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Ahhhh-Choo. Pardon me, while I sneeze.
Feb. 13th, 2015 11:38 pm1. I think I read smartbitches.com just for the humor. Here's a snippet of their review of the new Wachsowski brother's movie - Jupiter Ascending:
Mila Kunis plays Jupiter, an immigrant from Russia who works as a maid until aliens try to kill her and she is saved by Channing Tatum. Tatum is a space soldier half-albino with lycan DNA and elf ears who used to have wings but they were cut off as a punishment because he bit someone in disgrace. I did not make that up. He spends his time roller blading with his anti-gravity boots and brooding. He rescues Jupiter and she gets involved in space politics and she changes clothes and he rescues her again and after a sufficient number of repeats of this cycle the movie is over.
[Okay, as an aside, is it just me or has the US culture suddenly been inundated with Russians? It could just be me. I appear to be living in Little Russia at the moment. Actually, temperature wise, I might as well be in Russia. ( Read more... )
I don't know this movie sounds right up my brother's alley. He loves dumb movies like this - one of his all time favorites is..."Flash Gordon". My mother and I sat in stunned disbelief as he went on about the merits of yes, Flash Gordon. He also adores "The Hulk" (the original film version, with Nick Nolt, the had the interesting film style). Granted, I saw it with comic book geeks who ripped it to shreds during and after it. So that may have made a difference.
I'll pass though. I'm one of the few heterosexual women left in the world who does not find Channing Tatum attractive. His appeal is completely lost on me. (And yes, I saw Magic Mike.)
Can't wait to read Smartbitches review of 50 Shades of Grey. Actually, I can't wait to read the snarky reviews of that movie. Which believe it or not sold out two weeks before it's premiere. (Advance online ticket sales. Remember when you had to wait in an actual line, in the cold, the night before, in front of a movie theater...shivering? Well, no more. Now you can purchase them from Fandango or MovieFone weeks in advance. Personally? I prefer to wait for it to pop up on netflix or On Demand. Cheaper. Far more comfortable to view.) Talked to Russian cubicle mate about it - like 98% of the men in the US, he does not understand the appeal of the movie or the book.
Co-worker: Don't get the appeal of that movie. It's hardly oscar worthy.
Me: Nor Guardians of the Galaxy for that matter either. No big explosions.
On the other hand, it doesn't take a genius to figure out the appeal. Although someone did feel the need to write a lengthy article about it in Entertainment Weekly.
I can sum up the article - which is approximately 5-10 pages, single spaced, small type - in one or two sentences.
"It's a modern take on The Cinderella Wealth Fantasy Trope with S&M sex. Or the Pride & Prejudice Trope, except with lots of kinky sex."
It combines the two tropes, which Twilight also did (except Twilight added the immortality and vampire angle), hence the appeal. The tropes aren't exactly new. And they are so deeply ingrained in our culture - that having them thrown at you - is akin to throwing catnip at a cat.
2. I think I've come down with a head cold. Either that or I'm allergic to my work-place. Since I can't breath at home either - and feel like crap. I'm going with the cold. Made soup. Root vegetable butternut squash curry soup - pureed. Was going to make chicken vegetable, but the chicken went bad and had to be thrown out. I'd waited to long to use it.
Also made banana butternut squash walnut pecan muffins. Yes, I've gotten creative.
It's cold; I wanted to warm up. It also took forever, ended up eating at 8:30pm. Damn it.
3. Super's wife asks me where I'm from. It's sort of out of the blue, and I wonder why. Although, not that out of the ordinary. This question - I've been asked a lot in NYC over the years. It's a typical NYC question, mainly because 88% of the population is originally from somewhere else. There's an odd sense of solidarity in everyone being an immigrant.
( Read more... )
Mila Kunis plays Jupiter, an immigrant from Russia who works as a maid until aliens try to kill her and she is saved by Channing Tatum. Tatum is a space soldier half-albino with lycan DNA and elf ears who used to have wings but they were cut off as a punishment because he bit someone in disgrace. I did not make that up. He spends his time roller blading with his anti-gravity boots and brooding. He rescues Jupiter and she gets involved in space politics and she changes clothes and he rescues her again and after a sufficient number of repeats of this cycle the movie is over.
[Okay, as an aside, is it just me or has the US culture suddenly been inundated with Russians? It could just be me. I appear to be living in Little Russia at the moment. Actually, temperature wise, I might as well be in Russia. ( Read more... )
I don't know this movie sounds right up my brother's alley. He loves dumb movies like this - one of his all time favorites is..."Flash Gordon". My mother and I sat in stunned disbelief as he went on about the merits of yes, Flash Gordon. He also adores "The Hulk" (the original film version, with Nick Nolt, the had the interesting film style). Granted, I saw it with comic book geeks who ripped it to shreds during and after it. So that may have made a difference.
I'll pass though. I'm one of the few heterosexual women left in the world who does not find Channing Tatum attractive. His appeal is completely lost on me. (And yes, I saw Magic Mike.)
Can't wait to read Smartbitches review of 50 Shades of Grey. Actually, I can't wait to read the snarky reviews of that movie. Which believe it or not sold out two weeks before it's premiere. (Advance online ticket sales. Remember when you had to wait in an actual line, in the cold, the night before, in front of a movie theater...shivering? Well, no more. Now you can purchase them from Fandango or MovieFone weeks in advance. Personally? I prefer to wait for it to pop up on netflix or On Demand. Cheaper. Far more comfortable to view.) Talked to Russian cubicle mate about it - like 98% of the men in the US, he does not understand the appeal of the movie or the book.
Co-worker: Don't get the appeal of that movie. It's hardly oscar worthy.
Me: Nor Guardians of the Galaxy for that matter either. No big explosions.
On the other hand, it doesn't take a genius to figure out the appeal. Although someone did feel the need to write a lengthy article about it in Entertainment Weekly.
I can sum up the article - which is approximately 5-10 pages, single spaced, small type - in one or two sentences.
"It's a modern take on The Cinderella Wealth Fantasy Trope with S&M sex. Or the Pride & Prejudice Trope, except with lots of kinky sex."
It combines the two tropes, which Twilight also did (except Twilight added the immortality and vampire angle), hence the appeal. The tropes aren't exactly new. And they are so deeply ingrained in our culture - that having them thrown at you - is akin to throwing catnip at a cat.
2. I think I've come down with a head cold. Either that or I'm allergic to my work-place. Since I can't breath at home either - and feel like crap. I'm going with the cold. Made soup. Root vegetable butternut squash curry soup - pureed. Was going to make chicken vegetable, but the chicken went bad and had to be thrown out. I'd waited to long to use it.
Also made banana butternut squash walnut pecan muffins. Yes, I've gotten creative.
It's cold; I wanted to warm up. It also took forever, ended up eating at 8:30pm. Damn it.
3. Super's wife asks me where I'm from. It's sort of out of the blue, and I wonder why. Although, not that out of the ordinary. This question - I've been asked a lot in NYC over the years. It's a typical NYC question, mainly because 88% of the population is originally from somewhere else. There's an odd sense of solidarity in everyone being an immigrant.
( Read more... )