Perpetuating lies to your children for the holidays
Posted by Simon in Ethnic Aisle, Life on 16. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
Santa has never given me a gift. Unlike many of my friends growing up, there was no magical component to my Christmas. There was no altruistic value to the Christmas spirit, no creepy omniscient Alpha-Elf who broke into my house with a sack of toys. We had a tree, yes. We had gifts, we had [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Book'em with your tricorder, Danno
Posted by Simon in Television on 11. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
It’s been a busy year for Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, two thirds of the writing team behind Star Trek’s blockbuster reboot and, somehow, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Critic cred notwithstanding, those were arguably the biggest two movies of the summer, ranking five and one respectively in U.S. box office gross this year. So [...]
