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Head over to Jump The Shark…the turning point of television programming. “It’s a moment when you know your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on … it’s all downhill. Some call it the climax. We call it jumping the shark.” Apparently the authors of the website felt that Happy Days’ turning point was when Fonzie jumped the shark while waterskiing.

You can even give your input as to when you believe your favourite show “jumped the shark”.

Thanks to Rob S here at work for the link.

It pays to have friends. Melissa here at work, an avid Lord of the Rings fan, got a copy of The Two Towers DVD that’s being given to members of the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration. She was nice enough to lend it to us, so while others are still flocking to the cinemas and paying through the nose to view the flick we watched in private. Thanks Melissa!

Carol and myself sat in the relative comfort of our living room soaking in the sights and sounds, pausing the movie for pee breaks and watching scenes over again at our leisure.

The film started with a warning that made the whole experience kind of surreal:

Being the movie fan and aspiring movie maker that I am, perhaps one day I’ll be able to watch all films up for Oscar consideration and vote on them. Dare to dream.

Among other great parts of the experience was the fact that every ten minutes the phrase, “For Your Consideration” faded in stayed for 20 seconds or so and then faded out again. , played by John Rhys-Davies, with the subtitle. I got acquainted John Rhys-Davies when he was filming Sliders here in Vancouver. We met when I working as a security guard at his residence here in Vancouver. He even gave me gift of $50 US for Christmas in 1996. Nice!

I took some other screen captures as well. They’re mostly of Gollum. He was no Jar Jar Binks. Here they are:

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CBC Sports: Canucks embarrass Thrashers

FiLM EXPERiENCE -Movie Star Salaries Report and it’s six months old…

My Favourite Jamie Kennedy video.

Caption: “God sent a teddy bear.”

Some pictures make me laugh, but this one made me go, “ahhhh”. 🙂

Thanks Lance. This picture ought to clean up your image with the blog readers. There’s a lighter side to the psycho. Hehe!

Zip over to Filmax International to learn more about the third of the Re-Animator flicks, starring Jeffrey Combs. Another Zombie flick for my collection.

Profiles From the Front Lines could be an interesting new twist on reality TV. The last time I checked this was called either “a documentary” or “the news”.

I’m so excited. One of my favourite shows Six Feet Under starts next week. Frances Conroy plays Ruth Fisher, family Matriarch. She’s overly neurotic, but always great for a laugh.