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I was at the mall today to pick up a CD that I wanted to get.   Yes, I sometimes still want a hard copy of my music instead of just a digital form.   What can I say, I’m an old fashioned young guy.   Well, relatively young compared to some people who may be reading this.   I also wanted to see if the grocery store there had pizzas on sale, which they did, but that’s not really my point here now, is it?   (That was a lot of commas.) While going between the music/movie store I see this woman with her baby on her stomach, feeding it.   I wasn’t sure how she was feeding it, and out of curiosity I turned my head to see.   Luckily she was bottle feeding it.   I’m not sure what I would have done had she been breast feeding her child in the middle of the mall. This isn’t my entire story.   This is only what sparked my memory of a past experience.   A memory that has been around for probably about nine years or so and fades only to come back...

Here’s a little bit of background before I begin what may be another, when I decide to blog, regular entry series.   This is one of those instances where there is a person that I know who has a taste in movies that I cannot believe exists.   This guy lives in the same house as me.   Now, let’s call this guy Rupert.   That’s not his real name.   I just don’t want to tarnish his name.   The point of this semi-regular blog entry is that I am going to take a look at one of the movies that he says is good.   Whether that be a good or bad film, I am going to take a look at it. First up on the list, I’ll go with the most recent that I have seen.   GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra.   This film stars greats such as Channing Tatum and Marlon Wayans.   As well as that chump (but not really) Joseph Gordon Levitt.   Also making appearances, Mr. Eko from Lost, Dennis Quaid, who has a career that doesn’t seem to be as good as it once was, Imhotep fro...

Knock off movies.   Why are they made?   Money obviously.   But how much money do you really get out of a poorly done knock off movie?   I’d like to actually find that out to see if it is actually worth the waste of space to have those movies out on the market.   There are so many of them and so little care put into them. This article has been sparked by this week’s clip of the week from The Soup.   The clip they showed was from a SyFy channel movie called Battle of Los Angeles.   Clearly, the movie was ripping off of Battle: Los Angeles.   And clearly SyFy does not have the same budget that the theatrical film did.   Surely they can still make a decent television movie.   Right?   Not from the clip I saw. I now have a copy of the movie that I may or may not have gotten through shady means.   I have yet to watch it.   I feel the need to, however, because of how bad it is, and my incessant need to give everything a cha...

There has been a lot that has happened since my last blog entry.   It may or may not involve Charlie Sheen, Community getting renewed for another season (Excited is me!), or my trip to the movies to see Battle: LA.   I don’t feel like discussing any of it.   For that reason, I am going to talk about silly putty. Silly Putty, for those that don’t know, is a children’s toy which is a lot like play-doh.   From what I can remember, it comes in an egg shaped plastic.   Or was it peanut shaped?   It came in one and the knock off came in the other.   But the knock off was never as good.   When you opened the plastic container, there was a weird malleable solid object that you could move into any shape you so desired.   You could make a witch’s nose or the Eiffel Tower. When the silly putty was rolled into a ball, you could bounce it off the ground.   Bouncy, bouncy.   You’ve be having fun for hours with your little child’s mind. ...

There are times where you just need to take a step back from what is going on around you and say “That’s enough.”   I feel like this is one of those times.   It has nothing to do with anyone reading this.   It has to do with one of the other people living in this house.   He’s watching Inception again. Now, I know what some of you will say.   Inception is a good movie.   I agree with that.   It is perhaps one of the best films of the past few years.   It is perhaps a film that will shape the next generation of filmmakers.   I don’t disagree with any of that.   My problem is the frequency that this housemate watches Inception.   This is the second time this week.   He’s also seen it a good six times in the two months we’ve been here.   And that’s of what I noticed. When have you seen a movie too much?   I’d like to put that question out there.   Yes, I have movies that I love just as much as he loves Inceptio...