Thursday, January 17, 2008

The Best Movie Name Ever

Nothing says terrible like "Escape from Monkey Island". If there was ever a movie name that screamed B (or C or D) rate film, it's this one. But B-rate isn't necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't portend to be anything more than a bit of fun shlock, with some mild swearing, poor special effects, and a bit of gratuitous nudity. The director isn't lying awake the night before Oscar nominations praying to hear his name called. Not at all. He is probably sitting in a bar, unaware there are even nominations being made, drinking pitchers of Pabst Blue Ribbon and wondering how he can get the mildly attractive but utterly talentless leading lady from EfMI to return for the sequel, "Escape from Monkey Island: The Lost Diaries of Curious George", all in the vain attempt to hook up with her and be able to afford another month's worth of pitchers of PBR.

That's not who I am, having found my talented and gorgeous wife, and being able afford a month's worth of twelve packs of Bud Light. However, that's what this blog aspires to be, a Monkey Island for the masses. Or maybe a place to write frivolous little tidbits and anecdotes that will be read by nearly no one. But that's what it wants to be ... and needs to be if I have a shot of keeping this up. As always, I thank/blame J. Michael Robertson's blog ( http://jmichaelrobertson.blogspot.com/) for inspiring this insipid, trite attempt of mine. A great professor does not necessarily a good student make.

1 comment:

....J.Michael Robertson said...

I greet you at the dawn of a new career. Just remember when you curse in print to use *s, as in d*mn and all those other words we didn't use in class. Or did we??