been sick the last couple of days. yesterday, i had trouble breathing, like an all day asthma attack. my boss helpfully suggests that it's bronchitis. i'm hoping for something more exotic.

i'm going back to bed now.

the Evil Dead: Special Edition DVD comes out today (according to Dark Horizons. i've not seen mention of it anywhere else), and it has a kick-ass looking cover. i'd get it just for that, but come on, it's Evil Dead! the DVD also has commentary by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.

i'm really quite worried for Wesley now. everything bad seems to happen to him, and he never catches a break. poor guy.

and eww, please, Fred and Gunn… too much sweetness rots! stop with the cutesy stuff, please, before i retch.

i miss Cordy.

i've been discussing "The Time Machine" with my DEQ friend, and we've decided that it'll probably be adapted into a bad series for television, starring Carmen Electra and a Pierce Brosnan look-and-sound-alike, and maybe a couple of plucky kids and a wise-cracking minority person with strange "customs". bleh.

in celebration of this glum possibility, here's some of my favorite time travelling television serieseses (in which time travel is an integral part of the premise):

Quantum Leap
The Time Tunnel
Voyagers!
Seven Days

honorable mentions:
Sliders
Farscape
X-Files episode "Monday"

action/adventure programmes i like that feature chesty/skin-suit-clad/scantily clad women-babe-things:
Mutant X
Relic Hunter
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World
Wonder Woman

"Sergi said Kulhanek was put in a barbershop type chair where liquor was poured down her throat." Before she knew it, she was dead drunk."

and she was absolutely powerless to stop them!

whore. take some responsibility for your actions. feh.
[via Max, whose Buffy the SimVampire Slayer photos in the photo album somehow leave out Spike. oh, it's also a good thing that Alias post was at the very bottom.]

the nominees for Nebula Awards have been announced. "The Body" [spoilery, if you haven't seen the ep] has been nominated! hooray!

i've been invited! i'm so special!

i'm clickable fun!

i was thinking of having a small reception after the wedding, inviting a few friends, having wedding type foods and decorations and crap. but then i remembered that i'm broke and i hate weddings, so scratch that.

hmm… "Inside Hollywood's Greatest," a show featuring celebrity autopsies. it's my idea. don't steal it.

heck, why wait for autopsies? vivisection, anyone? first episode: Britney Spears (to quell any rumor of her starring in any Dazzler movie).

saw Artificial Intelligence: AI last night. never really had any interest or disinterest in it before. it was just kind of there. my thoughts on it now: Haley Joel Osment is a little creepy, in a 'I'm gonna star in the next remake of a Cape Fear' kind of way. after his 'mommy' dumped him off in the woods, and he's running from the Flesh Fair hounds, i kept thinking "where's Rick Deckard when you need him?" i also kept thinking "where can i get my own Jude Lawbot?"

the real unexamined story, though, is why William Hurt is building himself an army of Haley Joel Osments. can you imagine them marching across the planet? how terrifying would that be? no wonder humans are extinct in that future (which really should have been cut. blech. unnecessary sugary sappiness).

my rating (1 to 10):
base value: 6 (hey, any movie with William Hurt starts out a little higher than most)

modifiers: Jude Law +1; creepy little boy -3; cute teddy bear that i really want +2; sugary ending -2; half litre of rum i consumed while watching +2

final tally = 6 (or probably wouldn't choose to watch it again)

via Sci Fi Wire: The DVDfile.com Web site reported that the complete second-season DVD of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will hit stores on June 11.

yippee!

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO! I WILL BURN HOLLYWOOD TO THE GROUND IF THIS HAPPENS!

via Dark Horizons: "Wild rumour of the day - pop diva Britney Spears rumoured to be up to play the superhero [Dazzler] (a pop star who can create light using her mutant abilities) in an adaptation of the 70's Marvel comic."

please, god, curse Britney with facial leprosy so this never happens. i'd rather my beloved Dazzler never make it to the big screen.

why couldn't my parents have named me something cool like 'Balthazar,' 'Ironicus' or 'Innothule'?

[from Sci Fi Wire] The Gotham Clock Tower Web site reported that Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) will play Dr. Harleen Quinzel in the pilot episode of Birds of Prey, which is based on a DC Comics series.

ack! i just read a possible spoiler for X-Files that means i'll have to start watching it again (i'm neither posting nor linking to the source here). it's terrible to contemplate, but i did notice that one portion of the spoiler is something that doesn't make sense, thus casting doubt on its veracity (as if the source of the rumored spoiler isn't enough to cast buttloads of doubt on it).

i took the day off for a court hearing that my family is dealing with, but it didn't get happen. the attorneys immediately asked for a continuance, which was granted. bah! but, not a wasted vacation day at all because i got to spend it with the Boyfriend, which is always a good thing.

so, tonight's Buffy night, featuring the return of Riley! what's everyone's favorite ex-Initiative, ex-Buffy boy toy been up to in the jungles of South America? why is he back? what will his arrival mean for Buffy and Spike? will he take his shirt off (i'm praying for it)? find out tonight!

oh, and about the previews for the next new Angel: go Wesley! i knew you'd do it!

Chuck Jones passed away on Friday and i'm just finding out about it. i think i'm going to have to take the rest of the day off.

Current Sci Fi Wire poll: In Queen of the Damned, Stuart Townsend takes on the role of the vampire Lestat, a part played by Tom Cruise in 1994's Interview With the Vampire. Who's the better bloodsucker?

Current Results:
Cruise doesn't suck. 22%
Townsend doesn't bite. 13%
Neither--I'm an Angel fan. 64%

the Boyfriend rented three movies this weekend with ex-Scoobs, by chance.

Bones, with Bianca Lawson. Kendra without an accent? no Mr. Pointy? eh, that's ok. interesting story idea, but everything was all too obvious for my tastes. plus, Pam Grier is staring to get scary.

Soul Survivors, with Eliza Dushku. she's tough talking, and bad ass (like all her other roles), and lesbianic. i think. the movie was very confusing. falling asleep for the last 20 minutes probably didn't help, but i was awakened at the end by the Boyfriend shouting "WTF? That doesn't make sense!" and he was awake for the whole thing. also, is it me, or does Casey Affleck sound like he has a mouthful of goldfish when he speaks?

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, with Eliza Dushku and Marc "I'm so yummy they should bottle me and sell me at finer retail establishments" Blucas. this movie, fun as it is on its own, is much funnier after a half litre of rum.

::sigh:: a voice that melts

i was thinking about my campaign to have Joyce DeWitt elected President in 2004, when i suddenly wondered, "hey! what happened to the Ropers?" i never knew. all i remember was suddenly having Ralph Furley.

questions such as this are why god/Al Gore created the internet: the Ropers got their own series. i'm sure most of you already knew. a lot of the time, i'm a real dumb-ass when it comes to pop culture, but i think i can be forgiven for not knowing this. it looks to have lasted only one year, and because i don't even recognize the theme song, i'm certain that i'd never watched it.

anyway, vote Joyce DeWitt in 2004!