Why? I don’t understand. The institution that is Hollywood sits around wondering why fewer and fewer people are going to movies today when they give us fewer and fewer reasons to bother. Beyond the expense of going to the movies and the fact that home viewing is rapidly gaining in presentation quality (without the hassle of disgusting seats, sticky floors, and hordes of morons who can’t shut up/turn of their phones/stay home when sick) is the simple fact that the big studios are turning out fewer and fewer quality pictures. A further indictment of the industry is this continued practice of remaking movies. This practice it outshined in its laziness and generally poor results only by the practice of turning video games into movies (especially if done by Uwe Boll). (more…)

My manager took my team out to lunch today before going on vacation. This was nice enough, but after lunch was over he made us follow him to his car. Out of the back seat he retrieved this box of booze and handed out a different bottle to everyone in the crew (4 of us his direct reports and 1 guy who’s in another group, but like one of us…and he gave his notice so tomorrow’s his last day so it was my manager’s last time to hang out with him at work). I got a bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon. I’m now heading out to the local sports bar to catch the football game, have some dinner and several beers. When I get back, I can assure you that a shot of Maker’s Mark will be raised to the health of my Manager.