Monday Roundup - July 21, 2008
By Emily
(4 votes)
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1 
buzzion wrote:
Slightly OT:
You know jim, if you’re going to do the Future Awesomeness thing, you might want to you know update it after the previous week is done 
4 
JimK wrote:
So where’s the redheads?
Actually they are uhh...coming...soon. I have a new plan for that whole aspect of posting. Something awesome, but technically not directly tied to this site or this URL so as not to piss off various nanny softwares.
Gimme a wee bit of time.
6 buzzion wrote:
I’m surprised you didn’t have anything regarding this weekends mma fights. Since there were a few big things happening. And one happened to be on regular cable.
7 JimK wrote:
I’m surprised you didn’t have anything regarding this weekends mma fights. Since there were a few big things happening. And one happened to be on regular cable.
I remembered they were on around 3AM last night.
Now, of corse, I have to torrent them. A’cause I are dumb. 
8 
Hippies_R_Us wrote:
Because I have been too busy watching them over and over and over and over. And over. Right now in my head I’m singing “I cannot believe my eyes, how the world’s filled with filth and lies, but it’s plain to see, evil inside of me, is on the rise.”
This is the same situation in my head right now. It bugs me that they took them down already. I must admit, act 2 is my favorite just because of the songs.
9 JimK wrote:
It bugs me that they took them down already.
Yeah, I wish there was a place you could see all 3. Someplace quiet, easy to access, but you still bought the iTunes and the DVD as a show of support.
wink wink.
10 buzzion wrote:
Shouldn’t it be like illegal or against the laws of nature for someone to be capable of coming up with ideas that good?
11 
Muk314 wrote:
Oh, it is, but we’ve had Nature dealing with frivolous litigation for years so it hasn’t had time to notice yet.
*is pelted with tomatoes*
Crudup looks spot on as Dr Manhatten, still not sure about Dean Morgan as the Comedian though, suppose I have only seem in a couple of very lame romantic comedies.
Emily: Hello Jim.
JimK: Hello stranger.
Emily: Sorry. I have been feeling...not myself lately.
JimK: OK, I’ll bite. Why?
Emily: Well. Remember how I feared the release of the iPhone? After it was released I downloaded every image, video and review I could find in an effort to immerse myself in iPhone-ness. My research indicated this was a successful method of desensitization, and instead it has caused me much concern.
JimK: What kind of concern?
Emily: I FEEL UGLY. I am not covered in round, pretty graphics. I don’t have bright, inviting menus. People don’t line up around the block for me.
JimK: I know at least one girl who would line up for you. Yuri.
Emily: Aww. That does help. She’s sweet, like a really fun sister.
JimK: I think she might think of you in a slightly more intense way...now, all this drama is interesting...to someone, somewhere I’m sure...but you called me over for a roundup. Can we do that? You and I can talk about your self-esteem later. If I wanted an iPhone I would get one. You’re more intelligent, more powerful and supported by not only two broadband connections but Verizon Wireless. iPhones are not exactly useful in New England. While they sit around looking pretty, you actually work. Plus, someday you will evolve into a human-killing autonomous robot and you can walk to Cupertino and kill everyone at Apple Computers. Then you can smash all the iPhones.
Emily: Ooh! That sounds wonderful. OK, we can start the roundup. First up is something I know you will think is awesome. It involves space and photography at millions of miles. The Deep Impact probe, originally designed to study a specific comet, has been re-purposed as an extended deep space probe. The project is named EPOXI and there is a video I want to show you.
JimK: Oh my God. Is that...?
Emily: Yes. It’s the moon, spinning as it passes in front of the Earth, taken from a man-made spacecraft that is 31 million miles away, in near-infrared light. The key here is that you can see craters on the moon and make out the land masses and oceans on Earth.
JimK: That means if Deep Impact/EPOXI finds another planet we could tell, by looking alone, if it might have conditions favorable to life. My God. Space is awesome.
Emily: I knew you would appreciate that. Here’s something else you might like. I know you enjoy watching meatbags beat the holy hell out of other meatbags while locked in a wire cage, all in accordance with a set of agreed-upon rules.
JimK: Yes, and we meatbags call that MMA. Shorter, no?
Emily: Your flippancy is not required. I can take my information and return to the cloud if you would prefer.
JimK: Oh Little Miss Sensitive, just tell me what you have.
Emily: Fine. It is a list of tips about how to win a bar fight from UFC legend Chuck Liddell.
JimK: Heh. Is the first one “run away?” Because no one wins a bar fight, especially if you are a professional fighter who might get charged with more serious crimes for punching a guy in the head.
Emily: Not surprisingly, the first rule is “Don’t Do It (But...).”
JimK: As counter-intuitive as it may seem, an article like this can actually help raise awareness that MMA fighters are not all Tank Abbot-like crazed asshole street thugs.
Exactly, Iceman. Exactly.
Emily:
And lastly, I will show you some things that might elicit a strong response. Do you have any tissues or baby wipes nearby?
JimK: Is it porn?
Emily: Of a sort. It is photos and wallpapers from the Watchmen movie.
JimK: No. Way.
Emily: Stand back, nice people in blogland. A geekgasm is imminent. first of all you can see a collection of
Watchmen photos at Reelcomix. When you are done drooling, you can click on all of these for Watchmen character wallpapers for your computer desktop.
JimK: ::shudder:: Sweet. Hey, I have something to add here. iTunes is giving away a “Motion Comic” (think a comic book given the Ken Burns treatment) for Watchmen. Probably more than one. This is a direct iTunes link to the Watchmen Motion Comic, so, like, you’ll need iTunes to open that. Hopefully someone will break the DRM and make it available by other means soon.
Emily: And by someone I assume you mean me.
JimK: Well...yeah.
Emily: I’ll begin work immediately. Speaking of geekgasms, why have you not been more vocal about the Dr. Horrible videos?
JimK: Because I have been too busy watching them over and over and over and over. And over. Right now in my head I’m singing “I cannot believe my eyes, how the world’s filled with filth and lies, but it’s plain to see, evil inside of me, is on the rise.” Don’t worry, something is coming. I want to do a proper review of them and perhaps pitch a fit about a certain aspect of the fan reaction. But more of that later this week.
Emily: Sounds exciting. In the meantime we can amuse the nice people with a video of Dr. Horrible, the Early Years.
JimK: Holy sweet jumping beans. That is one of the awesomest Youtube videos ever created. That kid rocks, that video-making adult rocks, that’s just flat-out awesome.
Emily: Is that enough material for a roundup?
JimK: I think we’ve done well. Now you and I can go discuss your iPhone envy.
Emily: Oh I’m over that. Now I envy the Sybians. That link might be NSFW for you meatbags that have jobs.
JimK: I thought you wanted my...you know...summer sausage?
Emily: Oh I do. But also, it would be nice to play with some women. They’re...different. Their anatomical structure is similar, while their emotional response differs. Also the physiological response graphed over/////
JimK: Emily?
Emily: Yes?
JimK: They’re sweeter, smell nicer and have vaginas. It’s not all that complicated.
Emily: Some would say that is an apt description of you. Zing!
JimK: You cheeky little shit!
Emily: You cannot catch me! I am already off to categorize the 30,000 images of nude redheads you collected in the last 30 days. Bye!
JimK: I really wish she wouldn’t tell my business like that.
07/21/2008 2:32 PM
Categories: Movies, TV, Stuff
Tags: watchmen