TV news

I just read we will see a tv series or mini-series based on stephen kings book under the dome. The book is over a 1000 pages long so doing it as a tv series makes sense. It is a little bloody and gory plus they would,t need to leave out anything or change anything. They could just bring the book to life as a tv series. The tv series will be on showtime. I read alot of the book but put it down because it just was,t grabbing me. There was nothing that made me think i have to keep reading this to find out what happens next. I,ll go back to the book at some point and read the whole thing from start to end. I think mybe it could work better as a tv show. I,ll be interested to hear what other people have to say about the idea of making this book into a tv series.

movie review

I saw rise of the planet of the apes and it was excellent. It,s a great reboot of the apes series. I was worried about it after that tim burton remake we got 10 years ago but this new movie is not a remake but a brand new start to a new series of movies. Yes there are nods and callbacks to the original movie and yes we do get to hear the classic line get your paws off me you damn dirty ape. One of the apes is called bright eyes and we see a news report of a mission to mars later on see a newspaper with the headline lost in space? the story is a great new begining for the series. The f/x is awesome, the action is great, the acting is good. I think the f/x will likely get a oscar nod. I think they perfectly set things up so we could see planet of the apes down the line. I think the next one will be somewhat of a remake of battle for the planet of the apes and i would,t be surprised if they used that title for the next movie. The original series was 5 movies long. I think this new series will end up being 4 movies long. I say that this really is a must see movie for fans of the original ape series. For anyone that has never seen the original movies you,ll still enjoy this new movie. I give it 3 and a half stars.

random thought of the day

I told everyone borders books is closing soon and i been making trips to borders in the hope that everything will be half off and most books are still only 20% off. This pisses me off because you would think since the store is closing that they would have excellent deals and that most things would be 50% off by now and it,s not. I think people would be buying more stuff if things were half off and because the deals are only 20% off for books and dvds they are not selling as much as they could be. Someone like myself would go in to borders and spend a ton of money on books and dvds if only the sales were better. I saw the dvds were still 20% off and thought that must be wrong because i saw a sign that said blue rays were 40% off. So i picked up 2 doctor who dvds and got to the cashier who rings up the dvds and tells me that it will be 72$ for the dvds and my jaw just dropped on the floor and i asked them to put one of the dvds back. I don,t know if i will go back because by the time everything is 50% off most of what i would want to buy will most likely be gone. I want to ask people if i sould keep going in to borders books or sould i just say the hell with it.

book review

I finished reading the new pendergast book. It,s the 2nd in a trilogy and it was great. I could,t put it down. Lots of twists and turns. We do get answers but we also now have more ?. It was a very fast paced book and long time fans will enjoy it. The only thing i,m worried about is the last time they did a trilogy the first 2 books were excellent but book 3 was a big let down. Book 3 felt more like a movie script instead of a book. I hope when we get the end to this trilogy next year that it will be as good as the other 2 books. It,s a great summer read and fans sould run out and buy it. 4 stars.