Archive for February, 2009

Super cool illusion

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

If I could go back in time this would seriously be one of the coolest things ever to invent. Especially if I invented it like 2000 years ago. I’d be like a wizard or something that could make objects appear and move as if my magic. I’d probably be quickly arrested and put to the fire and burned as a witch, but it would be so worth it.

Check out the illusion.

Geek sale

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

It’s always good to find a sale in the spring. Winter time gives you all of the Christmas sales, and even autumn gets in on that holiday sale action. Summer has all of the three day weekend sales like your Fourth of July, Memorial Day, and Labor Day sales. Rarely do you get spring sales. I’ve never seen a commercial talking about amazing low Lent prices. Find the electronic gadget of your choice on sale now.

Trek to the Future

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

The below clip shows one of the many dangers of time travel. Not only can you completely explode and be killed in a time and place where nobody knows your name (and there are no bars named Cheers), but you may disrupt or destroy some other extremely important event or artifact. (Try diagramming that sentence, I dare you).

Now I present crossover alternate ending.

Summer’s coming

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

With warmer days quickly coming around especially in this part of the world, we all need to take advantage of the warm days and comfortable nights. Getting new outdoor furniture is a key to taking advantage of this weather. What are you going to do, stand outside? I didn’t think so. You want to sit comfortably while you chat, eat, relax, or play cards.

Re-animator review

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Back in the 1980′s as long as you had a good story and a lot of blood, almost anyone could make a successful cult film. Stuart Gordon created just this combination in his adaptation of a classic Lovecraft tale, Re-animator.

The effects are not all that special but are full of blood. The acting isn’t great except for Jeffrey Combs going over the top as crazy scientist man. And the women are constantly taking their clothes off. Shame on them. (Except when their ripped off, then shame on the evil zombie decapitated head.)

I’m not sure if this film deserves the numerous sequels that have followed, but it is a bit of fun 80′s zombie horror.

Pills lost weight

Monday, February 16th, 2009

That would be something wouldn’t it. If one weight loss pill among all of the weight loss pills when taken by one of us would begin to lose weight. Kind of like pizza sending out for you. In some way, I guess that every weight loss pill loses weight as soon as it’s swallowed. In order for it to do what the box claims that it does, it has to dissolve into the body and get absorbed into the system, and thus lose some weight in the process.

Old memories

Monday, February 16th, 2009

I’ve always loved movies and even spent a good amount of time working for movie theater and a video store, and I’m still working on editing a movie that I wrote and directed. Thinking more on memories of past times this afternoon, I realized that two of my earliest memories of, well, anything, are going to see E.T. in the theaters, and renting The Empire Strikes Back with our brand new VCR, both way back in 1982.

Movies are cool.

Mounted stands

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Now that you’ve gotten rid of that giant cathode ray tube aimed at the big couch, why don’t you also get rid of the giant cabinet, table, or landing strip that the ancient television technology is out of your living room. Discover a whole new way to rearrange your furniture by mounting your new flat TV to the wall with a mount or tv stand.

Push – review

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

It seems obvious to even the most casual viewer of modern television that the commercials for the new movie Push are trying to capitalize on the popularity of the television series, Heroes. There are certain special people with extraordinary powers that are being pursued by a secret agency trying to capture and control these super powers. The ‘heroes’ must learn to use their powers and fight together to defeat their nefarious foes.

I managed to get through the first episode of the second season of Heroes before being bored and confused too much to make the time investment and continue to watch. Push is contained in a two hour movie and moves fast enough to keep everyone’s attention. It feels like a movie based on a book because of a lot of extra back story and brief glimpses into a wider story. Even though the movie stands on its own and is an original work, it is obviously set up for a potential sequel. I hear that a comic book prequel is already in the works.

I enjoyed the movie as a whole but it could have been a little better. It’s hard to put a specific detail as having been the one that failed to make the movie gel. Something about it was just a little sub-par.

Glad I saw it, though. And better than I expected. I guess that’s the benefit of not expecting too much.

Water Wall

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Many restaurants and lobbies installing fancy schmancy fountains all over the place, especially in the entrances, foyers, and waiting rooms. Now you can put these amazing water works of art in your own home on your own wall for fairly reasonable prices online. The wall fountains come in a wide variety of styles, colors, and designs to fit in with the decor just past your front door.