watch it: 1960s Ozon hair spray commercial
Be sure to rub Baby’s face in the carcinogens on your head for maximum effect:
Month: July 2010
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: TARDIS backpack
In 3D! Available for purchase — lots of them available! — at eBay U.K. Reader Keith sent this link, and he asks: Would you wear this to school? How about wearing it as an adult? Um, not me, thanks. I’m not that big a dork. (If you stumble across a cool Doctor Who thing, feel … more…
wtf: daycare sends six-year-olds to an R-rated movie
Um, what? A Texas day care center is facing a state probe over allegations that it took a group of 6-year-olds to see a raunchy R-rated movie in Waco in July. Young Expressions Childcare in the Waco suburb of Bellmead, Texas, is under investigation by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, a spokesman … more…
my favorite new conspiracy theory
At a site that looks like one of those horrid linky spammy fakey sites, someone — likely a foreign agent trying to sow discord in these United States of America, God bless her — posed this question (reproduced verbatim): Do movie critics hate the gernral puplic and intentionally give bad reviews to movies worth seeing … more…
trailer break: ‘Megamind’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So, it’s to be Despicable Me meets The Incredibles, then? I can take it. Sucks, I suppose, to be the second movie of the year about an idea that probably seemed wildly original when it was in conceived only to be thrown back in your face when … more…
question of the day: When was the last time you went to a summer blockbuster film even with the full knowledge said movie was going to suck?
Today’s question comes from reader Paul: This came up between me and my friends waiting to watch The Last Airbender. This was late last night and a lot of the reviews and online complaints were in, so we knew it was going to be a pretty bad film. But it got us thinking: “When was … more…
watch it: “Star Wars Subway Car”
The Force is with Improv Everywhere:
deep thought (re Comic Con)
One of these years, I will get to San Diego Comic Con.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: What if the Doctor visited Springfield?
Springfield Punx is the blog of artist Dean T. Fraser, where he parodies stuff he loves in the style of The Simpsons. He recently celebrated Doctor Who Week: There’s lots more — Daleks, the TARDIS, Rory, even an animated Weeping Angel — at Springfield Punx. (Thanks to reader JJoseph for the heads-up. If you stumble … more…
deep thought (re ‘Thor’)
We have learned nothing from the horror that is Clash of the Titans.
