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[janesvilleflash]

Best case, let's hope the whole Iraq mess is over by summer!

[retagent]

OZ Keep repeating, "It's only a movie, it's only a movie." That's one from the archives. I too saw "I Am Legend" My son was with me to 'splain some things. I didn't think it was all that bad, although not my cup o' tea genre wise. I did see "Charlie Wilson's War" and it was actually better than I thought it would be. Phillip Seymour (Brant) Hoffman (sorry for the gratuitous The Big Lebowski reference, but it had to be done) played his role flawlessly. Unlike most movies, it didn't put the best parts in the trailers. Just a little review for those of us who have time during the throes of winter.

[old ends]

Just had my retirement request disapproved, looking like another trip to iraq for me this summer. hoping not to meet up with you in a official capacity KR. 

Be Safe, Stay Alert, trust what you see and think.

Please forward Name and APO address when you can to my e-mail. Always sending things to our finest from the area where I live.

[sfury]

Saw I am Legend the other day. I enjoyed it for the most part. Might have enjoyed it more because I saw it in a theater in Times Square, so it's pretty cool watching a movie where Times Square is completely empty and overrun with wildlife. and I never get bothered much by the disbelief portion of movies. I mean, it's a movie about vampires who eat people, basically. They're obviously going to take some liberties with reality. That being said (SPOILER ALERT), how did that tiny wall around the Vermont compound keep the beasts from getting to the humans, considering how they obviously managed to get people in other, larger complexes?

Oz, I don't know if you can call it a ripoff of 28 days later, considering I am Legend is based on a book from 1954.

[DuffMan]

Stanbob,

Good luck!

[OzJohnnie]

That being said (SPOILER ALERT), how did that tiny wall around the Vermont compound keep the beasts from getting to the humans, considering how they obviously managed to get people in other, larger complexes?

And, since the compound wasn't in a filtered air bubble, why didn't they fall prey to the airborne virus anyway?

Bah!  Humbug.

[AUPepBand]

Since we're in the off-season, perhaps D3 football fans have a little more time for some entertainment and seeing such movies. But then there's "The Writers' Strike."

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/17cc3b30d6

Can one imagine if there were "A Posters' Strike" and D3football.com's addicted posters sought other outlets for their expressions?   ....bathroom stall walls beware!

[Klopenhiemer]

Just had my retirement request disapproved, looking like another trip to iraq for me this summer. hoping not to meet up with you in a official capacity KR.  Hopefully a bit of Jameson's will take the sting out for a little bit.  And +K for the New Year all, hope I didn't get the midnight smiter by mistake.

Be safe and thank you for your service. 

[retagent]

OZ - The people in the compound were immune as I read it. As far as how the beasts didn't get there, maybe there was no food trail so they could trek there. They can't drive. Just go with it. How can Superman fly? When he pees, why doesn't he damage the urinal? When he taps Lois, ............well, let's not even think about how to get her off the ceiling.

I have the most trouble with movies which are about something I know. It spoils it a bit when things aren't as you know them to be. If you don't know about how something works, it's a little easier to lose yourself in the plot.

[OzJohnnie]

OZ - The people in the compound were immune as I read it. As far as how the beasts didn't get there, maybe there was no food trail so they could trek there. They can't drive. Just go with it. How can Superman fly? When he pees, why doesn't he damage the urinal? When he taps Lois, ............well, let's not even think about how to get her off the ceiling.

I have the most trouble with movies which are about something I know. It spoils it a bit when things aren't as you know them to be. If you don't know about how something works, it's a little easier to lose yourself in the plot.

In responding to this I feel like a sweaty, long haired geek sitting in front of a glowing monitor in my mother's dusty and dimly-lit basement surrounded by empty boxes of pizza and Red Bull.  My point is...


Oh, I can't do it.  Gotta stop.  Just didn't like it.

[Knightstalker]

OZ - The people in the compound were immune as I read it. As far as how the beasts didn't get there, maybe there was no food trail so they could trek there. They can't drive. Just go with it. How can Superman fly? When he pees, why doesn't he damage the urinal? When he taps Lois, ............well, let's not even think about how to get her off the ceiling.

I have the most trouble with movies which are about something I know. It spoils it a bit when things aren't as you know them to be. If you don't know about how something works, it's a little easier to lose yourself in the plot.

That is why I really like Hunt for Red October.  It is the only submarine movie that really captures being underwater during the cold war and the games we would play with the commies.

[Kilted Rat]

Just had my retirement request disapproved, looking like another trip to iraq for me this summer. hoping not to meet up with you in a official capacity KR.  Hopefully a bit of Jameson's will take the sting out for a little bit.  And +K for the New Year all, hope I didn't get the midnight smiter by mistake.

Best of luck to ya as well as prayers and thoughts!
Keep your eyes open and your head down! Hope to meet you in person someday, but not when I'm in uniform!



Oz,

Great rant/review! My OI'MS meter was off the charts nearly the entire movie. There were sooo many biological BS claims in the movie it made me sick. Definitely not worth your time or $$$. National Treasure was the opposite, as good as advertised!

That is the last time I ever go see a movie just because Will Smith is in it!

[OzJohnnie]

HA!  Take an infrequent problem, come up with a reasonable sounding solution... and neglect to ponder what might happen if things don't go quite to plan...

I give you the results of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

[stanbob]

Thanks to you all for you words of support, I really had thought my retirement request would go through so it was a bit of a shock.  You are right KR, would like to meet you someday, but certainly not in a professional capacity.    Hope all is well with our friends from Wisconsin following the big traffic pile-up.

[57Johnnie]

Since we're in the off-season, perhaps D3 football fans have a little more time for some entertainment and seeing such movies. But then there's "The Writers' Strike."

There is no off-season for:
Johnnie fans
MIACPP
d3football.com
JohnnieFootball.com  -- once the Writer's Strike is over