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Re: The Iron Giant

ALEXANDRA138 — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:36:50 -0000

WELL I JUST LOVE THIS MOVIE AND IS ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS FAV. AS WELL AS MINE I DO SEE IT EVERYDAY AND U MUST BE WONDERING HOW I COULD SEE THIS MOVIE EVERYDAY WELL IS ON OF THE CHILDREN'S FAV AT MY JOB SO WE PLAY IT FOR THEM EVERYDAY U JUST DONT GET TIRE OF IT

Re: ABOUT THE BLOG

X Jeremy Jarratt — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:36:47 -0000

Also: when you save up $150, let me know. I will show you to your new guitar. It will be spectacularly mediocre, but it will have good intonation and be more than serviceable. Then i will proceed to teach you.

Additionally, i do the exact same thing with sentence-ending close quotations. If questioned, you are correct regarding this matter. That is all.

Re: ABOUT THE BLOG

X Jeremy Jarratt — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:30:54 -0000

I hate the word skit. One day i will produce a skit about it.

Re: An Open Letter to AMERICA’S Neil Patrick Harris

Kat — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:08:08 -0000

great letter, really true, i like it :)
the gay men should act like him and you: no nerves, happy and pleased life, because they deserve it, there isn't any different between them and the other ones.

just one thing: The world's Neil?
greetings from Hungary ;) (Europe)

Re: The Neverending Story

Clancy Kelly — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:36:35 -0000

Plus the dialogue was abysmally cliche, just listen to the "banter" between Bastion and the Indian boy. The special effects? A joke, even for the time it was made. They keep showing THE Tower as if its supposed to wow kids the eighteenth time they show it. The stiff, wooden guards for the Queen? The Sleestack were scarier in the LOTL tv series. And moved faster.

When the father goes into the bookstore and the old guy wont tell him where his son is, but instead gives him the book and tells him to look there, I was like, WTF? Any father I know would grab the guy and threaten to smash his skull in if he didnt tell him everything he knows right now!

I know comparing eras is a pointless endeavor (tho the Wiazrd of Oz holds up well), but compared to even a pedestrian modern fantasy kids film like Spiderwick Chronicles the NS sucks beyond all possible description of suck! My kid IS ten and she thought it bit hard cheese (and she liked Adam Sandlers Bedtime Stories, for crying out loud, so its not like she has such refined tastes).

Bottom line? I never saw it back when I was young (Im 44 now) and am glad I didnt. The most puzzling thing to me? How did a number of people, from writers to producers to directors, actually OKAY this laughably horrific venture, and how did any reviewers praise it (check Rotten Tomatoes)? I know it was a celebrated book, but the film is dreadful. To call it diarrhea would ennoble it.

Re: Transformers

leslie parts — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:58:45 -0000

Ugh, I hate this movie.

Re: Matt Resurfaces Ever So Briefly

Amy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:20:36 -0000

The other blog is great reading, even for conservative lurkers like myself. ;)

Re: 2008 Presidential Election in Two Images

Alecto — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:36:16 -0000

Just me, or does the Obama pic look suspiciously like a Superman-shirt-rip in the making?

Re: LG Dare Completes Matt’s Life

Steven — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:43:48 -0000

Hi Matt,

You commented in your article. "Verizon only permits firmware on their phones (though that’s scheduled to change next year), so the we’re stuck with the Teleca Obigo Q7.0-1.3. " Can you tell me what you know of Verizons's future plans for the DARE? I can re-up in 4-09 and get a DARE, but would like to know if and when something new is coming out(software or hardware). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a ton!

Steven

Re: It’s A Wonderful Life

Fenton — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:34:44 -0000

The last third of the movie --just like the first two-thirds-- was a continuation of the overall example of life. As you said, compromise happens; life happens. We don't always get what we want. The final third, where we see life without George Bailey, isn't simply to show what life would be like without George, but to show the impact we each have on one another's lives, for good or for ill. The over-emphasized charicature displayed is meant --in my opinion-- to help convey that message.

You said you understood what Capra was trying to say, but I felt the need to clarify anyway. ;)

Re: LG Dare Completes Matt’s Life

JR — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:43:35 -0000

You're welcome, for the generator. It was fairly easy to do.

I've read that the cookies problem on the Dare's browser is caused by Verizon's proxy system.

Re: Neil Patrick Harris Still Dreamy and Awesome

Ben Morgan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:03:19 -0000

NPH is pretty awesome, as is How I Met Your Mother

Re: Neil Patrick Harris Still Dreamy and Awesome

Amy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:45:21 -0000

OK, I just went back and read the June comments. Wow! :)

Re: Neil Patrick Harris Still Dreamy and Awesome

Amy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:41:20 -0000

He was HERE? I missed that part. But, yes, you and your crush are on my mind every Monday when I watch How I Met Your Mother. :)

Re: 2008 Presidential Election in Two Images

Amy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:09:01 -0000

You betcha, Matt! Excellent picks.

Re: 2008 Presidential Election in Two Images

Matt Algren — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:21:52 -0000

Andy Hollingsworth⇨ God bless 'er, her reward is in Heaven doncha know.

Re: 2008 Presidential Election in Two Images

Fenton — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:53:31 -0000

Can't see her go soon enough.

Re: An Open Letter to Freezer Cake Sales Giant Sara Lee

Fenton — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:03:56 -0000

I love your Open Letters, Matt. They fill me with warm fuzzies the way Sara Lee does to you.

Keep them coming, my well-spoken cousin. Keep them coming.

Re: Hello, Dolly!

Matt Algren — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:23:56 -0000

Where's my applesauce? Did they put cinnamon on top this time?

Re: Hello, Dolly!

Amy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:50:09 -0000

OK, first of all, thanks a lot, now "Hello, Dolly, well helllllooo Dolly" is stuck in my head.

Second of all, man, you're really old. :)

Re: Gone Baby Gone

Matt Algren — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:19:24 -0000

Maria⇨ Oh that's fucking hilarious. I always forget that people don't swear in your world, you c-word.

Re: Gone Baby Gone

Maria — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:23:02 -0000

Fuck, this was a good movie! The fucking movie was pretty fucking thrilling with lots of fucking twists and turns. Some might say that the fucking language was a bit fucking much, but I really don't know what the fuck they're talking about!

Re: We’ve moved! Again!

Amy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:31:27 -0000

I am subscribed and I wondered why all your posts were suddenly marked as new. Mystery solved.

Re: United Methodist Church Shames God

Matt Algren — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:12:18 -0000

PH⇨ Hi PH! Welcome to my home!

Obviously we disagree on the teachings from the Bible on sexual matters. I tend to agree that the teachings are clear, but my clarity is vastly different than yours. I also disagree with your assessment of the implications of Genesis 2.

God is bigger than you're giving Him credit for. God's church, if His people are working from pure motives, will continue to grow closer to His vision. Ain't it grand?

Re: United Methodist Church Shames God

PH — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:36:23 -0000

For a church to be in good standing with God, its doctrines and teachings must line up with Biblical truth. The teachings from the Bible on sexual matters are clear-- God even goes so far as to name the categories of people one is not to have sex with and states that to have sex with them is sin. More broadly, sex outside marriage is forbidden, even lustful thoughts and feelings are a sin, and the marriage relationship was designed by God and is is defined by God, in Genesis 2, as being between a man and woman- and this is restated by Jesus in the gospels. Therefore, it is very clear. A chruch that sides with God's word on these matters will be called many derogatory things in this progressively more sinful (as the Bible says it will become) society. To stand firm with God on his teachings is to glorify God, not shame Him.