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Where Deadrobot brushes up against celebrities

Typecasting Brilliance?

Celebs and Media

Remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, with Keanu Reeves as the visiting alien Klaatu:

Possible changes I can see from the trailer:

1951: Communist paranoia abounds as a “stranger comes to town”
2008: Al Gore paranoia when Earth becomes a eaten(?) turned into(?) a dustbowl

1951: Klaatu is Jesus – his psuedoname is “Mr Carpenter”
2008: Klaatu is a robot – he barely blinks. Whoa.

1951: Gort is actually in control and runs the show.
2008: Gort is directing and steals the show.

Movie Meme

Celebs and Media

I know I shun memes but I think this one gives a good cross section of my personality through pop culture. Also, I’m waiting for work to come across my desk so I thought I’d meme myself, privately, in my cube.

Via Gambrinous comes The Entertainment Weekly top 100 Movies from the Last 25 Years and your personal gripes.

– Bold the movie if you’ve seen it (actually it’s easier if I bold the ones I HAVEN’T seen, so that’s what I’ve done.)
– Put asterisks next to the movies you’ve seen and really liked (3*** = great! 2**= Hum ya! 1*= S’was OK)
– If you saw a film and hated it, cross it out.

1. Pulp Fiction 1994*
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 2001-03**
3. Titanic 1997*
4. Blue Velvet 1986***
5. Toy Story 1995*
6. Saving Private Ryan 1998 (saw 2/3rds of it on video)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 (Snore! No Lightsabers!)
8. The Silence of the Lambs 1991**
9. Die Hard 1988 (Didn’t do much for me)
10. Moulin Rouge 2001 (Ewan McGregor shouts the songs for 2 hours – owch!)
11. This Is Spinal Tap 1984**
12. The Matrix 1999***
13. GoodFellas 1990***
14. Crumb 1995
15. Edward Scissorhands 1990**
16. Boogie Nights 1997*
17. Jerry Maguire 1996
18. Do the Right Thing 1989*
19. Casino Royale 2006***
20. The Lion King 1994**(Jeremy Irons should only do cartoon villains from now on)
21. Schindler’s List 1993*
22. Rushmore 1998
23. Memento 2001***
24. A Room With a View 1986
25. Shrek 2001**
26. Hoop Dreams 1994
27. Aliens 1986***
28. Wings of Desire 1988
29. The Bourne Supremacy 2004**
30. When Harry Met Sally… 1989
31. Brokeback Mountain 2005***
32. Fight Club 1999***
33. The Breakfast Club 1985*
34. Fargo 1996**
35. The Incredibles 2004***
36. Spiderman 2 2004
37. Pretty Woman 1990 (So plausible!)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
39. The Sixth Sense 1999***
40. Speed 1994*
41. Dazed and Confused 1993
42. Clueless 1995
43. Gladiator 2000**
44. The Player 1992*
45. Rain Man 1988
46. Children of Men 2006***(one of my top ten all times)
47. Men in Black 1997*
48. Scarface 1983***
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000***
50. The Piano 1993*
51. There Will Be Blood 2007
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad 1988*
53. The Truman Show 1998**
54. Fatal Attraction 1987**
55. Risky Business 1983*
56. The Lives of Others 2006
57. There’s Something About Mary 1998*
58. Ghostbusters 1984**
59. L.A. Confidential 1997***
60. Scream 1996**
61. Beverly Hills Cop 1984 (didn’t find it funny)
62. sex, lies and videotape 1989 (didnt find it…)
63. Big 1988
64. No Country For Old Men 2007***
65. Dirty Dancing 1987
66. Natural Born Killers 1994***
67. Donnie Brasco 1997**
68. Witness 1985*
69. All About My Mother 1999
70. Broadcast News 1987
71. Unforgiven 1992*
72. Thelma & Louise 1991*
73. Office Space 1999 (I know… I know…)
74. Drugstore Cowboy 1989
75. Out of Africa 1985*
76. The Departed 2006***
77. Sid and Nancy 1986
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 *
79. Waiting for Guffman 1996
80. Michael Clayton 2007***
81. Moonstruck 1987
82. Lost in Translation 2003 (again, saw 2/3rds of it)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn 1987*
84. Sideways 2004
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2005**
86. Y Tu Mamá También 2002*
87. Swingers 1996
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997**
89. Breaking the Waves 1996
90. Napoleon Dynamite 2004***
91. Back to the Future 1985*
92. Menace II Society 1993
93. Ed Wood 1994**
94. Full Metal Jacket 1987***
95. In the Mood for Love 2001
96. Far From Heaven 2002
97. Glory 1989
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999**
99. The Blair Witch Project 1999**
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999***

MiniBook Expo On Again!

Celebs and Media, Distractions, General, Hobbies

Lex, over on Unsweetened.ca has fired up her magical blog MiniBook Expo! Go claim your absolutely free books. The catch? You gotta blog about the book you choose. Choose wisely!

Claim It.
* watch for a book you want
* click through to claim it
* make sure it’s not already claimed by someone else
* leave a comment to claim it (max 2)
*
Get it.
* we’ll confirm you claimed it in the comments.
* then email you for your address
* send me your address
* Canada Post will bring you your book.
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Read it.
* can you really say anything if you haven’t read it?
*
Blog it.
* Post something about the book within a month of getting it
* include a link to the publisher and the author if possible
* if you don’t have a blog, send me your review & I’ll post it here for you

My past books were:

The Grays – Whitley Strieber:
…there are moments of incoherence where you shake the book to see if pages have fallen out from it.

And

Relentless – Robin Parrish:
Relentless is written in a more looser, somewhat melodramatic style, all the while watching it’s language: the strongest curse word in all of it’s pages is “damn”

Religion is NOT FUNNY!

Celebs and Media

I don’t recall any British groups up in arms when Austin Powers made countless bad teeth jokes.

But some people are touchy:

Roopnauth Sharma, president of Hindu Federation… objects to any film that mocks religion. “I don’t think that the concept of one’s belief in God should be anybody’s entertainment. I don’t think any religion would want to tolerate that,” he said.

So, comedians are not allowed to point out foibles and misconceptions of traditions and ceremony? Somebody needs a chill pill and a lesson in fascism.