I already love Heroes. It's melodramatic, over-the-top, funny, and just fucking cool. And now, for tonight's episode, George Takei, best known as Sulu in Star Trek is appearing as everybody's favorite hero, Hiro's, father. All I can say is: fantastic.
If you haven't seen this yet, I think you should. The article sums up the events rather well:
"Marine park staff caught the 5 foot (1.6 meter) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times."I guess part of me still loves watching videos of Loch Ness monsters and reading about fisherman finding living dinosaurs. And, plus, that thing is just looks amazing.
"We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare," said an official at the park. "They live between 1,968 and 3,280 feet (600 and 1,000 meters) under the water, which is deeper than humans can go."I also enjoy that the official hasn't heard that we're calling them videos now.
I really enjoy IGN's top 10 tuesdays...sometimes. The videogame sector just did the top 10 books that should be videogames, and for the most part, I found that interesting (somebody really ought to make a Gulliver's Travels). So, as I meandered over to IGN DVD to see their top 10 list, I was excited to see the top 10 stand-up DVDs. Then I read the article. To save you the trouble of clicking the link (unless you want their explanations ), this is their list:
1. Comedian
2. The Aristocrats
3. Comedians of Comedy
4. Bill Hicks Live - Satirist, Social Critic, Stand-Up Comedian
5. Platinum Comedy Series - Dave Chappelle - Killin' Them Softly
6. Patton Oswald - No Reason to Complain
7. Steve Byrne in Thirteen or Bust
8. Sarah Silverman - Jesus is Magic
9. Richard Lewis - Concerts from Hell - The Vintage Years
10. Dane Cook - Vicious Circle
Instead of doing my own top 10 list (I don't think I've seen enough), I'm just going to criticize this one (and disregard his "rules" for the list). Personally, I don't care if it was complementary to a CD and I don't care if the extras are interesting. Being, apparently, a comedian himself, he seems more concerned that the DVD show off the travails of being a stand-up rather than judge it based on how good the comedy is. So, with that aside, here's what I would change...
First off, rearrange the order of the list. Seriously, move Hicks up to the top; no one is better. Period. And Comedian was, at best, a boring documentary. If you want good Seinfeld, go buy the $5 DVD I'm Telling You for the Last Time. You actually get to see him perform jokes and they're actually funny. I haven't seen Oswald's DVD, but I do know that it costs a lot more than it ought to. I'm not spending $20 on 40 minutes of Comedy Central material. (If you haven't experienced this yet, you should know that any DVD done by Comedy Central tends to be...well...crap.) And, really, take out The Aristocrats. You're not getting stand-up comedy, you're getting interviews with comedians, sometimes. You may as well add Coffee & Cigarettes simply because it has a scene with Stephen Wright and Roberto Benigni. It's the same complaint I had when I watched David Cross's DVD: more stand-up, less documentary (same with Comedian). It's funny, but it doesn't fit.
I do agree with having Sarah Silverman on there. If you haven't seen it, you probably should. And, as far as missing DVDs: Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill, perhaps Stephen Lynch's Live at the El Ray (love Lynch, but the DVD quality can make it hard to enjoy, and it doesn't have all his top-notch material), and I'm surprised they didn't put Robin Williams on the list somewhere. If you're going to have an over-the-top, obnoxious comedian, at least put one on there that has some punch-lines (i.e., get rid of Dane Cook, put in the Williams).
I've heard good things about Richard Lewis's DVD, I know that Chappelle is funny, and I can't pass up a compilation that has Zach Galifinakis and Brian Posehn on it, but I haven't seen any of them, so can't speak to their direct qualities. Oh, and perhaps I should, but I have no idea who Steve Byrne is...so, he's gone too...
And in the category of shameless wife-promotion (which really means self-promotion in the end), head on over to Threadless and vote for k(i)d's T-shirt design. And by vote, I mean click "I'd buy it" and "5."
Recently on the Pandas comments thread, we developed what the iPhone should be. Conan bested us with a video:
I again feel the need to post on my bowling, but I'll keep it short. The other night I broke 2 personal records. I achieved my high score and high series.
First game was a 267, which is 1 pin higher than my previous high of 266. Second game was a 237 and the third was a disappointing 180.
Series= 684
Average=228
I like bowling.
300 game and 700 series here I come.