Tuesday, April 20, 2010

How Bruce Lee Changed the World - History Channel

Great documentary which covers Lee's influence from movies to UFC.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Fear of Science Will Kill Us

Really good talk...try to give it an unbiased listen.

Michael Specter is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of "Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens our Lives." TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading," hosts talks on many subjects and makes them available through its Web site, http://www.ted.com/

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

"Paper Man" aka Ryan Reynolds independent superhero movie

A once-successful novelist (Jeff Daniels), constantly attended by the imaginary superhero who has been his pal since he was a kid, struggles to recover what made him great while watching his marriage fail. He derives some inspiration from his platonic friendship with a Cape Cod high-school girl.

This seems like what a indie is supposed to be. A ridiculous circumstance drives X to meet Y, which helps X like Z with Y. Seems simplistic enough but it allows known actors to play in unknown, uncomfortable or out-of-element situations, kinda like practice. I mean really, just listen to the pitch, "Jeff Daniels, you're going to be a once-successful novelist who's only friend is an imaginary superhero who has aged with you since you were little. Oh, and your marriage is failing. GO." I don't know, seems tricky to nail...So I'll probably see it...


"Unthinkable"...WWSLJDO?

So what would Samuel L. Jackson do as a terrorist interrogator? Or really, what wouldn't he do. I can hear "Say what again!" popping up in this movie.