3.27.2005

Stink Bomb

I rented "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" the other night. J. has some Yoda band-aids and now he's really taken with Yoda. We went to the video store and he had to have Yoda. I pushed "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" but he had to have Yoda. I thought Darth Vader would be too scary, so I decided against "Empire Strikes Back". I saw "Attack of the Clones" when it came out and thought it stank. But I remembered it had a lot of Yoda and was not too scary, so we took it home. What a pile of crap. Even worse on a TV. The digital effects are obvious. Digital Yoda doesn't compare to puppet Yoda. The acting is atrocious. And the story is a dog. The best (worst) scene is at the very end. Young pre-Darth Vader has lost a forearm to evil Count Dooku's light stick and gets a replacement claw. Then pre-Darth Vader and Natalie Portman get married. There are touching scenes of them facing each other, dewy eyed, and there's a close-up of her hand reaching out for his claw. It's so funny but so obviously meant in earnest that it's jaw-droppingly bad. You have to see it.

3.23.2005

For the record

All my life I've been accused of mumbling. Be on notice that I do not
mumble, I murmur.

Also, I fear that ghouls will consume me.

3.21.2005

What a bunch of shit-bags

Via Salon:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist called the measure "a unique bill passed under unique circumstances that should not serve as a precedent for future legislation."
[...]
In the Schiavo case, Republicans in Congress anxious to appease the religious right have no choice but to ignore the tenets of federalism they usually trumpet. Their message in both instances: We're doing this now because we can, but don't expect to get away with it yourself if the shoe is ever on the other foot.
[...]
if you're one of those awful cynics who would raise a question about politics at a moment such as this, you might be interested in the memo that was distributed to Republican senators late last week -- the one that calls the Schiavo case a "great political issue" for the GOP. As ABC News and the Washington Post reported, the memo reminded senators that their "pro-life base will be excited that the Senate is debating this important issue."

3.01.2005

Caught in a trap

We went to Target the other night. For some reason, maybe it's the ads, I think every visit will enrich our life somehow. Then, after spending a couple hours and a moderate amount of money, we get home with washcloths and a lemon juicer that we won't use for weeks.