I graduated highschool for a reason, and it wasn't to go to college.
March 8, 2008
At least it was only 2 bucks.
So we finally got around to trying to get in and see Untraceable last Tuesday, except thanks largely to the fact poor Trish is currently minus a vehicle, we were left at the mercy of OC Transpo, whom I've bitched about on an occasion or two on here. Now, not that there's a single problem with the bus system at all–cough, cough–but I still suspect that they're the sole reason why we missed by like 10-15 minutes the actual start of the movie. Suckitude galore, seeing as that one was supposed to be pretty good. At least judging by what I've been able to pick up on it. Instead, we decided to see I am Legend (sorry, no IMDB linkage for this one, which is rather odd) instead. It was… well, meh. Best way to describe it. It's a Will Smith movie, so anyone who's watched I, robot or Independence Day pretty much knows what to expect. Sadly I, Robot is probably one of his better movies. Though props do go out to the fact his character actually dies in I am Legend. Really though, as odd as it was to see him take on a more serious role than anything he's done in, say, either of the two movies I've linked to aside from that one, I think that also went towards knocking the movie down a couple coolness points. Nearly the movie's only saving grace was the fact it was actually one of the more believeable zombie movies I've seen. And far enough away that it's almost realisticly possible something like it could happen. Official decision from the opinionated jackass: we should have gone to see Untraceable. I'd watch I am Legend if it came out on TV, but um, I wouldn't pay for it. Wonder if there's a torrent for it on the intarwebz. Further investigation is required.
I'm back at work now. I'm off at 7:00 tonight, barring another 10.5 hour day. Uh, crap on a cracker? The hours I'm billing Dell for are gonna be bloody well insane…
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Ladies and gentlemen. When I left work yesterday, it was snowing like hell. There is more snow in Ottawa's forecast for today. Somebody up there is intent on pissing me off. And it's thinking about working.
The computer they have me working on at the office has developed a habbit of randomly and inexplicably restarting without warning. No error message, no blue screen, no notta. Just I'm in the middle of typing/reading/whatever, and then kerpoof. I bitched a little about that last night. And I'm still thinking about taking the bitching to our I/T folks and flat out giving them the option. Give me access to something as uber basic/simple/non-retarded as MSConfig and let me tell you what the hell's wrong with this thing. That way all you need to do is replace the faulty component I know exists, and then get out of my hair. I wish I could work in I/T…
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It has been decided. OC Transpo isn't *all* evil. I only took an hour and 15 minutes or so to get here today. An improvement, really, over a week ago. I'm… not quite to the point of irritated. Yet.
Review of Terminator: the Sarah Connor chronicles after 4 episodes: weee!
After the writers strike and the fact that that pretty much meant the end of CSI, Anne clued me into a new series that hadn't aired yet but was coming. That of course, being uh, this one. I made mention of it before, but that was kind of before I got my head fully wrapped around the goings on. Now that I've actually seen a bit more of it, I can form a basis of opinion on it. And that opinion, roughly summarized, is why the hell did it take them this long to come up with it? If you aren't or never were a terminator fan, the series will probably give you a killer headache. Unless you like drawn-out storylines, and then you might just want to watch the series in spite of it being a terminator one. It's definitely not something you can just kinda come into halfway through–the way they've set it up, you kinda have to know what's going on in the beginning in order to figure out where they are now. But if you can get enough of it to catch yourself up on what's happened so far, it becomes highly enjoyable. Or maybe I'm just all kinds of odd and crazy. That's a distinct possibility too. I'm a sucker for a halfway decent action movie/series. And for the most part, on an action versus storyline basis, the Terminator movies were pretty up there. And although this series is only 4 episodes old, I think it'll end up right up there, too. If the 1.5 of you who actually read this haven't gotten a chance to see the show and are curious, here's a trailer. At the least, give it a 5 minute look. Anyone who attempts to convince me it sucks without having at least having done that will receive little more than an Achmed style response. Thou hast been warned.
Update:
It took me until 10 minutes to 7 the next morning to figure out I fubared that trailer link. Fixeded. Sometimes, I'm an idiot.
Must. See. Tonight. If I'm not awake in time to watch this show (note to self: 8:00 tonight, channel 6), someone within driving distance of me has my permission to show up at my front door wielding a shotgun. And use it. I blame Anne for introducing me to the fact that show's on. Hopefully she'll still be able to watch it tonight… I know she was looking forward to it, too. Anyvay. Yes. Will watch. Or heads will roll. Huzza.
Update: delayed, but not denied.
Thankyaverymuch to an apparent need to fall asleep at 6:00 tonight and not wake up 'til quarter after 9, I have managed to miss the pilot episode. However, thankyaverymuch to the awesomeness that is bittorrent, I will still get to watch it. Mock me all you want for downloading crapola off the internet. If you'd record it on a PVR, and don't tell me you wouldn't, I can bloody well download it. Hipocracy is a government thing.
I hope not for the sake of my own sanity. Outside of the occasional sporting event (mostly hockey), and some of the older, no longer actuall in production shows (Cheers, anyone?), that's the only actual TV I watch anymore. Everything else I either watch online, or don't watch–most likely because I've seen an episode or two of it, it pissed me off, and I said to hell with the rest of it. So yeah, I'm a little concerned about the authorized strike of CBS writers. They haven't *actually* walked off the job yet, which… is good, but they're in favour of that possibility, apparently. Which means the… 6(?) episodes of the 8th season of CSI I'm currently waiting for to be downloaded may be the only ones from that season I get for a while. From 1 to 10 on the suckitude skale, this rates about a 15. If they replace it with one of those stupid reality shows, that rating may double. And I may cancel my cable subscription, whether or not that means sacrificing my hockey adiction.
For those who actually don't know me, I'm big on the whole CSI thing–just the Las Vegas version, mind you. I watch it when I can, and… in fact, it's on my list of things to download as I'm writing. And it looks like the only way we're gonna see Jorja Fox on CSI again after next month is in reruns. She gone and announced she's quitting after then. Although, admitedly, not a bad run for a show who's overall cast hasn't changed all that much since the show started. Fox is, I believe, the show's first main character to actually leave. And considering the show's entering into its 8th season… you be the judge. Good? Bad? Don't really know? Don't really care?
