Is it just me or was Battleship (the movie) pretty good ?

So last summer everywhere I looked people were SLAMMING the Movie "Battleship"

 

I rented it early in 2013 from REDBOX and even my wife said it was enjoyable

So now it's on HBO and I watched it a second time and guess what . . .  I still liked it !!!

So box office aside (it made serious BANK worldwide, but not as well here) I think it gets a BAD RAP!

If you have not seen it I would recommend it.

Maybe I am biased as I have toured WWII ships and have an appreciation for them, but even then . . .

IT's VERY Good !!!!!

I am just saying . . .

A List of the Best things to watch on TV this Season

It's the time of year when we start getting hit with many "finales" which sounds the End of some shows and the Beginnings of others.

Here is my list of the Best of the Best this last season

BEST NEW SHOW

1) Monday Mornings on TNT.  

This show is AWESOME.  Ving Rhames.  The ratings have been soft so get out there and see it!

2) The Mindy Project

Gr8 show!!!!  I love MINDY

3) Don't mess with the B in APT 23

This is already cancelled and that SUCKS

4) Go On

I wasn't sure about this, but Mathew Perry made me dive it a chance.  Now I am on board !!!!

5)  Red Window

It's strange, but I am still hanging in there

BEST returning shows Comedies

1)  Big Bang Theory

 2) 2 Broke girls

3)  Whitney

4)  Raising Hope

5) New Girl

Best Returning shows Drama

1) Justified

2) Walking Dead

3)  NCIS

4) Mentalist

5) Bones

Best Reality show

1) SHARK TANK

2) Survivor

3) Master Chief

4) Hells Kitchen

5) Anything without a Kardashian

Overall Best on TV top Five

1) Justified

2) Big Bang Theory

3)Walking Dead

4) Monday Mornings

5)Shark Tank

Season Finales of TV's Best Shows

So this week marked the end for Justified and the Walking Dead.  We have to wait until October the the Zombie's and probably February for Raylan and Co.

We lost Andrea in the finale and this is sad.  She wasn't always likable, but she was good with a gun and never lacking on Attitude.  

Carl, as we all suspected, was revealed to be a bit unstable, bordering on Sociopath city.  I like Killer Carl.  I look forward to more poor behavior from him next year.

I don't have any comments on Maggie except that with Andera gone she is going to have to carry the "hot chick" tourch all alone, unless they turn the camera on her little sister . . ewwww

Meanwhile in Harlen County it looks like they are locking up Ava.  Boyd Crowder is one of the best charachters on TV and I have a feeling he will bust Ava out.  Don't sleep on Boyd.  He's a man who uses 100 words when 2-3 will do !

Raylan and Winnona, Is she ever going to have this baby or not ?  Raylan came up with a lot of solutions that did not entail him shooting people this season.  This shows gets better and better and Timothy O is the centerpiece.  How about  next year we get R and W back together for a bit ?

I had to have a pic with the hat.

Why am I ending with a Picture of STARBUCK you ask ?

I say Why not ?

See you next year Justified and Walking Dead !

WHEN YOU SEE THIS IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK

Only a very few things I have seen have changed the way I think about the world around me.  I don't mean every day things, I mean things that make me change my perception of life

I have been to all these places so I speak from personnel experience and not just guessing.

#1  The Pyramids in Egypt.

Lets lump in every thing I saw there ( and I was there for 24 days)  I know this is not something every one can do, but if its possible everyone who can, should go.  It's life changing!  You cannot see these things on Television and have any concept of what they mean.  I also cannot explain it here, but go if you ever get the chance.

#2  The Battleship Massachusetts 

 
If you got to Fall River MA they have an attraction called "Battleship Cove."  Here they have lots of retired Navy ships, but the main attraction is the Battleship Mass.  The shear size of this thing is mind bending.  The thickness of the steel, the diameter of the guns are amazing.  The real thing to grasp here is how any man stood on this floating city while sailing in the "Open Ocean (see #3) while other boats this size shot at them.  I spent an entire day with my wife walking through every passage I could.  Down in the depths of this monster where men had to load gunpowder.  The scary thing is many of these ships sank.  When you go down 4-5 decks in this steel ship and imagine it sinking your tummy will turn over and hide.  I had already been to Egypt when I went here and it is the only thing that is even close.  RESPECT to the men who sailed and fought on these ships.

#3  The Open Ocean

By "Open" I do not just mean no land in sight.  I mean OPEN . . .  As in hundreds or thousands of miles to land.  A good way to do this is a cruise ship, which I have done.  Standing on the deck and looking out there is amazing.  However the ship is so big and there are so many people the impression is lessened.  I went on a snorkeling trip in the Carribiean that was very enlightening.  The boat took us over an hour out into OPEN ocean and then dumped us out of the boat in flippers and a mask.  I started out enjoying the reef and then when I got tiered I wound up a few hundred yards from the boat.  I was also with my ex wife, who was as worn out as I was.   Getting back to the boat was a little scary and then when I got in and looked around at how deep the water was and what it was like to be out in it.  It dawned on me how big it all in.  Kudos Mr. Columbus.

Other things that were less life changing, but still a must see . . .

Aztec Ruins in South America and  Mexico

Empire State Building NYC (check out Times Sq when you r there )

Chicago Field/History Museum

Queen Mary II docked in Long Beach CA

The Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC

Lincoln Monument Washington DC

Wall Drug, S. Dakota ?  Buffalo Burgers and cowboy hats

The Daytona 500, Florida

Las Vegas Nevada

Tiki bar and burger place on the far side of Cozumel in mexico.  Rent a car, drive around the outside of the island, you can eat  a burger and have a beer as if your on the last beach on earth.  and pay with a visa, how kool is that.

Over rated things you can afford to miss . . .

The Grand Canyon, Mt Rushmore.

Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park

The world biggest Ground Hog (On the way to the Grand Canyon)

Universal Studios LA

Hollywood Walk of Fame  (they give everyone a star now so it no longer matters.)

Daytona Bike Week, Florida (its not as kool as it sounds)

The Paperboy Cinema or a Movie ?

I caught Arbitrage with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon this weekend.

I also watched the Paper Boy with an with, Zack Effron, Nicole Kidman, Mathew Mconahey, Scott Glen, John Cusak and others

The Paper Boy does not have a Hollywood happy ending, however . . . it illustrates the difference between  . .

Cinema or a Movie.

An Adam Sandler movie qualifies as Garbage

The Hangover or Bridesmaids are movies

The Hunger Games or the Avengers are Blockbusters

And The Paperboy and the like are "Cinema"

Cinema means, a story that may go nowhere, can be depressing, have fewer likable characters and almost never a happy ending.

I love Movies and Blockbusters and the occasional piece of Cinema is fine.

But these not the same thing and should not be judged as such

The Perks of being a Wall Flower

The Perks of being a Wall Flower

Caught this movies on REDBOX this last weekend.

A few things you can take from it . . .

1)  Emma Watson is easy on the eyes, even when she isn't wearing a dirty school girl outfit (Hermione)

2)  Mental Illness is hot in Hollywood (Silver Linings Playbook ad this one)
3)  Being a Gay, male football player is hot ( Glee and on and on)

4)   Stranding up in the back of a moving truck or on the roof is always kool (teen wolf)

5)  Parents always leave Kids home alone on Friday night leading to 200 kids having a kegger. 

A sad time for 80's TV moms !!!

A sad time for 80's TV moms !!!

(Reuters) - Actress Valerie Harper best known as wise-cracking neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern on television's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, People magazine reported on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Actress Bonnie Franklin, best known as a single working mother in the hit CBS comedy "One Day at a Time" in an era when U.S. television was redefining families in pop culture, died on Friday at age 69.