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clevermanka) wrote2012-11-28 09:48 am
clevermanka) wrote2012-11-28 09:48 am
Hitting shit with a stick
I don't like spending money at big chain stores, but I don't mind so much shopping at Costco. In fact, we went there last night and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mckitterick bought me a new laptop since my little netbook that I use for internetting at home is about to give up the ghost. *sadness*
Speaking of dying electronics, I think my keyboard at work is about to shoot craps, too, and that sucks major balls because Microsoft doesn't make this keyboard anymore, and it's the only one I've found that doesn't make my wrists ache. BUMMER.
While we were in KC last night, we saw the new Red Dawn on a decent screen. It was surprisingly good. I mean, it's not Great Cinema or anything like that, but it's certainly a lot better than I expected. They revised some of the characters and some things happened differently as a result--certain people have different roles and motivations but meet the fate of a character in the earlier film for example--and of course none of the minority characters survive (that's not even worthy of a spoiler alert, sorry). I really liked Josh Hutcherson's character--more than either of the brothers/leads. The fight scenes were awful, though, jerky and confusing and hard to see. The best part of the movie for me was when they reused the exact same radio broadcast lines from the original. Heck, they might have even used the same audio clip.
The chair is against the wall. John has a big mustache.
This part of the movie is for me the saddest and most depressing part of the story. I mean, here's this pathetic group of kids, freezing and half-starved, homes and families gone, fighting what they know is a losing battle, and here's this radio broadcast telling them to be strong, etc., but then it goes into codespeak which none of them can understand because they've been trapped behind enemy lines since the beginning, and sure there's this encouragement on pirate radio, but it's immediately followed by proof of just how cut off and isolated they really are. They can't even understand the communications with their fellow insurgents, much less be in contact themselves. Heartbreaking! I think it played better in the original, or maybe I just remember it as such. It's been a while since I saw the original. Which opened in 1984,mckitterick. Boo-yah.
Anyway, I never thought I'd be analyzing Red Dawn for godssake.
But while I'm discussing rebels and insurgents, check out this bad ass Spanish Lady. FUCK YEAH SPANIARDS.
mckitterick bought me a new laptop since my little netbook that I use for internetting at home is about to give up the ghost. *sadness*Speaking of dying electronics, I think my keyboard at work is about to shoot craps, too, and that sucks major balls because Microsoft doesn't make this keyboard anymore, and it's the only one I've found that doesn't make my wrists ache. BUMMER.
While we were in KC last night, we saw the new Red Dawn on a decent screen. It was surprisingly good. I mean, it's not Great Cinema or anything like that, but it's certainly a lot better than I expected. They revised some of the characters and some things happened differently as a result--certain people have different roles and motivations but meet the fate of a character in the earlier film for example--and of course none of the minority characters survive (that's not even worthy of a spoiler alert, sorry). I really liked Josh Hutcherson's character--more than either of the brothers/leads. The fight scenes were awful, though, jerky and confusing and hard to see. The best part of the movie for me was when they reused the exact same radio broadcast lines from the original. Heck, they might have even used the same audio clip.
The chair is against the wall. John has a big mustache.
This part of the movie is for me the saddest and most depressing part of the story. I mean, here's this pathetic group of kids, freezing and half-starved, homes and families gone, fighting what they know is a losing battle, and here's this radio broadcast telling them to be strong, etc., but then it goes into codespeak which none of them can understand because they've been trapped behind enemy lines since the beginning, and sure there's this encouragement on pirate radio, but it's immediately followed by proof of just how cut off and isolated they really are. They can't even understand the communications with their fellow insurgents, much less be in contact themselves. Heartbreaking! I think it played better in the original, or maybe I just remember it as such. It's been a while since I saw the original. Which opened in 1984,
mckitterick. Boo-yah.Anyway, I never thought I'd be analyzing Red Dawn for godssake.
But while I'm discussing rebels and insurgents, check out this bad ass Spanish Lady. FUCK YEAH SPANIARDS.