I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while but thanks to an extremely busy schedule full of 16 hour days, I’ve been putting it off. A few weeks ago though I made a purchase that has since renewed my desire to share my thoughts with you on some of the products that we see being sold on television. When people see an infomercial, a lot of times they think that the product being sold is too good to be true. Thankfully, we have this little thing called the internet where you can actually research a product and find out if it’s a steaming pile or if it’s actually worth spending money on.
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April
I’m normally not a big fan of shows like American Idol or America’s Got Talent but I do like to see disasters as they occur. Who can forget such memorable performances like William Hung’s version of She Bangs or one of the worst covers of a Stevie Wonder song ever? These types of things are pure entertainment for me. I know that by admitting this, I run the risk of appearing to be a huge jerk but I know I’m not the only one because TV producers keep giving us these train wrecks.
Yesterday I received a link from my boss telling me to check it out but to not be judgmental. It was a video clip of a 47-year-old British cat lady that is in severe need of a lip waxing from Britain’s Got Talent. In my mind, the producers of this show set her up to be a complete crazy, a la 75% of the people on the first six episodes of American Idol every season that think they have talent but really don’t. Given my desire to see some good public humiliation, I watched it expecting to see her get run off of the stage within a few minutes. Boy was I wrong.
Category: Movies/TV
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28
February
My job allows for me to see all sorts of technology before other people. It also allows for me to watch television shows and movies on one monitor while I do work on another. This is very convenient because I am able to stay current on a lot of the shows that I enjoy watching. I also get to watch a lot of stuff that I wouldn’t otherwise have the time to. No, I don’t just watch TV all day. I do get to see an episode here or there though.
One of the shows that I was introduced to by my coworkers is a British comedy called The IT Crowd. This is a true comedic gem. It’s about two computer geeks and their female, know-nothing-about-IT boss who work in an IT department. They are typical basement dwellers who only come out to fix the things that technically challenged people shouldn’t be using anyway. They just finished up the third season in the UK and there have been talks of bringing it to the US a la The Office. (I’m keeping my fingers crossed on this actually happening but it’s probably doubtful that it will.)
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15
January
Everybody knows that I’m a huge Star Wars fan. Because it has always been such a large part of my life, I sometimes forget that other people know nothing about it. I stumbled across this video today and couldn’t believe what I saw. Granted it was pretty funny but the geek in me is very embarrassed for this girl.
Category: Movies/TV
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19
December
I love the old Christmas specials that the TV networks air through the month of December. My favorite has to be Charlie Brown though. In this era of political correctness, it offends a lot of people, and I’m sure that it will eventually be banned, but it conveys why we celebrate Christmas better than almost anything that I can think of that’s not considered “religious”.
Category: Holidays, Movies/TV
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August
I’ve pretty much been glued to the television at night watching the Olympics. It’s funny how every four years, I all of a sudden care about sports that I normally have no interest in like women’s gymnastics. Maybe it’s due to the fact that I love my country and love to see its athletes dominate the rest of the world.
I’m currently working on another post that I hope to have up soon. In the meantime, here is Dwight from The Office with some suggestions for future Olympic events.
Category: Movies/TV, Sports
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09
August
Thanks to my friend Carl, this morning I was able to attend an advanced screening of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. For those who know me, you know that I’m a big Star Wars geek so being able to see the movie a whole week before it’s released was awesome. (I think that it should help my geek cred. Maybe +5?)
I’m too lazy to write a plot synopsis so here is one from allmovie.com.
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31
July
Have you ever wondered how they came up with the music for The Sound of Music which is apparently one of the greatest war movies of all time? Or maybe you’ve pondered why Mario is always breaking bricks with his head in search of mushrooms? Well, the answers are all here thanks to this lovely clip from Jeff Dye. Watch now.
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24
July
Ever since I saw the ending of Batman Begins where we are shown a playing card with a joker on it, I have been highly anticipating this sequel in the Batman franchise. I am a huge fan of the Batman comics and have always thought that the Joker was one of the best villains. Now we have a movie that pits the madness of the Joker against the madness of the Batman. What’s not to get excited about? (Yes, I know that Tim Burton did the Batman vs. Joker thing back in 1989. I was excited for it back then too.)
The Dark Knight is probably the best movie based on a comic book that I have ever seen. There was so much that was good about it that what was bad is inconsequential. Here are a few of my thoughts on the movie. Warning! Minor spoilers ahead!
Category: Comics, Movies/TV
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27
May
That’s not exactly true. While I like watching movies, I hate going to the theater to watch them. Not all theaters are bad but there is one in Layton that makes me shudder at the thought of going to the movies.
There is a new theater in Syracuse that opened over the weekend so on Friday night Holly and I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was a fun movie but not as good as the other three. Well, it may be a bit better than Temple of Doom but that’s up for debate. Holly thought that it was the best movie in the franchise. I won’t go so far as to say that but I definitely recommend going to see it.
Category: Family, Movies/TV
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