Beards and Jackets

Rarely a film franchise goes by without a few bumps in the road, entities that come along with the possible threat that their very existence may tarnish all those that came before them. In recent years Hollywood has been on a bit of a roll when it comes to not only releasing remakes but, more importantly, sequels. It’s one thing to re market something for a new generation, it’s another all together to keep a well known one going; especially when it already has an established fan base.

Last night (or more accurately, this morning) I attended the midnight screening of Terminator Salvation, the fourth film in the franchise. It was an interesting event, to be honest, because something happened that I didn’t expect: there were people in “costume.” I use apostrophes because to call them actual costumes would be a disgrace to all the nerds out there who actually put time and effort into their own.

Now, I’ve been to a lot of midnight movie premieres and I’ve seen a lot of people dress up for said occasions. When I attended “Star Wars: Episode III” there were plenty of people dressed up as Jedi, Darth Vader, etc. “X-Men III: The Last Stand” brought out those who wanted to be Wolverine and/or other X-Men. “Terminator Salvation”, on the other hand, brought out a bunch of people who entered the theater wearing aluminum foil wrapped around themselves. It was rather sad.

However, that’s not important. What is important is if the movie was any good. Read more…

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With summer upon us I’ve been thinking about various outdoor activities that I cannot wait to be apart of after being stuck inside various buildings and establishments all winter long. Barbe-ques instantly spring to mind. The smell of the charcoal cooking the raw meat; hamburger, hot dogs and chicken, oh my! I’ve also given much thought to another summer activity that involves fire and food: camping, namely the campfire.

Now while an enlarged open flame such as a campfire isn’t as controlled and easy to cook on as say, a grill, it has a certain charm to it that a grill just cannot hope to duplicate as far as cooking goes. By that I mean, of course, the S’more.

Everyone knows how to make the conventional S’more. Get a marshmallow, put it on a stick, roast it over an open fire and then stick it between two graham crackers and a piece of chocolate. Easy, no? Sure, but recently I thought to myself, “Isn’t that quite plain? How could one spice up a S’more?”

Then it hit me: reverse it! Reverse the S’more. Instead of a normal graham cracker, substitute a chocolate graham cracker. Forget the milk chocolate, get some white chocolate! While you’re at it why not throw out that plain old white marshmallow and put in a nice big chocolate one? That’s when I knew I was on to something special. Something I like to call, “The EROM’S.”

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