Movie Trio + Class-Based Whining

Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Why you doin' this, Doc?
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: I don't.
-Tombstone

I finished Season two of Queer as Folk, and didn’t realize I had until I put the next disc in, only to realize it was all special features. I do like special features, but I wanted more episodes, dang it! Nicole is very entertained that she’s got me hooked. She’s bringing Season three to our Lit. Crit. class tomorrow.

Writers Group this month was fairly slim, only nine of us and only two fresh submissions. I slacked. I blame it on my classes. Yeah. It’s all my professors’ fault.

Great news! Slither is now out on DVD. It’s hilarious, gross, and full of innuendo. Watch it! Oh, the wonderful lines. Full of colorful language, for sure, but very, very funny. Nathan Fillion is, of course, wonderful. Keep an eye out for nifty DVD extras, such as a behind-the-scenes tour with Nathan and a clip of cast & crew ragging on him, saying how horrible he is (mundo funny). There’s also a neat clip showing the different stages of some visual effects.

Movie Review: Tombstone. Oh, I love this movie. It’s everything a great western is – funny, gritty, and full of great lines. Watch out for Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), most of the things that come out of his mouth are just great, like, “You are a good woman. Then again, you just might be the antichrist.” Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton, and Sam Elliot are featured as the Earp brothers and do great jobs being generally tough bastards – particularly Russell and Elliot. Keep an eye out for a Charlton Heston Cameo.

Movie Review: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. The period parts were fun, the “behind-the-scenes” bits were mostly boring as all hell. Makes me curious to read the novel – which, since it’s assigned reading for my Lit. Crit. class, is probably a good sign.