Facebook Anonymous

Hello, my name is Kelly and I have a Facebook problem. I can't get enough of it... The sad thing is that I'm not doing a whole lot there. It's not like I'm playing a ton of games or doing a lot of the "Kelly bought so-and-so for 1 bazillion dollars" or even sending a lot of flair (although I like the flair). I think part of it is the anticipation of who might have joined. Considering that my high school class couldn't organize itself for a reunion, this might be something that helps it happen, even if it's informal.

I'm looking for a 12 step program now. I'm not sure how well I'd do. While I like lists, change is my bitter enemy... :)

Terminator: Reboot

I realize this isn't the name of the new Terminator movie, but I think it might be applicable. I understand that the story for Terminator: Salvation will ignore the story of the third Terminator movie (with Nick Stahl and Claire Danes). I happened to like the third movie (at least the ending, which is weird I know), so I'm curious as to the reasons for this. Perhaps they just want flexibility in telling the story with Christian Bale's character, and perhaps they don't need to do too much except maybe a passing reference that only the Terminator faithful knows isn't official canon.

In any event, I look forward another reboot with Christian Bale leading the way. Batman seems to be doing just fine with him.

Post-Apocalyptic Brightness

I read something this morning (http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/08/06/1248640.aspx) that I found interesting. The blog touches on the portrayal of the future as not so bright in the movies. While futures can vary wildly from one vision (Planet of the Apes) to the next (Waterworld), they all seem to have in common some major catastrophe happening to the world. Technology run amok also seems to be a theme (I, Robot; Minority Report, Blade Runner) and it's this latter theme that I think it most realistic. No matter the technology, someone will always pervert it to their own negative use, but hopefully the positive uses will outweight the negative. I look forward to a car the drives me to work (in lieu of a Star Trek-like transporter), but not to watching out for evil/misguided androids lurking about.

Monday, Monday

Just another wonderful Monday here and not much to report. Having watched most of The Transporter 2 last night, I feel like I need to see more Jason Statham movies. We had seen The Bank Job (which is not a typical movie for him) and like it. The Transporter 2 seemed to be a fun movie and we felt we needed to find out what happened in the end. I've added both the original Transporter movie and Crank to my NetFlix queue to check them out now.