Along comes Star Wars: Clone Wars, a feature-length animated film that resembles the animation style used in those Clone Wars shorts on Cartoon Network.  You know, the ones that weren’t half bad?  Well, let’s add to that formula.  Do these sound like good starting points: a Hutt-let (Jaba’s son), Jaba’s gay uncle (no, really), and a 12-year-old female padawan that whines more than Anakin?  Most people would read that list and either assume it was a joke, or react violently in protest.  Somehow, these ideas actually made it into the movie.

Terrible.  Horrible.  Painful.  The movie was wretched.  Clone Wars was easily one of the worst movies I have ever watched, and I have seen more movies than most.  And what’s worse is it’s based in one of my favorite “franchise universes.”  I’ve never been one of those elitest fans that hates the new trilogy just because it’s not the original.  They had their ups and downs, but all in all they were enjoyable movies.  But this…  This is inexcusable.  In fact, if I was in charge, I would punish the people responsible.  They should be banned from Hollywood and movie-making forever.

Maybe they should even be imprisoned.  Let’s face it, what they did was wrong.  Please, if you have not watched Clone Wars save yourself the agony and torture.  Trust me, you’ll watch the first 10 minutes and start to wonder if the movie will get any better.  I can tell you: it doesn’t.

I have to return “The Road” to the library this week.  I checked it out about a month ago, then read it in two nights.  I literally had to force myself to put it down the first night I started.  I wanted to just read it straight through, but knew work would have been rough that next morning.  When I finished it, I held onto it, hoping that Mia might want to read it.  I guess not…  Whatever, my email reminder to return it soon made me remember what an amazing book it is.

Only a few more weeks until Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex drops.  If you have no idea what I am talking about, you should really check it out.

I picked up Iron Man on Blu-ray last week, and it’s everything that high definition should be: crisp, beautiful video, ear-splitting explosions, and ball-numbing bass.  Fun stuff, and a great movie.  One of the better super hero flicks, check it out if you haven’t already.

I ordered some additional memory for my Acer Aspire One on Friday.  It should get here today or tomorrow.  In a fit of inspired planning, Acer made it about as difficult as possible to add RAM to the AA1, but it is possible.  So I’ll be dismantling mine soon, and hopefully I’ll be able to get it back together.  Should be fun.