custom-deluxe.com

No really, I am a superhero.

art © Tim Goldman 2008. thanks, Tim!

WTF?

In 1999, after a couple of years fiddling with that blogging thing on various other people's domains, I thought I had enough things to say to merit my very own corner of this here interweb. In 2007, I suddenly ran out of ammo. Thankfully, that didn't last forever... So, I'm back. Still not dead yet. Like a phoenix from the ashes. Behold.

recently :: 08.10

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31        

view archives :: monthly | the big list

latest flickrings

eliasson shadows water tower ah, Berlin... just a bit crowded... sound advice nubian pole dancers! our ride our ride ice rink winter sea

May 12, 2004

:: of skin and teeth ::

While it may be true that I can be a bit of a cultural/intellectual snob (what do you mean, you've never read any Algren? How can anyone not have seen Dead Man?), but i'm not ashamed to admit that i am completely psyched to see Troy. And it's not about Homer. Sure, I own a copy of the Iliad. Sure, I think it's a damned good read. But I'm not going to pretend that's the draw here. I just can't think of a better way to spend a couple of hours than staring at hot, half-naked boys in skirts with good cinematography. Well, ok, I can think of a few better ways. But not many. I've got to say I'm happy, though, that the infamously difficult-to-please David Denby had (mostly) only good things to say about it, and the Times didn't come up with anything particularly bad, either.

On the other hand, I don't know if I can bring myself to shell out $9 to see Van Helsing. Despite my deep and abiding love for vampire flicks of virtually all conceivable kinds, I have in recent years realized that there are such things as vamp flicks so bad they're not even funny. And this really looks like one of them. Maybe that's because it's strayed outside the vampire genre proper and expanded to werewolves and frankensteins and suchlike things. Lord knows Underworld was awful, and that was the last vamp/werewolf one-two punch I can think of. But Buffy did the crossover/multi-monster thing too, and at least for a while there it was still really, really good. No, I think my problem with a lot of the newer stuff is that it's just got no sense of humor. I mean, the best line in Near Dark is still and will always be the best line in a vamp movie, ever: "Hey, remember when we set that fire in Chicago? [uproarious laughter]"

They just don't make 'em like they used to, I guess. Maybe I'll have to have a good old fashioned vamp film festival to console myself.

posted by miss weeza at 11:53 AM | pingbacks (147)

147 TrackBacks

online poker from online poker on February 1, 2005 7:20 AM

You can also visit the pages dedicated to online poker online casino phentermine Read More

online poker from online poker on February 1, 2005 1:51 PM

Please visit the pages about online poker texas holdem online poker Read More

free shipping poker chips from free shipping poker chips on March 19, 2005 9:14 AM

Please check the sites in the field of omaha hi lo poker freeroll poker tournaments Read More

real estate investing from real estate investing on April 7, 2005 1:04 AM

Work At Home - Robert Allen Home based business opportunity and work at home. Robert Allen shows you home business opportunity, home based business and how to work at home.
Read More

texas hold em from texas hold em on June 13, 2005 8:10 PM

Please check out the sites about poker games party poker pacific poker Read More

AndroGel from AndroGel on August 3, 2005 4:06 AM

hydrocodone
hydrocodone
http://www.rxonlinecenter.net/viagra.html http://www.rxonlinecenter.net/cialis.html Read More

Check these: party poker . Read More

party poker freeroll from party poker freeroll on October 13, 2005 2:13 AM

Check these: party poker keno . Read More

play texas holdem for fun from play texas holdem for fun on November 21, 2005 12:18 PM

Check these: play texas holdem . Read More

Check these: 888 earn . Read More

Check these: pacific poker . Read More

Check these: texas hold em . Read More

Check these: 888 casino . Read More

texas holdem poker online from texas holdem poker online on November 25, 2005 6:02 PM

Check these: texas holdem poker . Read More

Check these: party poker . Read More

free 888 pacific poker download from free 888 pacific poker download on November 27, 2005 12:58 AM

Check these: 888 pacific poker . Read More

Check these: play poker . Read More

Check these: party poker . Read More

texas holdem tournament strategy from texas holdem tournament strategy on November 28, 2005 11:30 AM

Check these: online poker . Read More

texas hold'em game from texas hold'em game on December 1, 2005 2:05 PM

Check these: texas hold em . Read More

v7ndotcom elursrebmem from v7ndotcom elursrebmem on January 24, 2006 12:36 AM

v7ndotcom elursrebmem http://v7ndotcom-elursrebmem.herbal-source.net/ Read More

business management 0 from business management 0 on July 7, 2006 8:36 PM

business management 0 Read More

department health 1 from department health 1 on July 8, 2006 7:58 AM

department health 1 Read More

granite countertops from granite countertops on September 3, 2006 11:01 AM

granite countertops Read More

teen lesbian porn lesbian sex video from teen lesbian porn lesbian sex video on October 6, 2006 7:03 PM
teen lesbian porn lesbian sex video from teen lesbian porn lesbian sex video on October 6, 2006 7:22 PM

Tramadol drug. Tramadol. What is tramadol. Read More

Tramadol 180. Tramadol. Tramadol hci. Read More

Discount cialis. Generic cialis discount. Cialis discount. Read More

Buy vicodin no prescription. from Vicodin online order no prescription. on January 30, 2007 6:27 PM

Buy vicodin no prescription. Read More

Tramadol medication. from Tramadol medication. on January 31, 2007 2:18 AM

Tramadol medication. Read More

No prescription needed sale lorazepam hydrocodone. from No prescription needed sale lorazepam hydrocodone. on January 31, 2007 10:02 AM

No prescription needed sale lorazepam hydrocodone. Hydrocodone for sale. Read More

No rx needed vicodin. Buy vicodin no rx. Vicodin no rx. Read More