Menu madness
There are times that I really lament that theLogBook.com’s main menu isn’t is much fun or topical as this week’s is – go check it out, I had a chuckle putting it together and dropping in a few in-jokes that nobody’ll ever spot. Some time back, I gave serious thought to trying to do more stuff like the strip of topically relevant episodes at the bottom, to make use of the site’s overabundance of stuff, but I can see where that’d backfire plenty fast if the major news of a given week was bad news.
Still, I wish all of the menus had a “hook” like this one does. I’m happy with it. 😛 … Read more
Insidious advertising
I saw this the other night and instantly thought it was more insidious than any campaign spot I’ve seen this year – and that’s saying something.
A big part of my diet this year has been kicking the high fructose corn syrup right off the menu. I have no doubt that it’s a big part of why I’ve dropped as much weight as I have. But this commercial is just off-the-scale insidious: because this guy can’t think of anything wrong with it, it is therefore by definition just hunky-dory? You know, I probably couldn’t, on absolutely no notice, cough up detailed studies about why smoking is bad for you from memory, or instantly recall a full list of the side-effects of taking heroin. This doesn’t mean, however, that these things are “just fine in moderation.”
Sometimes I think all the Cold War psych ops types moved to Madison Avenue when there was no more Soviet Union to topple.… Read more
Story time with Oberon
… Raiders of fandom’s lost clue?
I have to say, as a long-time admirer of South Park, I’ve been bitterly disappointed with the new season so far. There’s been no bite to it, and worse yet, no point. I don’t require every episode to be issue-oriented, but so far this year we’ve gotten a spoof of Cloverfield with a dash of spoof of Guantanamo Bay, and a bizarre indictment of Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull set to the tune of every notable Hollywood rape scene that Matt and Trey could think of. In both cases, what’s being spoofed was months past its sell-by date. But beyond that, what irks me is that were are in the midst of historical events that are positively bursting with moments rife for ridicule. Come on, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden are on the prowl, each seemingly trying to one-up the other for campaign trail howlers that leave their respective party handlers burying their faces in their hands. South Park is losing relevance – fast. But it’s also just possible that Matt and Trey have lost track of what people watch their show for when the abysmal “Imaginationland Trilogy” has won them an Emmy, after so many far worthier installments were passed over.
Jumping tracks a bit, my wife and I watched the aforementioned Indiana Jones flick tonight, and I just do not see why some people (including, apparently, Matt and Trey) were so upset by it. Predictable as hell, sure, but I don’t see where it somehow soiled Indy’s holy legacy of supremely intellectual artsy filmmaking…oh, wait, yeah, there is no such legacy. They were always popcorn flicks. So was this one. So far as I can tell the complaint seems to be that there are sci-fi elements brought into the story, but come the hell on…Raiders had glowing supernatural crap emanating from the freakin’ Ark of the Covenant, melting Nazis’ faces off. What’s the problem? Is there some contractual delineation of suspension of disbelief that we just can’t cross without getting the unions involved? Or is it just a healthy dose of received-wisdom knee-jerk hate left over from the Star Wars prequels? It was a fun enough movie, and set things up in a way that I really wouldn’t mind seeing a fifth installment if Harrison Ford was up for it.
Of course, that is, if Matt and Trey don’t mind.… Read more
A vacancy in the TARDIS
David Tennant is apparently hanging up his time-travelin’ sneakers.
https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7698539.stm
https://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/29/doctorwho-bbc
As the Brigadier once said, “Oh well. Here we go again!” It’s fun watching the younger folks on various forums just implode, as if this hasn’t happened eight or nine times already. Was 2005 really so long ago?… Read more
Tim, you sneaky Finn you.
You know, every year that I boldly state that the only thing left on my music want list is that year’s Doctor Who soundtrack, Mr. Tim Finn sneaks up and throws a new studio album at me. So there you have it – I’m going to start saying that the last CD I want every year is Doctor Who, and that means more Tim, right? … Read more
Oh. My. God. Exposed at last.
… Watching the manimals flee……
Seen in a localized ad window on Livejournal:
…man, I hope they can get their money back on that ad.
In other news, to wrap up today’s marathon run of blawg entries, the Phosphor Dot Fossils DVD (wow, I haven’t talked about that in at least 20 minutes!) is now available at Digital Press Videogames in Clifton, NJ, where it made its in-store debut just in time for last weekend’s NAVA gathering. If you’re within the reach of the mighty DP store, go hit Joe and co. up for a copy.
Okay, no more bloggage until tomorrow. I promise.… Read more