BULLHEAD ( RUNDSKOP ) [2011] movie review
February 2, 2012
If you do not enjoy watching movies with characters that are hard to physically tell apart from each other for much of the beginning of the movie, lack any and all narrative drive, seem to have absolutely no point, then end as ambiguously as possible with no explanation, then you will definitely not like BULLHEAD (Belgian title RUNDSKOP). I know I could not really follow the movie at all, then I realized there was nothing to follow.
THE DESCENDANTS [2011] movie review
January 27, 2012
I feel like the main character of THE DESCENDANTS is Hawaii itself. For a number of reasons, this movie could not have worked anywhere else. Alexander Payne directs a film that makes Hawaii seem as much like the paradise everyone thinks it is, as well as a real place with the same problems life on the mainland has.
LOST 6×10 “The Package”
March 31, 2010
A regular episode of 6th season LOST, which is ok, but once again, lots of just running back and forth between islands. The flash-sideways story was satisfying, but what is its purpose? More after the break . . .
FTW spreads to Japan business signs?
October 10, 2008
The acronym FTW has been used increasingly in the past few years first among gamers and online geeks, but it has started to filter into more common every day spoken conversations as well. For example, I hear John Noe of Pottercast using it sometimes. So as I was walking down a small, off the path street in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, I noticed that a small business’ storefront sign had a “For the win!’ slogan.
Generation Kill episode #05 “A Burning Dog” review
August 12, 2008
WARNING — SPOILERS
GENERATION KILL is really hitting its stride now. The 5th episode, “A Burning Dog,” was riveting for every second of it’s hour-long running time. From the very opening seen I was sucked in and taken off my bed and into my television. The first season of GENERATION KILL is the best season of TV since the 4th season of THE WIRE.
Generation Kill Episode 2 review
July 29, 2008
The creators of the best show of the 00′s, THE WIRE, have a new HBO series, GENERATION KILL. I have now watched the first two episodes of GENERATION KILL and I can definitely say that this second episode had a definite WIRE vibe to it (the first ep was a bit slow, but had to establish a lot). That sense of true urban grit, of urban tension, of realness, it was flowing all over this David Simon and Ed Burns penned ep (along with Even Wright). I am totally on board with GENERATION KILL and it feels great to finally have a high quality drama on my weekly viewing schedule again.
GENERATION KILL is the story of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 from the viewpoint of the Bravo Company, an elite group of marines who also happen to have an embedded journalist from Rolling Stone magazine with them.
Also like THE WIRE, within Bravo Company you have a diverse mix of people, from extremely sharp and intelligent leaders down to some of the dumbest of the dumb marines. And not all the commanding officers are the sharpest knives in the drawer. And if one of them happens to be your CO and gives an obviously wrong order, you still have to follow it because you are a marine, after all.
You realize while watching GENERATION KILL just how amazing it is that the U.S. military can accomplish anything at all, at least in Iraq. From having the wrong color camouflage to not enough batteries to power night vision goggles, it was just ludicrous how under-equipped the Bravo Company marines were. And you feel for them. It’s already the toughest job in the world, made infinitely tougher by lack of adequate equipment and ROE (rules of engagement) that literally change in the heat of battle.
I am once again fascinated by a TV show. I will enjoy my weekly hours back in the very capable hands of David Simon and Ed Burns.
Protected: Nostalgia Movie Nights
July 23, 2008
Jacked-in goes WordPress!!
June 15, 2008
Jacked-in has been around since 1998. I’ve used many different HTML editors and WYSIWYG web applications. All that has resulted in the site becoming a bit of a Frankenstein monster. So I’ve decided to use WordPress to take Jacked-in into a more organized future. I will slowly add as much of the old, classic Jacked-in content as possible into this newly designed site. Fear not, you can still view all the classic Jacked-in content HERE.
Please leave a comment letting me know what you think of the new design! (feedback welcome)
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