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May 29, 2004
The Day After Tomorrow and popcorn fantasy politics
So this new movie from the director of Independence Day looks to be raking it in with a big, over the top disaster flick in which an ice age and tidal waves drown New York and knock the world on it's ear. Tornadoes and earthquakes and an ice age- oh, my! I think the global warming also generates a giant cockroach that eats Cincinnati. I may be mistaken about that last part though.
Now cheesy disaster movies are perfectly fine entertainment. I'll assume for the sake of being nice that the producers are not thinking they're doing anything but making a fun summer movie. This thing looks to be 100 times past the claims of even the most paranoid fantasy mongerers.
As far out in never-never land as this movie is I'd think that serious advocates of global warming scenarios would run as far away from this silly popcorn movie as possible. Rand have mercy, but this looks so far OUT THERE that you'd look STUPID to use this movie in any way to try to make your point. It would have to diminish your whole credibility. It would be somewhat like if right-wingers tried to cite The Manchurian Candidate as evidence of communist infiltration of the highest levels of government.
Yet there's Al Gore, among others, going on about this movie like it's somehow realistic. Oh my god. Gore is quoted as saying "'Could this really happen?' I think we need to answer that question." Here is the correct answer: NO. How disconnected from reality is this guy to even ask such a dumb question?
On the other hand, I'm sure the movie will "raise awareness" among some people. For example the Florida Democrats who were too stupid to use a simple punch card voting ballot may find this movie intellectually credible.
Then there's the PERFECT response that never was from South Park creators Parker and Stone. From E! Online:
"It started when we got snuck a script of The Day After Tomorrow, that Roland Emmerich movie about how global warming causes an ice age in two days," says Stone. "It's the kind of script where you know it's going to make hundreds of millions of dollars, which makes it the greatest dumb script ever."
"We planned to secretly shoot that movie with puppets, word for word, and release it on the same day. We thought that would have been hilarious, but our lawyer convinced us we wouldn't get it released."
posted by Al at 5/29/2004 01:28:00 AM
May 27, 2004
The environment set to go on a drunken orgy
Here's just a little thing that struck me. Fox News Channel ticker noted that "Teresa Heinz has given $200 million dollars to the environment."
Really? What did the environment do with it? I'm thinking cocaine and hookers. I'm guessing that the environment has appetites.
posted by Al at 5/27/2004 04:07:00 AM
May 25, 2004
New album releases, week of 5-25-2004
Not much jumps out this week as being of special interest to cool people.
Everlast has a new album, White Trash Beautiful, which rates as perhaps the top new item of interest. His last album blew, but the memory of the classic Whitey Ford Sings the Blues makes me interested in hearing him out.
The Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings sounds just geeky enough to make me want to hear. The likes of Pete Seeger and Leadbelly sing lots of sea chanteys and such what.
Avril Lavigne has her second album out this week, Under My Skin. Her teenie bopper stuff doesn't do much for me, but she's better than most of her ilk artistically- though that's setting the bar low.
Apparently she has ditched the producers that brought her to the dance, concentrating more on making the record between her and the band. I appreciate at least the intention of musical seriousness in the gesture. Whether or not it'll get her another decent record is questionable.
Under My Skin is currently the #1 CD at Amazon.
Wilson Phillips has a new album of covers of California songs. It does not really look like a particularly interesting set of choices, but does feature a guest appearance from Papa Brian on "In My Room." Might be worth a listen: the girls can actually frickin' sing. With their pedigrees, they ought to be the best singers in the business.
There's also a new John Williams soundtrack for Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, if you're the kind of person who digs John Williams.
CLICK HERE for the complete list of this week's major releases.Labels: new_album_releases
posted by Al at 5/25/2004 01:44:00 AM
May 24, 2004
Tommy Chong's birthday
Tommy Chong was hatched 66 years ago, on March 24, 1938. He's a pretty funny feller who has made many millions of people laugh with his movies, records and other artistic endeavors. He's been a successful businessman and raised a happy family. He's certainly never done any harm.
Nonetheless, Chong gets to spend his 66th birthday in a federal prison for the bogus "crime" of manufacturing glass pipes.
Stay strong, brother. It'll be over soon enough.
I for one am interested in seeing what kind of stand-up or screenplays he draws out of this.
What the world needs now is a new Cheech and Chong movie.
Happy birthday, Tommy!
posted by Al at 5/24/2004 01:58:00 PM
May 23, 2004
That Darned Cat! - New Culpepper poll for The Shield
The Shield season three episode "Strays" ends with Detective Dutch Wagenbach strangling an alley cat to death in some kind of attempt at understanding the "cuddler rapist" turned murderer he had been interrogating.
For those who have seen this episode, how many of these statements would you agree with regarding this incident? Check all that apply. 25 fascinating possibilities!
THIS SURVEY comes through the Yahoo Culpepper Militia group, ie my newsletter group for this site. "Joining" practically means that you get an email from me once or twice a month.
posted by Al at 5/23/2004 02:30:00 AM
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