Monday
Today’s meal: A Dominos Chicken Bacon Ranch sub
sandwich. It’s not like I’d go there for
their pizza. Their subs are actually
excellent, but they do take about 15 minutes since they run them through their
oven. That’s enough time for me to walk
over there to pick it up and work up an appetite. It was a beautiful day, why not? I baked up a side of sweet potato tots to go
with it. Yeah, it was good.
Movies
It doesn’t have to be all sports, does it?
I picked up the Director’s Cut of Blade Runner at the used bookstore.
(I suppose it’s not going to boost my literary credentials to say that I
also got two comics and a graphic novel there.)
I’d heard about the cut version, but never actually seen it, though I’ve
seen the original many times. This was a
barebones, no extras or commentary version, which is okay, since most extras
are a complete waste of time.
I was, as always, struck by the level of detail in the sets,
just layer upon layer of detail.
Incredible. I’ve heard that
they’re making a sequel. They’ve got
their work cut out for them to duplicate the look (especially as technology has
dramatically moved on from what was featured in the movie). Harrison Ford hated the movie (and it mostly
shows). He said about director Ridley
Scott’s production, “The actors were just human props on his massive
sets.” In this case, the sets were the
real star of the movie.
Essentially the cut had to two differences. There’s no Marlowe-esqe voice-over. Given how listlessly Harrison Ford did it,
you’d think you wouldn’t miss it. In
this case, the studio was right to insist on it. At least in the beginning part of the film,
it’s way too spare and uninvolving without it.
The other thing was the insertion of a Unicorn dream sequence. It’s like an outtake from another Scott
movie, Legend. It’s supposed to show that Deckard might
actually be a Replicant himself. I don’t
get it or why you’d want to insinuate it either. Thankfully, they didn’t really change the
ending, which I was most afraid of.
Green Lantern was
on a Juarez station Sunday night. I say this with full irony, it’s like a
Disney animated movie. If it had been,
you might not have questioned all of the questionable motivations and plotting,
chalking it up as a Sci-fi fairy tale.
Ryan Reynolds wasn’t bad and there were a few witty lines, but you can’t
make sh*t shine. If this had been part
of some larger DC universe of films, where Superman and Batman were well-known
heroes, Hal Jordan
taking up the mantle, might have made more sense.
Soccer
During the Green
Lantern broadcast there were non-stop commercials featuring the World Cup. Not to mention, Fox broadcast yet another
European soccer championship on Saturday.
Somehow they can show these matches without constant commercial
interruption, but not NASCAR. If
baseball is boring, then what is soccer?
What am I missing whenever I’ve tried watching? Why is this national, international, all
forms of media whether sports related or not, all-out marketing blitz somehow
not improving my opinion of the actual sport itself. The collective media is trying very, very
hard to get my attention for a sport that they don’t get to run commercials during
every five minutes. Highly suspicious. I don’t see soccer as a sport in this
country; I see it as an agenda.
Tennis
I tried watching French Open tennis while I was eating, but
I couldn’t sit through it. If Maria Sharapova was
playing, maybe, but without some sex appeal, the sport no longer has any appeal
for me. I used to love watching, pretty
much regardless of who was playing (more so if there was an attractive girl
involved).
Baseball
I didn’t like rooting against the Tigers for the last two
days. I have a Tigers pennant and a
black and white, mounted photo of my long-lost, beloved Tigers hat on my wall. But, I have to show loyalty to one of my
other favorite teams, the Rangers, since it’s their broadcast. Eric Nadel was absent again for the Memorial
Day game. Matt Hicks had it covered for
the Rangers 7-2 win over the Twins, whom I have no trouble rooting
against. Once again, there were
challenges on every close play, though not all successfully. It looks like this will be a constant
interruption in the game. Look, if you
don’t want managers and players arguing, just do what you do for balls and strikes,
automatic ejection.
After Rangers game, I flipped over to the El Paso Chihuahuas
game. I tuned in just as Brooks Conrad
hit a two-run homer against the Rainiers in
the 3rd, for the first score of the game.
Timing is everything. I keep meaning to mention Matt Wisler, one
of the Padres’ top pitching prospects. I
keep not doing it, because he hadn’t done anything worthwhile. Today, however, he totally nailed it: 7
innings, 1 unearned run, 2 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts. Little wonder the dogs won 3-1 in a bit more
than two hours. No doubt both teams were
exhausted after the first three games in the series.
Meanwhile, I hear in the update that the Tigers’ freefall
continues, as they lose 10-0 to the A’s.
I had hoped KROD would join an ESPN game in progress, as I got to listen
to a Memorial Day double header last year, but I was being too greedy.
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