014
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Today’s Earworm
I just came home from a screening of “Lone Survivor“, and this was the song played at the end of the film. I’ll do a review tomorrow, but tonight I just want to let it sink in.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 10, 2014
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Movie Quotes – Day 10
I may not have a brain, gentlemen, but I have an idea. — Monsters Vs. Aliens
I know of a lot of people who should have this on their business cards and e-mail taglines. It’s always entertaining to see the hare-brained ideas that will come along without someone actually giving them a lot of thought. Most of them are of the “Wouldn’t it be great if….?” variety, and while the result of the idea would usually be laudable or at least enjoyable, the process of getting from the Lollipop Woods to the Candy Castle in their personal game of CandyLand always seems to slip through the cognitive cracks. Of course, every so often, someone comes up with a great idea and actually puts in the thinking and planning necessary to make it come to fruition, but then again, people like that are less likely to say something like this.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 10, 2014
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Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on January 9, 2014
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Thoughts on the Day
- Dear Louisville Drivers – If it’s bad enough that you need to turn on your windshield wipers, it’s bad enough that you need to turn on your $@#!!@#$ headlights.
- Especially if your car is the same color as the driving surface due to a fine crust of road salt.
- On the plus side, I swore at you all in four languages tonight, and I needed the refresher.
- The White Death was falling upon us this evening. I expect to start seeing food riots in downtown Louisville any minute.
- Maybe my people skills need a little work.
- When told that one of my assignments for the year will be to fix a recurring problem in my work area, my first question was “How many people can I fire?” and my oft-repeated statement was “This is not a technology problem.”.
- Irish Woman showed her love tonight by having a wonderful baked pasta dish ready for dinner when I got home from work.
- I showed my love tonight by making her a warm fire so that she could warm her tuckus.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 9, 2014
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Quote of the Day
I get up from my chair and open the curtains up. I’ll have a higher heat bill, but for now I want to look out, and up. I look at the sun I’ve not seen in two days as the fierce wind hollowed the remaining light out of the sky, the light now holding a quality beyond heat and illumination. In the distance the sound of a church bell, a deliberate note blowing free, like snow from a winter branch. Somewhere within, a priest lifts the Host in a series of shimmering gleams like warm rain that falls from the sky as vows are spoken, and what is broken is healed. — Brigid
Posted by daddybear71 on January 9, 2014
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Movie Quotes – Day 9
Wednesday, look at all of the other children, their freckles, their bright little eyes, their eager, friendly smiles. Help them. — Addams Family Values
One of the things I bring to most encounters is an ability to bring everyone else back down to earth. I’ve spent too many years tilting at windmills, chasing rainbows, and trying to make the latest great idea work to not look at something with a jaundiced eye. I do try to make, hopefully, constructive suggestions. Maybe I don’t drink a lot of kool-aid anymore, but I try to not go off on flights of ecstasy when something I want to happen turns out to be a complete cluster.
Of course, watching the faces of the devoted as they realize that the sun continues to set in the west, no matter how much they believe or how fervently they devote themselves to their cause of making it set in the east, is a priceless experience.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 9, 2014
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Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on January 8, 2014
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News Roundup
- From the “Wackos Behaving Badly” Department – Two men have been arrested for illegal possession of explosives in the past few days. One in suburban Maryland had 100 pounds of bomb making materials, while the other was arrested in Ohio with 48 bombs in his car. Personally, if they’re convicted, I hope they have the book thrown at them. Dirtbags like this are used to tar those of us who disagree, no matter which side of the political argument we sit on, as dangerous individuals who need to be watched. They will be used as an example of why the government needs to monitor us even more closely, and will be an excuse to intrude on our rights. These two ought to share a cell in the sub-basement of a supermax penitentiary in an area with a high water table.
- From the “March of Freedom” Department – Chicago mayor Emmanuel is a sad panda today, as a federal judge has ruled that Chicago laws, which prohibit the otherwise legal transfer and sale of firearms, unconstitutional. Apparently, all of the crime problems in Chicago are caused by those who are willing to go to a retail establishment, fork over hundreds of dollars, and go through a NICS check, and not those who are prohibited from having a gun in the first place, buy or steal a gun on the street, and use the guns in a crime. The judge has stayed his decision to give Chicago a chance to appeal, which I expect it will. I look forward to the day in which a free citizen can simply walk into Mordor while legally armed.
- From the “Dumbasses of the Week” Department – A couple in Oregon were arrested recently after they used methamphetamine as a tip after eating at a restaurant. Officers later searched their hotel room, and found a meth lab. Apparently Mr. and Mrs. Einstein thought that the waitress would like a little of their stash as a gratuity, and that led to their downfall of their criminal master plan to turn a Holiday Inn Express into a pharmaceutical hobby house. Maybe they can stuff these two nincompoops in the same cell as the bluntskulls with the bombs.
- From the “First Runner-Up Dumbass Award” Department – The New York state director of homeland security has been accused of using the laser sight on his handgun to point out things during a presentation in front of foreign dignitaries. Apparently he made the Swedish delegation a tad nervous when he muzzled them with his pointer. Remember, kids, only government officials have the training and knowledge to safely carry firearms.
- From the “I Got Nothing” Department – A woman in New Mexico was arrested recently for pointing a Smith and Wesson handgun, which she had been carrying in her underwear, at her boyfriend during an argument over space aliens. I’ll just leave this one here for you all to make your own snark with. I like to keep the blog PG.
- From the “Business as Usual” Department – Emails from the staff of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie seem to indicate that an unannounced lane closure on one of the busiest bridges in the country was not done due to a need to study traffic patterns, but rather as political payback against the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey. The good mayor had taken the reasonable and sensible action of declining to endorse Governor Christie’s re-election. In other words, life goes on as it always has in American politics. Inside sources say that President Obama cut his golf game short to call Governor Christie and congratulate him on his technique.
- From the “Good Government” Department – A sheriff in North Carolina traded two Thompson machineguns and several old .38 revolvers for patrol rifles and Glock magazines, rather than destroy them. Good for him. It’s not often that we see government officials using their heads when it comes to finding creative ways to get the things they need to do their jobs. Of course, the need for civilian law enforcement to use Bushmaster rifles is debatable, but if he’s got to have them, this is better than feeding antique, collectible guns into a log chipper and asking for a bond issue.
Posted by daddybear71 on January 8, 2014
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