Tuesday, January 05, 2010

I'm dying to hear a funny joke so I can say, "That made me laugh so hard I just restored the original meaning to the phrase 'underpants bomber!'"
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Labels: 2009, underpantsbomber

08:59 cdogzilla

Monday, December 28, 2009

First caveat:  there are a lot of movies that I wanted to see this decade and didn't.  I suspect, of those well-reviewed unseen movies, too numerous to list, many would be on this list.
Second caveat: I only saw Sherlock Holmes once, yesterday, and loved it.  I may be riding high off the buzz.
Third caveat:  I'm a fanboy buffoon.  Barely, if even, more credible than the AICN commenter.

1. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
2. "Serenity"
3. "Memento"
4. "Fellowship of the Ring"/"The Two Towers"/"Return of the King"
5. "Brick"
6. "Michael Clayton"
7. "Traffic"
8. "Legend of the Drunken Master"
9. "Erin Brokovich"
10. "Snatch"
11. "Star Trek"
12. "Sherlock Holmes"
13. "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"
14. "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle"
15. "Iron Man"
16. "The Bourne Identity"/"The Bourne Ultimatum"/"The Bourne Supremacy"
17. "The 40-Year-Old-Virgin"
18. "Casino Royale"
19. "Spider-Man"
20. "Batman Begins"/"The Dark Knight"
21. "Ocean's Eleven"/"Ocean's Twelve"
22. "Inside Man"
23. "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"
24. "City of God"
25. "Fahrenheit 9/11"
26. "Hotel Rwanda"
27. "Shaun of the Dead"
28. "Juno"
29. "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
30. "Gosford Park"
31. "The Departed"
32. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
33. "The Royal Tenenbaums"
34. "Kill Bill Vol. 1"/"Kill Bill Vol. 2"
35. "Hot Fuzz"
36. "An Inconvenient Truth"
37. "The Prestige"
38. "War"
39. "The Transporter"
40. "The Illusionist"
41. "Ghost World"
42. "Love Actually"
43. "Ali"
44. "District 9"
45. "Sexy Beast"
46. "In the Loop"
47. "United 93"
48. "The Constant Gardener"
49. "I Heart Huckabees"
50. "Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior"

Labels: 2009, Lists, movies

20:56 cdogzilla

Friday, December 11, 2009

Best of the Aughts: TV
A top ten for the first nine years of this decade and the last year of the last decade/century/millennium.

1. Firefly - It goes without saying.  This is one where we'll have to agree to disagree, if you disagree. But, can you, really?  I mean, we saw the same show, right?  
2. Deadwood - OMCFG this show rocked my world.  
3. The West Wing - I hoped Obama would be Bartlett.  He's not.  But he's probably the closest we'll see in our lifetime.
4. Veronica Mars - Really, for season one only.  I really grooved on season one.
5. Arrested Development - I'm teaching my kids the chicken dance, that's how much I love this show.
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm - The man in the cape makes me laugh out very loud.  
7. 30 Rock - I want to go to there. 
8. The Office - I like Jim.  The Office would be higher on this list if he didn't keep pulling that same face every time he looks at the camera.  It's funny nearly every time ... but there's a one-trick-pony effect holding the show back, in my mind.  Sometimes it feels a little like Frasier, I don't know if I can put the feeling into words, but sometimes you're just so embarrassed for a character it's not fun any more.
9. The Daily Show/The Colbert Report/Countdown/Rachel Maddow - It was either a four way tie or exclude comedy/news shows all together.  Couldn't have one without the others but didn't want to fill the list up with progressive news over scripted dramas and comedies.
10. Dollhouse - Yes, Dollhouse. Despite it's flaws, it's ahead of Gilmore Girls, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, & Chuck. So why does Dollhouse make it?  Alpha, mainly.  And Olivia Williams is pitch perfect as Adele.  Dushku as Echo didn't work for me until very near the end.  I can't say the series was particularly well structured but when it was brilliant, it was Whedonesquely brilliant.  I mentioned BSG even though I thought it was wildly overrated, not half the sci-fi epic Babylon 5 was. 

Labels: 2009, Lists, TV

23:09 cdogzilla

Monday, November 23, 2009

The best TV series of the ’00s | Best Of The Decade | The A.V. Club: Oh my. Time for best of the year and decade lists again. I'd like to make some; will probably settle for reading them.

Labels: 2009, Lists

09:25 cdogzilla

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Labels: 2009, politics

18:14 cdogzilla

Friday, March 27, 2009

A Historical Context To the BIG EAST's Storybook NCAA Championship Run - BIG EAST Conference Athletics: The Big East already has three Elite Eight teams, after tonight it could be five. 3 is the record (held by several conferences). You have to like Louisville's chances (line is -8.5). Syracuse must be considered a long shot ... hmmm, looks like they're actually +1 or even depending on the line. Nice.

Labels: 2009, sports, uconn

15:45 cdogzilla

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Calhoun out for at least the first round? forum.connpost.com

Labels: 2009, sports, uconn

14:47 cdogzilla

Obama's Barack-et: March Madness at the WH: Obama's Bracket | 44 | washingtonpost.com
UNC? Nah. If not UConn, and probably not, then another Big East school. Louisville or Pitt.

Labels: 2009, Obama, sports, uconn

11:43 cdogzilla

Sunday, March 15, 2009

UConn Draws No. 1 Seed In The West -- Courant.com - Louisville and Pitt are also #1 seeds. Amazing. But, I think the committee got it right. I've been lowballing my expectations for the Huskies but I'm starting to waver and think this really could be another great year for them. It's not that I think they're looking better -- still not as good as the 1999 and 2004 teams -- but nobody else looks like they're head and shoulders above everyone else either. I think Memphis and UConn could've gone 1-2 without it being that big of a deal. I haven't looked at the full bracket yet, so I could be looking to revise this post shortly, but I suddenly see a future beyond the Sweet Sixteen for this year's edition.

Labels: 2009, sports, uconn

22:04 cdogzilla

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Labels: 2009, movies, sci-fi

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