The Force Is Strong With Apple

Perhaps the most awesome yet pointless application ever for an iPhone or iTouch? The Lightsaber application.

Star Wars geeks, rejoice.

With a few downloads to your iWeapon of Choice, you can choose what character you want to be, you can make your own lightsaber, and then plug in your headphones.

You swish your wrist around a little bit, and bam! All the noises and music that go with the lightsaber. The swooshes, the smacks, everything. It's kind of epic. So go forth and download, dear nerds.

I Watched the Watchmen

I proudly admit that I'm a geek.

I've seen all of the Star Wars movies (including the shitty new ones). I went to a math and science high schools. I love action movies. I think math jokes are funny. I like deep movies. I go see movies at midnight because I can.

That said, I have not seen Lord of the Rings. I have not read any of the Harry Potter books. I have not seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show more than 200 times (although I have seen it far more times than it deserves). And I did not read Watchmen.

I did go see the movie, and I thought it was a visually beautiful action movie. Nothing more, nothing less. There were parts that I didn't understand (towards the end, the whole "on Mars" bit was ridiculous), but I thought it was awesome. The sex scene was a little gratuitious.

I probably wouldn't have minded if Patrick Wilson had looked like this rather than this. Nice ass, for sure. But the hair wasn't doing it for me in this movie.

I actually liked Watchmen.