Published in Favorites, Movies & TV, Zombies on February 20th, 2005 10:18 am by Nicholas Roussos
Metacritic has posted a list of their 100 worst rated movies. via Kottke.org
#21: Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras
I haven’t seen it yet, but I can tell you now that the pretentious critics just weren’t able to enjoy the subtle genius of putting a zombie in the middle Mardi Gras.
This brings back dreams of making my own zombie masterpiece, Zombies from the Deep. A tradional zombie movie that begins with scuba divers finding zombies deep underwater. Once awakened, it doesn’t take long to develop into a horrific scene of beachgoers fleeing in mass with Zombies from the Deep close behind. I can picture one memorable scene when the setting sun bathes the deserted beach in ghastly red light as the zombies fight over the remains of bikini-ed beachgoers who didn’t get away. Of course, this would be just the beginning of mankind’s battle for survival against Zombies from the Deep.
Published in General on February 19th, 2005 10:41 pm by Nicholas Roussos
Several years ago, I lent my original NES to a high school friend… Only to never see him again. Recently, my wife wished to challenge me in Jeopardy, and the only system that we found a version for was the 8-bit NES. So I set out to buy one.
After finding some resonable deals online ($35 + $15 shipping), we decided to check the local flea market. We found one there and ended up buying it for $60. Not exactly a steal, but there was a certain convenience factor.
I went home, hooked it up, and found myself blowing into cartridges again. I hadn’t lost my touch either. After a few tries, I went from gibberish on the screen to actual gameplay. I played two games Jeopardy and Jaws. I have to say, I’ve been really enjoying Jaws. I plan to try Golgo 13 next.
All in all, it feels good to have a NES in the house again.
Published in General on February 19th, 2005 12:15 pm by Nicholas Roussos
It looks like Mario Kart is going to the arcade. Complete with four players at a time, and it will snap a picture of you to show over your cart. Plus, you can save data on a memory card.
I’m not a big arcade person, but it would be cool if they had one of these at the theater. Sounds like a good game to play while you wait.
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Published in General on February 19th, 2005 9:45 am by Nicholas Roussos
Check out this chick; it’s both frightening and funny.
via BoingBoing today, but originally I saw it on Kottke.org (his comment is kinda funny).
Published in General on February 19th, 2005 9:09 am by Nicholas Roussos
Published in General on February 18th, 2005 9:37 pm by Nicholas Roussos
I saw Constantine tonight. Hmmm… I liked it.
It wasn’t a great movie, but it was one of those movies that if it came on cable you would watch the whole thing and not feel bad about it. The visuals were nice, and it was somewhat comicbook-esque (supposedly based off of a DC comic).
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Published in Favorites, General on February 18th, 2005 2:56 pm by Nicholas Roussos
I just read this today in the TV-TV forum.
This is a crock. Fox bought a pilot for a TV show about a grown up Doogie Howser. It received luke warm response from a young screening audience who had never seen the original series. So, Fox decided to make changes that their surveys requested. Mainly, an edgier, more in-your-face main character (think CSI Miami’s David Caruso). The end result is Fox’s new show House MD. They originally tried pushing for the title “Howser MD”, but Micheal Verns, president of the Official Doogie Howser MD Fan Club and member since 1989, launched a succesful internet campaign to stop them. Fox caved and changed the name to House MD. No need to describe the end result.
What? I saw a sample of the original script. It looked promising. Apparently, Doogie’s childhood friend Vinnie struck it rich during the Dot Com boom only to loose it all. He’s now living over Doogie’s garage unable to get another job. Doogie is married and has two kids but fails to connect with them. He insists that when he was their age he was doing much better things with his time.
Published in General on February 18th, 2005 10:50 am by Nicholas Roussos
Hi, my name is Nicholas Roussos. This is my first post. I’m just another web designer, and this is just another blog.
A Brief History of My Work
Some Other Sites I have worked on
- RealWebWonders – a freelance business I started. I only had one customer and decided it wasn’t for me. I keep the site as a portfolio piece.
- The Rally Point – a collaborative effort with some BUDS; it’s no longer on the web though.
- Cynthia Eden, my fav romance writer
Update: I fixed some things that were out of date.
