Could’ve Been a Contender
March 17th, 2004LTR hopes that, if Pluto is indeed stripped of its planetary status, it does not become a depressed alcoholic astral body, one that sidles up to middle aged women in bars to say, “I used to be something.”
But then again, LTR does not wish to live in a universe in which a planet is allowed to be named Sedna. Quaoar, however, is an awesome name.
On a happier note, LTR finds the fried chicken at Watershed absolutely delicious, and wishes that everyone could be as fortunate as he was to counter the high price with good company.
March 19th, 2004 at 8:25 am
This was the teenage robot show on Nickelodeon that I was talking about: http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-8939/
It didn’t even start airing until 2003, but it seems to be a spin-off of some other show, so maybe that’s how I saw it in Boston…?
And of course, you’ve seen this NYT article about the guy behind the “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” movie? Most pertinent line: “Word of ‘Sky Captain’ began to spread around the Internet only after Conran finished primary shooting in London last spring — extraordinarily late for the Internet, which often seems invented specifically to track movies with giant robots in them.”
March 19th, 2004 at 8:26 am
Oops, forgot the link to the NYT article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/magazine/14CONRAN.html?ex=1394600400&en=ad00b34ab761e4b2&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
March 19th, 2004 at 10:12 am
Yeah, unfortunately for ‘Sky Captain,’ the effects look cool, but the movie doesn’t look too good.
Same problem with ‘I, Robot.’ It’s certainly getting a lot of attention online, but not all of it is positive. That’s why there is no mention of ‘I, Robot’ here on LTR.
March 19th, 2004 at 12:13 pm
Huh. I must be traveling in the wrong online circles. :)