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Cool John Ottman: Superman Returns Composer. Here is a very good interview with the composer. http://www.superman-v.com/column.php?id=13 Comment: Trust me, this is a very good interview with a composer that’s only recently gotten attention from his superhero movie work. He’s now a superhero composer up there with Danny Elfman and John Williams. I really enjoyed his X-Men 2 score, and I kind of liked his Fantastic Four score. (( S-V: Who are your main influences as a composer and editor? JO: I ended up falling into my own style, which most of us do. But Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams’ sensibilities will always linger in me. Like many composers of my generation, STAR WARS woke me up to the sheer excitement of orchestral film music. I then discovered Goldsmith, who became my idol. I drove my parents nuts playing my soundtracks over and over – I think they still know the Klingon Battle from STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE by heart! Brilliant. SUPERMAN was another record...

Michael Ironside is King No one has ever chewed more scenery than Ironside. This guy is the true meaning of a badass. He could kick Chuck Norris’ ass with his arms cuffed and his eyes blind-folded. This man always plays the toughest characters, and he’s always pissed off. He’s also the voice of Sam Fisher from the Splinter Cell games. Ironside has been in pretty much every sci-fi franchise except Star Wars and Trek. "The A-Team" : I vaguely remember him on this show. Did he kick Mr. T’s ass? "V: The Final Battle" : Yes, he was Ham Tyler. Tyler was one of the coolest characters in that mini-series. He was the one that poured an entire bag of red powder on one of the visitors. Top Gun : He had a need for speed. Total Recall : He ended up armless, but he still showed up for the party. Highlander II: The Quickening : Terrible movie, but he did murder an entire subway train full of people. Free Willy : Okay, so he did a...

Jeff mentioned baked potatoes over in his blog entry , and it got me to thinking about my absolute fear of baked potatoes. I can’t eat them because of what happened to me long ago. Here’s the reason why… It started out like any other day. I was still in high school (but it was summer) and I decided to bake a potato because I was hungry. After eating it, I thought nothing of it, and I went about my day. My mother, for some reason, was driving my friend Henry, my brother, and I around town. We were heading back home, and I started to feel a tiny rumble in my stomach. The rumble grew in size. I held my stomach and shook my head. Something was wrong. Henry looked over at me with an expression of confusion. “You have to take a dump?” I shook my head. Before I could tell my mother to pull over, it all came out. A thick stream of creamed potatoes came rushing out of my mouth. I puked all over my clothes and the backseat of my mother’s car. I then had to s...

http://www.markshields.com/index.shtml Head over to Mark Shields site and check out his DeLorean car. Ever since I was a child I’ve wanted one of those DeLoreans and fix it up to look like a time machine. ____________________________________________________________________ Marty McFly : [ being chased by terrorists ] Let's see if you bastards can do 90. Dr. Emmett Brown : If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit. [ talking about the Time Machine ] Marty McFly : [ looks through a camcorder ] This is uh... This is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh... does it run, like... on regular unleaded gasoline? Dr. Emmett Brown : Unfortunately no, it requires something with a little more kick - plutonium. Marty McFly : Uh... plutonium? Wait. [ lowers the camcorder by his side and points to the DeLorean ] Marty McFly : Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear? Dr. Emmett Brown : Hey, hey,...

Bush: “Maybe you can come over and eat some pretzels with me.” ___________________________________________ Picture from this guy below http://www.punditguy.com/2005/05/ I just found this picture funny, and it can go under the whole Brokeback thang

God told this woman to continue to drive while the cops chased her. http://www.wftv.com/news/8649494/detail.html?subid=22105266&qs=1;bp=t Once again, this goes under the WTF file. ((The pursuit started along US 27 in Tavares when deputies tried to pull over Ashley Walters for driving with a broken taillight. The 19-year-old refused to stop, leading led deputies and highway patrol on a chase that finally ended near the Polk County line.)) Real smart, lady. ((Walters says the reason why did she not stop was that she felt the presence of God telling her to keep driving.)) Now, here’s something interesting; they shot several “pepper spray” balls at her car, and many more into the car. Yet, She still resisted arrest and they had to use a tazer. Maybe she was right…

Okay, I have to admit that I once had a slinky. They were scraps of metal that were manipulated into springs. Yet, this was no ordinary spring. This spring could walk down stairs! Isn’t that cool? You could also…uh…well…that was it. Was there any other use? When my brother and I got our first slinky, we took opposite sides and pulled it apart around the house. We were amazed that this thing could stretch out so far, and we were even more amazed that it did not stretch back into its old form. After that, Instead of a slinky we had a string of metal! wow, the good old days.

Q-Who? Plot Outline: Q tries to prove that Picard needs him as part of their crew by hurling the Enterprise 7,000 light years away where they encounter the Borg for the first time. Man, this episode was written during the rather shaky second season of the TNG. The Borg were introduced for the very first time on this EP, even though we got to see their aftermath in a first season episode. John de Lancie played Q in a dead serious way in this episode, hell he’s almost scary. I also enjoyed the interesting banter between Q and Guinan. The Borg are some of the best villains to come out of the modern trek era, only to be upstaged by the Dominion. Too bad VOY turned them into the Ewoks of Star Trek Picard is seen as being down right stubborn in this episode and he sees the error of his ways at the end, which is a good character development moment. It should also be noted 18 people died when Picard refused to listen to Q and go back. I also liked how Picard treated ...

Sigh, more Rambo IV news http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=6399 Comment: Rambo and Rocky? It sounds like someone is running out of money, oy Here’s the Rambo page Rambo IV (( Plot Outline: Vietnam vet John Rambo is forced to emerge from his reclusive lifestyle and take justice into his own hands after a girl goes missing)) and Rocky Balboa ((Rocky Balboa' examines one of America's greatest icons at a vulnerable period in his life--middle age. A former heavyweight boxing champion, known and renown throughout the world for going the distance, Rocky finds a new venture: giving back to his community. This is where he, once more, finds himself at the opposing side of opportunity, not unlike the one he has seen decades ago. Heavyweight champ Mason Dixon and his representation offer Rocky a shot for the title. For Balboa, it'll be one last hurrah he'll never forget.....but with his glory days far behind him can he withstand the inevitabilities of ...