Category Archives: arts

top films checklist

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 June 30 by Anton

From TexasBestGrok: Take this list of the 100 top-grossing movies of all time and bold the titles of the ones you have seen. I am following the lead of others and bolding the ones I remember mainly from having seen … Continue reading →

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you can’t permanently take the sky from me

Posted on Sunday, 2004 June 20 by Anton

Hee hee. Some Browncoat has put up a clock counting down to the scheduled release of Serenity, Joss Whedon’s big-screen sequel to Firefly.

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QotD

Posted on Friday, 2004 June 11 by Anton

The hobo’s speech from Frank Capra’s Meet John Doe (1941): I seen guys like you go under before. Guys that never had a worry. Then they got a hold of some dough and went goofy. The first thing that happens … Continue reading →

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shiny!

Posted on Friday, 2004 June 04 by Anton

If this is to be believed, Serenity will open on April 22. Later: Or not.

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vital details

Posted on Thursday, 2004 June 03 by Anton

I’ve just seen the end of Angel‘s third season, and what a startling revelation! Who’d have thought that Cordelia would drive a yellow Jeep?!

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choose your universe wisely

Posted on Saturday, 2004 May 29 by Anton

I don’t often laugh aloud at cartoons, but this one got me.

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the world is a very big place

Posted on Friday, 2004 May 28 by Anton

Michael Jennings watches the Eurovision song contest. I’ve seen this phenomenon at least once, circa 1977 (the winner was the French entry, about a child and a bird), but most Americans will go “huh?”; it may help to mention that … Continue reading →

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