A different kind of End Of The World movie, World War Z is based on An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks, and the screenplay done by J. Michael Straczynsk (Babylon 5, Jeremiah, Thor, etc.). Brad Pitt liked it enough to be part of the movie project, and when they made the Audiobook the cast included Allen Alda, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, and Mark Hamill. I’m thinking this one could be fun.
Terrestrial Human
A few tunes from an interesting band. The first is Pontiacs doing Cold Fingered Girl, used as the OP for the anime Level E. The second is The Pontiacs song Shinjuku, the third their song about America. I won’t bother to identify the last few; if you keep listening that far you must already know you love this band, you will track down the titles yourself. They sound a bit like what would happen if T-Rex had 10 Years Afters love child, and put it up for adoption in Tokyo.
Someone did a Tokyo/London Comparison probably as an exercise in scale, but the image they ended up with was certainly not something I was expecting. Is this what you thought the two would look like when plopped down on the same terrain?
Sometimes, in the battle between life and death, the right choice is the wrong choice. Or so, at least, it would seem. This wonderful animation again has nothing actually resembling words, but it doesn’t need them. The video tells the story just fine all by itself.
It seems there is an App that lets you put words in William Shatner’s mouth, and then play them back. Shatoetry is available now for iDevices, and is being ported over to Android soon. Bill recorded a large vocabulary of words (although apparently it can be challenging to create normal sentences with them) suitable for wacky poetry or bizarre statements, and it is up to you to assemble them and share them with your friends. I normally only mention free apps here, but this one seems like enough fun to be worth the three dollar investment.
There is only one real option this week: Skyfall is finally hitting the big screen! Like everyone else, I have been waiting for this one. I got bored with Bond after Sean Connery left the role, but Daniel Craig brought the character and the franchise back to life for me.