Basically the front page is usually full of politics and/or wholesomeness, like that whole homemade/cheap schtick you guys have going around here. So I thought I'd leaven it out a bit with some cheap mass entertainment. So sue me, I'm a science fiction geek.

This is one of those cases where I'm glad I didn't read the reviews, because if I had, I wouldn't have seen Push, which is much much better than what the critics on rottentomatoes are giving it. It's a birth-of-superhumanity movie in the same genre as X-Men and Jumper, but much grittier with an Octavia Butler-novel feel to it (think Wild Seed). At the same time, it's a Hong Kong action thriller, and yes, it has a plot hole or two. It stars Chris Evans, who is a better actor than I thought, and more importantly, the now-adolescent Dakota Fanning, who retains her consistent talent as she grows.

I really don't know about, nor care about, whatever movies have been nominated this year. Two words why the Oscars mean nothing to my Netflix queue: "Gladiator" and "Casablanca." Anyway, I was surfing around my usual news list, and I came across this. Scroll up and down the number brackets for other photos (bottom). Interesting, innit? I mean- how does this "summation" of "who's who" at the Oscars Red Carpet walk compare to what you've seen in the US media? Hint: how many blondes are there at my link? I don't know who these people are, but I find it an interesting gallery, as I'm sure if I went to CNN or ABC, few if any of these people would've made the "best dressed on the red carpet walk" photo montage.

I, for one, welcome our new Han masters. They may be racist, but at least they're willing to admit that brown is often pretty.