Last week the polical wizard Barack Obama actually spoke the words “do you smell what Barack is cooking?”
Holy shit, why not just hand the keys to the kingdom to the Republican attack squad? How long does Obama think it will take the GOP to plaster the hinterlands with speculation concerning chicken recipes.?
If nominated, Obama will be eaten alive. Extra crispy.
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
-- Dr. Who Goes Toon
The long-running and once-respected British sci fi series Dr. Who has become a cartoon, with acting out of 60s comic action TV and music out of 50s drama.
The time-travelling Doctor, now played by David Tennant, would be better played by Jackie Chan. Tennant's Doctor is always terrified and in a panic. The villains are comic and the plots are preposterous.
Nearly all the nine previous actors to play the Doctor played him with a certain British savoir-faire, not quite James Bond but always with a certain cocky elegance. The previous Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, was second only to the classic Doctor, played by Tom Baker in the late 60s. Baker's Doctor was a kind of Edwardian fop, but he instilled confidence.
With him you sensed that the good guys would survive the episode. With Tennant the feeling is that only a visit from Jackie Chan, in a jokey furor as he busted up a hotel lobby, would save the day.
Rumor is that Tennant will quit soon to make his way to Hollywood. This is good. Chris Tucker could use a like spirit to play off. Time for an 11th Doctor. I suggest the producers hire Kim Possible.
The time-travelling Doctor, now played by David Tennant, would be better played by Jackie Chan. Tennant's Doctor is always terrified and in a panic. The villains are comic and the plots are preposterous.
Nearly all the nine previous actors to play the Doctor played him with a certain British savoir-faire, not quite James Bond but always with a certain cocky elegance. The previous Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, was second only to the classic Doctor, played by Tom Baker in the late 60s. Baker's Doctor was a kind of Edwardian fop, but he instilled confidence.
With him you sensed that the good guys would survive the episode. With Tennant the feeling is that only a visit from Jackie Chan, in a jokey furor as he busted up a hotel lobby, would save the day.
Rumor is that Tennant will quit soon to make his way to Hollywood. This is good. Chris Tucker could use a like spirit to play off. Time for an 11th Doctor. I suggest the producers hire Kim Possible.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
-- Battlestar Galactica and Diving Through the Old Sphincter
This is about Battlestar Galactica and taking the intergalactic plunging through the old sphincter
It’s really cheap-shit producing when you have murderous aliens who look just like their human victims. It’s saving money. No more expensive costumes. No more time and money spent on rubber masks and fake limbs. Other examples of cheap-shit producing:
—Gene Roddenberry saving heaps of money by inventing the transporter beam (no need for shuttle models and concommitant expense).
—The producers of Stargate SG1 saving even more money by inventing what Richard Dean Anderson called “the old sphincter,” thereby eliminating spacecraft entirely.
If BSG gets more soapoperish the show will be 100% backstory with no need for space hardware at all.
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It’s really cheap-shit producing when you have murderous aliens who look just like their human victims. It’s saving money. No more expensive costumes. No more time and money spent on rubber masks and fake limbs. Other examples of cheap-shit producing:
—Gene Roddenberry saving heaps of money by inventing the transporter beam (no need for shuttle models and concommitant expense).
—The producers of Stargate SG1 saving even more money by inventing what Richard Dean Anderson called “the old sphincter,” thereby eliminating spacecraft entirely.
If BSG gets more soapoperish the show will be 100% backstory with no need for space hardware at all.
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