Hey buddy, can you spare $5 billion?

[bebopbalogna]

Orange drink with no ice.  Now that's value.

no shit. you know how much more orange drink you get when you don't get ice?   a lot.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Benjamin Button is cool.  Through the good and the not as good, you get your money's worth with that movie.  And how beautiful is Cate Blanchett?


Revolutionary Road is supposed to be the feel bad movie of the year.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

I dug Kate Winslet better when she was a little thicker.

Get back to McDonald's, Kate!

[Bizarro]

Revolutionary Road is supposed to be the feel bad movie of the year.

I'm told the none-too-subtle moral of the story is that moving to suburbia = consent to moral/spiritual death. I don't judge movies I haven't seen, so I'll probably give it a chance anyway, but the suburb bashing thing irritates me. I mean, I'm living in a tri-lingual home next to an Assyrian family and a Polish family, down the street from Thai, Greek and sushi places and an Indian grocery. The whole idea of a homogenized suburban culture swallowing my soul just seems silly.

[Doctor Rock]

wowwy wow.

Ladies and gentlemen, Joe the Journalist. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJYCxj8KXjQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/SJYCxj8KXjQ</a>

Aw fuck.  Your 15 minutes are up!  Give it up, dumbass!

[Doctor Rock]

so kim's boss is sending us to disney this weekend.   she works for WINDFEATHERS,  and there's a big ass soccer tournament going on down there.  like, 100 little league teams or something.  apparently, little league sopccer teams are huge fans of the windfeather. you can get them custom made to say whatever you want in any font, with any picture. stitched, applique, or printed.  so we are going down as liasons to sell a bunch of custom windfeathers.  for our troubles, he's paying for everything.  hotel, dinner (he specifically recommended we go to Emeril's, and get whatever we want with a nice bottle of wine) plus a one day pass to any park.   i think we're gonna do the animal park, since the last time we went we only had time to ride the mt. everest thing and then go.  anyway, i'm kinda excited.   already checked though, nobody's playing in orlando this weekend worth a shit.  [spoiler]we got 3 doors down, or mad happy.  mad happy is the same shitty hip-hop husband/wife duo from pensacola that was playing in san francisco while we were there. i think i posted something about that back then.  they played at sluggo's sunday night.  and smelled up the place.  and as a was cleaning up, mike (the dude) calls up (an hour after they left)and tells me he thinks he tipped me the door money. and to please check my tip can for a bunch of 20s rolled together. sure enough, four 20's and a couple ones all balled up were in here.  i had a good mind to lie and say no.  but my conscience got the best of me.

i hid this because i would bet that mike googles "mad happy"  5-6 times a day to see what people are saying.  and as much as i don't like their music,  both mike and rivka (the wife) are really nice folks and i would hate to hurt their feelings.[/spoiler]

Ah, the joys of modern living. 

[Bizarro]

That out-of-town vacay sounds like a stress-busting miracle, Pat.

The singing couple with the goofy name you linked violates the cardinal rule of synthesizers, which is that using synths to get an intentionally electronic/artificial sound is okay... saying "well, I don't need [instrument name] because this Korg setting sounds close enough!" means you need to get cock-slapped.

[Doctor Rock]

Revolutionary Road is supposed to be the feel bad movie of the year.

I'm told the none-too-subtle moral of the story is that moving to suburbia = consent to moral/spiritual death. I don't judge movies I haven't seen, so I'll probably give it a chance anyway, but the suburb bashing thing irritates me. I mean, I'm living in a tri-lingual home next to an Assyrian family and a Polish family, down the street from Thai, Greek and sushi places and an Indian grocery. The whole idea of a homogenized suburban culture swallowing my soul just seems silly.

I wouldn't bash suburbia along those lines.  I don't see why suburbia should be singled out.  The burbs are just another piece of the whole deal, another contribution to the whole moral and social decay.   I'm in for a more generalised "our entire civilization = consent to moral/spiritual death".  

[Bizarro]

I'm in for a more generalised "our entire civilization = consent to moral/spiritual death".  

See, now that's a defensible position.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Apparently the plot involves them leaving suburbia and being just as unhappy elsewhere.

[captqitn]

Revolutionary Road is supposed to be the feel bad movie of the year.

I'm told the none-too-subtle moral of the story is that moving to suburbia = consent to moral/spiritual death. I don't judge movies I haven't seen, so I'll probably give it a chance anyway, but the suburb bashing thing irritates me. I mean, I'm living in a tri-lingual home next to an Assyrian family and a Polish family, down the street from Thai, Greek and sushi places and an Indian grocery. The whole idea of a homogenized suburban culture swallowing my soul just seems silly.

That was my impression beforehand too.  But its a lot more nuanced than that.     On the one hand, its not the burbs that keep Leo trapped, but rather his pointless job (and by extension, his wish to be more successful than his father in that world).   And on the other hand, Kate's unwavering belief that all they have to do is move to Paris to fix their relationship is portrayed for what it is.. simplistic wishful thinking.

Hope I didn't spoil too much, but I really can't recommend this one.  Its a great movie that is a total fucking bummer.

[Tripp]

also, it's set in the 50's right?

[Tripp]

it's all about how THAT generation had their souls crushed.

[Tripp]

I wasn't sure where to post this so it's goin' here.

....

James Cawley, whose STAR TREK: NEW VOYAGES (later dubbed STAR TREK PHASE II) is a regular fixture for hardcore TREK Geeks across the Internet, is launching a second series of web productions - BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY.

Unlike his TREK episodes, which are unofficial yet officially tolerated "fan films", BUCK has been formally licensed from the Dille Syndication Company (current rights holders of the property).


    James Cawley and his Cawley Entertainment Company plan to do with Buck Rogers, what he has done for Star Trek, and bring it to the web with a regular series of new episodes. However, this time it will not be another ‘fan film,’ but a fully licensed show made with professionals, both in front of, and behind the camera. The plan as of now is to start Internet streaming advertising-supported episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century in the Fall of 2010.
    [EDIT]
    Starting with the pilot, which is currently being written, this new Buck Rogers web series will tell the origin story as laid out in the comics, showing how Lucas ‘Buck’ Rogers was propelled from World War I, into a future Earth in the 25th Century. The plan is to use what Cawley calls a ‘retro-contemporary’ look to the show, harkening back to the old style comics, but also using modern techniques, including CGI. Cawley explains:

...says THIS PIECE over at TrekMovie, which goes on to explain how production on BUCK will/won't impact future PHASE II productions.

While inconsistent in quality, Cawley's TREK installments are remarkable in many ways. They're earnest, ballsy, and ambitious. It'll be really interesting to see how Crawley & Co. approach BUCK.

There's supposedly a Frank Miller guided BUCK ROGERS feature film being mulled at the moment. Based on what I've seen from Miller lately, I'd bet good money that Cawley's efforts...while probably not as lavish...will seem much more "right", and feel much more like "the real thing".

You can find STAR TREK PHASE II HERE, and you'll also see a cameo by James in J.J.'s new TREK movie.

More on BUCK ROGERS as more comes in...

[Tripp]

Isn't james Cawley the high school kid from Trekkies..?




and I've actually watched some of those New Voyages.. they're pretty bad.  if you can believe that.