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boston area events of note:
thursday, november 20th
bishop allen
passion pit
electric owls
@ the middle east downstairs
friday, november 21st
robyn hitchcock
performing 'i often dream of trains'
@ the somerville theatre
saturday, november 22nd
sondre lerche
@ the paradise
sunday, november 30th
18th dye
devon williams
@ tt the bears
tuesday, december 2nd
nada surf
delta spirit
jealous girlfriends
@ the paradise
tuesday, december 2nd
owen
caithlin de marrais (rainer maria)
el may
@ the middle east upstairs
wednesday, december 3rd
viva viva
darker my love
the strange boys
@ the middle east upstairs
thursday, december 4th
jukebox the ghost
@ the middle east upstairs
friday, december 5th
mercury rev
dean & britta
@ the paradise
thursday, december 4th
sebastien grainger & the mountains
eksi ekso
@ tt the bears
friday, december 5th
constantines
tim fite
@ tt the bears
friday & saturday
december 5th & 6th
wfnx miracle on tremont st.
with franz ferdinand,
vampire weekend, black kids,
airborne toxic event, & more
@ the orpheum
saturday, december 6th
tigercity
taxpayer
lifestyle
midatlantic (bleedin' bleedins)
@ great scott
saturday, december 6th
noah & the whale
@ the middle east upstairs
sunday, december 7th
bazaar bizarre boston!
(with djs, including brad 'nac)
12-7pm @ the castle, park plaza
monday, december 8th
love is all
crystal stilts
reports
@ great scott
monday & tuesday
december 8th & 9th
letters to cleo
midatlantic (on the 8th)
modern society (on the 9th)
@ the paradise
tuesday, december 9th
radar bros.
@ the middle east upstairs
tuesday, december 9th
jeremy enigk
dave deporis
dj carbo
@ great scott
thursday, december 11th
stella with michael showalter,
michael ian black, & david wain
@ the wilbur theatre
saturday, december 13th
neil young
wilco
everest
@ the dcu center, worcester
sunday, december 14th
bon iver
@ the wilbur theatre
wednesday, december 17th
the broken river prophet
quincunx
shepherdess
@ great scott
sunday, december 21st
hallelujah the hills
aloud
nassy
ad frank & sarah rabdau
@ great scott
monday, december 22nd
tristan da cunha
tom fitzgerril
neptune
@ great scott
sunday, december 28th
akron/family
@ tt the bears
tuesday, december 30th
caspian & constants
@ the middle east downstairs
thursday, january 1st, 2009
one happy island
cotton candy
(mark robinson & evelyn hurley)
the smittens
cathy cathodic
@ the middle east upstairs
sunday, january 4th
glasvegas
rails to russia
dj carbo
@ great scott
thursday, january 8th
forest henderson
the new collisions
the lights out
sir q
@ great scott
saturday, january 10th
head automatica
radio 4
@ great scott
thursday, january 15th
illinois
@ great scott
thursday, january 15th
the raveonettes
@ the paradise
sunday, january 18th
frightened rabbit
@ great scott
saturday, january 24th
vic chesnutt
elf power
@ the middle east
tuesday, january 27th
annuals
jessica lee mayfield
what laura says
@ the paradise
friday, january 30th
andrew bird
loney dear
@ the orpheum
friday, february 13th
los campesinos!
@ the paradise
tuesday, february 24th
tapes 'n tapes
@ the paradise
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Friday, July 04, 2003
Wonders Never Cease (aka T3 vs. Reloaded)
If you had told me, before this season's battle of the big-budget sci-fi fests started, that I was going to enjoy Terminator 3 waaaay more than the Matrix Reloaded... I woulda said you'd been partaking of too much of the crack rock.
Well, whaddya know... it's true. Terminator 3 rocked my socks right off, and was completely devoid of any cringe-worthy bits (um, rave scene anyone?) that Reloaded was sprinkled with. I like my destruction large-scale, and T3 had tons of it. The insane chase scene, and even the Terminator fights, had weight to them. Substance. Impact. Didn't feel like a videogame. Didn't exist just to impress me with some CGI-skillz. The Matrix gave me a lot of "wow. cool." moments, but T3 gave me a whole bunch of "Gah!" and "Holy shit!" moments. Huge difference.
The cast was better, their performances were solid ... Nick Stahl was perfect, Claire Danes didn't annoy me at all, and even Arnold did a better job of acting wooden than Keanu did. (Oh, wait, Keanu's not supposed to be a robot. Nevermind.) Ahnuld's one-liners walked the fine line between amusement and self-parody, and actually worked for me. And geez, shirtless Schwartz is like 56 years old and he's still totally cut. Seriously. He's a musclebound freak o' nature.
The plot was simple, the end was satisfying... I never got bored. The expository scenes weren't out of left-field, they weren't forced, and didn't feel like a setup for the next level of a Matrixy videogame. Sure, if you think about time-travel too much, the plot unravels... but the same holds true for the first two Terminator films. Speaking of which, I'd probably rank T3 above T2, although neither beats the first one.... a sci-fi classic that blew my 15 year old mind. When they announced Terminator 3, I was like "eh. whatever.", and didn't even care if I saw it in the theater... it was actually Amie who insisted we see it opening weekend. (exact quote: "If we can see Lord of the Rings at 11 o'clock in the morning on opening day, then we can see T3 the first weekend.") Well, when they announce T4, no more apathy from this guy. Wonders do, in fact, never cease.
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- stereogum
- too much rock
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- too much rock
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music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
- andi's nonsequiturs
- bitter-girl
- brian wood
- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
- the dead part of you
- falfa's milk
- the great leap forward
- heath's media diet
- hedgehog's dilemma
- the icebox journals
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- jen's jenville
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- joe sizzle's
- kimprobable
- march to the sea's musings
- marm0t's livejournal
- mickipedia!
- miller's memorables
- mishie's tear
- off on a tangent
- rsl's ostracons
- the shy turnip
- sooz's dot com
- steve's f.r.h.m.
frequent haunts
boston-centric
- boston.com
- boston phoenix
- boston online
- boston common
- boston blogs
- craigslist boston
- exploit boston!
- boston wireless
- surfacecity's boston
- tourfilter
- the middle east cafe
- tt the bears place
- the plan @ great scott's
- wmbr concert report
- wzbc concert report
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- coolidge corner theater
- brattle theater
- red sox / dirt dogs
- sox: surviving grady
- patriots / go pats
- celtics
- mass pike traffic
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