In the end, the rain didn't really fall here in town until after 2pm...
I tried to rally some last minute interest in a change of vball venue and terrain, but alas, it just wasn't to be. Probably for the best. When I was out and about for a while this afternoon, the pre- and post-rain humidity was the kind that makes you feel like you're an ant under a magnifying glass, y'know? It takes the heat of the available sunlight and seems to redirect it at you from every possible angle.
And not in a good way.
When informing the vball crew of the kibosh, I threw a few suggestions for weather-carefree activities. Of course, coming from me, that means a Brattle plug and a couple quick-ish movie reviews...
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At the Brattle in Harvard Square... Bugs, Daffy, the Stooges, and more, in a rainy day matinee short film revue! All tickets $5, free for children under 12!~
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In keeping with the patriotic hooha of the day... SUPERMAN RETURNS. Ultimate illegal alien makes good as American hero story (what would Congress have to say about that?). What could be more appropriate? And the movie's really got everything - action, drama, intrigue, AND Parker Posey! The new Supes does an incredible job carrying the film SUPERMAN legacy, uncanny, really - you've GOT to see his Clark Kent! And Kevin Spacey brings a real touch of vicious evil to the big screen Lex. Rightly, cuz y'know, prison hardens a man. Not as much good old-fashiond Gene Hackman blowhard fun, but makes for a great villain. All in all, it's an excellent and smart next chapter in the SUPERMAN movies story. Fans of the earlier films will really dig how these characters and events plug into what's gone before.
Hrmmm... Nevermind his illegal alien status, in his red cape and blue tights, do you suppose a Constitutional amendment would rule his costume an illegal form of expression using the American flag?
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And if you're wondering why the weather sucks so much... AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. The documentary that follows Al Gore on the latest leg of his decades-long journey to educate the world about the threat of global warming to humanity and its home. Did you know that thanks to worldwide regulation and restriction of the use of ozone-destroying CFCs, the human-caused damage to the ozone is gradually decreasing? (Although global warming may be delaying the healing process of the ozone layer.) As masters of technologies that create waste beyond the scale of a single person in a lifetime, human beings can and DO affect their environment, particularly the sensitive and volatile atmosphere. But knowing that, we can also take steps, provided we act together and in a timely manner, to minimize and even reverse the damage that we inflict.
It's not theory. It's science. The disinformation scheme behind the "doubt" is as sinister as big tobacco's campaign of delaying tactics regarding the link between smoking and cancer. What kind of UNtruth would prompt CO2 rah-rah-rah ads from the "Competitive Enterprise Institute" like this?
And heck, even if you do not buy the data - it's frickin frackin pollution! See the movie.
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On the lighter side.... NACHO LIBRE! Experience every boy's rite of passage into manhood... That time in every young man's life when he must turn his back on his Mexican orphanage monastery ways and wrestle with his desires and embrace his destiny, live his dream... tag-team style, versus Satan's Cavemen! Ah... I remember it well... Rich with NAPOLEON DYNAMITE styling and sensibility and injected with lots of Jack Blackness - there is some sweet and absurd hilarity here - check it out. =)
CARS. Yeah, it's talking cars, but that's not all it is, and all of its time is NOT spent doing laps in an arena. There's some very entertaining storytelling going on here. A little bit "City Car, Country Car," a little bit classic driveabout, and maybe a lot DOC HOLLYWOOD, but with more than enough creative wrinkles in characters, details, and plot to make it unique and original. And of course, the Pixar writing and visuals that, together, consistently magically appeal to all ages and moviegoing tastes.
Also - a WONDERFUL Pixar short as an appetizer - ONE MAN BAND - in which a street performer struggles to win the appreciation (and coin) of a little girl. Good crack!
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Also, check out the Somerville and Capitol for second-run goodness (BRICK, MI3, INSIDE MAN)...-------------------------
And now, some digital snaps from July 4 so far... See if you can figure out what I ended up doing...
Heh heh. When Bugs is being chased down by Rudolph (aka Gossamer in other Looney Toons), on the shelves in the Evil Scientist's lab, we find Vanishing Oil, Reducing Liquid, and Uglifying Acid! =)
Mr. and Mrs. B have gone to Graceland... Graceland... Memphis, Tennessee...
World Cup fan madness spilling out of Grafton Street...
Hohum. Happy frickin birthday, USA.
Keep on keepin on~
4 comments:
ooooooo, nice snapshots! I want that scene of Bugs atop the Fritz Lang-ish robot on a t-shirt! Would it be possible to iron that on????
For indoor fun, you'll see mentioned over on my blog my incessant viewing of Sci-Fi's Twilight Zone marathon.
Watching those shows, and tearing up at most every episode, makes me remember why I don't actually watch Twilight Zone that much. Because it makes me realize how much most other television blows.
I had forgotten how many episodes had as their theme wistful takes on youth and aging. Being ancient myself, I can appreciate that now more than in the past, although I think I always "got it" in the past...
Zorky - saw your post and, oh yeah - I've definitely been flipping in and out of TZ episodes all weekend.
So many of them really are tearjerkers. Some just from the power and draw of their stories, but also seeing some really amazing acting talents in their youth and prime, y'know?
Jack Klugman can do ANYthing.
Guardian angels are everywhere...
What kind of heaven doesn't let dogs in?
I gotta say, I HATE that shrieking woman on horseback, y'know, the one who seems to ride back in time to warn her younger self not to marry the smoothie? I ALWAYS end up catching that episode. Bleah...
Who doesn't love a boxing man-robot?
Am I a robot? Are these my memories?
And hey, it IS sci-fi, right? so... Nahtzees, nahtzees, nahtzees! I caught an episode earlier this evening where two nahtzees from other TZs teamed up as cutthroat gold thieves.
Jack Klugman, *and* Billy Mumy, in that one episode...
And I caught that dog in heaven one also. *sniffle*
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