The Empire Strikes Back first came out in theaters.
It was the best Star Wars movie. Which means it was almost good.
The Empire Strikes Back first came out in theaters.
It was the best Star Wars movie. Which means it was almost good.
John Nolte has a challenge for the modern Hollywood blacklist deniers.
…against “robot baseball.” A lot of good comments on why the pitch count has become more important, though.
I’ve watched “V” a few times, but just can’t really get into it. I agree with Jonah about all the annoying things about it, but to me the most egregious sin is that it achieves the amazing feat of making Morena Baccarin not all that attractive. And not just because (or even because — that can actually be kind of hot) of the evil thing. Oh, and on his Flash Forward comments (I’ve never seen the show, so can’t miss it), is it a job requirement of Hollywood writers that they be historical ignorami?
Woody Allen thinks that Barack Obama would be a nifty dictator.
Because, you know, he only wants to do good, and those meanie Republicans are preventing him from helping our great nation achieve its destiny.
…you need to stop building.
[Via Geek Press]
Having moved away from Michigan a few years before, I never went, but it does seem ill conceived. As one commenter said, for a fraction of that amount of money, they could have put together the world’s best auto museum, with many classic cars, to rival or even exceed the Ford museum in Dearborn, and it might still be there. Government in action.
…with lotion. Greg Gutfeld’s take on Media Matters and its Fox News obsession.
It kind of reminds me of some of the commenters over at Space Politics. Particularly Oler.
…it’s my Supreme Court nominee. Of all the things for the left to get its panties in a new wad about.
Though this does remind me of a pet peeve of my own, and a much more egregious one (I just heard it again yesterday morning on the local news). The female anchor (not to pick on her, men do it, too) was describing some sort of brutal crime, after which she said that the police were still looking for the “gentleman” who perpetrated it.
Apparently, many people are no longer familiar with the meaning of the words “lady” and “gentleman” (it just occurs to me that people in show business compliment their audiences by addressing them as “ladies and gentlemen” — do they say that at WWE events? Wishing to see such an exhibition doesn’t seem very ladylike…). They are not synonyms for (respectively) “woman” and “man.” They are describing a particular sort of woman or man. As far as I know, and from all I’ve heard about her public conduct (and ignoring rumors about her private life, about which I’m indifferent), Elena Kagan is a lady. And the guy the news reporter was describing was no gentleman.
Mark Steyn remembers Lena Horne, the Cotton Club, and Harold Arlen.