Random thoughts

For those of you in SoCal, you mustve been really surprised to see the sun this morning. We live in LA right? Not Seattle?? Enough stupid weather humor. I hope everyone out there is doing well. No time to waste.

-First and foremost I want to send out my thoughts and prayers to those victims of the mudslides in CA. The footage of that mountainside just sliding down like nothing was truly horrifying to see. Lets hope the continuing search for survivors brings positive results.

-According to meteorologists (Hey big word for the day!) this is the most rain LA has had in a 15 day period, since..well, EVER!! Well actually the records only go back to the late 1800's so there's no way of knowing if it rained more than that before then. It sure did seem like alot of rain. I couldnt even remember when the last day we had sunshine was til this morning! yikes..still..I like the rain..but not when it causes chaos like it has recently...

-Changing gears, why is it that when movies underperfom at the box office the studios try to totally repackage the thing when it comes out on DVD? Look, if it sucked in the theatre, it isnt going to be much better on DVD! Take for example "The Village" (IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THIS MOVIE YET AND DONT WANT IT SPOILED FOR YOU SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH ALL TOGETHER!)  Here was a movie that was hyped up as a horror/thriller flick. Monsters in the village, blah, blah, etc....We come to find out its all a big hoax to get the residents of the village to stay in the controlled environment...Apprently this didnt go over well with the audiences, because once word of mouth got out about this movie it sank like a rock in box office reciepts. So flash forward to the DVD release...Forget the Village the horror/thriller flick..now its the Village mystery flick. The ads talk about a "secret" in the village. Had this been the message when it was released in theatre's then maybe people wouldnt have been disappointed. Now we have a movie that failed as a horror film, now being marketed as just another drama movie..no monsters here...nope...just secrets! Here's an idea! The Village: Special Edition! Includes Never Before Seen BETTER Ending!!! I can give you more examples of this practice, but I would run out of room. Just off the top of my head though: A Man Apart starring Vin Diesel. Went from a "revenge for killing my wife" film in the theater to a "two cops take law into their own hands" movie on DVD. No mention of the murdered wife in the DVD commericals. Maybe I'll cover this in full in a future posting.

-Shaq's back in LA this Friday to play against the Clippers...somehow nobody cares...Look for Shaq to dominate and remind everyone in LA just how foolish the Lakers were for letting him go.

-And speaking of letting go, thats all for now! thanx again for reading