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02/28/2005: Mini Movie Reviews.

Another Miniature Movie Review: Finally caught the third Harry Potter flick.  Though all three were amaaazing movies that have probably shaped more childhoods that they’re given credit for (Let’s face it, not everyone reads books.), I still think the second was the best of the lot.   The third, I dunno…kinda feels like this particular story read better than it played out onscreen.  Don’t want to nitpick since they’re all great movies, and anything that makes me see Robbie Coltrane for more than his cameo role in the Haim-driven Oh, What I Night is a gooood thing.

Another Miniature Movie Review:  I take it back: Friday the 13th Part V wasn’t that bad.  Definitely not the worst in the series, at least.  The Michael Jackson wannabe sharing a duet with his girlfriend while shitting in the outhouse is worth the price of admission alone.  “Damn those enchiladas?”  Plus, I’m pretty sure that said wannabe’s younger brother was played by none other than “Dudley” of Diff’rent Strokes fame.  I’m sure he’d love to be referred to only as “Dudley.”  There’s even a Tina Yothers look-a-like with punkish black streaks in her hair who robot dances for like six hours straight before the fake Jason finally wanders in and kills her.  These are strong points for a film even devoted F13 fans seem to hate by and large.

Another Miniature Movie Review:  The more foreign-based Trekkies 2 wasn’t nearly as fun as the original, but revisiting some of the chief fanatics from the first documentary makes it a worthy watch.  Gabe, the mulleted kid from the original, turned out a-okay and was probably an uplifting object for thousands of other nerdy-types wondering if they’d ever get their freak off.


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I’m dancing around my room! A new X-E!!! Yyyyyaaaaayyyyy!!!! OK, so it’s gonna be sorta new. Oh well. At least Matt’s finally acknowledging that the layout needs to change. And it looks like he’ll keep the fans that are still reading, and possibly gain soem new ones. And a reason (or two) to check daily? Oh my. When’s the las time Matt had daily updates. Not since I’ve been reading, which has been since 2001, just after Robert Berry left and it was all on Matt.

Ghosted by Nate @ 03/03/2005 8:45 PM EST

I am holding out until I see the already available theatrical trailer (supposedly inferior) in an actual theatre with a big screen, but if anyone wants to watch the exclusive internet trailer (supposedly superior) of Hitchhiker’s: HG2TG

Ghosted by ME @ 03/03/2005 9:37 PM EST

Sorry, here are direct links to the different trailers

Ghosted by ME @ 03/03/2005 9:45 PM EST

Cool, ME. I watched the Amazon exclusive HGTTG trailer a few weeks back, but this appears to be new…now that it’s finally loaded, I can see that it’s mostly the same footage from the other trailer but it’s presented in a much more fun way. (My thoughts on the first trailer here, where, yes, I make a gratitious Harry Potter reference.)
I’ve been thinking about why Chamber of Secrets is my favorite of the movies (can’t speak for anyone else) and I think there are two main reasons. Firstly, the basilisk is pretty darn scary. The biggie though, is Dobby. Not to compare him with Gollum (or even Jar Jar), because it’s not the computer effects that are so extraordinarily great necessarily, but that he’s so perfectly adapted from the book, like he stepped right out of the pages. God that’s corny. Anyway, I can’t wait to see what they do with Winky.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 03/03/2005 9:58 PM EST

Actually, I suppose if you count the Halloween and X-Mas countdowns, then you sort of have daily updates there (sort of). But other than that, there really haven’t been daily updates. Overall, all I’ve ever seen on X-E are sporadic updates, which could be more than once a week or once over a period of 3 weeks. So I’m really wondering what Matt’s got in store for us. I’ll believe it when I see it, Matt.

Ghosted by Nate @ 03/04/2005 2:19 AM EST

Another thing I should mention is that if Matt actually does what he promises, it’ll be like the return of red M&Ms. Mmmm…red M&Ms!

Ghosted by Nate @ 03/04/2005 2:24 AM EST

Gotta say Matt, that I totally empathize with the Christmas tree still being up. I think the longest the husband and I went was late April, early May and that was last year. I know it was after Easter till the damn thing was down – and yes it was a live tree – emphasis on WAS. It got to the point that you could hear the needles falling when you came in the door (they made a tinkling sound – like a rain stick). Funny but not, I know. The last of the actual Christmas decorations came down in June. My family mocked me mercilessly. They stopped by unexpectedly and I was too embarrassed to let them in the house – cause the tree was still there in all it’s dried out stately glory. We sat on the porch furniture and chatted uncomfortably until they gave up and went home. This year I did much better, getting the tree (live again) out by the 10th of February. Soooo – keep that tree up! I salute you!

Ghosted by Ripley26 @ 03/04/2005 9:24 AM EST

And also – New X-E!!! I have to go find someplace quiet so I can be alone with my… err… excitement. Yay Matt!

Ghosted by Ripley26 @ 03/04/2005 9:27 AM EST

onslaught86 – I need a t-shirt that says "I liked Spongebob when he was underground." ‘Cause that’d rock.

The best thing in the world is inkjet iron-on tranfers. I have 15+ shirts of things that I came up with in my screwy little head. Not to mention, if you can find some discount t’s (I’ve found them for as little as 10 for $10), each shirt ends up costing around $3. Fifteen bucks for a Piggly Wiggly shirt? I think not!

Ghosted by Mad Cow @ 03/04/2005 11:54 AM EST

Thanks.

Ghosted by Update the website's background please @ 03/05/2005 2:15 AM EST

We still have our Xmas tree up in our apartment….with all the things we got still underneath….when I want to watch my "Little Monsters" dvd, I go the pile under the tree, watch it, then put it back on the pile….there’s something wrong with this, isn’t there???

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 03/05/2005 11:23 AM EST

"’The Colorado Kid’ due in Oct. 2005"

Holy shit, really, Kidneyboy? Is it something he wrote before and never published, or is it something new? I’m excited now.

Manimal, did you get my last email?

Ghosted by trajeal is back from the dead @ 03/05/2005 5:12 PM EST

Trajeal,

Yes ma’am. I responded to it yesterday. Hope all is well.

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 03/05/2005 5:56 PM EST

I just now realized my tree’s still up too (it’s fake at least) and there are still wrapped presents under there for the people who flaked.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 03/05/2005 7:07 PM EST

So much for Wizard People, Dear Reader in public:
http://stayfree.typepad.com/stayfree/2005/03/another_one_bit.html

Ghosted by ME @ 03/05/2005 7:38 PM EST

Hey Matt-
Just change that little top part to "X-Entertainment’s 2005 Christmas season is here!" and we’ll be ahead of the game. It’s not last year, it’s this year.

Ghosted by Rainbowfeet @ 03/06/2005 12:17 PM EST

Traj, I am sure glad to see you posting again! You and kingklash have been gone for a while, yo!

The book ’tis new, I guess, and will be put out on some small mystery press thing, IIRC. I’m on an email list from http://www.StephenKing.com and they sent me the heads-up.

Hope everythings going all right in your neck of the woods. I just got moved into a new-old house, so I got that goin for me. I just bought "She-Devil" for $3 so I’m doing all right. Made my day!

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 03/06/2005 12:40 PM EST

Sniff, sniff. Where’s my email Trajeal? Sniff, sniff

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Ghosted by EMajorwitz @ 03/06/2005 3:04 AM EST

Manimal, I never got your email. Could you resend it?

Kidneyboy, I’ll be checking out StephenKing.com. I think I had signed up for the newsletter, but I never switched over when we changed internet accounts (thankfully, I don’t have to worry about that now, since I have everything through mailblocks.com). How far did you get in Book VII? Did you read any of it? What do you think about them making a gunslinger movie? Who would you want to play Roalnd? Someone who could start off young and look older as the movie progresses, since he ages ten years after his meeting w/ Walter. Who’s a young version of Clint Eastwood? I don’t even think there are any. Maybe Clancy Brown? Of course, I would use any excuse to see Mr. Krabs in as many projects as possible. Sigh…

Erik, I haven’t read any back posts. Do you guys know what you’re having yet? Are you waiting to do the nursery until you know. or do you have a color scheme? Let me know. I have some ideas already. My email is in my name. You email me first!

Ghosted by trajeal @ 03/06/2005 9:51 AM EST

I have a question for you guys. Do you think ice cream sodas are a good dessert for a party? I’m hosting our monthly Bunco game (a cross between Yahtzee and Pitch), and I was thinking about doing ice cream sodas for a dessert, but since there’s no preperation, I don’t know if that looks cheesy. I have a bunch of tall cups and long spoons, and I’m going to get chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Then I’m going to have a few sodas, like orange, cream, root beer, and Pepsi (my favorite, w/ vanilla ice cream). I’ll probably grab some chocolate and butterscotch, whipped cream and cherries. But, everyone will have to make them themselves. What do you all think?

Ghosted by trajeal @ 03/06/2005 10:02 AM EST

Does this help? Geez, Traj, I know ya want some attention, but dang! j/k!

Actually got up early this morning, don’t know why! Oh well, plenty of crap to watch today, I just d/l’d "Freaks", I haven’t seen that one in a while. It’s pretty weird, actual circus freaks are kind of creepy, but they are human just like anyone else, and this movie showcases that to a "T".

Also just got Real Genius to watch, I *love* that movie!

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 03/06/2005 10:21 AM EST

Well, I tried to close the bold print, but no such luck…Matt? Little help for the blog-ingly challegened? hehe.

Traj, ice cream sodas sound perfect for a game party. Throw in some creme de menthe or peppermint schnappy or what have you, and it will be one wild-ass Bunco party. BTW, I’ve heard the name Bunco, it sounds so familiar, but I can’t quite place it. Bunco Squad is for fraud, bbut I think that means "bunk-o" like something is bunk…yeah, I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, but have a great party!

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 03/06/2005 10:25 AM EST

I’ve tried closing the tags in the next post, too, but it’s never worked before. Nice try, though.

I love Freaks. Creee-eepy. When they all chant, "One of us! One of us!" They would have never gotten away w/ making a movie like that nowadays, w/ real freaks. Exploitation, and all that. They’d rather use CGI and regular (pretty) actors than give actual disabled people work.

"Kent, this is God. Stop touching yourself." Hee! I love Real Genius, too.

Ghosted by trajeal @ 03/06/2005 10:30 AM EST

For the Bunco illiterate (which is probably everyone except me – I’m so "cool"): http://www.buncorules.com/

Ghosted by trajeal @ 03/06/2005 10:36 AM EST

Manimal, try this email, if the other one isn’t working: trajeal@sbcglobal.net

Ghosted by trajeal @ 03/06/2005 11:41 AM EST

Kidneyboy, after racking my brain (because it sounded familiar to me too) all I can come up with is Sergeant Bilko, the old sitcom/newer movie.

(Traj, I assume you’re leaving Carnivale out of that statement about disabled actors since they just hired the actress with ectrodactyly (lobster claw) syndrome. And I’ve never seen any other show write a dramatic fight scene for a triple amputee either. PS: Hi, how ya been, missed ya tons)

This is a long shot, but if ANYONE has the March issue of Elle magazine you must turn to page 268 right now. Charmies are back! Except now they’re made by Coach and cost between $40 and $50 each. Seriously, they call them "key fobs" and there’s a little heart, a tiny book, a damn slice of watermelon and a beach sandal!! I can totally picture the little toilet hanging there with the rest of them. (I’ll try to scan in the picture since my description doesn’t do it justice and only my fellow X-E bloggers would appreciate it. )

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 03/06/2005 2:05 PM EST

I wasn’t around in the 80’s

Ghosted by Pigleg @ 03/06/2005 2:59 PM EST

$50? Seriously? That’s insane! For a key fob? Who’s going to pay that? Are they plastic?

Yeah, I don’t count Carnivale b/c it’s not a mainstream show, and it’s only shown on HBO, so it’s not seen by as many people. They don’t hold themselves to the same standards as people who are looking to make a killing in the box office. They’re more willing to take risks and not worry so much about being politically correct. It’s ok for C.S.I. to show rotting, mutilated bodies, but heaven forbid they have a microcephalic played by an actual pinhead. (Not that they’re great actors, but you get my point)

Have you written anymore fanfic? Any ideas? Jonesy was my favorite subject, but the idea of him and Libby together totally turns me off from him. I’m thinking about something from Stumpy’s POV, maybe a late night conversation w/ Dora Mae’s picture about his mess of a life. Maybe tonight’s ep (on at 10 instead of 9, don’t forget) will inspire me a bit more.

Ghosted by trajeal @ 03/06/2005 4:05 PM EST

Okay, I’ve scanned in the pic here. My guess is that they’re made of leather rather than plastic, to justify the insane price tag. Everybody take a look at the pic, it’s great.

(On the fic front, I’m trying to get a weekly contest going but it’s going to be a hell of a lot of work and actually entails some cash out of my pocket and I’m just not sure there’s enough interest to support it. It’s on the burner though…)

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 03/06/2005 4:34 PM EST

Doesn’t anyone have any hobbies? Or just not participating in the poll because you prefer to rip on the x-e layout?

My two main hobbies are fixing up old honda motorcycles from the 60’s and collecting/playing original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) stuff from the 80’s. Camping/hiking/fishing type activities would count, too, I suppose.

Ghosted by Jimbalya @ 03/10/2005 11:50 AM EST

Id have to say i dont really care for any of those movies

and since jimbalya is interested in hobbies im gonna have to say hell yes with most nintendo products and genesis also kicks ass

Ghosted by sexynigelthepharoahwizard @ 03/10/2005 7:58 PM EST

Uhh… people are replying to the hobby question in the next entry, where it was asked.

Ghosted by Steve Brandon @ 03/11/2005 8:29 PM EST

Ooops! Haha!

Ghosted by Jimbalya @ 03/14/2005 11:48 AM EST

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