After working my butt off yesterday and have a pretty lousy week, I decide that today was me day.  A day I could relax, unwind, and do what I want.  Yeah, like that is gonna happen.  I did manage to get in a few movies today, none of them worth the actual time it took to watch them (hear that Sci-Fi).  I really should have just popped in some of my old horror movies or some of the J-horror I have, but I was too lazy to actually pick some out, so I guess my disappointment with today’s offerings should be place squarely on myself.

Did you know school is just around the corner?  Time to start terrorizing your kids with the knowledge that summer break is almost over.

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Just saw the new Star Trek movie at IMAX and it was freakin’ awesome!  I wasn’t much of a rabid fan of the subsequent series and movies (with exception of the Wrath of Khan), but I am a big fan of the original series, so much so that I was expecting to be offended by Abrams’ movie.  Just to let you doubters out there know, Abrams must be a fanboy of the original series because there was plenty for the hardcore fans as well as plenty for those who are not fans of any Star Trek (or space operas).  I am too tired to really get into the movie so there will be a part three to this post.

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Since I was going to town anyway today, I took my daughter and her friend to see Coraline.  From what I can gather, they both liked the movie though they didn’t say much more than talk about the fat naked woman (in a PG movie?).

My sister-in-law when to see Watchmen and commented that though it was a superhero movie, it was not like Iron Man or Spidey.  Not that it was a bad movie, she said it was quite good, just don’t expect to see a bunch of villain-fighting or superpowers.  From what I remember of the graphic novel, the whole point was that there was no traditional comic book action rather insightful studies into heroes.  She did mention that there was not giant squid at the end… though there is plenty of glowing blue penis.

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The classic horror/sci fi movie Alien was on tonight and it got me thinking (always a bad sign).  Now I’ve seen the movie quite a few times and even read the novelisation at least once and a few things just came to me about the movie’s plot.

Spoiler Warning!  If you haven’t seen the movie and still want to… what is taking you so long!

• We know that “The Company” (later movies revealed was Weyland-Yutani Corporation) sent the Nostromo to LV-426 specifically to retrieve an Alien (though the crew was unaware of this until near the end of the movie) and the android Ash was put on the ship to assure that the cargo was delivered. Now, if you were the person rounding up the crew for the voyage, wouldn’t you be careful of how you picked?  The last person I would have picked would have been a strong person like Ripley. I mean she manage to figure out that the transmission was warning.
• Was Ripley put on that ship by some fifth column in the company that knew the risks of the alien, not that Ripley would have known?
• Wouldn’t it had been better to send a trained team covertly to retrieve the xenomorph? Smuggling the alien would have been simple for a company like W-Y with all the connections it has.
• Concerning the giant spaceship, it was assumed that the alien queen has infested the ship without the alien crew knowing.  Could the giant aliens have actually been transporting the alien queen to a planet for Predators to hunt (it has been established that both Aliens and Predators are in the same fictional universe)?
• It has been suggested in the comics that the Predators have been actively exterminating the Alien species, is that why no one could find any more nest outside LV-426 as mentioned in Aliens and Alien: Resurrection?

Yes, I geek too much about movies.

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• Must… avoid… blogging… about… politics.
• Alyson Hannigan is pregnant! No, my cute wittle Willow/Lily/Michelle can’t be a mother-to-be!
• Saw V: The Search For More Money is in theaters tomorrow.  “You won’t believe how it ends”…. howabout just ending the franchise.  No, because Saw VI is coming with a show on VH1 to determine a role in the movie.  Will they ever let Jigsaw rot in peace?  Have you heard the term “kicking a dead horse”?
• Paging Sarah Conner, Sarah Conner
• String tastes funny
• When cooking dinner, remember to buy food first.  Yes, I was all ready to cook steak when I realized that I had not bought any steak. Ramen noodles anyone?
• Always, always check to see if there is any toilet paper before you use the bathroom, especially you women out there. 
• Living out in the middle of nowhere means there is no one to bother you, but it also means that it is a major road trip to the grocery store.
• Cars that run on gasoline require gas in the gas tank.  When the arrow points to “E” and the “fill the freakin’ tank” light comes on, you should seek out a gas station quickly. You are lucky that it was me that found you by the road and that I had almost a gallon of gas in my lawnmower gas jug.
• Dead squirrels make great dog and cat chew toys.  Unfortunately, dead squirrels freak out the women of the house when said dog/cat brings it in.

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This is a priority one alert for all those who live near Camp Crystal Lake — STAY AWAY!  This warning is especially relevant to teens who take drugs and have premarital sex.

Since you’ll be home avoiding crazed mothers and masked unstoppable killers, here is a TV schedule (all times EST) that might interest you:

Please remember NOT to answer the door if some giant, decaying guy in a hockey mask rings your doorbell.

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If you do nothing else this weekend you must go see Iron Man!  Even if you don’t like superhero movies you will like this one.  And stay until the end of the credits, there is a final scene that will be important later.

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It’s all about movies…

1. What is your favorite movie of all time?
That is a hard one. I have many movies I like to watch. I guess the movie I’d pick for today is Aliens (1986).

2. How often do you watch this movie?
Maybe once every couple of months. I have an extensive video library.

3. What’s your favorite line out of the whole movie?
Apone: All right you guys, we’re a team and there’s nothing to worry about. We come here, and we gonna conquer, and we gonna kick some. Is that understood? You know the minute he said that they were all doomed.

4. Who’s your favorite character from this movie?
The aliens. I know you’re not supposed to like the bad guys, but they kick arse everywhichaway.

5. What scene do you love the most?
When Burke gets his. you can never truely hate an alien after that.

Do your Friday Five.

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I was watching An Extremely Goofy Movie (no, not Waterworld, the name of the movie is An Extremely Goofy Movie) with my son last night when this unease settled over me, the same one that happened when I saw A Goofy Movie and watched Goof Troop. Yes, I watch a lot of Disney Channel with my kids.

What caused the unease? The fact that Goofy has a kid. I can live with the fact that Goofy can hold down a job, raise a kid, and live a fairly normal life, he is just goofy and clumsy, not stupid. But for Goofy to have a child, and it is his child, not adopted as some have suggested, he first has to get married. Yes, I know that there is someone out there for everyone and it just boggles the mind that Goofy managed to find his mate. And then he had to have sex with his wife to produce Max. Goofy having sex? There are probably a few Disney animators that have drawn this scenario in great detail, but it still just boggles the mind.

Now there have been Disney shorts in the past in which there was a Mrs. Goofy and Max was called Goofy, Jr., and the show and subsequent movies are based on those shorts.

What is even more disturbing is that in the second movie, Goofy finds a new girlfriend! Okay, Goofy seems to have a dual personality in that he can be hip (in a disco way) and can be suave, and what woman can resist a charming, sweet, lovable, and goofy guy.

Then it hit me. Why wouldn’t Goofy be married and have a kid, it would be against the laws of nature for it not to happen.

On the issue of Max’s mom not being in the series and movies, it is hinted at, with both Goofy and Max giving these heart rending looks, that she has died shortly before the beginning of the series.

Then there is Kim Possible. Exactly who is this show aimed at? Yes, my daughter and my son get a kick out of the show as well as I do, all for different reasons. My son likes Ron and Rufus, my daughter associates with Kim, I get the humor and the pop culture references. That is not the problem, okay it is not a problem just an observation. If you have ever seen the show you know what I am talking about. Kim, her mom, Shego, Bonnie (yes, that is the Belle everyone likes from the soap Days of Our Lives), Monique, the whole cheerleader squad… they are an adolescent boy’s dream girls, not your usual Disney girls renderings.

And now my daughter dresses like Kim. But then it had to happen some day, my little girl in her pink frilly dresses and little bonnets has grown up to more contemporary style of clothing.

Maybe I am just lamenting the fact that my children are no longer babies… and that now they both want to play football.

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