Dave Starsky
Dave Starsky's JournalI wish they would just get it over with.
They are absolutely bound and determined that they are going to kill us. They will never, ever, ever stop with their drive to eliminate healthcare for Americans. If it's not this bill, it will be the next one, or the next one, or the one after that.
The ONLY emotion they feel is flat-out insatiable greed. They can't be reasoned with. They can't be bargained with. And they absolutely WILL NOT STOP until we are all dead or until Sarah Conner tricks them into the metal crusher and pushes the button on them.
Just get it over with, assholes. Just do it. See what happens.
War For the Planet of the Apes
I finally got to see this movie yesterday, having been too busy this summer to get out to the theater much.
I won't talk about my opinion on the film or mention any spoilers. But I do want to discuss something about this movie that ABSOLUTELY blew my away--something that just in itself moved me to tears, because you almost never see it in ANY movies anymore, let alone "summer action blockbusters".
There are several looong stretches in this movie in which characters are interacting and there is almost COMPLETE SILENCE. There is no talking (not even any gestures). There is no snappy, snarky banter. There are no explosions or gunshots or screaming or smashing of glass objects or anything. There are just two (or more) characters communicating without saying a single word, and yet somehow you know everything that is being said. That communication is all the more poignant and powerful because of it.
It got me thinking that this something that you used to see in popular films all the time. Film IS, after all a visual art form. Yet for many decades, Hollywood has not trusted the audience to have the brains or attention span to figure things out on their own, and so this kind of thing has been relegated to "indie" cinema more or less, like the movies of Gaspar Noe.
(Not that there aren't explosions, gunshots, and screaming in WFTPOTA. It is, after all, a "war" movie. But it is more like "Grand Illusion" or "Bridge on the River Kwai" than "The Longest Day". The actual fighting stuff doesn't play that large a role.)
Just before this movie was released a couple of months ago, 20th Century Fox released this poster for it, which I thought was oddly compelling--and, again, not something you're used to seeing for a "summer action blockbuster". It has sort of a retro late 1960s design:
Having seen the movie, I can see why this poster was absolutely perfect for it and why the studio chose it. This IS a scene from the movie, and there are many others in it that are similar. They are all very moving, powerful moments. They are just beautiful.
Power Pop Remedy: Dwight Twilley - I'm On Fire
With special guests John and Susan Cowsill.
This should help get you going through the rest of the week, no matter what you've got going on.
You are able to travel to 1977 for 10 minutes.
You can set your time machine for ANY geographic location you want.
You can also bring anything you want with you, as long as it fits with you in a standard refrigerator, which is what your time machine is made out of. Anything you bring will also return with you to 2017 when the 10 minutes have expired. You can also bring something from 1977 back, as long as it fits with your other stuff.
This takes an ENORMOUS amount of energy, so you only get ONE AND ONLY ONE shot at this. You have to make this 10 minutes count.
Where do you go and what do you do? Seriously.
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