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I’m not sure it makes the movie any easier to comprehend, but this infographic by Rick Slusher does a great job of visualizing the film.

Adam Sidwell is illustrating historic baddies each week. Many of them are available for sale as prints.

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Yeah, there were some holes in the story.

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The expletive per minute rate is outstanding.

There’s even a list of the movies included.

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Time magazine’s 2010 list of the 100 most influential people is an absolute joke. Lady Gaga? Anyone who’s qualifications include “diva” are automatically disqualified. Sandra Bullock? Snooki? Are these really the “women” we want to put on a pedestal for our youth to emulate? And so it doesn’t look like I’m just tearing down women on the list, you can’t be serious about Neil Patrick Harris? And Dan Coudreaut, really? The head chef of McDonald’s? You can’t be serious.

Since Time’s list is obviously a joke (I can’t really blame them since you need to sell copies by any means necessary in today’s print publishing world) I feel it would be a disservice to America and the world if a real list wasn’t put out. So below, compiled by me and me alone, is the real 2010 list of the 100 most influential people. They’re in no particular order, but are organized by category. Read the rest of this entry »

These need no introduction. Just enjoyment.

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I have to admit, the original Tron was a bit before my time. So I’ve got some studying up to do before I can fully appreciate the original’s 80′s greatness and the new rendition in full. But even on it’s own, the new one looks pretty sweet.

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I have an admission to make. I thought Avatar was ridiculous. It sounded way too sci-fi for my tastes. It looked super-cheesy and childish. Boy was I wrong. After reading about how the film came to be and hearing the reviews I started to realize how big this movie really was.

It still took me a while to go see it, I didn’t make it to the theater until last weekend, but it certainly didn’t disappoint. It was nothing short of the transformative experience it was billed as. For most of the movie you lose sight of how absolutely technologically amazing a feat it is. Until every once in a while you momentarily snap out of being mesmerized and for a brief moment comprehend exactly what it is you’re seeing before slipping back into the trance of the story-line, the effects, the scenery, the actors and how they all come together.

Through the entire film, I really only had one complaint. Unobtainium? Really? I know that it’s sort of a tongue-in-cheek reference in the science and sci-fi communities, but would it not have been worth just a little extra effort to come up with something more creative?

Well I guess two complaints. Was the 3-D really necessary? I don’t thinks so. It seems like more of a nauseating novelty than anything else. While it is an amazing technological feat of it’s own, it doesn’t add anything to the quality of the picture, just another buzz-word to put on movie posters. At least we won’t have to deal with it on the DVD.

There’s no doubt that there will be a sequel. What little doubt may have been left at the end of the movie was erased by director James Cameron. Until then, I just need to make sure I pick up a Blue-ray player before Avatar comes out on DVD. I don’t want to imagine watching it any other way.

I was interested in Wall Street 2 when I heard they were making it. But after seeing the trailer for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, I can’t wait for this thing to come out.

Someone reminded me I once said, “Greed is good.” Now it seems it’s legal.

Update: The song used in the trailer, which totally makes it, appears to be an instrumental version of Ricochet by Shiny Toy Guns

The credits at the end of Sherlock Holmes were beautifully designed and one of the best parts of the movie. Behind the fight sequences, of course. The Art of the Title Sequence goes into a great deal of detail as to how they were produced and has plenty of video clips as well.

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