The Aliens Rap

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Following up on the epic 10 minute rap summary of Robocop, the same team has released Aliens: open at youtube.com Watching this reminds me what a great film Aliens turned out to be and how Avatar (by the same director) pales in comparison. It's not that Avatar was terrible but nobody ...

The Phantom Menace Was Not a Very Good Movie

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

I own all of the Star Wars DVDs except for one - The Phantom Menace. Even the weakest of the others have a certain charm, but TPM was stupid through and through. Even the title is stupid! I have yet to work out exactly what the titular menace actually was. ...

500 Impressions in 2 Minutes

Monday, October 19th, 2009

View at YouTube This guy is incredible, how does he do that? Also worth watching, from the same guy: Wolverine in 30 Seconds Unemployed Hitman Terminator Salvation in 60 Seconds StarTrek in 47 Seconds Related posts:The Aliens Rap Following up on the epic 10 minute rap summary of...The Phantom Menace Was Not a Very Good Movie I ...

Clifford Stoll and TED Talks

Friday, May 9th, 2008

I was about 15 when I first read The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll, and it left a pretty big impression on me. Something about Stoll's endearingly rambling tale of ingenuity in the face of what turned out to be a case of major international espionage really opened my eyes, ...