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		<title>Avatar (****)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a James Cameron fan boy.  What man can be cool with the man that married one of the most bad ass chicks in movie history, remember Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2.  She should have continued making movies and kicking ass after that.  He almost redeemed himself with the series Dark [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not a James Cameron fan boy.  What man can be cool with the man that married one of the most bad ass chicks in movie history, remember Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2.  She should have continued making movies and kicking ass after that.  He almost redeemed himself with the series Dark Angel that really catapulted Jessica Alba to stardom, but again she had not done much action since.  So while Cameron does have a history of making the women he portrays in films kick ass, they seem to not do much of it in other movies after.  I cannot be too mad at him since he also gave us First Blood and Aliens, and it is in the process of bringing the manga <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel">Battle Angel Alita</a> to live.</p>
<p>This piece of work is truly movie magic.  Sure, the story might be over simplistic, <a href="http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/12/james_cameron_avatar_review.html">the theme  and many movie elements borrowed</a> but as far as direction Avatar will become a masterpiece.  </p>
<p>The colors and textures in the movie don&#8217;t feel like CGI even if the colors are extremely unnatural.  He managed to create a tropical paradise that looks even more spectacular at night.</p>
<p>I had never seen a 3D movie before and since we had the option we decided to pay a little more.  It was absolutely worth it.  The action sequences are as excellent as the ones in Terminator.</p>
<p>It is not a short movie, but the time went by extremely fast.  The movie might have been a little slow at times but you cannot notice since you are drooling at the amazing imagery in front of you.</p>
<p>There is not much I can say about the movie or the story without pretty much giving it away.  So I will just tell you to go watch it, enjoy it, and be truly entertained.</p>
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		<title>2012 (**)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have seen enough apocalyptic movies to last me until the end of days.  My favorite alien invasion movie is Independence Day because it is fun to watch; the destruction of civilization as we know is the backdrop but it does not try to do commentary about our society&#8230; well at least not very [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have seen enough apocalyptic movies to last me until the end of days.  My favorite alien invasion movie is Independence Day because it is fun to watch; the destruction of civilization as we know is the backdrop but it does not try to do commentary about our society&#8230; well at least not very hard.  That movie entertains.  The Day the Earth Stood Still is also about the impending end of the world by an alien race because we, as a species, are killing a planet where many others live. Strong commentary but I wanted to know exactly what happened, and either way if we were to die at the hands of the aliens or survive I would have been equally pleased.  District 9 is probably one of the best alien movies ever, and even though I was not entertained in the same level the other two blockbusters did, I loved the movie for its commentary and its message.</p>
<p>2012 fails at everything listed above.  The only saving grace this movie has is that there are quirky laughs and the CGI effects were amazing.  Even after that I did not want humanity to win the battle, I just wanted the movie to be over already because in the first action scene I had already gone &#8220;come on, that&#8217;s just BS.&#8221;  When this movie makes it to Netflix I might rent it just to sit there and count how many BS moments there were; heck it might even make a good drinking game.</p>
<p>The acting was dismal at best and most characters were either annoying or too caricatured.  There was no way of relating to any of them because they were all poorly developed.  Trying to make all the different mini plots into one central plot felt forced.  It made me wonder how many times they had to rework the script to make it into a movie because it just did not feel cohesive.</p>
<p>The movie has everything that is wrong with Hollywood wrapped into a one CGI package.  I guess a blockbuster needs to be an action packed, tear-jerker commentary on humanity&#8217;s selfishness all into one.</p>
<p>If you are a sucker for good CGI, this might be worth the money for you to see it on a big screen.  If you want to see a movie about the end of the world, go rent The Day the Earth Stood Still.  If you do decide to stomach this at your local multiplex, make sure you go into expecting to believe on Santa having flying reindeer.  I only call it believable to a 5 year old, and even then he might call BS a couple of times.</p>
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		<title>All Saints Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>District 9 (****)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Apartheid—meaning separateness in Afrikaans (which is cognate to the English apart and -hood)—was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government in South Africa between 1948 and 1994.
Racial segregation in South Africa began in colonial times, but apartheid as an official policy was introduced following the general election of 1948. [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>Apartheid—meaning separateness in Afrikaans (which is cognate to the English apart and -hood)—was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government in South Africa between 1948 and 1994.</p>
<p>Racial segregation in South Africa began in colonial times, but apartheid as an official policy was introduced following the general election of 1948. New legislation classified inhabitants into racial groups (black, white, coloured, and Indian), and residential areas were segregated by means of forced removals. From 1958, Blacks were deprived of their citizenship, legally becoming citizens of one of ten tribally based self-governing homelands or bantustans, four of which became nominally independent states. The government segregated education, medical care, and other public services, and provided black people with services inferior to those of whites.</p></blockquote>
<p>Good movies about Aliens expose some of the worse traits and weaknesses in humans.  They also highlight how we have redeeming qualities.  Movies that move people to tears are a lot more common than movies that make you feel uncomfortable.  I dislike violence towards children of any form, even when it is just simply alluded to.  District 9 is a very violent movie and not for people with weak stomachs, certainly not for children.</p>
<p>I have huge issues with shaky camera work.  I understand the realism that  it tries to convey, but that was one of my biggest concerns going into this movie.  I have really bad motion sickness when it comes to movie and video games with crappy graphics.  I discovered how bad it can be from a movie after watching The Blair Witch project.  It protected me watching Cloverfield, but this movie had a trailer that made me curious enough to want to watch it.  So when some friends put a movie and dinner night together and when they offered this as one of the movie choices we jumped at the opportunity.</p>
<p>I am not a Peter Jackson fanboy.  I did love LoTR but disliked the horrible mess that King Kong was.  District 9 more than makes up for it and really becomes a feather on his cap on making things that are not real seem very believable.</p>
<p>The movie begins looking more like a documentary.  The main character is someone that you cannot quite like or dislike.  It almost feels like he is being set up to die any time.   It is hard to tell when or if there is a transition from movie style to documentary and back.  It feels voyeuristic at moments but then in a second you are immersed into the story.</p>
<p>The movie is social and political commentary at its best, but the most important commentary in my opinion is about humanity.  If you like history you will see highlighted many of the atrocities that humanity has committed on itself, the kicker for me was how easily justifiable this becomes once humanity is removed from the equation.  It is sad that still in this day and age so many topics from the genocides in Africa to immigration people so easily remove humanity from the debate.</p>
<p>Our ill fated &#8220;hero&#8221; begins partaking on the removal of aliens from District 9 to their new more concentration camp like location, District 10.  The aliens just showed up one day, and after neither doom nor salvation came from their mother ship we broke in to find out malnourished people that became earths refugees.</p>
<p>Everything that is wrong with people &#8220;relocation&#8221; in various forms in our world was highlighted during this part of the movie.  From the dubious legality of &#8220;property&#8221; to the arrogance of talking down to people that do not understand &#8220;our&#8221; system.  It was specially graphic to see that killing other beings was a matter of stepping over the bodies and picking up the pieces of your fallen comrades. </p>
<p>Then a single event highlighted by stupidity by the main character sends everything in motion.  From that point forward the supense and action  don&#8217;t slow down until the end.  </p>
<p>The acting which at first seemed very weak ends up being the right tone for everything.  We do sound that stupid when discussing things we either don&#8217;t care about or don&#8217;t quite understand.  As humans we are lazy enough to be spoon fed information and take it as reality until the moment it affects us directly.  While there will be no Oscar performances here, it fit the movie perfectly and did not detract from the story.  </p>
<p>The CGI work was some of the most amazing I have ever seen.  I never once thought of CGI the whole time I was watching the movie because everything was a working part.  One small spoiler is that after watching this movie a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechCommander">Mech Commander</a> movie HAS TO BE MADE!  We now have the technology, somebody make it happen.</p>
<p>This movie is so good and has so many different elements from psychology, international affairs to history that I could probably put a curriculum together and teach a whole semester just based on everything it talks about.  Not everyone is going to love this movie because it is very grotesque at times, but I highly recommend it.  You might want to learn a thing or two about human history after, if anything it will make you think about how &#8220;human&#8221; we are.</p>
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		<title>Star Trek (****)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>When I saw Star Wars when I was a kid my mind was expanded, my imagination ran wild and all I wanted was for that little training lazer ball thingie to be real and me to be able to be trained during my Jedi training by it with Yoda supervising.  When the prequels were about to come out on theater I had great expectations, one of the biggest mistakes  you can do when going to a movie, and the movie was a total letdown.  I learned later in life that transformers was just meant as an infomercial with a story to sell toys, but to have Star Wars become the same thing was pretty sad.</p>
<p>When it comes to movies, I sometimes set myself up for letdowns.  I have been pretty excited to see what they did with Star Trek since <a href="http://blog.logtar.com/2007/10/17/star-trek-cast/">I wrote about the cast being announced back in 07</a>.  I knew some of the actors, and was very excited to see what Zachari Quinto and Simon Pegg were going to do with their roles.</p>
<p>Since watching the Star Wars remakes I had started to get used to the idea that I was not able to tap into my inner child to enjoy movies anymore.  Even the latest Indiana Jones did not excite my imagination as much as the older ones did.  I thought that the Matrix and Blade were going to be the last movies that I would get truly excited about and chucked Transformers coolness to pure sentimentalism for one of my favorite morning cartoons.  I figured I would never get goose bumps during a movie again, and that my inner child only came out to play video games.  </p>
<p>Then I watched Star Trek this weekend.</p>
<p>Saying that this movie blows StarWars latest trilogy out of the galaxy would be an understatement for the ages.  This is entertainment in its best form.  Great writing, Great acting, Great special effects&#8230; the Summer blockbuster is BACK.  I will not talk about the movie or its plot, because you deserve to see it untainted!  go see it this week, go to the IMAX, go and experience what I think would be one of the best movies of the year!  What are you waiting for?</p>
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		<title>Watchmen (*)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a fan of the graphic novel, under the age of 18 or offended by genitalia stop reading now.  I went to see this movie as a complete virgin to the series.  I had heard nothing about Watchmen, which surprised me because I thought I knew a little more about comics [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a fan of the graphic novel, under the age of 18 or offended by genitalia stop reading now.  I went to see this movie as a complete virgin to the series.  I had heard nothing about Watchmen, which surprised me because I thought I knew a little more about comics than your average person.  I am not sure if reading the comic book before would have made this movie better, but I think that people that judge it with those eyes might be a little more kind.  I don&#8217;t think so though, because even though I like Superman and Spider Man a lot, the most recent movies sucked.</p>
<p>If you are never going to watch this movie, then continue reading because I am about to tear it apart&#8230; along with probably some of the comic book and probably make a couple of enemies along the way&#8230; but hey, I voted for Obama and that already lost me friends, so what is another couple just because I thought a movie was completely ghey.</p>
<p>The superhero genre is getting a little over saturated.  I think Dare Devil and Electra started to show us that, and well from then on we have seen a series of crap where the only golden nugget has been The Dark Knight.  Everything else as movies has been a pile of crap, and Watchmen seriously felt like stepping on steaming poo.</p>
<p>I would like to start by what I did like.  I think that Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach is impeccable.  He kept the movie flowing and I was waiting to see what he was going to say next every single time that he appeared on screen.  His character was the only one that seem to have not only depth but any type of likability.  Even as a very flawed human being he was still able to be someone you wanted to survive, but he ended up getting blown to pieces because of the greater good.</p>
<p>For a second imagine a world where Superman does not put Lex Luthor in jail, but rather becomes his ally because he thinks humanity is so flawed that what is 15 million people&#8217;s death if billions can be saved in the future.  In the same train of thought imagine that Batman is not as good of a detective he is, but more of an accountant type that can&#8217;t get it up for a beautiful woman, he has to first take the batwing for as spin to regain his manhood that was left hanging along with his cape.  The joker is a rapist that is actually allowed to be part of the good guys.  All over this comic we see caricatures of other beloved heroes.  It is almost like their flaws are being inflated and the painted on top of a canvas mirroring our current paranoia and divisiveness.  It is not that the heroes have gone bad, it is more like the heroes were never good.</p>
<p>I get the fact that people live violence and sex.  I also think that there is such a thing as too much blood and violence.  The blowing up of human bodies is just not something I enjoy seeing, along with attempted rape, bones broken and being exposed through skin and child dismemberment.  It did not seem to add anything to the story and the fight scenes just seemed like an excuse to poor some more blood on the camera.  In a world already so full of destruction I want to go see a movie that entertains me, not a movie that depresses me.</p>
<p>Every single character is flatter than the pages of the graphic novel that they came from.  I am sure the true fans of the series would say that I am missing the point or the satire in the content, but trust me, the package it was delivered on was pretty horrible.  Talking about packages, I never though i would see a movie where there would be 4 blue penises on the same frame.  If you thought 300 was homoerotic, well there are about 300 frames of penises in this movie.  When there was for I had to resist the urge to yell out loud, come on, enough of the blue penises.  While there were a couple of bare breasts in the movie, they did not make up for the penis overload, not even one vajajay.</p>
<p>The special effects throughout the movie felt wrong.  The camera angles tried too hard to be comic book frames.  When the most believable part of an alternate universe is that Nixon stayed in power for three terms, you have serious issues.  To me the movie was pretty bad, and it was only somewhat entertaining.  I would not even consider this a rental unless you enjoy looking at mans buttocks and full frontal over and over and over.</p>
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		<title>Slumdog Millionaire (****)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cannot believe that in the last weekend of 2008 I actually watched a movie that I can add to my must see list.  The Dark Knight was an impressive movie, but the raspy voice of Batman made it lose its fourth star.  I was ready to start building the post about how much this year sucked when it came to movies, when my wife went and found this gem of a movie.</p>
<p>Mixing a fictional story with the crude reality affecting the world right now would be impossible to execute, but this film did it.  The most amazing thing is that it did it while being entertaining, beautifully shot and impeccably casted.</p>
<p>I loved the use of color on the movie <a href="http://blog.logtar.com/2004/08/20/hero/">Hero</a> that made the frames almost look like paitings, I also was taken back by how real <a href="http://blog.logtar.com/2005/09/01/city-of-god/">City of God</a> portrayed poverty and social inequality.  I never imagined that a director could create a film where every scene could be made into a poster and hung in a gallery as a photography exhibit and also paint such a clear picture of India.  </p>
<p>I know India is a big country and trying to say that a movie can give you an idea of what goes on over there is pretentious.  The globalization theme has made me interested in India beyond liking its food and watching National Geographic documentaries.  Almost every single aspect of how much India is changing is touched on in the movie.  The social commentary is subtle and intelligent.  From everything I have written it would seem like this is a heavy movie, but that is the best part of it, the movie is not.</p>
<p>Even though the movie takes on themes like poverty, globalization, and entertainment, in its core this is a coming of age story.  Growing up we learn things that we use later on in life.  This movie cleverly mixes that idea into how moments in your life can be used to win a game show.  Not just any game show, but the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. </p>
<p>I hope all the scattered thoughts that I have posted here spark your curiosity, because it&#8217;s hard to talk about the movie without giving too much away.</p>
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		<title>Twilight (**)</title>
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Before anyone wants to take my man card away I want to say that, one I am back to about 100% so I can probably hurt ya, and two, next Monday we are going to go drink beer and see football.  Yesterday I got tickets for the midnight showing of twilight for Bea and [...]]]></description>
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<p>Before anyone wants to take my man card away I want to say that, one I am back to about 100% so I can probably hurt ya, and two, next Monday we are going to go drink beer and see football.  Yesterday I got tickets for the midnight showing of twilight for Bea and I go see it.  While I was being nursed back to health Bea gave me the first book in the series to read and I was hooked.</p>
<p>Simple writing, compelling story, almost comic book like action got me hooked.  I ended up reading all of the books in probably a weeks time.  The characters all have some flaw that even when they are immortals make them very human.</p>
<p>But I guess everyone wants to hear about the movie&#8230; and I am going to have to be a harsh critic.  As a standalone movie, it fails.  To fully appreciate the plot and understand the characters behavior you have to read the book first.</p>
<p>A movie goer will be dissapointed by a movie that will feel very slow in some parts and then too fast in others without any transition.</p>
<p>That said, the movie was cast flawlesly.  The actors do an excellent job at delivering lines that everyone that has read the book was waiting to hear.  There was attention to detail and many of the locations looked very close to what I had imagined them.  However it did not have the wow effect that the Harry Potter universe did when the first movie came out.</p>
<p>Bella, played by Kristen Stewar was amazing.  She played a very complex character who has the least amount of good lines since most of the book happens through her narration.  She comes off likeable without being cheesy, a real person rather than the cartoon most trouble teenagers seem to look like in todays movies.  She is a great actress because even though you have seen her in plenty of movies, each character stands on its own.  She was in Zathura, Jumper and Panic Room.</p>
<p>Edward played by Robert Pattison who you probably first saw in Harry Potter playing Cedric Diggory plays the perfect vampire from the books lore.  He has the best dialogue which he used to stop the hearts of every girl in that theater.  I was amazed that there was actually no screaming during the movie, kuddos to all the tweens.</p>
<p>Taylor Lautner played a good Jacob, but his role does not really develop until later on the books.  I hope this kid goes through a huge growth spur and can play the rest of the movies which I am pretty sure they are going to make.</p>
<p>The special effects in the movie worked quite well.  Visually it did its job.  The biggest misstep was the music.  Even though the score was not bad, there were plenty of opportunities missed to use excellent songs.  I think it would have made the slow not drag so much.</p>
<p>I give the movie two stars because the source material is some of the best I have ever read.  Once you read the book, see the movie, it will be very entertaining.  If you have not read the book, then be ready to feel like you are missing tons of stuff when you watch it.</p>
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		<title>Baby Mama (*)</title>
		<link>http://blog.logtar.com/2008/11/11/baby-mama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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From the previous I had high hopes for this comedy.  I thought that they were funny, but not too SNL like.  I was disappointing when I started watching it and saw more movie cliches than actual comedy.  I would bother with trying to save the spoilers if I actually thought this movie [...]]]></description>
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<p>From the previous I had high hopes for this comedy.  I thought that they were funny, but not too SNL like.  I was disappointing when I started watching it and saw more movie cliches than actual comedy.  I would bother with trying to save the spoilers if I actually thought this movie was somewhat enjoyable, but trust me, you will want to just turn it off.  If it was not because both Bea and I had long weeks and were kind of trying to just kick back and relax, we would have probably turned it off and went to do something else.</p>
<p>The problem with the movie is not that it is too predictable, or that it feels like a bunch of SNL skits tied together.  The problem is that the characters are never people you could connect with.  The moment you were trying to feel for one of them, the punchline to some joke would make them feel too cartoonish to actually be real people.</p>
<p>I am not a Steve Martin fan, I don&#8217;t quite dislike him, but I have never found him extremely funny; however his little role in this movie was perfect.  He was cartoonish enough that you never took him seriously so he ended up being the only character that really worked.</p>
<p>Do not rent or buy this DVD, please wait for it to come out on cable and maybe then give it a try&#8230; but trust me, after a half an hour you will want to turn the channel.</p>
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		<title>Stand Up Comedian?</title>
		<link>http://blog.logtar.com/2008/08/08/stand-up-comedian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I am funny&#8230; yes, you heard it first, I am delusional.  However, people do laugh at what I say, even though it is still up for discussion whether it is with me or at me, people do laugh.  Recently I have been picking up the habit of listening to stand up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I am funny&#8230; yes, you heard it first, I am delusional.  However, people do laugh at what I say, even though it is still up for discussion whether it is with me or at me, people do laugh.  Recently I have been picking up the habit of listening to stand up comedy a day.  It is something I enjoyed since I was a kid listening to the people that would come to the radio morning shows and Colombian stand up comedians.</p>
<p>I have started to listing to a variety and I find that some of them are not that funny, and even though they are not bombing on their shows, they are not getting that much of a reactions.  If those dudes can make it, maybe I can too.</p>
<p>My wife has a pretty good sense of humor, and enjoys mine.  It started as an inside jokes that some of our every day life occurrences were going to become part of my stand up. The more I said it as a comeback, them more it started to sound like a possibility.  I mentioned it to a couple of friends and they said, do it&#8230; go to a local place and give it a try.  One even said he will look for me and hold me to do it one of these days.</p>
<p>Without even knowing it, I have been working on material in my head for some time now.  And unlike most comedians, I am not afraid of having someone else steal it, or do a version of it.  I think that if you get bigger laughs from someone else&#8217;s jokes its cool&#8230; you do have to make it your own though.  So with that thought in mind I present you my first bit.</p>
<p>Do you guys like reality TV?<br />
I used to like it, but now I have realized that reality TV really does not exist.  With most shows actually being scripted&#8230; I know hard to believe that they actually manipulate people into doing or saying things for money.  I actually want to create a Reality TV channel&#8230; I know what you are thinking, there already is a Reality TV channel, but the one on right now is not my Reality TV channel.</p>
<p>I will have a show that is a group of friends trying to make it through their 20s, and don&#8217;t tell me there is already a show called friends or its most recent clone, how I met your mother, I know, I have seen them and they are not reality.  Neither of the shows have a token minority friend, sure they all date minorities to show they are cool, but none of them actually have a friend of a different color&#8230; and while we are on the subject, when the being Jewish become a color?  I hardly think that not eating a tasty animal like pork puts you on the same level with us &#8220;Chicharron&#8221; eaters, most Jewish people can keep their last name a secret and still pass for &#8220;white.&#8221;</p>
<p>Getting back to my real friends show, besides having real multiculturalism in my show, there will be real arguments.  Friends will lose friends over money not being paid.  Friends will help each other move and destroy and build backyard structures.  Friends will forget their wallets when time to pay for dinner will come.  When friend date each other the whole group has to break apart and take sides, and the baby mama drama will be real.</p>
<p>My reality TV channel will also have real commercials.  None of these commercials that show beaches, flower fields and puppies, I am talking about real life.  This is how I would advertise products, come with me.</p>
<p>A kid is trowing a huge tantrum and resists to go to bed, at first you would think I have already seen this in another channel, they are just advertising their Super Nanny show, but just wait.  The kid is now running around crying and refusing to go to bed&#8230; then suddenly the kid stumbles and passes out&#8230; Voice over comes on, Super Drowsy Children Benadryl, because you also deserve a good night of sleep.</p>
<p>Real advertisement, for real life&#8230;</p>
<p>So what do you guys think? funny? I have a couple of more things for the bit and it is a work in progress, but give me some feedback.</p>
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		<title>Jumper (**)</title>
		<link>http://blog.logtar.com/2008/02/15/jumper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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I am still trying to decide if I should recommend going to the theater for this one or just making it a rental.  I only open with that statement because from this review you might get the sense that I hated the movie, but even though it has many flaws it is still somewhat [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0489099/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/2266537655_ef7108a4dd_o.jpg" alt="Jumper" /></a><br />
I am still trying to decide if I should recommend going to the theater for this one or just making it a rental.  I only open with that statement because from this review you might get the sense that I hated the movie, but even though it has many flaws it is still somewhat entertaining action movie.</p>
<p>I am sure that the book is more complete, but the movie script seemed like someone had rolled the dice of a movie plot game.  Think of the movie guy&#8217;s voice and use his voice to read the following.  Two sides fight a battle through history, a neglected child who is bullied as a kid turn out to have powers,  from growing up in a small town to a big city, a new hero is born.</p>
<p>I was hoping that <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0159789/">Heyden Christensen</a> was going to redeem himself for making Darth Vader uncool, but I think he is not as good of an actor as I had hoped.  I first saw him in life as a house, and he showed some promise there.  It could just be that the script was not that good, but I have not read the book and might be just giving the material too much credit.</p>
<p>The problem is that the main character is not a hero, the characters are very one dimensional, the plot is at best confusing.  Samuel Jackson used to be one of my favorite actors because I thought you could deliver a monologue like no other, but since the Star War retooling he has been giving crappy lines.  In this movie he says the same line at least tree times, &#8220;Only God Should have the power.&#8221;  I am almost sure that this is significant in the book, as probably the sacrificial knife to kill jumpers is, but you never get the information on the movie.</p>
<p>What did work was the action.  The special effects are done very well and never really distracting.  Besides a car scene there are no moments where you go, that&#8217;s BS.  The fight scenes leave you wanting more, and overall the movie smells of sequel.  I think that if you can find a cheap theater to go watch it at, it is not a bad movie.  As long as you expect just action and no real plot, y ou will have a good time.</p>
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		<title>Heath Ledger Dies at 28</title>
		<link>http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/22/heath-ledger-dies-at-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in his apartment in NYC and it seems to have been drug related.  He had recently split from Michelle Williams.  He plays the Joker in the upcoming Batman Movie.
Daniel just told me about this happening and it made me feel really sad.  I don&#8217;t remember [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actor <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0005132/">Heath Ledger</a> was found <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/01/23/1201024937592.html">dead today</a> in his apartment in NYC and it seems to have been drug related.  He had recently split from Michelle Williams.  He plays the Joker in the upcoming Batman Movie.</p>
<p>Daniel just told me about this happening and it made me feel really sad.  I don&#8217;t remember being this sad when Chris Farley died under also the suspicion of drug overdose.  I was living in Chicago at the time and felt almost detached from the whole thing.  It was not until the whole documentary about his life came out that I felt a little more connected to the story.</p>
<p>I first remember Ledger from <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0147800/">10 things I hate about you</a> where he played kind of a loner that steals the hearth of the chick that wants nothing to do with boys because of a broken heart.  The Movie was a great mixture of a love story and a teen movie without making you want to puke.</p>
<p>Ledger moved on to being in the Patriot which I thought was a good role, and then did the quirky A knights tale which was ok.  I had not seen another one of his movies and I am not interested on broke back mountain, but I was very excited to see him as the Joker in the previews for the new movie.</p>
<p>I am sad that his life ended so short because I found him to be a good actor.  I am sad for his little daughter that will grow up without knowing a father.  I am also sad to lose another great actor to drugs, but it seems like it is not an uncommon thing.  Rest in Peace.</p>
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		<title>Box Office Number Ones of 2007</title>
		<link>http://blog.logtar.com/2008/01/12/box-office-number-ones-of-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my non resolutions this year is to start reviewing movies again.  I really slacked in 2007 not just on movie reviewing but also watching.  We have recently found a place where movies are only 4 bucks for matinée and 6 dollars even on weekends for new movies.  So here is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my non resolutions this year is to start reviewing movies again.  I really slacked in 2007 not just on movie reviewing but also watching.  We have recently found a place where movies are only 4 bucks for matinée and 6 dollars even on weekends for new movies.  So here is a list that I took from the wikipedia and gave myself the title of reviewer or the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_office_number-one_films_of_2007_%28USA%29">number one box office hits of 2007</a>.  Somebody better buy a freaking DVD from Amazon after all the link building I did.</p>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NOKJCM/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B000NOKJCM.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NOKJCM/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>Night at the Museum</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>Did not see it, have not even rented it.  Nobody really recommended it either, I know it has Ben Stiller and Robin Williams who I enjoy, but meh!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OCY7U8/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B000OCY7U8.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OCY7U8/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>Stomp The Yard </strong>(2 Weeks)</p>
<p>I waited for rental and was surprised to learn that it stayed at number one for two weeks even though it only made about 33 million on those two.  The movie had the 80s Feel good attitude, but it was not even worth the rental.  Unless you are into the whole stomping thing, I say pass.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000O76ZOE/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B000O76ZOE.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000O76ZOE/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>Epic Movie</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>I am surprised I missed this movie since most of the time I actually go see them at the theater.  This one did not even make the rental list, and again, I heard nobody talking abou thow good it was so I skipped it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OVLBGM/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B000OVLBGM.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OVLBGM/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>The Messengers</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>My wife has an adversion to Scary movies, and I am not a total fan since they have become so formulaic.  The latest of what I think is the copy cat era from the asian horror films passed me by.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000PATZK6/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B000PATZK6.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000PATZK6/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>Norbit </strong>(1 Week)</p>
<p>Eddie Murphis has been sucking for quite some time.  Even though the low point was probably Pluto Nash, I see no point on watching him once again make fun of fat people.  Not that I take it personally, but come on, isn&#8217;t there a better subject matter? I did not even rent this one.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OVLBEY/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B000OVLBEY.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000OVLBEY/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>Ghost Rider</strong> (2 Weeks)</p>
<p>I did not realize how many movies I had actually missed this year.  This one I can actually blame my friends for not seeing.  I heard nothing but how bad this movie was and I saved the money.  I have considered renting it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000QFCD7W/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B000QFCD7W.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000QFCD7W/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>Wild Hogs</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>I actually convinced my wife to go see it with me and we both enjoyed it quite a bit.  I loved the end of the movie but I am not going to ruin it just in case you go ahead and rent it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPLW/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JPLW.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPLW/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>300</strong> (2 Weeks)</p>
<p>Miller&#8217;s masterpiece was treated very fairly by the silver screen.  While it was a little on the homo side with more pecks than you can shake a stick at, Leonidas kicks ass.  The action was good but the visuals were truly stunning.  If you did not catch this movie I seriously recommend you buy it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPMZ/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"><img border="0" alt="buy at Amazon.com" src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JPMZ.01.TZZZZZZZ" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPMZ/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1"></a><br />
<strong>TMNT</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>Why I have not seen this movie already is beyond me.  Netflix add to queue.</p>
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<strong>Blades of Glory </strong>(2 Weeks)</p>
<p>I went in with low expectations for this movie but found it hilarious.  It is a great comedy and the story is a little bit different.  They should team up again for more movies for sure.  I would not quite call it a most buy, but it is worth a rental.</p>
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<strong>Disturbia </strong>(3 Weeks)</p>
<p>Wow, that is a long time to be a number one for any movie.  This one was a rental for me, and I was glad to see it.  The story is good and it showed that Shia LaBeouf was a good actor.  I think this was his breakout year and hopefully he will do a good job with Indiana Jones.  The movie is worth watching because the suspense is pretty good and not as predictable as you might think. Rent it.</p>
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<strong>Spider-Man 3</strong> (2 Weeks)	</p>
<p>Even though I some of my money went to the $151,116,516 that beat the weekend record that Pirates had before, I wanted my money back.  I wrote about how much I despised this movie.</p>
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<strong>Shrek the Third </strong>(1 Week)</p>
<p>The first movie of the year to actually leave me smiling after I walked out of the theater. Well worth the price at the theater the first most buy of the year.  It kept the charm of the first two while doing the humor a little different.  The new characters did not seem out of place and I laughed pretty hard.  Shrek the Third broke Shrek 2&#8217;s record for the highest weekend debut for an animated film, and is 3rd in all-time weekend debuts.</p>
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<strong>Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#8217;s End</strong> (2 Weeks)	</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve had enough of the metrosexual pirate, so I skipped this one all together.</p>
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<strong>Ocean&#8217;s Thirteen</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>Why haven&#8217;t I seen this one yet&#8230; </p>
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<strong>Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>Not as good as the first one, but remember the first one was not that good to begin with.  Even though the Silver Surfer was very powerful, he was kind of one dimensional.  I did not like it enough to even recommend a rental, it will eventually make it to TV, just wait.</p>
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<strong>Evan Almighty</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>To much bad CGI for me&#8230; I love animals because they are not humans, once you start making them talk or behave like humans, they need to be fully animated or they lose their charm.  Sorry to all of the fans of talking horses but I pass.</p>
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<strong>Ratatouille</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>So far the best two movies of the year have been animated&#8230; what does that say about actors?  This movie had everything right, from the animation to the voices.  This one is a most buy also.</p>
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<strong>Transformers </strong>(1 Week)</p>
<p>I almost dislike that Harry Potter took the number one spot from this one.  I was happy to see that even thought they changed a lot, the scense of the transformers stayed intact.  Sure, at times it feels like an Army recruitment video, but it is still the best movie of the summer.  This one is another most buy, and again, even though there were some actors here, the stars were also CGI.</p>
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<strong>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix </strong>(1 Week)</p>
<p>First all actor movie that I enjoyed!  Even though I kind of feel that it is due to me loving the books more than to movie superiority.  It is hard to see the movie without thinking of the book, but overall they did a great job.  I say rent it unless you are an HP fan and you probably already have the DVD.</p>
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<strong>I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry</strong> (1 Week)	</p>
<p>We need to add it to netflix.</p>
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<strong>The Simpsons Movie</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>The Simpsons have not been this funny since the mid 90s.  Go buy this right now if you have not seen it already!	</p>
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<strong>The Bourne Ultimatum</strong> (1 Week)</p>
<p>It could potentially be the best movie of the series.  The action is just as cool as Transformers but without CGI robots.</p>
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<strong>Rush Hour 3 	</strong></p>
<p>Needs to be also added to the queue.</p>
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<strong>Superbad</strong> (2 Weeks)</p>
<p>I was not sure about this movie.  I am still not sure about this movie&#8230; it is almost like Apple Pie meets Napoleon Dinamyte, but not quite.  Def worth the rental price.<br />
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Halloween </strong>(1 Week)	</p>
<p>Not really interested, never watched the original and I have already seen what Zombie does to movies.  Pass.</p>
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<strong>3:10 to Yuma</strong></p>
<p>Added to the queue.</p>
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<strong>The Brave One</strong> </p>
<p>Maybe added to the queue.  Jodie Foster pissed off looks like a good premise, but then again they had a sister movie called&#8230; I don&#8217;t know, I hate when Hollywood does the, Volcano movies, Asteroid movies&#8230; we&#8217;ll see.</p>
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<strong>Resident Evil: Extinction</strong></p>
<p>Might borrow from a friend some day.</p>
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<strong>The Game Plan </strong></p>
<p>The Rock is funny, I still want to watch it. Add to queue.</p>
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<strong>Why Did I Get Married? </strong></p>
<p>Might add to the queue.</p>
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<strong>30 Days of Night </strong></p>
<p>Not interested.  Amazon does not even have an image for it&#8230; how relevant.</p>
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<strong>Saw IV </strong>	</p>
<p>Not interested.<br />
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<strong>American Gangster </strong></p>
<p>Denzel is a good actor, will have to add to queue.</p>
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<strong>Bee Movie </strong></p>
<p>Sienfeld can annoy me at times&#8230; I might make it a rental.</p>
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<strong>Beowulf </strong></p>
<p>Fully CGI, Full of potential suck. Pass.</p>
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<strong>Enchanted </strong>(2 Weeks)	</p>
<p>Surprisingly great movie.  I am not into the whole musical in the middle of the movie thing, but they did it well.  Rent it, kids will enjoy it.</p>
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<strong>The Golden Compass </strong></p>
<p>They managed to not annoy me with talking animals.  Great story, executed flawlesly.  Rent it for sure.</p>
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<strong>I Am Legend</strong></p>
<p>Biggest December opening ever. Best opening weekend for Will Smith.  He carried a whole movie on his own and I am proud.  This movie is still in theaters, go watch it!</p>
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<strong>National Treasure: Book of Secrets</strong> (2 Weeks)</p>
<p>At least the year ended in a good note for movies because it was pretty shaky.  This movie was pretty good family fun.  Go take your kids and have some fun.</p>
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		<title>Star Trek Cast</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not been this excited about a Star Trek movie since the First Contact movie back in 1996.  I am a huge fan of The Next Generation because of Jean Luc Picard, my favorite captain.  Before you start telling me how much better the other captains are and get all trekkie on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have not been this excited about a <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0796366/">Star Trek </a>movie since the First Contact movie back in 1996.  I am a huge fan of The Next Generation because of Jean Luc Picard, my favorite captain.  Before you start telling me how much better the other captains are and get all trekkie on me, let me just say that I got to watch TNG every week as it came out and not via re-runs.  I did watch the original but I was more of a bystander while someone else in my house watched it.  My favorite character was Spock because well, vulcans are cool galactic elfs.  What makes the new movie more interesting is its cast, they are not main stream actors but I am sure you have seen them on other stuff.  So lets take a look at who will be boarding the USS Enterprise.<br />
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<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2147/1594561558_dd7d378ce4_m.jpg" width="150" alt="Zachary Quinto" /><br />
<br /><a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0704270/">Zachary Quinto</a> comes to us fresh from the TV show Heroes to play the lovable Vulcan.  You might have also seen him in the past in CSI, Charmed or 24.  He is an excellent actor and will have no problem playing a Vulcan.  His current character in Heroes has been very demanding and he has done it well.  I look forward to him being the star of this movie.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/1594561298_7f72b46cbd_m.jpg" width="150" alt="Simon Pegg" /><br />
<br /><a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0670408/">Simon Pegg</a> Will be responding to the &#8220;beam me up&#8221; phrase that we all know and love.  If you have not seen <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0425112/">Hot Fuzz</a> or <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0365748/">Shaun of the Dead</a> you need take a trip to the rental store or add it to your online rental queue right now.  You might have also seen him on MI III or Dr Who. (If you don`t know what Dr Who is ask a guy named Big Orange Michael.)</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2264/1594561624_40dc4bc800_o.jpg" width="150" alt="Zoe Saldana" /><br />
<br />Zoe Saldana is going to be playing Uhura.  She was not one of my favorite characters on the original since I though she lacked depth and ass kicking, but Saldana is another great actor.  I first noticed Saldana on one of my favorite movies, Center Stage.  She has been in several movies and will do a great job on the movie.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/1594561154_52ebd61932_m.jpg" width="150" alt="Eric Bana" /><br />
<br />Eric Bana who I frankly don&#8217;t think too much of, the only movie where I stomached him was Munich, is going to be the villain Nero in the movie.<br />
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**Rumors**<br />
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<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/1594561072_83896f6c74_m.jpg" width="150" "Chris Pine" /><br />
<br />Chris Pine is said to be the ripping his shirt captain that Shatner made famous.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2206/1599820260_23af72cf3a_o.jpg" width="150" alt="John Cho" /><br />
<br /><a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0158626/">John Cho</a> from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle might be playing Sulu.  Another connection with Heroes is that George Takei the original Sulu plays Kaito Nakamura.</p>
<p>Here is a picture of the original cast if you need a reminder of what they all looked like <img src='http://blog.logtar.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2059/1593674769_babf0da1af_o.jpg" width="338" height="409" alt="startrekcast" /></p>
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		<title>The Simpsons Movie (****)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Spider Pig, Spider Pig, made about 72 Mil.  While I do not want to ruin this movie for anyone, I really want to&#8230; I want to talk about every single piece of hilarious comedy so that someone can tell me if I have missed anything.
The Simpsons are an institution now, they are even the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Spider Pig, Spider Pig, made about 72 Mil.  While I do not want to ruin this movie for anyone, I really want to&#8230; I want to talk about every single piece of hilarious comedy so that someone can tell me if I have missed anything.</p>
<p>The Simpsons are an institution now, they are even the subject of college courses.  The same way some kids grew up with Harry Potter, I grew up with Bart.  I do agree that the wizard is a lot cooler than the underachiever, but Bart is a lot funnier and his first full frontal is pure hilarity.</p>
<p>There was a lot of political statements and the humor was better than Family Guy but did not need to be over the top.  It really captured the old feeling of watching The Simpsons when I was a lot younger.  <a href="http://blog.betizuka.com">Bea </a>reviewed the movie too, go see what she had to say.  We went to the theater with some friends and then enjoyed some <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatrizd/">sushi and gellato</a> <img src='http://blog.logtar.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>You need to go out and see this movie this week before people ruin it for you.  Nobody dies on this one&#8230; or do they? </p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JPQZ/logtarsblog-20?creative=125581&#038;camp=2321&#038;link_code=as1">The Simpsons Movie</a><a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0462538/">.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Homer" rel="tag" class="techtag">Homer</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Bart" rel="tag" class="techtag">Bart</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Lisa" rel="tag" class="techtag">Lisa</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Spider+Pig" rel="tag" class="techtag">Spider Pig</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Simpsons" rel="tag" class="techtag">Simpsons</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Dome" rel="tag" class="techtag">Dome</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/FOX" rel="tag" class="techtag">FOX</a>.</p>
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