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To the n00bs at The Criterion Collection

by May 22nd, 2009 Culture » Film and TV »

That which most confounded me during the DVD era, and seems only so recently resolved, has sprung its head again in the somewhat less brave new world of Blu-ray. For the longest time, some of my favorite films were only available on scratchy, no less than thrice copied VHS tapes. When I first saw Eraserhead, […]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine = Worst Deadpool Movie Ever

by May 14th, 2009 Culture » Film and TV »

While I should perhaps one day write Deadpool, I make no claim as of yet that I should draw it. I’m working on it. If the omittance of the central character’s name from the title didn’t already tip you off to the suckfest that was to follow…Deadpool‘s disappearance after the first 15 minutes of X-Men […]

Flirting With Obscenity

by April 7th, 2009 Culture » Society »

NSFW: NOT SAFE FOR WORK Perhaps not the above video – though probably – but certainly the below links. Tread carefully dear visitor… I have thought dirtier thoughts and imagined things far more offensive, but none have ever made it to mainstream air. That is to say that while a rare bit of playful tongue […]

EVE – My Brief Love Affair with Lucy Lawless the Brutix

by March 31st, 2009 Culture »

image copyright Eve Online and CCP I’m not normally one for MMORPGs, but this here EVE Online game is a beautiful lawless old west sci-fi sandbox where you can choose the hermetic life of sitting on your porch, whittling away at an asteroid or become quite too quickly up close and personal with the barrel […]

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