I am always looking for the big break of popular media to get a few things right. 1) Christanity (one that is not filled with ignorance and stupid representatives), and 2) a real Geek show that actually knows thier stuff, a show that will make geeks laugh, because the writters are geeks themselves and know what is funny to us.
Well, I have actually foudn the cure to the second option:
The Big Bang Theory…and to prove it to you I will give you all a few links to a few of the episodes best moments…enjoy!
For all you WoW fans this one is for you
For all you Halo 3 Fans
For all those that were Nerds (back in the day and now self proclaimed Geeks thinking back to school and dating)
Oh and for this next one check out the Tron T-Shirt! Now that ROCKS!
And this last one is probably my favorite episode #15. It is 9:00 mins long wioth the best jokes from thisepisode, and I think this is one of the funniest intors to a TV Sitcom I have seen in a LONG time
I hope your day has been blessed with a little bit of humor after this blog post. Have a great holiday weekend.
One of my favorite songs form Flight of the Conchords is A Kiss in Not a Contract. It is by far the best songs for abstinence I have ever heard! Oh yeah! Here is the song for your viewing pleasure!
Oh and I am testing my Tweeter Tools to see if new blog posts will post onto My Twitter.
A Kiss Is Not A Contract (link is to YouTube video)
A kiss is not a contract
But it’s very nice
Mmmmm, very nice
Just because you’ve been exploring my
mouth
Doesn’t mean you get to take an
expedition further south
No.
A kiss is not a contract,
But it’s very nice,
It’s very, very nice,
Just because we’ve been playing tonsil
hockey
Doesn’t mean you get to score the goal
that’s in my jockey
Just because I’m in a two man
novelty band
Doesn’t mean it’s all about
poontang.
I can’t go around loving everyone
I just wouldn’t get anything done
You can take me out to dinner that
might be quite nice
you could buy me a burrito and some beans
and rice
but that won’t get you into pants
paradise
They call it a fly because it takes
you up to heaven oh oh
A kiss is not a contract but it’s very
nice. It’s very very nice.
I’m only one man, baby, pretty baby
We’re only two men, ladies
Babies. Pretty babies.
Well here is a different idea.. a documentary (Michael Moore Style) except this time it is Ben Stein doing the documentary and this one is about intelligent design! Yeah, this one talks about how intelligent design is not being taught in schools, and why.
Here is the movie’s website:
What do you think about this?
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Update:
Well Bob, pointed out that there is infact controversary around this movie.. and of course the subject, and showed me this website:
http://www.expelledexposed.com/
another view from differing opinions, so what do yall think?
That is right I did not say rent, or even check out.. I said, BUY! This movie!
I just watched this movie that I rented via Netflix (and yes, as soon as I get some money I will buy it!)
But seriously, it is a date movie, musical, and tons of other words that would describe it as a chick flick, but I am telling you it is AMAZING! You would do wonders for your heart, mind, and soul to watch this movie.
Warning..it is shot like a documentary, and is rated R for the language (it is just like real life…crazy huh? heh heh)…but seriously if you have not seen it… you should not die without watching it!
yeah it is that good…. wow!
Ok and here is a quote from my friend Alan, who is quoting someone else that I just had to put up here!!!
Take it away Alan:
OK, please do yourself a favor and go read this. It’s a fairly lengthy blog post by Fr. Al Kimel about our views of God’s love, forgiveness, how we look at sin, etc. He’s mostly interacting with thoughts expressed in a book by Dominican theologian Fr. Herbert McCabe. I’ve added a new book to my wish list now. Good stuff. It will be challenging for some to read, but it’s good.
I snagged this particular quote from Fr. Alvin’s post, just to wet the appetite…
“It is very odd that people should think that when we do good God will reward us and when we do evil he will punish us. I mean it is very odd that Christians should think this, that God deals out to us what we deserve. … I don’t believe in God if that’s what he is, and it is very odd that any Christian should, since there is so much in the gospels to tell us differently. You could say that the main theme of the preaching of Jesus is that God isn’t like that at all” (God, Christ and Us, p. 11)
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AMEN! I used this quote today, and it was for me… thank you God for not giving me something that I think I deserve! You are THE God I serve…not matter the circumstance! Amen!
Oh and BTW: Alan has just started his own graphic Design company..so if you need anything like that (web design, or business cards, or print material, or logos…he is your man)! Go give this guy some money so he can feed his family! Thanks! and God bless yall!
official press release:
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE “THE HOBBIT,” EAGERLY-ANTICIPATED FANTASY ADVENTURE EPIC
NEW LINE AND MGM TO CO-PRODUCE AND SHARE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
PETER JACKSON AND FRAN WALSH TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE TWO FILMS BASED ON “THE HOBBIT”
Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM); Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of New Line Cinema have jointly announced today that they have entered into the following series of agreements:
* MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute two films, “The Hobbit” and a sequel to “The Hobbit.” New Line will distribute in North America and MGM will distribute internationally.
* Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as Executive Producers of two films based on “The Hobbit.” New Line will manage the production of the films, which will be shot simultaneously.
* Peter Jackson and New Line have settled all litigation relating to the “Lord of the Rings” (LOTR) Trilogy.
Said Peter Jackson, “I’m very pleased that we’ve been able to put our differences behind us, so that we may begin a new chapter with our old friends at New Line. ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is a legacy we proudly share with Bob and Michael, and together, we share that legacy with millions of loyal fans all over the world. We are delighted to continue our journey through Middle Earth. I also want to thank Harry Sloan and our new friends at MGM for helping us find the common ground necessary to continue that journey.”
“Peter Jackson has proven himself as the filmmaker who can bring the extraordinary imagination of Tolkien to life and we full heartedly agree with the fans worldwide who know he should be making ‘The Hobbit,’” said Sloan, MGM’s Chairman and CEO. “Now that we are all in agreement on ‘The Hobbit,’ we can focus on assembling the production team that will capture this phenomenal tale on film.”
Bob Shaye, New Line Co-Chairman and Co-CEO comments, “We are very pleased we have been able to resolve our differences, and that Peter and Fran will be actively and creatively involved with ‘The Hobbit’ movies. We know they will bring the same passion, care and talent to these films that they so ably accomplished with ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy.”
“Peter is a visionary filmmaker, and he broke new ground with ‘The Lord of the Rings,’” notes Michael Lynne, New Line Co-Chairman and Co-CEO. “We’re delighted he’s back for ‘The Hobbit’ films and that the Tolkien saga will continue with his imprint. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Harry Sloan, who has been instrumental in helping us reach our new accord.”
The two “Hobbit” films – “The Hobbit” and its sequel – are scheduled to be shot simultaneously, with pre-production beginning as soon as possible. Principal photography is tentatively set for a 2009 start, with the intention of “The Hobbit” release slated for 2010 and its sequel the following year, in 2011.
The Oscar®-winning, critically-acclaimed LOTR Trilogy grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide at the box-office. In 2003, “Return of the King” swept the Academy Awards®, winning all of the eleven categories in which it was nominated, including Best Picture – the first ever Best Picture win for a fantasy film. The Trilogy’s production was also unprecedented at the time.
This is VERY GREAT NEWS!!!! I hope you share in my excitement! Funny that I just mentioned the Hobbit in my last post and then this today!!!
Well I went the last week to go see The Golden Compass…and I have a 5 word review for it……you ready? wait for it….wait for it….wait for it…..
I’d rather see The Hobbit!!!!!
I mean come on… just give up on the Lord of the Rings wanna bees and just give the people what they desire THE HOBBIT!!!!!!
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Oh well, the movie was good the CG was very good, (still no as good as I Am Legend), but the best part of the movie was the story plot of the polar bears! That part was awesome…the end fight scene… was something that I expected to occur in the middle…it did not give the feeling of a HUGE battle (that The Lord of the Rings did VERY well) and the ending was just arrogant in my opinion….. it was like they made the movie and they just told the movie producers to cough up the money for the next two…and assumed they would do well in the theaters enough to prove that they could… this ending was just flat out not as good as it could have been and I was just disappointed!
OK, now on to the other thoughts of the movie being anti-Christian….
(side note… I have not read the books!!!)
Well, yes, I can see how the Magisterium could represent the roman catholic church (or church in general) and I can see how an ignorant individual could see and say the things that he was hinting at… for example, in the first century people believed that Christians were cannibals…why you may ask…well if you over heard someone say, “This bread is the body of Christ and this wine is the blood of Christ…. and then people are eating them and drinking them!!!! Yeah I can see how people would think that, but if someone knew they would know that those things were a modified passover, a meal with tons of meaning and remembrance…just like the bread and wine were remembrance items in a meal with tons of meaning!
OK, so when someone says, “you must die to yourself and raise with Christ”… I could VERY easily see that someone would think that we were crazy, and then we tell our youth to do the same, and yeah most people would say that there is some brainwashing going on.
And when someone gives into the false battle between science and faith, then normal and Christian people would say you had to pick a side, and since faith is not measurable, then it would be thrown out as ignorance….
And you take these understandings along with the true ignorance of the church in the past (i.e. the crusades, and countless other stupid things that human beings who have misrepresented their God) and you get one persons understanding of the church…and a horrible viewpoint of it!
So, here are a few thoughts:
1. don’t expect a normal person (non-Christian) to act, speak, look, or even slightly resemble a Christian..and this goes for their books or movies as well. STOP being pissed at them and start loving them and developing a relationship with them.
2. If you don’t want your child to go see this movie, then don’t take them, but please do the rest of the church a favor and stop judging anyone who believes differently…..trust me that is God’s responsibility, and I bet he can handle it.
3. Why not try to go to a movie that you disagree with with the intention and purpose of striking up a conversation with someone that you can love and care for and possibly realize that they may be blessing you more than you are blessing them.
4. Realize that Christ disagreed with several people, and he never stopped loving them! Even those that he ran out of the temple! (why can’t the church or those who cal themselves Christians actually live it, and start loving others, each other, and why not start taking care of the environment, or at least your neighborhood or city!
5. What if someone would have sat down with the writer of these books and got to know him, find out why he had a grudge against the church, and do some heavy lifting of apologizing, listening, or at the very least caring for him!
OK one more rant real quick… sorry I am having to get a little bit off my chest here….. Thanks for listening/ reading… or not heh heh heh…..
Why can’t church signs be real? Why do so many of them try to have a cute saying, or an offensive one towards those that are not like them? Why can’t there be a church sign that says, “We are sorry that Christians have hurt you, please let us make it up to you over a cup of coffee?”
Man, I long to read that sign!
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Ok Thank yall, and please feel free to join a discussion below…all thoughts are accepted as long and the language is appropriate. thanks and God bless yall! Oh and be looking for further movie reviews via the podcast or here. Thanks!
I love movies and I love movie trailers, it started with the ones before the movies, and now of course it is either through HDNETs “Nothing but Trailers” show, or the ever greatest, “Apple QuickTime website for trailers” And so here are a list of movies that I am looking forward to watching:
Beowulf
Horton Hears a Who
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
Lars and the Real Girl
The apple Site has HD trailers for your viewing, if you have a computer that can handle them… Way to go Brad!
The Last Legion
Well, I finally got to go watch it last night (this morning) and Harry Potter met all of my expectations…and they were high! So good news! Go see the mvie, it is worth your money and the story is just getting better and better in the movies. I know they leftout a lot to fit it into a movie, but I thought it was good, but then again I have not read the books and the main reason I went was for my wife. (i figure if I force her to go to mid-night showings of lord of THe Rings, then I must go for Harry. There were only a few people that dressed up like the characters, not enough for me to go back tot he car and get my camera, but still fun none the less.
So go watch it, the acting is great, direction great, cinematography great, and of course the story is wonderful. tiffany loved it of course and it is amazing to see how many high school and college adged people were there. I think think it was a generation that starting reading them when the first book came out and that is how old they are now. Anyway…now I have to go see Transformers. Man I loved them
as a child and I am even wearing a tee-shirt of Soundwave right now (thanks to Tiffany), heh… anyway yall have a great day, God bless yall and KUTPs!!!
yeah available now…but not available to view yet!
So four of us jump into our car and travel up to the northern side of Cinci. to go watch a preview showing of Harry Potter! The ticket says: 12:10am 07/10/07….now to me that looks like the show is going to be LAST NIGHT!!!! Well, nope the theater is filled with either VERY worng computers or wrong employees! I went yesterday morning to go buy the tickets to the show (that I thought was last night) and the girl told me after I clarified several times that the movie was tonight (last night) and she said with another employee beside her that, “Yes it is tonight..it even says here on the ticket,” she says! So I drove twice in one day all the way up to northern Cinci for very little excitement…so guess what…yep, we get to go back tonight to get to see the movie that Tiffany is dieing to watch! Ouch! Oh well, So, pray for us to be able to make it back up there without killing a theater employee!
Children of Men!!!
it is rated R, with lots of cussing and a very small amount of non-sexual nudity…but please do not let that stop you…wow what an amazing movie…. (follow the link about for a trailer on the official site)
Symbolism is king in this movie (not to mention AWESOME sound) ..and it is much more artsy fartsy than I am sure that most of you could appreciate..but I must say there are AMAZING scenes in this movie..and deep theology/psychology/philosophy and I loved it!!! Even with all of Tiffany’s questions during the movie…and that is saying a lot… seriously Markus if you watch this movie then you must email me and let me know your thoughts. Man I wish I would have waited for the HD-DVD of this movie to come in Netflix…but Tiffany was sick today and we went to Blockbuster, heh…
Well, love yall and I have more pictures of the awesome weather we have been having around here up soon they are already at my Flickr photos, but I will try to remember to put a few on the blog as well, well take care and God bless yall! KUTPs!!!!
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