Job~ma to you, Shir.

Good luck Shir.

I've always had the impression that the people I'd most like to catch up with at a reunion would be the people most likely to not go to a reunion.

I'm back! Hugs interwebs Still no internet, cable or phone at home. They're saying that the outage has been fixed. NOT BLOODY LIKELY!!! They said "there's no power to the modem, unplug it and plug it back in" When I pointed out that it has a battery backup, they were confused. I further pointed out that I have another TV that is not connected to the modem (connected directly to the wall), and it doesn't work either. Then they couldn't give me an evening appointment until Thursday. I said "My understanding is that not having phone service makes this a priority outage, why do I have to wait until Thursday?" I have escalated to supervisor, who has to call me back because "I can't transfer you to a supervisor who isn't there". Oh, we will have words.

Today's xkcd is for anyone who ends up as family tech support. (And don't forget to read the alt-text.)

I saw both Inglorious Bastards & GI Joe this weekend. GI Joe was far better flick. Shocked me.

See, I loved Inglorious Basterds, but if anyone was going in thinking it was an action movie (which is kinda how they are marketing it), or, dear lord, a history lesson, they would be sorely disappointed.

Not that I'm saying that's what you were expecting omnis, but the film was definitely heavy on the talky meat, subtitled division. However, Christoph Waltz alone was worth the price of admission and time spent, IMO.

Yeah, I'm with Frank on Inglorious Basterds. I thought it was hilarious and awesome. What a hoot.

I thought there were some very funny moments. and no, I wasn't expecting a history lesson by any stretch of the imagination. I also watch a fair amount of foreign flicks, so subtitles don't bother me in the least. The Brad Pitt scenes were some of the best. And I would agree Waltz did a great job.

It just was kind of on the blah side. There were great moments. But you need to string the great moments together tighter, or have more of them, to make a great movie. Most of the flick I was thinking "should I go pee now? Nah, it's GOTTA get better soon". And, for the most part, it didn't. The end was great! (I don't want to give it away), but I really feel that it needed a LOT more editing. I'm guessing QT had director cut deal.

I'm guessing QT had director cut deal.

QT won't let anyone score his movies because that's giving up too much creative control. I'm pretty sure what you see is as close to what was in his head as his creativity could manage.

I've actually heard there was a lot more shot that wasn't in the film, such as backstories for some of the other Basterds, a la the Hugo Stiglitz digression, and more to make it clear why every time a German figured out Bridget was really a spy they lost their shit, including Landa.

I'm hoping some of that makes the DVD.

See, for me, more back stories would have been great! Like what was up with the noose burn on Brad Pitt? The Hugo flashback was great. That section cutting to the forest, backstory, cutting to Hitler meeting, back to the forest, etc. That scene was great. But the bulk of the film, the actual scenes just went on way too long. :: yawn ::