Having seen The Day After Tomorrow the day before yesterday (heh) and Shrek 2 yesterday, I saw Tomorrow again today (hehe… ah, the wordplay).
Taking into account matinee vs. evening prices, my contribution to the weekend box-office war is as follows:
Tomorrow: $15.00
Shrek 2: $6.50
Alas, despite my best efforts, it appears that Shrek 2 will take the day, finishing #1 at the box office from Friday to Monday, $92.2 million to $86.0 million over Tomorrow, according to studio estimates.
Of course, Shrek 2 is a better movie. But man, the special effects in Tomorrow are cool. :) Casey and I decided, though, that it would have been better if its title had been Attack of the Killer Troposphere.
On a side note, I really need to start a “TV & Movies” blog category so I can stop filing all these movie-related posts (not to mention American Idol updates) in my “News: Miscellaneous” category. Maybe I’ll do that during one of my lunch breaks this week…
UPDATE/CORRECTION: Originally, the title of this post read exactly as it does now — “When Tropospheres Attack” — and the above reference was exactly what it currently is, “Attack of the Killer Troposphere.” But then I looked up troposphere in the dictionary, just to check its spelling, and lo and behold, I was reminded that the troposphere is the lower atmosphere, not the cold upper atmosphere that would seem the most likely to cause flash-freezing. So, I changed it to “When Stratospheres Attack” and “Attack of the Killer Stratosphere.” But the more I think about it, the more I’m convinced they never mentioned the stratosphere in the movie — I think what they said was, the superstorms were sucking down super-cold air from the “upper troposphere.” Alas, “When Upper Tropospheres Attack” and “Attack of Killer Upper Troposhere” just don’t quite roll off the tongue. So I’m changing the references back to their original form, and the weather nerds will just have to deal. (Oh, wait… I’m the only weather nerd here. Never mind. :)
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June 1st, 2004 at 12:02:46 am
Ahh, but Brendan, the best word play on tomorrow is easily found in the music of the muppets. Try this one aloud, and it works much better.
I started on a journey just about a year ago,
to a little town called Morrow in the state of Ohio.
I never was a traveller, and I really didn’t know
that Morrow was the hardest place I’d ever try to go.
So I went down to the station for my ticket and applied
for tips regarding Morrow, not expecting to be guised.
Said I “I’d like to go to Morrow, and return
no later than tomorrow, for I haven’t time to burn.”
Said he to me “Now let me see if I have heard you right:
you’d like to go to Morrow and return tomorrow night.
You should have gone to Morrow yesterday and back today,
for the train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon it’s way.
If you had gone to Morrow yesterday, now don’t you see,
you could have gone to Morrow and returned today at 3.
For the train today to Morrow, if the schedule is right,
Today it goes to Morrow and returns tomorrow night.”
Said I “I’d like to go to Morrow, so can I go today,
and get to Morrow by tonight if there is no delay?”
“Well well,” he said to me “and I’ve got no more to say:
can you get anywhere tomorrow and get back again today?”
Said I “I guess you know it all, so kindly let me say:
how can I get to Morrow if I leave this town today?”
Said he “You cannot go to Morrow anymore today,
for the train that left to Morrow is a mile upon it’s way.”
I was so disappointed, I was amd enough to swear.
The train had gone to Morrow and had left me standing there.
He was right in telling me “You are a howling jay.
You cannot go to Morrow,” so I guess in town I’ll stay.
This appears to be an adaptation of an English folksong, but I really prefer citing the Muppets. So I will. ;)
June 1st, 2004 at 11:42:31 am
EXCELLENT! :)