I was watching the third installment of Blade yesterday and it got me thinking about the best and worst trilogies I’ve watched.

Here are my picks (in order)…

Best 10

1) The Godfather (they don’t make movies like that anymore)
2) Star Wars (the original three)
3) Lord of the Rings
4) Indiana Jones
5) Back to the Future (I love the concept of time travel; so I may be biased here)
6) Die Hard (pointless over the top action but you can’t help but be pumped when you see it)
7) Alien Bourne 1,2 and 3
8) Spiderman
9) Blade (very underrated but all three were nicely made; one of the better vampire movies)
10) Lethal Weapon (you can’t help but love the Danny Glover and Mel Gibson combo)
10) Mission Impossible (over the top action, lots of over acting but still pretty amusing to watch)

Worst 10

1) Matrix (classic way to spoil something good; the second one was just ok; the third one was just terrible)
2) Pirates of the Carribean (they should have left it at just one movie; the 2nd and 3rd ones were just sub standard)
3) Star Wars prequels (lots of hype, special effects were nothing we have not seen before and storyline was mediocre)
4) Rush Hour
5) Scream
6) The Fast and the Furious
7) Look Who’s Talking
8) Evil Dead
9) Species
10) Robocop

Honorable mentions

- Terminator (strong first two movies; would have been in the best ten if not for a subpar third installment)
- XMen (the first two movies were strong but killing off key characters just spoiled it for me)

Forgetables

- Beverly Hills Cop
- Austin Powers (it was just too much after the first one)
- Shrek (lost the plot after the first movie)
- Jurassic Park
- Highlander
- Aladdin
- Silence of the Lambs

Just stop and think about how far we’ve come in technology when Super Mario comes to the computer in the form of a 14 kb JavaScript code. It’s far from complete, and you’ll have to start over when you die but that’s besides the point — I’m in awe that something like that is actually possible.

Be sure to click the mouse on the game if Mario won’t move. When you die, you have to reload the page to start over. And yes, you can move left. Sorry.

Regular version: no music or with music

Double size: no music or with music

Source with writeup, instructions and full script.

So it wasn’t a supersized venti after all …

Haven’t been this excited over a movie in years. Finally my all time favorite Marvel superhero is making it to the big screen and it looks mighty fine! You know where I’ll be on May 2nd, 2008.

“Heroes aren’t born, they’re built”

Interesting trivia from IMDB:

# In October 1999, Quentin Tarantino was approached to write and direct the film. Later, Joss Whedon, a big fan of the comic book, was in negotiations to direct the film in June 2001. In December 2004, Nick Cassavetes was hired as a director, with the film to release in 2006, but everything fell through. Finally, Jon Favreau was hired as director.

# Nicolas Cage and Tom Cruise were interested in playing Iron Man. Cruise in particular was going to act in and produce the film.

Few months back I watched a news report on how some counties/ cities are recycling sewer water to make it suitable for drinking. The water is then fed back for human consumption and sold to some manufacturers. The water supposedly exceeds drinking standards and is purer than distilled water sold by wholesalers.

It is probably very good filtered drinking water, something Bobby Boucher would be proud of … at least I’d like to think so (you’ll soon find out why). I can also see the huge costs savings benefits on recycling vs. buying distilled water. However, the gross factor is probably the biggest factor to overcome. It is for me, and believe it would be for most people.

I can’t bear the thought of drinking water that was once the same water mixed with other *stuff* flushed down the toilet and water from the sinks. It gets worse when you top that up with the images of it coming from hospitals, schools, and other commercial establishments.

My biggest fears were realized couple of days ago when I read the label of a bottled water bottle we frequently buy from our grocery store. It wasn’t a Dasani, Evian or other more popular brands but a cheaper grocery store brand.

It said (in really small print), “Made from manufactured water from the City of XXXXX, XX.”

So it turns out that I’ve been drinking “toilet to tap” water for months and it makes me sick to my stomach. Funny thing is that I did mention when we first started buying this cheaper brand that it tasted much better than the more expensive ones.

Our dilemma now is whether to continue drinking it or throw the rest of the fifteen unopened bottles we have in the fridge. One thing we are sure of, we won’t be buying that brand of bottled water ever again.

Got this in my inbox today. Great, just what I need … a supersized Venti Starbucks cup. Like I don’t spend enough on Starbucks already.