Origin Of The Specious
2002-12-13

with much anticipation, caught adaptation last night. ventured into the times square-ish zone. spent several minutes inside 42nd st mcdonalds with jumbotron menu screens and such. just long enough to order and consume one big and tasty, which i might add rather obviously, is neither. i realize disturbingly that THIS is new york for most people. times square and thereabouts. vegas crossed with picadilly, a splash of tokyo and a spoonful of blade runner. everything ersatz. bright, shiny, glowing, flashing, blinking.

enjoyed the flick, though my opinion was not shared by my companion. any motion picture featuring ron livingston uttering "see that chick? i fucked her up the ass" is alright by me. movie theatres, at least big mulitplexes, look like airports these days. huge stagings areas for mass exodi (or is that exoduses?) with guest services and escalators to the sky. talk about a stairway to heaven. our multiplex featured a small roped-off area where not-celebrities sipped white wine, eagerly awaiting a preview screening of the two towers. that's right, a WINE garden. if you ever wondered who dawson leary's gonna grow up to be, wonder no longer. that, my friend, would be spike jonze.

-finn

Previously:
Shiny Happy Person (or Something Like That) - 2005-08-19
Having Trouble Saying What I Mean With Dead Poets and a Drum Machine - 2005-08-14
Let's Rock! - 2005-07-27
Knock Me Right Off My Feet - 2005-07-22
Play or You'll Never Know - 2005-07-14