The Super Bowl is usually a good opportunity to ogle some hot upcoming movie trailers. Generally speaking, the ads on this year’s Super Bowl were a surprisingly dull lot. But we still managed a few big movie trailers. Alice in Wonderland, The Wolfman and Shutter Island all slipped in trailers. Of course, we’ve seen plenty previews of these three films in the last couple of months, so that was no big deal.

Among the new batch of trailers was Ridley Scott’s take on Robin Hood. Although Russell Crowe looks good as the bow-slinging hero, it’s hard to shake the “been there, done that” vibe of the trailer.

Next up was the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan. While I can’t get excited about another Jennifer Lopez rom-com, the trailer manages a couple of edgy laughs.

The final trailer was probably the most exciting, a sneak-peak at Jake Gyllenhaal in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Videogames aren’t the best source of inspiration for movies (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, anyone?), but this could be decent pre-summer blockbuster fun.

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1587 - Mary Queen of Scots beheaded.
It took two or three strikes to decapitate Mary (depending on who you ask). She then turned into a zombie and massacred the entire Elizabethan court.

1622 – King James I of England disbands the English Parliament, because he did not like them.

1725 - Peter the Great dies - Proving to the world he wasn’t that great.

1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
Canteen Boy

1924 – The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada. Gee Jong has the honor.

1923- Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120

1943 - Americans secure Guadalcanal. Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal, leaving the island in Allied possession. Hotterdeedoo.

1955 - John Grisham is born, proceeds to write a bunch of shitty books.

1969 – Allende meteorite falls near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico. above pictured.

2007 - Anna Nicole Smith died- model/addled golddigger

• Mary Queen of Scots did not (DarcyBennet) [ Mon Feb 8 2010 2:01 PM ]
  

Is it an acronym? Devil as Texan?

Commoners of America: What does “Who Dat?” mean? Who asks it? Is it a genuine question being asked of me, or is its rhetorical purpose to underscore and emphasize something? Why is this emblazoned everywhere, such as on the shirt of the Best Buy employee who assisted me in last night’s purchase of a washer and dryer? I just don’t have an answer prepared if someone asks me, and I hate to be caught unawares.

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