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Rob's "Wall-E" non-review robot ramblings

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:54:53 -0400

I've been caught up in various projects and diversions this year that I haven't had a chance to do any pre-opening ~~hyping~~ babbling about the latest Pixar animated movie. Even so, I managed to dig out a little chunk of time this weekend and went to see Wall-E with the family.

"How about a cup of 'greyest', mon capitaine?"

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:16:28 -0400

Like a lot of folks, I count myself among the casual Star Trek fandom; just enough to identify the myriad of characters and basic ideas, but not enough to quote episode and verse while wearing full Klingon makeup. I have also watched enough Star Trek: The Next Generation that I can answer in my sleep how Captain Jean-Luc Picard likes his Earl Grey tea.

The summer's started? Already?

Mon, 05 May 2008 14:20:59 -0400

Went to see the new Iron Man movie this weekend. Suffice it to say that I had a great time, and the movie deserves the glowing reviews it's been getting. The two hours went by like a breeze, with a great mix of action, drama, and humor to keep things going, and I left the theater eager for a sequel.

Paging Buckner & Garcia

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:14:20 -0500

While driving into work this morning, I was listening to my copy of Pac-Man Fever, rockin' my inner geek with some cheesy '80s pop music.

After a while, I realize that it's been 25 years (plus a few months) since the album was first released in 1982.

And then I wondered, "Wouldn't it be cool (in an unabashed geeky way) if someone were to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Pac-Man Fever with a follow-up album?"

A Farking great book

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:55:48 -0500

If you're anything like me, you've probably given up on the mainstream news nowadays. And who can blame you? Between the demands of a 24-hour news cycle, the blatant bias, the time-wasting celebutard updates, and the death of fact-checking, the only way to stay informed nowadays is to follow the blogs and the comedians for news, and relegate the mainstream media for sports scores and weather reports.

Pixar DVDs: Victims of stupidity and greed?

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:57:04 -0500

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a major Pixar junkie -- I follow news of their new releases, I try to catch their new movies in the theater on opening weekends, and I've got boxed-set deluxe editions of the home DVD releases. Granted, my fanboyish devotion has wavered a bit lately due to external distractions, but I'm still enough of a geek to plunk down big bucks for fanboy fodder like this (buy it now, it's awesome!).

Ay, carumba, Activision!

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:10:00 -0500

So just in time for the holidays, Activision has a new video "game" for the Nintendo DS called Spanish for Everyone. As you may guess from the title -- and its kid-friendly sunshine-yellow cartoonish box art -- this is a child-friendly "edutainment" title, the kind bought by well-meaning cousins to foist on their relatives they don't care too much about.

Yet another knee-jerk recommendation

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:13:58 -0400

Sometimes I run across something that's just so cool, so nifty, so neat that I have to gush about it to everyone.

This is one of those times, and if you're anything like me, the title alone is enough to make you squeal in glee:

Princess Buttercup's eye candy

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:55:52 -0400

Somehow I missed this, but apparently MGM is bringing out The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition this November.

Normally I wouldn't think much of it, as I already have the movie on DVD (and I've read the highly-recommended-and-often-overlooked "novelization"), and as a general rule I avoid double-dipping my DVD library.

But now I'm seriously thinking of breaking this rule, just because of the awesome box art for this new disc:

You're not supposed to encourage the stupid stereotypes!

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:08:54 -0400

[Updated August 28, 10:10am] Tempting as it may be, I usually try to refrain from making too many jokes on the "dumb southerner" stereotypes. Sure, it's a cheap shot to make jokes about inbred families or trigger-happy hicks who pronounce "oil" with three syllables, but I'm usually enough of a sensitive librul-type to remember that there are real folks who live in the southern United States and shouldn't be collectively tarred with the same brush.

Those viral marketeers start EARLY

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:51:16 -0400

Yeah, I know, I know -- this site hasn't been getting a lot of attention lately. But if it makes you feel any better, it's just a reflection of how full my schedule has been these days. I've got a backlog of comics I haven't touched, a backlog of movies I haven't seen (I really want to catch Ratatouille, Sicko, Rush Hour 3, and The Simpsons before they disappear from the theaters), a new game I've barely touched, and a zillion other things I've had to put on hold for the time being -- though, hopefully, not for too much longer.

Calling the Michael Moore wanna-bes

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:43:38 -0400

So according to the news, the Manchester Republican Committee in New Hampshire is planning a fund-raiser at a shooting range next month, where folks can pay money for the opportunity to shoot machine guns, assault rifles, and other similar instruments of machismo overcompensation:

Rob's quickie spoiler-free "Transformers" mini-blurb

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:20:38 -0400

Well, I gave in to my inner fanboy today and caught an early-evening showing of Michael Bay's summer blockbuster opus, Transformers. Since it's pretty late as it is, here's a relatively quick spoiler-free blurb on the film.

Ze goggles! Zey do nothing!

Tue, 15 May 2007 13:33:45 -0400

For those of you (like me) who have been cringing with fear over Michael Bay's upcoming live-action Transformers movie, your fears have been confirmed: high-resolution pictures of the movie's mechanoids have been released, and they are -- to use a highly technical term -- damn uggggggggggggggggggggly.

Here are a few samples:

Some free art as compensation

Thu, 10 May 2007 17:03:19 -0400

Long-time readers of this blog will know that I am an unabashed Pixar junkie. Long-time readers of this blog will also know that I have not been innundating folks with updates on Pixar's next upcoming movie, Ratatouille, which opens in a little over a month.