On walkouts

[prog]

Walking out of a movie being shown at your friend's house lacks the satisfying feeling you get (or anyway I get) from walking out of a theater showing, and may even look rude to people prone to taking it the wrong way. But sometimes you just have to hit the gong. (And I don't think anyone took it the wrong way. I was polite about it.)

Wow, what a stinker. It was just one of those no-brain "comedies" where every single character is the exact same completely selfish Type-A jerk, and I had no desire to spend the next 90 minutes in their company. Filling the story with obscure nods to ST:TOS storylines does not fix it for me. Eating shit served to you by Bill Shatner himself is still eating shit. Sorry.

Here is a much better Shatner movie that derspatchel linked a while ago. Enjoy! (Regretfully it was my watching this in the office that began the sequence of events leading to the other film's showing. But, la.)

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[cthulhia]

you left too soon.

no, they didn't stop being jerks, but the references got better.

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[prog.livejournal.com]

The thing is, I get enough of that just hanging out with you guys, except with no jerky and twice the funny. :)

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[mrmorse.livejournal.com]

I am not at all convinced you made the wrong choice.

On the other hand, you missed the song at the end.

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[rikchik.livejournal.com]

The credits were kind of funny too. Though you can just read them on IMDB.

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[mrmorse.livejournal.com]

So, hey, remember when you gave me a ride home?

And remember when I put my unicycle in the back of your car as I was getting in?

Remember me chasing you down the street and waving as you drove away after I got out?

That wasn't just because I'm like that.

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[cthulhia]

wait, who are you?

i actually don't remember you running down the street after us, and NO ON ELSE IN THE CAR MENTIONED THIS TO ME, DAMMIT.

D'oh.

Well, I will try to be back at my place between 5-6. failing that, I can put it in our front hall, and Zarf can get it back to you.

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[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I don't think any of the rest of us noticed it either, sadly. Sorry Matt!

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[mrmorse.livejournal.com]

Actually, I figured that no one noticed, but on the chance you did and thought, "he's just like that," I wanted to say I had good reason this time.

Anyway, I can come by and pick it up at 6 if that works for you.

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[cthulhia]

aim for before 6.

at 6, I am heading out for the weekend, with a carload of folks who might not want to wait too long.

[cortezopossum.livejournal.com]

I never heard of 'Free Enterprise' so I can't judge whether it would have been worth staying.

I've heard the album where Shatner sings -- my favorite is the "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" disaster. Still -- I didn't know they made an equally bad music video of one of his songs.

[mrmorse.livejournal.com]

His older music makes me kind of uncomfortable. But I'm a big fan of his 2004 album, Has Been.

But really, you need to watch the video for "No Tears for Caesar."

[ahkond.livejournal.com]

In other Trek news, George Takei was on the Howard Stern show all week, classing up the joint. He had a few hilarious anecdotes about what a prick Shatner is.