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Mininova went legit on me. Now where am I going to download new "Top Gear" episodes? What's your favorite BT site.. that's still online that is.

Just finished watching the "remake" of "The Day The Earth Stood Still". Okay, not going to fall into the trap of comparing it to the original, cause there just isn't anything to draw on to compare. All I'll say about that is "Michael Rennie didn't need no damn super powers."

The story here doesn't hold up for a moment. Let's see. A group of rather advanced races sends members to Earth to keep an eye on us for over 80 years now. Only now they decide we're not good stewards of the planet and we'll be erased? So, not once in all that time did they go, "Hmm, you know, if we just stop in and say Hi, welcome to neighborhood, by the way clean up your act or we're evicting you?" And in an age when the entire world is connected via a plethora of telecommunication devices, you can only think of speaking to world leaders face to face via one guy? Couldn't just pop on to TV with your message? Guess not.

Then, you're solution to eliminate people from the planet is to convert everything "Man Made" into nano-robots? Do you realize just how much damage that would do the environment? The energy generated by the process would raise the air temp, and one yeah, where are you getting the energy in the first place to fuel the whole conversion process? Let's not talk about the environmental impact of dropping various sized crafts into the atmosphere? No one ever addresses that problem? You just can add objects that big onto the Earth without impact.

Then, in the end, when you've decided to give us a chance, you don't again go to the airwaves and deliver a message? If you haven't figured it out, we don't take subtle hints. What was the punchline? Did we just get dropped back into the dark ages? I don't get it.

Sorry, it is a sad, sad movie.

I will now go watch the original and hopefully get the taste of this slime out of my mouth.

I'm quite thankful for my loving family and friends... nothing else matters.

Being good local boys, Evan and Ryan from SYTYCD were featured on the Detroit Thanksgiving's Day Parade

It was an excellent night on the dance floor tonight...
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Had a GREAT time at Midwest Fur Fest. Got to see and hang with all sorts of keen people (2_gryphondark_natashadatahawk
duncandahuskygirtygringiza
hbrutonjillartslunden_otter
machniuspunkgriffin
sariboushyboartoracub
tangoursulav and more).

Almost forgot that it can be fun to go to a con and just do the con and not have to work.

Ate great good, drank good drinks, had wonderful conversations. Got a great warm silk screened scarf (Black, with green tentacles) from the wonderful and kick ass Miss Monster (http://www.etsy.com/shop/missmonster)

The con as already our grown the Westin North Shore and is moving to the Hyatt Ohare next year... plenty of room to grow.

He was a keen actor, old Edwood Woodwood

I'm not even going to bother with a spoiler alert on this one cause if you haven't seen the show yet, then hopefully spoiling it will save you from having to.

Why do people feel they need to remake well made movies and TV from the past? And if they do, why do they then screw them up? If you felt moved to lovingly resurrect something that must have moved you in the past, why oh why do you feel you need to mess with it, it never never works.

AMC new version of the classic British series from the late 60's is so surprisingly dull. The script is dull, the look and feel it dull, the acting is DULL, with the potential exception of Ian McKellen, who certainly falls into the rare category of being able to read the phone book and make it interesting. But even he can't overcome this half ass attempt.

It suffers most from attempting to take a series that was made in that odd and wonder era of television when surreal reigned. Modern, gritty, hand held camera style of film making just can't pull this off. Just the look and feel of the original "Prisoner" tells you you are watching something that isn't quite right. The bold primary colors, the avant garde clothing which is both unique yet uniform across the populous of "The Village". The pleasant look of the place that conceals the ominous under pinnings.

None of that is here. The place is foreboding, unpleasant and dangerous looking from the get go. Perhaps the makers wanted the audience to think about the troubles in dessert lands, hinting more at counter-terrorism and "Gitmo". This is not a place I would want to stay, period.. who can blame the guy for wanting to leave even before he finds out the true nature of the place.

"Six", and I can't help noticing every time someone addresses or references him in this new version he is "Six", not "Number Six". Too BSG for me. Driving home the point he is a number was always part of the story. They might as well call him "John" for all the impact.

In the original, Patrick McGoohan's "Number Six" was like an animal trapped in a cage. Angry, scheming, plotting, calculating. You can see right away he didn't fit and you knew he was dangerous. This "Six" seems lost and confused. He's more like a really bad drunk who's woken up and found himself locked in rehab.

Normally I give a new show three episodes to grab me. This time, two episodes is all they get from me, I can't be bothered to watch more.

I must have been in the wrong mood when I watched the pilot episide of USA's mew show "White Collar" cause it didn't grab me. Well enough people have been raving about it that I rewatched the pilot and fiest episodes.

Okay, I'm hooked. Story is sharp and fun. The main characters are smart, funny and charming. Certainly will be watching more.

edit: D'oh, thanks Heather

I don't have one, cause I can't make it this year. So everyone have a GREAT time and no having any interesting conversation without me!

I'll be in the Chicago area next weekend for Midwest Fur Fest (Hey, its one of Diana's best profit cons...

A Strong week, but some cracks are showing.

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The Gorilla (colinlamb) and the Fox (foxsigil)

Join me in two minutes of reflection for all those who paid the price of Freedome....

While I'll post more about the Day later on, please go over to Heather's page and read the poem, and watch the two videos. Very moving.

http://hbruton.livejournal.com/251883.html

On this date in 1975 the fine ship went down.