Transformative memories: Why Optimus Prime died
Posted by Jef in Pop Culture on 29. Jun, 2011 | 3 Comments
Dark of the what now? John Swansburg over at Slate argues that the original Transformers movie — the 1986 animated classic that memorably killed off Optimus Prime — is the best Transformers movie to date. It’s not a hard argument to make, even though The Transformers: The Movie doesn’t make much sense when you re-watch [...]
Political ads suck—except when they’re like movie trailers
Posted by Anupa in media, Politics, Television on 25. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
Attack ads are stupid. I see them as an abomination of the political process; they’re deliberately anti-intellectual, designed to bring down an opponent by offering the least amount of information possible. Hacked-up soundbytes, quotes out of context, incomplete information… I wish most people could see through the crafty commercials and realize that politicians (or, their [...]
Na na na na… wait, Will Smith is still making movies?
Posted by Simon in Film, Music, Pop Culture, Rappers on 21. Apr, 2010 | 5 Comments
Rumours floating around today that Bad Boys 3 is about to get the green light into existance, indeed with Smith/Lawrence/Bay et al attached to it. I won’t lie, I thoroughly enjoyed the first two Bad Boys films. I found them entertaining in a way only Michael Bay films can entertain, coupled with Black humour that [...]
Razzies restore balance to the world of cinema
Posted by jessekg in Film on 02. Feb, 2010 | 3 Comments
Thank the gods for creating whatever force brought normalcy and balance back to Hollywood by nominating Sandra Bullock for the worst actress category at the 30th annual Razzie Awards, because her whole Oscar nod was really starting to make me feel like I was in some sort of bizarro world. Although I hear she’s pretty [...]
The Morning Dump: Crusty old poets, dealing with difficult people, the merits of Michael Bay and desecrating the Internet
Posted by theashcan in media, Morning Dump on 19. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
If you like crusty old poets as much as the next guy then you are going to love this visualization of the poem Blue Bird, written by the infamous drunkard Charles Bukowski, and done by the people at Uppercase magazine. But that’s not to forget that Canada has it’s own famous, cantankerous drunken poet, Al Purdy. And [...]
