Rockstar Games does it again...
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Carrie Underwood - Praying For Time (Idol Gives Back 2008)
The singing. The message. The music. A masterpiece. Civilization creates art. This is one instance where I HOPE that art helps create a little civilization. Like I said in my comment on Youtube. This song is right up there with Imagine by Lennon. I'll add What's Goin On by Marvin and Redemption Songs by Marley. If you don't agree... check on your soul. Peace.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Dark Angel: the good old days....
I was just reading the Wikipedia article on Dark Angel: The TV Series, with Jessica Alba and found out something I didn't know before!
Turns out that Dark Angel was greenlit for season three and then Fox changed it's mind to let Joss Whedon pilot Firelfly! WHAT?!!! Firefly SUCKED. I mean just the odds of having a new sci-fi series, especially one in outer space, that doesn't suck are astronomical and Dark Angel had already proven that it rocked... winning multiple awards by the way folks.
I understand that it is a bit of an acquired taste, a little on the Dark Side. But hell, Magnum PI was a little on the dark side too. Watch it some time. People die on like every episode and there are hookers and liars and theives everywhere. However, the story (Magnum PI) isn't all gloom because it always comes back to the loyalty of close friends and the quirky relationships between them. Hello! So did Dark Angel. Sigh...
Well at least God gave us two glorius seasons to revisit until kingdom come... or until the pulse hits and wipes out all digital data... (he he that's a Dark Angle inside joke).
On a side note. I find it interesting that Dark Angel began airing in 2000 and that 911 happened early during it's second and final season. I would not be surprised if Dark Angel were canceled NOT so much for ratings (although it would have helped if they kept it on Tuesday and had not moved it to Friday), but more because of the negative feelings towards the show in a post 911 America in a backlash against its dystopian futuristic model, and the fact that this messed up future was caused by terrorists with a bomb. In case you didn't know, in Dark Angel America has become pretty much a third world country thanks to terrorist who set off an electronic pulse with a nuclear bomb which annihilated all electronic data storage ie. bank accounts, and sent the country tumbling into chaos and eventually a deep depression under military control. Strange, on the one hand it is a show that brings me nostalgically back to a time before the paranoia and downright hysteria of the post-911 era, while on the other it is a show that sort of fore-told the era we live in and even more so the one we are headed into should we not wise up and shore up our reserves and stop spending like kids at the candy store.
I always loved the show. I love it even more NOW than ever--whenever I watch a re-run on my DVR. I love it because it shows how we're all alone in the dark. I love it because it shows how no one is alone, especially if they let their friends in. I love it because of its dark animal streets and what I deem to be very likely representations of our future (ie. Gas rations handed out by military police). I love it because it shows that life goes on even after the shit has hit the fan. I love the soundtrack and the moody blue moon cinematography. I could go on and on.
Oh and did I mention that I love it because Jessica Alba plays Max? :)
PS. I signed the petition to bring back Dark Angel and/or make a movie to finish the series properly. Reportedly, Jessica Alba said that she would love to work with James Cameron again and would do whatever he wants!!!
Check out the petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/TheDAN/petition.html
Here's hoping!
Turns out that Dark Angel was greenlit for season three and then Fox changed it's mind to let Joss Whedon pilot Firelfly! WHAT?!!! Firefly SUCKED. I mean just the odds of having a new sci-fi series, especially one in outer space, that doesn't suck are astronomical and Dark Angel had already proven that it rocked... winning multiple awards by the way folks.
I understand that it is a bit of an acquired taste, a little on the Dark Side. But hell, Magnum PI was a little on the dark side too. Watch it some time. People die on like every episode and there are hookers and liars and theives everywhere. However, the story (Magnum PI) isn't all gloom because it always comes back to the loyalty of close friends and the quirky relationships between them. Hello! So did Dark Angel. Sigh...
Well at least God gave us two glorius seasons to revisit until kingdom come... or until the pulse hits and wipes out all digital data... (he he that's a Dark Angle inside joke).
On a side note. I find it interesting that Dark Angel began airing in 2000 and that 911 happened early during it's second and final season. I would not be surprised if Dark Angel were canceled NOT so much for ratings (although it would have helped if they kept it on Tuesday and had not moved it to Friday), but more because of the negative feelings towards the show in a post 911 America in a backlash against its dystopian futuristic model, and the fact that this messed up future was caused by terrorists with a bomb. In case you didn't know, in Dark Angel America has become pretty much a third world country thanks to terrorist who set off an electronic pulse with a nuclear bomb which annihilated all electronic data storage ie. bank accounts, and sent the country tumbling into chaos and eventually a deep depression under military control. Strange, on the one hand it is a show that brings me nostalgically back to a time before the paranoia and downright hysteria of the post-911 era, while on the other it is a show that sort of fore-told the era we live in and even more so the one we are headed into should we not wise up and shore up our reserves and stop spending like kids at the candy store.
I always loved the show. I love it even more NOW than ever--whenever I watch a re-run on my DVR. I love it because it shows how we're all alone in the dark. I love it because it shows how no one is alone, especially if they let their friends in. I love it because of its dark animal streets and what I deem to be very likely representations of our future (ie. Gas rations handed out by military police). I love it because it shows that life goes on even after the shit has hit the fan. I love the soundtrack and the moody blue moon cinematography. I could go on and on.
Oh and did I mention that I love it because Jessica Alba plays Max? :)
PS. I signed the petition to bring back Dark Angel and/or make a movie to finish the series properly. Reportedly, Jessica Alba said that she would love to work with James Cameron again and would do whatever he wants!!!
Check out the petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/TheDAN/petition.html
Here's hoping!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Brooke White: Our Newest Shining Star
I fancy myself a bit of a singer so I watch American Idol from time to time. Let's face it--it's mostly Karaoke for kids.
HOWEVER! (and that is a BIG however notice)
Earlier tonight I saw Brooke White performing "Let It Be" and thus I witnessed a bright star rising. Angelic of face and voice, heart felt and real, and possessing talent directly from The Muses. I have always said that singing is not about hitting notes or technical bedazzlement or stylized attitude. No. What it is about is reaching out and touching people from a distance and making them truly FEEL something real. She has that in spades and talent and musical ability to boot.
I don't know if the YouTube version of this one performance will do it justice, but I am posting it anyway!
I truly believe I have witnessed the birth of a new rising star. A light bringer for sure. I know--I wax towards hyperbole! But that is just how I feel about great singers.
Absolutely a new favorite! Watch and listen!
HOWEVER! (and that is a BIG however notice)
Earlier tonight I saw Brooke White performing "Let It Be" and thus I witnessed a bright star rising. Angelic of face and voice, heart felt and real, and possessing talent directly from The Muses. I have always said that singing is not about hitting notes or technical bedazzlement or stylized attitude. No. What it is about is reaching out and touching people from a distance and making them truly FEEL something real. She has that in spades and talent and musical ability to boot.
I don't know if the YouTube version of this one performance will do it justice, but I am posting it anyway!
I truly believe I have witnessed the birth of a new rising star. A light bringer for sure. I know--I wax towards hyperbole! But that is just how I feel about great singers.
Absolutely a new favorite! Watch and listen!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Wacky Japanese TV Clip
OMG WTF! This is awesome! I know I have been posting lots of very serious stuff lately ( it is important ya know ) ... well this is just the opposite--absolutely had me rolling on the floor, lmfao, rofl, ALL that.
Make sure you watch the WHOLE thing. The second prank is the best one. SWEET! I have to agree with the post where I found this first-- the blogger wrote "This next video is more proof that the Japanese can do whatever the hell they damn well please..."
Make sure you watch the WHOLE thing. The second prank is the best one. SWEET! I have to agree with the post where I found this first-- the blogger wrote "This next video is more proof that the Japanese can do whatever the hell they damn well please..."
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Another National ID card bill introduced...
These guys just won't stop. Check out this article about yet another tremendous threat to our freedom and civil liberties...
Social Security Surveillance Act enters House
Just makes me ill.
Social Security Surveillance Act enters House
Just makes me ill.
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