Friday, July 01, 2005
Geek out
I feel like a total geek.
Just came back from watching War of the Worlds, or some people have it, WOW. Which accurately describes the movie in two ways:
1. "WOW! This is one extremely freakin' good movie man! I haven't been this entranced since last week's blockbuster! The imagery were downright disturbing and frankly, this redeems A.I. totally!" Which was the way I felt all the way, until the controversial ending and hearing the reactions from the rest of the audience which works out to be something like
2. "WOW! I can't believe Spielberg pulled this crap again! That guy just can't end a movie on a right note can he? I though A.I. was bad but this, this takes the cake man! Whatta revolutin' development..."
While I admit the ending was pretty crummy, it should not be a surprise to anyone. After all, the ending to the book is a classic, and pretty much well known as the identity of Darth Vader. I asked my friends and got the shock of my life. They didn't know the ending either.
"I never read the book. Was never into science fiction" Okay, I don't expect you to have read the book. Honestly, I found H.G. Wells a bit of a bore and the writing didn't age well. But come on, its War of the Worlds! I thought everyone knew the ending?
"No, why should I?" Oh darn, if I couldn't depend EN and E to know the ending, what more can I expect from the general public at large?
I held an impromptu survey, smsing a couple of my friends whom I thought would be the kind of person to know trivia as mundane as this. The results were not encouraging. Out of about ten people I asked, only two knew the ending and one because he watched the movie already. Okay, I thought to myself, this is bad...
I am a geek. ¶ 11:39:00 pm
Just came back from watching War of the Worlds, or some people have it, WOW. Which accurately describes the movie in two ways:
1. "WOW! This is one extremely freakin' good movie man! I haven't been this entranced since last week's blockbuster! The imagery were downright disturbing and frankly, this redeems A.I. totally!" Which was the way I felt all the way, until the controversial ending and hearing the reactions from the rest of the audience which works out to be something like
2. "WOW! I can't believe Spielberg pulled this crap again! That guy just can't end a movie on a right note can he? I though A.I. was bad but this, this takes the cake man! Whatta revolutin' development..."
While I admit the ending was pretty crummy, it should not be a surprise to anyone. After all, the ending to the book is a classic, and pretty much well known as the identity of Darth Vader. I asked my friends and got the shock of my life. They didn't know the ending either.
"I never read the book. Was never into science fiction" Okay, I don't expect you to have read the book. Honestly, I found H.G. Wells a bit of a bore and the writing didn't age well. But come on, its War of the Worlds! I thought everyone knew the ending?
"No, why should I?" Oh darn, if I couldn't depend EN and E to know the ending, what more can I expect from the general public at large?
I held an impromptu survey, smsing a couple of my friends whom I thought would be the kind of person to know trivia as mundane as this. The results were not encouraging. Out of about ten people I asked, only two knew the ending and one because he watched the movie already. Okay, I thought to myself, this is bad...
I am a geek. ¶ 11:39:00 pm
