Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wisconsin Whiners
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Discrimination Against Americans in America
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Deem and Pass or Demon Pass
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Nuclear Iran
Well, it happened. One of the most radical leaders on this planet announced the ability to make weapons grade plutonium. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Has made it clear he wants to exterminate the entire nation of Israel. This man (and I use the term loosely) and his fellow countrymen are far too unstable to be trusted with a slingshot, let alone atomic weapons.
Now President Barak Hussien Obama. . .*gulp*. . .(Sorry, I have to swallow back a little vomit every time I say that) is going to levy sanctions against Iran! Yeah, that’ll do a lot of good. We levied sanctions against Iraq for ten years and Saddam Hussien thumbed his nose at us until we sent in the military to straighten him out. Now after reading a lot of anti-American rhetoric on “Mail on Line” message board and having my replies removed because too many candy-assed readers complained about my blunt yet honest rebuttal I shall continue here on my own blog.
Even with that nitwit in the white house and China trying to buy our country the truth of the matter is we are in fact still the greatest country by far on this planet. The American people have already begun to dismantle Obama's fascist congress and in 3 more years that incompetent dolt will be out. As for China they can lend all they want, but considering every other country on this planet owes us their very existence, we just might call in all those markers and put China out of business permanently. The bottom line is we have weapons that make nukes obsolete and we are not afraid to use them. So the rest of the world (especially the middle-east and china can kiss our Red, White & Blue asses! Also, I notice most of the posts at Mail on Line hide their names. If you haven't got the balls to put your name on what you say, keep your pansy-assed opinions to yourselves.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Fare Thee Well Captain Harris
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sherlock Holmes movie review
First the casting. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes. When I first saw this I was somewhat taken aback. I mean he hardly fit the description in the novels and short stories. Now the writers took some license with Sherlock’s personality and yet kept the main essence of the character and Downey took this and made it his own. The biggest difference is; In the books Sherlock is a perfect English Gentleman, in this movie he is a crass rogue. In the books Sherlock copes with boredom between cases with an addiction to cocaine. In this movie his own Brilliant mind feeds his delirium between cases as he seems nearly unable to control the breakneck pace of his own genius thoughts.
Jude Law as Dr. Watson. This is actually a pretty faithful portrayal of the character. Dr. Watson is a veteran of the British Army, A good doctor that has recently started a private practice and Sherlock’s best friend and roommate. He is a proper English gentleman, Brave and always ready for a fight.
Rachael McAdams as Irene Adler, “The” Lady as Holmes always referred to her, is an excellent choice. Playing the part with all the class, charm and guile from the novel.
Now some may take exception to the fight scenes in the movie, Both Holmes and Watson pulling of some nice martial arts moves, but if you’ve read the books remember that they, as any gentleman, would be well versed in fencing. In fact most gentlemen of the day carried walking sticks as much for self defense (as the fencing moves can also be used with a stick as well as a blade) as for the fashion of the day. Also, Holmes was in fact well versed in boxing as wells as jujutsu and was exceptionally strong. Of course in the books Holmes wouldn’t be caught dead engaging in “Pit Fights” let alone betting on them, but clearly this is not your father’s Holmes. The non-stop action, chase scenes, fights & explosions did not detract at all from Holmes obvious brilliance (I loved the visual style Guy Ritchie used to illustrate Holmes ability to be thinking 5, 6 or more moves ahead of his opponents). Believe me, there were plenty of his analytical deductions throughout the film to satisfy my sense of loyalty to the original incarnation. And of course the ending introduces him to his arch nemesis and sets the stage for a sequel which I eagerly await. If you are an old time Sherlock Holmes fan, see this movie, accept it on it’s own merits and you will be satisfied. If you’ve never heard of Sherlock Holmes, see this movie and you will be entertained as you might expect from any well made action/adventure film made in recent years.
