Leggo my Logo

I just posted a small story on SFist about Logo. Go go!

Oooooo....Aaaaaahhhh

This week's SFist post is up. And it might scare the pets!

Eyewitness Four

I consider myself kind of well-read when it comes to the issue of comics. Kind of. At least, I read a lot in the 80s and 90s, and know enough about the history of comics to maintain at least a 10 minute conversation with a true comic book nerd. But I admit to never picking up a single issue of "The Fantastic Four" nor watching any of the TV versions. So my question to the more knowledgeable is, has the Fantastic Four logo always been so lame?

Look at that! Did the marketing department just get tired of thinking about a good logo, and instead just went with something they saw watching the news?

I Wouldn't Give My Troubles to a Monkey on a Rock

I've got a headache. Unless some really exciting TV news comes along, I probably won't be posting much today.

In the meantime, here's something truly terrifying.

"Hey, What's This Show About, Anyway?"

"Oh, I don't know. They say it's some big gorilla."

Yup. A big gorilla. For those of you who haven't been bombarded with the news, the trailer for Peter Jackson's King Kong is premiering tonight all over the freaking place.

I'm not yet sure how I feel about this remake. I am confident in the talents of Mr. Jackson, but part of me has the "Why bother?" reaction...I mean, the film was already remade so masterfully in 1976!

(And yes, that's sarcasm, son, in case you're a little slow today.)

Sucky

Well, as demonstrated by the post below, this weekend was kind of sucky. My excitement over my new cable was overshadowed by the tragedy that befell my TiVo. I've reached the acceptance stage of grief over that, and I'm trying to look at the bright side. While I lost some recordings and season passes that I had managed to save for years, the hard drive cleaning has resulted in a zippier TiVo. Also, since it's summer, I didn't have as many season passes to recover as I usually do. I did my best to get them all back, but I'm sure I've forgotten some...

The biggest annoyance was that the "this will take an hour" message was a load of bull, as I suspected. I was afraid it might not recover at all (I had read horror stories from other people wherein it just stayed on that screen for days) but instead it took about 4 hours. After which I had to do the whole TiVo set-up thing, and it had to make The Call and get all the programming stuff, and index it and everything, so that took another 4 hours. Which meant I didn't have anything recorded for Sunday.

And that would normally be fine, because I had planned on spending the weekend with some Netflix movies, in an attempt to save some money by not going out. But, you see, someone STOLE MY DVDS! My mailbox has been broken for a couple of months now (a long story, and partly my fault, which is why I haven't had the landlord fix it. Like I said, long story. ) but I figured, it's behind a gate, and I'm sure my neighbors are trustworthy. If they see my mailbox is open, they aren't going to STEAL anything, for pete's sake.

Wrong. WRONG!

None of my three Netflix DVDs arrived this week, even though they were sent out to me on Monday. And, come to think of it, I haven't gotten a few issues of some magazines in a while either. Damn IT! So, to the asshole who took my movies, I really hope you enjoyed In the Realms of the Unreal. Something tells me if you're the kind of idiot who steals mail, you're not the kind of person who would enjoy a documentary about outsider art. Jokes on you!

So, the majority of my Sunday was devoted to reprogramming my TiVo which, what with all the new stations and all, took a loooong time. But I was able to catch a showing of The Long, Long Trailer on TCM, so the day wasn't a complete bust...

And hopefully the sad, blank screen that is my "Now Showing" list will fill up soon with my season pass recordings and kooky TiVo suggestions...

Despair

I was so happy. I figured out how to get the TiVo and my new digital cable to be friends, and I was programming movies left and right. Sure, there's a bit of a lag time when I change channels, but patience is a virtue, right?

What I couldn't stand, though, was the fact that TiVo kept bringing up this stupid demo screen and video every 30 minutes---WHILE I was watching stuff. So I did some looking on the Internets and found what I thought was the answer from the TiVo site.

But it wasn't....oh, it wasn't. The advice they gave was for a different model, so when I did it on mine, it ended up RESETTING THE ENTIRE TIVO. It didn't even give me a warning. No "Are you SURE this is what you want to do?" message. It just did it! That means all my season passes, the recordings I had saved, all my favorites, gone. Five years of slow and steady TiVo programming gone. Forever!

And now I'm stuck looking at a screen that says "Clearing and deleting everything. This will take an hour." Like a constant taunt. And I just KNOW it's going to take more than an hour--if it ever reboots at all....

Oh TiVo. Why hast thou forsaken me?

Promise Broken. Again.

But only sort of. Crazy was on the "Today" show this morning, and TVGasm's illustrated transcript just made me do a spit-take.

Holy Shitsu!

I just perused the monthly schedule for Turner Classic Movies and nearly had a stroke. There are TOO MANY MOVIES I WANT TO WATCH! What have I gotten myself into? The tiny, measly bit of a real life I have will soon evaporate, my muscles will atrophy, and I won't be able to leave the couch for more than bathroom breaks and opening the door for the occasional delivery of food.

I'm doomed.

But look! The Manster! A film briefly discussed on this very blog not too long ago!

Maybe being a shut-in won't be so bad after all.

Quoted at the Scene, a Mr. Nelson said, "HA Ha!"

This story reminds me of that Bugs Bunny cartoon where he and Daffy are competing in a game show for a prize of "1 million bucks," and the prize is revealed to actually be 1 million BOX...Cut to a huge box filled with a million tiny boxes.

Which reminds me--Cartoon Network stopped showing old Looney Tunes cartoons a while back, and that totally bummed me out. Anyone know if they started again? Or if there is another network that does? I'm hoping my digital cable install this weekend will result in SOME classic cartoon watching, preferably of the looney variety.