Dom! Doom! Doom! Doom! DOOOOM!

Cool evening. Northwinds at about 10 mph. I get in my car with my sister to catch a new flick, DOOM. As soon as I heard the title, I didn’t rush. Honestly, it wasn’t on my MUST SEE list. But I went anyhow. I thought, well, why not? A small school of fish could have persuaded me to do otherwise, but damnit, I went.

I get in the theater and it is 1/3 filled with press. The other seats were being filled by fanboys. Bring on the Red Vines because it was gonna be a night!

Doom is a science-fiction action adventure that takes place on Mars. Somehow, someway, these humans in the future find an arc that transports them from earth to Mars, where crazy beings are chasing and killing humans for their life-force and Simpsons DVD collections.

There is a storyline about chromosomes, a doctor, a family, and of course, the Sarge. I won't spoil the movie for you gamers and non-gamers, but I will say this, it's gorey.

I expected the film to be really bad, with horrible lines and even worse acting, but I have to say it wasn't as bad as I expected. I would actually benture to say it is decent, maybe because I was expecting nothing, and was pleasantly surprised. And Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson does command a screen when he is on. The lines are very out of hte videogame, with simple staccado verbage that incites laughter, but the movie doesn't take itself seriously at all, so it works out.

When the movie let out, I got up like the other 1000 people there, and I swear, when I rose from the seat, my head must have pierced this protective forcefield of decent air, and I entered the world of stank BO! Oh My! Do theater patrons think that with the AC on you don't have to wear any deoderant? Jebus. Save me. To the ladies room! Note to the dudes, if you have ladies, and i know a couple of you do, they may not enjoy the film. This is why. I went to the ladies room right after the film and never have I ever encountered as much clamour nor discussion of a film while waiting for a stall as I did here. And all the ladies said, 'it's too gorey. It's too violent. It's too bloody.' So you crazy bloodthirsty animals out there, this is the movie for you!

And of many of the actors I have recently had the pleasure of meeting, The Rock has been one of the most impressive in person. He is incredibly gracious, kind, and in love with delivering entertainment. One thing he said when I talked to him about doing his own stunts in the film is 'I know the value of a dollar and if you pay your money to see this film, you don't wanna just see the back of my head here or there, no. You see me doing all that crazy stuff up there.' A man that's such a tall drink of water is a man I like.

Doom

Yes, I saw the film, and hopefully in the next few days, my crazy ass will post something about the film. Let me just say this, not a COMPLETE disappointment - nope. Not at all.

Oy. I am back

Without a lot of hubbub, I return to loyal blog subscribers who, if they haven't passed out from rolling their eyes so far back into their heads, are reading this entry and allowing me to apoligize for my absense.

Ok, so work has been a little bit busier at LTN than I expected. We launched Monday, and it has been a whirlwind of 70 hour weeks, weekend work, and lots of frustrations. But you know what? We got on the air and how, gues who voices some of the promos? Me! Crazy stuff huh? Yup, working here, I write jewels such as 'Hold on to your cojones', and 'We don't speak dorkinese here', and then they bestow the job of voice artist on me for certain shows. Wait til they find out my voice sounds like a kitten being beaten by a punk kid on his way to serial murderer status. That'll learn 'em to take any old girl off the street for a voice!

And what the hell is President Bush doign nominating a good ol' buddy of his to the Supreme Court when she's never been a judge before? Harriet Miers is a female. Yes. Sandra Day O'Connor was a female. Yes. Good parallel there Pres, but really, one had experience as a judge before playing with the big ones on the Supreme Court, and the other is Harriet Mier. We're not hiring employees for a rib shack here people.

Oh, everyone, if you sign up for the LTN Crew (ltnla.com) than you can get prizes and win appearances on our TV network, and invites to our party. That's pretty good.

And now that things have settled a bit more, yes, I will update more often.

Sometimes I wonder...

You know what is weird? People jockeying for their authority. that's what. I mean, this isn't South Park's Cartman saying 'Respect my authority!'. This is a grown woman questioning my need to get pens.

Now for a little back story. Let's say hypothetically that a 'friend' of mine started working for a new network, check it at ltnla.com. It's pretty superific. Being at a start-up, there are no office supplies to be had without ordering them first. Logically, 'the friend' orders some. And here is where the trouble begins. Order goes in, yelling ensues about the type of pen, jockeying for authority begins, and the 'friend' goes off about how these pens are not Mont Blanc, but just Pilot pens. Damn. I am not alone in this battle, I know.

little rant, lots of steam. next posting should be about tech related stuff. Hopefully.

The 40 Year-Old-Virgin

I saw Steve Carell's new movie about a...(drum roll please)...40 Year-Old-Virgin (cymball crash here)! And as much as you expect this to be a non-stop laugh riot, it is also a sweet romantic story, which everyone in the movie wants to make sure you realize. Yes Judd Apatow and Steve Carell, I watched the film and know that down in the heart of it, the movie is a cute love story, but it is full of really great laughs. And a really hot grandmother. You heard of MILFs, here, Catherine Keener plays a GILF, (thank god they didn't call her that in the film), and you can feel your attitude towards her change when she tells you she has a grandkid. The movie is silly, silly fun with some good hearted laughs that a lot of DOODs will relate to.

Enough about the film already. Now about my interviews with the stars. I will recount a couple of funny interview answers I thought would enlighten our muddied visions of life, and a couple that made me giggle.

me: Steve, that was your real hair that was waxed off your chest. But your back had no hair in the movie. Did you wax that?
Steve: No, I was born with all the hair on my back growing out of my chest.

me: What are viewers going to get from seeing this movie?
Steve Carell: I hope the movie makes them want to go out and vote.
Paul Rudd: It's a funny movie. I hope this movie makes them laugh, laugh so much that they pee, just a litttle in the movie theater.

That's right people, the humans that were on the seat before you PEEd on the seat. PEE! You're sitting in human PEE!

thank you and good night.