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Info on the DVDs of Supernatural Season 3 - they'll have the usual gag reel (always the best gag reels ever), some Ghostfacers stuff (yay!) and A FEATURETTE ON THE IMPALA. COULD ANYTHING BE BETTER?
Jake news! He's been cast as the Prince of Persia. I think Mitchell and Squishy are going to have paroxysms.
LOL! Ben Stiller, Jack Black and ROBERT DOWNEY JR. on American Idol. That was awesome.
Lou Pearlman sentenced to 25 years in prison for fucking bands over. O RLY?
A new trailer for Fringe, JJ Abrams' new show that everybody keeps talking about in conjunction with Dollhouse. I'm still feeling a bit WTF JOHN NOBLE about it. And Josh Jackson! Seriously, when was the last time you saw him in anything?
Does anyone have this photo of Dom?
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Tonight I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
YAY! This movie was SO much fun. Watching Harrison and Shia together was like a kind of heaven for me, and they milked it for all it was worth. Having Karen Allen back really sealed the deal, and most of the supporting characters were lots of fun. Ox was simultaneously sad and funny, which worked well. They've got the creature features, a snake moment, and some really sweet character bits. It was nice seeing Indy connect with a kid again, even if Mutt is a lot older than Short Round (I love him!), because it brings a different sort of dynamic to the movie that was enjoyable. The wedding at the end made me want to play the Indy theme as my wedding march, it was that uplifting. I wish we could've seen some of his other old friends there too, but I suppose that would've been a bit too much, you know? The fight scenes had me cracking up and on the edge of my seat.
Spielberg, Lucas et al said that the fourth movie was an homage to the sci-fi movies of the 50's, and I saw that in so many scenes, none more so than at the graveyard where the Spaniard was buried, with the torches/flashlights behind the trees. A lot of the Area 51 stuff was a bit like that. Ooh, and we got to see the WAREHOUSE again! And the Ark, which was kind of a cheap throwaway, but almost deservedly so - that's how it got treated, you know?
The stunts were KICK-ASS COOL. There's one where Indy starts on the back of Mutt's motorbike, is pulled through the back window of a car, then punches out the guys in the car and climbs out the other window. I don't want to start on all the shit that was cool about the car chase through the forest, because EVERYTHING was cool about the car chase through the forest. I love that Indy got some action in, but once Mutt really came in he got a lot of action of his own.
What I've mostly heard as a complaint is that the plot is 'ridiculous'. Which, okay, you know what else is ridiculous? Here, we have this chest that contains the dust of some tablets a guy wrote on, and if you open it spirits are released that MELT OFF YOUR FACE! In order to find it, you have to find the location in a tomb using a staff that the light hits at a certain time of day, but doesn't change with the seasons or anything. Or how about magic rocks that give people mind control powers and the ability to tear the STILL-BEATING HEART out of the chest of a man and then have him heal over and be totally alive and conscious when he burns to death? Or a cup that was used at the last supper and therefore grants magical healing powers?
All of the other movies have religious 'miracles'/magic in them, but when the religious stuff proves to be pan-dimensional, that's just getting kooky. Riiiiight. It's a ridiculous double-standard. And don't even start with me about Harrison Ford being too old to survive all that shit, because Indiana Jones can survive ANYTHING, and I imagine the trait is genetic. I kept joking through the original three that everything good happened to Indy because of 'the power of his awesome', so when Mutt started FENCING IRINA ON THE CARS, HELL YES, we were like 'he inherited the power of his awesome!' Plus, both Harrison Ford and Karen Allen are in AMAZING shape.
I had a couple of other quibbles, though. It started a tiny bit too slowly, and Indy should've shown up sooner. Some of the dialogue was just too cheesy - Indy always had a level of cheese, I guess, but it stood out a bit in this one. 'They were archeologists'? 'Knowledge was their treasure'? Also, what happened with the FBI agents? Why was he welcomed back with open arms? Surely the FBI was still after him? To me, though, they're relatively minor problems. I feel like people are going to look back on this movie differently after some time has passed and they can watch it in context with the others. Do keep in mind that I'm wildly biased, though. I've been wrong before, and I might be wrong now, but I don't care. I loved it. I'm still excited about it.
4 out of 5
Da-da-da-daaaa, da-da-daaa, da-da-da-daaa, da-da-da-da-daaaaa
Green Queen
Jake news! He's been cast as the Prince of Persia. I think Mitchell and Squishy are going to have paroxysms.
LOL! Ben Stiller, Jack Black and ROBERT DOWNEY JR. on American Idol. That was awesome.
Lou Pearlman sentenced to 25 years in prison for fucking bands over. O RLY?
A new trailer for Fringe, JJ Abrams' new show that everybody keeps talking about in conjunction with Dollhouse. I'm still feeling a bit WTF JOHN NOBLE about it. And Josh Jackson! Seriously, when was the last time you saw him in anything?
Does anyone have this photo of Dom?
My favourite icon maker made icons! Buffy, Angel, BSG, Supernatural, Bones.
A"LKFHS:LKFHS:DFKLJHS:DFLKSDF THE INDIANA JONES HANDBOOK! DO WANT.
Tonight I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
YAY! This movie was SO much fun. Watching Harrison and Shia together was like a kind of heaven for me, and they milked it for all it was worth. Having Karen Allen back really sealed the deal, and most of the supporting characters were lots of fun. Ox was simultaneously sad and funny, which worked well. They've got the creature features, a snake moment, and some really sweet character bits. It was nice seeing Indy connect with a kid again, even if Mutt is a lot older than Short Round (I love him!), because it brings a different sort of dynamic to the movie that was enjoyable. The wedding at the end made me want to play the Indy theme as my wedding march, it was that uplifting. I wish we could've seen some of his other old friends there too, but I suppose that would've been a bit too much, you know? The fight scenes had me cracking up and on the edge of my seat.
Spielberg, Lucas et al said that the fourth movie was an homage to the sci-fi movies of the 50's, and I saw that in so many scenes, none more so than at the graveyard where the Spaniard was buried, with the torches/flashlights behind the trees. A lot of the Area 51 stuff was a bit like that. Ooh, and we got to see the WAREHOUSE again! And the Ark, which was kind of a cheap throwaway, but almost deservedly so - that's how it got treated, you know?
The stunts were KICK-ASS COOL. There's one where Indy starts on the back of Mutt's motorbike, is pulled through the back window of a car, then punches out the guys in the car and climbs out the other window. I don't want to start on all the shit that was cool about the car chase through the forest, because EVERYTHING was cool about the car chase through the forest. I love that Indy got some action in, but once Mutt really came in he got a lot of action of his own.
What I've mostly heard as a complaint is that the plot is 'ridiculous'. Which, okay, you know what else is ridiculous? Here, we have this chest that contains the dust of some tablets a guy wrote on, and if you open it spirits are released that MELT OFF YOUR FACE! In order to find it, you have to find the location in a tomb using a staff that the light hits at a certain time of day, but doesn't change with the seasons or anything. Or how about magic rocks that give people mind control powers and the ability to tear the STILL-BEATING HEART out of the chest of a man and then have him heal over and be totally alive and conscious when he burns to death? Or a cup that was used at the last supper and therefore grants magical healing powers?
All of the other movies have religious 'miracles'/magic in them, but when the religious stuff proves to be pan-dimensional, that's just getting kooky. Riiiiight. It's a ridiculous double-standard. And don't even start with me about Harrison Ford being too old to survive all that shit, because Indiana Jones can survive ANYTHING, and I imagine the trait is genetic. I kept joking through the original three that everything good happened to Indy because of 'the power of his awesome', so when Mutt started FENCING IRINA ON THE CARS, HELL YES, we were like 'he inherited the power of his awesome!' Plus, both Harrison Ford and Karen Allen are in AMAZING shape.
I had a couple of other quibbles, though. It started a tiny bit too slowly, and Indy should've shown up sooner. Some of the dialogue was just too cheesy - Indy always had a level of cheese, I guess, but it stood out a bit in this one. 'They were archeologists'? 'Knowledge was their treasure'? Also, what happened with the FBI agents? Why was he welcomed back with open arms? Surely the FBI was still after him? To me, though, they're relatively minor problems. I feel like people are going to look back on this movie differently after some time has passed and they can watch it in context with the others. Do keep in mind that I'm wildly biased, though. I've been wrong before, and I might be wrong now, but I don't care. I loved it. I'm still excited about it.
4 out of 5
Da-da-da-daaaa, da-da-daaa, da-da-da-daaa, da-da-da-da-daaaaa
Green Queen
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Da-da-da-daaaa, da-da-daaa, da-da-da-daaa, da-da-da-da-daaaaa
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I was trying to think of a quote and, funny, thing, THAT WAS THE ONLY THING IN MY BRAIN.
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*rofl* I can imagine, I mean just from reading that I have it stuck in my head now.
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Fringe looks good!
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