Don’t get me wrong, I love John Williams’ version, and I play it in my head every time I’m about to launch into doing something crazy/stupid/adventurous, but I kinda like this version even better. Your taste may vary.
[Indiana Jones …ROCKS! [HD 1080p]] (Viewer #5,088)
Oh, and technically, this is the theme that played over the closing credits of the movie, which is why it’s so long.
Scientists have developed a biped robot that can reach a top running speed of 29 mph.
Coming next: a mechanical coyote that can never quite seem to catch it.
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If You’ve Been Looking For Funny Star Wars Puns, You’ve Been Looking In Alderaan Places
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I guess people would rather play out in the sun while the weather’s nice than sit inside & caption pictures, because I don’t have enough entries for a round-up this week.
So, here’s last week’s uncaptioned again:
And here’s me asking you to pretty please caption it (or another picture of your choosing) and send it to lolterizt@gmail.com.
Meanwhile, here’s an intelligent discussion on your responsibilities when you choose to open-carry, if you live in a state where it’s legal to do so. Stick all the way to the end please, because there’s a brief yet memorable lesson at 11:49 about showing courtesy to your fellow citizens that I am VERY glad I saw. Great way to make a point.
[Open Carry vs. Concealed Carry: When is it appropriate? with Jerry Miculek ] (Viewer #39,968)
By the way, Shakey Pete, I’d love for you to weigh in on this topic, you being our resident “old guy who’s forgotten more about shooting than you pups will ever learn” emeritus.
Vice President Joe Biden challenged graduating Air Force Academy cadets to help create a “new world order for the 21st century”.
Pretty much just his way of saying “we made the mess, you get to clean it up.”
Several week ago, I began watching the classic Doctor Who series. Several people told me I ought to watch the new series, saying I’d like it. So, I decided to watch the old series instead. I figured I’d watch a few episodes, get bored, and use that as an excuse to not watch the new series.
Hasn’t worked out that way. After a little bit, I became a fan of the show. The old show. Still haven’t, as of this writing, seen any of the new series. And, until I actually start watching any of the new series, I don’t know if I will. But, if I do, I’ll have the complete backstory.
I’m up to the last of the incarnations of The Doctor before the show was canceled. And, Season 25 is the next-to-last season of the classic series.
This season was just plain weird. If you remember the 1980s, you know that was a weird time. If you have ever watched British TV, you know it was weird. So, 1980s British TV? Weird2.
The season featured two of The Doctor’s most famous opponents: the Daleks and the Cybermen. Remembrance of the Daleks (4 episodes) shows the destruction of the Daleks home world, Skaro, which was the setting for the serial that introduced them, Season One’s The Daleks.
Remembrance of the Daleks has several references to the first serial of the show, Season One’s An Unearthly Child. It included action at Coal Hill School, where Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton worked before they began traveling with The Doctor. Additional action took place at the I.M. Forman (sic) junk yard at 76 Totter’s Lane, where An Unearthly Child had its opening scene. One character was expecting The Doctor to be an older, white-haired man. The episode took place in November 1963, on a Saturday, based on a scene that had a TV in the background, playing a BBC station break, that said “This is BBC Television, the time is quarter past five and Saturday viewing continues with an adventure in the new science fiction series Doc-” before the scene abruptly cut. Also, Ace picked up and opened a book on The French Revolution, similar to what Susan did in the first episode of An Unearthly Child.
Ace reads a book on The French Revolution at Coal Hill School, November 23, 1963, in Season 25’s Remembrance of the Daleks
Susan reads a book on The French Revolution at Coal Hill School, November 23, 1963, in Season One’s An Unearthly Child.
The show’s silver anniversary serial also featured an appearance by none other than the most famous Doctor Who fan, Her Royal Majesty, Elizabeth II, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, and Defender of the Faith. Okay, it was some actress who was made up to look like her. But I had you there for a second, didn’t I?
There were reports that the show runners attempted to get the Earl of Wessex (Prince Edward) to appear on the show. The royal family responded that it would not be appropriate. So, they made up some woman (Mary Reynolds) to look like the Queen, and had her out walking her corgis.
The other two serials in the season were just plain weird. The Happiness Patrol (3 episodes) featured a lead female villain that was supposed to be a parody of Margaret Thatcher (yeah, more left-wing British TV stuff). It also featured pink-haired women running around killing people who were unhappy. And a walking … thing … made of candy that was the official executioner. Or something.
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (4 episodes) featured a galactic circus, weird clowns, a rapping ringmaster, a werewolf, and other such nonsense. Those wacky Brits.
Yes, the one with the pink-hairs and the one with the clowns were weird. Just plain weird. But, the Daleks and Cybermen ones were okay. Kinduva mixed bag for the show’s penultimate season.
The classic series concludes with Season 26. Hulu and iTunes are locked and loaded.
