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McBain, the Movie

(Hat Tip: Instapundit)

It seems someone with too much time on their hands figured out that if you take all the clips of "McBain" from the various The Simpsons episodes, they form a coherent story (sorta).

Watch this:

Of course, "McBain" is satirizing Hollywood blockbusters (and Arnold Schwarzenegger).  Which is what we've come to expect from The Simpsons over the years: biting sarcasm and clever satire.

UPDATE: The movie doesn't seem to work anymore.

UPDATE 2: I found it again so the movie is working again.  See how long this one lasts.

Modern Stress

Not much on the political front except it's one week to the election and I can't wait for it to be over.  I don't even watch much T.V. so I don't get inundated with ads.

But I'm feeling stressed about . . . the need to watch things.  Even though I limit my television viewing to Top Gear, Mythbusters, Fringe, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and University of Washington football games, I feel overwhelmed because in addition I have a Netflix subscription.  And right now that means watching two discs a week (starting Thursday I'm going to the 2-at-a-time plan and then I'm hoping to only have to watch one disc per week; when you upgrade your Netflix plan they do it immediately and prorate it;  when you downgrade, they make you wait for the next billing cycle).  In addition there's Netflix instant on my PS3.  Which, don't get me wrong is great (and free with the Netflix plan I have) but the family wants to continue to watch Battlestar Gallactica on instant.  And there's 2 backlogged Fringe episodes to watch on my DVR (and another recording Thursday).

So how did relaxing become so stressful?

The Last Hours of 24

For those of you on the East Coast, it's already started: the last two hours of "24".  (I still have an hour to wait.)

I've watched "24" unlike I've watched any television program in a long time.  I caught every episode of every season. 

I didn't start watching "24" until the second season (and boy, was it confusing at first as I didn't know who anyone was and there were lots of blondes).   I was almost immediately hooked and got the first season from Netflix to catch up.

Conservatives tended to like "24" due to its unflinching view of terrorism.  And Jack pulled no punches (literally).  If Jack needed information to stop a terrorist threat, he used whatever "aggressive interrogation" techniques it required.

But as Jonah Goldberg pointed out in National Review (NRODT) that "24" also showed government bureaucrats as nearly omnipotent in their ability to gather information when needed.  And very little (if anything) in government is that efficient.

This last season of "24" has been a good one, one of the better of the eight.  The show is definitely going out with a bang and on top (despite declining viewer ship).

Now the only thing to watch on Monday nights will be Top Gear.  Tuesdays nothing. Wednesdays Mythbusters, Thursday through Saturday nothing, and finally on Sunday Simpsons and Family Guy.

Oh well, just more time to blog.  

Jack Bauer Interrogates Santa

I've ran into this twice now in the space of 10 minutes of web surfing:

 

Starbuck is a Conservative?

Apparently, Lt. Starbuck of the original Battlestar Galactica (and also some dumb show about mercenaries) is a conservative.  See here for the story of Dirk Benedict on National Review Online.

24 Day 7 Hours 3 and 4

Well, they got off to sort of a slow start in hours 2 and 3.  But they certainly made up for it in hours 3 and 4.  And amazingly, Jack is back at CTU (well, sort of).  And Tony did go to the dark side, but now he's back . . . maybe.  Can never tell with 24.  

One thing I need to point out: car doors will not stop bullets.

So, we have the mystery of who's corrupt in the President's inner circle.  They are setting it up to be the chief of staff so that probably means he's not it.

And now we have to wait a week.

And Agent Walker had turned into a female Jack.  But it's personal with her.   

24 Day 7 Hours 1 and 2

Well, off to a pretty good start, even without CTU.  Has Tony gone to the dark side or is he working undercover?  And who's the mole in the FBI?  But they've captured Tony so maybe some answers will be forthcoming.  Like in hour 23.

There were a couple of inconsistencies which made the experience less enjoyable.  One was an air traffic controller saying (and I'm paraphrasing), "I can hear Almeida talking to the airplane."  How did the ATC guy know it was Almeida?  I doubt the FBI would have given him that information.  And then the redheaded, freckled female FBI agent (Agent Walker; I looked up her name on IMDB) said they have to find the device.  How do they know there's "a device" and not multiple devices.

About an hour and a half until the next 2-hours.  I'm sure I'll have comments after that.

 

24 Day 7

People in the Eastern and Central time zones are already watching 24 season seven.  I have to wait a little more than two hours.  From the Fox 24 website:

Set in Washington, DC, "Day 7" opens four years after Season Six with CTU dismantled and JACK BAUER on trial.

This will be set in D.C., not L.A. as previous seasons were.  And we got a clue as to what will be happening in "24 Redemption."  Of course, the big mystery is "how will Jack save the day again."  And the bigger mystery is after a lack luster Day 6, will they be able to capture the 24 magic formula again for fans that have been waiting since May 2007?

Two hours to go.  I can't wait.

24 Redemption

Well, it's been about 24 hours since I watched the "24 Redemption" movie.  Due to a DVR screw up, I  missed about 5 minutes in the first hour of it.

Impressions: it was quite good and realistic.  Although the blatant product placements were a bit trying (Hyundai and Cisco).  There is a real problem with child "soldiers" in the third world.

Of course, the whole thing was just to set up Season 7 of 24.  I stupidly watched the preview (I'm mad at myself that I did).  I won't say anything in case you didn't watch it.

But Jack once again sacrifices for the greater good.  Now he'll go to Washington and undoubtedly save the world.  It will be interesting to see how President Clinton, errr, Taylor is portrayed.

Dumb and Dumber

There's a reason why celebrities shouldn't spout political views.  Watch this:

As Professor Reynolds of Instapundit says: "WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Not only dumber than you do imagine, but dumber than you can imagine."

Does Ms. Goldberg believe that a judge ruled slavery was unconstitutional?  Does she not know of the existence of the 13th Amendment.  Do all the other women there not know that (except the blonde--Elisabeth Hasselbeck--who's actually the most intelligent one there).

A "strict constitutionalist" will protect Ms. Goldberg from slavery by strictly interpreting the 13th Amendment and not find some "penumbral" right to keep slaves (as if something like that could ever happen). 

And John McCain's "That's an excellent point" should have been what I just said: "A strict constitutionalist will stick to the true meaning of the 13th Amendment" and let Ms. Goldberg look more like an idiot if she didn't know what the 13th Amendment was.