Recent content by Mark Speener

I contributed to Watching the Detectives, an annotated Watchmen :nerd:

The Guardian Premise: Costner plays a Coast Guard rescue diver that suffers a bad accident and gets sent to teach at the rescue diver school. Ashton Kutcher plays a hotshot swim champ who thinks he's got what it takes. Not bad but not great. Some of the early bits where Costner bucked...

Gonna Raise Hell

MI:III Decent action flick with enough swerves in the plot to keep you interested.

Superman Returns - Meh. These guys should read some comic books so they'd realize you need a bit more action. My Super Ex-Girlfriend - OK. A few funny parts and 10 times the action of Superman.

I can't watch this show anymore. The gore was completely unnecessary.

Is NBC delayed by 5 minutes or something? I saw the Walker TD on NFL.com before it was on shown on "live" TV.

Kicking and Screaming - Will Ferrell kiddie soccer flick. Predictable to the point of absurdity. Kids will probably like it and it wasn't completely laugh free. Plot: Overbearing hypercompetitve father has a kid that's a klutz and he rides the pine for the team his father coaches. Take that...

Benchwarmers It had a few laughs early and then fizzled when they were reaching for ways to get the Benchwarmers team to win. I found it oddly rated at PG-13 since it was basically Revenge of the Nerds for ten year olds.

Sons of Provo: The Spinal Tap of Mormon boy band movies. :thumbup:

King Kong This is one long ### movie. The 1st half should have been cut to 30 minutes and the 2nd half left alone except for the ice scene, I thought it was unnecessary.

Stealth Jessica Biel is hot but that's about it. The plot was laughable and some of the action was laughable. Have there been any quality action movies lately or have I seen too many to enjoy them anymore? Would I enjoy Lethal Weapon, Robocop or Die Hard if they came out today?

Cheaper by the Dozen 2: Mildly enjoyable family flick. Kids like it. Jamie King in a skintight one piece = :thumbup: What a Girl Wants: 5 out of 10. Not terrible but not that good either. I don't know why I end up watching all these tween flicks. Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing &amp...

I've been rereading the Vorkosigan Saga since I bought a couple of omnibus'. I started with Young Miles (Warrior's Apprentice and Vor Game), went to Cordelia's Honor (Shards of Honor and Barrayar) and just started Miles Errant (Mirror, Mirror and Brothers in Arms). It's very well written...

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