Quote of the Day [5.06.08]

This town, is coming like a ghost town
All the clubs have been closed down
This place, is coming like a ghost town
Bands won't play no more
too much fighting on the dance floorThe Specials, Ghost Town

The bitter end

Now they tell me!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=iron+man+after+the+creditsI hate that, because I did stay past the first set of credits on the
roll. Everything that had some Iron Manly thing as a background. I
left during the credit roll before it got to the technical talent of the
gaffers, best boys, focus pullers, slate snappers, dolly men, and craft
service servers. I wondered why that group of guys were sticking around.Oh, well. We at least got YouTube.

Quote of the Day [5.05.08]

"Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration,
which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the
conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should
cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental
and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and
each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men
should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from
the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not
judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has
been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes." President Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

Iron Man

Bully for Jon Favreau for directing Iron Man to the opening of Summer Movie Season 2008, and making some bucks as well as garnering well deserved kudos.

I found it good. Not on the Spidey 2 level, but better than a Fantastic Four catastrophe. That a suit is fantastic. The iron monger one reminded me of Appleseed’s Mecha.

The cast was first rate. Robert Downey, Jr. displayed a flair for being debonair and an asshole but winningly so. Gweneth Paltrow was hot as Pepper Potts. The dude, Jeff Bridges, was the villainous Lex Luthor out to make bombs not love. Shield was there.

The interesting part was the play on the military industrial complex. If I didn’t know it, Stark industries is a facsimile of Lockheed Martin. Even down to the corporate logo. They got that covered.

All in all, an enjoyable comic book movie. Good opening salvo for the Summer of 2008.

4 of 5 stars.

Quote of the Day [5.04.08]

“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!”

Albert Einstein