SPOILER ALERT: “2012″
Since I love apocalypse topics,and the end is nearly upon us according to the Mayans, I have two questions. First question: What is your favorite post-apocalyptic movie?
One of my favorite short stories is “A Boy and His Dog” by Harlon Ellison. When I heard there was a movie based on it with a young Don Johnson, I thought it would have to be crap. It turned out to be a bizarre movie, but good in a cult classic kind of way. And I don’t know why, but every time I go to Japan and I hear a disembodied voice or music over the speaker system in a dark place, I think of this movie.

(By the way, this is a fan-made trailer that looks so much better than the real trailer.)
Second question: Would you rather be like John Cusack in the movie 2012 fighting tooth and nail to get on the last Chinese-cruise-ship-Noah’s-Ark, or would you rather have a front row seat like Woody Harrelson and go when everyone else does? On the one hand, chances are the post-apocalyptic world would be pretty bleak and chaotic, with every man/woman fighting for him/herself, but on the other hand, there’s your natural gut instinct to want to survive. Read more...
Around the Horn: Will Internet Commenters End the World?
Justin Halpern, who started a twitter feed, a book and a now defunct TV show called “Shit My Dad Says,” posted a great conversation with his dad about why Internet Commenters will eventually end the world. I won’t post the entire article, which you can read on Funny or Die , but here are excerpts:
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“Hey, Dad,” I said, answering the phone.
“I just read on the internet that you’re a talentless piece of shit,” he said.
“What?”
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”Doesn’t it bother you that people can go on the internet and call you a talentless piece of shit, and never have to say it to your face?,” he continued. Read more...
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