My Current Interest

                 This is the film that sparked the Chicago Tribune article that led me to revisit the Back to the Future trilogy.   In it are the predictions the 1989 film makers made as to what the year 2015 would look like.   It is completely different from reality, but I’ll get into that later.   First I’ll talk about the film itself.                 Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) has just returned to 1985.   He’s ready to get back to life as normal and is excited to be going on a trip with his girlfriend, Jennifer (Elisabeth Shue).   Doc (Christopher Lloyd), however, changes their plans when he arrives to let them know they need to save their future children.   He packs Marty and Jennifer in the time machine and whisks them away to the year 2015.                 Doc warns Marty and Jennifer to not spend time investigating their future or to run into their future selves as it will result in unknown repercussions.   This is not exactly an easy thing to do since Marty needs to

                 It’s strange to think that Back to the Future has been out for almost thirty years.   I didn’t even realize it until the Chicago Tribune had an article about Back to the Future II .   In that film the characters travel to 2015 and the Chicago Tribune compared the “predictions” of the film’s 2015 to what it will actually be.   After reading the article I decided it was time for me to watch the trilogy again.   I have only watched Back to the Future so far, but I will be watching the other ones soon.                 Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is your average teenage guy.   He goes to school (often arriving late), has a girlfriend, and plays in a band.   What is different is that Marty is also friends with a controversial scientist, Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd).   Doc, as Marty calls him, creates experiments and invents all sorts of contraptions.   His life-long project is the time machine.   On a night in 1985, Doc finally reveals his life’s work.  

                 It’s funny how I can not watch a movie for a long time and then suddenly I am watching it twice in two days.   Forrest Gump has been airing on AMC lately, and as I have not seen it in awhile, I decided to watch.   I first saw the film when it was released in theatres years ago.   While I don’t remember if I understood all the cultural and historical references, I do know I liked the film.   For years I had a VHS copy, which has now been replaced with the DVD, and I still own the soundtrack.   Forrest Gump is a great film and there is little wonder why it won so many awards.                   Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has not had the life most people would probably expect.   Needing braces on his legs and having below average intelligence, Forrest is pretty much written off as a child.   He gets stared at when he is in town and does not seem to have any friends.   Fortunately, Forrest has an incredible mother (Sally Field) who loves him dearly and never lets Forre

                 I don’t know anyone who has seen A&E’s Pride and Prejudice and not fallen in love with Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy.   Even though there have been actors who portrayed Mr. Darcy before and after Mr. Firth, his is the only one ever mentioned.   Colin Firth is Mr. Darcy, end of story.                 Jane (Keri Russell) in the movie Austenland is not any different from the rest of us; she just takes it farther than most.   Obsessed with Mr. Darcy, and Jane Austen in general, Jane has an entire room dedicated to her fascination.   In the room there is a stand-up cardboard cutout of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.   Unfortunately the cutout is not in good condition as one of Jane’s former boyfriends got upset at Jane’s obsession and punched the cutout in the face.   But Jane still has it, along with the Mr. Darcy talking doll and the big decorative letters that spell out Darcy.   These are just a few of the things that are in the room.   I don’t know what else is all in the

                  When I saw the commercial for Jim Henson’s Creature Workshop Challenge I could not wait for the show to air.   I have watched Jim Henson’s work my entire life.   I’m not talking about just Sesame Street and the Muppet movies, but The Dark Crystal , Labyrinth , and Fraggle Rock too.   I would love to work with The Jim Henson Company, even if it’s just for a day.   It would be fascinating to visit the workshop and see how the creatures are invented and then put together.   If I got that opportunity I would be so excited.   Unfortunately I do not believe my visiting the workshop will happen tomorrow, so, for now, I will use that excitement for Jim Henson’s Creature Workshop Challenge instead.                      On this show ten contestants are competing to win a contract with The Jim Henson Company.   Each week they must make a creature based on a theme set before them.   The first challenge was to build a new creature found by a search light on the ocean floo