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This is Stephen Colbert's wonderful interview of former First Lady, Michelle Obama the other day;



Make sure you hear about, how Barrack proposed to her.

The Vulcan "salute" was popularized by actor Leonard Nimoy in the 1960's TV series STAR TREK.
He often recited the phrase "Live long and prosper" as a goodbye blessing.
Leonard claims he got the idea from his Jewish background.

Sisu. Noun; White knuckled grit and determination!

I saw a trailer many months ago for a Finnish movie, where one man absolutely eviscerates a Nazi, but I never got to see it in the cinema.

Today, I bought the movie through Blockbuster, and gave it a look. What a movie!

The story of the movie is very simple: During the last desperate days of World War II, a solitary prospector, played by Jorma Tommila, crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have just tangled with no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu", this legendary ex-commando will embody what sisu means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. No matter what the Nazis throw at him, the one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold back - even if it means killing every last Nazi in his path

The many ways he kills said Nazis are VERY creative. We're talking landmines to the head, stabbings, shootings and various other means of disposal.

Now, with a description like that, you'd probably guessed by now, that it's a pretty violent movie. Think Quentin Tarantino levels of violence, and you get the idea.

Lots of blood, but no guts. Well.. Some people meet their end at the bottom of a tank track, so some guts are on display, however they are very well camouflaged because the soldiers wear black clothes. A very clever way for the filmmaker to add graphic details without actually showing them.

As a movie, Sisu is VERY well shot. One shot in particular left me stunned. The acting is also pretty good, but the villain is a bit.. Well, wooden. But I suppose that nobody wants to play a truly brutal Nazi SS officer on movie.. Well, apart from Pilou Asbæk in Overlord. My lord, that was grim!

If you are looking for an extremely violent, but also decently funny movie, give Sisu a view. It's about two hours long, but it doesn't feel like it.

10/10 - highly recommended!

Never watched this reality show.

A few years back, in 2017 to be exact, Justice League was released in cinemas, out to deliver some justice for DC fans. See what I did there? Anyway.. The movie was awful, because two different directors worked on it. First, Zack Snyder was picked to direct the big blockbuster film, but he had to step aside during the post production, to deal with his daughter's death. Joss Whedon took over, and embarked on a 25 million dollar re-shoot rampage, where he pretty much changed the tone of the film. It's a complicated mess that will take forever to explain. I will therefore move on to The Snyder Cut, which fans wanted ever since the release of the 2017 movie. Talks about the Snyder cut was all over the internet, but it was said, that it would never ever happen. Fast forward three years, to February 2020, where Zack Snyder confirmed, that there would be a version of the film, known as Zack Snyder's Justice League - or The Snyder Cut. Fans were ecstatic, of course. They would finally get a version of the film, that shows how Zack Snyder wanted the movie to be. They also confirmed the run time: 240 minutes, or 4 hours. At first it was reported, that the movie would be split into 4 parts, but it was later revealed, that it would be one long film.

The trailer for the movie dropped today, and it just looks epic! Much better than the 2017 version. This one is rated R, for violence and some language. There is one sequence in the trailer, that shows bloodshed, so hopefully there will be some more bloodshed. After all, this is a superhero film with a lot of swords, guns and fighting.

The Snyder Cut will go to HBO Max and HBO Nordic in selected European territories, on the 18th of March

Today was the day when I was gonna be an extra in a new ad campaign. I was excited, because I have never filmed in a prison before. Particularly not in a prison like this which is very famous. When I arrived, two people were already there. We got talking, and we joked around a bit. My first comment was "They finally got me!". They found that one pretty fun! The last few people came to the meeting point, so we were let in. The prison itself is old. It was opened in 1859, but was closed in 2017. Now the prison has been turned over to the local council, and they plan to include it in their urban development - whatever that means.

Anyway!

Once we were led in, we signed a NDA. I am not allowed to talk about what happened, but I am allowed to talk about the basic plot line of the campaign. Once we did that, we were led into a round area, where some chair were waiting for us. There, the costume department came by and looked at what we brought with us. I only had to wear the things I was wearing at the time, so it was pointless to bring a whole bag of clothes.

Once we were ready to start filming, we were assigned our positions. I had the hardest one - I had to lay in a sofa, pretending to play the guitar. After they got their scenes with the actors filmed, it was time for my/our close-up(s). I had to repeat what I did before, while they filmed every extra again. Once that was done, it was time for audio. Everyone went silent. The director looked at me, and said: "Right, what you need to do is play some random stuff. Just pick away, and let it flow."

Everyone looked at me and listened. The director gave me some pointers, like rummaging around in the sofa, making sure they got the sound of creaking leather. Now, I am not one to boast, but I nailed my take on the first attempt.

So to sum up: I spent around three hours in a sofa, playing a guitar.

Being an extra is exhausting.

The ad campaign will air here when this pandemic dies down, and they hire for new prison officers.

This was a bit of ROAD WARRIOR and a bit of 8-bit Computer gameplay.

Looks like it was shot in backlots and gravel pits, but the excellent central cast and a really, really, really good script made this one a keeper. They've made a script for a sequel, but still casting about for financial backing to make it happen.

TURBO KID



Official Trailer


If anyone made this film work, it's the over-the-top performance of ineffably cute Laurence Leboeuf.


The Soundtrack by Le Matos, captures the spirit of the Golden Age of 8-Bit Gaming magnificently

...while channel surfing, with my new Shenzehn short wave radio. This program was on creepy, sniffy Uncle Joe Biden's choices for running mate, and his pandering, sexist claim to pick a woman. Of course, the one hour piece focused almost entirely on Black women. Sort of like almost any story on Public Radio dealing with couples, excludes heterosexuals. Or when discussing so called "Dreamers", foreign born youth, enjoying/usurping the many benefits of real US citizens, and still of questionable legality. In these cases, almost every kid interviewed is at Harvard Med School, on an affirmative action free ride. I note the far greater number of violent gang MS-13 members, who are never heard from. Many are dreamers as well. Easy to interview in prisons. Do we digress?
So I recall one of many witch hunts on President Trump, literally dozens, all failed, after constant initial media coverage. Any one heard of Stormy Daniels ever again? Russian collusion? Etc.?
Or ruses by clinician shrinks, who should know better, but were suffering from TD-HD Syndromes. So without seeing clinical records, or using laboratory info, or a diagnostic interview, much less other testing, began tossing diagnoses about, all meant to claim he is incompetent to serve in his role. Boards of Medicine reminding them of ethics in practice?
Now, the alleged issue with Trump was Narcissistic personality traits, which are common in most pols. And in Meself. And the possibility of incompetence based on cognition. During serial medical exams, standardized testing for this was done. By qualified Physicians. He scored high normal on all.
Now, Syndromic alt lefties here will never agree, but most fair folks have seen the daily gaffs, verbal and behavioral, indicating poor judgment/memory/etc. by this the former VP. Many long montages exist displaying these. Belly ticklers all.
Yet nowhere on the biased media do we see any discussion of VP Biden's clear challenges in these vital regards. Many of us are aware of this "oversight", but it's really striking. Along with sequestering him a good deal, as damage control. Can't make any of this up.

.... by the normally way altleftie biases, VERY way, of our still taxpayer funded, American Public Broadcasting reportage.
The lower class, rude, "got ya" inquisitions at ALL presidential press conferences. Same in the print media. And the like.
To deny any trace of this, is a cardinal sign of severe TD-HD Syndrome. To actually use some of the fake news, exclusively, by paste and post here, pushes these Syndrome victims into terminal status.
But over the past few days, with such a strong presentation of diverse, VERY diverse, and grounded speeches at the Republican Convention, and tightening of the polls, what's this now?
A relatively fair and more balanced group of political wonks being interviewed in these media outlets. Showing they can do so, but displaying little else. And after many such tiny jaunts into fairness, they are beginning to state, often, "You heard the previous pieces on American Public Media". Pathetic and revealing.
Recall, as in my earlier evidence based blogs, Public Broadcasting was started mostly beginning with academic radio and TV stations, as an idea to present some balance to commercial venues. Initially completely taxpayer funded, and unbiased, the Right saw the undeniable near total shift over time to ueber biased left wing programming, and had congress decrease the funding. Now over half of the blood money comes by way of regular cheesy annoying BEGATHONS by these broadcasters. Replete with baubles for contributers promising their money. Donate large, and you get Bette Midler CD's, or a subscription to the NYT. Taxpayer money to support such biased fundraising is of questionable media ethics, if not rank illegality.
But none are fooled. Nearly five decades of ever growing biases, corresponding to the hiring of college graduates, themselves under leftie high school and university teaching practices, is in NO way trend forming.
But lets see the comments by the few high Syndrome victimshere. The distorted cognitions, along with obsessions and compulsions, all aflame, as ever.
After the reelection, and shift in the House, watch how these purveyors of near consistent leftwing biases get taken to task.
Can't make this up, and you heard it here first.
From your sometimes blocked, fat little illiterate, gnomoid Vierk runt-dwarf.