So, Finals start soon. I just found out my Physics exam will not be multiple choice, and will therefore be much more difficult for me. So, I’m a little worried about it now too. And I’m also slightly concerned about Calculus, since I seem to do really well on the assignments and then very poorly on the tests.

Anyway, The Box is going to shut down for the time being, rendering Friday’s post a horrendous lie.

Forgive me readers, for I have sinned.

Best of luck to the rest of you and your respective exams/work reports/etc.

One of the reviews for The Mist says the following:

[This] grocery-store survival drama, dominated by Marcia Gay Harden as a shrill fundamentalist, serves as a crude but effective allegory for post-9/11 America.

I never understand these post-9/11 America statements. Do people honestly believe that anything more than airport security has changed since 9/11? I mean, people have always been racist. People have always been fanatical. People have always been religious zealots. Did America really change all that much after 9/11?

Moreover, what the fuck does The Mist have to do with anything 9/11?

Then again, it seems to be the fashionable thing to drop 9/11 somewhere in movie reviews these days. I remember similar conflicts were made in Cloverfield. I didn’t realize that every disaster movie was required to pay homage to 9/11 in some obscure way. Good thing James Cameron made Titanic when he did, otherwise we might be reading about how that film captured the irrational fear and behaviour of people in a post 9/11 world.

I’ve watched a few interesting films this week.

First, I watched Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny. Funny movie. A few years old, but somehow I’d never seen it. I nearly pissed myself laughing throughout most of it. Jack Black is hilarious, and Kyle Gass is hilarious when affiliated with Jack Black. Although, in the defense of Kyle Gass, he seems to be more of the musician first and actor second – a role reversal of Jack Black. That being said, the whole movie was a blast spanning from the opening musical number all the way to the final ultimate rock-off. Oh, yeah. And lets not forget that awesome fact that Meat Loaf plays JB’s dad in the opening sequence.

If you have the means, I highly recommend watching this movie. And - given the advance of technology - you do have the means.

The other film that I finished watching no less than 25 minutes ago was Stephen King’s The Mist. Quite possibly one of the best movies that I have ever seen. It has also destroyed my faith in the reviews provided by Rotten Tomatoes. Perhaps aggregate data from every Joe Six Pack in the United States isn’t the best way to review movies. Some of them refer to it as an ill-conceived horror film. I suspect that this is because some of them may feel a little sour about the portrayal of those who believe (read: Christians).

The movie is excellent. Watch it at the next available opportunity.

Here is the synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes:

Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE) serves as director, writer, and producer of THE MIST, an adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novella. After a vicious storm wreaks havoc in their small town in Maine, artist David Drayton (Thomas Jane) heads out to the town supermarket for some much-needed supplies with his young son, Billy (Nathan Gamble), and his neighbor, Norton (Andre Braugher), in tow. Their trip soon turns to terror when a menacing white mist settles in, leaving this group of locals and out-of-towners fighting for survival against an unknown, bloodthirsty enemy. When the local religious zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) begins to convince the group that the mist is punishment from God, Drayton and his cohorts realize that they may be trapped inside with an enemy just as dangerous as whatever is lurking outside. Tension runs high in this tale as the trapped group faces difficult moral decisions. Should they stay and wait out the terror, or make a break for it and risk suffering a terrible fate? Is the eerie mist the will of God, an experiment from the local military base gone awry, or, maybe, a freak natural disaster? Without modern conveniences and the normal conventions and rules to guide them, the group is easily swayed by the loudest opinion. Will they save themselves at the expense of each other, or work as a team to save everyone?

It has been brought to my attention that my blog has been lacking posts lately.

In an attempt to rectify this horrible injustice against you - the reader - I am proposing that The Box adopt a policy of guaranteed content. From this day forward, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday will deliver a fresh, steaming pile of content to the front page of this blog that will entertain, annoy, or leave you indifferent.

Through my commitment to more effective posting, I hope that I can restore the lost dignity that this space once held. Since I conveniently chose to make this post on a Friday, I hope you all take note that I clearly have every intention to uphold this policy.

For those of you who haven’t heard, the new Sonic the Hedgehog game has been officially announced. It is called Sonic Unleashed, and features traditional Sonic gameplay with one interesting twist. Sonic can now transform into a wolf for an intriguing change to gameplay.

Does this sound familiar? It should. It sounds exactly like Twilight Princess. In fact, I’m pretty sure that Sonic is required to confront Dr. Eggman so that he can protect the kingdom of Hyrule and unite the three pieces of the Triforce.

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If anyone has Pokemon Pearl/Diamond for the DS and would like numerous Pokemon, leave me your Friend Code. Subject B and I have created a Pokemon Engineering Initiative that involves breeding every Pokemon we can find with a Ditto. Because Ditto is genderless, it creates the egg of the other Pokemon, regardless of what it is and the gender. We’ve already bred our starting Pokemon, and an army of Eevees.

If you have a Chimchar (or evolved form), you will be rewarded generously.