Okay, so by 2040: bananas are going to be extinct, the fish industry will have collapsed, we will be completely out of oil, fresh uncontaminated water will be extremely scarce, attempts to reduce global warming will have failed at the rate things are moving now, AND robots will be becoming self aware...
But that doesn't mean shit, because the world's ending much sooner than that. November 2007, to be exact. That is the month that the Large Haldron Collider in Europe will be switched on, either creating a huge step forward in science or...the destruction of the Earth and possibly the universe.
Wiki:Large Haldron Collider
Among the four possible world-ending outcomes of turning this thing on are the creation of a stable black hole and the triggering of a transition into a different quantum mechanical vacuum.
Really I just thought that the very existence of a machine that could theoretically destroy the universe pretty cool/scary. And if the world's going to end, I'd like it to be instant and all-enveloping, as these outcomes would seem to be. Sadly the actually probability of that occurring from this machine is quite miniscule. Looks like we're stuck with starvation, war, shitty weather, and robot uprisings.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
**UPDATE: So this is a fake picture boys. Sorry for the hype. There should be an official picture soon. I still think this one looked cool though.
So this is apparently a test shot of Heath Ledger in Joker makeup. I'm not sure if it's real, hell, I'm not even sure thats Heath Ledger. That doesn't look like Heath Ledger's nose, but whatever. How do you guys dig it? I like it alot. It goes along with what I suspected Nolan to be heading towards. I can't wait to see Ledger in character with the costume and lighting and Batman and whatnot. A lot of people aren't going to like it, but I'd rather see a character driven Joker than a purely asthetic one. A lot of people praise Nicholson's Joker because he looked like the comic book Joker even though it was just Jack Nicholson in clown makeup. I'm not even sure he acted in that one, I think he just sort of walked on stage and yelled at Michael Keaton, which, if you think about it, makes that movie way more entertaining.
p.s. it does kind of look like the crow, but I think that'll go away with the performance and the Batman and whatnot.
So this is apparently a test shot of Heath Ledger in Joker makeup. I'm not sure if it's real, hell, I'm not even sure thats Heath Ledger. That doesn't look like Heath Ledger's nose, but whatever. How do you guys dig it? I like it alot. It goes along with what I suspected Nolan to be heading towards. I can't wait to see Ledger in character with the costume and lighting and Batman and whatnot. A lot of people aren't going to like it, but I'd rather see a character driven Joker than a purely asthetic one. A lot of people praise Nicholson's Joker because he looked like the comic book Joker even though it was just Jack Nicholson in clown makeup. I'm not even sure he acted in that one, I think he just sort of walked on stage and yelled at Michael Keaton, which, if you think about it, makes that movie way more entertaining.
p.s. it does kind of look like the crow, but I think that'll go away with the performance and the Batman and whatnot.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Recap of a Murderous Weekend
So this weekend was probably the most sadistic and bizarre one I've had in recent memory, and I would like to share with you guys.
Friday, I saw a production of Shakespeare's infamous Titus Andronicus. If you haven't read it, just know that this play has dismemberment, rape, murder, and cannibalism to boot. The odd thing about this production was that the audience sat around the entire stage, most of the props were rocks even though it had a distinct military-industrial look in all the costuming, and the first 3 acts were tragic and disturbing, while the last two were hilarious - and those were the scenes involving cannibalism.
Saturday was made the highlight of my weekend when I saw Grindhouse. This is not a movie - it's an event. At 3 hours 36 minutes, it's a beautiful waste of an afternoon. Just bring lots of sugary snacks and popcorn, because this is the best straight up popcorn entertainment flick I've seen...period. It's heinously gory, but few of the scenes of gore fail to be absolutely hilarious. And the fake trailers, particularly the ones in front of Deathproof, are almost the best part of the entire experience. Planet Terror, as many seemed to agree, is the stronger of the two outings, but that's not to say Deathproof doesn't have its charms. Terror is just so over the top, so completely immersed in its schlockiness that it gets the upper hand over Deathproof's considerably cleaner look and lengthy scenes of dialogue which almost make you care about the characters. And Terror has Michael Biehn playing essentially the same character he has always played, which is awesome. Overall, this is something that really must be seen in theaters to be enjoyed to its fullest extent, as it does a splendid job of recreating the experience promised by its title. It wouldn't be the same - so I advise you to get out and see it before its tragically abysmal draws at the box office yank it from theaters.
Sunday I caught a showing of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which was soaked in buckets of cartoon blood. It's nothing more than a long episode, so if you're expecting something grandiose, you'll be quite disappointed. It does deliver the series' trademark humor pretty consistently, though it fails to live up to the peak reached in the first two seasons of the show...except for one clip in the very beginning that eclipses the rest of the movie. It involves Mastodon, and that's all you need to know.
On a different note, I'm coming to Atlanta on June 6, and staying until somewhere around the 20th. You bastards best be around at least on the weekends.
Friday, I saw a production of Shakespeare's infamous Titus Andronicus. If you haven't read it, just know that this play has dismemberment, rape, murder, and cannibalism to boot. The odd thing about this production was that the audience sat around the entire stage, most of the props were rocks even though it had a distinct military-industrial look in all the costuming, and the first 3 acts were tragic and disturbing, while the last two were hilarious - and those were the scenes involving cannibalism.
Saturday was made the highlight of my weekend when I saw Grindhouse. This is not a movie - it's an event. At 3 hours 36 minutes, it's a beautiful waste of an afternoon. Just bring lots of sugary snacks and popcorn, because this is the best straight up popcorn entertainment flick I've seen...period. It's heinously gory, but few of the scenes of gore fail to be absolutely hilarious. And the fake trailers, particularly the ones in front of Deathproof, are almost the best part of the entire experience. Planet Terror, as many seemed to agree, is the stronger of the two outings, but that's not to say Deathproof doesn't have its charms. Terror is just so over the top, so completely immersed in its schlockiness that it gets the upper hand over Deathproof's considerably cleaner look and lengthy scenes of dialogue which almost make you care about the characters. And Terror has Michael Biehn playing essentially the same character he has always played, which is awesome. Overall, this is something that really must be seen in theaters to be enjoyed to its fullest extent, as it does a splendid job of recreating the experience promised by its title. It wouldn't be the same - so I advise you to get out and see it before its tragically abysmal draws at the box office yank it from theaters.
Sunday I caught a showing of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which was soaked in buckets of cartoon blood. It's nothing more than a long episode, so if you're expecting something grandiose, you'll be quite disappointed. It does deliver the series' trademark humor pretty consistently, though it fails to live up to the peak reached in the first two seasons of the show...except for one clip in the very beginning that eclipses the rest of the movie. It involves Mastodon, and that's all you need to know.
On a different note, I'm coming to Atlanta on June 6, and staying until somewhere around the 20th. You bastards best be around at least on the weekends.
Edward Norton= The Hulk.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/04/15/the-new-bruce-banner-incredible-hulk-is-edward-norton/
Discuss.
Discuss.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Your Respects Please.
Kurt Vonnegut.
1922-2007.
14 novels.
84 years old.
Fucking brilliant man.
I'm really sad to see him go. He helped me through my middle and high school years, and someday I wanted to meet him.
What was everyone's first Vonnegut novel?
Mine was Breakfast of Champions. I remember reading through it very quickly; I remember used car salesmen, black people making bird calls, and Vonnegut walking around in his own book.
Hail, hail to the best satirist of the 20th century.
1922-2007.
14 novels.
84 years old.
Fucking brilliant man.
I'm really sad to see him go. He helped me through my middle and high school years, and someday I wanted to meet him.
What was everyone's first Vonnegut novel?
Mine was Breakfast of Champions. I remember reading through it very quickly; I remember used car salesmen, black people making bird calls, and Vonnegut walking around in his own book.
Hail, hail to the best satirist of the 20th century.
Iron Man = Hard Man ??
Courtesy of the IGN Filmforce, the first actual pic of Iron Man in the upcoming movie has been released...
And damn is it disappointing. I mean, I guess I don't know what I was expecting. And admittedly, the Iron Man costume has to be hard to pull off in live action form, but still, look at this.
He looks like a discarded Mega Man villain. Actually, not even a discarded one. He looks almost exactly like Hard Man:
Am I in the wrong? Am I unable to see the badassness of this costume? Discuss.
Also, I got the Hard Man image from a pretty hilarious summary of all pre-X Mega Man villains: Mega Man Mania
~Dr. L.H.
And damn is it disappointing. I mean, I guess I don't know what I was expecting. And admittedly, the Iron Man costume has to be hard to pull off in live action form, but still, look at this.
He looks like a discarded Mega Man villain. Actually, not even a discarded one. He looks almost exactly like Hard Man:
Am I in the wrong? Am I unable to see the badassness of this costume? Discuss.
Also, I got the Hard Man image from a pretty hilarious summary of all pre-X Mega Man villains: Mega Man Mania
~Dr. L.H.
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