I am too lazy to sort
Paolo Conte’s version is not as swinging as this one is, and his is plenty swinging. I think it’s the hip hop in the drummer that makes it so.
Every time I hear this song, I want to snap my fingers, tap my feet, and nod my head like a Sinatra wannabe. Surprisingly, there’s several covers of this on youtube.com even though I’m sure you’ve never ever heard it. I’m surprised I’ve even heard of it, but I have. Check out French Kiss, my favorite Meg Ryan movie…
What’s amazing about the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that the less you know about the superhero, the better the movies turn out to be. Because you don’t know the story lines, your expectations are much lower. You’re also not so worried about the plot lines of the movie diverging horribly from the comics that you can enjoy and be surprised by the movie. The Avengers kind of works that way, but so does Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
This Captain America movie takes place in the present as opposed to the first one taken place during World War II. It finds Captain America in an America he doesn’t understand. He can’t compromise his principles even for his country, and he can’t understand how his country had compromised its principles.
The Captain finds himself embroiled in S.H.I.E.L.D. intrigue. Can he trust S.H.I.E.L.D. to protect the country without compromising the American principles? It reminds me of Agent Mulder and the mantra Mr. X told him, “Trust no one.” Alternatively, “The Truth is out there.” And it is spelled HYDRA!
This is a better movie than the first Captain America. It didn’t get slow towards the end. It actually picked up with all those revelations. And it made Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a much better television show this past week.
Because I was never a big Captain America reader, I liked this movie.
4 of 5 stars.
Remember that viral video at the dawn of the last internet boom? Yeah this is the song in it. You’ll sing it out loud too, because it’s catchy as hell.
I’m not sick, but I’m not well…
Boo!
For today’s musical interlude, I wanted a cool cover of ‘Burning Down the House’ by The Talking Heads, but everyone I listened to, which admittedly wasn’t very many, just weren’t satisfying. All except this 8-bit version. The reason I picked this is because that picture of the band is terrifyingly skewed that it reminds me of the ending to the video for this song. David Byrne’s face projected on asphalt is also terrifyingly skewed.
When this song came out, when the Breakfast Club movie came out, I was just finishing up Catholic school and graduating to high school. One of the kids in the class of ’85 had a party to celebrate it. There was a DJ spinning records and all the kids dancing or mixing it up. The DJ had a few games with records as prizes — actual vinyl 45s. I won a round and had to choose. I didn’t know any of the music of the day because I was in my punk phase and didn’t listen to anything that wasn’t Black Flag, Minor Threat, or hardcore. [poser!] The girls said to take the Simple Minds single. I’m always up for listening to what girls say. It wasn’t a bad choice. It’s a song that reminds me of youth, but I’m sure that for my classmates, the title does not apply for me.
Hurry up for those on the East Coast, these may be gone in another two hours. For those on the West Coast, enjoy for another six hours. For you on the other side of the globe, too bad.
These are your 404 Error pages for the day!
http://mlb.com/404
https://github.com/baderror
http://www.romainbrasier.fr/404
(h/t slate)
She’s so cold. When I touched her, my hand just froze.
You know I never did write up some of the tales from the trip out to the Philippines. There’s plenty to tell, and no one to hear about it. I’m going to go dig out my travel journal…
Sabotage is a dark, violent movie about the war on drugs and the people who fight it. It’s also an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. It’s not a film with his signature one-liners. Plus, with how dark the film is, you wouldn’t laugh at any one-liner.
Sabotage is about an elite DEA squad led by Arnold. During a drug raid, they steal $10 million from a Mexican cartel. When they go to recover the money, they find its been stolen from them. The squad members then start getting killed, and they are forced to worry about if its revenge from the cartel or one them being greedy.
The lineup for the DEA squad was like a manly-man actor squad. They were all tough. Even the girl — the crazy one. And when she’s the crazy one, then you know this movie will be off kilter. There’s violence similar to that found in The Counselor very cringe inducing and hard to take in. Torture, head shots, stabbing are just a few of the fun stuff waiting.
I figured that Arnold would return to his action form. Unfortunately, he went dark Arnie as in End of Days/Sixth Day. I wanted an Arnie flick. I got nothing but torture and head shots.
3 of 5 stars.
