Sherlock Holmes 2009

I saw this trailer for the first time yesterday, as my teenage daughter and I were waiting for the screening of Harry Potter 6. I was immediately enthralled! Of course, it helps that Robert Downey Jr is looking as fine as hell (and cut like freaking bricks on a house) and his number two is equally as hot (Jude Law and his receding hairline is still Jude Law, nonetheless)

But what stuck, what maintained my enthusiasm was how Guy Ritchie was able to create the possibility of "what is and how it should be" of those days. We have always had the impression that Sherlock Holmes, just because he's English and was living in an earlier time, possesses the mark and actions of a gentleman - genteel, if you may. I've always thought that image of him was incorrect. Historically, it was more violent during those days and Holmes, as a character, must be a little bit more uncouth than a couple of erring sarcastic intellectual remarks.

Anyhoo, I am putting this movie on my list of "Must Watch this year, by hook or by crook"

When I meant blondes have more fun, I didn't mean this...

Yeah... La Toya Jackson kinda looks like Goldilocks gone bad...I mean like how chicken or fish would go bad.

I think I'm staying with my original hair color.

Totally stealing this from Chuvaness...

This is what my friend Sasha and I always say to each other when it comes to boys/men - "What use is the body if the garage is empty?" (But I would like to point out - What a hot body it is...)

So, apparently, this hot top GQ male model is hotness personified. (Why are you looking at me like that? What? You thought I would stop objectifying men? Pfft...How naive of you.) I have no objections, your honor. He IS hot. You'd think that he'd get any kind of girl/woman/man he wants right? Someone who would be equally hot or if not, hotter than the level of hotness he is in (Okay, stopping with the excessive use of the word hot and it's permutations and conjugations) That is where you're wrong, my friend.

He is currently living with this woman. This woman is about 20 years or so older than he is and get this, they have a child together. Yes...like they've coupled with each other and have procreated.


I hear you...you're thinking (and don't deny it, you hypocrites!) so many things your head is spinning. Let's take thought number one: Is she his sugar mommy? I don't think so. The woman is a teacher or something. He probably makes more money that she does. He, however, has 15 cases of robbery under his belt so that totally negates the fact that she's the sugar mommy. Thought number two would be: Is she blackmailing him? My response would be a swift smack to the side of your head. Dude...seriously? Which brings us to thought number three: Could it be love? Like honest to goodness true love? ...maybe. Well, he did say that he "...was tapping that ass" (referring to Gina Salamino - the woman) in a court room. Read the article here

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I can look at this situation is so many different perspectives. One, I can say that there's hope for us common looking people to actually hook up with a hot GQ Top Model. I mean, if she can do it, then most definitely common folk such as myself can as well.

Two: Possessing physical aesthetics does not guarantee happiness. Again, I'm using my previous statement of "What use is the body if the garage is empty?" Right, Sashing? I prefer to have intellectual stimuli together with my hot sex, thank you very much.

Three: After 20 or so years, even with the help of chemicals and other cosmetic procedures, there could be an off chance that he may learn some new skill or develop his personality a little bit. If that's the case, all good things hoping, then *shrug* I guess it's okay. But even that is a chance that's way off. I think there's a better chance for me scoring with Jim Parsons or Jared Padalecki than him ever having to develop a better personality. Call me cruel but at least I'm honest.

In any which case, I leave you to your own thoughts. Watch this and tell me what you think.

What a rip off...

I'm probably the last person in the world to have seen this movie. Thanks to Aya, I finally saw it yesterday and I've got to tell you, I was a little skeptical about it because the reviews were mostly stating its mediocrity and the weren't very positive.

I have to say, it really is an action packed film. The computer generated images and effects were astounding and it's very impressive to see how convincing the actors were in co-existing with the CGI robots. I admit, there were times that I almost fell off the edge of my seat when I was watching the fight scenes. They were freaking awesome!

I have to give credit to the writers as well. I love the comedy they've infused the movie with - they've managed to make it very light, very entertaining and also very bad ass cool (I love the twins!) So, by the time they've made it to Petra, I was wondering what the whole fuss was about. For me, at that time, it was a fairly interesting and entertaining movie...then it came...

Now, my current situation should not have any bearing on how I'm reacting to this movie. Granted, I may have certain emotional baggage that may or may not be corollary to what I'm about to critique but dude...seriously? Major Cheese.

The whole "romance" thingee with the "saying I love you first" drama/sub-plot was mainly fodder. The movie would've been better if they didn't have to squeeze that in. It's like they put it there so the tweeners and the teenagers would have something to squee about; after all the men get Megan Fox to masturbate to so why not put a sappy schmoopy love angle for the younger ladies. Well, that love angle made the older ladies and other people gag into their mouths, this writer included. It was just...bad.

It kinda ruined the entire movie, at least for me.

Let's hope Harry Potter makes it better for me.

And this little piggy decided to start a pandemic all over the world and enabled a huge pharma company to act on bioterrorism!

An article was sent to me and I've managed to read through it with a fair amount of open mindedness and impartial judgment.

One, I think it's something to definitely consider judging from the credentials of the accuser. Jane Burgermeister is not a random crazy floozy. She is distinguished and is also an accomplished writer in the field of global climate change, biotechnology and ecology. You can't just chalk it up as some conspiracy theory because there is that semblance of credibility on the accuser's part.

However, methinks that someone has been watching too many Hollywood films.

I'm not medically inclined nor am I well versed in biotechnology. The closest I can get to that is feeling hot when it's Summer and cold when it freaking rains - that's about as extensive as I can get, so whatever verbal garbage I spew should not in any way, shape or form change or mold the reader's opinions. But I'm still saying them anyway...

It's inevitable to find certain viruses and bacteria mutating. If you believe in evolution and human development, physiologically speaking of course, then why is it hard to understand that hey, shit happens - this time shit happened in the form of a flu virus called A H1N1.

It's easy to accuse corporations about botched vaccines to make ginormous amounts of money. It's so easy to point fingers and throw blame everywhere. Why not? I mean, it's possible, isn't it? But isn't it also possible that since AH1N1 is a fairly new mutated virus, initial vaccine tests are experimental and aren't perfectly developed? I mean, it's ideal, sure but nobody gets a perfect result on the first experiment.

I'm probably the most jaded person there is in the world. I've raised paranoia into a freaking art form and I'm being considered the replacement for the disciple Thomas when it comes to doubting. I guess I just want to believe that the pharmaceutical companies are out there to doing what they've intended to do in the first place: Help People.

Besides, everything's "alleged" until there's solid verifiable proof.

Fear...for the end is nigh

Season 5 for Supernatural started filming a couple of weeks ago. The internet is all abuzz with the news that J2 is signed up to do a 6th season but without Kripke. (Kripke just signed to do 5 seasons. It's not unusual for a show to go on without the creator in this industry, not for anything else but creative exhaustion)

This poses a small but serious sense of nervousness amongst the show's die hard fans. Eric Kripke has a very solid reason why he wanted to keep the show alive within a certain period of time - a lot of issues can pop up and as proven in last season's show, there already were parts of the mythos and ethos of the show that sagged. Losing Kripke may prove to be the tipping point.

Another issue that I personally can see here is this: The actors seem to be worn out. I'm not in any position to claim that I know exactly what they're going through but if experience were the basis of the opinion, I completely understand being in a box with a character for so long. Character bleeding is inevitable and it just drains you from who you really are. I can only imagine what they go through every day for 9 months; with the characters getting darker and more complex. These nuances are starting to show themselves in real life.

I've been watching interviews of Jared and I must say something's off. I know the guy's tired with work. I know how it feels to be running on empty and fumes. Been there, done that. Yet, in comparison to his previous interviews, his latest ones show the strain and the loss of his child-like awe of the world. It's always a sad day when a beautiful free spirit stops being free and starts becoming jaded. I think my heart broke a little bit more...

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Speaking of endings...

My current show will be ending soon. I've got to move my ass to get new projects... I've been on a diet for 3 weeks now and I'm always ravenous. It's not a good combination...