Saturday, February 28, 2004

Righteous Brother Vincent has clued us into the Passion Google Bomb.  For the search terms "Passion" or "Passion of the Christ" the desired search result is "Life of Brian."  And vicey versy.  Remember, alot of people must participate or the bomb won't go off.  Bombs away! 6:28:20 PM    comment []

Dave Pollard reviews Mad Mel's monster hit without having seen it: Oh, and just for good measure: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ already qualifies as the worst movie ever made. Two relentless hours of torture and brutality, violence purely for shock effect, religious revisionism, anti-Semitism, oceans of blood, manipulative sadism, and more whipping and flogging than Caligula. Have I seen it? Of course not. Waste money on the most inevitably bad movie since that equally wacko religious cultist John Travolta made the almost as awful Battlefield Earth, when the competent critics are unanimous that it is 'loathsome'? I just want to see what mention of this mindless drivel does to my Google count while I'm attracting the uncreative porn-seekers. Bloggers reviewing this movie by hearsay and maybe by precognition or remote viewing—looks like a meme to me.  If you haven't seen this movie, write a review, and send text or link to Dr. Omed. By the way, has anybody set off a  Passion of the Christ Google bomb yet? 3:31:46 PM    comment []

O yes, I neglected to mention our colleague Father Bojangles at Le Pretre Noir is back on the air.  He provides a very succinct review of the Passion though he has not yet seen it: "...by all accounts is a version of Mad Max without the cars and boobs."  Brother Vincent, who is bringing in the sheaves at Religion Related Injuries, has posted a graphic review of the Passion. 9:17:31 AM    comment []

NOTES & REMINDERS I posted a POEM OF THE DAY on Thursdays, but I forgot to post a link here in the big tent.  Go read it. Allow me to recommend a movie that is not THE PASSION.  Els and I saw GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING on Valentine's Day.  Nothing explodes.  No one takes their clothes off; the most sexually charged scene in the film is when we see Scarlet Johansen's hair.  In most Hollywood films, everything happens and it means nothing; in this film nothing happens, and it means everything.  Go see it.  For those of those who don't like to leave the bunker to sit in a dark theater full of strangers (like Dr. Omed, a good deal of the time) I recommend Luis Bunuel's SIMON OF THE DESERT for your home theater as an antidote to all the Jesus-Christ-on-a-stick hype. I am catching up on my blog-keeping this weekend; I will be updating my blogroll, adding blogs, and correcting links that have changed (Hi, Mambrina, Hi, Morgan). Coming to the bully pulpit Sunday: HISTORY VS. CHRISTORY. Have you sent a sunset to the Warp Resident today?   8:36:33 AM    comment []