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Space Shuttle vs. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted in movies, technology on October 16th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

Not too much difference between the real cockpit of the space shuttle and the space craft in the movie 2001. I can’t even imagine writing the manual for the real thing.

Chapter 2389; Section 121; Sub Section 28 – X1-B – How to active the window shield wipers on your new space shuttle

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Where's the button for the seat warmers?

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Integrated 8-bit NES gaming and image viewing (bmp only) capabilities

Zardoz

Posted in movies on August 14th, 2009 by admin – 1 Comment

I’m on a 70′s film kick this week. I remember see this movie when I was around 8 or 9 years old. I can’t believe Sean Connery took this role, but I glad he did because it wouldn’t be as epic of a fail without him.

This is probably the greatest line from any movie ever made:

“The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life to poison the Earth with a plague of men, as once it was, but the gun shoots death, and purifies the Earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth . . . and kill!”

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Phathom of the Paradise

Posted in movies on August 14th, 2009 by admin – 3 Comments

This is so awesomely bad. I can’t believe this never crossed my radar. I don’t know whether to thank or kill the person (Lesley) who allow this movie to enter my consciousness.

Seems to be a really bad attempt at “The Rock Horror Picture Show” meets “Phathom of the Opera” meets Paul Williams?

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Fun fact of the day: Paul Williams was the the Prof. Virgil, the genius orangutan, in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. He was pure 70s goodness.

Job Quitting Scenes

Posted in career, movies, video on February 24th, 2009 by admin – 3 Comments

When work sucks, these 3 movie scene always run through my head.

American Beauty – Blow me!

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Fight Club – Fight me!

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Half Baked – You’re cool

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The Real Dick

Posted in movies, politics on January 22nd, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

I kept thinking about what happened when Barack Obama shook Dick Cheney’s hand during the inauguration. The common movie scene that sticks in my head is when the hero shakes the hand of some truly evil person or  a disguised Satan .  The hero freezes and the camera does a closeup on the eyes. Horrific images of destruction and mayhem flash by on the screen. The person’s true character is then revealed with a bunch of choir boys singing “AH! AH! AH! AH!” as the background music.

This is the image I think Obama saw…Lord Humongous, the warrior of the wasteland.

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