John Nolte is less than enthused about Cameron’s latest flick:
“Avatar” is a thinly disguised, heavy-handed and simplistic sci-fi fantasy/allegory critical of America from our founding straight through to the Iraq War.
But other than that, sounds great. Here’s hoping it bombs big time.
[Update a while later]
Another pan, over at Ace’s.
Doug Messier is skeptical about the overhype from Virgin about their vehicle. So am I. Not that I care, of course. Of course, I think that the safety of hybrids is overhyped as well, and the tradeoff with operational costs isn’t that great. But maybe it takes overhype to be successful in business.
Or is there a lot of spam and ads citing The One? For example, “Obama wants you to get a lower mortgage.” “Obama wants you to have a better sex life.”
Of course, I guess it makes sense. If you’re dumb enough to fall for spam in general, you’re the target market for Obama spam.
TIGER Woods was rated as “horrible in bed” by one of his lovers, it was revealed yesterday.
Someone needs to tell him that this isn’t a game where the goal is to minimize the number of strokes. Of course, I don’t know what par is for that particular hole.
Now the headline “10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger” is probably making editors at the mag cringe.
I have to confess that I don’t give a damn about Tiger Woods or this story, not being a golfer or fan, but this computer simulation of the event from China is pretty funny.
As we awake this Thanksgiving, and give thanks for the opportunity to prepare to watch the Lions maintain their tradition of losing another Turkey-day game (unless, gasp, they actually manage to win two in a row?), it’s worth reminding ourselves or learning for the first time that the Pilgrims almost starved as a result of collectivism. That first thanksgiving was giving thanks for having saved themselves from such a ruinous philosophy. Perhaps next November, we’ll be able to do the same.
[Update a few minutes later]
Things that Frank J. is thankful for.
Apparently, SNL eviscerated the president in the opener last night, and the attack wasn’t even from the left. So what has changed? All through the campaign, and for months into the election, all of the comedy writers and comedians whose job is to make us laugh told us that there was nothing funny about Barack Obama. Now, I thought at the time that if they couldn’t find much to mock from this arrogant pomposity, they should find a new line of work. But I’m glad that they finally found something. I suspect that now that his polls are down, they’ll start finding a lot more.
Well, one of the worst defenses in the country stepped up today. Ohio State only scored two touchdowns against it.
Unfortunately, Michigan’s offense lost the game for them instead, with multiple turnovers, and three interceptions in the fourth quarter when they still had a chance to pull it out. No bowls, and an unprecedented sixth straight loss to the Buckeyes. The question is, will Rodriguez keep his job after two straight losing seasons?
…make better Star Trek? John Scalzi thinks not.
How low can the resolution go?