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[Syt]

Catching up on season 7 of Family Guy. Overall a bit too bland and preachy, but with some nice gems in between.

Lauren Conrad: Oh, hey, how are you liking my unabridged history of 2nd World War naval tactics in the Pacific theatre?

Brian: Oh, it's really, um .. interesting .. I'm at the part where they detail the account of Admiral Halsey's victory at Midway.

Lauren Conrad: You mean Admiral Spruance, sweetie.

Brian: Huh?

Lauren Conrad: Well, Halsey was hospitalized with cirrhosis at the outset of the battle so Spruance, who prior to June of 1941, was primarily a desk Admiral was charged with leading the naval fleet at Midway against Japan. A victory which surprised even his peers. And in fact, was a turning point for the American naval forces in the Pacific.

[Tonitrus]

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

Silly and over-the-top.  Both the plot, which seemed quite contrived and silly...probably what one could expect from a 20-year past sequel...which appropriatley, felt more like one of those bad TV series reunions. 

But even more so, the over-use of CGI.  Made it feel like I was watching "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" half the time.  To me, the old-fashioned special effects look far more "real" and authentic than 90% of the CGI churned out these days. 

[Eddie Teach]

 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a great film!

[The Brain]

the over-use of CGI.  Made it feel like I was watching "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" half the time. 

Why?

[Tonitrus]

the over-use of CGI.  Made it feel like I was watching "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" half the time. 

Why?

Because it felt like a live-action film with a significant amount of cartoon elements in it(pretty much every CGI effect, especially the prairie dogs/monkeys).  Not to mention the more outlandish stunts that probably would never have been done without CGI, because they would likely kill real humans, and those were mostly unnecessary anyway. 

[The Brain]

the over-use of CGI.  Made it feel like I was watching "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" half the time. 

Why?

Because it felt like a live-action film with a significant amount of cartoon elements in it(pretty much every CGI effect, especially the prairie dogs/monkeys).  Not to mention the more outlandish stunts that probably would never have been done without CGI, because they would likely kill real humans, and those were mostly unnecessary anyway.

Just be careful so you don't make people believe that Roger Rabbit was CGI.

[Syt]

Major League
If only the Pirates could draft Wesley Snipes and Charlie Sheen.

[sbr]

I took the kids to see the new Alice in Wonderland tonight.  I am not much of a movie guy, this is the first time I have been to a theater since one of the early Harry Potter movies, but I really enjoyed it.  I was afraid Tim Burton was going to go way to far overboard with the with the visual effects and craziness, but I think he did very well.  Not a masterpiece by any means, but very enjoyable.

7.5 poked-out eyeballs out of 10.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Up In The Air.. Clooney stars in the grown-ups version of Juno. Shallow but happy guy lives the fast life, ends up humbled, wiser... that kinda stuff.

good enough on that level. Oscar nominee, though? I guess since there's 10. It's good, but a renter.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Precious.

My cutie pie co worker put it well this afternoon: "It's like the color purple, but like set in the 80's, with lesbians even."

A rating would be superfluous.

[CountDeMoney]

Precious.

My cutie pie co worker put it well this afternoon: "It's like the color purple, but like set in the 80's, with lesbians even."

A rating would be superfluous.

[Admiral Yi]

I caught a bit of Panther the other night, Mario van Peebles movie about the Black Panthers.  The cable blurb said the film's accuracy was suspect so I couldn't maintain interest, but I did learn one thing that was interesting.  California had no law against open carry at the time, so in all those pictures of Panthers holding shotguns no one is breaking the law.

[ulmont]

I did learn one thing that was interesting.  California had no law against open carry at the time, so in all those pictures of Panthers holding shotguns no one is breaking the law.

Yeah, the Panthers and the Hell's Angels both used to do a lot of open carry. Pretty much the reason the laws were changed, in fact.

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah, the Panthers and the Hell's Angels both used to do a lot of open carry. Pretty much the reason the laws were changed, in fact.

I have it on good authority that the racist California legislature changed the law to keep the black man down.  The Hell's Angels had nothing to do with it.

[Admiral Yi]

Also saw The Insider, the story about 60 Minutes and the cigarette company whistleblower.  Well acted, well scripted, but they had to pad it out with a lot of filler scenes of driving around to make it feature film length.