Almost as soon as the movie starts, the distinction between the real and special effects blurs quickly and you no longer see the difference. You are drawn into the moon-world of Pandora just as quickly as an Indiana Jones movie brings you into Egypt or India, and with the same believability.
Entries from September 2010
AVATAR: A Movie Review
December 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Entertainment · Movies · Technology
Rolling Stones’ Top 100: And What Happened to Rock and Roll
December 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Even CW has grown a tedious melody line and musical monotony, much like easy listening has since that Canadian gal sank the Titanic.
Tags: Entertainment · Society
Merry Christmas and a Better New Year
December 26th, 2009 · No Comments
To those who wish to overthrow the current world system of prosperity and to dominate the world either through a New World Government or a religious theocracy of any form, may you rot in hell for all eternity.
Tags: Society · World Affairs · politics
Government of Whores, Lawyers, and such Scum.
December 21st, 2009 · No Comments
The voters just quietly went along while Congress gradually gained more power, voted themselves more money, more perks, and allowed more bastards, crooks, pedophiles, and self-styled kings to keep in office for more years than a decent man goes to church.
Global Government on the Way?
December 21st, 2009 · No Comments
I know the Leftists and the Environmentalists and the anti-capitalists would love to see the US and EU abrogate their separate powers of sovereignty to a global government run by the UN and financed by the US and EU. It would be the ultimate expression of unity of earth and the brotherhood of humanity.
Tags: Society · World Affairs · politics
When Did We Lose Control of Our Children?
December 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
When I was young, on a cross-country ride, my son played in the back where the seats were down and he had plenty of room to lay down and stretch out in the trunk if he wanted to. He could also climb up to the front and sit on his knees so he could [...]
Tags: Education · Society · Sports
Obama and An Old Expression
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
here is an old expression in English, “Looking down his nose”, which is used to indicate someone who feels superior and lofty and above the mundane features of your life. It is said that he is “looking down his nose at you.”
Tags: World Affairs · politics
INVICTUS: Review of Clint Eastwood’s Newest Triumph
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Too often, leaders of great countries discount the human side for the political, suedo-scientific theories of human interaction. Normally, they fail. This movie shows an insight into true greatness, and how it manifested itself into a solid, country-building effort that would never enter any political calculation.
Tags: Movies
Bloomington, IN: The 900th US City to Visit Mustangrambles
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Bloomington, IN: The 900th US City to Visit Mustangrambles
Tags: geography
ClimateGate: The Uncle No One Recognizes
December 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Pride and not reason is the main cause for the non-reporting by the media and by the refutations of those in power who have staked their reputations on the inconvenient untruths spouted by charlatans like Al Gore and the leaders at the CRU and UN.
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