May 25th, 2008
In 1969, an unknown author wrote a book that would later be made into a movie. That author had previously written other novels under pen names, but Andromeda Strain would be Michael Crichton’s first novel released under his real name.
If you haven’t read a Crichton novel, then you’ve probably seen a Crichton movie. Probably the most famous of all Crichton novels to be made into a movie is “Jurassic Park.” That movie did particularly well because Crichton also wrote the screenplay. Purists will realize that the book and movie differed in several regards, and that the movie version of “JP” was made a great deal more “family friendly” compared to the graphic details of the novel.
Memorial Day, A&E’s “The Andromeda Strain” makes it’s debut. It is a two-night event, so it may be more detailed than the original 1971 movie. However, the original movie was very true to the original novel, straying only - as I remember - in the sex of one of the characters. (A male in the novel, was female in the movie.)
I’m looking forward to the movie, although Crichton didn’t write the screenplay, so this may be more in the vein of “Based On The Novel.” In other words, it would resemble the novel, but not be exactly the same. We shall see.
As long as it’s not a disaster of a movie like “Rising Sun.” A disaster so bad, that Crichton actually walked out on the movie when it was being previewed to him.
Links of interest:
MichaelCrichton.com
A&E’s The Andromeda Strain
RLR
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May 6th, 2008
I just enjoyed a McDonalds Southern Style Chicken Sandwich.
I loved it. I should.
It’s identical in flavor to the Chick Fil A sandwich, and I love those. Bun. Tender chicken. Two slices of pickles. They build them the same, too.
The only thing McDonalds is missing is the waffle fries.
RLR
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May 5th, 2008
Ah, more primaries. And, more opportunities for the Hill and Obama to do a little mudslinging. McCain has got to be loving this.
Sure, John’s time is coming: as soon as one or the other gets chosen to be the Democratic candidate, all guns will be firing at McCain. In the meantime, it’s self-destruction time for the Dems.
What do you think? Who’s it gonna be?
With Obama being put on display as exactly what he pretends he is not - a politician - I think he’ll end up losing to Hillary in Tuesday’s Primaries. I don’t know that he’ll end up losing overall, though. He’s got too much of a lead.
A person is judged by their actions, and the friends they keep.
NOW the friends he has… he’s completely aware of their character. But I think he’s a snob. SnObama, as some have named him. He thinks very little of the common person, very little of America, and very little of conservative values.
In other words, he’s a far-left leaning liberal Democrat with large beliefs in socialism.
Hey, at least with Hillary, we’ll get Bill. If we get Obama, we’ll be stuck with his wife.
RLR
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April 22nd, 2008
I think Hill will win it by a percentage point or two. Around 51/49.
My next prediction? Win or lose, Hill won’t quit. She’s not going to give up easily on the power she wants so badly.
RLR
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April 7th, 2008
Yes, it’s true. Global Warming is to blame for just about everything.
And now… The next time you feel sick, tell the boss you can’t come to work today. Global Warming gave you a cold!
RLR
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March 11th, 2008
So the New York governor, Eliot Spitzer… the crime fighting warrior… is up to his eyeballs in crime.
Ok.
The moment this story broke yesterday, the first thing I noticed was.. I couldn’t find a reference to the party with which he belonged.
I finally found it… once I visited Michelle Malkin’s page: a Democrat.
Ok.
So my prediction was - and is - that he’ll fight tooth and nail to stay in office and not resign. After all, as a Democrat, he’s a victim, not a criminal.
Whereas if he had been a Republican… he would have been resigning by now. Not to mention the fact that, as a Republican, his party designation would have been plastered across every news story across the country.
With Republicans now saying “Quit or Be Impeached,” I think he’ll receive some heat from his own party to do just that… otherwise he could further damage the Democratic Party more than he already has.
I expect him to fight. We’ll see.
RLR
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February 26th, 2008
With the power grid problem in Florida that caused a nuclear plant to shutdown.. how long, I wonder, before the nutroots point at the nuclear power plant and start complaining? I can hear it now:
“See?! Nuclear power is bad, man. Like, real bad. All we need is love!”
Of course, it’s clean and efficient power… but logical arguements are usually pointless with environmentalists.
Especially since everything - including the human race - emit carbon dioxide. How a naturally occuring gas formed by humans over the past few thousand years is supposedly just now triggering a warmer Earth (the sky is falling!), I have no idea.
I think we should just place logic and common sense aside, and see what happens.
Oh wait.
We already have.
Bigger government, higher taxes for the rich [because, y'know, all they do is pay salaries and create jobs], and more government programs to help people that don’t want to help themselves…
Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s Tuesday, and I have an odd number ending on my license plate. I need gas for the car.
Then I think I’ll stand in line for a few hours to get a loaf of bread.
But at least health care will be free for everyone.
Yep. If I need any kind of life saving operation, all I need to do is sign up and wait for it… for a few months.
Of course, I may be dead by the time my turn comes up… but that solves two problems:
1. It’s free!
2. Government saves money, since more people will be dead [no operation performed], and that means less bread to have to give away, and - of course - lower health cost to the government, since there will be less and less older people.
Welcome to the new progressive America, comrade.
RLR
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February 6th, 2008
Do you have one? I liked Fred. I also liked Tom. Not so much Rudy.
Ron? He’s got… interesting ideas. But they’re a bit too radical for my taste.
Mitt? Yeah… although I must admit that at this point, it’s less about what I want, than it is about what is available that is best.
But all of them can easily be considered “conservative.” (Well.. except for Rudy.) Not, of course, Republican… because one doesn’t always mean the other.
Then there is McCain.
I’m not amused by this “choice.” Between this joker, Obama, and Hillary… there is no choice. There is no difference.
Perhaps the next few months will help me figure out what I am going to do with my vote.
The Hawaii caucus is, I think, February 19th.
I wonder if there will be any choices available.
Perhaps we conservatives will just need to vote for the best liberal [a contradiction in terms if there ever was one], and then do what we can to get some Conservative Republicans (because I don’t want more McCains) to be in charge of the House and Senate.
Having Democrats in charge of the entire government? If that doesn’t give you nightmares, then you must have your head buried in the sand.
RLR
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January 30th, 2008
I went to a local produce market the other day, here in Honolulu, Hawaii. The open market is located on the Kapiolani Community College parking lot.
On the walk from my car to the market, I saw a person handing out some newspapers. I didn’t get a photo of her, or her publications, but they had the usual Bush Derangement Syndrome pictures and text.
I asked her what this was all about. She said that we needed to close Guantanamo Bay, and prevent the United States from attempting to conquer other countries, etc. etc. etc.
If she’d given me one of her newspapers, I’d have happily taken it and displayed it here, for easy ridicule. But she asked me if I’d like a paper; it only cost a dollar.
Um, no. I’ll not be financing a group that wants to place a failed government system here in the United States.
I did ask if she had a website. And she said yes. Revcom.us.
It doesn’t take any measure of investigative journalism to see that the website she was supporting on the sidewalk is the “Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.”
Now, it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that a communist party has found a home on the parking lot of a college. Especially here in the liberal state of Hawaii. I just irritates me to find someone that actually believes the crap being spewed from some cheesball group that thinks that communist/socialism is the best solution. The truth of the matter is that communism hasn’t worked, doesn’t work, and will never work. It’s a failed government system. (Failed for the people that it supposedly supports. Not for the ones in charge of the government, of course.)
If I see her again when I visit the market, I’ll try and take her picture. After all, she’s in a public location. She must be so proud of the bullcrap she’s pushing. After all, it’s the freedom of living in the United States that has afforded her the ability to be clueless about living here.
Update Yes, that picture now appears in this posting. I wrote this article when my site was down, and have since taken that photo. Note just how many people are interested in the things she’s selling. Yep. They’re standing in line, alright.
RLR
Tags: BDS, bush derangement syndrome, communism, Hawaii, liberal, paradise, socialism
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