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Category Archives: Rants
You Sunk My What?
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When I originally heard there was going to be movie based on the classic game “Battleship“, there was the obvious “WTF!” moment. No further digging was needed because I just couldn’t wrap my head around the idea. While browsing around YouTube today, i was bombarded continously with the same ad, the trailer for Battleship. All I can think of after watching it is “WTF! Where were the aliens in the board game? Because, I never saw them”.
Originality hasn’t been one of the strongest attributes for Hollywood as of late. Remakes, reboots, comic books, bestsellers, the list goes on and on. The attempt of originality in this movie is lost on me, it makes no sense and brings nothing more than the impression of a Transformers movie at sea.
Not to mention, Hollywood has had little good luck in movies based on video games, something with that originality thing again. Maybe the thinking is a movie named after a classic game, but having little to nothing to do with that original game will make more sense.
You sunk my expectations … If this massive pile of crap makes back anything close to its $250 million budget, it’ll be a miracle.
iPhone Craziness!
Let me get this straight. The insane hype and other nonsense surrounding the release of the iPhone 4S led two ladies to sit outside the New York flagship Apple Store for 17 days, all to be the first in line to spend a few hundred bucks on the latest gadget and they turn down $1500 for their place in line? Really? Seriously? Not that I plan on ever wasting the days away in line for the shiniest of new Android phones, but, if I did, I’d gladly take that $1500 and run home and put my order in … ONLINE! And, I’d still come out ahead by $1000 or so. I’m happy to get my Android phone without all the BS that goes along with these kind of release days.
As you can see, I really don’t get the hype of it, or the point in rushing to be the first to get the damn thing, when, within the next year, the iPhone5 will likely be released, and, well, most of the the people waiting in line for 4S, will probably do it all over again …
Disposable income is one thing, but if your just gonna throw good money after bad, how about you throw it all my way instead, at least I can put it to better use.
Bowling Etiquette
Time for a rant. It’s been a while and this one has been brewing for the last week, at least. If you go to a bowling alley and your not a regular league bowler, learn something! If you are a regular league bowler and you still don’t have a clue, you need some serious help …
