Topic: Message board flame wars
Which message board fanboy war is most entertaining? PS3 vs XBOX 360 or Marvel vs DC?
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Week in Review
Brief week in review:
Sunday: Momofuku Ssam - A pretty good restaurant in the East Village. We got steamed buns (a classic Momofuku item), bread and goat's butter (not bad, but was it worth it?), beef tendon and green mango, spicy pork sausage and rice cake, lamb belly and hanger steak ssam. Overall a pretty inexpensive meal and fairly light Asian cuisine. We finished it off with a visit to the Dessert Truck on 8th and Unversity, where you can get some really high quality desserts for $5.
Monday: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Not bad. When a movie makes a sequel after 10+ years (see: Star Wars, Die Hard, Terminator), is it possible for it to ever retain the spirit of the original? Can a movie-goer, whose age has changed by 10+ years accurately compare the new movie to the originals? That's the big question, right?
Not a lot of big movies in the upcoming weeks. Sex and the City should do well next week, but can it be more than just a super-long episode? I wonder if people will be compelled to go to the theater for it. The next few weeks seem slow: June 6: Kung Fu Panda / Zohan, June 13: Happening / Hulk, June 20: Get Smart / Love Guru, June 27: Wanted, Wall-E. I look at this list and I see eight movies I'd be content with seeing on video. I'd like for Hulk to be great but I have very low expectations. For Wanted, my expectations are even lower. Of the comedies and animated fare, none really seem like they'll be that funny. Looks like the next time I'll really have to be in a movie theater is July 18 - Dark Knight.
Remember 1989? That year there was also a Batman and Indiana Jones movie in the same summer.
Tuesday: RIP Ninth Street Market. The beloved brunch location has closed! Totally unexpectedly, the owner was just tired and decided to shut it down. In the evening I went to an old favorite, New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe in Chinatown.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Jury Duty involves a lot of wasted time. There's a lot of waiting, a lot of hearing people try to give excuses as to why they shouldn't have to serve, and a lot of waiting. It was more enjoyable than I expected, but there was a lot of downtime. I sympathize for judges who have to listen to all the childish ways people try to weasel out of jury duty. One good thing about jury duty - the courthouse is right by Chinatown. That means $1 for five dumplings at Fried Dumpling, Chinatown Ice Cream Factory and great noodles.
Thursday: One heck of a comics week - three books by Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman, Final Crisis), two by Geoff Johns (Action and Green Lantern), the finale of Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and a few other gems like the first Starman omnibus.
Rest of the Week: I'm making my way through Buffy on Hulu, currently 8 episodes into the second season. After I'm done with this season it'll be off to Netflix. The Yankees won one Wed, after some dreadful losses Mon and Tues to Baltimore. I'd like to see the team play with a little more consistency. Still trying for that Momofuku Ko reservation and still not working out. There's always tomorrow morning at 10am!
Sunday: Momofuku Ssam - A pretty good restaurant in the East Village. We got steamed buns (a classic Momofuku item), bread and goat's butter (not bad, but was it worth it?), beef tendon and green mango, spicy pork sausage and rice cake, lamb belly and hanger steak ssam. Overall a pretty inexpensive meal and fairly light Asian cuisine. We finished it off with a visit to the Dessert Truck on 8th and Unversity, where you can get some really high quality desserts for $5.
Monday: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Not bad. When a movie makes a sequel after 10+ years (see: Star Wars, Die Hard, Terminator), is it possible for it to ever retain the spirit of the original? Can a movie-goer, whose age has changed by 10+ years accurately compare the new movie to the originals? That's the big question, right?
Not a lot of big movies in the upcoming weeks. Sex and the City should do well next week, but can it be more than just a super-long episode? I wonder if people will be compelled to go to the theater for it. The next few weeks seem slow: June 6: Kung Fu Panda / Zohan, June 13: Happening / Hulk, June 20: Get Smart / Love Guru, June 27: Wanted, Wall-E. I look at this list and I see eight movies I'd be content with seeing on video. I'd like for Hulk to be great but I have very low expectations. For Wanted, my expectations are even lower. Of the comedies and animated fare, none really seem like they'll be that funny. Looks like the next time I'll really have to be in a movie theater is July 18 - Dark Knight.
Remember 1989? That year there was also a Batman and Indiana Jones movie in the same summer.
Tuesday: RIP Ninth Street Market. The beloved brunch location has closed! Totally unexpectedly, the owner was just tired and decided to shut it down. In the evening I went to an old favorite, New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe in Chinatown.
Tuesday and Wednesday: Jury Duty involves a lot of wasted time. There's a lot of waiting, a lot of hearing people try to give excuses as to why they shouldn't have to serve, and a lot of waiting. It was more enjoyable than I expected, but there was a lot of downtime. I sympathize for judges who have to listen to all the childish ways people try to weasel out of jury duty. One good thing about jury duty - the courthouse is right by Chinatown. That means $1 for five dumplings at Fried Dumpling, Chinatown Ice Cream Factory and great noodles.
Thursday: One heck of a comics week - three books by Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman, Final Crisis), two by Geoff Johns (Action and Green Lantern), the finale of Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon and a few other gems like the first Starman omnibus.
Rest of the Week: I'm making my way through Buffy on Hulu, currently 8 episodes into the second season. After I'm done with this season it'll be off to Netflix. The Yankees won one Wed, after some dreadful losses Mon and Tues to Baltimore. I'd like to see the team play with a little more consistency. Still trying for that Momofuku Ko reservation and still not working out. There's always tomorrow morning at 10am!
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