August 2007 Archives
These videos that are making the rounds are funny but are pretty accurate:
How to Be the Perfect Girlfriend
How to Be the Perfect Boyfriend
How to Be the Perfect Girlfriend
How to Be the Perfect Boyfriend
My friend Scotbot had this genius idea of "What if popular ads used heavy metal lyrics?" Take a look at his, and here is my own contribution:
Funny song from Flight of The Conchords (video)
It's a 2008
I really loved my little black Infiniti, So decided to stay with the brand
I really loved my little black Infiniti, So decided to stay with the brand
There's a new movie coming out about a messed-up introvert who falls in love with a life-like sex doll, which actually is not as strange as the real-life story of this guy, or this artist!
Without further ado, I bring you a video of the man with a tail.
Is it just me or is art in decline through its patent excesses? Weren't we all a lot better off before CGI graphics made it possible for someone to semi-easily implement the dancing breakfast in which "Breakfast gets down and busts some bacon-y smooth dance moves"? Will some child look back at this commercial, like people my age look back at the wit and calm charm of the Mr. Turtle/Mr. Owl Tootsie Pop commercial? I think not.
Hopefully, someone with some class and taste will ultimately figure out the best use for our new-found graphics technology. I don't really want to sound like the crabby 'old skool' guy, but I really prefer cartoons or puppets.
The obvious example of CGI excess is the Lord of the Rings movies, but Jacksons paean to Tolkien is atleast comparable the emotional excess of cinematic technology when it was still young, but how long until the artist-at-large gets his chops and is the master of CGI and not the victim of its excess?
In the mean time, give me guys in rubber suits any day over most of this CGI crap. (Pixar excepted from rant)
Hopefully, someone with some class and taste will ultimately figure out the best use for our new-found graphics technology. I don't really want to sound like the crabby 'old skool' guy, but I really prefer cartoons or puppets.
The obvious example of CGI excess is the Lord of the Rings movies, but Jacksons paean to Tolkien is atleast comparable the emotional excess of cinematic technology when it was still young, but how long until the artist-at-large gets his chops and is the master of CGI and not the victim of its excess?
In the mean time, give me guys in rubber suits any day over most of this CGI crap. (Pixar excepted from rant)
"What else is there to be, if not someone else's fantasy?" says the Stormtrooper Prostitute.
Several developments on the Starcraft revival front:
The rather massive board for Railroad Tycoon fits pretty nicely on our new dining table, with room for the maximum five rail barons surrounding it.
- Hello Kitty costume ... for cats!
- Chuck Norris joke thread on Fark
- someone's opinion of the 10 worst sci fi tv shows
