prepared
saw "war of the worlds" last night and left the theater happy to have seen a well made version of an "oh crap aliens are killing everybody let's run" movie.
that's what it had promised to be, and that's all i really wanted.
i like movies where the earth is going to be destroyed by aliens/meteors/the earth's inner core freezing/godzilla(ok, maybe not godzilla)/a giant volcano/etc because i feel like i'm being prepared for the real deal.
bring it.
first of all, in case of a real life "oh crap aliens are killing everybody let's run" event... i'm staying far away from the u.s. army, cuz they'll definitely be the first thing to go down. and new york will be the second.
and in the face of real devastation, i'm going to strategically rip my shirt and find either the most eccentric scientist i know, or the best looking guy with undiscovered potential** (or if i'm really aching to live, the aging scientologist* with a fetish for young, taller-than-him brunettes) because then i'll have a pretty good chance of survival.
and if i can't find one of them, then i'll find some adorably scrappy, emotionally distant children.
or an adorably scrappy, emotionally distant ex husband.
it's just common sense.
*speaking of tom, in my continued efforts towards tolerance, i spent upwards of 10 minutes online trying to figure out what scientology is, why there isn't any actual science involved, and why celebrities would rather believe in aliens, than god.
**and speaking of hell freezing over, i got a raise today. when i get home i plan to jump about yelling "yippee" in manner of the annoying little boy in "swiss family robinson".
that's what it had promised to be, and that's all i really wanted.
i like movies where the earth is going to be destroyed by aliens/meteors/the earth's inner core freezing/godzilla(ok, maybe not godzilla)/a giant volcano/etc because i feel like i'm being prepared for the real deal.
bring it.
first of all, in case of a real life "oh crap aliens are killing everybody let's run" event... i'm staying far away from the u.s. army, cuz they'll definitely be the first thing to go down. and new york will be the second.
and in the face of real devastation, i'm going to strategically rip my shirt and find either the most eccentric scientist i know, or the best looking guy with undiscovered potential** (or if i'm really aching to live, the aging scientologist* with a fetish for young, taller-than-him brunettes) because then i'll have a pretty good chance of survival.
and if i can't find one of them, then i'll find some adorably scrappy, emotionally distant children.
or an adorably scrappy, emotionally distant ex husband.
it's just common sense.
*speaking of tom, in my continued efforts towards tolerance, i spent upwards of 10 minutes online trying to figure out what scientology is, why there isn't any actual science involved, and why celebrities would rather believe in aliens, than god.
**and speaking of hell freezing over, i got a raise today. when i get home i plan to jump about yelling "yippee" in manner of the annoying little boy in "swiss family robinson".
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H.G. Wells is sooooo boring.
Any religion founded by a science fiction author has gotta be Whackee!
I haven't seen the movie yet... but isn't the movie predominately about insanity, and war? If you believe in a world without these things, why would you choose to be in a movie that thrives on these exact things?
But, of course, if you have mutant abilities/are a vampire like I do/am, then you won't need any of that AND you will always survive/live/be alive long enough to see the results of the disaster/see the alien ship buried in a building/mountain.
2) i often wonder who i would be in case of a crisis. would i be the 'jack' from lost, or would i be sawyer? could i be locke? maybe i'd be boone and just be dead. OR, best/worst case, would i go out in some giant laserbeam/meteor rock falling on my nugget/swept away in a rush of water i didn't see coming type of way? i like to believe i'm probably a jack/locke type, philosophical while wrapped up in execution and sometimes annoyingly opinionated.
3) scientology, just watch battlefield earth. case closed.
ha, this one has turned into my own blog!
ALWAYS go for the scientist guy. The hero always has a new girl in the sequel. Do you want that?
and i'm definitely going to invest in a flame thrower.
or maybe a skateboard, because then someone might mistake me for being one of the adorably scrappy, emotionally distant children. i'd probably have to get a hoodie too.