This week I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I'll start my nitpicking by saying that title is too damn long. The gist of my impressions are that George Lucas had his hacky little fingers all over the dialogue, and it would make a great Animaniacs* episode. The music was mostly enjoyable (unmistakably John Williams), but there were a few scenes where it was so comical that I half expected Yakko, Wakko & Dot to show up.
While I'm not inclined to lump this movie in with Temple of Doom (appropriately number two in the series), it doesn't hold a candle to Raiders or Last Crusade.
Surprisingly, I did not find Shia LaBeouf to be especially offensive, nor his character, Mutt, especially annoying. I wasn't sure; I'd only seen him in one other movie and I was underwhelmed. Anyway, I actually liked him in this. Of course, it was such a huge pleasure to see Karen Allen again. Unfortunately, there was about one twenty-third of a second wherein Marion and Indy had any chemistry at all, and then the moment passed and I was left feeling just kind of blah about their reunion. Their romance did nothing for me and the wedding at the end felt soulless. Damn.
I enjoyed seeing John Hurt, though I felt like he was wasted considering the amount of time he spent onscreen. But, it was nice to see him, and in a very wonderful way, he reminded me of my friend Todd (hey Todd!).
On a scale of one to ten, I give it an "almost could have waited for DVD." And, that seems to be all I have to say about it.
*for those not hip to Animaniacs, it's a 1990s Steven Spielberg exec produced cartoon, and it's very funny. The title for this post is a quote from the show; Yakko, Wakko & Dot are characters.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
BSG storyline striking parallel to Days of Our Lives
Yes, that's hyperbole, and it's been awhile since I've known wtf is up on Days, so I don't know if it's true. However, I cannot deny that Battlestar Galactica continues to be painfully soap opera. If the way the show is going is any indication, I am so not going to watch Caprica when it kicks off. The joke has been that the spin-off will be Dynasty-in-space, but now I'm not so sure it's a joke.
I came away from last week's ep thinking that the show is asking me to suspend my disbelief regarding some pretty hefty issues of human character and human interaction, and this week's ep didn't make me feel a lot better. Adama found out his XO impregnated the Six in the brig (more on that in a moment), but then he gave him the keys to the whole fucking fleet when he decided he had to go on a quest to find his lost girlfriend? Wtf? Romo (who it was so great to see and so frustrating to see misused) showed Lee Adama a dead cat and Lee suddenly "realized" he should be the president? And unbelievably, the colonies' twisted little senate agreed? I repeat, wtf?
And then Baltar was on a Baseship trying (succeeding?) to sell dogma to the centurions, which just kinda bugged the fuck out of me. Also, how heavy-handed was the wound in his side? Very; yes, it was very heavy-handed.
There have been good things, though. I like the hybrid and I hope we don't come to understand her much better than we do now. The greatest amount of awesome to be found in the last two eps was in the scene at the end of last week's "Sine Qua Non," when the hybrid awoke with "jump!" Ooo! that gave me some shivers!
Other cool things included D'Anna snapping Cavil's neck. It's nice to have D'Anna back and it's nice to see Lucy Lawless again. Then there's Tigh's aforementioned cylon nookie, coming to Adama's attention with one of the most intriguing twists yet – a cylon managed to knock up another cylon, something they had not been able to achieve. That would have been a perfect opportunity for Tigh to tell Adama he's a toaster, but that would have made too much sense and meant Adama couldn't leave Tigh in charge of the fleet. Oddly, the fact that he's fucking a toaster, who is being held in the brig because they don't know if they can trust her, does not seem to interfere with Adama's desire to go get some nookie for himself. Really??
Further, I'm jarred by the utterly mangled love story that is Roslin and Adama. I was so pulling for those two to get together, but the past several episodes have left me bored, annoyed or stupidly surprised by some of their actions. I'm having trouble swallowing the idea that Admiral William Adama, military leader of the Colonial fleet, protector of the last of the dwindling human population, hopped in a viper to chase down the Basestar that stole (oh gag!) his fucking soulmate. Okay, I take back what I said earlier – this show is in fact a high-budget version of Days, and Bill & Laura are John & Marlene in space. Ouch.
Bah! First post on my blog after a little break and I bitch bitch bitch. Today's entry has been brought to you by the meme "lodge a complaint on the internet" and by the mood "critical." See you again soon, kids!
I came away from last week's ep thinking that the show is asking me to suspend my disbelief regarding some pretty hefty issues of human character and human interaction, and this week's ep didn't make me feel a lot better. Adama found out his XO impregnated the Six in the brig (more on that in a moment), but then he gave him the keys to the whole fucking fleet when he decided he had to go on a quest to find his lost girlfriend? Wtf? Romo (who it was so great to see and so frustrating to see misused) showed Lee Adama a dead cat and Lee suddenly "realized" he should be the president? And unbelievably, the colonies' twisted little senate agreed? I repeat, wtf?
And then Baltar was on a Baseship trying (succeeding?) to sell dogma to the centurions, which just kinda bugged the fuck out of me. Also, how heavy-handed was the wound in his side? Very; yes, it was very heavy-handed.
There have been good things, though. I like the hybrid and I hope we don't come to understand her much better than we do now. The greatest amount of awesome to be found in the last two eps was in the scene at the end of last week's "Sine Qua Non," when the hybrid awoke with "jump!" Ooo! that gave me some shivers!
Other cool things included D'Anna snapping Cavil's neck. It's nice to have D'Anna back and it's nice to see Lucy Lawless again. Then there's Tigh's aforementioned cylon nookie, coming to Adama's attention with one of the most intriguing twists yet – a cylon managed to knock up another cylon, something they had not been able to achieve. That would have been a perfect opportunity for Tigh to tell Adama he's a toaster, but that would have made too much sense and meant Adama couldn't leave Tigh in charge of the fleet. Oddly, the fact that he's fucking a toaster, who is being held in the brig because they don't know if they can trust her, does not seem to interfere with Adama's desire to go get some nookie for himself. Really??
Further, I'm jarred by the utterly mangled love story that is Roslin and Adama. I was so pulling for those two to get together, but the past several episodes have left me bored, annoyed or stupidly surprised by some of their actions. I'm having trouble swallowing the idea that Admiral William Adama, military leader of the Colonial fleet, protector of the last of the dwindling human population, hopped in a viper to chase down the Basestar that stole (oh gag!) his fucking soulmate. Okay, I take back what I said earlier – this show is in fact a high-budget version of Days, and Bill & Laura are John & Marlene in space. Ouch.
Bah! First post on my blog after a little break and I bitch bitch bitch. Today's entry has been brought to you by the meme "lodge a complaint on the internet" and by the mood "critical." See you again soon, kids!
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