Media Disintegration – Updated

Alright, this bugs me. While I have no problem with the X-Box 360, Halo 3 or the countless hours one can spend combining the two for a little testosterone-fueled fun, I do take issue with Microsoft’s specious claim that they’re outdoing SPIDER-MAN 3, “the summer blockbuster that grossed $151 million in its opening weekend” to become – as their reps put it – “officially the...

This…Is Probably A Bad Sign

For the past several weeks, in the dark of night, I’ll lie there and wonder if it’s normal for the human eye to throb sporadically. It’s the same sensation one would experience, I imagine, if they had a very small man with an even smaller bicycle pump plugged directly into the back of their retina. Sort of like INNERSPACE, only with more sports equipment. While I realize this isn’t...

I’m On Board

The trailer for IRON MAN has just been…well, “released” isn’t exactly the right word. Let’s go with “unleashed.” I have to say – before I saw this footage, this movie wasn’t even on my radar. I had some vague notion that there might, at some point, be a comic book movie starring Robert Downey Jr. as the pilot of some sort of flying tank, but I had no idea it would be...

Further Adventures In Customer Service

Transcript – Captain Spliff’s Bong Hut – 3:08 PM Me: Do you guys sell – you know – really tiny ziplock bags? Captain Spliff (CS): Came to the right place, broheim. Me: Great. I need one. CS: One? Can’t sell you one, man. They come in packs of a hundred. Me: But…I don’t need a hundred. I only need one. CS: And the next guy doesn’t need ninety-nine. Look,...

R.I.P. B.T.T.F.

With today marking the final journey through space and time for the modified Deloreans in Universal’s Hollywood and Orlando theme parks, the BACK TO THE FUTURE ride is – officially – no more. Given that the adventures of Doc Brown and Marty McFly came to mean a little something to the sunny young character you see above, I have to say I’m pretty broken up about the fact that the...