The epic NOAH movie is storming through box offices.. Christians flocking to it in bigger numbers than Sunday mass. But noteworthy are some Christian perspectives, as this one by Matt Walsh, on why it’s a terrible movie if you look at compared to the ‘book version.’ Walsh points out that NOAH was made by an atheist and that rock people were bad guys. Along with weird love angles. I had no inclination to see this film. After this review, now I may just want to..
The New York TIMES called NOAH ‘less epic’ than a horror movie..
NOAH seems to be slated to have a $47 mil opening for the weekend.. Nikki Finke wondered if the Southern California quakes made NOAH seem a little too real to see in theaters.. Either way, it appears that the former Governator’s SABOTAGE failed massively..
Sunday, March 30, 2014
NOAH just must not be like the book version
So.. did we just find out why animals were running out of Yellowstone?
I just wrote this morning about quakes in LA and Oklahoma.. but I didn’t speak much about Yellowstone.
And BOOM.
Shake>
QUAKE.
A major one, too..A 4.8 magnitude quake struck Yellowstone in Wyoming this morning..
The Yellowstone quake was preceded by a 3.0 foreshock at 4:36am MDT, about 2 hours before the main shock..
So if the animals ran, was it the 4.8 or .. is there more to come?
A raw and windy worry
Saturday night was a weird kind of night.. creepy.. rainy.. foreboding. Anyone else feeling like we are on the verge of something ..? There is just something about raw nights like last night, with wind and cold rain. The earth has power, as does nature. We don’t. Sometimes it feels like we are just constant victims to time itself. Each hour could be the last..
But collectively looking at it, I feel a sense of dread about upcoming events and times. And I don’t know why.. I fear the future this Sunday morning..
Here’s some reasons why..
This image is the 3.0 magnitude earthquakes or better across the United States.
We already know about the Southern California shaking, whether they be aftershocks ore foreshocks of a bigger one to come.. But take a glance at the middle of the country: Oklahoma has been getting rattled by quake after quake after quake—mostly in natural gas drilling areas where fracking is taking place. Just last night—last night—there were two moderate earthquakes over that state.. (and at a fracking location) And it was felt as far as Kansas..
I was also catching up on my boom and noise news .. The Strange Sounds blog ran a post concerning booms in Missouri earlier this month.. I have actually seen some more recent reports from Missouri of the same booming noises taking place. And with all of these booms and obvious mini quakes taking place, it reminded me of something I have read before concerning the days before the last major New Madrid quake in the 1800s: There were booms heard prior to the 1811 quake..
Speaking of the LA panics: They just keep happening: There is a lot of movement taking place in Southern California, as documented by this quake rundown..
Ebola winning. That's not good.
The deadly virus Ebola continues to spread, seemingly unabated. The outbreak has now reached Guinea’s capital .. people are obviously worried, as shown here, about what would happen should Ebola spread throughout the world. Meanwhile,the death toll continues to rise, nations that surround Guinea shut down their borders, and Guinea orders a ban on eating meat.. The scary part is: When people battle Ebola, Ebola always wins..
A little venting here.. And nothing political at all is meant by it.. no statement being made.
I long for the good old days when politicians were lampooned instead of being propped up—no matter the party or silly side you’re on. It’s healthy to laugh at our Chief Executive and Congress.
It’s needed.
IT SHOULD BE MANDATED!
Instead we’re subjected to PR and badly written comedic mind control.. During the supposed political ‘satire’ on SNL, the President had to kiss Justin Bieber to promote health care to the young. I missed the joke.. I didn’t get why it was funny.. But I sure saw through the attempt to promote President Obama. And that is NOT WHAT POLITICAL SATIRE IS..
Saturday, March 29, 2014
ABC7 in Los Angeles has a live streaming quake cam always online.. over the past day, since the city of angels has been shaking like hell, I have been sort of attached to this live video.. I realized tonight I was watching it so much that I actually witnessed a worker cleaning the needle .. I got so excited I did a print-screen to capture my ‘exclusive.’
EXTRA EXTRA
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
ABC7 EMPLOYEE CLEANS THE QUAKECAM NEEDLE
Maybe I have to close this window..
Blast back to 1995.. things weren’t all that great but the tomorrows were as bad as they seemed.
And Oasis was king.
For a day.
Some might say..
Saturday night live! A blast from the past to the band that people predicted would become the next ‘Beetles’ but never did.
Earthquake: 4.1 quake strikes near Rowland Heights; felt over wide area
A shallow magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon one mile from Rowland Heights, according to the U.S. Geological Survey . The temblor occurred at 2:32 p.m. at a depth of 5.6 miles. (It was originally reported as a 4.4 magnitude.)
This is after the Friday night 5.1.. and last week’s 4.4…
Seems to be a harbinger of something else coming..
This was the largest aftershock yet.
Or perhaps the second largest ‘foreshock’ of a bigger one on the way..
Earthquake: 4.1 quake strikes near Rowland Heights; felt over wide area
Get ready for heroes in a half shell. My son is already enthralled by the minute plus trailer for the NINJA TURTLES movie with Megan Fox coming out this summer.. Although I have read a few sources that are not as excited as today’s youth are with the Michael Bay rethink of the TURTLES..
And others are providing harsh commentary on Megan Fox’ abilities to transform into April O’Neill. The only thing I really noted about the trailer was the lack of substance, but instead the reliance on big action bombs and blasts and Megan Fox’s face. Not three seconds of the trailer went by without seeing Megan Fox ..
It seems that every time the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES come around, they get bigger. This one is no different. It appears that Michael Bay made them absolutely huge, as though they were steroid-using weight lifting heroes in a half shell .. Maybe too big?
As a student of the 1980s and 90s, the cartoon featured turtles who were short and fun.. As a matter of fact, even April O’Neill was taller than them. Not this go around, though.. Michael Bay made them ugly and huge.. They looked more like alligators than turtles.
And Megan Fox looks more like Megan Fox than April.
And Michael Bay looks like Michael Bay.
But does TMNT look more like Pearl Harbor than a hit? Time will tell, this summer…
How to build a raised garden bed
For anyone who wants to try.
I am going to this year.. I am craving to grow my own stuff.
I don’t want to slaughter my own meat yet. Maybe in 2015.
Incremental steps to self-sufficiency. I’m not going all “Jesse Ventura” and just going nuts.
How to build a raised garden bed
Pretty intense quake in LA
You can read more about it here
Also noteworthy is to see the Twitter reactions after experiencing the quake WHILE sitting in a theater watching NOAH
But as with any quake, there’s a 5% each one is a foreshock of another.. The 4.4 magnitude that occurred scared lots of people. This one did more to do that.
Remember it’s been years since LA had its last big one.. The mid 1990s as matter of fact.
Here we are, in a new century. Quake free.
That could be changing.
Although, I somewhat laughed at the “damage” photos being posted. The good news from the images is that it seems those most busy with the ‘cleanup’ will be stock boys in grocery stores—much much better than search and rescue teams combing rubble.
GAWER INTERVIEWS KENT: The Year's First Must-See Horror Movie Is So Much More Than That
The BABADOOK continues to receive high praise from world media outlets..
The Australian film was a big success at SUNDANCE..
I don’t look down on horror, but I my definition of horror is probably quite a lot broader than most. I don’t see it as a straight horror film
Interesting..
I did want to create a crazy world. My friends say, “You should write a comedy!” But, you know, I don’t think I’ll get many comedy offers after this.
And this
I’m just really proud of Noah’s performance in this film because he’s just 6. But yeah, not having them, I think, has given me a little distance from the horrors of motherhood
I think I really want to see this movie.
GAWER INTERVIEWS KENT: The Year's First Must-See Horror Movie Is So Much More Than That
Horror Movie Studio: Staten Island Clown Was ‘Just A Joke’ - CBS New York
The creepy clown that has been spotted on Staten Island in recent days was indeed the work of a local horror movie production company, the studio confirmed Friday.
We figured that this was just a fake tale to get attention for something. I don’t think the makers of the meme had an idea of just how fast the weird clown in Staten Island would spread..
But what boggles my mind is that the message was lost.. They are just advertising their horror studios, LENS PRODUCTION. For sure, you’d think they would have been trying to get a buzz about an actual project. Instead, it’s just a ploy to get attention for their studio.
Not sure if that idea was lost in the process.
I think more people would have assimilated to the clown hoax were it to be advertising a horror flick. But not a production company. Their name will be forgotten. A movie would not be..
BUT.. the clown will not be forgotten, either.
Horror Movie Studio: Staten Island Clown Was ‘Just A Joke’ - CBS New York
Friday, March 28, 2014
Good evening all.
Did everything remain the same today, as it did for me?
Maybe that’s fine.
Just fine…
No surprises.
Just the old tired song and dance..
This is truly an amazing and disturbing report coming from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC by Alexa Keefe .. It’s about Chernobyl and the horrid aftermath of the nuclear meltdown that took place there last century.
Earlier today I posted a big of a reprise of the 35th anniversary of the Harrisburg PA partial meltdown at Three Mile Island.. I mentioned how Chernobyl came a bit later. But just giving it a mention didn’t do justice as it is deserved.. Chernobyl was horrible, just awful. And some of the before and after photos in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC report show just how awful it was..
Autism rates now 1 in 68 U.S. children
And it’s not just the 1 in 68 number that is hard hitting, but it’s this too: This new figure is a 30% jump in numbers from just two years ago..
And we know these facts:
This newest estimate is based on the CDC’s evaluation of health and educational records of all 8-year-old children in 11 states: Alabama, Wisconsin, Colorado, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Arizona, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah and New Jersey.
The incidence of autism ranged from a low of 1 in 175 children in Alabama to a high of 1 in 45 in New Jersey, according to the CDC.
Children with autism continue to be overwhelmingly male. According to the new report, the CDC estimates 1 in 42 boys has autism, 4.5 times as many as girls (1 in 189).
BUT..
and the big BUT…
Maybe autism isn’t on the rise (?)
- The new definitions are more encompassing now.
- Awareness has increased.
- The data only came from 11 areas of the country.
Either way.. it’s seems to be a big deal.
And a mystery transforming the brains of the young and the future of the world..
Autism rates now 1 in 68 U.S. children
Did you ever think you'd be rooting for Newt?
Seriously?
For all of the controversy over the controversial politician, Newt Gingrich has been one of the few people to come forward and address something no one else will: The fact that we need to survive the eventual solar storm or EMP strike that may cripple the infrastructure of the United States..
Newt and his panel of people (maybe a lot of rabid neo-cons, and perhaps I am just blinded by the sunlight on the headline here) are upset that there is little happening to protect the US from the eventual.. the fact that nine out of ten Americans could face sudden death..
I do get it, though.. this group seems to be most concerned about man-made terrorism.. the fear, the fiendishness.. all of that ..and yes, the big ‘uumph’ seems to be planting seeds of Armageddon fear that a EMP or nuclear attack from North Korea will kill us all. But.. maybe it could.
And if those manmade evils aren’t bad enough, what if the sun blurts out the ‘big one’? (The big one from the sun is something I have written about for years on this site, should you have been someone paying any attention) …
We all know this. The grid is riddled with failure-potentials.
And maybe Newt isn’t so far off in his outlandish worries..
Who built the ark? Noah.. Who won the BOX, brother Noah won the box
Get ready.
The box office will be Bible thumping this weekend.. holy times are high, movie theaters will be filled with the faithful, praising Jesus and fearing the almighty, who flooded the world and forever promised not to with a rainbow. And then flooded the world OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Forget the actual ‘story’ of Noah for a second, or anything factual, or anything scientific, or any reality of it at all.. Instead. It’s TIME FOR NOAH. Brother Noah.. And his Ark.
We know this so far: The movie NOAH cost a lot of cold, hard cash to create. It faced a steady stream of criticism from the hardest of hardcore Christians, those hell-bent (no pun intended) on making sure Noah stayed true to the ‘real’ story from the Bible. It’s not in box offices around the world, and America.. And now Darren Aronofsky’s movie is making big inroads with the faithful, doing especially great with Catholic Hispanics and any town USA that has a strong Christian population.. You can read more about those Friday night facts from the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER..
Experts who get paid to run numbers on these types of things figure that NOAH will earn about $40 mil for the week—far less than it cost to make. But then again.. Sunday afternoon sales could be ALMIGHTY higher than expected. Just imagine if Father NamethatPriest rants and raves from the pulpit about this film.. The fervent will be filled with the holy ghost, enough perhaps to go streaming into theaters with friends and families instead of roast beef dinners at the family diner. Most movies have a date night like Friday or Saturday registering that largest numbers.. But just like PASSION OF THE CHRIST, NOAH could be huge on Sunday, bloody Sunday..
But for now, we only know this: NOAH is being released in 3,567 theaters strong. SABOTAGE is next with 2,486. And just judging from early numbers, Arnold Schwarzenegger will not ‘sabotage’ NOAH, but instead bomb huge at the box…
This is how NOT to advertise flying in the post Malaysian flight 370 world—an ad reminding people of how they may meet their doom in the vast Indian Ocean, the place where most think flight 370 ended up crashing and killing all aboard!
It’s a real ad, too..It was done by British Airways.. the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES is featuring it in its latest online runs.. It was first posted by Twitter users fascinated by the stupidity of the advert..
And now the ad is being dropped, taken back.. as though it never existed.
I am sure British Airways most likely wishes it wasn’t..
35 years later: Three Mile Island
It was 35 years ago, around 4am, that the nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg PA experienced a partial meltdown .. So many evacuated. So much toxic radiation dumped into the Susquehanna river.. Even Saturday night live at the time spoofed the Carter administration response by showing Dan Akroyd, playing Carter, as turning green.
The world was gripped in nuclear fever—as much as those exposed to the actual radiation..
A few years later, Chernobyl occurred..
And now in 2014, 36”5 years after the Harrisburg disaster, Fukushima continues to unravel like a slow motion train wreck, causing a nightmare in Japan for the generation cursed to love through the horrid aftermath of the 2011 meltdown..
And if you don’t think there’s anything to fear about Fukushima, tell that to the young sailors aboard the USS REAGAN who are suffering tremendous signs of radiation exposure.. Those brave young men and women were among the first responders that the United States sent to Japan on a humanitarian mission after the quake and tsunami..
35 years after Three Mile Island, we are as radiated—and ignorant about the dangers of nuclear power—as ever.
Glow green, world.