Category Archives: Popular Culture
Too Much Time On Their Hands
A compilation of all of the racy scenes in ST:TNG.
Saving Us From Ourselves
You know, when they were casting Atlas Shrugged, they should have seen if Henry Waxman would do a cameo. He’d be a perfect fit.
Charlie Sheen
…the New Yorker cartoon series.
Hey, someone had to do it.
[Update a while later]
The similarities between Charlie Sheen and Colonel Whathisname are somewhat frightening.
Forbidden Planet
Some thoughts on the SF classic and its implications, both historical and today, from Bill Whittle. And if you haven’t yet, sign up for Declaration Entertainment.
For Those Who Want A Flavor
A scene from the upcoming Atlas Shrugged movie.
They’re not going to pull any punches on the sanctimonious scum.
Behind The Scenes
…of the Atlas Shrugged movie:
And an interview with the screenwriter and producer:
The Tree Octopus
This is a frightening commentary, not just on Internet literacy specifically, but the complete failure of our educational system to teach critical thinking. Because thinking is hard.
The Deer Hunter
I saw the movie for the first time last night. I know, I know.
My impressions, which will probably not be found in any other review.
1) Wow, what a young Meryl Streep. What’s amazing is that she’s actually improved with age in many ways. A truly beautiful woman.
2) Wow, what a young Christopher Walken.
3) A young DeNiro is no big deal — I saw Taxi Driver.
4) There’s no way those mountain scenes were filmed in Pennsylvania — many of them were above the tree line. So I went and looked it up, and found out that they filmed in the Olympics. I would have guessed the Sierras, because they would have been closer to Hollywood. But why not just show what the Appalachians looked like? They were already there to film a lot of other scenes in town. To get points for cinematography? To me it detracted from the movie.
That is all.
Is SF Becoming More Conservative?
An interesting discussion. I agree with the commenters, like Eric Raymond, that there seems to be a confusion between conservative and libertarian.