What the hell is it with people who complain about spoilers online? First off, I’ve never felt that knowing some detail or other before reading a book or seeing a movie has ever “spoiled” it for me. Bad directing, that’s spoiled movies for me. Plenty of movies. Bad acting? Sure! Bad writing? Oh, too many, believe me. But knowing ahead of time, that somehow usually doesn’t bother me. It certainly doesn’t “spoil” the experience of the film. Maybe it’s because the majority of films are so predictable anyway. I’m developing a sense that most films are made the way newspaper …
Month: May 2005
SAW
Tonight Lime and I stopped in at the DVD-room and watched a movie. I urged her for us to start in on the mammoth Lord of the Rings Extended Edition series, but she didn’t feel like it and ended up asking the woman who words there for a recommendation. The woman, who recommended the excellent Save The Green Planet to us a while back (read about that here), told us that SAW was an excellent film. So we took her word for it, though I had some misgivings. “Isn’t this a serial killer movie?” “No,” the girl replied to the …
It’s Obligatory
Because I’m such an SF fan, people expect me to have something to say about Star Wars. I mean, it’s the final episode, the series is over (let’s hope Lucas really means it), and a chapter on SF movie history is closed, right? Bullshit. Star Wars was fine and all, at first. It was a noble, heroic, knightly story with some Zen shit thrown in. Cool, weird little aliens and a mechanized monster of a villain. And yeah, a filial connection between the villain and the hero. You have your noble savage (the wookie), your WWII fighter pilot, your Sir …
Kevin’s Panties Woe
Some English Teachers have all the luck. Actually, I had a student once flash her chest at me. Not really flash, but she leaned forward and gave me a good view of what was going on down the front of her shirt (admittedly not much was going on) before sitting back with a big grin on her face. I remained calm, and said, “You still have to do the conversation exercise. Go!” Still, it beats fighting your hakwon director to get your passport back, wouldn’t you say?
Anyone Feeling Santa-Like?
If you are, then I assure you, I’ve been mostly nice. And look at these two t-shirts (this one and the first one on this page) that I’d love to have. If there’s no Santa out there, I may have to mug someone with a credit card.