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✾So I'm watching last night's NBC disasterpiece The Poseidon Adventure. Because of a Texans game our NBC station delayed the game until after midnight. Let me tell you, this was not a movie they needed to remake.
Of course I could mention Steve Guttenberg and you already know how craptastic this was going to be, but unlike the original, they had to create a whole terrorist story with bombs and guns to make the ship flip over. Adam Baldwin (Jayne from Serenity) is the Homeland Security guy trying to chase them dow - obviously he fails. They also started giving people Love-Boat style backstories and a group of people on the mainland trying to rescue them. Don't they know we didn't need anything but their characters during the disaster? Because of all the extra stuff, it took them an hour to flip the boat over. As for the rescuers, who cares? Having the feeling that they may get to the top and find no-one was half of the suspense factor.
Of course, there is the problem that the initial ship rollover makes the movie, then after that, it's not all that exciting, you know it already, people get knocked off as they go, the bishop still tries to save them while having a lapse of faith (but not in this new movie), and eventually the fat lady swims. Heck, the Shelly Winters replacement doesn't even have a husband in this one...who will cry for her?
One thing I've got to know, Do they make ceilings strong enough to be walked on?
✾Over the weekend, my sister Laura came into town. It's been a few months, so it was good to see her. She had driven down from Baltimore, leaving Ed with friends in Dallas - and off to a hunting trip. Laura asked me to buy tickets for Harry Potter on Friday, and it was a full theater. Still, I'm totally crushing over Stanislav Yanevski as Viktor Krum. I wish he was going to be in the other movies. Very cute. I'm glad I googled him to find out that he's 21.
Laura and I ate...as usual most of my socializing involves food. Before the movie, we had dinner with Jerry (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
goofycubb) and Tim (timbrat). I didn't tell Laura that Tim, a friend from our old neighborhood, was going to be there, so she was surprised to see him. Otherwise, we had breakfast one morning with an architect friend of hers, and eventually had dinner with our parents...where I found that Mom wasn't told that Laura was coming in, or that she was staying with someone else. Laura needs to let me in on these things. I know she loves to keep Mom in the dark, but i can only do so much.
✾Are you all as sick ofgovernment sponsored torture, I mean government sponsored heavy interrogation as I am? Dick Cheney needs to go on a waterboard.
✾Thanksgiving will be in Dallas, not Las Vegas. Not a big deal, really, the tickets cost too much and both Chris and I got to feeling bad about charging Chris' parents a lot for it. Perhaps next year if we plan on it, we could go, but I'm not charging $1,000+ for that. I still want to go to Vegas just to see it, but it'll have to wait. As for Thanksgiving, anyone in Dallas that wants to come by, let us know.
✾And remember, if you lose your keys often, you may need to ask for this at christmas time.
Of course I could mention Steve Guttenberg and you already know how craptastic this was going to be, but unlike the original, they had to create a whole terrorist story with bombs and guns to make the ship flip over. Adam Baldwin (Jayne from Serenity) is the Homeland Security guy trying to chase them dow - obviously he fails. They also started giving people Love-Boat style backstories and a group of people on the mainland trying to rescue them. Don't they know we didn't need anything but their characters during the disaster? Because of all the extra stuff, it took them an hour to flip the boat over. As for the rescuers, who cares? Having the feeling that they may get to the top and find no-one was half of the suspense factor.
Of course, there is the problem that the initial ship rollover makes the movie, then after that, it's not all that exciting, you know it already, people get knocked off as they go, the bishop still tries to save them while having a lapse of faith (but not in this new movie), and eventually the fat lady swims. Heck, the Shelly Winters replacement doesn't even have a husband in this one...who will cry for her?
One thing I've got to know, Do they make ceilings strong enough to be walked on?
✾Over the weekend, my sister Laura came into town. It's been a few months, so it was good to see her. She had driven down from Baltimore, leaving Ed with friends in Dallas - and off to a hunting trip. Laura asked me to buy tickets for Harry Potter on Friday, and it was a full theater. Still, I'm totally crushing over Stanislav Yanevski as Viktor Krum. I wish he was going to be in the other movies. Very cute. I'm glad I googled him to find out that he's 21.
Laura and I ate...as usual most of my socializing involves food. Before the movie, we had dinner with Jerry (
goofycubb) and Tim (timbrat). I didn't tell Laura that Tim, a friend from our old neighborhood, was going to be there, so she was surprised to see him. Otherwise, we had breakfast one morning with an architect friend of hers, and eventually had dinner with our parents...where I found that Mom wasn't told that Laura was coming in, or that she was staying with someone else. Laura needs to let me in on these things. I know she loves to keep Mom in the dark, but i can only do so much.✾Are you all as sick of
✾Thanksgiving will be in Dallas, not Las Vegas. Not a big deal, really, the tickets cost too much and both Chris and I got to feeling bad about charging Chris' parents a lot for it. Perhaps next year if we plan on it, we could go, but I'm not charging $1,000+ for that. I still want to go to Vegas just to see it, but it'll have to wait. As for Thanksgiving, anyone in Dallas that wants to come by, let us know.
✾And remember, if you lose your keys often, you may need to ask for this at christmas time.
