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Sunset at Dusk… PAD #1084

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Sunset at Dusk... PAD #1084

Today I was up at 4:35am, got ready to head to the airport for a 6:00am flight. The flight was on time and the Tulsa airport is very easy to get into and out of. I even started my guest post for the Average Dudes blog. I had plenty of time to get things started. The flight itself gave me a chance to catch a few more Z’s and I read some more of my latest Clive/Dirk Cussler book, Treasure of Khan. I need to get this one finished before I see my buddy Ryan again.

I made a quick change at the Atlanta airport and then headed to Tri-Cities. I was very early today and today was what is called a travel day. All I had to do was get to my next destination. So I had the time and I went to see Drillbit Taylor. I really liked this movie. I was also a fan of My Bodyguard, and 3 O’Clock High. It must be that stories where bullies get their comeuppance resonate with me. I was bullied in grade school. But at the same time I did try and defend my smaller friends from bullies. That is what got me into my one major fight in my life. Another story for another time.

In the movie Owen Wilson is Drillbit Taylor, a homeless guy who is hired to be the bodyguard for 3 kids who are being terrorized by two bullies at school. One of my favorite parts was when the kids are interviewing potential bodyguards and as they interview people one of them is Adam Baldwin. I started laughing my butt off when I saw him because Adam Baldwin (of Firefly, Chuck and The Inside) was also in the movie My Bodyguard. His line was, “You’re hiring a bodyguard to defend yourselves from a high school bully, that is ridiculous.” He was also wearing a jacket similar to the one his character, Linderman, wore in My Bodyguard. I laughed right out loud and I figure that unless you were a child of the 80’s that one cameo would have made no sense to you. It is fun being a font of Pop Culture knowledge sometimes.

All in all the movie was good, it had a great Owen Wilson performance. He is an excellent actor and while he is still shadowed by his suicide attempt his talent cannot be denied. This movie uses his talents well and the kids that hire Drillbit are pretty decent in their own right. The character of Ryan was hilarious and had many of the movies better lines. The expressions and the acting was good. If you want to see a pretty decent movie, not a lot of swearing, many funny parts and some great awkward teen moments from some pretty likable kids.

I also wrote my latest IZEA Guest Blogger post titled “Phoning It In“. The post is all about mobile blogging with some focus on using Utterz for mobile blogging.

Today is my sister Tara’s Birthday, dad sent me a cute picture of Tara and Eva tonight too. Happy birthday Tara!

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Movie, Transformers

Transformers DVD

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This past Tuesday I went to Best Buy and picked up the Transformers Movie on DVD. I got the 2 disk special edition with the two Robot Heroes characters packaged with the DVDs. I also got the limited edition Megatron Lithograph that they had with it as well. I can’t believe how many separate promotions were done for this movie. Target had the special edition in a transforming CD cover. They also had a prequel comic packaged as well. For the non special edition they had a promo where if you bought the BumbleBee: Evolution of a Hero Two pack you got some sort of discount. Walmart had a pretty decent promo as well and so did many other places.

I have to say that I’ve seen the movie twice in the theater and now I am a bit spoiled as to what the experience is going to be in my own home on the 27 incher. But my friend Andy just got a sweet TV and sound system that would totally rock this movie. He put in a great system and even built a component area for his TV and sound system so that it looks like it is part of the room, not just hanging out in an entertainment center. He probably used a concealable plasma stand to hang the TV so that it totally blends to the wall but at the same time is well mounted and secure. We’ll have to let him borrow the movie to see how he likes it with his sound system and TV.

My friend Ryan is getting the Transformers Movie on HD and he also has a great sound system and TV. I can’t imagine how awesome the movie is going to look in HD on an HD DVD player and an HD tv. I think my little TV might be HD but we have no HD peripherals attached to it so it might as well be a regular TV. There are also many Easter eggs that are on the DVD so far including deleted scenes and other items. One is for a fake commercial for a Transformers Alternators character with Michael Bay’s head. Another is of Michael Bay being ripped out of a car by Megatron. It think it is funny that he can poke fun at himself especially at all the fan hate that was spewed his way. All in all the movie turned out to be a good one and has made a ton of money. And the 2nd movie is already slated for 2009. Once the release date is known I’ll be putting up a countdown clock.