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Reply to "War Of The Worlds" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

sushik, I read one critic who knocked the movie for using the terrorist attack on the Towers. I too see the use of 9/11 imagery in the movie like the downed plane, the ash from zapped bodies, the posting of missing persons info on a board and the statement by some of the characters about a terrorist attack. I did not think there was anything wrong with the imagery though. jdkeepsmiling and melissa176, I have noticed the lapses in logic or comm

Movie For An Independence Day in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

As Independence Day approaches I was trying to think of a movie relatively recently made that could give a flavor of the Revolutionary War. The movie that came to mind was “The Patriot” (2000). Now there were a lot of critics who derided this movie for its falsification of the historical characters and events portrayed in the film. For instance they argued t

"War Of The Worlds" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I saw the “War of The Worlds” today. The movie was pretty good although not perfect. It may be unnecessary to tell what the story is about since anyone who has read H.G. Wells’s short story by the very same name knows the basic plot of the movie. Spielberg does not follow Wells version in a verbatim like fashion just like the 1953 version didn’t and couldn’t.

Prying Eyes in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I just read an article about someone being fired from his job for blogging. Who would blog from their job? I think blogging from your job or doing anything of a personal nature from your computer at work is kind of foolish. Anything you do on a computer at a place of employment is subject to the prying eyes of a boss or someone within the IT department.

Reply to Sci-Fi Fan in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Yes I did see the remake of Village of the Damned starring the late Christopher Reeve. I did not like it as much as the first version. This is an instance of the British doing it better. I have watched 2010 but it is not a movie I would give a B or A grade but it is okay and gets a nice C+ (I grade the films I see).

Reply to Pump Up The Jam in Misc JoeUser Forums

No, I expect this post to be available just like any other. Besides x rated post are a good way to test the tolerance of those who run this site. I don't want to post to a site that censors content. I notice the 'wise gods' who run this site don't even offer a catagory called sex. Sex is something almost everyone does and even those that don't have sex have wet dreams. The adult content button hides post and I don't use it.

Reply to "Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Locamama, the sword play of the actor that played Darth Sidious was kind of comical but I found the acting pretty good (not counting light saber fighting sequences involving this character).

US Constitution 2nd Amendment in Misc JoeUser Forums

I was once lukewarm to the second amendment to the US Constitution feeling the amendment was dated and belonged to an earlier time in US history where to pull together a militia for the defense of the country or the need for firearms for protection and food was necessary. I still felt that the second amendment had some utility and that side arms and long rif

"Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith" in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I saw “Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith It is the episode that ties into the original “Star Wars” movie. The movie starts in the mist of battle in space above the capital planet (home to the multi world senate and Jedi temple) in which the Jedi knight master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his student Anakin Skywalker are attempting to rescue the leader of the

Pump Up The Jam in Misc JoeUser Forums

It’s been a long time since I last blogged about sex. I think I did write once that I feel and know that sex is very important. I support having sex or, if you can’t find a partner for whatever reason, masturbation and I don’t care if the sex is heterosexual or homosexual (rough or gentle, slow or fast). I was thinking about the combination of sex and music.

Reply to Sci-Fi Fan in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Yes I was aware that many science fiction movies of that era indirectly commented on the state of the world at that time. I'm not so much into sci-fi art. I am much more into story and vision of director. Science fiction can model so many 'worlds' or possible realities and that is one of the things that attracts me to the genre.

DVD Prices in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I mentioned some old science fiction titles worth seeing on my last blog. Probably all of the titles can be downloaded for free if you use peer-to-peer software like Kazaa. However even the price of recently released movies on DVD are relatively cheap. You might be able to find some at the dollar store or at a drugstore for three or six dollars.

Reply to Epson Printer Hewlet Packard And Johnnie Cochran in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Some funny and insightful stuff posted here.

Sci-Fi Fan in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

It has been a long time since my last entry to this blog but there really have been a lot of demands on my time and when there weren’t demands on my time I didn’t feel like writing. A lot has happened since my last posting and some of these things I will eventually write about and post to this blog or another blog. That reminds me that I still may dr

Epson Printer Hewlet Packard And Johnnie Cochran in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Epson Printer: I now have an Epson Stylus CX4600 printer. It is one of those all-in-one wonders that copies, prints, and scans. The CX4600 also has slots for various digital camera memory cards (yes, it can print photos). I wasn’t even looking for the picture making ability but it is nice to know that I have it and got it for a pretty good price. The printer came in a

McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

The case I was trying to remember on my last blog entry in relation to the Michael Jackson trial presently going on in California was the McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial. This case is a prime example of a child molestation case running amuck (in California no less). A mother in Manhattan Beach, California accused a guy named Ray Buckey (son of the owner of

Reply to Prescription Filling At Walgreens in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

I should have. I probably would have got better service.

Michael Jackson Trial in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Another high profile trial is saturating the news coverage in the US. It seems that now in mainstream media sensational trials have come to dominate news coverage. They consume a very large amount of news time on all the 24-hour news stations, network news and local news shows. Usually these trials have celebrities or government officials involved but not alw

New Wireless Adapter in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

After using a Linksys Wireless B adapter for the last year or so I’ve finally decided to adopt the G standard. I purchased a NetGear USB adapter that uses the G standard. I was kind of hesitant to get a Netgear card because a bad experience I had and to some extent still am having with a PCI G standard NetGear wireless adapter presently being used by a family

Prescription Filling At Walgreens in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

Just tried to get a prescription filled for the painkiller Oxycontin. You will not believe the nonsense I went through. I went to a store named Walgreens. It is a drugstore/convenience store setup but I think they make much of their money by filling prescriptions. The pharmacist at Walgreens on this night really sucked. He did not want to fill m

Funny Stories And Late Night Talk Shows in Misc JoeUser Forums

The funniest story I heard on television last year was on the program Live With Regis And Kelly (Yes, I do peek in on this program occasionally. I watch many programs occasionally. Rarely do I regularly watch any program on television though.). Regis told a story about meeting Jack Nicholson at a dinner party after screening a film Nicholson starred in. I’m

Mini Mac And The Spyware Out There in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I read about the new mini Mac that cost 499.00 US. It comes without a monitor (which could add considerably to the cost), keyboard and mouse. I must admit it re-ignited my interest in the Mac. I know how to use a Mac (if the jaguar GUI operates the same as earlier versions of Mac operating systems) and took a computer course in college where the computer sci

The Aviator in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I went to see “The Aviator” the other day. Overall the picture was okay but I left the theater feeling unsatisfied. I had the same feeling about the movie “Master And Commander-The Far Side Of The World (2003, C+ grade)”. “The Aviator” wasn’t too reserved as I accused “Master And Commander” of being yet something didn’t thoroughly gel in the film in my view.<

Hotel Rwanda in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I saw “Hotel Rwanda” today. It is a dramatization of a Hutu Hotel managers’ experiences in Rwanda during the genocidal rampage against the Tutsis that happened in the around the mid 90’s. The Hutu people of Rwanda turned on their Tutsi neighbors and butchered hundreds of thousands of Tutsi mainly with machetes. Man descended to beast as women and children were given

Broken Hard Drive in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

My online hard hit the ground the other day. No, I didn’t do it. It was my sister. Anyway the drop caused the hard drive to break. I had recently got another forty-gig drive from my brother, which I was intending to use as a backup for my online hard drive (I have a hard drive that I only use offline). Unfortunately it doesn’t work. I have a warranty