So, okay, I put in a lot of hours in Saturday on my current work project. Naturally, on Sunday, I can't hook up to my work pc to keep working.
Well,I'm kinda stuck. There's still plenty to do, but I can't access the files to work. What's a guy to do?
Segue back in time to earlier last week. Revenge of the Sith came out on dvd, so naturally I bought a copy.
Since I can't work on Sunday, I figure that if God could rest on Sunday, so can I. I spent the entire afternoon watch Episodes I, II and III back to back to back. Yeah, I know. It's a sucky way to spend an afternoon.
Anyway, last night, I had another weird dream. I'm in a music video, with Gwen Stefani's 'Hollaback Girl' playing, and instead of Gwen, there's Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi battling it out with lightsabers.
Here's where it gets a little surreal. Instead of the 'Shit is bananas' line from the song, the video keeps cutting to a headshot of Obi-Wan saying 'The Sith is bananas. b-a-n-a-n-a-s' over and over.
Really, really weird.
welcome to the inside of my mind.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Vacation day
I don't often take vacation days. Well, I do but I rarely go anywhere or do anything. This weekend was different.
I was supposed to go visit friends this weekend, but those plans fell through. So, I took the opportunity to go to Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Tx. It's been nearly fifteen years since the last time I went. The rides are much the same as they were when I last visited and, surprisingly, little has changed. There are a number of new rides, of course. Most of which I wouldn't go near if you bet me.
I realized early on that I don't really care much for the first second of weightlessness when you make those sudden drops. That was made very clear when I got on the Conquistador. It's kinda like a really big schoolyard swing shaped like a Spanish galleon that goes nearly straight up as it swings back and forth.
As the ride got into full swing (pun intended), my stomach would rise up into my chest and for a moment I couldn't breath. Then, there's another moment as the ride swings back in the other direction and my stomach returns to its normal place. It's fortunate that the rides generally only last a couple of minutes. I'm not certain how much more abuse my stomach could have taken before things got really messy.
There's something about roller coasters that just make me queasy. I don't mind the speed the operate at, but those seconds where they defy gravity are tough to handle. Whenever I hit that moment of freefall, it feels like the whole world comes to stop, then it kickstarts with a bang as gravity reasserts itself and you hurtle around at breakneck speeds. Intellectually, I can see the appeal, but my stomach wants to know what the blazes was I thinking.
Not all the rides are quite as stomach churning. Some are worse. Heh. Runaway Mountain is a little daunting cause it's an indoor roller coaster. Pitch black indoors. I distinctly remember moving at angles I didn't think possible. The two ten year-old boys riding a couple of rows before certainly enjoyed, judging from all their screaming. I recall them saying they were going to do it again. Crazy kids.
The most fun I had was on the Splash Water ride. It's one of the shorter rides, timewise, but is guaranteed to get you soaking wet. You go up an incline, roll gently around a bend, then wham! Down at a steep 60 degree angle as the ride slams into the water, kicking up a huge wave of water that completely drenches you! Even more fun is, as you exit the ride, you have to cross a bridge which places you in the path of the water wave. Two dunkings for the price of one! LOL!!
The rest of the park is pretty much as I remember it. There are more restaurants and snack shops (including Ben & Jerry's ice cream shops which had my favorite B&J Triple Caramel Chunk. yum.)
The great adventure only lasted a few hours. The temperature was a scorching 102 when I left. All in all, it was a fun day. Lots of good clean fun and a day away from the ratrace.
Next time, I'm going to the museum.
I was supposed to go visit friends this weekend, but those plans fell through. So, I took the opportunity to go to Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Tx. It's been nearly fifteen years since the last time I went. The rides are much the same as they were when I last visited and, surprisingly, little has changed. There are a number of new rides, of course. Most of which I wouldn't go near if you bet me.
I realized early on that I don't really care much for the first second of weightlessness when you make those sudden drops. That was made very clear when I got on the Conquistador. It's kinda like a really big schoolyard swing shaped like a Spanish galleon that goes nearly straight up as it swings back and forth.
As the ride got into full swing (pun intended), my stomach would rise up into my chest and for a moment I couldn't breath. Then, there's another moment as the ride swings back in the other direction and my stomach returns to its normal place. It's fortunate that the rides generally only last a couple of minutes. I'm not certain how much more abuse my stomach could have taken before things got really messy.
There's something about roller coasters that just make me queasy. I don't mind the speed the operate at, but those seconds where they defy gravity are tough to handle. Whenever I hit that moment of freefall, it feels like the whole world comes to stop, then it kickstarts with a bang as gravity reasserts itself and you hurtle around at breakneck speeds. Intellectually, I can see the appeal, but my stomach wants to know what the blazes was I thinking.
Not all the rides are quite as stomach churning. Some are worse. Heh. Runaway Mountain is a little daunting cause it's an indoor roller coaster. Pitch black indoors. I distinctly remember moving at angles I didn't think possible. The two ten year-old boys riding a couple of rows before certainly enjoyed, judging from all their screaming. I recall them saying they were going to do it again. Crazy kids.
The most fun I had was on the Splash Water ride. It's one of the shorter rides, timewise, but is guaranteed to get you soaking wet. You go up an incline, roll gently around a bend, then wham! Down at a steep 60 degree angle as the ride slams into the water, kicking up a huge wave of water that completely drenches you! Even more fun is, as you exit the ride, you have to cross a bridge which places you in the path of the water wave. Two dunkings for the price of one! LOL!!
The rest of the park is pretty much as I remember it. There are more restaurants and snack shops (including Ben & Jerry's ice cream shops which had my favorite B&J Triple Caramel Chunk. yum.)
The great adventure only lasted a few hours. The temperature was a scorching 102 when I left. All in all, it was a fun day. Lots of good clean fun and a day away from the ratrace.
Next time, I'm going to the museum.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Zünch and the Art of Füzball
"D'oh! You've been Gomez'd!"
I'm hearing that more often these days. Generally, it's right after I've just made a tricky angle shot with the five man, caught a ball on the rebound and slammed it in for a goal or stuffed the defender when he tries to make a shot. Yeah, baby!!
Early on, when I first started at Zunch, I was pretty pathetic. I was leaving huge holes, regardless if I was playing offense or defense. I was game and slowly learned to play better. Game after game. Day after day.
It's been eight months since I joined Zunch. My defense still sucks, but not as much. My offense is a lot better and I've become a lot better at anticipating shots and blocking them. Quite frequently, stuffing the shot into the goal.
Some of the guys are really, really good. Scoring on them is almost as hard as defending against them. The shots they make are incredibly hard to predict, much less block. It makes the rare times when I beat them that much sweeter.
Ok. time to go. The füz table calls.
I'm hearing that more often these days. Generally, it's right after I've just made a tricky angle shot with the five man, caught a ball on the rebound and slammed it in for a goal or stuffed the defender when he tries to make a shot. Yeah, baby!!
Early on, when I first started at Zunch, I was pretty pathetic. I was leaving huge holes, regardless if I was playing offense or defense. I was game and slowly learned to play better. Game after game. Day after day.
It's been eight months since I joined Zunch. My defense still sucks, but not as much. My offense is a lot better and I've become a lot better at anticipating shots and blocking them. Quite frequently, stuffing the shot into the goal.
Some of the guys are really, really good. Scoring on them is almost as hard as defending against them. The shots they make are incredibly hard to predict, much less block. It makes the rare times when I beat them that much sweeter.
Ok. time to go. The füz table calls.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Life as a web geek, pt 2
Big things are going on here at Zünch.
First, I'm working on my first solo project for a ticket agency. It's supposed to work via XML feeds from a web service. Cool to play with and figure out. But, it's a major hassle since the system doesn't provide the data in the manner and need and it's incredibly slow. IMHO, any process over ten seconds long is an eternity online. The web services, as they exist now, take MINUTES to run!! Ah, well. The company providing the web services has agreed to look into some recommendations I've come up with to speed things up. Hopefully, it won't take to long for them to implement them and get back with us.
Sadly, Zünch is losing two programmers within a week of each other. Sona's leaving to pursue other interests and Wyatt's moving to Mississippi. (Fortunately, Wyatt will still be working for the company, albeit from a remote location.) Both of them have been invaluable to me, especially in my early days at Zünch when I was a itty bitty tadpole learning to swim in the great big Sea of Zünch.
The next few weeks are going to be interesting. We've got one new programmer starting on Monday and there's talk of hiring one or two more.
more l8r as it happens.
First, I'm working on my first solo project for a ticket agency. It's supposed to work via XML feeds from a web service. Cool to play with and figure out. But, it's a major hassle since the system doesn't provide the data in the manner and need and it's incredibly slow. IMHO, any process over ten seconds long is an eternity online. The web services, as they exist now, take MINUTES to run!! Ah, well. The company providing the web services has agreed to look into some recommendations I've come up with to speed things up. Hopefully, it won't take to long for them to implement them and get back with us.
Sadly, Zünch is losing two programmers within a week of each other. Sona's leaving to pursue other interests and Wyatt's moving to Mississippi. (Fortunately, Wyatt will still be working for the company, albeit from a remote location.) Both of them have been invaluable to me, especially in my early days at Zünch when I was a itty bitty tadpole learning to swim in the great big Sea of Zünch.
The next few weeks are going to be interesting. We've got one new programmer starting on Monday and there's talk of hiring one or two more.
more l8r as it happens.
Friday, July 22, 2005
Strange dreams
Like everyone else, I don't remember most of my dreams. The other night, however, I had a doozy that keeps popping into my head at the oddest times.
Remember, this is a dream and not a reflection of my tenuous grasp on reality. ;>
So there I am, sleeping the night away after a long day of coding. Then, I find myself up against Chucky (from the Child's Play movies) and his bride. Ok, yeah, right.
Being the selfless hero that I am, I do battle with the homicidal doll and his plastic, um, moll. Good triumphs over evil and Chucky and his bitch, Tiffany, are destroyed forever.
Yawn. back to sleep.
Chucky returns. WTF?! Ok, it's just another dream. Same bat-time, different universe. Chucky, Tiffany and I do battle (I think I had a sidekick, but can't remember any specifics) again. Once more, I defeat Chucky by tossing him and Tiff into a black hole. ooookkkkaaayyyy.
Blissful sleep. yawn. Better to dream about code than some psychopathic imaginary doll. (although, I do kinda wonder if there's some bizarre relationship between coding and psychotic dolls. It also occurs to me that I've never seen one of these movies in its entirety. Just a few moments here and there.)
Chucky returns. yet again. oh, crap.
Remember, this is a dream and not a reflection of my tenuous grasp on reality. ;>
So there I am, sleeping the night away after a long day of coding. Then, I find myself up against Chucky (from the Child's Play movies) and his bride. Ok, yeah, right.
Being the selfless hero that I am, I do battle with the homicidal doll and his plastic, um, moll. Good triumphs over evil and Chucky and his bitch, Tiffany, are destroyed forever.
Yawn. back to sleep.
Chucky returns. WTF?! Ok, it's just another dream. Same bat-time, different universe. Chucky, Tiffany and I do battle (I think I had a sidekick, but can't remember any specifics) again. Once more, I defeat Chucky by tossing him and Tiff into a black hole. ooookkkkaaayyyy.
Blissful sleep. yawn. Better to dream about code than some psychopathic imaginary doll. (although, I do kinda wonder if there's some bizarre relationship between coding and psychotic dolls. It also occurs to me that I've never seen one of these movies in its entirety. Just a few moments here and there.)
Chucky returns. yet again. oh, crap.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
So true
I was glancing at my daily horoscope on Yahoo and found something interesting.
Every once in a while, I see a little gem like this. It's like the daily quotes you see on different sites. A little 'pick me up' to brighten the day.
In addition to being good at your job, you also pride yourself at being an expert at your hobby. Regardless of what it is, from sewing to photography to an artistic way with words, you should know that you're plenty good enough at it to make some part-time cash, and that earning from what you love doesn't lessen its value. In fact, it increases it. Don't pass up any chance now to share your skill with others.
Every once in a while, I see a little gem like this. It's like the daily quotes you see on different sites. A little 'pick me up' to brighten the day.
Daddy's boy
When you look at yourself in the mirror, who do you see?
I always see me. In some recent photos of me taken in Austin, however, I saw a very strong resemblance to my dad that I've never noticed before. Wow.
I miss you, Dad.
Love,
Chris
I always see me. In some recent photos of me taken in Austin, however, I saw a very strong resemblance to my dad that I've never noticed before. Wow.
I miss you, Dad.
Love,
Chris
Monday, July 18, 2005
Weekend in Austin
It's interesting how you can spend a weekend with your friends, get nothing significant accomplished and still feel good afterwards.
I travelled to Austin this weekend to visit my best friend and her family. The drive from Plano to Austin isn't that long, but the early Friday morning rush hour traffic added an extra twenty minutes to the drive. blech.
Friday was a quiet day, for the most part. My friend, Shell, and her husband have custody of the kids, Gage and McKenzie, that week. Lesson to be learned. Be wary of kids who've had chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Gage decided to play a space game where he used a laundry basket as an impromptu escape pod and had Kenz push him around and then roll the basket over, as if the pod was tumbling out of control. Hilarious to watch, but a little distracting since we were watching a movie at the time.
Saturday was wet, dreary and interesting. Shell took the kids and me to see her new horse, Bullet. He's a young colt who was somewhat malnurished when she got him. Now, he's a fine-looking fella who'll be a great kids horse when he gets old enough to ride.
Sunday was Sunday. A long drive home followed by some household chores. blech. double blech.
Moral of the story: take a longer vacation next time, you slacker.
I travelled to Austin this weekend to visit my best friend and her family. The drive from Plano to Austin isn't that long, but the early Friday morning rush hour traffic added an extra twenty minutes to the drive. blech.
Friday was a quiet day, for the most part. My friend, Shell, and her husband have custody of the kids, Gage and McKenzie, that week. Lesson to be learned. Be wary of kids who've had chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Gage decided to play a space game where he used a laundry basket as an impromptu escape pod and had Kenz push him around and then roll the basket over, as if the pod was tumbling out of control. Hilarious to watch, but a little distracting since we were watching a movie at the time.
Saturday was wet, dreary and interesting. Shell took the kids and me to see her new horse, Bullet. He's a young colt who was somewhat malnurished when she got him. Now, he's a fine-looking fella who'll be a great kids horse when he gets old enough to ride.
Sunday was Sunday. A long drive home followed by some household chores. blech. double blech.
Moral of the story: take a longer vacation next time, you slacker.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Holiday Blues Blog
Another holiday has come and gone. Hot dogs and hamburgers were the meals of the day. The Monk marathon on USA was great I can't wait for the new season to start this Friday.
Being knee deep in content revisions for Chaos March, I missed out on the local fireworks display yesterday. Though, someone in my apartment complex opted to celebrate the holiday by setting off fireworks at 1AM this morning!
Ah, well.
The weekend wasn't a total waste. I did some housecleaning, took out the trash, messed around the computer for a while and cooked various meals.
hmph.
yep. this weekend sucked.
Being knee deep in content revisions for Chaos March, I missed out on the local fireworks display yesterday. Though, someone in my apartment complex opted to celebrate the holiday by setting off fireworks at 1AM this morning!
Ah, well.
The weekend wasn't a total waste. I did some housecleaning, took out the trash, messed around the computer for a while and cooked various meals.
hmph.
yep. this weekend sucked.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
DVDs anyone?
It's late. I'm tired. I'm watching the Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) DVD starring Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michelle Pfeiffer.
It's an animated feature film from Dreamworks with a lot of star power and yet it bombed at the box office. It's a good movie with a lot of action, adventure, humor and a star-crossed romance. What's up with that?
It seems to me that there are a lot of movies out like that. A lot of movies will never be big blockbuster hits, despite creative storytelling attempts. For me, a movie doesn't have to win multiple Academy Awards for me to like it. It just has to entertain. And, that's what movies are all about, right?
To me, a movie is about a two hour(ish) break from the daily grind. Everyday life is pretty tough. Movies (animated, cgi or live action) are just what the doctor ordered. I like going to Hollywood Video on Friday night and renting three or four films and watching them back-to-back on a quiet Saturday or Sunday afternoon or both. It's cheaper than going to the movies and you don't have to pay exorbitant prices for a hot dog, popcorn and a soda. (You also don't have to put up with that loud mouth jerk sitting behind you.)
Now, if I could just afford to get the Firefly boxed set.
Movies on DVD worth checking out:
It's an animated feature film from Dreamworks with a lot of star power and yet it bombed at the box office. It's a good movie with a lot of action, adventure, humor and a star-crossed romance. What's up with that?
It seems to me that there are a lot of movies out like that. A lot of movies will never be big blockbuster hits, despite creative storytelling attempts. For me, a movie doesn't have to win multiple Academy Awards for me to like it. It just has to entertain. And, that's what movies are all about, right?
To me, a movie is about a two hour(ish) break from the daily grind. Everyday life is pretty tough. Movies (animated, cgi or live action) are just what the doctor ordered. I like going to Hollywood Video on Friday night and renting three or four films and watching them back-to-back on a quiet Saturday or Sunday afternoon or both. It's cheaper than going to the movies and you don't have to pay exorbitant prices for a hot dog, popcorn and a soda. (You also don't have to put up with that loud mouth jerk sitting behind you.)
Now, if I could just afford to get the Firefly boxed set.
Movies on DVD worth checking out:
- Hollywood Homicide
- The Frighteners
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - awesome cgi film
- The Cutting Edge
- Congo
- Timeline
- Paycheck
- Renaissance Man
- Life or Something Like It
Life as a web geek, pt 1
I love my job. I really do.
Now, I know many of you are rolling your eyes and thinking 'what a dweeb!'
Okay, I am. A dweeb who's got a job doing something he's always wanted to do. That's right everyone, I am a professional Cold Fusion web developer.
Let me tell ya. Web developers make the WWW go 'round. Everything you read, every online poker game you play, every porn site you drool over was built by a web developer. But, I digress. (This is a post for another day.)
A few short months ago, I was working a thankless help desk job when one bright December morn, I received a email from the DFWCFUG mailing list. A local company (Zunch Communications, Inc.) was looking for a junior Cold Fusion developer for immediate hire. Cha-Ching!
Realistically (or cynically, you might say), I never expected to get the job. Aside from my Chaos March site, I hadn't done any serious programming in a long time. With apologies to the great Inigo Montoya, I studied rather than pursued Cold Fusion for several years. I showed off the Chaos March site, it being the only one I'd worked on recently.
Now, I'd been trying to land an entry-level web job like this for years. Man, it's hard to get one without a decent portfolio to show off. As I said earlier, I never expected to get the job. So, imagine my surprise, during the second interview when they said I got the job. Wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.
In the six months I've been here, I've worked on a half dozen sites. I've worked on eCommerce sites, brochure sites and general information sites. All of them have really challenged my programming skills. I thought I was a decent programmer. Turns out I have a ways to go before I reach 'decent' status. j/k.
I love my job. I really do. It's the clients we have to work with sometimes that make me understand why some animals eat their young. Harsh, but true.
Words of wisdom: Learn CFML, Javascript, ASP.NET, CSS, DHTML. Learn all you can, code pages day and night, build up a portfolio of sites demonstrating your skills, then brace yourself for the ugly reality that you still don't know enough.
Moral of the story? Uh, dreams can come true. Perserverance pays off. A good angle shot is essential in foosball.
Now, I know many of you are rolling your eyes and thinking 'what a dweeb!'
Okay, I am. A dweeb who's got a job doing something he's always wanted to do. That's right everyone, I am a professional Cold Fusion web developer.
Let me tell ya. Web developers make the WWW go 'round. Everything you read, every online poker game you play, every porn site you drool over was built by a web developer. But, I digress. (This is a post for another day.)
A few short months ago, I was working a thankless help desk job when one bright December morn, I received a email from the DFWCFUG mailing list. A local company (Zunch Communications, Inc.) was looking for a junior Cold Fusion developer for immediate hire. Cha-Ching!
Realistically (or cynically, you might say), I never expected to get the job. Aside from my Chaos March site, I hadn't done any serious programming in a long time. With apologies to the great Inigo Montoya, I studied rather than pursued Cold Fusion for several years. I showed off the Chaos March site, it being the only one I'd worked on recently.
Now, I'd been trying to land an entry-level web job like this for years. Man, it's hard to get one without a decent portfolio to show off. As I said earlier, I never expected to get the job. So, imagine my surprise, during the second interview when they said I got the job. Wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.
In the six months I've been here, I've worked on a half dozen sites. I've worked on eCommerce sites, brochure sites and general information sites. All of them have really challenged my programming skills. I thought I was a decent programmer. Turns out I have a ways to go before I reach 'decent' status. j/k.
I love my job. I really do. It's the clients we have to work with sometimes that make me understand why some animals eat their young. Harsh, but true.
Words of wisdom: Learn CFML, Javascript, ASP.NET, CSS, DHTML. Learn all you can, code pages day and night, build up a portfolio of sites demonstrating your skills, then brace yourself for the ugly reality that you still don't know enough.
Moral of the story? Uh, dreams can come true. Perserverance pays off. A good angle shot is essential in foosball.
Cruisin' through the War of the Worlds
Wellll,,,,
I went and saw Tommy Boy in War of the Worlds last night. If you're looking for an action-packed, shoot-em up slugfest a la Independence Day, you're going to be greatly disappointed. This one's more of a 'hangin on the edge of your seat' nailbiter. Tons of suspense, great visuals and cameos by troops from the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
The story is weak in that it's mainly Tommy Boy trying to get his son and daughter from Point A to Point B. His character doesn't remotely resemble Pete Mitchell, which is ok for a while but gets monotonous. His acting is great for the limited depth the character is given.
Dakota Fanning, imho, does a better job acting than Tommy Boy. Tim Robbins plays a deranged "guerrilla" out to save humanity from the aliens. His departure was not what I expected and left a bad taste in my mouth. Surely Spielberg could've come up with another way to get rid of him.
Overall, the action was nothing like Revenge of the Sith or Mr. & Mrs. Smith. There are a few scenes scattered showing the aliens kickin booty and kinda tame scene at the end where the Army strikes back. Suspense, not action, is the heart of this movie.
A pleasant surprise at the end is a cameo from two of the stars of the original War of the Worlds (1953).
The beginning and ending were narrated by Morgan Freeman and taken directly from the book.
I see a resurgence in H.G. Wells novels sales over the next month or so.
I give War of the Worlds 3.5 out of 5 stars.
I went and saw Tommy Boy in War of the Worlds last night. If you're looking for an action-packed, shoot-em up slugfest a la Independence Day, you're going to be greatly disappointed. This one's more of a 'hangin on the edge of your seat' nailbiter. Tons of suspense, great visuals and cameos by troops from the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
The story is weak in that it's mainly Tommy Boy trying to get his son and daughter from Point A to Point B. His character doesn't remotely resemble Pete Mitchell, which is ok for a while but gets monotonous. His acting is great for the limited depth the character is given.
Dakota Fanning, imho, does a better job acting than Tommy Boy. Tim Robbins plays a deranged "guerrilla" out to save humanity from the aliens. His departure was not what I expected and left a bad taste in my mouth. Surely Spielberg could've come up with another way to get rid of him.
Overall, the action was nothing like Revenge of the Sith or Mr. & Mrs. Smith. There are a few scenes scattered showing the aliens kickin booty and kinda tame scene at the end where the Army strikes back. Suspense, not action, is the heart of this movie.
A pleasant surprise at the end is a cameo from two of the stars of the original War of the Worlds (1953).
The beginning and ending were narrated by Morgan Freeman and taken directly from the book.
I see a resurgence in H.G. Wells novels sales over the next month or so.
I give War of the Worlds 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Finally Fantastic
Well, another day, another dollar. Tomorrow, that dollar will be spent. Such is life.
Presently, I'm debating going to a late show of 'War of the Worlds'. I'm kinda leery about it. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure it's gonna be a great movie. Spielberg films always are. It's just that Tommy boy's been acting a little odd lately.
Maybe it's cause he's doing a girl fifteen years younger than he is. Maybe now that he doesn't have to worry about his professional PR rep tell him what to say and do, he can feel free to spout whatever pops into his mind these days. (I would have loved to have seen that interview last week with Matt L.) He's free to be himself and, boy, I bet people are wondering 'Who the hell is this guy?'
A discussion for another day, I suppose. I have enough issues in my own life that I don't have the time/inclination to worry about some Hollywood superstar who makes more money per film than my family will ever earn in their combined lifetimes. But, I'm not bitter.
Anyway, I did go and see 'Fantastic Four' monday night. I got a free pass to a preview show after work. My only regret is that I couldn't get a date.
Back to FF. It's a good popcorn, set the mind to neutral and suspend disbelief movie. Ioan Griffudd is a cool actor. He was great in 'King Arthur'. I've heard he did a good job in the 'Hornblower' tv movies, too. Ironically, I caught a glimpse of him in '102 Dalmations' the other night while I was channel hopping and stopped for a moment on the Disney Channel.
Jessica Alba's sexy as ever. She's an odd choice for Sue Storm, though. I'd've figured they'd get a buxom blonde like Jessica Simpson to play the role. Longtime FF fans will know what I mean.
The other cast members fit the roles pretty well. The only problem I had was the editing. The movie kinda jumped from a crucial scene on the space station back to everyone being back on earth with no explanation of how they got there.
The fx were pretty cool. The story could've used some finetuning and more interaction between Reed and Sue. Ioan played the 'Scientist without a clue' part perfectly.
Enough for now. I just bought a ticket online for a late showing of 'War of the Worlds'. gotta get ready.
ttfn,
Chris
Presently, I'm debating going to a late show of 'War of the Worlds'. I'm kinda leery about it. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure it's gonna be a great movie. Spielberg films always are. It's just that Tommy boy's been acting a little odd lately.
Maybe it's cause he's doing a girl fifteen years younger than he is. Maybe now that he doesn't have to worry about his professional PR rep tell him what to say and do, he can feel free to spout whatever pops into his mind these days. (I would have loved to have seen that interview last week with Matt L.) He's free to be himself and, boy, I bet people are wondering 'Who the hell is this guy?'
A discussion for another day, I suppose. I have enough issues in my own life that I don't have the time/inclination to worry about some Hollywood superstar who makes more money per film than my family will ever earn in their combined lifetimes. But, I'm not bitter.
Anyway, I did go and see 'Fantastic Four' monday night. I got a free pass to a preview show after work. My only regret is that I couldn't get a date.
Back to FF. It's a good popcorn, set the mind to neutral and suspend disbelief movie. Ioan Griffudd is a cool actor. He was great in 'King Arthur'. I've heard he did a good job in the 'Hornblower' tv movies, too. Ironically, I caught a glimpse of him in '102 Dalmations' the other night while I was channel hopping and stopped for a moment on the Disney Channel.
Jessica Alba's sexy as ever. She's an odd choice for Sue Storm, though. I'd've figured they'd get a buxom blonde like Jessica Simpson to play the role. Longtime FF fans will know what I mean.
The other cast members fit the roles pretty well. The only problem I had was the editing. The movie kinda jumped from a crucial scene on the space station back to everyone being back on earth with no explanation of how they got there.
The fx were pretty cool. The story could've used some finetuning and more interaction between Reed and Sue. Ioan played the 'Scientist without a clue' part perfectly.
Enough for now. I just bought a ticket online for a late showing of 'War of the Worlds'. gotta get ready.
ttfn,
Chris
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