It’s safe to say that I’m not a big High School Musical fan. At all. In fact, I wish the franchise would die already they would quit beating that dead horse of a franchise and move on with something else to make pre-adolescent girls wet their panties and emit helium-pitched screams of exorbitant and misplaced adoration. (Jonas Brothers, anyone?)
Nevertheless, I did happen to catch part of the new HSM reality show Get in the Picture Monday night. And I couldn’t help but applaud them for what I witnessed:
I don’t know if you knew what you were doing, guys, but good show. Good show.
While sifting through my feeds and email today, I discovered some very intriguing spam items:
Apparently, I’m not alone. I did alittleresearch to see if I was the only one who noticed this. Here’s another guy’s spam folder with even better headlines:
I never thought I’d do this, but I must applaud the spammers for coming up with new ways to catch our attention. Of course, I’m not easy enough to give in to something like this, but I’d much rather click one of these than an email that assures me I can “make her scream all night long.”
Try it out for yourself.
(Oh, and since I run Ubuntu instead of Windows, I’m immune to the viruses that the spam links to. So the jokes on them.)
I’ll admit it: I’m a Pixar fanboy. I have yet to see a Pixar movie that I didn’t like, and while some movies weren’t as good as others (Cars), I still prefer their movies to the movies of rival companies, like Dreamworks and Blue Sky.
That’s why I’m stoked about Up, the next film in Pixar’s queue. The movie, which will hit theaters on May 29, 2009, is said to take us “to a lost world where anything can happen and will happen.”
From the Academy Award nominated team of director Pete Docter (”Monsters, Inc.”) and co-director Bob Peterson comes “Up,” a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits) in summer 2009. Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. “Up” takes audiences on a thrilling journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures. When seeking adventure next summer — look “Up.”
Looks pretty interesting to me. Up is said to be Pixar’s most nontraditional film to date, and probably their best. Whether or not this will be Pixar’s greatest film will be decided next summer, but even if it isn’t, I have faith that Pixar will yet again deliver a film that surpasses the standard of current animated movies.
But wait! Did you guys see the new The Dark Knight trailer? It’s fantastictal! I can’t help but salivate in anticipation! Just thinking about seeing Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and Aaron Eckhart duke it out in an awesome orgy of chaos and carnage and coolness makes my spine tingle with exhilaration.
But I’m faced with a dilemma: which one should I be more fanatical about? All my friends are wanting to see both, but they’ve begun to pick sides.
“Batman could own Iron Man.”
“No, he couldn’t! Iron Man has a frickin’ awesome suit.”
“Batman would just build a magnet and pwn with ease.”
“Iron Man has ceramic suits, you know…”
Stuff like that. And they want me to pick a side.
I don’t really want to. I want to like them both equally, at least until I see them both. I’m not much of a comic book geek at all, so if I picked a side, I’d have no idea what I was talking about and look like a poser. So it’d have to be a decision just based on the movies. Or, because I haven’t seen either movie, it’s going to be based on movie trailers.
But both are so awesome! Honestly, I think the Dark Knight trailers have more variety and cool scenes, but Iron Man isn’t far behind in awesomeness. And Iron Man has lived up to its trailer, apparently; it’s the best reviewed movie of 2008.
So what am I going to do? I hate being forced to choose sides! Why can’t we all just get along, friends? Why must we bicker about such trivial matters? Aren’t they both heroes? Are we not allowed to get equally excited about each of them?
Ahah! Here’s what I’m looking for:
Okay, so there we go. I don’t have to pick a side. If Batman and Iron Man are comfortable with being friends, I suppose I can be okay with loving both of the movies equally. Even if I haven’t seen them yet.
