CaptainSnarky

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CaptainSnarky is just your run of the mill African American gay nerd. He is not only postmodern, postracial and postgay, he's also post PC--that's Personal Computer, not Politically Correct, even though he's post that too.

Project Runway Season 10 Finale Liveblog

It’s finally, actually, really, truly here, kittens! The Project Runway Season 10 Finale! Unlike last week, in which there were no surprises, no one got sent home, no one was told that they suck and should never touch fabric ever again–not that anybody watched (at least, not me), because everyone was busy watching Uncle Joe Biden slap douchey P90x VP candidate Paul Ryan upside the head.
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Project Runway Season 10 Episode 10 Liveblog

Well. They finally got rid of Skunkhair Deathstar. I didn’t think they had it in them, but I bet Bunim-Murray (aka Ruiner of All Things) think that they have a gold mine of bitchiness in on Ven Budhu. Yeah, Tim Gunn really doesn’t like this guy…and neither does anyone else.

Now that Skunkhair has been auf’ed, what will poor, Sad Christopher do? Who will he fixate upon? Continue reading

Project Runway Season 10 Episode 8 Liveblog

Wow. Who’s left on this show? Oh, everybody? Yeah, they couldn’t get rid of Skunkhair Deathstar, now could they? Ok, so if you’re not watching the Democratic National Convention (Dear Commander Spock, I logically intuit that President Obama will speak after this episode is over), snark with us in the comments and let us wonder why no one has hit Elena upside the head with an iron! Continue reading

Project Runway Season 10 Episode 6 Liveblog

Well, Crassers, we’re whittling down the sewtestants. We saw Raoul come back and get booted again, and we saw Elena begin to lose her marbles in the weirdest way. Anyway, what’s up tonight? Apparently, the designers have to “create new looks for women who have just gotten new hairstyles.” Actually, this is the “real woman challenge,” so we’re going to be treated to many comments about how awful it is to design for women who aren’t a size 0. Join us in the comments as we snark and drink and snark some more!
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Project Runway Season 10 Episode 4 Liveblog

There are no words in Elvish, Entish or the tongues of men to describe the horror that is Kenley

Well, darlings, we’re back for another week of Let’s Make a Pretty Dress! Kenley won’t be around this week to be horrible, but I’m sure that Gunnar Deathstar and Annoying Christopher will more than take up the slack. Join us as we drink and snark!

Last week, we said auf widersehen to Raoul (aka Ugly A-Trak). Will we miss him? Probably not. I had to find last week’s liveblog because I couldn’t remember who got booted. Oh, and last week’s episode ended like that awesome Star Trek: TNG two parter where Picard was turned into a Borg and Riker had to make a life-or-death decision…except in this case, Andrea is gone! Where is Andrea? Dun-dun-DUNNNN! Continue reading

John Carter: This is Not The Epic You’re Looking For

More like “John Carter of Meh.”

It appears that blockbuster movie season is starting a little bit earlier than the traditional Memorial Day weekend, or so the promoters of John Carter would have us believe. Indeed, the trailers before the movie were all for upcoming summer blockbusters—dear mother of Spock, why are we getting yet another Men In Black movie? And, like many movies that will come up this summer, John Carter (of Mars) is a sci-fi movie that tries very hard to be many things…and doesn’t do any of them that well.

Sci-fi as a genre tends to have movies that fall into two categories: Star Wars/Star Trek/Aliens and those movies that want to be them. Of course, movies like District 9, Moon and the recent Chronicle (go see it, by the way!) can be excellent twists on established tropes and should probably be considered as a third category, but those movies are rarely big budget blockbusters. At any rate, John Carter was marketed as “this generation’s Star Wars”, a claim that isn’t at all justified by the film itself. Continue reading

Liveblogging “Drew Peterson: Untouchable”

Ready, set, victimize!

If there’s one thing we can count on, it’s Lifetime, Television For Women giving us movies that seem to feature women in various kinds of peril. Take a look at their Saturday or Sunday schedule. It’s full of movies like “Date With Darkness” or “The Craigslist Killer.” Basically, the Ladyparts Network has become the Law and Order: Special Victimized Women’s Unit. How fortuitous that murdering douchebag Drew Peterson was able to give this network ample fodder for a “world” premiere movie. Even more fortuitous is that Rob Lowe (yes, that Rob Lowe) and that girl from “The Big Bang Theory” (no, not Blossom) are in this soon-to-be classic exploration of bad moviemaking! Huzzah! Continue reading