2014 Oscars Recap

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Last night’s Academy Awards ceremony was a big step up from last year’s.  Of course, everyone knew Ellen Degeneres would do a better job than Seth MacFarlane, but she really knocked it out of the park last night.  While I wouldn’t want her to host every year (because it would get stale), I would fully support bring her back every other year to host, until she doesn’t want to do it anymore.  As for the winners, the very deserving 12 Years A Slave won best picture, as the major categories went to the frontrunners.  As for my predictions, I only went 16/24 (the same as last year), as most of my predicted upsets never panned out.  I feel sorry for the person who was linked to my blog yesterday searching for “86th academy awards expert picks,” because they probably lost their Oscar pool if they used me as a guide.

Ellen started things off in her usual style, making some killer jokes while also keeping things light and fun.  Continue reading →

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Miles O’Brien: So, let me get this straight: all we have to do is get past an enemy fleet, avoid a tachyon detection grid, beam into the middle of Klingon headquarters and avoid the Brotherhood of the Sword long enough to set these things up and activate them in front of Gowron?

Worf: If we succeed, there will be many songs sung in our honor.

Miles O’Brien: Let’s hope we’re there to hear them.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5: Episode 1 – “Apocalypse Rising”

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“There is a room in the department of mysteries,” interrupted Dumbledore, “that is kept locked at all times. It contains a force that is at once more wonderful and more terrible than death, than human intelligence, than forces of nature. It is the power held within that room that you possess in such quantities and which Voldemort has not at all. That power took you to save Sirius tonight. That power also saved you from possession by Voldemort, because he could not bear to reside in a body so full of the force he detests. In the end, it mattered not that you could not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you.”

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling

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The expression “quiet as mice” is a puzzling one, because mice can often be very noisy, so people who are being quiet as mice may in fact be squeaking and scrambling around. The expression “quiet as mimes” is more appropriate, because mimes are people who perform theatrical routines without making a sound. Mimes are annoying and embarrassing, but they are much quieter than mice, so “quiet as mimes” is a more proper way to describe hoe Violet and Sunny got up from their bunk, tiptoed across the dormitory, and walked out into the night.

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill – Lemony Snicket

Friday Favorites: Favorite Montage – The Great Movie Ride

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Welcome to “Friday Favorites” which highlight some of my favorite movie-related things.

I haven’t done a Friday Favorite in a while, mostly because no one read them, but I was in the mood to revive it for at least today.  Whenever the Oscars roll around, I always find myself thinking back to go the great films throughout 100 years of movie history.  And whenever I find myself contemplating the power and history of film, I always turn to one, 3 minute montage that completely embodies film for me.  Take a look:

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Miles O’Brien: It’s funny – I’ve served on half a dozen ships, and none of them have had cloaking devices except the Defiant. Now that we’re not using it I feel… naked.

Worf: It is disconcerting, to say the least.

Benjamin Sisko: Gentlemen, I feel the same breeze you do.

[Dax smiles to herself]

Miles O’Brien: What’re you smiling at?

Jadzia Dax: I don’t know, I guess it’s just being in the same room with so many naked men.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4: Episode 26 – “Broken Link”

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“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling

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A doctor is a man or woman whose job is to make you feel better, that’s all, and if you’ve ever had a shot you know that the statement “Doctors can’t hurt you” is simply absurd.

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill – Lemony Snicket