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Saved by the Bell, Spasm
Saved by the Bell, Spasm Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Verbiage - May 31, 2011
By Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:00AM
Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 11:00AM Today's word of the day is Spasm:
spasm
–noun
- Pathology . a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- any sudden, brief spell of great energy, activity, feeling, etc.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English spasme < Latin spasmus < Greek spasmós convulsion, derivative of spân to draw a sword or cord, wrench (off), convulse
—Synonyms
2. fit, storm, flash, spurt.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Why is the Pool Desk in Charge of the Cheese?
By Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 9:30AM
Rob Dean On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 9:30AM This clip from Syfy's Dinocroc vs. Supergator "movie" comes courtesy of The Soup. Behold, the brilliance of Jerry the Pool Boy!
Monday, May 30, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Happy Memorial Day
By Rob Dean On Monday, May 30, 2011 at 10:44AM
Rob Dean On Monday, May 30, 2011 at 10:44AM
We take a moment and say "Thank You" to all the brave soldiers who have fought in our names. We remember those who have died in that fight and we praise those who are continuing a different fight of their own.
In other words...
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Zelda Convention - May 27, 2011
By Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 5:00PM
Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 5:00PM It's Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday! Friday!
(It's the First Friday we've been back, so yeah - we're using this video. Deal with It.)
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Quotent Quotables - May 27, 2011
By Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 3:30PM
Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 3:30PM Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive, is too small for you.
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM
It's Like There's a Party in My Brain...and everyone's invited!
By Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 2:00PM
Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 2:00PM This is an amazing video by South African group Goldfish for their song "We Come Together." This is so many levels of 8-bit awesome....
(Via Topless Robot)
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Top 10 Ignoble Deaths in Film & TV
By Eryn Ashley On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 12:30PM
Eryn Ashley On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 12:30PM [with additional reporting by Rob Dean]
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us. A chance to recognize and reflect the sacrifices made by our very brave men and women in uniform. Theirs is an honorable death, giving up literally everything for what they believe is Right and worth dying for, ensuring freedom for countless numbers of people for generations.
Unfortunately - there's not a lot that's funny about that. So we went the other way with it - pleased to enjoy this list of the top ten ignoble deaths by characters in Film and TV. These are deaths that are completely devoid of anything approaching honor, class or - in some cases - logic.
tagged Alien 3, Birdemic, House, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Lost, MASH, Star Wars, The Shining, X-Men
Alien 3, Birdemic, House, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Lost, MASH, Star Wars, The Shining, X-Men Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Verbiage - May 27, 2011
By Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:00AM
Rob Dean On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:00AM Today's word of the day is Circumspect:
"Eaaaaaaaasy, Buddy."
cir·cum·spect
[sur-kuh
m-spekt] –adjective
- watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- well-considered: circumspect ambition.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Zelda Convention - May 26, 2011
By Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 5:00PM
Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 5:00PM 
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Quotent Quotables - May 26, 2011
By Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 3:30PM
Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 3:30PM I reject passive consumption. I reject the premise. I will have no passive consumers. Casanova will not stop and explain itself to you. It will not allow you to flip through it while you're dropping a deuce and waiting for Batman to show up.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Missing Reels: Zero Effect
By Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 2:00PM
Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 2:00PM Rob Dean examines the overlooked, unappreciated or unfairly maligned movies. Sometimes these films haven't been seen by anyone, and sometimes they've been seen by everyone - who loathed them. This is Missing Reels.
Today's film is the 1998 comic-neo-noir-detective-character-study Zero Effect. With an easy sell like that, how could it have not done well? Written and directed by Jake Kasdan (yes, son of Lawrence "I Wrote the Good Parts of Your Favorite Movies But Also Dreamcatcher" Kasdan), the film is a look at a quirky detective who's idiosyncratic approach to crime-solving makes him a very successful sleuth, but also marks him as an oddball outcast who is ill-equipped to deal with people. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Like the entire line up of USA programming from Monk onward?
Well, apparently it was too ahead of its time as most people haven't seen it. Using IMDB's numbers, the budget was $5M and it only made about $2M in its theatrical run. People were not coming out to see "the world's most private detective." This is also due to how the film was marketed: a quirky comedy starring that guy from that show on Fox that no one saw but won an emmy, and all those other hilarious comedies!
Ultimately, it's a real shame that people haven't seen this film. Zero Effect is a good character study of people who set out to define their lives but ultimately are defined by outside forces. It's also a great updating of Sherlock Holmes, taking the obsessive, addict, musical and social malcontent elements and bringing them into late 90s America. And, lastly but not leastly, it's an interesting mystery movie that quickly solves the original mystery in favor of finding the deeper reasons and more profound secrets that are at work.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Handle It.
By Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 12:30PM
Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 12:30PM A new Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis just came out! (Some NSFW Language)
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Verbiage - May 26, 2011
By Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:00AM
Rob Dean On Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 11:00AM Today's word of the day is Torment
tor·ment [v. tawr-ment,; n. tawr-ment]
–verb (used with object)
- to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- to worry or annoy excessively: to torment one with questions.
- to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.