Megaforce
I was explaining to a co-worker this morning that if you distilled the 80’s into a single film it would be either Megaforce shown here or Krull depending on your preference for fantasy or action. Headband check, feathered hair check, questionable facial hair check, motorcycle mounted rocket launchers check. Then to complete the experience watch all the way to the end.
Awareness Test
Posted by ZeFrank this morning.
More Ray Park
Here are some visuals that demonstrate why I think Ray Park is good for this role.
GI Joe: Snake Eyes First Look
I am feeling a little mixed about these images. GI Joe is pretty near and dear to my heart, but I am not opposed to mixing it up a little or modernizing it. Frankly, the first gen characters were a little boring, although I remember at 6 or 7 years old they really captured my attention.
Good news is that the design captures all of the right elements of the character. Really good news is that Ray Park is cast who is in fact eight different kinds of awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Park
The only criticism I have here is that the costume looks a little polished like a new car. It could use a bit of weathering.
Lets just pray they do this one right.
First Look: Snake Eyes from GI Joe - What Do You Think? | /Film
3 Year Old Explains Star Wars
This has made the rounds too, but I consider it my job to inform all those who don’t keep their finger on the refresh button for youtube.
Plus, my kids think it is a hoot.
Revenge of David the Gnome
For those that haven’t seen this video that is making the rounds. This is a ‘gnome’ sighting.
Granted it is most likely fake. If you poke around the net a little you will see that the video has multiple takes indicating that it was set up.
Still I think this is the new face of urban legends. For low cost they can easily be backed up with video and pictures.
Props to the little person who participated in the hoax.
This should be simple. Feel free to disagree, these are my own private classifications for my benefit and this is how I generally explain things to people who are outside of this subculture. This is extremely subjective and will vary from clique to clique.
The important indicators here are…
1. Social graces or “coolness” which may not be universally accepted, but at least accepted by a subculture or group.
2. Something that I have been referring to as technical prowess, but as I am writing this I realize that it is competence or prowess in essentially any particular area and not necessarily technical in nature.
Ok, so here we go…
Geek: Someone who has 1 & 2
Nerd: Someone who has 2 but no 1
Dork: Someone who has neither 1 or 2
Obviously, this has no bearing on someones worth as a human being. I realize that some will take offense to me essentially creating a caste system for these groups, but this makes sense to me and has for a long time. If you disagree please feel free to contact me via the link and the top. I would love to publicly discuss this.
I for one welcome our robot overlords.
Not much to say here, except that this is the first time I remember being scared by a robot.
Happy St. Pats
Props to BoingBoing for highlighting the video this morning. Hosted on YouTube for your pleasure.
This will mark me as an absinthe n00b, but I like many others was introduced to absinthe via the movie Moulin Rouge. No biggie, I believe that pop culture is an introduction to real culture, so I am not really ashamed.
This year we are honored by absinthe being legally available in the United States. This is due to a couple of factors that I won’t get into here, but if people are interested I will chat a bit about it. Otherwise go to Wikipedia at your leisure.
My plea to you is to go buy one of the two brands currently available. (Kubler or Lucid) That way we may be able to get the price down to under sixty a bottle.
Seems like American car manufacturers are starting to understand their audience.