Archive for November, 2006
Mr. Do! bought on ebay in Grand Rapids, MI
In late November, Justin turned me on to two auctions one seller was having, very close to Grand Rapids MI, for a Mr. Do and Mr. Do Castle. They were both going for pretty cheap, so I bid on both. But I didn’t want them that bad, they didn’t look that great or so I thought, and I was at the movie when the auctions were ending.
I ended up winning the Mr. Do machine, but not the Castle. That was a mistake. The Castle was in great condition with a great cab. The Mr. Do had issues. The cabinet was terrible looking, and the board would intermittantly stop working and would need an adjustment here and there to keep working.
Justin made arrangements and went and got the game later the following week. He worked on it when he could to test the voltages and try to fix some things. At one point I sent him a new Jamma connector for him to put in, and that seemed to help things. The fuse holder was partially broken, and in general, the game had seen a lot of use so it needed some TLC.
Minority Report (2002)
Who’s in it
Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, Steve McDonough
Should you see this movie?
Hell yeah! I loved this movie for the staples, innovative ideas for what the future may be like, technology, action, a troubled Tom Cruise character that does a lot of shouting and running, and a twist. I remember being pleasantly surprised when I first saw this movie in the theaters back in the day, and it is a really entertaining movie for me now. Cruise is believable as a troubled man, but not as a former dad. He pulls off the emotional scenes well, and Farrell is ok in a role just when he was starting to get huge. My favorite parts are definitely with the spiders, and the reverb guns. You have to check it out, total guy movie, but it has the cute girl from Cold Case before you knew her.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Who’s in it
Will Ferrell, John C. Riley
Should you see this movie?
Yes. I turned it down on two seperate occasions, only to see it on the plane back home from Australia. Unlike most movies like this, not all the funny parts are in the commercials, and in fact, most of the stuff in the commercials was the stuff I didn’t find funny. If you don’t like Will Ferrell at times because he is too over the top, then take heart. His crazy scene is only about 20 mintues or so, and then it is funny again. The best parts are the dinner scene, any scene with the French driver and Ferrell, and any scene where there is talk between the drivers. I laughed a ton, and if you have liked him in the past, this may be one of his better ones in my mind.
Trust The Man (2005)
Who’s in it
Julianne Moore, David Duchovny
Should you see this movie?
Holy Baby Mushrooms no! It’s a veiled love story that tries too hard, the guys are supposedly outspoken and sarcastically funny (not), and they both mess up their relationships because they are unsure for a while about love. They’re scared. Their traites are fairly quirky and different but the base is the same as everything else, and no one in this movie is notable. No one buys Duchovny’s part, he still hasn’t found a role that anyone thinks of him as anything else than Scully. Don’t waste your time, even if it is free.
