It’s just a little bit of an understatement, seeing as the water was in the form of ice, and cooler should read freezer, as I spent the better part of today in -18 degree climate, unloading rigs of seafood onto pallats. Well, so long as the Canadian dollar is strong, film work is weak, and thusly I must do what is necessary to pay the rent.
Luckily, I had the pleasure of spending the last two days of work with a delightful chap hailing from out east like myself. And, seeing as the labour itself doesn’t require too much mental capacity, the time was filled with a plethora of discussion on a variety of topics.
Now that we’ve seen two full seasons of the new Battlestar Galactica series (which, incidentally, is shot right here in sunny Vancouver, British Columbia), it is one of the few remakes that seems to have worked artistically, as the original series seems a lot cheesier in comparison.
Speaking of cheesey sci-fi from the 70’s and early 80’s, Buck Rogers is so cheesey that it makes the Batman series from the 1960’s seem like Shakespeare in comparison.
Ishtar is by far and away the worst movie ever made. And as a teenager, I paid $2.25 at the theatre (on cheap night) to see it. And I was ridiculed today for it too. Meh.
World War II started in September of 1939, not December of 1941. This was not an issue of debate, but rather a sad look at a small group of differently brained friends down south who decided to stir shit on this post by a good blogger, the Martian Anthropologist. Mind you the post wasn’t about the dates, but rather that Bush is less effective than FDR in ridding the world of it’s current incarnation of evil. What is amusing is the misrepresentation of their “facts”, and calling the actual fact semantics, and trying to prove their point in the process. Sounds a little too much like religion to me.
How it is the typical medical standard to perscribe drugs such as legal barbituates to help with drug addiction problems with illegal street barbituates. That doesn’t conquer the addiction, but rather just replaces one chemical with another similar chemical, now legal. Does the government want to be the new dealer on the block?
Why on earth did Lucas change A New Hope to make Greedo shoot first?
How sad is it now that they are remaking James Bond films?
With some of the people I’ve worked with doing temp work, it is a refreshing change to have someone to banter with on the job.
As for me, and after this post, will be away for a period of time, but never fear, I shall return.
That is all.
