Those who know me know that I am a fanatic about all these comic book movies they’ve been producing in recent years. So as no surprise this summer’s comic book blockbusters have been like a slice of heaven for me. I’ve seen the Incredible Hulk (loved it), Iron Man (loved it enough to see it twice), Indiana Jones (okay, not really a comic book movie, but close to the genre) and … not Dark Knight. Read more “Dark Nights”
Author: SilentBen
Not often silent, but undoubtedly always Ben.
Psyched
I will not deny that I am a TV junkie. I have more television guilty pleasures than most people have favorite shows. One of these is a show on USA called Psych (on Friday’s at 10:00 PM ET – the latest season premiered last week). In a television landscapes littered with dramas too serious and comedies a bit formulaic, this show manages to be both a suspenseful drama and a surprising comedy without ever taking itself too seriously. Read more “Psyched”
Aptitude
It is coming to my attention that my son (who is currently 21 months old) may be destined to have a knack for sports. It seems that fate likes irony. I was never your typical alpha male type – I never cared much for sports or cars or any of the more macho pursuits. I’ve always been the quiet, nerdy type and I have no problem admitting it. I have always been happy as such. Similarly, my wife is not your typical girly girl. She own 3 pairs of shoes and two of them are sneakers and hiking sandals. So when faced with parenthood, we were both prepared to raise our children without prejudice or gender steering of any kind – we would always allow them to be who they want to be and try not to push them into any particular mold. Read more “Aptitude”
Wall-Eyed
A few weeks ago I took my kids to see the latest Disney/Pixar production, Wall-E. As was to be expected, it was amazing – stellar CG work combined with a heart-warming story that both kids and adults can enjoy. But I can’t help but continue to ponder the sub-text of this film (I will do my best not to ruin the movie for those who haven’t seen it yet, but procede with caution).
The setting of the movie is Earth some 800 years in the future. And what we find is a landscape riddled with garbage. And it would seem that the failure of society to avoid such a fate is directly tied to the success of american consumerism. And what is truly scary about this nihilistic outlook is that it may not be much of an exaggeration. Read more “Wall-Eyed”
Day One
Okay, I know that blogging is not a new phenomenon. And I’m not exactly new to the internet – I was in chat rooms back in the days of BBS and TELNET (when WWW was but a twinkle in some CS Engineer’s eye); I was setting up LANs in my father-in-law’s office as a summer project back when Microsoft’s only network-enabled OS was Windows 3.11. I’m sorry, I geeked out a little bit there. My point being that I have been immersed in the web for nearly as long as it has been around. And yet my wife managed to break into the world of blogging before I got around to it (which you can feel free to check out). But I digress.
I declare this blog, much like my mind (and now my mouth), opened. If you like movies, TV, music, comics, the Internet, technology, video games (I think that covers most people somehow), then you will find my musings on such topics here. Feel free to comment, supplement, complain, or tell me I’m full of crap. I have a fount of useless knowledge at my disposal that I’m not afraid to use and what I don’t know, I will likely make up and try to make it sound believeable. Feel free to call me on that, too. But let the games begin!