Friday, April 30, 2010

Just giving a farewell post to TC, which has been good and fun and odd, and has fallen under the wave of technical hassles and real-life intrusions. Off to do something constructive, like paint a child's room purple.

Labels: 2010, admin, baby girl dance, feeling old, local flavor

23:46 bone daddy

Monday, December 28, 2009

Facial Recognition, If This Is Any Indicator, Is Not Reliable Technology
I mean, c'mon.  This celebrity matcher thing didn't notice my resemblance to Tom Baker or Mark Knopfler?

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

Labels: feeling old, pictures, science

17:30 cdogzilla

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

I know we here love us some Jackie Chan, but the trailer for the new Karate Kid remake makes me all kinds of dyspeptic. First of all, I don't think the original needs a remake. It holds up really well. Secondly, remaking movies that I saw in the theater makes me feel all kinds of old. Thirdly, Will Smith Jr. seems like he has some of his dad's charisma - never seen him in anything - but also looks about three years too young. Can the sexual tension/love triangle that sets the plot in motion be anything but creepy?

And finally, Jackie. Maybe this will work. He looks admirably run down in the trailer. I assume the movie gives him some Miyagi-esque back story to explain why he would take in the foreign kid. Jackie could use a good role for an older martial artist, but I suspect this will be too cute, too filled with winking at the audience. I fear half-hearted bullying and heart-and-a-half mugging for the camera. End cranky old man rant. (Link via Ghost in the Machine)

Labels: feeling old, martial arts, movies, youtube goodness

10:39 bone daddy