FACT: ...(and my new-found YouTube playlisting) Scary Spice and Ginger Spice are the ones who really carry "Wannabe."

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FACT: I am enamored of Geri Halliwell (aka Ginger Spice).

THAT IS ALL.

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FACT: Gomer Pyle was a United States Marine.

Which means he must have been pretty badass.

I bet, back in the day, he could've killed, like, six enemy soldiers with an entrenching tool in under a minute.

Think about that next time you're chortling over a rerun.

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(yoinked from woodwardiocom)

FACT: Geek gals = teh awez.

Propagating this vid because it's TROO!



I iz in luv.

(No diss to current SOs; you am super-geeky, and I lurve it!)

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Speed Racer is a horrible film.

Speed Racer is a kinda lame movie.

Speed Racer is possibly the most perfect flick ever produced.

MACH-A-GO-GO!

In other words: I love it when people make movies just for me.

(Check my movies tag, and especially this post for my cinematic tastes.)

Lemme scroll back.

When my plans for the day fell apart, I hied myself to a matinee of Speed Racer. I had initially been worried by reviews I'd seen in my F-list, and was unwilling to risk the cash on a full price admission.

I. Was. Wrong. Spock.

Speed Racer the flick is a visual love-letter to the Speed Racer cartoon, created with thought, craft, and art.

It is better than the cartoon, without a single misstep against the cartoon. It improves upon awesome, becoming liquid awesome with xylitol.

True! One could even say FACT.

Indeed, I am not angry at those who didn't like the flick as much as I. Instead, I feel... pity.

Pity that they could not appreciate this summation and explication of a key piece of my childhood. De gustibus... and all that, but yet: I feel sad that the naysayers got little to nothing out of this masterpiece of flick-dom.

That being said, here is the calculus of viewing:

* If you have never seen the Speed Racer cartoon, or do not like it, give this movie a pass. See it if it's on cable and you have nothing better to do.

* If you have seen the Speed Racer cartoon, but do not like its silly or wacky bits, consider the local cheap theater or Drafthouse Cinema. If you're feeling generous, rent it.

* If you have seen the Speed Racer cartoon, and glory in its silly or wacky bits, matinee (if feeling cagey) or full price show.

Speed Racer has entered into my list of favorite films.

So there.

Tags: 240 dollars worth of puddin', fact, movies, underkoffler's overviews

In short (because I am full of white-hot fury, and a longer post would become a huge rant full of profanities and invective directed at Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos):

FACT: The Democratic debate last night was an absolute travesty of journalism, and served the voting public -- especially people in PA and the remaining states that have yet to vote -- so poorly it boggles the mind.


EDIT: I struck-through "FACT" on this post due to a discussion with whswhs, and for good reason. See the comments.

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I misspoke.

It's not Del Close's SAG card -- it's his Actor's Equity card.

Which is arguably even cooler.

Del Close's Equity Card Found by me in a copy of James Blish's Black Easter.

Rock on.

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FACT: Rachel Maddow is liquid hawt.

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FACT: Ghostbusters may be the finest movie ever made.

That is all.

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FACT: The subtitle of Sense & Sensibility should be "A Bunch of Characters You Wish to Pop in the Snoot, Hard."

That is all.

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