Let's Get It Started

Well, I was right with my NBA Finals prediction. What did I say?

"Anyway, if you believe the NBA is rigged (or, as I believe, "influenced"--see Game 6 of Lakers/Kings, where a Kobe elbow to Bibby's nose was deemed "incidental contact", and the Lakers shooting 27 free throws in the fourth), it's going to be Lakers-Celtics in the Finals. I think it'll be a Lakers-Spurs WCF, and a Celtics-Magic ECF, followed by the Dream Matchup. In this case, I think the NBA "influences" the series to a Game 7, where the NBA lets them play (after all, they've already won in terms of $$$)..."

What happens? Lakers-Celtics in the finals, with a couple of games having highly suspect calls --to the point that the NBA found it necessary to apologize for that blown call in Game 4 of the Spurs--at least it gave us a great Back to the Future reference from Brent Barry:

"That's awesome," Barry said, "because Doc Brown is waiting for me outside, and we're going to get in the DeLorean and fire up the flux capacitor and we're going to go back and shoot a couple of free throws."

I also said that I was hesitatingly going to root for the Lakers. But after hearing Vic The Brick blabbering about mu and no self and no ego; seeing Sasha "The Douche Machine" Vujacic shooting that bush league three when the game was over; seeing all those stupid Laker flags on cars; hearing fans claiming that Lamar Odom would absolutely destroy KG...I think I'm putting on the Celtic Green for this one, my disdain for the Pats notwithstanding.

Celts in seven. Because I believe in karma for that Sasha shot, and because I want to hear a grown man cry over the radio. Again.

Viva La Vida

I first heard this in an ad for iTunes during the American Idol finale. Personally, I think Coldplay began to show heavy U2 influences with their X&Y album, but that's just me. This one's a little bit of Annie Lennox (the strings on Walking on Broken Glass) and a little bit of U2 during their Unforgettable Fire days.

Coldplay – Viva La Vida

(via last.fm)

Catchy as heck, though. The lyrics are also interesting.

There Can Be Only One

Oh...my...stars and garters.

They're planning a reboot of Highlander!

The first (and only true) movie is easily one of my favorites of all time, cheez-tastic as it is. Come on, where else can you see The Fabulous Freebirds and hear Queen singing one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time? How about a Frenchman playing a Scot and a Scot playing a Spaniard (okay, an Egyptian)? How about the concept of immortals fighting and beheading one another?

(What, they're aliens? There is no second movie. That never happened. NEVER!)

Yeah, it's not high art. And yeah, in all probability this reboot will probably suck.

But I can't wait to watch it.

I Want My (LCD) TV

After almost a year of procrastinating and saving my pennies, I finally gave in to my inner jock and bought a Samsung LN46A650. This thing is freaking gorgeous; I watched American Idol on HD for the first time last night, and I was able to see Archie's moles (moley-moley-moley) and the highlights on Cookie's hair. I could also see Sheesh-a's frown lines (as she put on a brave front, knowing she was thrown under the bus) and the disaster that was Fantasia. Ugh.

Okay, maybe that last one is an argument against HD. But I digress.

I don't have a Blu-Ray player yet (waiting for the special PS3 bundle with MGS: Sons of Liberty), but I did get an upscaling DVD player. Beowulf was gorgeous on screen, despite being a so-so movie (Yowza on Angelina). Yup, I could get used to this...

Unfortunately, one of the kids decided to leave her handprint smack-dab in the center of the screen. I suspect Amelie, but it could be Camille. Who knows...