Aliens invading Earth? Looked to me like humans were invading an alien planet, a la Starship Troopers.

I enjoyed Donnie Darko, that is to say the extended cut that removes a lot of the ambiguity. The theatrical version to me feels like it's being obfuscating just for the sake of it.

So, I know I said I wasn't going to keep posting if people didn't show interest, but I really wanted to share this one anyway. Regardless of the macaroni & cheese as an additional topping, I made a Big Mac at home and felt rather accomplished for it. Would absolutely recommend.

Oh man, I really enjoyed the Battlefield Earth novel, of which the movie really only covered the first act. (Or I guess it's more accurate to say that the novel is three stories in one.) That movie doesn't need a remake so much as it needs to be burned and a new adaptation needs to be grabbed from the book.

That being said, I first read the book years ago; nowadays I can point out its shortcomings as fiction, as science fiction, and generally as literature. But I think that the story itself, with minimal reworking, could make a great movie, or trilogy, if people can just get the bad taste of the original out of their mouths.

I liked Adywan's A New Hope, for the most part, but seeing what he's putting together for ESB just has me scratching his head. At this point it's like he's planning shot for shot remakes of the FX and adding whatever he likes. I saw miniatures of an asteroid set last week.

Can I just say that I care, I'm 27, and have no idea when/if I'll retire? Cool, thanks.

I'd normally save it for when the episode comes out, especially because the photography isn't great, but churning a homemade Big Mac out of my home kitchen might be the most exciting thing for me this week.

Okay, so it's a Big Mac & Cheese, but still. Couldn't wait to share it.

*joins in the "Awwwwwww"*

Oh man, here we go. Broken Allegiance:

"Wrong species."

I'm with you there. Here's my short take on Battleship: First act sucked, second act was alright, third act rocked my damn world. I saw it at the drive-in on Memorial Day and it felt perfect.

My negative feelings toward the first act stem from following Hopper around. He's hated by everyone, and that's fine, but I have a hard time staying for 45 minutes with someone that I just don't like at all and continues to do stupid things. Once they're out on the water is generally where I sit down to watch the movie (before that I find other crap to do, make dinner or something), and pretty much from the Missouri scene onward I'm paying rapt attention.

As promised, here's the season 2 premiere, shot with Vapes two days before my wedding.

Enjoy!

I don't like horror movies, probably because they usually focus on the scares more than the people (I'm a wimp), but Pontypool was awesome. From the increasing sense of isolation - from the recording studio they're in most of the movie* to the small town (the "helicopter" reveal) and just playing with language the whole time. Because of the unusual nature of the outbreak, it does a really great job of letting the audience figure out things before the characters do - something that is usually forced. It makes for a great sense of tragedy when you realize, "Oh crap, there goes so-and-so. We're doomed."

*Unity of place; this and time, with it all taking place within one day. Great use of these.

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I guess the show was more of a North American thing but Bill Nye's science popularizing is still in full force today.