Friday, September 28, 2012

I'm Batman

Rodger, if you haven’t seen Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy yet, you need to. Right now. Get off this website, put away your homework, skip your chores, and go watch Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Then rest for a little bit. Maybe do some of that homework. Is mom mad because of the whole skipping chores thing? Maybe clean your room or whatever. Even better, clean my car. After that, watch The Dark Knight Rises.



Friday, September 21, 2012

I sat and forever am at work here


You’ve probably seen my collection of Gilmore Girls DVDs by now, Rodger. Perhaps you've even borne witness to the show’s greatness. I don’t watch the show much now (at this point, it’s been off-air for about five years), but in college I was in front of the TV every Tuesday from 7:00 – 8:00PM CST, emotionally engaged in the lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. Back then, I had a Gilmore Girls poster hanging on a wall in my room. The Gilmores watched over me as I slept until your mom ripped the poster, “accidentally” she’ll tell you, but I don’t think she’s that maladroit.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Giant Snakes and Jill Sandwiches

That’s right, Rodger: “the master of unlocking.” Barry actually said that. More disturbingly, someone actually wrote that. And then, inexplicably, someone else approved it. I discovered not too long ago that the Japanese release of the original Resident Evil used the English dub instead of the Japanese track. Apparently, Capcom found the Japanese acting “lame.” That is perhaps the most damaging criticism an actor can receive, considering it came from the people that were all for this: