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More Terms to learn… I’ve been busy lately, haven’t been able to do some of the usual posts I write around here. But, the one I usually like the most is the Terms and Definitions from the wonderful Urbandictionary.com Here are a few interesting ones. manorexia : The male version of anorexia nervosa , or any general wasting away of the body in men. This eating disorder is commonly seen in starlets but is now affecting men, where they take on the wasted appearance of starving children in third world countries. Comment: I’ve never heard of this one before. I’ve noticed a growing trend of putting the word “man” in front to it gives it a different term. Like, Man-purse or Manginal. wiki-snob: Academics who feel that anything found in the wikipedia is suspect because it wasn't written by a committe of fat-cat, overpaid, grant-hogging professors whose prusuit of pseudo science is endandering science funding everywhere. Comment: This one is funny, because I’...

Random bits (Hopefully, no April Fools) ~ 10 most annoying things about Lost : I love Lost like other people, but there are a few things that annoy the hell out of me. One of them is certainly that damn Four-Toed statue . Then there is the bad decision to kill off Libby . I know that they needed to really shock the audience, but this character was never fully developed. ~ Hmm, this statement by George Lucas is a little confusing : I don’t know what to really make from this statement “[W]e know that for the fans it won’t be the movie that they have been making in their minds for the last 19 years, so they all get bent out of shape. A lot of the critics forget that they didn’t like the first three, and so they get off on this one, too — or it’s not the Second Coming. And, yeah, we didn’t make it bigger and better, we made it exactly the same. So if you loved the other ones, you’ll love this one. But if you expect to have F-14s flying under freeways — that isn’t there....

I am Legend Vampires, deer and Shrek, oh my. Yes, all these things are in the movie. The movie is much better than I thought it was going to be. Sure, the CGI vampires in some shots are a bit cheap and needed to be run through the computers a few more times. However, the vampires are only one factor in the movie. And, best thing about this movie is Will Smith. It amazes me how well Mr. Smith handled himself in all these scenes, with only him interacting with only a dog, his only companion. Will does a masterful job as a man that hasn’t seen a human being in three years. Smith’s character, Robert Neville, is a man that needs support from his dog, whom he treats as almost human, and interacts with lifeless mannequins when he goes to the local video store. He goes through a routine everyday in order to keep himself from loosing his mind. There is a sad but touching moment between his dog and him toward the middle of the film that will almost make you cry. The ...

Random Bits ~ There’s something pleasing about President Bush getting booed by a baseball crowd . He tries his best to play it off too, as do the TV guys. What a douche bag, yes I just called the President a douche bag. ~The Speed Racer trailer : Well, I'm not sure what to make of this thing. It seems a bit much. But I do like the bright colors. I think the videogame feel is just too much for me. While I think movie aspects should be incorporated into videogames, videogame aspects shouldn't be mixed into movies. Crank almost became too much for me. Wachowski brothers (and sister) directed this film. We all have our feelings on the Matrix trilogy. ~ Busta Rhymes may beat up people who spit on his car , but he gets major cool points for this encounter with a British woman that calls him 'ignorant'. Busta seems to have some super hearing, because he was a good distance from the woman. The best part is when the embarrassed woman tries to make it about the...

Saga of a Star World Part 2 and 3 These episodes are a bit of a letdown compared to the first episode, but it is still a not bad. The storyline is carried over from the first episode and deals with the problems behind food and supplies. Again, the acting by the guest actors is horrendous. But, there are hints of the military forcefully taking items and supplies. The casino planet idea is a little dated here with disco-dancing aliens, and it comes across silly. This was probably where the studio should have chipped in and given more money to the already expensive production. I didn’t really like the people in charge of the civilian government in the refugee fleet. I have to agree with Ron Moore on this flaw on the old show. The council comes across being stupid and out of touch. It feels like Glen A. Larson is almost attacking liberals in his story here, making them foolish. Not a signal person on the council disagrees with the majority view. Having Comman...

American Gangster (Extended Cut) Well, it is certainly better than “ Kingdom of Heaven ”, Ridley Scott ’s other film. American Gangster tells the story of the rise and fall of the heroin drug lord Frank Lucas that is loosely based on a real story. The film tells two stories; Lucas’s drive to become the top drug dealer in New York , and the story behind the police that want to put him in jail. With Ridley Scott at the helm, you already know that the movie will have some quality to it. But adding Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe to the game, it becomes a better movie. These two actors are at the top of their game. While I don’t care much for Crowe as a person, he sure as hell knows how to act. He basically steals the show away from Washington . Crowe is an impressive sight to watch in the movie as the lead detective in special anti-drug law enforcement squad. Washington is also good, but his story isn’t nearly as compelling as Crowe’s story, but he’s stil...

As I drove into school today, I was listening to NPR on the radio like I usually do. Well the news reported that there was a hostage situation at U of L, the very school I was going to. http://www.kxmc.com/News/223156.asp Gail Lynn Coontz, student at U of L, went into the medical center with a gun out and took a person hostage. Taken from the link above… ((The university says police were called to the school health services building this morning after a female student entered carrying a gun. Officials say that within about a half-hour, a counselor had managed to persuade Gail Lynn Coontz to hand over the gun, and no one was harmed on the campus.)) Here’s where it gets worst folks… ((University police then asked city police to check on an off-campus home where the children were found. Louisville police say the victims are 14-year-old Greg Coontz and 10-year-old Nikki Coontz.)) She killed her two children with the gun, and I guess she was going to go to campus and ta...

Battlestar Galactica (Original show) Saga of a Star World Part I (TV version) People tend to totally forget about the original series. And, in a lot of ways, I still think the old show is better than Moore’s newer BSG, even though NuBSG is a better written show. I still remember watching this first episode on a Saturday morning and being blown away at how serious this first episode really is. On the eve of peace, the 12 colonies send out their Battlestar fleet to sign a peace treaty with the Cylons. The Cylons double cross the 12 colonies and destroy all the colonies. As I said before, the actual tone of the first episode is very serious. Remember, this is 70s TV where TV wasn’t at the same level as feature films at the time. We witness entire cities being destroyed by the Cylons. This stuff is intense for an era of TV filled with formulaic cop shows and safe sitcoms. Some of the acting from the secondary characters is a little off in this episode, but the a...

Random Bunch ~I wish the weather would make up its mind, because these hot/cold days are driving me crazy. I am generally a heat guy, which has something to do with the fact that I sweat very little. ~ Crank 2 : I wasn't the biggest fan of the movie Crank, and I'm a little confused as to why there is another movie in the works, considering the main guy shouldn't even be walking after what happens to him the last 2-minutes. I thought the first movie was enjoyable, and it got a little better in a second viewing, but I still wasn't blown away by it, except for that scene in Chinatown. ~ Don't piss off Matlock Ever !: My mother was a huge Matlock fan, so I had to watch hundreds of episodes during my teenage years. ~Speaking of Matlock the show, Kene Holiday played Tyler Hudson , a PI, on the show. They fired him because of his heavy drug use. Kene Holiday also played the popular character Roadblock on the GI Joe cartoon show. I never knew that. ~ Remember ...