Maybe it will be terrible! Maybe Christian Bale will just scream a series of F-bombs at a crew member for 2 hours. I don't care! You must all see this movie because Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles is in danger of being cancelled and a huge Box Office for the movie may be the only thing that can save it. And after the cliffhanger ending of this season, there MUST BE A SEASON 4!!
Don't let me down, people.
I just recovered from the worst flu of my life. It didn't last the longest, but it was definately the worst. An 8 hour storm of liquid fury blowing from both ends without mercy. I'm still sore from wretching and it hurts to laugh.
Yeah... good times.
Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to let you know that I won't be posting regularly for the next two weeks. I'm heading out of town tomorrow, and although I'll be back on Sunday, I will be working for two solid weeks doing High School substitute teaching.
This is a great news because the district has been cutting back on their use of subs for the second half of this semester, and I was expecting to have no subbing work. The down side, of course, is that it will keep me busy enough that keeping up with the regular routine of posting for the Underground and Paeter's Brain will just be too much for me during that time. The podcast will continue, but will be a little shorter for just two weeks, since "In Search Of Truth" will be on hold.
However, I will still be checking my e-mail faithfully and responding as quickly as possible. And after these two weeks of subbing, I will be able to give my full attention to Spirit Blade Productions until September!
So please bear with me during this little break and things will be back on track before you know it!
Thanks!
-Paeter Frandsen
This week I get to have an unusual amount of "Descent". My bro-in-law, Jon, is coming over from about 6pm-midnight tonight for some dungeon crawling mayhem and then I leave on Thursday afternoon to drive out to Cally and lay waste the pitiful forces of my friend, Mark. He'll be getting his butt handed to him until I drive back home on Sunday.
Bow, fools! Bow before your merciful Overlord!
About a year and a half ago I reviewed "Highlander: The Source" on this blog and got some pretty strong reactions. (I liked the film and fans almost universally hated it.) I finally picked up a used copy of the DVD yesterday and watched it again for the first time since my review.
I've gotta say that I still feel pretty much the same about it. I might lower the quality score from 8.5 to 8, or POSSIBLY 7.5 since the rest of the trilogy has been abandoned, but otherwise I feel the same about it. If I did lower the score it would be because the sword fights weren't that great, there was only one quickening in the whole movie, and the ending was weak. If the rest of this planned trilogy were being made, these issues wouldn't be quite as problematic, but since the trilogy has been abandoned in favor of a reboot of the franchise, The Source, with it's abrupt, anti-climactic ending, is a pretty weak way to end the original franchise.
But hey, if you don't like this flick, just pretend it never happened! After all, that's been the philosophy for the continuity of this franchise since Highlander 2, and it's only gotten more confusing since then!
Been re-reading the "Watchmen" graphic novel to get ready for a fun conversation I'll be having with another Philosophy/Theology nerd tomorrow. We'll be picking apart "Watchmen" and discussing the philosophy/theology presented in its worldview. I'll be recording our chat and playing it on the podcast this weekend!
That's what I give the show so far. I've been told the show gets off to a rocky start and really improves in the second season. I'm getting over my distaste for the poor visual effects, but I just can't stand commander Sinclaire. My understanding is that after this season he is replaced by Bruce Boxleitner (I'm sure I spelled that wrong. But it's the guy that played Tron.). That will be such a welcome change as I don't believe a single word coming out of this man's mouth. His default expression seems to be "heroic half-smile" and I can't think of a single thing about his character that interests me.
I've only seen the pilot and first episode so far, but I think I'll probably be fast-forwarding through a few scenes throughout the first season. We'll see...
