With The Smurfs - Season One, Vol. One being released, I thought I check out on how many season there were. There were nine! I had no idea.
Anyhow... I never knew that the Smurfs were created in 1958 and had a Belgium comic in 1963 and had a black and white movie, The Adventures of the Smurfs in 1965.
Some of the comics were used as storylines for the cartoon in the 1980's. Click on the wiki link for summaries of everything.
The movie we've all been waiting for is finally here. I just bought it today, so I'll post some thoughts after I watch it.
I'm very happy to see that they are planning on one movie for each book Chronicles and each book of Legends instead of trying to cram each series into a movie.
Don't forget that November is the month-long annual Nethack tournament. I'll be playing tonight as user jason1 (while listening to a Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart interview on PWinsider.com.)
Check out the recent movie reviews at Cinemassacre.com. The last couple of days were Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, which are everyone's favorites here at Theme of Absence.com
He's autioning off the U. S. Senate's letter to him and donating the proceeds to charity.
The top bid so far? Over 2.1 million dollars. That's almost equal to Al Gore's private jet annual gas fund. Ha!
Up for auction is the original letter signed by 41 Democrat senators. This historic document may well represent the first time in the history of America that this large a group of U.S. senators attempted to demonize a private citizen by lying about his views. As such, it is a priceless memento of the folly of Harry Reid and his 40 senatorial co-signers. ... As winning bidder, you get: - The original and infamous "Harry Reid Smear" letter, signed by 41 Democat senators - The Halliburton briefcase in which this letter is secured 24 hours a day - A personal letter of thanks from the Man Who Runs America, Rush Limbaugh - A photograph of Rush displaying the letter on stage in Philadelphia on October 11th
"Station hires bathing-suit model, WWE diva to anchor news, turn tide on low-rating woes"
Hmmm. I don't remember her being in wrestling, but in today's WWE all women look exactly the same, act(?) exactaly the same and play the exact same character.
So after last week's awesome Sopranos, the follow-up and series finale was this? Sixty-five of the most boring minutes in television history with no ending. HBO just gave their entire audience a giant FU.
For the record, I don't like Imus at all. I can't wait for the day he stops polluting our airwaves. That said, I don't even know what the word "nappy" means, and I don't understand why he has to lose his job for using the word.
And why didn't anyone tell me that the word "nappy" is such a huge insult? Come on! I have plenty of friends that are just asking for insults. I could have added this one to my arsenal!
The hate speech Rosie O'Donnell uses is much worse than "nappy".
South Park was pretty good last night with spoofs on the Da Vinci Code and William Donahue. I suppose you have to be Catholic to understand the humor of Donahue taking the Pope's hat and having him thrown in jail, but trust me, it's hilarious.
Quote from Donahue: "I have no idea why ‘South Park’ creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker caricature me as a heartless thug. In any event, I stand convicted and have no defense. Now I have to get back to business—I hear someone just took some liberties with the Easter Bunny."
Bill, anyone who's seen you on TV knows why South Park would portray you as a "heartless thug."
PWinsider is reporting that MTV has already canceled Wrestling Society X. Low ratings is the reason. I don't think that's a fair reason though. The show was not only available online, but also replayed constantly and aired during ECW (which has no replays.) Of course it would get a bad rating in that situation.
The movie us dorks have all been waiting for is finally in the works. Check out the cast. Kiefer Sutherland to voice Raistlin Majere. Interesting.
I'm happy that they're going with the cartoon route so that the movie doesn't accidently get confused with those HORRIBLE D&D movies from a few years ago.
Also, if Chronicles I fails at the box office, maybe they can at least continue the series on DVD. I really doubt all six will make it to theatres.
Brandon Flowers has criticised Green Day for what he sees as their calculated anti-Americanism. In particular, Flowers singled out the track 'American Idiot' and the fact they filmed their DVD 'Bullet In A Bible', which features the song, in the UK.
I opened up my closet today and found a VHS full of Pink Floyd videos that I didn't know I had. Weird ones too, like an awesome cartoon video for "Welcome to the Machine" and the 'Stuff all that...' version of "Not Now John." I also found videos to stuff like "The Fletcher Memorial Home", "Brain Damage/Eclipse" and a pretty good historical documentary on the band.
I saw Roger Waters live in Chicago this weekend. It was a great show so here are some thoughts.
First off, his presentation was great. It was a fairly simple stage show but there was some fun stuff too. The big screen with all of the video graphics and whatnot was the centerpiece. They also brought out the floating pig for "Sheep." Waters wore a black suit, played base, and didn't really do anything to make himself overshadow the music (no speeches or anything stupid like that.) I thought Nick Mason was supposed to be there, but he wasn't.
I have to say that this show was better than Pink Floyd in 1994. Waters captures the Floyd feel a lot better than Gilmour. This show also had a lot more songs from the Pink Floyd glory years than Gilmour's Floyd. The '94 tour played Momentary Lapse and Division Bell almost in their entirety, which makes sense, but the classic stuff is still better than anything on those two albums. Waters also played hardly any of his solo songs and instead went for more of a “greatest hits of Pink Floyd” set.
That and we had great seats.
There were a couple of strange things, for example he played "Southampton Dock" but not "The Final Cut." For you guys out there who have never listened to The Final Cut album, that's just like playing "The Happiest Days of our Lives" but not "Another Brick in the Wall part 2." Also I really wish he would have ended the show with "The Tide is Turning," but he didn't play any songs from Radio K.A.O.S. There was also the politics stuff, but I'll get to that later. He pulled out the awesome by opening with "In the Flesh." That's the "period" version, not the "question mark" version. If you know The Wall, you'll understand what that means and why it’s not only cool, but also very surprising. Here's what I can remember from the play list. If I left anything out, it’s because of the insane amount of alcohol I consumed before and during the show.
In The Flesh. (The Wall) Mother (The Wall) Set Your Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Atom Heart Mother) Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5 (Wish You Were Here) Have a Cigar (Wish You Were Here) Wish You Were Here (Wish You Were Here) Southampton Dock (The Final Cut) The Fletcher Memorial (The Final Cut) Perfect Sense, Part 1 (Amused to Death) Perfect Sense, Part 2 (Amused to Death) Leaving Beirut (unreleased) Sheep (Animals)
Intermission
Dark Side of the Moon
Encore
The Happiest Days of our Lives Another Brick in the Wall, part 2 Comfortably Numb
As for the politics, anyone who reads Drudge was prepared for the worst. It wasn't anywhere near what Drudge reported it would be. For example, during "The Fletcher Memorial" they show burnt pictures of Bush, Blair, Saddam, Bin Laden, etc. and people complained that he was showing pictures of Bush with dictators and murderers. Well, if you put the song in context, it is from The Final Cut which an album about a nuclear holocaust. What we were seeing was the remains of the world (symbolized by the various leaders) in ruins. No big deal.
The song, "Leaving Beirut" did openly question Bush in the lyrics. Annoying? Yes. But I'm not going to hold it against him here simply because Waters has name-dropped currently elected politicians in just about every CD he's worked on since 1977. It's not partisan politics per se; he's just mad that the western leaders aren't creating whatever social utopia he thinks we should live in. He spent the late 70's and early 80's criticizing communism, so it’s not just some left-wing thing he’s doing.
But I’m not going to let him off completely. The floating pig did have the phrase ‘Impeach Bush’ painted on its behind, which was totally uncalled for and an unnecessary way to alienate some of the fans in attendance. Even in Chicago, there had to be at least of couple of Republicans.
Finally, if he really wants to make a fortune, he should get back together with Gilmour and do a Pink Floyd: The Wall “30-year-anniversary tour” in a couple of years.
Saw this on Drudge. That's too bad; I didn't really like the South Park movie all that much. I love the show. I wish they would have shown him episodes of the show instead. He made plenty of appearances in it after all.
being released, I thought I check out on how many season there were. There were nine! I had no idea.