Rated: PG-13, sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content. 2hr. 6min.
I am a Trekkie from way back. The different tv series’ have always been a favorite for me. I love TOS, enjoyed much of TNG, liked the deeper stories of Voyager, appreciated elements of what Enterprise was supposed to bring (at least in the first two seasons) but the movies have always been plagued. There were things in the “Motion Picture” that I enjoyed, TWOK has always been my personal favorite and I liked parts of First Contact. Nemesis was good to bring a different feel to the extended Next-Gen series. But the offering by J.J. Abrams has caught everyone’s eye. I can honestly say that I have been skeptical up to yesterday.
Early teasers and the quite limited release of trailers made me a bit wary of what more could be done to destroy my favorite franchise of all time. I have not had the chance to catch J.J.’s Lost, but I thoroughly enjoy Fringe. Anyway, when I got to the theater, I half-expected to see no real acceptance of the film. You can usually get the impression of how a film is doing (or going to do) based on the decor. Well my wife and I were greeted with a pair of 8 foot long tables with theater help selling Trek gear and giving away swag. It was like going to a mini-con! The walls were adorned with Star Trek emblems, Saturns and various types of space craft. The movie was obviously good and being that we saw it one day after the continental release, there was time for early reactions to generate this kind of acceptance.
I became quite excited about seeing the work that J.J. had slaved over and I was glad that we were 15 minutes late to get our seats. We sat 6 rows from the screen, dead center, and had thankfully missed the commercials and only saw the upcoming film previews. The opening sequence doesn’t offer any familiar theme music, or anything else for that matter, with the exception of Star Fleet uniforms. Continue reading »
Well, game 3 was anything but stellar from the black-n-gold. Visiting the city of sibling rivalry (commonly referred to as brotherly love) has put a damper on the Pens’ thoughts of finishing this series early. Game 4 will really tell the tale of how much the loss has damaged the frosty exteriors of Crosby, Malkin and the boys.
During game 2 in the Igloo, I heard something over the loudspeaker that rekindled a fire in me. I have always loved music and my favorite genre is hairbands of the 80′s and 90′s. One of my favorite movies about the period was made by period aficionado George Clooney. I am talking of course about Rock Star! This movie gives an intimate look into the ups and downs, and ins and outs of “living like a rock star”.
I love the song, but the visuals are even better….
Stand Up
Beware, this is not a movie for kids! This movie sends a clarion call to anyone thinking of getting into the business. Be prepared to fight the temptations or possibly lose your soul in the process. What really gets to me, is to see the lead singer “Izzy”, played by Mark Wahlberg, go through these challenges. He pushes away everything familiar, including his long-time girlfriend (played by Jennifer Anniston), just to be the man everyone wants to be. But he eventually learns his error and decides to leave the band. This choice brings healing to his mental state and brings his girlfriend back into his life.
The point is, make choices but be prepared to suffer the consequences. Make good choices and you will save yourself a lot of grief. Now getting back to hockey, lets hope we see better gameplay and better choices by coach Bylsma in Game 4.
God bless her. This woman has been gifted with a talent few have. Her talent has been easily overlooked for 30+ years, probably based primarily on her looks. One might consider this book’s cover to be plain and less than a beauty queen. I say she looks like the aunt-next-door! But everyone should know, never judge a book by the cover, or even the summary writing on the inside covers. The same is true here.
Get ready folks, if you liked the Cactus Cuties, get out your tissues…..I needed them and I don’t consider myself very emotional.
Susan Boyle’s “Dream”
I love this song and Susan has done the world a tremendous injustice for not singing it for us sooner! Move over Celine Deon (or even Elaine Paige!), there’s a new girl in town and Simon has already begun the workings of a recording contract for this 47 year old from Blackburn, Scotland. It appears Susan’s charity working days may be over, once the recording studio gets hold of her.
Imagine how beautiful the duets would be if Susan Boyle got together with Josh Groban!
Well, as if I don’t have enough problems in my life. I hate the dreaded upgrade of a Windows operating system. I have learned my lesson when it comes to Microsuck. Albeit, the lessons were hard-learned and tore apart many a night and weekend.
I have also had my share of Linux operating system upgrades. I have primarily dealt with Mandrake/Mandriva software. I have had a few bumps with that, but primarily due to the intricacies of server settings and optional modules, etc.
Last night and today have been my first experience with a Mac system. Finding good info online (for free) can be a little more difficult than it once was, let me tell you. But when it comes to Mac stuff, the info is much less available and even scarier to note when you’ve nearly reached the end of all searches with little to nothing to find regarding your problem. Well luckily, I found some good info and thought of sharing that here. Adding another link to the search engine pools of wisdom will only help the next poor soul that’s at the end of sanity! Continue reading »
Oh my aching back! I love to watch this man destroy the competition. I had not even heard that he was making a comeback, until the news today.
I feel cheated.
I feel sorry for him.
I feel his pain because I know what it’s like to wreck in a very painful way.
I have read that it was a bad stretch of road, only 16k (12 mi.) from the end of the First Stage! (day one of the Vuelta of Castilla and Leon)
Lance has said:
For the Giro it’s a very big problem. For now, the biggest problem is just the pain.
In 17 years of professional racing, besides his fight with testicular cancer, he has never had this type of injury. It is considered one of the most common injuries when multiple riders are involved, as was this case. So for now, I have to wait and watch the news (and Lance’s Blog) for updates on his hopeful entrance into Le Tour. Unfortunately, the Giro d’Italia is scratched.
To add to the list of great time-wasting activities online, the YouTube photo hunt is the ultimate interactive matching game. Each level has a time to beat. Complete each level, without cheating (i.e. pausing or restarting the video), to continue on. The first level, Meryl Streep will be on this page, the following levels will be on YouTube. I made it to level 19 with retrying….how far can you go?
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