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There are two kinds of people out there:

1). Those who loved the 2004 Wes Anderson film “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.”

2). Those who didn’t.

I loved it. I still love it.

If you’ve never seen the official website - it (still) may be one of the best designed websites out there, and worth checking out.

An interesting note of Zissou fandom:
“The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” tattoos

(”Deep Search” tattoo photo from BMEink, Zissou profile tattoo photo from ModBlog BMEzine, “This is an adventure” tattoo photo from OutThrowingRoses)

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Iron Man

Thought I would hate it.
It was surprisingly good:
four stars out of five.

Downey and Paltrow
truly made the movie great.
Will watch it again.

Bonus Round: Iron Man T-Shirt

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Baby Mama

I like Tina Fey.
And Amy Poehler kicks ass.
But the film was dull.

It really dragged on.
45 minutes too long.
It felt like nine months.

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Bookmark this post - we will be updating this schedule as events appear

Here’s a working list of upcoming bitchin’ stuff, mark your calendars:

MAY
May 1 - The Breeders will make an appearance at Amoeba Music, San Francisco.

May 2 - The film Iron Man opens.
May 2 - The (limited) opening of the film Son of Rambow.

May 3-4 – The Maker Faire, San Mateo County Fairgrounds.
May 4 - The Japanese Nikkei Matsuri Festival in Japantown, San Jose.

May 6-7 - Flight of the Conchords play the Town Hall Theatre, NY.

May 9-11 - The 37th annual Stanford Pow-Wow.

May 16 - Actor/author/director Henry Winkler speaks at the Menlo Park library. Coool! ‘The Fonz.”

May 17 - The Blogadilla 1 year anniversary!!

May 22 - The long-awaited film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens.
May 22 - The Yard Dogs Road Show hobo cabaret plays the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, CA.

May 23 - The (limited) opening of the John Cusack film War, Inc..

May 24-25 - The Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras, Morgan Hill, CA.

May 25 - The Neil Diamond cover band SuperDiamond plays Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley.
May 25 - NASA’s Phoenix Lander will land near the north pole of Mars.
May 25 - The Crucible in conjunction with NASA present a Mars-themed show “Fire and Ice,” Oakland, CA.

May 27 - Flight of the Conchords play Hob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco.

May 29 - Flight of the Conchords play Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco.

May 31 - The Neil Diamond cover band SuperDiamond plays Harrah’s, Lake Tahoe.

(more…)

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With the new Indiana Jones movie less than a month away (24 days left), it was only a matter of time until the marketing tie-ins cropped up.

M&Ms offers Indiana Jones M&M candies - like regular M&Ms, but with skulls, pyramids, compass roses, Indy hats, and Precolombian masks printed on them.

LEGO managed to produce cool Indiana Jones sets months ago (though I still can’t find them in stores).
[LINK to their nice LEGO Indiana Jones wallpapers].

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It’s here: the exciting conclusion to “Aliens (Sweded Edition)”!!

As you can see by the out-takes at the end, we had a blast filming this.

We hope you enjoy the show:

DailyMotion link
Google Video link
Yahoo! Video link

Update 4/21: We made the front page of SwededFilms.com!

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Some friends and neighbors and I filmed this this weekend.
It was a blast.
Stay tuned for part 2.

DailyMotion link
Google Video link
Yahoo! Video link

Update 4/21: We made the front page of SwededFilms.com!

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Yesterday Adobe released their Adobe Media Player (AMP).

It has a nice iTunes Store feel to it, but without having to buy anything - TV shows, podcasts, movie shorts, all free and all playing smoothly. I recommend you download it (it’s free!).

Also, this is perhaps the smoothest-running 1.0 version of anything I’ve ever used (apparently bug-free).

Suck it, Windows Media Player!

(via James King, Adobe’s PDF Architect)

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Shutter (2008)

Japanese ghost chick.
Like ‘The Grudge’ with photographs.
New meaning: “dark room.”

A good ghost story.
The Thai version was better.
Now neck cramps scare me.

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How Many Five Year Olds Could You Take in a Fight?

That’s right: all the years of wondering can finally be answered in one easy quiz. It’s good to know that those annoying yet wildly entertaining online quizzes haven’t gone anywhere!

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The Ruins

Why gringoes should not
wander into the jungle:
Red Mayan Death-Vine.

Super sicko deaths.
The four grossest ways to die.
Do not bring your kids.

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Since the movie “Be Kind Rewind” came out in theaters last month, ‘Sweded‘ videos have become all the rage - YouTube is flush with ‘Sweded’ flicks.

For those of you not familiar with the concept of ‘Sweding’: it is a homemade remake of a movie, often involving a lot of cardboard.

Here are some of the more spectacular ‘Sweded’ films (some of these were made prior to the movie “Be Kind Rewind,” but can still be considered ‘Sweded’):

Star Wars • Tron • Jurassic Park • Terminator 2 • Back to the Future • 300 • I Am Legend • Top Gun • Point Break • Home Alone • Groundhog Day • The Silence of the Lambs • Alien • Total Recall • The Lord of the Rings • Mad Max (by the Neistat Bros) • Kill Bill (part 1) • The Shining • Goldfinger

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A brilliant ‘Sweded’ remake of a scene from the movie “Tron,” by les Frères Huèon.

(via Notcot)

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FirstShowing.net has a flash video of the alternate (and original) ending to “I Am Legend” (2007) (can also been seen on some versions of the DVD).

(via Garry)

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A long, long time ago (1998 to be exact) and in anticipation of the release of the first of three Star Wars prequels, toy maker Jason Deyer and his buddy Steve Ross were approached to design ‘Dealer Loaders’ for promotions and giveaways. But because they were ‘unapproved vendors’ (AKA not part of George Lucas’ monolith) Jason and his friend had to base their designs on the original trilogy.

You can check out the original drawings on Jason’s blog, Action Figure Insider, and you also can hear an interview about his trials and tribulations on NPR. Make sure to check out NPR’s Bryant Park Project page on the Star Wars merchandise, here. (Click ‘Listen Now’ for the interview).

Death Star BBQ Grill Anyone?

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Sexy 70’s Brits
nick bank deposit boxes
a true heist story

Statham is charming
only good movie playing
“The B.J.” ends well

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[A nice follow-up to last week's Honda del Sol X-Wing.]

Another awesome car mod:
the Subaru Outback Ghostbusters ‘Ecto 1′.

(via Notcot.org)

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Blogadilla co-author Allison and I just got back from watching 10,000 BC. The following is an inventory of our comments driving home from the movie:

•”It’s sad when the best actor in a movie is a computer animated Wooly Mammoth.”

•”If they show this on an airplane, I’m jumping.”

•”This is what happens when you take drugs in a natural history museum.”

•”I’ve picked scabs that were more satisfying.”

•”It was a great comedy.”

•”Roland Emmerich peaked at Godzilla.”

•”10,000 BC - yeah, 10,000 Bad Choices.”

•”Why is it that everyone in 10,000 BC looked like Adam Duritz from Counting Crows?”

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