Best Pictures List 2011

broderic on December 30, 2011

I’ve become really stingy when it comes to doling out stars in my reviews. I only gave one movie a plus positive rating of four stars or more from all the movies I’ve seen this year. My list is so meager that I’m adding in the best movie I saw this year which happened to be on DVD. Also, the other movie I added is considered the best picture from last year, but I saw it this calendar year. There’s plenty of 3 star movies this year and there are also plenty of two stars or less. It’s depressing. Movies haven’t moved me in awhile. Perhaps I may see something on the last day which would.

L’Illusioniste on DVD (5 stars)
The King’s Speech (5 stars)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (4 stars)

Me vs IMdB 2011

broderic on April 30, 2011

Tried this one back in 2008. Glad to see I’ve moved up a notch. Slowly but surely I am going to clear out the whole list. Starting up the Netflix download… NOW!! You too can join in here.

“Dave, why milk the cow when you have a fridge full of steaks?”

broderic on September 2, 2010

Just checking in.

I’ve got to post at least something a day just to make BrowserMetrics’ Seventh Annual NewsRadio Quote Month worth it.

I’ve been trying to set up a subversion repository on my MacMinIntel, but have been stuck for days figuring out where to put it. I would like for it not to show up in a Finder window, but I would like it accessible from all over the place (i.e. over the wireless network to my MacBook Pro). The problem then is one of permissions and such. I tried to create it in one of the root directories, but ran into permission problems. Can someone clarify where to put a subversion repository on Snow Leopard (not the server version)? Or maybe that is my problem, that I am not running the server version.

Apple released new iPod Touches with FaceTime. Looks to be the cool. If I didn’t have jonesing for iPhone 4, I would be all over that. Also, if I had more than 3 GB of music, maybe as well.

Tweeting has been so much fun. I wish you would join me.

Nendoroids. Nendoroids? Nendoroids! They’re coming at me like crazy.

When will that Haruhi movie come out?

What would you like to discuss? Comments are now open.

Ten Best Pictures!

broderic on February 3, 2010

Here’s imDb’s list of nominees.

I’ve seen seven of the ten best pictures: Avatar, District 9, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air. Interesting considering the number of nominees.

Of the three I didn’t see, The Hurt Locker is the only one I’m really interested in. The Blind Side maybe. Precious, based on the Novel Saphire by whatshername, not interested.

I wonder if this changes things for the Oscar Pool?

What’s the deal with no Ponyo though?

My Best Films of the Year: 2009

broderic on December 7, 2009

The end of the year and the end of the aughts brings another list of movies. Like the previous ones, these movies are rated 4 stars and above when I wrote the review. Most likely, if I re-watch them, they wouldn’t be rated so high.

Star Trek (5)
Drag Me To Hell (4)
Duplicity (4)
I Love You, Man (4)
Watchmen (4)
The Wrestler (4)

Every year, the lists seems to get shorter. I’m either being more judgmental of the films I saw this year or my taste is getting more refined. I admit that this year I have missed lots of movies in the theatre. I shouldn’t have published my list until seeing the movies of December, but I doubt I would ever get to those coming out this month. I’ll update if appropriate. I can’t wait to see yours.

Manga of November 2009

broderic on November 10, 2009

Just a list of the manga I’m reading.

Scanlations:
Cross Game
Yankee-kun to Magane-chan

Books:
Yotsuba &!
Pluto
20th Century Boys
Kimi ni Todoki
High School Debut
Bamboo Blade
Detroit Metal City
School Rumble
Strawberry 100%
Black God
We Were There

Just started:
Monster

On hold:
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
Sundome

This lists probably grows and grows as I find more and more interesting things to read.

“If you want to build a thermostat that won’t be affected by humidity, try this you dumb bastard.”

broderic on October 1, 2009

The summer anime season has come to an end. Here’s a quick hits on the ones I watched.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Started out awesome, then we got into the Endless Eight loop for fucking six episodes. SIX EPISODES of the same damn thing. NOTHING changing but their clothes. I can’t wait for this on DVD. The final couple of episodes encapsulating The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya was slower than I would’ve liked. But we did get Nagato. C+

Tokyo Magnitude 8. Alright, but I didn’t want to get death, and got it anyway. B-

Taishou Yakyu Musume. Baseball girls of the Taishou period. Awesome. B+

Sora no Manimani. Great astronomy club school comedy. A

So what to watch in the upcoming season?

It’s not TV…

broderic on August 5, 2009

..it’s great shows I’ve not seen.

Weird. I used to love watching television. I’m too busy surfing the net to be bothered with following a show. I’m also downloading anime which I seem to like better than the boobtube.

Here’s a list of shows that are highly acclaimed that I have not watched. Even though they’re available on DVD. I don’t really care to catch up. My loss.

The Sopranos
Mad Men
Sex and the City
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Larry Sanders Show
Deadwood
The Corner
The Wire

Probably more to this, but I can’t think of them. Anyone want to throw out a show?

89.7 Greatest Artists? Are you sure?

broderic on June 11, 2009

I should’ve flagged this before, but I was in that funk when I didn’t want to write any blog posts. WTMD is doing their fundraising drive by playing two songs from their user submitted 897 greatest artists.

We should’ve gamed it so that we could’ve gotten The Screaming Blue Messiahs played.