Speaking of the movie by Mel Gibson tentively said to be called ‘The Passion Of Christ’ there are a lot of historically based or themed movies coming out in the next months. A movie called Troy is due in theaters soon. I read there are two movies about Alexander the Great being made. When watching movies with historical themes one must keep in mind that they are not for the most part accurate even when the director is aiming for historical accuracy. Sometime the director is not trying to be...
Howard Stern, what is called a shock jock on FM radio was dropped by the Clearwater radio broadcasts network in several key markets today because of the sexually explicit and racist content of a segment on his program. I use to tune in to Stern once in awhile (pre divorce-which I knew was coming). His program consist of very irreverent, juvenile, and sarcastic humor. As is common in this type of humor groups that are considered minorities are the dominant victims of this humor. Gays, black...
Paul Allen the co-founder of Microsoft and owner of Techtv is selling Techtv to Comcast the cablevision company. It is said that Comcast will merge the channel with their gamer channel called G4. I consider this move a loss to broadcasting. I believe in diversity of ownership of media outlets. Having too few individuals and corporations owning media outlets leads to an end of the diversity of perspectives, and programming. This is bad for consumers and bad for democracy. You can expect ...
Lately I’ve been sampling the Howard Stern radio program again. I don’t listen to the entire program because that would not be tolerable. I had completely stopped listening to his program because I am not that into his type of humor, but all the controversy has got me back into it. So for an hour or so either at the beginning or end of the program I tune in. I guess it is because of the present situation he is in. It is like a countdown. How many more broadcast before he is taken off or le...
Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ is a winner. The story is kept tightly on topic and deals almost totally with the crucifixion of Jesus. It starts with the betrayal of Christ by Judas. We get a sampling of other moments through flashbacks that occur throughout the story. The story meditates on the process of the crucifixion. In this regard it is very bloody. Gibson is very descriptive in showing the process and the audience feels the beating that Christ undergoes. It is instantly...
The Jews killed Christ. No, this is not just my opinion. It is the story told in the New Testament of the Bible. The Jewish priest leadership and other Jewish leaders were angry and alarmed at this upstart Jesus coming around and proclaiming that he was the savior they were all waiting for. They were alarmed because this heretic was also developing a following that attributed all sorts of miracles to Jesus. Jewish priest and leaders felt threatened by this self appointed savior who threaten...
Right now I'm listening to Rick James "You And I", one of his dance classics. I like this song and "Ebony Eyes" a slow love song he made. He is best known for his hit "Super Freak". I do not like that song that much. Well, here's to Rick James- "everybody dance on the funk". Goodbye James- Your music shall play on.
I really have nothing in particular to write about so I might as well comment on what I am doing now. I’m listening to mp3 and wma music files on my computer. I started with Sheena Easton singing For Your Eyes Only. I like this song. It was a theme song to a James Bond movie of the very same name. Besides the double entranda the song’s lyrics and musical arrangement is good also. I downloaded the lyrics to this song recently. It goes, “For your eyes only, can see me through the nigh...
‘The Village’ (2004) is the second film by M. Night Shymalan (I love saying that name) that severely disappoints. ‘ Signs’ (C- grade) a movie with two major themes that are never complete or satisfying and where the design of the alien was the main good thing about the film (which we didn’t see enough of) became a blockbuster despite its limitations. I don’t think the same fate awaits ‘The Village’ (or maybe it will. I just read it had a 50 mil opening weekend. I feel like a sucker. I'm I ca...
I, Robot: ‘I, Robot’ (2004) is not top of the line science fiction but it is watchable. The director tried to develop a complex story here but it never ever really gets ‘of the ground’. What we have here is a police officer who has developed a dislike for robots that are prevalent during the year 2035. These robots do all sorts of task for their human masters. The detective played by Will Smith is distrustful and resentful of these robots (the story eventually reveals part of the reason w...
One of the greatest actors in American cinema passed away today. Believe it or not I am not a fan of or haven’t seen many of the films that he starred in but yet I realize the great influence he has had on American acting and actors. I have watched a total of four films that he played in with two of them being The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. Although I do not give these movies A grades (judging art is highly subjective) I give Marlon Brandos performance in both movies A’s. Brando rea...
G4techtv channel sucks. Not only does the channel suck but the new website that combines the G4 channel and techtv content sucks. They should have kept the basic setup of techtv’s web pages. The new channel, which is ridiculously placed way up in the hundreds on the Comcast Cable system, is not worth going to. May I suggest the honchos at G4Techtv jettison all the programming that was on G4 and pick up all the programs from Techtv for your new enterprise. Comcast cable needs to move G4Tech...
A documentary won the Cannes film festival. This festival is one of the most prestigious in the world and is attended by international critics, actors and others in the entertainment industry. Fahrenheit 9/11 a Michael Moore film won the top prize at Cannes, which is the Golden Palm. I hear Fahrenheit 9/11 is very critical of the Bush administration. Looks like the worldwide entertainment industry has made their feelings known about the Bush administration. Since this film has won such ...
The pictures coming out of the Iraq prison torture case reminded me of a porn film that prominently featured Arab actors and a bazaar and bathhouse (Turkish). I have blogged about this film elsewhere in the past I think. It is called Sex Bazaar (Harem), which was made in 1984. I think the director (could be producer) is Jean-Daniel Cadinot. It is in French with no subtitles but as I think we all now know, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. I am not that knowledgeable of porn films bec...
I saw “Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith It is the episode that ties into the original “Star Wars” movie. The movie starts in the mist of battle in space above the capital planet (home to the multi world senate and Jedi temple) in which the Jedi knight master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his student Anakin Skywalker are attempting to rescue the leader of the Republic Palpatine who has been captured by the Separatist. After his rescue, Palpatine who is really a Sith known as Darth Sidiou...