Went to Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay tonight. Nate wanted to go so I tagged along. It was a stupid movie, but it had a lot of funny bits. I was laughing out loud at a lot of it. It’ll be a solid rental, but don’t skip seeing Iron Man or Speed Racer over it.
Also, crap, those copies of Disgaea 2 that I put up on eBay sold within minutes. I should have put a higher “buy it now” on them.
I made a few coasters before I figured out that my old DVD Shrink + Nero setup does not work under Vista. Weak! Fortunately there appears to be a solution: Use DVD Shrink and output to .iso, and then burn with ImgBurner. A quick test late last night seems to have worked.
Vista’s stupid; I may have to go back to XP but it would be such a hassle. If your OS doesn’t allow me to easily copy Netflix DVDs back up my crucial files, then that’s just lame.
We did a very small run of The Grand Horror on DVD and are selling them online. We’re really excited about how well they’ve been selling so far. We’re actually down to our last handful of copies (only 8 left as I type this) so if you’d like one please visit the ordering page soon!
We’re only charging $10.00 with free shipping. C’mon, don’t be a douche; buy one!
The Splatcademy Awards went really well, the contributions from our fellow podcasters were amazing. My only concern is that people will see how much funnier than us some of those dudes are, and will quit listening to our show 
I went to The Ross yesterday to see The Orphanage with some pals. It was a good time, I hadn’t been to that theater for several years. I think the last time was back in ‘99 or 2000 to see Princess Mononoke. Reactions to The Orphanage varied across our group, but I think most of us thought it was pretty decent. You can hear our thoughts in Splattercast #66.
Before The Orphanage, we saw a trailer for Persepolis. It’s an animated movie based on a well-liked graphic novel. I don’t know if I’ll make time to see Persepolis at the theater, but this trailer was very cool. It had a garagey cover of Eye of the Tiger playing and it was just really rockin’.
And lastly, I read about this music/radio site called Pandora over on The Stygian Hollows. I’m having a lot of fun with Pandora, it’s great because I like hearing new (new to me, at least) music but I don’t have the gumption or inclination to learn about music on my own. Pandora takes a single recommendation from you, a single band or song that you like, and produces a string of music that it thinks you will like based on that one piece of information.
Tina & I went to Cloverfield tonight. I thought it was really good and would definitely recommend it. We’ll go in-depth on the next episode of the Splattercast, so keep an eye out for that.
We’ve started putting up some “best of 2007″ lists over at Dead Lantern. Here’s my list and Mat’s list. Hopefully Steve, Deejay and Brady might put up some of their favorites as well.
What were your favorite flicks of 2007?
I just watched The Condemned, a straight-to-DVD action flick starring Steve Austin. You might dismiss it since it comes from WWE films, but I thought it was a fun watch. Sort of an updated version of The Running Man or Surviving the Game. There are a couple really tedious subplots but nothing too damaging.
Big ups to my brother Nate for bringing me a coat hanger this morning when I locked myself out of my car at the post office. I did the same thing several times back in Jefferson City, too. I dunno what my deal is.
We went to see I Am Legend last night and I’m sorry to report that it was pretty weak. Unless you’re a really big Fresh Prince fan, I’d say you could skip this one.
I finally got to see No Country for Old Men last night. We went with some friends after dinner and drinks. I thought it was a really great movie. The ending is befuddling, to say the least, but I was pretty riveted throughout the whole thing. And though you may be bewildered, I think the ending makes sense and fits with the rest of the movie if you ponder it for a little while. One of our group had read the novel and told us that the movie follows it almost exactly.
Generally speaking, I think the Oscars can eat a dick but I’d like to see No Country win some awards.