Breakfast Links: Movies, WaSnake & Li’l Scientology
Ok, first just a pair of movie thoughts. First up John Scalzi writes for AMCTV his thoughts on whether or not Guillermo del Toro is the right man to direct the Hobbit (I really like that Scalzi). (via) I just like in his thoughts how he notes Jackson’s free ride through King Kong and Lucas’ through Episodes I-III. He sadly doesn’t dis the Wachowski’s, something I’m making up for right now. I mean, sure I like The Matrix, but the sequels were not only awful, awful movies, they retroactively ruin the first. Although I admit that I am one of the apparently few people who didn’t mind V for Vendetta. But now they’ve got Speed Racer opening today. I’ve been not excited about it since the beginning and seeing more trailers for it leaves me even more not excited. The Wachowskis take themselves waaaay too seriously.
On the other hand, check out this shelf complete with LED read outs that can scoop up rss feeds as well as SMS messages! That thing is awesome, plus it’s all bendy so you can shape it the way you want, I wonder if it’d be smart enough to sense the direction of each screen? Man, I wish A) those were available, B) they were not super expensive and C) there is no C. Damn these concepts.
And yet another artists damn concept is this little action figure of Xenu! (via) With Kung-Fu Scientology Action! You gotta love that, when you become a Cleared Theta Clear the figure actually begins talking to you. It is not, ahem, clear, if that’s because you have super thetan powers or because you’ve gone quite insane. Either way, though, right? I’d love to have one of those, it’d go with my Li’l Cthulhu.
