SUPERTAX imported products. This will give the government extra cash to help people open factories to make products and people will get jobs and we will become a SUPERPOWER again. If we’re a superpower, we can pay China what we owe them.
Bridesmaids (2011) Review 4.5 Stars!
This movie got some very bad reviews on imdb.com, but I think it’s because it wasn’t marketed correctly. I will admit that from the previews, I didn’t even want to see it because I thought it was just another rom-com. So, I will assume that the type of people who like J-Lo “maid-becomes-a-millionaire’s-wife” movies thought this was going to be along those lines.
WRONG!
I actually watched it because I found out Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph were in it. (Yes, I had tuned out the commercials for this movie so much that I didn’t know who starred in it!) I like Kristen Wiig and was introduced to her humor through McGruber. (The scene where she’s in the coffee shop on the floor was hilarious!)
The reason it’s getting bad reviews is because it’s “gross” and has a lot of dick jokes and toilet humor. The people expecting to see “Couples Resort” were not the audience that this was intended for. Personally, I like politically incorrect humor and when women are doing it, it’s even better! (See Betty White)
So, here’s the plot: Woman is best friends with another woman who is getting married. Bride-to-be has a friend who is stepping in to make her wedding over the top, so original woman is jealous. Insert dick jokes and food poisoning scenes.
Kristen Wiig’s “Flo-esque” (Progressive commercials) comedic timing is great. Whispery, timid, odd things are said, and I howled at the scene where she’s making fun of the other woman while driving. Go into this if you want to see trash talking and SNL-type lingering jokes.
It’s touching at times, awkward at times, funny most of the time and full of gross-out stuff! 4.5 stars for making me glad I watched this!
Apollo 18 Review
I just finished watching Apollo 18 and I liked it. I thought I was going to love it, but it was ok. The mistake in most alien movies, as I have said before, is that you should never show the aliens. In this movie, though, the aliens were spider-like, so it was a little less CGI-looking. Lots of suspense and the heavy breathing made my asthma act up. LOL
I would give this movie 4 out of 5 stars. If you like government conspiracy theories and “Paranormal Activity” style, this is the movie for you.
Best Hurricane Tracker I Have Seen!
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964
If an opera is set to popular music, it’s called a rock opera, like Jesus Christ Superstar (great version from 2000-looks like a Michael Jackson video!). I just watched “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” from 1964. It’s a French film and all of the dialog is sung. But it’s not like an opera. Nothing’s over the top. It’s a normal love story. Has some sadness, some happiness, but best of all is the French wallpaper!
Sometimes, the clothes even matched the wallpaper, giving a chameleon effect! This is that gaudy painted scrollwork wallpaper and it’s fantastic!
I will admit the only reason I watched this was to see Catherine Deneuve, and am now wondering if all of her movies have the dialog sung. The only other movie I have seen her in is “8 Femmes”, which was a weird musical. (But one of my faves!)
I didn’t recognize Catherine Deneuve in this film… she was extremely young and didn’t look a thing like she looked in 8 Femmes. In fact I assume she had loads of surgery over the years.
The lead male character was a very FERTILE grease monkey. The other male involved is everyone’s dream. Handsome, smart, wealthy, non-judgmental, handsome… handsome. (did I say handsome?) Catherine Deneuve’s character ends up with the dream guy and the grease monkey opens his own gas station. Nice ending! I was waiting for Catherine Deneuve to drop the good guy for the ruffian, but end the end, she stays with him.
I am spoiling the picture because I don’t think anyone else on earth would care for this type of film. If you do, and you’re a “dream”, contact me!
Poor Kitty Was Threatened!
AbFab Coming Back For 3 Episodes!!!
Absolutely Fabulous, the epitome of early 90’s decadence, is coming back for 3 episodes around their 20 year anniversary soon! I can’t wait! Maybe Saph’s baby will be a party animal with granny?
Android Kylin MID China Tablet Superuser Instructions
Was having a very difficult time trying to Superuser this android tablet (kylin MID android 2.2), but finally got it working. Here’s how:
From this site:
The instructions:
Whats needed
Set up the SDK-ADB for instructions on setting up adb see this video by unlockr
You need to be able to get to your phone via a USB cable.
Rageagainstthecage – download this.
1.) Enable usb debugging if you dont already have it enabled
2.) Extract rageagainstthecage.zip to c:\droidroot
3.) Connect your phone to the computer via usb cable
4.) on the computer open the command prompt. (In the start menu under accessories)
5.) cd to your adb tools directory. For most the command would look like this cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
6.) adb devices (This should list a device as a long number under list of devices. If it doesnt something is wrong.)
7.) adb push c:\droidroot\rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
8.) adb shell
9.) cd /data/local/tmp
10.) chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
11.) ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin (This can take a minutes just let it go until you are returned to your adb tools folder)
12.) adb devices
13.) adb shell (you should now see a # instead of a $)
14.) mount -o remount,rw -t [NAMEOFDEVICE] /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
15.) exit
16.) adb push c:\droidroot\Superuser.apk /system/app
17.) adb push c:\droidroot\su /system/bin (<– this is where I had to change it to xbin instead of bin)
18.) adb push c:\droidroot\busybox /system/bin (<– change this one as well to xbin)
19.) adb shell
20.) chmod 4755 /system/bin/su (<–another change to xbin)
21.) chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox (<–and the last change to xbin)
22.) mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p /system/recovery-from-boot.p.disabled Note if you are on a build earlier than froyo this step will fail. That is fine and expected.
23.) mount -o ro,remount -t [NAMEOFDEVICE] /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
24.) rm /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
25.) exit
I would suggest rebooting your phone but its not required.
Install Terminal Emulator from the Market, type
su
then hit enter and it will let you know if you have superuser access.
I Was Going To Buy A Parrot…
I was going to buy a parrot, but in Miami, they all speak spanish. Here’s how the experience went.
I walked into a bird store and one of the parrots seemed to like me, so I said, “hello”.
He said “Hola!”
Since I was showing him some attention, and I know a little bit of spanish, I figured out that his next phrase was “polly want some hot sauce”. He started dancing around and being extra loud and obnoxious.
I left.
Maybe I Will Post This Stuff Until Something Is Done…
The ONLY way the U.S.A. will come back fully from this economic downturn is to IMMEDIATELY start SUPERTAXING imported products. I know, I know, I am as guilty as anyone else for buying cheap imported products. I will mention China, since it seems most of the cheapest stuff comes from China. If American-made products were the most inexpensive, and in a thriving economy, they should be, then we would all buy these.
Get rid of the unions that make businesses run poorly and get back to the industry that states, “if you don’t like this job, go find a better one.” and there would be other jobs for you to go get! When there are jobs to go to, you are treated better by employers. In the late 90’s, the I.T. industry had so many jobs and not enough employees that were qualified, so you could actually make more money with a better job elsewhere.
So, let’s TAX import products starting now. Stores will make tons of money off of iPhones and iPads alone!