You remember when you were a kid and you got ahold of your dad's video camera and filmed yourself 'punching' your friends so that they fell off a 'cliff', or putting on your sunglasses and saying something cool? You didn't really know what you were doing, but you'd seen that stuff in movies you liked, …
Music, evolving like an organism
I recently watched this video from one of my favorite YouTube channels, SciShow, and got me off on a thought tangent. I've always wondered about how non-life things could evolve, such as languages and cultures, and music is just the same. It endures the same selection pressures as life, if you take some imaginative interpretations. …
Better Watch Saul
I just finished this Breaking Bad spin-off featuring the 'criminal lawyer', Saul Goodman, in his life before Walter White, when he was known as James McGill. He's a struggling public defender living paycheck to paycheck out of an office in the back of a nail salon, looking for a big case to make his name. …
The final Hobbit movie, or “WAAARRRRR”
I just watched this in the bargain theater in my town, at 3.50$ a ticket, and it was worth it. I also saw the second movie a while ago, sort of, I think I fell asleep before finishing it, so consider this a sort of review of that movie also. I don't really remember what …
The Judge
I spent 1/3 of this movie waiting for it to start, another third waiting for it to end. The middle was filled with vomit, diarrhea, and a wisecracking Tony Stark. If you are expecting a courtroom drama, as I was, don't waste your time. This is a family drama about family issues. It's about a lawyer …
Jonas David 