This collection of entries is from September 23, 2004.
I took off and spent the afternoon at the AMC South Barrington 30 to catch a matinée (1:30pm) of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. OK, there is hardly any resemblance of a plotline. Hell, this movie would fit well on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Everything is played pretty broadly, like a SciFi movie of the 30's.
BUT... This movie looks great. Why? Other than the actors, the entire movie is computer generated. The actors worked on blue screen/green screen sets. Watching this movie, it's hard to believe that there were no sets - no cars, no aircraft, no walls, no water... NOTHING. It was all generated. If you are interested in that type of cinematic technology, go see this movie on a big screen and see how far the technology has come.
Just don't go looking for a well written script.
About a year and a half ago, the village came by and "trimmed" our maple tree. Well, judging by that shape the bark is in as well as the obvious changing of colors on half of the tree, I'm thinking the tree is in trouble and we're never going to get a decent tree in front of our house. This is the second maple tree in the 20 years we've been here.
No! NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Interstate Baking is Filing Chapter 11!!!! That's Hostess!!!! That's Twinkies! That's Ho-Ho's! Even my favorite cupcakes and little chocolate donettes!
I had to go to Dominick's to pay my last respects! They better come out of bankruptcy and keep making these sweets!