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Tuesday, November 11, 2003
  MOVIE REVIEW: THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS


Okay, here it is, short and sweet:

Matrix 3 is better that Matrix 2. It is not as good as Matrix 1. It is worth seeing in the theatre if only for the special effects, which are FANTASTIC! The trouble is that we have a movie made by guys who blew their literary wad in the first movie. Since Matrix 1, the plot makes no sense, the dialogue is banal and the acting is wooden. These are special effects geniuses who are running the asylum, as it were. They should stay in the CG room and green studios where they truly belong.

I saw it at a Matinee for cheap. I advise you to, too.

Now, if you don't want to spend $5 at a Matinee, here's my

MATRIX REVOLUTIONS PLOT SUMMARY (WITHOUT SPOILERS!!)

Warner Bros logo. Cascading Matrix graphics. Neo is in a train station.
Then, blah, blah, blah, computer programs, blah, blahdy, blah, Train Man, blah, blah, blathery blah, Trinity & Morpheus, blah, blah, Where's Neo? Blahdy, blahthery blah, Frenchman, blah, blah -ze-blah Monica's cleavage!! Blah, blah, blah.

Then a fairly cool gunfight!

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, Oracle, blah, blah, cookie dough, blah, blah. Mr. Smith, blah, blah.

Meanwhile, down in Zion:
Blah, blah, sentinels, blah, blah 2 hours away, blahdery blah blah. Neo is busy thinking blah, blah.

Then occurs the best battle on pixelated celluloid we have seen on this Earth so far!! Too, too incredible! It gives a nod to Aliens while creating its own hellish confrontation between man and machines!

Then Neo and Trinity blah, blah, blah. City of the Machines blah, blah, blah.

Neo and Smith meet to fight one more time! (Aw, c'mon. You knew they would have to - that's not really a spoiler, is it?) What follows is an amazing fight in the rain. Those special effects guys can do anything now. I mean anything!

And the fight ends with Neo...uh, I'm not sure. The ending reminded me of the end of The Prisoner television series. Expect to experience a "WTF??" moment. Did they leave room for a sequel. Sure, why not!

The end.


Go see it.

(BTW, because The Matrix trilogy sucked on toast, this leaves The Lord of the Rings movies as the best trilogy ever made. I know the 3rd one hasn't been released yet, but we all know it's going to be fantastic. The story is already beloved by millions and we've seen how the Kiwis have faithfully brought the first two stories to the big screen. It's a no-brainer. The second-best trilogy is Star Wars Ep 4-6. # 3 would be Indiana Jones. After that.... I don't know. The third film from The Godfather series puts it pretty low in my estimation. What's left?)

 
Friday, November 07, 2003
  TWO TAKES ON THE SAME STORY

From CNN's story about Jessica Lynch:

"Responding to questions that the military may have exaggerated the danger of her nighttime rescue from a Nasiriya hospital by U.S. commandos, she said,''Yeah, I don't think it happened quite like that."'

The CNN Headline: Lynch: Military played up rescue too much

The BBC Headline: Jessica Lynch condemns Pentagon

Which is more accurate? Who seems a little biased against the US military?
 
Thursday, November 06, 2003
  MR. HEWITT

I emailed Hugh Hewitt Wednesday telling him I was covering the KY election on this blog. He didn't respond. I listened to his program that evening and he was getting the news quicker than I could - which makes his a good radio show. He didn't cover the news of the poll watchers, but there was bigger news along those lines in Miss. and Philly (Although I don't think he covered those stories either).

Hewitt's is an amazing intellect. He's very experienced in politics as well. I harbor some hope to host a local talk show some day. But when I hear guys like Hewitt and Michael Medved - who are so quick and sharp, I have to wonder.

I hold very strong political beliefs and I'd like to utilize them in some way other than as a talk show listener. But I may not have that particular talent to join Hewitt's ranks.

I think Rush is amazing because his talent is well-hidden. He must be very smart and talented, but he doesn't come across as a brain. I guess his strength is his personality (which I can't stand!). Rush is a successful entertainer. Hewitt and Medved are successful thinkers. Of course Rush is quick thinking as well, but I think he manipulates his callers to a much greater degree than the other hosts I mentioned. I think he's a bit dishonest with his listeners in that regard. He'd be the first to admit it. I've heard him say many times "The callers are here to make the host look good."

Medved is the most impressive with his detractors. He relishes receiving calls from people who don't agree with him. And he lets them talk. But then he has an answer for every argument they bring up. I can't do that. I get flustered and can't think of a rebuttal until a few minutes after. That would make for a terrible radio show!

Thank Jeebus for blogs!

(A funny aside - the Blogger spell check didn't recognize the word "blog.") 
  Meh...

Thursdays are the Limbo of the work-week. That seems especially so today. It's kind of chilly outside and it's been raining off and on throughout the day.

Every other day of the work week has a personality. Monday is the grim spector of start of another five days of toil. Tuesdays grab the coattails of Monday but are a bit friendlier because Monday has left the room. Wednesdays hold the promise of the weekend. Fridays are down-right cheery - what were days until the weekend are now only hours.

But Thursdays...Rainy Thursdays. I can't get a handle on them.

(Really I can't complain. I enjoy my job, so every workday is a good day. That's more than millions of other people can say. I guess the rain and the cold that promises the coming of winter has me a bit down. I'm lucky to have such worries!) 
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
  THE BIG NEWS...

..in Kentucky is how Ernie Fletcher stayed close to Ben Chandler in the voting in Jefferson County. A bastion of the Democrats, and the county with the most voting districts (496), Louisville was supposed to hand Chandler a win by a wide margin (at least in the county). Instead, Chandler carried Jefferson county by only 5000+ votes. With wins in other KY counties Fletcher was able to carry the day. 
  A CORRECTION

The Louisville Courier-Journal says that voter turnout in Jefferson County (Louisville) was 45%. This contradicts the State of Kentucky's site, which reported a 72% turnout. I'm sure that the Courier-Journal's number is closer to the truth. There wasn't much to be excited about the election. 
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
  GOVERNOR FLETCHER

It's over. AP has announced the Republican Fletcher as Kentucky's new governor. Go here to see the results. 
  KY ELECTION ENTRY

Lexington, KY's county (Fayette) had only 28.2 % percent voter turnout. with almost 60% tallied, Chandler (D) has a lead with 50.4%.
 
  KY ELECTION ENTRY

Jefferson County reported a 73.2% voter turnout for today's election! So far, it's Chandler (D)50.1%, Fletcher (R) 49.9%. 
  POLL WATCHING UPDATE

WLKY-TV in Louisville reports that there was only one incident at a west Louisville polling station today, caused - not by Republican poll watchers, but by a group of NAACP members who were politicking outside the building. Officials investigated and found nothing wrong. They said the NAACP members told them they were doing exit polls.

Yeah, I bet.

While things seem to be smooth in Louisville, other parts of the country are reporting voting interference. In Philly and Mississippi
  AWWW... (Small violin plays)

Republican poll watchers (who are mainly white and from Louisville's east side) have hurt the feelings of some west-enders (or blacks):

"I find that insulting," says Donna Allen, a West End hair stylist. "It makes me think they don't trust us."

 
  KY ELECTION - ENTRY 1

With a near record high temperature of 80 degrees and sunny skies, early reports say public turnout for today's Kentucky election was "heavy." That' probably a good sign for the Republicans. But really there's not much to get excited about, save for the beginning of the end of Paul Patton's governance. The Dem candidate in a move that eerily reflected that of failed 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore, spent the last few desperate hours on the campaign trail.

I voted a straight Republican ticket, which included Richie Farmer, an ex-KY wildcat (Pitino, his old coach, campaigned for him via radio ads and recorded phone calls - Pitino called me yesterday) , for Agriculture commissioner.

UPDATE: 84WHAS radio is reporting light turnout in Louisville/Jefferson County 
  HEE, HEE!

It's difficult to giggle on paper. Anyway, Dem presidential front runner Howard Dean is being attacked (with gusto) by his fellow Dim, er, Dem candidates for a remark about wanting to appeal to "guys with Confederate flags on their trucks." Kerry, Gephardt, et al, jumped on Dean like a horny tom on a two legged female feline. Okay, bad imagery there.

Here's one of the many pitfalls to being a Democrat candidate. You have to be so damn careful about what you say (at least during the primary - when you're against a Republican the press will usually let you get away with it). Maybe the saying here should be, "Live by the PC sword, die by the PC sword.

But I don't think Dean has anything to worry about. He's the front runner. The Confederate flag statement isn't inflammatory enough to turn off the white Northern votes. And Kerry, Gephardt and the other Dem fools look really opportunistic by jumping on Dean like that.

I'm hoping that this helps shrink the PC movement a bit. Maybe Dean's new slogan should be "Guys with Confederate flags on their trucks are people too."

Maybe not, but it would at least make a good bumper sticker. 
Monday, November 03, 2003
  WATCH THIS SPACE

I'll be posting election results for the KY governor's election on this blog throughout the evening tomorrow.

Polls close @ 6 pm. 
  KY GOVERNOR'S RACE

Polls indicate that the Republican Ernie Fletcher is averaging an over 8 point lead against the Democrat Ben Chandler! If Fletcher wins tomorrow's race, he will be Kentucky's first Republican governer in over 30 years!

There's been a bit of a flap over election poll challengers in Louisville. The ACLU charges that Republicans are attempting to intimidate black voters. how they will exactly do this I don't know - wear Darth Vader outfits or something. ACLU claims that "Florida-like" tactics are being utilized.

The ACLU seems to be ignoring the fact that poll watchers are a legal way to insure proper election results in Kentucky. Of course, the law hasn't stopped them before.

If all goes well, we will see "Governor-elect Fletcher" flashed on the TV screen tomorrow night. And be able to say goodbye to the awful legacy of Paul Patton's democrats.

 
A variation on "Bob's your uncle," which essentially means "And there you are!" or "And there you go!" It's a vague summation of a person's opinion or point of view. I think!

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