New Olympic sport : Landing a plane on water

Forget Sulley landing in New York, a Cleo bachelor of the year landed a plane on water saving 10 lives in Australia!

Seems everyone is into it, im betting it will probably become a sport and make the Olympics soon enough.

Longest water slide in a plane gets the gold ....

I also find it cool this pic is of him in front of a star trek poster, cos i could see him doing it in the US Enterprise too ....

Oz film update ...

Well according to IMDB you wouldnt know it, with only a 1% increase in popularity, the Oz film Tomorrow When The War Began is said to be a big topic here and overseas.

Im not so sure of that, but ill do my part to help and speak about it in the vain hope someone will type in "war tomorrow" and accidentally click on my page.

Based on the John Marsden books, this really is Red Dawn done the Australian way, about a bunch of teens fighting an international army.

I do have high hopes for this locally, overseas tho im not so sure. For overseas fans of Oz cinema, id go see the Boys are back, with Clive Owen in it. If you liked Shine, same director Scott Hicks helms this one about an English sports writer struggling with his two kids while on a scouting trip to Australia.

Movies i would watch ....

Toy Movies

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Celebrity Patty Flipper #2

In a very short list of people i wish were flipping patty's rather than being on TV or in Movies, i now add Matthew Mcconaughey <--- no idea if its spelt right!

Raise your hand if your career peaked with "A Time To Kill"

There should only be one hand up, and it should be Mr M's.

I will add however, that he had me back on board when he threw a TIVO into the air and saved Downey Jr's ass in tropic Thunder, BUT then he had to make Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past.

Enough said ....

Conspiracy Theory # 62 - The Hollywood Magic 8 Ball Theory

Have you ever seen a movie and wondered what drugs were in the water at the production company to green light the mess you were watching ?

Well my conspiracy theory this month centres around how movies are given the green light or are given the "old yella treatment"

The old yella treatment is just my way of describing how a studio says no to a great idea. They take it out back and shoot it dead!

Anyhow back to my theory, basically to decide the fate of a film the studios just shake a Magic 8 Ball.

It would explain how any Eddie Murphy movie made in the last 10 years was green lit.

This brings me to conspiracy theory number 64, that Eddie Murphy placed a huge bet with bookies back in the 80's under a false name that in the current time, any movie with his name on it will be box office poison.

There is one exception of course, and if i could go back in time and put money on a former American Idol winning an Academy Award for a movie staring Murphy and a former Destiny's Child singer, id be a rich guy today!

Ok well enough rambling, time to go watch old Wizards Of Waverley Place re-runs ....

Dont hate me for loving the Disney Channel :-)

What i watch ...

I figured id list off my top five Australian films, and tv shows .....

Why ? Because i can and because im bored!

Film

1. Paperback Hero

This film came out back in 1998 i think it was, it stars Hugh Jackman before he became Wolverine! It tells the story of an Australian truck driver who writes romance novels. Probably my fave Australian romance film.

2. Shine

Alot of people dont like this movie staring Geoffrey Rush as a piano prodigy however i thought it was fantastic and Armin Muller Stahl is great in it too.

3. Crackerjack

This comedy was about an a-hole who became a member of a local lawn bowls club in order to get free parking. Its a great comedy!

4. Chopper

Eric Bana made a name for himself in this dark comedy, well if you can call it a comedy! Brad Pitt liked it so much he personally made sure Eric was cast in Troy.

5. Its a tie between all of the following films!

- The Castle
- The Dish
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
- Kenny
- The Rage In Placid Lake
- Happy Feet
- Strictly Ballroom

Yes, no sign of Croc Dundee which was just a huge 90 minute stereotype!

I also left Mad Max out of protest, seriously America, dubbing it in American Accents ? We are not that hard to understand!

Television

1. Packed To The Rafters

Family comedy, its funny, its sad, its heartfelt, its a little cliche, but likable!

2. Skippy!

Enough said, a kangaroo that saves a bunch of kids bacon week after week!

3. The Chaser's War On Everything (Only seasons one and two)

No longer on air, but they did provide plenty of laughs when having a go at the media.

4. Underbelly (Only season one)

I found this more enjoyable than most overseas crime series. pretty violent tho, word of warning. Good acting and suspenseful plot.

5. The Miraculous Mellops

This was an old kids show i watched, i include it because i liked the name and it was just crazy to watch, altho as a kid you really didnt see all the craziness.

If i had it my way Part I

Ok, so if i had my own TV station, and could green light any shows i liked, here are the shows you would be forced to watch week in week out!

1. McGyver - The pre-pubescent years

Yes, id love to see what good old Mac was like in High School. Did he get out of Gym using only the contents of his pencil case ? Did he pick up girls after thwarting the theft of the math test answer sheets ?

I want to know damnit !

The cast you may ask ?

Mac -Trevor Fehrman, he was in Cheats, and is also on IMDB
Mac's best buddy - David Henrie from Wizards Of Waverley Place, just look him up on IMDB
His other mate - Nicholas Braun, he was in Sky High, also on IMDB
The love interest - Danielle Panabaker, also from Sky High

2. DoJo

The story of a Dojo master and his young apprentice, by day, just normal folk, by night, a crime fighting duo saving the city from evil scum along with there side kick, Cujo the Labrador!

Dojo Master - Martin Kove, he was the bad guy int he Karate Kid movies!
Apprentice - Julia Ling from Chuck!

3. Lothario

the trials and tribulations of a young man who thinks he is a modern day Lothario, but unbeknown to him, isn't! Body swap comedy.

The Nerd -Kevin Sussman from ugly Betty, he's on IMDB
The Lothario - Brian Austin Green, yeah the old 90210 guy!

Ofcourse they body swap!

4. Milo & Otis

I loved this movie, and i see no reason why they cant have a little adventure each week! get Michael J Fox back and whoever played the other one too. Kids will eat it up!

5. Stolen Property

The tale of an old career thief who has an epiphany and decides to return everything that he stole back to the people who he stole it from, even if it means stealing items back from the people he sold them to. Also has to try and get his daughters out of the family business.

The Thief - Malcolm McDowell
His daughter -Emmanuelle Chriqui
His other daughter - Samaire Armstrong

So there you have it, 5 shows that would have a gazzillion advertisements in between them ofcourse. Why i don't have a job for an American TV network i don't know. This stuff beats most of the crap on TV.