December 2009
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“If you can’t take out the gimmick and still have a story, then you don’t have...”
– ROBERTO ORCI, co-writer of 2009’s Star Trek, on the essential element of any great movie.
A lot of folks in Hollywood still don’t understand this.
(via the New York Times)
(via inothernews)
He co-wrote the Transformers sequel, so it would appear he has trouble remembering it too.
(via...
K's Choice New Album!! →
I am now all warm and fuzzy inside.
I am such a fan of Stephen King's work that I am...
dailyhuff:
I’m having a lot of trouble finishing Under the Dome.
The book is vintage Uncle Stevie but still an original story. That’s one of Stephen King’s true gifts, in fact. He can explore the same territory, even - to a degree - re-write old characters, etc, and the story will still be fresh. That’s a kind of genius right there, I don’t care what you say.
The prose is good. Uncle Stevie...
“Scientists and technologists have the same uneasy status in our society as the...”
– Neal Stephenson (via azspot) (via shorterexcerpts)
inothernews:
thedisgruntledgradstudent:
I can’t figure out how to switch the dvd input back to the cable box. Everyone else is in bed.
Grr.
No “input select” button on the DVD remote?
Or possibly a “TV/Video” button or “Source”?
Yep. Star Trek kicks every bit as much ass on 2nd...
dailyhuff:
I MEAN FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!
Agreed. I mean, I can viciously deconstruct all the plot holes in that movie if I’m analyzing it after the fact, but I watched it again yesterday with my father and my wife, and it’s still a fantastic thrill ride.
Except the bloated hands gag. That shit was lame.
Avatar, Interrupted
I woke up at 8:00am on a vacation day to drive out to the Mall of Georgia to see the IMAX 3D presentation of Avatar. About an hour and 15 minutes into the film, the fucking IMAX projector broke.
The IMAX 3D really is a submersion experience, so the disruption of the film annoyed me more than I think it normally would have. Or possibly, I had woken up at 8:00am on a vacation day and I was just...
Watchdanhacker:
The first official trailer for Kevin Smith’s ‘A Couple of Dicks’ ‘Cop Out’
Kevin Smith is a talented filmmaker, and even more talented script writer, but with his last effort ‘Zack and Miri’ (which average on so many levels) and now ‘Cop Out’, it does make any Kevin Smith fan wonder what Mr. Smith is doing making just generic films. Watching the trailer for ‘Cop Out’ you don’t even...
Remember, it's 2009, not 1989
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winstonwolfe:
It’s amazing to me how many people in this country are openly over-prescribed meds. Sore back? Here’s some Percs AND Soma. Feelin’ down? Here’s some Ativan AND K-pins.
You know what gets me? How many people will look at 7 different drugs like that and think “Yeah, I need one of each today.” I get a little concerned if I have to take two drugs...
Time to cut 20,000 words down to 1,000!
thomaswheatley:
Journalism! Catch the fever!
This is easy, just take every 20th word.
What? Why are you looking at me like that?
Dear Twitter: get your shit together. In 140... →
(via inothernews)
I don’t know. If the DNS records were changed, it’s really the hosting company’s fault. The article really brushes over this fact, almost disingenuously.
There’s only so much any company can do to control the security at their provider. They could switch providers, but how are they going to know if the new one is any better?
Man pays $72 for one Taco →
Feels like this story should have run on a Tuesday.
The OJF's reaction to the Dexter finale:
theoriginaljoefisher:
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Also, THIS.
Dexter last night?
wooliebear:
Wow.
THIS.
“I have never seen [Jaws: The Revenge], but by all accounts it is terrible....”
– Michael Caine, on taking some roles just for the paycheck.
reblog if you live in ATLANTA
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“This is War” - 30 Second To Mars
NY TIMES: "Scientists said that the new Large... →
inothernews:
I love Dennis Overbye’s line here: “Late Tuesday night, tiny spitfires of energy blossoming under the countryside outside Geneva heralded the arrival of a new European particle collider as the biggest, baddest physics machine in the world.”
:-)
WAIT! This happened and the Norway Spiral shows up? I’m calling Apocalypse!
Time Magazine's 10 best comics of the decade →
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wayneenterprises:
danhacker:
Time Magazine’s best comics of the decade
1. The Ultimates 2. 100 Bullets 3. Planetary 4. All Star Superman 5. The Walking Dead 6. The Authority 7. Mouseguard 8. Blankets 9. Invincible 10. Y The Last Man
With the exception of 100 Bullets, I fully agree with this list (not necessarily the ranking though).
I feel that Fables belongs on this list...
reblog with the book you're currently reading.
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The Great Gatsby
That was a good book.
I just picked up Secret Windows by Steven King. I should get into reading it tonight.
invisible man by ralph ellison
Catcher in the Rye. I have a week to finish it so I can...
motionsensorsoundtrack:
themusician:
Foo...
Creative Commons - No Derivative Works
I get the Attribution and Noncommercial aspects of this specific CC license, but No Derivative Works? Come on, isn’t that the point of Creative Commons?
I just think sticking blindly to a grammar rule...
inothernews:
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natface:
I understand it’s hard for students sometimes to be discerning enough to figure out when and where a rule might not apply, so blanket rules are best, but…give some of us some credit. Why would you say “Have you read ‘Heart of Darkness?’” Argh.
No, but I always put book titles, TV show titles, and movie titles in italics. So it’d read: “Have you read...
I fucking love HGTV.
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artificialcinnamon:
You can’t stop me.
I can’t stop me.
Hear hear.
Be careful, you can overdose. You might wake up one night to discover you’ve been sleepwalking your way through an unnecessary backsplash retile.
Uh, I mean, I’ve heard that can happen.
Atlanta Property Taxes
I am keeping a watchful eye glued to the AJC’s new series about Property Taxes, the first installment of which can be found here.
I suspect this type of thing is happening all over the country, but it appears the AJC has undertaken a remarkably difficult task in compiling all the Greater Atlanta information regarding this issue.
The reason I’m paying attention to this story is...
Survivor Type
dailyhuff:
mabelmoments:
meth: …
Huff for a cameo! And congrats.
Cameo? I’m a trained actor. I want an audition for a full-blown role! (Note, I live in Roswell, an Atlanta suburb.)
Hey man, you want an audition, you’ve got one, although I’m not seeing an easy way to write in a character pontificating on opera. :)
Also, the terms of the Dollar Baby contract state that...
Survivor Type
Ahh hell, it’s not even 8:00am on a Monday and Huff is talking Stephen King. And since I’ve been holding on to some exciting King-related news, might as well talk about it on the ol’ tumblr.
“Survivor Type” is a short story found in one of King’s earlier collections, Skeleton Crew. It’s a delightfully gruesome story about a surgeon who is stuck on a...
Josh Duhamel really needs to send Tiger Woods some...
“Come with me now to the time of Mag and Zone and tiny Caroline and we’ll see...”
– Joss Whedon
Nice Dollhouse finale news.
Want to Save Marriage? Ban Divorce →
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retropolitics:
ReligionDispatches: Jesus was pretty clear about divorce: it’s a sin. If you live in California you can sign a petition to make it illegal — and see how it feels to try to step on the civil rights of others. More…
Ahhhh the double-standards of Christians.
And folks, what we have here is a pretty typical failure in...
Meeting Stephen King
Stephen King is too damn famous. There were two lines at the Barnes and Noble, one for people who were guaranteed to get his signature and say hello, and one for people who might meet him if time permitted. There were a hell of a lot of people in the first line, so I doubt time ended up permitting.
It was an assembly line. Each person got maybe 10-12 seconds with the man while he signed the...
“If you’ve been wondering when we’d see more of the post-apocalyptic world that...”
– Dollhouse’s Series Finale: “Epitaph Two: The Return,” Featuring Felicia Day - Dollhouse - io9 (via shorterexcerpts)
Oh. My.
“Epitaph One,” by the way, took what had been a mediocre, Fox Network Executive-fucked show that still had the occasional flashes of brilliance and gave it...
barelysarcasm:
cameronmizell:
“Sounds Like...
