Shit that Pissed me off This Week – 6/22
Michigan House Passes a Bill that Says it is OK for Counselors to Discriminate Against Gay People
Here’s the facts: A graduate student in counseling was dismissed from her graduate program when she refused to help a suicidal gay student because (you guessed it) she’s a Christian. She sued (of course) and lost (of course).
Well the Michigan House can’t help her but they can definitely help the next homophobic therapist tell a suicidal patient to find someone else by passing an “antidiscrimination” law that will allow people to discriminate!
Why didn’t they say “hey, if your religious beliefs prevent you from counseling certain people, maybe you shouldn’t become a therapist?”
Suck it up and tell the gay kid he has something to live for. Because he does. According to you, all he has to look forward to when he dies is hell so do the compassionate thing and help him enjoy the 100 years he’s going to be living outside of the lake of fire.
It’s what Jesus would do.
Alphabetical movie – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
I think all the folks who love and all the folks who hate Temple of Doom can agree on at least one point: Willie Scott is damned annoying.
Unlike Marion, who is brash and tough or Ilsa, who is, at least, Indy’s intellectual equal, Willie is pretty much whiny and useless.
Look ma, another Shatner!
One more picture from “The Complete Works of William Shatner (Abridged)!” Brandon Ewald as Young William Shatner! I’m finally doing a show where someone is in a toga.
Thank goodness it isn’t me.
Alphabetical Movie – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
While it is easily the second best Indiana Jones movie, Last Crusade is not without problems. In one aspect, however, it makes one of the best storytelling choices I’ve ever seen.
It’s a small choice but when I first saw the film, I was completely surprised by its simplicity. It is the sort of choice that must have been very easy to make and yet it was unusual enough to be a complete surprise.
Geeks Without God Website is LIVE
Not much information over there but we have a little introductory post up on our website over at Geeks Without God.
In the next couple of weeks, we’ll post some information and bloggy stuff al getting set for our first big podcast at CONvergence 2012!
Alphabetical Movie – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
A lot of people call me an “Indiana Jones fan” and I always correct them. I’m not an Indiana Jones fan. I’m a Radiers of the Lost Ark fan.
Every other movie that has ventured into the realm of Indiana Jones has been imperfect. Some more imperfect than others.
Crazy ideas are crazy
Details coming at CONvergence. A new project the Vilification Tennis folks have in the works. Concept art by John Newstrom:
Alphabetical Movie – Independence Day
Independence Day is a guilty pleasure film. I know how terrible it is and yet I can’t help thinking the movie is a blast from beginning to end. You want to tell me that there is no way some computer hacker could figure out how to get through an alien firewall in just under twelve hours?
I’ll just punch you in the face and say “Welcome to Earth!!!”
Geeks without God Logo
So we asked our good friend Melissa Kaercher to help us with a logo for the “Geeks Without God” podcast and because she is awesome, she came up with this:
Melissa is also going to be one of our special guests on our inaugural podcast, being recorded at CONvergence, Saturday the 7th of July at 9:30 in the morning. Atrium 3. We’ll be talking about the religious themes in Prometheus.
Making with the Comedy and the Jokes
Another Monday and more new funny stuff over at the Vilification Tennis website!
The seventh episode of our podcast is up and I think it is one of our best so far. At least we had fun recording it.
I also have a new Movie Dick article up about Prometheus. It is all satirical and stuff.
And hey, this Friday is Vaudevilification Tennis at the Bryant Lake Bowl. It’s going to be all sorts of funny so please go.
Grail Diary 