#144 - indiana

okay before i start my post let me just say that i'm still completely hung up on post-idol news. i know i let myself get caught up in the whole season of idol hype this year, but i think it's because these guys really do seem like good guys. not like in the past where all the contestants seem kinda indifferent to each other or only have one or two close friends, these guys this year all seem to be genuinely friends, and that makes me like and root for them. anyway, they announced that archuleta got a record deal with jive, which is one of the idol affiliated companies (jordin sparks signed with them as the winner last year) so those producers definately wanted to snag him even though he didn't win. which i think is a good move for both archuleta and for idol. anyway, i'll be waiting for both archuleta and cook's albums to come out...

ps - remember alexandrea lushington? she was in the top 24 or something but didn't make it to the top 12 (or "the real show" as i call it). remember when archuleta bawled like a scared puppy when she got outsted? it was because they were friends from star search... he won the junior male singer title and in some champions round they faced off and david won. weird huh? i actually liked her, i wanted her to stay on but she didn't have very good performances so too bad.

you know who else was on star search?
- alanis morissette
- aaliyah
- christina aguilera
- destiny's child (their name was girls tyme)
- drew carey (they used to have a comedy round)
- diana degarmo (from american idol season 3)
- brad garrett (from everybody loves raymond)
- jessica simpson
- kevin james (from king of queens)
- carlos mencia
- rosie o'donnell
- leann rimes
- ray romano
- sinbad
- britney spears
- sharon stone
- marc summers
- justin timberlake (his name was justin randall?)
- lisa tucker (american idol season 5)
- dave chappelle
- nadia turner (american idol season 4)
- kimberly caldwell (american idol season 2)
- usher
- wade robson (hip-hop choreographer from so you think you can dance)

weird huh? so now imagine in another ten years what we'll be saying about the contestants on american idol??? also, did you know that colbie caillat girl (that girl who sings "bubbly" and some new one on the radio now)? she tried out for american idol in like season 5 and didn't even make it past the first round. so really just goes to show you it don't matter how you start, it's where you end up right?

okay so back to the original purpose of this post... last weekend scifi channel had an indiana jones marathon so i've been watching that all week (dvr... woot woot!). it's funny how you remember all these great movies you watched as a kid and then when you see them again like 15 years later they're kinda crappy. well, these movies were from the 80's, y'know pre-terminator 2 so you know what kinds of effects and fake-punch stunts you're gonna get. but what i didn't realize was how crappy the acting and writing were, especially for temple of doom, but let's take each one separately.

raiders of the lost ark. check out the cheesiness of the movie poster, he's smiling in mid-whip, ha! anyway, this was a good one, obviously, it was the first one. but what i really liked about this one is the girl (re: love interest) wasn't so wussy. plus, i think the biblical references suit these archeological adventure-type stories best so that made for intriguing plot. plus that guy's face MELTED! COOL!all i remember about the temple of doom was that i was scared of the guy who pulls out people's hearts. but watching it again at age 26 i realize this is the crappiest movie ever. first of all, i wanted to shoot that girl myself, she was completely wussy, had the lamest lines at the worst times, and her acting was like watching olive oyl run away from brutus. the storyline itself was pretty lame, special effects were not only unrealistically created, but not even plausible (although i may be jaded from watching too many mythbuster marathons). good thing they made a third one because if indiana jones ended on this one that might've been the end of harrison ford's career.now the last crusade was a great movie. this is the one i watched first (because i was 8-9 years old at the time it came out) so i knew nothing else about indiana jones aside from cameos and references in tiny toons cartoons. that last part when he's making his way through to the grail sticks out as one of the best closing action/adventure sequences in my mind. right? jehovah begins with an "i" in the latin? who's ever gonna forget that? no one that's who. plus, sean connery is funny! who knew?
so let's hope kingdom of the crystal skull is good. i've heard junk reviews, but really, looking back at all the previous indys, they were never plot-proof masterpieces right? let's take it for what it's worth, little bit of action, detective work, light comedy, let yourself overlook the bad writing and problematic plot and enjoy the ride right?