Toren Atkinson’s Absolute Blog

I celebrated my birthday today with a Homer-sized Simpsons cola thanks to Stewie and I watched Spider-Man 2. I liked it, though there was more cheese than the first one. Two interesting musical anecdotes:

One of the best parts in the movie is when Spidey & Doc Ock are fighting (big spoiler there) and the music stops. Quite powerful. Just goes to show that the absence of music can be just as important as its presence.

When the credits came up a big over-produced rock song started and I thought “that singer sure sounds like the guy from Dashboard Confessional.” Sure enough, when the credits got around to the music, there it was. Weird!

Also - is it the fact that I don’t like sushi make me perceive the guy who opened up a package of it and ate it as the movie started as a goon, or would that be a general perception?

Lastly, there is a nice surprise in the opening credits for Chris Woods.

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The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Toren’s Guide

SEASON ONE Datalore

Special moments:
Groppler “I’ve done nothing wrong!” Zorn from Encounter at Farpoint did the voice for Zan (Wonder Twins)

SEASON TWO Q Who

Worst episode: Shades of Grey (The only way for Riker to survive a virus is to have flashbacks)

Special moments:
“We need their computer things”

SEASON THREE Deja Q

Special mentions: The Ensigns of Command; The Enemy; The Survivors; The Hunted; Yesterday’s Enterprise; Allegiance; Hollow Pursuits; The Most Toys; - clearly a strong season.

Special moments:
Geordie doing a heroic roll under a very…slowly…closing door.

SEASON FOUR Brothers

Special Mentions: Best of Both Worlds 2; Clues; The Nth Degree; The Mind’s Eye

Worst episode: Devil’s Due

SEASON FIVE Darmok

Special Mentions: I, Borg; The Inner Light

Special moments: Frasier as a Starfleet Captain in “Cause and Effect”

SEASON SIX Starship Mine

Special Mentions: Timescape; Chain of Command 1-2 “There are four lights!”

Special moments: Scotty is tired and old in “Relics”

SEASON SEVEN Lower Decks

Special Mention: All Good Things

Worst episodes: Sub Rosa; Masks

No season could be complete without:
1. Lwaxana Troi finds a new man
2. Something goes wrong with the holodeck
3. A deadly time paradox!
4. A Worf’s Klingon destiney episode

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Have you seen that commercial for Pert shampoo where they dis the other brands for having too many options, and having ylang ylang* in their products? That may be the strongest marketing campaign in the history of tv commercials. Now I’m not for or against ylang ylang per se, but they’re just being jerks.

*google turned up that ylang ylang is from a flower, the oil of which has “rejuvenating” qualities on skin and hair.

Listening to the Fugazi album Repeater in its entirety tonight really “took me back” to the “good” old “days” of 1990. The other day when I was in Virgin with Sid I was reading the song titles on the back of a Pixies album that I haven’t had for years, and same thing. And a certain something about the announcer telling me not to miss Three’s Company overtop of the end credits for Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show whisked me, disconcertedly, back to a very specific “feeling” of 1984. For a moment, I was there in the basement of our home in Chilliwack, in the same room I taped The Real Ghostbusters religiously every Saturday morning. I remember for a while they were airing on two different channels - two different episodes. Maddening. Well, Captain Star starts in 8 minutes, I better get my tape ready. The more things change….