Yahoo!’s Top 30 Sci-Fi Films

August 16th, 2008

Yahoo! decided that it would be a good idea to let their users input their opinions to compile a list of the top 30 science fiction movies. I just finished the list, extremely disappointed. They listed some movies that made me insecure about what the terminology “science fiction” really means, ie. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

I would like to make my own list. So I set off to Wikipedia, so see what would classify as sci-fi. I then found a wikipedia list of sci-fi movies broken up by the decades. And some movies I really argue, if they are science fiction or not. Should 28 Days Later be considered sci-fi? What about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

A Mouse Dancing to Thriller?

August 8th, 2008

Now I’ve seen a lot of interesting things in my day, but a mouse dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”?
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That’s just crazy…

PS: New SpinozaArt! episode is posted. How mysterious. :)
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Wall-E!!!

June 27th, 2008

Basically Wall-E was really cool. Everything was just how I had expected… AMAZING! It was so much fun going to see the movie at midnight, because you know that the only people crazy enough to be in that audience are the people worth watching the movie with.

It was a great experience and I had a lot of fun. Everyone should check out Wall-E!

PS: The short film Presto that comes before the feature, is brilliant! So keep an eye out for that too.

I <3 Pixar.

A Giant Wall-E!

June 23rd, 2008

A wonderful thing has happened… and that thing is called the Wall-E invasion.

Basically what is going on is that our friendly little robot from Pixar’s newest film, Wall-E, is all around town. Somehow he manages to be everywhere that I am…

Well the last time that I saw him, I asked if I could take a picture with him and he said yes. So here it is…

Eve also happened to be there so I took a picture with her as well.

They’re both very nice. But the best part was driving by a bp Gas Station and seeing this…

Yes. It is a giant Wall-E. He grew!!! So you understand that I just had to stop and take a picture with him.

While there I also found these plantable cards.

Did I say plantable? Yes… I did. You can bury these cards in the dirt and something will grow from them. Please note that they will grow with water and proper care, they aren’t miracle plants! I found these to be the most intriguing about my Wall-E/bp adventure.

Well, as a a true Pixar lover, I will be watching Wall-E at midnight this coming Thursday at midnight and I will be watching it at the El Capitan theatre. It will be a most exciting night. :)

For better pictures of Wall-E, visit my flickr account.

20 iconic movie creatures… not?

May 17th, 2008

On Yahoo!’s front page today, there is a collection of “the good, the bad, and the creepiest monsters in film.” Being a fan of extraterrestrials, ghouls, and monsters myself I decided to take a look.

Click here to see it yourself.

On this list of 20 iconic movie creatures in no particular order is included:
1. Asterious the Minotaur (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
2. Kreacher (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
3. Smeagol/Gollum (Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
4. Godzilla (the original ‘Tokyo-trashing’ one)
5. “an extremely foul-tempered extraterrestrial” (Alien)
6. Jabba the Hutt (Return of the Jedi)
7. Pale Man, the one with the eyes (Pan’s Labyrinth)
8. Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)
9. “the last two gelfings in existence” (The Dark Crystal)
10. King Kong (the original giant ape)
11. [baby] Loch Ness monster (The Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep)
12. “Angry skeleton hordes” (Jason and the Argonauts)
13. Creature in Han River (The Host)
14. Abe Sapien (Hellboy)
15. E. T. (E.T. the Extra Terrestrial)
16. Hogsqueal (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
17. Medusa (Clash of the Titans)
18. Lord of Darkness (Legend)
19. Saphria (Eragon)
20. Flying Monkeys (The Wizard of Oz)

Now that you’ve had a chance to skim over that list… is anyone else disappointed? Mostly all of the creatures on that list are very cool looking, but iconic? Okay… E.T. and Jabba are givens. Don’t get me wrong, I do agree with some of these… but the Loch Ness monster from the Waterhorse? I mean… he is a cute little creature, but I didn’t even get to see the movie in theatres! How on earth did he become iconic? Some of these other creatures are iconic from the stories that they come from, their books. But I have to disagree with them being iconic in the films. For example, Asterious the Minotaur… I fail to see how he was iconic in any way.

These are the creatures from Yahoo!’s list that I find iconic:
King kong, E.T., Jabba, Pan’s Labyrinth man, Gollum, Godzilla, Davy Jones, and the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz. And I’m going 50/50 with Kreacher being iconic, as much as I love him in the books… I don’t think he’s cut out for the list, we’ll see as the HP franchise continues to roll in.

Basically, I want to know what creatures YOU find iconic. And when I say iconic I really mean it…

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