Monday Therapy: T-Rex Thunderdome

A new week is here! Are you ready to rumble??


Get out there and conquer like the apex predator you are, people!

Movie Review: "Jurassic World" (2015)

LET THEM FIGHT. 

RAWR!  Jurassic World just had the biggest domestic box office opening weekend EVER, and right now it's the hottest thing to smash into the planet since the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.  This movie is the roaring, stomping, jungle-crushing behemoth of the season, and even if it can't recapture the sheer thrilling novelty of the iconic 1993 flick, it will do just fine for a mega-blockbuster popcorn flick for Summer 2015.  Really, how can you lose with Steven Spielberg as producer, the latest in eye-popping special effects, and a Goliath Franken-saur that treats other dinosaurs as chew toys, never mind 20,000 tourists?  

The movie does have its flaws.  Lots of them.  I didn't care.  I pretty much ignored them except for indulging a few eye rolls, because I had sprinted to the theatre for two things and two things only.  I raced there to see (A) Chris Pratt wrangle velociraptors (my all-time favorite dinosaur!), and (B) all kinds of other prehistoric critters wreak ridiculous amounts of bloody havoc by land, sea, and air.  In terms of those two basic requirements, Jurassic World delivered.  Everything else is distraction and detail.  

Monday Therapy: A Cappella "Jurassic Park"

In honor of Jurassic World's new release (and overwhelming dominance at the box office - RAWR!), here's a cool video to tide you over until I can write a movie review:


Lest we forget, John Williams is the man!

Movie Magic: Trailer Mania

Let us obsess about the 3 trailers that just hit the Internet in the last few days.  Here they are, with the best for last (of course):

Awesome: Baby T-Rex Throws the First Pitch

It happened yesterday at a San Diego Padres game.

LOL: Deliciously Funny Car Decal

Generally speaking, I find these cutesypoo-sentimental car decals to be a little ridiculous, but if I were to slap one on my chariot, I could do a lot worse than this:

Movie Review: "Jurassic Park 3D" (2013, original 1993)

Hold onto your butts.

LOL: Shoes For an Apex Predator

Who needs (or even wants) kitten heels when you could have T-Rex ones instead?  Can you imagine me wearing these babies to my next Nerdmoot?  I love how you can't see them as they are coming at you.  RAWR!

Hatching a Chickensaurus

Let's hatch a chickensaurus!  Hey, what could possibly go wrong?

Couch Potato Chronicles: "Terra Nova" Premieres

Well, promises, promises.  The premiere episode wasn't horrible, but it wasn't awesomely awesome either. Some of the characters already annoy me.  Still, it was new sci-fi, and there were some dinosaurs, and even if there wasn't enough dino-carnage for La Parisienne's taste and mine ("That's it?  Someone should have at least been bitten in half"), she sagely pronounced that we should give the show a chance and watch a few more episodes ... if only because Irishman Jason O'Mara is so very pretty.  (Oh, and speaking of pretty, Dignified Rant, I did see "The New Girl," and it was quirky-cute and quintessential Zooey Deschanel.)


UPDATE: LOL!  Well, yes. I consciously ignored the stupidities of the episode because I knew that if I thought too hard about it, I would be disgusted and turn off the TV.  What I wanted was lots of Jason O'Mara running through the woods killing dinosaurs.  The whole idea that he can't shoot to kill is ludicrous, frankly, but we'll see just how far his pretty face can carry the show, shall we?  In other news, the Cinema-Mad Sibling and I are hoping "Person of Interest" turns out OK, though I hesitate to hope too much.  I had more fun with the "Supernatural" season premiere that was delightfully entitled "Meet the New Boss."

Couch Potato Chronicles: Promises, Promises

Jason O'Mara promises lots and lots of rip-roaring dinosaur action in his new TV show, "Terra Nova."  I'm trying (really, really trying) not to get my hopes up.  Are the promises just sweet nothings? Or will we actually get some awesome, glorious dino-carnage every single episode?   Dang it, O'Mara!   Mama needs new sci-fi!

Life Imitates "Jurassic Park"

Didn't anybody working on this project watch the classic 1993 flick "Jurassic Park"?  I'll even quote Dr. Malcolm: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn't stop to think if they should."  Heh.  On the other hand, seeing a T-Rex eat a slimy lawyer was kind of uproariously amusing.  Golly, I love this movie.  (Plus -- hey! -- Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum!)