retro trailer: ‘The Day of the Triffids’
I saw this several times as a kid — it was a staple of the local TV stations’ Saturday afternoon movies — and I was always creeped out by it.
Month: August 2010
Rooney Mara is the American girl with the dragon tattoo; Net neutrality’s swan song; is George Lucas an asshole?; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
my reads: ‘The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind,’ by Julian Jaynes
I had to pick up this 1976 book because it features so heavily in Robert Sawyer’s *WWW* series…
Saturday cute: Transformer cat
From I Can Has Cheezburger?…
cinematic roots of: ‘Lottery Ticket’
In *Lottery Ticket,* Bow Wow’s poor but nice ghetto kid wins a mega lottery but must protect the ticket from his greedy friends and neighbors over a long holiday weekend. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘Nanny McPhee Returns’ (aka ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’)
In *Nanny McPhee Returns,* Emma Thompson’s stern, scary babysitter teaches a gaggle of monstrous brats a couple of things about being civilized people. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
question of the weekend: Who are the most amusing, entertaining, or informative folks to follow on Twitter?
Doesn’t matter if they’re famous or not: Whose tweets do you most enjoy, for whatever reason?
Friday night fortune cookie: John McClane says…
“How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?”
watch it: “An otter plays with a rock.”
Adorable reminder to take some time out of your day just to play for the sheer joy of it…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #137 — now with prizes!
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a TV show on DVD. Guess the TV show — you don’t need to guess the episode, just the show. And if you assume it’s something I’ve said I’m watching or said I like, you’re not necessarily on the right track. NEW! Now with prizes! Guess correctly, and … more…
