tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post5303540311495120416..comments2023-04-13T06:07:42.577-04:00Comments on The People's Republic of D.Cous.: Ah, The Proverbial Low-Hanging Fruit!D.Cous.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00107469506062466876noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-60668531388068732552009-02-11T15:09:00.000-05:002009-02-11T15:09:00.000-05:00Mom,I saw Waterworld pretty recently, and it was s...Mom,<BR/>I saw Waterworld pretty recently, and it was so bad that I wouldn't want to put myself or anyone I cared about through that again. It was indeed so bad that it wasn't even funny, and I enjoy a good bad film from time to time. Movie night sounds fun, though, if only someone had made an even half-decent environmentalist film. Also, when did they ban inhalers? I didn't know that had happened.<BR/><BR/>John, regarding Mount Everest, I see that you are fortunate enough not to have seen the film. The actual plot of the movie [Um, Spoiler Alert, I guess] is that there were two people who lived on Everest after the flood, which is now a verdant paradise. The only hitch is that (for reasons unknown) they found that they were dying, presumably of some disease. So, feeling generous (and unbelievably stupid), they tattooed a crude map (seriously, there's no latitude or longitude or anything) of Everest's location ONTO THE BACK OF THEIR INFANT CHILD, WHO THEY THEN SET ADRIFT IN A BASKET, at the mercy of the four winds. Apparently, they didn't have any bottles or parchment handy. Some years later, when the actual action of the film takes place, the aforementioned child gets to be both the film's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macguffin" REL="nofollow">Macguffin</A>, and its obnoxious child character. Double whammy.D.Cous.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00107469506062466876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-15477349470136830842009-02-11T12:54:00.000-05:002009-02-11T12:54:00.000-05:00I know - we can have a Mishler/Cous movie night, c...I know - we can have a Mishler/Cous movie night, complete with Donal commentary, Michael questioning, and Lindsey guffawing! Maybe instead of encyclical guild? Scheduled: Waterworld and The Day After Tomorrow. Bring your aerosol cans to deplete the ozone layer - or the now-banned asthma inhalers. I'll invite Al Gore.M.O.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09467154721500337999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-46269937569924752792009-02-11T09:34:00.000-05:002009-02-11T09:34:00.000-05:00Re: watching Waterworld for laughs:I have been war...Re: watching Waterworld for laughs:<BR/><BR/>I have been warned not to do this. In fact, I has warned <A HREF="http://republicofdcous.blogspot.com/2009/02/ah-proverbial-low-hanging-fruit.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>:<BR/><I>-Don't watch Waterworld. No, not even ironically.</I><BR/><BR/>Also, everyone else I know who's seen it has also warned me that it's not worth watching, even for laughs.<BR/><BR/>I still may brave the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, if only because of Mr. Reeves' aforementioned acting abilities.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483135164645356348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-66661642740029505852009-02-11T00:58:00.000-05:002009-02-11T00:58:00.000-05:00Hey, whatever happened to holes in the ozone layer...Hey, whatever happened to holes in the ozone layer anyway? When I was a kid I was convinced that we had our own personal ozone-layer hole over our farm because we burned our trash in a barrel outside. Yep. Gotta love the scare-the-shit out of children strategy to save the planet. <BR/><BR/>Also...I think Gort has more facial expression than Keanu. Though I'm not sure who would win in a staring contest....wait, nevermind, I know, it would be the guy with cool death ray eyes. Sorry Keanu.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787892622804373968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-7421009971182959542009-02-10T18:54:00.000-05:002009-02-10T18:54:00.000-05:00Mr. Zax has missed the boat ;)The newly accepted t...Mr. Zax has missed the boat ;)<BR/>The newly accepted term is "global climate change".<BR/>John - you should watch the movie, just so you have something at which to laugh. It is a monumental waste of time, but laugh you will.M.O.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09467154721500337999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-2661564384057813102009-02-10T17:44:00.000-05:002009-02-10T17:44:00.000-05:00Oh. My. God.I swear I know the difference between ...Oh. My. God.<BR/><BR/>I swear I know the difference between "here" and "hear." I wish Blogger let me edit posts.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483135164645356348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16955127.post-5638121123719442252009-02-10T17:43:00.000-05:002009-02-10T17:43:00.000-05:00"David Zax has a funny last name, and I've been wr..."David Zax has a funny last name, and I've been writing this whole time picturing someone who looks like this dude."<BR/><BR/>That's funny because the first thing I think of when I here the name Zax is <A HREF="http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~raha/cv/zax.gif" REL="nofollow">these guys</A>.<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty much glad I never saw Waterworld. A few questions:<BR/>1. No Darwinist believes that man could evolve gills with a few thousand years.<BR/>2. How did we forget where Mount Everest was? Or did the water level rise so rapidly that we had no ability to move anywhere?<BR/>3. Is anyone really a fan of oil spills? Of course not.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483135164645356348noreply@blogger.com