Morons, “300” is based on a Frank Miller comic book – it’s not an original creation by the evil Hollywood puppeteers – get your stereotypes straight. Anyway, since when do hard-line pseudo-Islamic governments stand up for filthy pagans? Oh, right, when it’s politically convenient. I don’t really think that it’s abnormal for people to haveContinue reading “Because Ahmadinejad is doing great things for Persian culture and all”
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Because this is more fun than writing my own reviews
Oh what the hell – I’ll link to Stephanie Zacharek’s review of “300.” The world may wonder which character in this computer-generated extravaganza is President Bush’s stand-in — but that’s the wrong question to ask. Yes. But the film has a poreless, waxen quality, as if all sensuality had been P.airbrushed out of it: TheContinue reading “Because this is more fun than writing my own reviews”
I will not discuss the state of Duke Basketball
Because I am in my happy place now. Go tell the Spartans, Passerby, That here, obedient to their laws, We lie.
Tonight We Dine On Spilt Milk
Just because it’s fun to rip apart the other end of the spectrum… Here is my (cheeky) take on Slate’s review of “300” (I’m not linking to it – they rot enough people’s brains as it is): “A Movie Only a Spartan Could Love” But tell us how you really feel about the unwashed masses,Continue reading “Tonight We Dine On Spilt Milk”
Back on the trail
Boyfriend and Zara and I have revisited the Forest of a Thousand Monsters. The beasties, cowed by Boyfriend’s Supreme Unshaven Manliness, did not attack. Zara trotted on, tail held high. I am, obviously, an idiot for thinking that anything was out there. Or maybe not. The forest down there is composed of mostly young saplings,Continue reading “Back on the trail”
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