Because yeah…that’s what I want in my science fiction. REALISM. (Psst, you guys! Pretty sure super-duper-realistic science fiction is just called SCIENCE.) Anyway, here’s the list! Most Realistic Films 1. Gattaca (1997) 2. Contact (1997) 3. Metropolis (1927) 4. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 5. Woman in the Moon (1929) 6. The Thing […]
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“A Large Fox Tends to Have Great Confidence.”
Coyote-sized fox eats cat, receives death penalty. “The cat was on the doormat when they (his parents) went to bed and heard some commotion. “They saw a fox going up the drive later on that night, but didn’t think anything of it. “Later that morning, they came out and there was fur and bits of […]
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Five Rough Drafts
A Few Articles I Tried to Write in 2010 That Didn’t Pan Out
A few articles I tried to write last year that didn’t pan out.
Posted inPolitics
Sarah Palin = Michael Vick?
“I am not a moose!” Over at Huffington Post, Aaron Sorkin makes a compelling and satisfyingly dickish case for why Sarah Palin is a monster and he is not: So I don’t think I will save my condemnation, you phony pioneer girl. (I’m in film and television, Cruella, and there was an insert close-up of […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Is It Just Me, or Is this New Winnie-the-Pooh Trailer FUCKING TERRIFYING
The first 37 seconds are basically The Shining. Straight-up horror movie. The rest of it is Pooh tripping the fuck out about honeypots, with awful Eartha-Kitt growls coming from his distended abdomen, while everyone else nails various household items to Eeyore’s ass. SURE, BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY. If you’ll excuse me, I have to go […]
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Worst Day Ever
Cell 211: Thanks for the Tension Headache, Spain!
Cell 211: Thanks for the tension headache, Spain!
Posted inMovies & TV
Pay. Sit. Barf.
Columbia Pictures I really, really did not want to see Eat, Pray, Love. EVER. I’m just so bored of ladies and their emotions doing stuff—and, worse, the assumption that those three elements alone (ladies, emotions, stuff) are enough to constitute entertainment for other ladies. It’s insulting. But my desire to never, ever watch Julia Roberts […]
Posted inComedy
A Brief and (ONLY SEMI-) Dramatized Transcript of the Conversation I Just Had with My Bank
Some Woman: Hello, this is Cynthia, how can I help you?Me: Hi, Cynthia, I have a question about my account.Cynthia: Sure thing. Let me pull it up for you. Oh! Ha ha, you are poor, which I hate!Me: Yes, that’s what I’m calling about. I noticed that I got so poor that you stole a […]
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Worst. Popes. Ever.
A Brief and Completely True History of the Catholic Church
A brief and completely true history of the Catholic Church.