The Beckhams Are in Los Angeles

Who Cares? America hates soccer and still get confused when Europeans call it football. It is an exciting sport...sure. But it's only exciting every 4 years when the World Cup is on for three weeks. Yes, they are beautiful and wealthy and extremely arrogant, so I guess it's only fitting that they're here. But is it really necessary for us to give them that much attention. Surely, Paris Hilton is off doing cocaine (when she says she has never done drugs...does anyone believe that?) or Lindsay Lohan is also pretending to be a "good girl" (probably to distract people from how bad her new movie looks). I guess it's just a rough patch for celebrity gossip.

Live Free or Die Hard

It's hard to imagine 50 year old Bruce Willis still playing John McClaine of NYPD. But it was a lot of fun to see him try. It was a good movie and, like the old episodes of "24" and last year's "MI:3," a exciting and entertaining. Despite all this, the movie was disappointing because it's not a "Die Hard" movie. If anyone who loves the original will remember, John McClaine is confined to one building and is only one man with the odds against him at nearly impossible. To see him get out of that mess alone is what "Die Hard" is all about. Unfortunately, in this movie, he moves all over the place from Washington to Baltimore to Jersey to fight a cyber-terrorist bent on destroying the world. This is not a "Die Hard" movie, but more like a James Bond film. Nonetheless, thank you to the bootleggers who provided a decent quality DVD that was aired on the local channel.

Tonight is "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" on Channel 4.

Bootleggers

I've always been a fan of movies, but being on this stupid island has robbed me of the opportunity to watch the summer plethora of films, including "Transformers" and "Live Free or Die Hard." When someone introduced me to the website, movieforumz.com, I was deeply excited at the chance to finally watch these films in DVD quality, thinking someone leaked DVD screeners and posted those on the net. When I checked the website to watch "Ocean's 13," I got a Chinese version with Chinese subtitles taken off a videocamera. Sadly, I was very disappointed.
In the new age of digital technology shouldn't even bootleggers be armed with HDTV cameras and an appropriate microphone system. Can't they go to a screening when there will only be 2-3 people when the chance of someone walking in the front of the camera will be kept to a minimum? Also, if I wanted a laugh track, I'd watch a sitcom. So hearing someone laugh when Seth Rogen calls "Munich" one of his favorite films is not the movie experience I wanted. Should I complain? I guess if you've been to the Arclight, there is no other movie experience like it.

Nobody Reads My Blog

I haven't written on this thing for years. Probably because I'm in medical school and barely have time to talk to my own girlfriend than write on a blog that no one ever reads. I had a golden age of Bloggers just a year ago. I wrote on it everyday, people posted comments, and In-N-Out of Hemet was on it's way to the Pantheon of great blogs. But now, after not writing in it for over 5 months, people have moved on to cooler blogs that talk about everything from great Pho restaurants to why Britney Spears hasn't had a new CD. In reality, no one cares, but it's just nice to have something to read while at work and in front of a computer.

The iPhone

It's funny to see people wait outside for days to buy a phone worth $500 before you start to wonder, "How do these people actually have $500 to buy this phone?" Regardless, I can sympathize with what they're trying to buy. The iPhone is an amazing product. After watching the demo on the Apple website, I really think it's a revolutionary machine. But this also makes me wonder...When will the second generation iPhone come out? or the Mini iPhone? or the shuffle iPhone? Apple has always been on the cutting edge, but for someone with a second generation iPod that still works, why would I spend another $400 for a new one? Don't wait for days to get the iPhone when you can wait for a few months and buy an iPhone without a line, with better features, and probably a cheaper price tag. It boggles my mind sometimes...By the way, I just bought a new Macintosh Powerbook, 80 gB video iPod, and am on the wait list for the iPhone.

The OC Season 4

It's a good show in retrospect. I remember when this show was so hot. All the girls loved Seth's geeky comic-loving personality while the guys were heads over heels with Mischa Barton. (I was always more of a Rachel Bilson fan) But the show slowly lost and audience. People say that it lost its mamba because it was moving away from what it was good about...beaches, surf, and good looking people. But these people are wrong because the show was never about that. It was a soap opera in primetime that goes down so easy like a good Patron shot. I've had an opportunity to watch the show's final season and I really liked what they were doing. It's sad not to have the show and have something so easy to watch, especially when Lost (disappointing till the end) and 24 was such a mess this season. I'm going to miss Summer and Seth, Ryan and all the Cohens. It's a good show in retrospect that I'm sad to see go away.