Category — TV & Movies

There’s a fresh new trailer out for Star Trek: Nemesis.

It takes big bucks to beam up Kirk’s chair.

I purchased a “Flylight” for my laptop. It’s a small goose-neck light that plugs into the USB port to provide a small amount of light to the keyboard. This is very useful when you are working with your laptop in lower light conditions.

“The DEFINITIVE source on the net for Star Trek WAV sounds, Desktop wallpaper pictures, icons, screensavers and other files for customizing the Windows environment” is Star Trek in Sound and Vision.

Napster is gone and most people have found an alternative file-sharing site. Here are some more ideas.

Want to talk with someone? How about Oliverbot? It’s part of the Bored.com website.

If you ever wondered why Yoda is called the Jedi Master, you will find out when you see Star Wars II - Attack of the Clones. I was totally immersed in the Star Wars universe from the very beginning of the film.

Some people are saying the dialogue was stale and there wasn’t enough action in the film. Bah! I thought it was the perfect blend of action, mystery, special effects and awesome scenery. Not once did I think the story was slow or boring.

Answers to questions I had from the very first movie were revealed. Now I have new ones I can’t wait to get answered in the next movie. The references to future and past events and the origins of well-known characters like Boba Fett, Obi Wan and Darth Vader is terrific.

Go see it if for no other reason than to see Master Jedi Yoda actually kick some ass.

The Force was with this movie all the way! If you didn’t like this film then you aren’t really a true Star Wars fan.

What do YOU think? Go to Network 23 and let everyone know.

Perhaps the best review of the new Star Wars movie comes from Harry Knowles of Ain’t It Cool news. During the SXSW computer conference, he was ushered to a secret room where he was shown a beta release of the upcoming film. Many say this was a ploy by Lucasfilm to get some excitement going for the film around the Internet. Their plan worked very well.

Take a minute and read the review. Its an honest and fresh account from someone that genuinely loves Star Wars and wasn’t there to overanalyze the film and pick it apart. He watched it just to have fun. Whenever I see a film, I ask myself if I had fun watching it. If I did, then the movie did its job and I give it a high rating. Perhaps I’m a bit too liberal with my great reviews but it doesn’t take much at all for me to have fun.

Elsewhere, it is exactly one year today that my favorite author Douglas Adams died. I fondly remember the good times I had reading all five books in his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy “trilogy.”

Adams brought us such great memories as Vogon poetry, Babel fish, Joo Janta peril sensitive sunglasses, Improbability physics, paranoid androids, elevators that suffered from the fear of heights and many more fun things. I miss him.

Now let me go find my towel.

We finally saw Spiderman this afternoon. I thought it was great. Pam’s reaction was the opposite. She didn’t like the violence and even more, didn’t like Kirsten Dunst. I suppose we’ll have to go see some chick-flick to make up for it.
Tobey Macguire was perfectly cast in the title role. My favorite moments of the film were of him discovering his new found talents. I didn’t care at all for the Green Goblin’s outfit. I thought the mask should have been a little more animated. I supposed it was probably following the comic book but I didn’t care for it.

I will definately see this film again.

Meanwhile at Atom Films, they are showing the Star Wars fan film awards. Check out all the award winners. My favorite is “StarGeeks.” The banter between the Star Wars and the Star Trek fans is hilarious.

Want to know what’s happening around the world? StratFor tells gives you intelligence reports and lists the latest “hotspots.” Select a region or country and read about their economics, politics and security. It’s a very interesting site, full of good information.

I’m still having trouble getting an image gallery going. Not that I have many images to put in there. When I see sites like, Somethinginmyeye and A Whole Lotta Nothing, I get inspired to set one up.

Here is what I watch on TV:
Sunday:Fear on MTV
Monday: Fear Factor
Tuesday: 24, Wil and Grace
Wednesday: Enterprise
Thursday: Survivor
Friday: FARSCAPE, Stargate SG-1
I’ll also watch an occasional episode of Star Trek TNG and Dark Angel.

Which Colossal Death Robot Are You?

Powerloafing is something fun to do.

I really got the red ass when I saw Enterprise wasn’t on tonight. There are very few things I look forward to in my life. Sigh.

This has got to be the greatest webcam there is on the Internet.

Here is what I am going to do on my day off tomorrow:

Remind me to tell you about the hassle Nat City Lease is giving me and why you should never do business with them.

Enterprise was especially good tonight. It featured the never before seen Ferengi. The actors playing the Ferengi were Ethan Phillips (Neelix on Voyager), Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun on DS9) and Clint Howard (Baylok on the original series). They were as hapless and greedy as ever and it was fun seeing the actors again. Next week, Rene Auberjonois (Odo) is guest starring.

Last weekend I de-winterized the garage. I put away the snow shovels, stored the snow blower and took the snow brushes out of the cars. Now there is 3 -5 inches of snow predicted.

Update: Storm Team 7 (and the others) have once again over-hyped the coming snow. Actually there wasn’t any snow. They KNEW it would only be in a line south of the city but CONTINUED to warn us of the impending disaster. These jerks will do anything for a story. “Winter is back, the complete forcast at 13 minutes after the hour.” Too bad they didn’t tell us it doesn’t apply to all of their viewers.

When are these idiots going to get it? They are dumbing down the general public who sit like robots on the edge of their seats waiting until 13 minutes after the hour. Guess what plays while you are waiting? Endless self promotion ads about other hyped-up stories. It never ends, but I still tune in. At least I used to.

Site update. Excuse the dust while I play around with various templates. I promise to get the old rants, mortisms and maybe a gallery running over the upcoming long weekend.

Note to Chrysler. You should consider shutting down the place on Thursday, my birthday. The date is important enough to warrant it. If you do have to work that day, please take a moment and reflect upon the day’s significance. Thank you.

One last item. I was going to comment on the issue of the women suing several large corporations. She is seeking reparations for their participation in black slavery. Um, yeah.

This will be a short week for me. It’s my birthday on Thursday so I thought I would take the day off. Then we have Friday and Monday off for Easter. A nice long relaxing weekend will be great. Now I just have to get through 3 days of pre-holiday work.

Three people have asked me for laptops to take for the long weekend. They can’t stand to be out of touch with their email for that long. I can’t stand to check it every minute when I’m out of the office. The work will be there when you return people. The days before a holiday are always busier for me. The last-minute users ask me for this and that. It’s like the end of the world is coming and they are trying to get one more thing done before it’s here. Take a pill and relax, I say.

We tried to see The Time Machine at the theatre yesterday. Our plan was to go to the 4:30 matinee at our usual theatre. We waited in line to get the tickets and were told the film had a scratch in it that showed on the screen about halfway through the movie. The employees said it could be fairly annoying and that it didn’t go away for the rest of the movie.

No problem. We’ll just see Blade 2. It was sold out. So we went to Blockbuster, rented The Last Castle with Robert Redford and went home. It was a good film and I recommend it.