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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
People can't leave well enough alone...
I just finished watching Superman II. Now, it's been quite a few years since I've watched it, and apparently someone has taken a cue from George Lucas and decided that it would be a good idea to go back and mess with a good movie. I noticed right from the beginning that someone has been messing around. alternate scenes were used instead of the scenes that were in the theatrical version. Scenes were removed, and in a few instances, stand-ins or CGI was used to fake scenes with principal actors.
In some cases, I'll admit this messing around could have helped. For instance, a lot of the "silly" physical stunts that were in the original film were removed or at least minimized. Scenes like a man talking on a payphone even though it was blown off it's base and scooting down the sidewalk for instance. But they took it far beyond that, especially at the end of the movie. In the original, after defeating the three krypton villains in his fortress of solitude, Clark Kent kissed Lois Lane, using some sort of mind power, we assume, to make Lois forget that he is Superman. The world remembered everything that happened and there was a stirring scene in which Superman places the American Flag back on top of the whitehouse and tells the President that he will never let this happen again.
In this new version, Superman speed flies around the Earth spinning it backwards (like he did at the end of the first Superman movie) turning back time and making it as if nothing ever happened. Everyone, this time, has conveniently forgotten that anything happened at all, completely deleting the last scene with the American flag and the President. In this post 9/11 world, perhaps this is intended to make the movie more non-American friendly. For me, all it did was completely ruin and castrate this once great movie. The studio executives responsible for this farce themselves should be castrated!
I would now have to set this "version" of Superman II on the shelf next to Superman IV, the quest for peace. Another sorry excuse for a Superman movie. Hopefully one day I'll be able to find the original version of Superman II on DVD and keep it so that someday I'll be able to show the grandchildren I hope someday to have what this movie is truly supposed to be.
In some cases, I'll admit this messing around could have helped. For instance, a lot of the "silly" physical stunts that were in the original film were removed or at least minimized. Scenes like a man talking on a payphone even though it was blown off it's base and scooting down the sidewalk for instance. But they took it far beyond that, especially at the end of the movie. In the original, after defeating the three krypton villains in his fortress of solitude, Clark Kent kissed Lois Lane, using some sort of mind power, we assume, to make Lois forget that he is Superman. The world remembered everything that happened and there was a stirring scene in which Superman places the American Flag back on top of the whitehouse and tells the President that he will never let this happen again.
In this new version, Superman speed flies around the Earth spinning it backwards (like he did at the end of the first Superman movie) turning back time and making it as if nothing ever happened. Everyone, this time, has conveniently forgotten that anything happened at all, completely deleting the last scene with the American flag and the President. In this post 9/11 world, perhaps this is intended to make the movie more non-American friendly. For me, all it did was completely ruin and castrate this once great movie. The studio executives responsible for this farce themselves should be castrated!
I would now have to set this "version" of Superman II on the shelf next to Superman IV, the quest for peace. Another sorry excuse for a Superman movie. Hopefully one day I'll be able to find the original version of Superman II on DVD and keep it so that someday I'll be able to show the grandchildren I hope someday to have what this movie is truly supposed to be.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Wavin' Flag by SheenaMelwani
This is a young woman I've been following for a couple of years on Youtube by the username of SheenaMelwani. She's a fantastic and gifted singer, and I wanted to share this latest video from her here on my blog. Enjoy, and if you do, visit her profile page on Youtube and become a follower too!
Thursday, June 03, 2010
AT and T's and Apples Evil Plan Revealed...
Talk about curious timing! First Apple unveils their newest plot to enslave the web, the Ipad. They announce this wonderful sounding plan which will let it's users get "unlimited" web surfing through AT and T without a contract, and have recently announced how they've surpassed even their expectations by selling more than 2 million Ipads in just 60 days.
Then, just days after making this announcement, their partner in evil AT and T have announced that users of their service using smartphones, and the Ipad will now have a 2Gb cap on data usage. The Dallas-based AT and T said Wednesday that it would offer two choices: a $15 data plan for 200 megabytes of data, and a $25 plan for up to 2 gigabytes, with additional charges if the user goes over the allotted amount. A vast majority of subscribers use less than 2 gigabytes, suggesting a mass migration to less expensive plans.
My question is, if AT and T had announced these caps before the launch of the Ipad, would Apple have sold so many units in just 60 days? I think not. I'm wondering how many Ipad owners out there right now who ponied up the extra moolah for a 3G Ipad are feeling like they've been fleeced!
Then, just days after making this announcement, their partner in evil AT and T have announced that users of their service using smartphones, and the Ipad will now have a 2Gb cap on data usage. The Dallas-based AT and T said Wednesday that it would offer two choices: a $15 data plan for 200 megabytes of data, and a $25 plan for up to 2 gigabytes, with additional charges if the user goes over the allotted amount. A vast majority of subscribers use less than 2 gigabytes, suggesting a mass migration to less expensive plans.
My question is, if AT and T had announced these caps before the launch of the Ipad, would Apple have sold so many units in just 60 days? I think not. I'm wondering how many Ipad owners out there right now who ponied up the extra moolah for a 3G Ipad are feeling like they've been fleeced!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
There are 3 important things we can get from this:
1. Oil companies cannot be trusted to be responsible
2. The Gulf oil spill, while bad, is not the end of the world
3. There is still a free press that lets us know about these things,
we just need to listen to them
Saturday, May 15, 2010
LOL...not updating my blog much lately
I haven't been updating my blog much lately, but I've actually been pretty busy, both with modeling, and with real life...so here's some samples of what I've been doing modeling-wise at least...
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