SHARKTOPUS!
Sep. 26th, 2010 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyspriteToday has been an awesome and wonderful day in so many ways.
There was apple picking, in a new orchard - Berlin Orchard is wonderful, but it's far away, and for the past year or so their cider doughnuts have been.... less than ideal, so we decided to try somewhere else this year, and Shelburne Farm turned out to be a whole lot of fun.
They don't have quite the selection of apples that Berlin does, but they do have a moon bounce (alas, not for those of us over four feet in height, but such is life), fresh-baked doughnuts, hay rides, and (most importantly to me) Cortland apples. Plus, some of their trees are big enough to climb. Not that I'd ever do that.
So there were friends, and doughnuts, and a half-bushel of assorted apples, and the weather cooperated by being glorious and sunny and warm-but-not-hot. And then there was lunch, and returning home for the ritual First Apple-y Baked Goods of the Season. Apples were peeled and sliced, brown sugar and walnuts were mixed together, more brown sugar and butter were creamed, and soon the house smelled like the sort of true heaven that Yankee Candle stores can only dream of and present noxious chemical-laden shadows of.
But all of this pales in comparison to the true glory of the day, the most amazing cinematic experience of my life, the viewing of the World Premiere of Sharktopus!
I have been eagerly anticipating this movie since my angel of a husband first informed me of its incipient existence. I grew up on hideous B-movie giant monster flicks, and so this was like visual macaroni and cheese for me. Only with less macaroni, and lots more cheese.
It's awesome. It's amazing. It's awesomazing. I have to make up words for this movie, because there is nothing in the English language that can accurately describe it. I laughed so hard that I still have the hiccups, half an hour later. This is the sort of movie that can only be improved by watching with a handful of friends, and an even larger handful of small plush items to throw at the television when the plot, dialogue, or green-screen become too ridiculous to handle. And since I had all those things, I am a happy, happy girl.
My adoration for this movie knows no bounds. I cannot wait until Sharktopus II: Revenge of Sharktopus is made. Until then, I will have to console myself with fanfic, paraphernalia, and rewatching the darn thing until my TiVo wears out.
I want Sharktopus to take me to school. I want him to fight Dino-Croc. If I were polyamorous, I would totally marry Sharktopus. He's just misunderstood, you know. And he shares my taste in dance performances.
(Hugs and kisses to to the first person to make me a Sharktopus user icon. Hugs, kisses, and my undying affection to the one who finds me the soundtrack....)
The world is a better place for having this movie in it. Or at least, my world is.
There was apple picking, in a new orchard - Berlin Orchard is wonderful, but it's far away, and for the past year or so their cider doughnuts have been.... less than ideal, so we decided to try somewhere else this year, and Shelburne Farm turned out to be a whole lot of fun.
They don't have quite the selection of apples that Berlin does, but they do have a moon bounce (alas, not for those of us over four feet in height, but such is life), fresh-baked doughnuts, hay rides, and (most importantly to me) Cortland apples. Plus, some of their trees are big enough to climb. Not that I'd ever do that.
So there were friends, and doughnuts, and a half-bushel of assorted apples, and the weather cooperated by being glorious and sunny and warm-but-not-hot. And then there was lunch, and returning home for the ritual First Apple-y Baked Goods of the Season. Apples were peeled and sliced, brown sugar and walnuts were mixed together, more brown sugar and butter were creamed, and soon the house smelled like the sort of true heaven that Yankee Candle stores can only dream of and present noxious chemical-laden shadows of.
But all of this pales in comparison to the true glory of the day, the most amazing cinematic experience of my life, the viewing of the World Premiere of Sharktopus!
I have been eagerly anticipating this movie since my angel of a husband first informed me of its incipient existence. I grew up on hideous B-movie giant monster flicks, and so this was like visual macaroni and cheese for me. Only with less macaroni, and lots more cheese.
It's awesome. It's amazing. It's awesomazing. I have to make up words for this movie, because there is nothing in the English language that can accurately describe it. I laughed so hard that I still have the hiccups, half an hour later. This is the sort of movie that can only be improved by watching with a handful of friends, and an even larger handful of small plush items to throw at the television when the plot, dialogue, or green-screen become too ridiculous to handle. And since I had all those things, I am a happy, happy girl.
My adoration for this movie knows no bounds. I cannot wait until Sharktopus II: Revenge of Sharktopus is made. Until then, I will have to console myself with fanfic, paraphernalia, and rewatching the darn thing until my TiVo wears out.
I want Sharktopus to take me to school. I want him to fight Dino-Croc. If I were polyamorous, I would totally marry Sharktopus. He's just misunderstood, you know. And he shares my taste in dance performances.
(Hugs and kisses to to the first person to make me a Sharktopus user icon. Hugs, kisses, and my undying affection to the one who finds me the soundtrack....)
The world is a better place for having this movie in it. Or at least, my world is.
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Date: 2010-09-27 01:02 am (UTC)Cortland apples are my favorite, and they don't seem to exist on this side of the continent.
*whine*whimper*envy*
:)
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Date: 2010-09-27 01:20 am (UTC)not the soundtrack, but a start maybe?
Date: 2010-09-27 01:33 am (UTC)The song is available at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sharktopus-single/id383310145.
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Date: 2010-09-27 01:35 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-09-27 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-27 01:52 pm (UTC)In lieu of prizes, I'll simply point out that LoB3 has 3 character available and is running in just over two weeks. :)
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Date: 2010-09-27 02:40 pm (UTC)Alas, we will be in the middle of the Caribbean in just over two weeks - otherwise I'd utterly sign up; I saw the characters that were open and I think we'd have fun playing them. :( Sorry....
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Date: 2010-09-27 05:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-27 04:33 pm (UTC)Also, I learned the mistory of the Giant Macaroni: Kraft has come out with a bakable mac & cheese in a bag ready to go. It's the epitome of laziness, but I know I'll be making it at some point. :)
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Date: 2010-09-28 12:06 pm (UTC)