the list of now

The beat between apathy and rabid, nagging, annoyance.  Do I have distaste for these things?  Not really, I don’t care enough.  Nor do I wish to see, hear, read, or discuss them EVERYWHERE.

An extra-special “now with more profanity” issue.   Because I’m in that kind of mood tonight.

The top five things this week that I really really -really- do not care to hear any more about:

1.  Spencer and Heidi.

I don’t even know what to say about these people because they are such non-people in my world.  All I know is that they are on the muted tv in the cafeteria at work and in the magazines.  And I’m annoyed by their presence in these places.

2.  Jennifer Aniston’s love life.

For fuck’s sake, the poor thing has become the postergirl for the scorned celebrity woman.  Bitchslapping her around for her supposed failed relationships has practically become a sport, amongst gossip media and everyday folk.   Newsflash to the ladies on the street, some people don’t care and think it’s kind of pathetic that you do.   I aggressively think it’s pathetic.  (and kind of feel bad for her)

3.  Miss California v. Perez Hilton.

As a general rule – I don’t care about Pageants.  I don’t care about Perez Hilton.  But everyone is missing the point and I’m tired of hearing the bullshit.

She did not lose because he had a personal, mean, vindictive, big gay vendetta against her.  She lost because she gave an awful, idiotic answer in which she stated that in our country, it’s great that you can “choose same-sex marriage or opposite-marriage”.    Um… not AT ALL true and “opposite-marriage” doesn’t even make sense.   And then she went on to say that she is against it.   Which she actually wasn’t asked.   She was asked whether or not states should have the right to decide this.   Perez is getting slammed for this because she fucked up.  She did not have to personalize the question.  Pageant queens are supposed to be experts at giving a completely saccharine, meaningless answer to any question and therefore, perfectly representing the USA and earning that title.   She failed.  I think everything he’s said about it since has been right, but still find him annoying.  At this point I really wish we could be discussing the ACTUAL issue of same-sex marriage, instead of debating the fucking question and whether or not she was victimized by it.

On a completely unrelated note, she doesn’t deserve to share the same last name as Sister Helen Prejean or mispronounce it.

4.  Hugo Chavez gave Barack Obama a book and he accepted it.

George Bush gave our country EIGHT YEARS OF SHIT… and now it’s over.   Why are we still making issues out of NON- fucking-issues?  Reading a book doesn’t make you agree with someone.  If it did, then after 12 years of sunday school, I would still be the good, straight Catholic girl I was raised to be.

Obama has more important things to deal with then people who are outraged that he might (gasp!) read a book that presents an Anti-American perspective.   And so do we.

5.  American Idol.

the End.

Via TVGuide:  Rob Thomas says that he and Kristin Bell are “both in” and the movie is his next project after Cupid… provided someone will pay for it.

(Come on, Hollywood, I really want to see this movie happen!)

And I know I’m not the only one.  However, I’m not sure it would do any business really.  I don’t know how a “Veronica Mars” movie would have any appeal to anyone other than fans and the fans weren’t enough to save the series, so I’m guessing they are going to have a hard time getting anyone to bankroll this movie.

I wish that wasn’t true.   Ah well

Hulu has the promo reel:

Yay!

At New Scientist magazine, in preparation for a special November 15th issue about sci-fi, they polled their entire staff to list their favorite sci-fi books and movies.  I look forward to reading this issue for full details, but this post on their website revealed the top choices in film:

Favourite sci-fi film:

Blade Runner, the 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott (based loosely on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick), was the clear favourite, with its human androids and robotic humans. “It’s a great story, emotionally involving and well acted – and still has a mystery. Was Harrison Ford’s cop really a cyborg?” wrote one of our editors.

Runners-up:

Three films tied for second place:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 epic based on a story by Arthur C Clarke, was popular despite (or perhaps because of) its notoriously enigmatic finale.
• Solaris, Andrei Tarkovsky’s languorous 1972 film about mysterious visitations on an alien world. “Very haunting,” noted one editor.
• Serenity, the 2005 space opera from Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) that topped a previous New Scientist poll. “A relatively grown-up plot: the imperial enemy may be in the wrong, but aren’t actually evil,” noted one of our writers.

Yay Joss!  Yay Serenity.  Aside from my love of all things Joss, I really think Firefly (and Serenity as an extension of it) is his best work that we have seen yet.   I think it’s a nearly perfect project in writing, design and all aspects of production.   The greatest strength of Serenity is that it works as a complete feature film AND as an extension of the series.   I actually know someone who has seen the film several times and loved it, and still hasn’t “gotten around” to watching the series.  (I know, he’s crazy)  But it is proof that it works that way.  It created and delivers on it’s world in a roughly two-hour frame.

Even though I fully think it deserves the honor, I am kind of delightfully surprised to see it recognized here.

They also voted on their worst, the most gratuitously scantily-clad female characters, the most incomprehensible and my favorite category – “the most ardently loved AND fervently hated” -  in which one of my favorite-favorites, The Matrix is noted.  I can understand that, because I am of two minds about it myself.  I love that film, but am easily annoyed by Keanu Reeves and now have a bit of trouble divorcing it from the second and third installments, which I found very disappointing.

They have also opened up the voting to the fans. Results will be revealed in the November 15th issue.

Go here to vote for your favorite sci-fi films!

You can also vote for books and in case you are curious, here is the post about their favorite sci-fi books.  Douglas Adams’ A Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was their top pick.  I am ashamed to admit that I have never read it.*  (Although I always intend to, it’s on the list I promise! I just ((cringe)) never “get around to it”.

*If anyone needs me, I will be hiding from the stealth squad that has now been dispatched to remove me of my geek card and credentials.

The beat between apathy and rabid, nagging, annoyance.  Do I have distaste for these things?  Not really, I don’t care enough.  Nor do I wish to see, hear, read, or discuss them EVERYWHERE.

The top five things this week that I really really -really- do not care to hear any more about:

1.  The VMA’s - they were (last week?  two weeks ago?  I don’t even know) … you know what they were? Actually interesting for the last time in 1990-something… that’s what.   I didn’t watch them.  I don’t care what “come back” Britney Spears is on, I was bored with her the first time around.  I don’t care about the Jonas Brothers’ promise rings or the crappy offensive comment Jordin Sparks made in response to the jokes.   (I cared for two minutes that the American Idol basically called all non-virgins sluts. It was stupid and offensive, but I’m over it.)   I don’t listen to most of the music that you can’t see in video form on MTV anymore.   And it was old news, three days later.  Now that it’s more than three days later, the coverage NEEDS to stop.

2.  The new 90210. Yawn.

3.  Katie Holmes is on Broadway and is drawing anti-scientology protestors to the opening. Katie Holmes cast in a Broadway play?  Whatever.  Buying overpriced tickets to it?  Potentially stupid.  Protesting outside the theater because she is a scientologist?  Extremely stupid.   What a waste.  (All around).  Meh.

4.  The Dark Knight gets another IMAX run for the holiday season. I love that movie, but it doesn’t say “holiday fun” to me.  Sorry.

5.   There is already buzz about a potential sequel to the “Sex in the City” movie.   I have respect for the series, although I’ve never really gotten on that fan train.  I thought it was fun and cool for the fans that they made a film.  My reaction to this news is that is a tie between unneccessary and uninteresting.