I saw the G.I. Joe movie tonight via Netflix. It's bad -- bad acting, bad script, some weird scene-to-scene cuts, way too many flashbacks, some very derivative scenes (especially of Star Wars as the Joes try to infiltrate/disarm/escape the enemy base). If you accept this and go in with the lowest of low expectations, it's actually quite entertaining. I was surprised that I enjoyed myself as much as I did. Sure, some of it is laughing at the movie, but that's entertainment, too. Bad, but entertaining. So now you know.
Sunday's Dexter ended with a jaw-dropper of a twist. So much of the episode had been predictable and they led you to believe all signs were pointing towards one certain thing happening, but then they took a left turn at literally the last moment (the twist came in the last three or fewer seconds before the end of the episode).
So the fall portion of V is done and the show goes on hiatus until March, at which point it will have a new person at the helm. It shows enough promise here and there that I'll stick with it for now.
College basketball is on. Tonight was the championship game of the Maui Invitational, as Gonzaga and Cincinnati went to overtime before the Bulldogs won it with a big defensive play at the buzzer. I like both of those teams to be solid tournament teams. Cincy has great size, plays stifling defense, and has a potential star in top recruit Lance Stephenson. Gonzaga is Gonzaga -- great guards, enough size, solid experience.
Random Music Video:
It's easy to go with Adam Sandler's song, but the best Thanksgiving song is, without a doubt, Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant Massacree". Baltimore's 98 Rock plays it every Thanksgiving at noon and I try to tune in every year, as if I didn't also have the song on CD. So to honor my favorite holiday (how could anyone disagree?), here's the story of garbage, twenty-seven 8-by-10 color glossy pictures, and how to start a movement:
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