Epinions Recent Reviews for MK2K

Half.com: 1/3rd of my books sold in less than a day

Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:50:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - So I'm moving. In less than two months, I leave Ohio for Seattle, which is like trying to row across the Pacific (yeah, I know, it's actually been done according to anthropologists). As a process moving is typically done one of two ways: by hiring a...

For they Decided to Play the Fool

Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:45:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Creative Labs, at least to me, has often come across like the makers of the Macintosh: they can make brilliant hardware, but they can’t code to save their lives. My Soundblaster Live works teriffic, but the control panel set bars on programming idiocy...

Rent the sequel.

Tue, 29 May 2001 02:39:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - After seeing this films sequel/follow up, The Legend of Drunken Master, I found myself compelled to check out the original. What was I hoping for? Perhaps an amplification of the second film? Perhaps even more incredible Kung Fu that the second (as...

I Dub Thee Sir Stupid

Fri, 25 May 2001 00:39:46 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Maybe it just me, but something seems terribly amiss when a 12th century tale of jousting begins with “We Will, We Will Rock You” being chanted by an audience of mostly illiterate peasants. And while my therapist and common sense dictates that I should...

Laptop Boy and the ABA

Thu, 3 May 2001 22:32:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - I feel it is time, faithful reader, to reveal a slight bit more about Laptop Boy. Although you already know his not-so-secret identity, you probably have no concept of his day-to-day life. His methods. His mannerisms. How he balances his checkbook...

Shut Out.

Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:43:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Well I’ve heard all of the hype and anti-hype, and, truth to be told, Enemy at the Gates ain’t all that bad. Like Eye of the Beholder, Enemy at the Gates is an elaborate cat ‘n’ mouse game, played up in advertising to be art-house fare. And, while we...

Cingular Mobile Phone Service in Cleveland: Free Nights, Weekends, and Bad Service

Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:15:26 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - As a recent column on the now-defunct Themestream will tell you, I am Laptop Boy. I have successfully made myself a mobile computer commuter, working an average of eight hours a day from various locations strewn across campus, designing webpages on the...

Laughing Squid: So this Squid Walks into a Bar

Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:29:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - About six months ago I took the step that all people nowadays are bound to take… choosing a server. Opting out of several discount servers, I acted on the recommendation of a friend and checked out www.laughingsquid.net . Laughing Squid is an SF based,...

Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300: The Adventures of Laptop Boy

Tue, 2 Jan 2001 06:16:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Although I have had many nicknames throughout life (most too embarrassing or profane to print here), my current is laptop boy. In the past, when I bought a used Compaq Concerto and took it to high school with me on and off, that was also my nickname,...

All I ever Needed to Know I learned from my Radeon

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:41:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - If anyone on this site actually follows me to some degree and I am not merely shouting syllable after syllable into the electronic ether, hoping for a digital reply, than you probably know that I use electronic equipment. I mean use it… a lot. I run a...

It's not Unusual... or is it?

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 20:03:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - All right… this time I’m actually going to do it. I swear. I’m gonna do it. I’m going to write my review of The Usual Suspects. Yeah, it’s one of those damn great films that sits in my video collection that I’ve written up once and once only (and...

Eye of the Tiger

Wed, 27 Dec 2000 19:52:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Standard procedure for a Kung Fu flick: Enter theatre, turn brain off, watch film, enjoy moves and ignore large plotholes, idiotic dialogue, and lack of story. Procedure for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Enter theatre skeptically, wondering what Ang...

Charlton's Angels

Thu, 2 Nov 2000 02:23:04 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Most idiotic movies are actually intelligent enough to give me cannon fodder for a bitter diatribe, whereas Charlie’s Angels is so mind-numbingly idiotic that I could only sit back, mouth open, and think “Oh the humanity.”

Yes. I saw my nice...

Pulp Flicktion

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:16:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Going into a movie like The Legend of the Drunken Master, one can be assured to two things. One, that the movie will be intentionally funny in a pulp fashion. Two (if the movie it is based off of, Drunken Master) is any indication, that it will...

Getting in touch with your inner Vampire

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 01:56:03 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Late at night the critics mind often creeps into corners that are absolutely fruitless. It’s inevitable. Tangential that wouldn’t be hit upon in the daytime (no matter how eccentric he normally is) are smacked down like a $20 to buy a carton of Marb...

A cinematic bellyache From Dusk Till Dawn

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:42:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - The perennial problem with film buffs is the belief that filmmakers are fine wines. That, due to the name of such and such, said film will undoubtedly be good. Oh, they’ll say: “it’s a Van Sant, circa 1989” or a “Spielberg.” To an outsider to this...

Totally F***ed Up

Mon, 9 Oct 2000 03:02:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Earlier in my many diatribes about the world of celluloid, I have described my paradigm for grading a film. The more fodder to which it provides me in the form of raw insults, one-liners, and pot shots that need to be taken, then a critic’s level of...

Acid Pro: Dropping Acid

Sat, 7 Oct 2000 23:19:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Ah, the joy of the modern home computer studio. Sure, we have this wonderful democratization of musical creation abilities, but at what cost? The answer: only time will tell. To home produce your tracks, you need every damn product out there. Every...

Adam Sandler WENT to School?

Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:18:15 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Ah, the joy of the newsgroup. These psuedo-anonymous message boards can be home to freaks, weirdos, and just about anyone else that would like to walk in the door and put their opinion on the ground… myself included. They also can be home to the flame...

Pop goes the Weasel

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 03:39:52 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Last week my film group passed around an open ended question: “Daryl Hannah: Wax Figure or Blow Up Doll?” and somehow, being the standard wiseass of me, I wrote “Blow up doll that’s been popped once or twice.” The point: a title like American Pop is...

Sexual Dissatisfaction Guaranteed

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 02:50:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Watching Crash, the recurring thought that popped into my mind was “Damn, I wonder how these people afford auto insurance.” I mean, here we have a movie about people screwing like rabbits while at the same time crashing cars left and right. And,...

The 17th Round

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 18:20:15 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - You can take the girl out of the fight, but can you take the fight out of the girl? Well, as all of those overcoming-the-odds, beating-the-hell-out-of-the-adversary movies of recent and past would have us believe, no. Instead, you can channel it, make...

Schizophrenic Soirée

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:10:47 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Isn’t there some saying about avoiding all movies that have a part in them called “jailbait?” Or is it that you should avoid casting jailbait on the basis of their parts? Well, either way, when you have a movie like Me, Myself, and I, which starts out...

Do you complete me? Let me check my contract..

Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:16:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - I just can’t do it. I just can’t rubber stamp Jerry Maguire as a perfect romance/sports movie, let sleeping dogs lie, and recant the bash that I first wrote of it back when it was released. I’d like to say that I want to recant and am being stopped by...

Single Serving Schlock

Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:06:32 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author MK2K - Director David Fincher gave the general public the idea of single-serving friends in “Fight Club.” Director Marek Kanievska (captain of the helms of such cinematic Titantics as Less than Zero) and Canada 3000 introduced to me the concept of the single...